Billy Joel - The Ballad of Billy the Kid -1976

[bigbigkid18]

amazing song

[lydiastyer]

I went to a Billy Joel/Elton John concert last year and it was awesome whenever they showed his hands on the jumbo screen. It's amazing both these guys still sound like how they did in the 70s.

[seattlerocker84]

Billy Joel is the BEST singer, songwriter, and performer ever. Yes even better than Springsteen! Take that New Jersey!

[22439384]

lol billy joel was not born in oyster bay long island as referred to in the song. he was born in the bronx. then again it is a bullshit song...

[SheepNamedKiller]

he's said a couple times it's about a bartender he knew named billy, not him

[edgarparker16]

No place in the song does he imply that he was born in Oyster Bay LI. (What do you do, go around making this sh*t up just to bash people?)

According to Billy Joel himself, the Billy from Oyster Bay was still tending bar out in Long Island.

FREE ADVISE: Know what you're talking about before opening your mouth. You will come across (hopefully) less like an ass.

[dcidrummer93]

our opener for marching band

[drjekyll66]

A Milestone of good music !

[stillettosrock]

gotta love the hand gun thing!! he is way the best musican there is

[booyakishahh]

fuckin kickass song!

[finsfan13]

Wow, do I wish I could have seen Billy live in the '70s. He plays that piano like its a toy. Brilliant!

[finsfan13]

Billy Joel=piano master.

[alansmisclass]

That drummer is having a great time at 2:35.

Awesome song!

[brillz55]

4:34 i love him

[ricardoolois]

why did he said this was a bull shit songs? its amazing

[mrcastle02]

He says that because it's completely historically inaccurate about the details of Billy the Kids exploits. He knows the song is great :-).

[SiouxPianist]

Thats too bad they didn't show some of his awesome piano playing close up shots

[Joowden]

i went to one of his concerts a couple of years ago and he basically said it was a bullshit song then. at his concert in germany in the mid ninties he said its his favourite tho. aparently he calls it that cus he made up the whole story himself. I love handball from this concert as well :D

[FragMaveri]

:( I'm used to this song being a bit slower lol

[coolvideo76]

this is done a bit faster than how it came to be played post 1980...

[woodstock1330]

I kind of like it this way... ^_^

[bluenote335]

What a legend!

[coolvideo76]

correct! amazing composition here in just the piano notes alone....especially during the last minute or so....

[casheeley]

At the beginning he says," this is one of those bullshit songs I was telling you about." Pretty good for bs!

[coolvideo76]

i'd like to write a bs song like this, too! haha

[wisecritic]

one of the best fusions of old west, classical and rock music ever created... or the only one ever created too!

[bjoelfn55]

Thanks so much for posting this! I saw Billy for the first time in December of 1976 in Allentown Pa. Where was this recorded? I heard they filmed something in CT called Billy Joel Tonight. Was this part of that? Thanks again Bob

[coolvideo76]

yes this was from billy joel - tonight, from time life video, released in 77, recorded at UCONN hartford, CT dec. 1976 - they used 2 nights of shows to make a one hour video...

[finsfan13]

Is this show available for purchase?

[coolvideo76]

its an hour long was released by Time Life Video in the 70s, long out of print for some reason. you can find it on dvd from billy traders... like me....