Goddam. this man is absolutely amazing. My dream, my goal, my own aspiration is to SOMEDAY meet him. Even if I just pass him on the way to the bathroom. Even if he has me arrested because I'm bugging him.
I love the piano in this song. He's just fantastic.
In an interview with ABC's 20/20 back in 1980, BJ insisted that the piano riff he did was not as difficult as it looked.
It was also geared to resemble the opening music of WABC TV's Eyewitness News' back in the '70s (which was actually taken from the film Cool Hand Luke).
A top track from the 1976 'Turnstiles' album. Loved the whole album...lots of pretty ballads like 'James' and some good rockers too. They don't make 'em like this anymore...
The man is an absolute fucking genius
MrBadBoy2105 1 week ago
shook his hand once... hope his super powers transferred
ooya15 2 weeks ago
@FinkChrist you nust be a fenius to learn this on piano i'm going to play mine now
Thapollos1 1 month ago
I've only been playing the piano for a few weeks and one of the first things I taught myself was the very fast part in the beginning. It's so fun.
FinkChrist 5 months ago
Oh come on Billy! There's being talented and then there's showing off.
tubian323 8 months ago
Goddam. this man is absolutely amazing. My dream, my goal, my own aspiration is to SOMEDAY meet him. Even if I just pass him on the way to the bathroom. Even if he has me arrested because I'm bugging him.
I love the piano in this song. He's just fantastic.
Man-crush? Damn right.
HumanSeekingTruth 1 year ago 7
YouTube compression can't keep up with his fingers!
rapmaster 1 year ago 22
In an interview with ABC's 20/20 back in 1980, BJ insisted that the piano riff he did was not as difficult as it looked.
It was also geared to resemble the opening music of WABC TV's Eyewitness News' back in the '70s (which was actually taken from the film Cool Hand Luke).
Arkady63 1 year ago
@Arkady63 i saw that interview. he was playing it with his back to the frikin piano!
ThePancakeSquad 1 year ago
A top track from the 1976 'Turnstiles' album. Loved the whole album...lots of pretty ballads like 'James' and some good rockers too. They don't make 'em like this anymore...
puppydoug 2 years ago
Amazing how he plays the piano at the beginning.
I love this song so much. Thank you for sharing!
TellEmToLeaveMeAlone 2 years ago