It's amazing how little known this song was. It demonstrates his technical virtuosity, vocal range and depth and meaning of his lyrics. But like any really well-written song, it will stand the test of time. 36 years since Turnstiles was released. Thanks for posting this DundeeBhoy 2007.
The lyrics on this song are ridiculously good. There's a reason why most singers stick to one and two-syllable words-- getting words like "inhumanity" to line up metrically is damned nearly impossible.
The thing that separates Billy Joel from the average pop idol is how well-crafted his stuff is. He's like the desk in grandma's attic-- yeah, he's aged a little, but he's sure as hell better than whatever crap you just picked up at Ikea.
@DarklordZagarna I so agree...and to have it be cohesive and relevant is an even bigger feat.
My favorite Billy Joel moment, was seeing him Live at Carnegie Hall ('Turnstiles' tour), and him dedicating the show to his Piano Teacher, who said he'd never make Carnegie Hall...
'Turnstiles' was extremely overlooked at the time. Billy was finding his voice on this one, and alot of people started to take notice of him when he did The Stranger. But Turnstiles in my opinion trumps The Stranger. For one thing, it's got Miama 2017 on it. Summer Highland Falls, Angry Young Man. James. its an amazing album
SADNESS or euphoria. When i first heard the song, a bell rang in my head. If you know what manic depressed is this song will give you ammo. Great song from my point of view. Dangerous as well, look at solutions don't get lost focussing at the problems.
@ABC2TV so true. The feelings are all too real for me, this song has been a life line for many years, though I'm only 24, the sadness that grips my soul can be quite cruel. But its either sadness or euphoria, and I choose the latter. Time to go jog, with this song playing in my ears!
One of my All Time Favorite Albums, and one of my Favorite Songs........Billy Joel Transitioned from California back to New York on this Album........Miami 2017 (I've Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway) is also on this album, and Say Goodbye to Hollywood.....!
All Billy Joel songs are amazing! Just because this song didnt sell as much as his more famous songs, doesn't mean it isn't top class. Billy Joel is a Legend.
This is one of the worst Billy Joel songs I have ever heard. I think many of his other songs like Piano Man, Entertainer, Ballat Of Billy The Kid, Keeping The Faith, Scenes From An Italian restaurant and many of his other songs are far better than Summer Highland Falls. Music is music and Summer Highland Falls does not fit Billy Joel. "Don't Ask Me Why".
@roettle Billy got me through my first love,,got me through my divorce,,but all that pales into insignificance when I read your post,,,dont know how he did it,,,but sure glad he did,,,hope everything is now good in your life..or at the very least better than it was,,good luck to you.
One of his greatest albums. To me at that time, he was a white Stevie WOnder. He had his own wortd view of music unlike anyone else during the 70's and 80's which made the music timeless. Turnstiles was a great album which sneaked upon you. The more you listened to it, the more it permeated and became part of you.
This is one of the most perfect songs ever ever ever.....shame elton and joel will never ever be seen on this earth again, the likes of will never happen, and for that, i suppose, is a good thing. This So it Goes, Vienna just totally stellar perfection. Like, euphoric !
GREAT FREAK'N SONG wish he would have stuck to this rather than doing that doop stuff. This song soothed my soul at a time when it was shreded to pieces. Thanks Billy...YOUR THE BEST!!!!
@sammyada Well if it truly is a shit hole, then the song makes more sense to me. Thx for the info ... and no, that's not sarcasm. It makes me appreciate the song more.
Although this was released on Turnstiles, a live version was re-released on "Song in the Attic." SITA is all live versions. My favorite album for that reason.
This song is when I fell in love with him - live in 1977 at a college campus. ($2 tickets!) One of the best concerts I've EVER been to. I went out and bought all his albums the next day, and I've never done that before or since. I've never heard anybody play piano like him before or since either.
Truly brilliant. I saw him in concert when I was thirteen, at the Westchester Premier Theatre in Yonkers, NY. Then at the Rockland Community College Field House at 15...1977?
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My favorite Billy Joel song of all time... I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own... What a picture he portrays with his words...
Silverfish, I said the same thing in my era,loved The Dead,Neil and Billy Joel ...was sad about the state of music...Than came Nirvana,A&C and Pearl Jam.....have faith....we are due!
I like this version better then the recorded one, it's a lot faster and just, in my opinion, better sounding. What has happened to music nowadays. If only I was born earlier.
@Beatlerock4 Thank You! Billy Joel, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, and so on are the artists that should be more of an infulence on modern music. The rap and hip hop crap sucks. I mean you imagine singing rap at 90 years old or do you imagine singing this song to your kids and grandkids. Something that has an emotional pull and attatchment. Personaly this song brings tears to my eyes and gives me goosebumps.
@Beatlerock4 i'm 15 and i fully agree. music is garbage now. what happened to the great acts like paul mccartney. ac/dc. aerosmith. kansas. etc. they arent going to be around much longer and after that... there's shit
@Beatlerock4 I absolutely agree with you. I am also 13 and whenever I make a comment about Billy Joel they give me a look or ask who he is. Or if I say I don't listen to most new music they look at me like "what is wrong with you, freak?" He has so much talent and artist of today just can't sing. It's all autotuned and I hate it. This world needs some real music
I only own Turnstiles on LP, I put it on at least once a month just to hear this song. It's so much fun to play on piano. I can't figure out the precise rhythm, but I manage!! Billy Joel's a genius, you listen to this classical album and you really see it firmly.
I live in Highland falls, and can not for the life of me figure out when and where he lived here, other than early 70s in a Cragston Neighborhood. I also can not figure out what tragic thing happened that made him write the song, and i've even checked old newspapers. So if anyone knows... please comment!!
I think the tragedy was a personal one for Billy,.. returning back home to N.Y after an L.A songwriting contract with a major record label, and on the down slope of a marriage, and all that goes with that combination of circimstance!
Roxanne Donnery's house - the big, white one on Old State Road. It was the last place BJ and his wife stayed before their divorce. It was a summer rental for him. Summer - Highland Falls. Sad.
with a Turnstiles he peaked his head through a little with the Stranger he broke through and never made a bad album since I don't think except the classical one
this song and vienna are my favorite. my mom raised me on billy joel's song and I am in love with his remarkable talent! makes me completel weak just listening to his voice and lyrics... and that piano!
@consideritspoofed I was born and raised in the Hudson Valley in New Windsor, Newburgh and Cornwall, as a teen delivered "The Evening News" newspaper in Highland Falls...BJ's music was pretty much a staple of life growing up...grateful for it
@supersamerzThey say that these are not the best of times, but they're the only times i've ever known..... It's either sadness or euforia ! One of the best song ever written!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can someone explain to me why Billy Joel is not given the credit he deserves? It's difficult to write a great melody, and he's consistently written them for 4 decades. And his musical ideas are complex. (See Scenes from an Italian Restaurant).
This song is amazing...it is so full of truth...hits me every time...when my beloved left me it was the only song that made me realize how human I really was. I still do not know how much is reality or madness, sadness or euphoria...but I still pray at the Cathedral we built...and where my dream still lives...
Mmm, I wouldn't say the lyrics are "on par with poetry," but they're darn good. To be nitpicky, I would say the hook "it's either sadness or euphoria" is a little vague after the detail and flow of each verse.
You have to understand, though, this is a tiny criticism. Billy Joel has long been, BY FAR, my favorite "popular" artist (as opposed to "classical" artists like, say, Mahler), and I think this is one of his strongest albums. For a while, years ago, this was my favorite song on it.
I have long felt the stigma and shame that comes from being a Billy Joel fanatic. It's only since I've been recognised by my social circle as a versatile musician and multi-instrumeltalist that I can walk into a clowded room and say "Billy Joel is a god to me" and people actually listen. Then I play them this song...
That was three minutes of my life well spent. Actually, I might make that six minutes.
inxia38 1 day ago
It's amazing how little known this song was. It demonstrates his technical virtuosity, vocal range and depth and meaning of his lyrics. But like any really well-written song, it will stand the test of time. 36 years since Turnstiles was released. Thanks for posting this DundeeBhoy 2007.
slingerland58 1 week ago
wish this song was played more....love it on songs in the attic, but really, it should be on the essential billy joel too
jsaxygal1234 2 months ago
love the slide at from like 1:15 to 1:18
Grievous3412 2 months ago
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Grievous3412 2 months ago
Leave the kid alone good for you 13 year old.
cdsnuts2full 3 months ago
k its great you like Billy Joel's music, but why do we need to know your age..
rockandroll9876 4 months ago 6
@rockandroll9876 True that, nobody cares. People just need to understand that good music is timeless!
CbassNL 4 months ago 8
Billy joel plays summer highland fallls, like a man, on so mutch cocane.
Jugivadi 4 months ago
@Jugivadi LOL what is that, a haiku?
SallieSimpson 4 months ago
The lyrics on this song are ridiculously good. There's a reason why most singers stick to one and two-syllable words-- getting words like "inhumanity" to line up metrically is damned nearly impossible.
The thing that separates Billy Joel from the average pop idol is how well-crafted his stuff is. He's like the desk in grandma's attic-- yeah, he's aged a little, but he's sure as hell better than whatever crap you just picked up at Ikea.
DarklordZagarna 4 months ago 3
@DarklordZagarna I so agree...and to have it be cohesive and relevant is an even bigger feat.
My favorite Billy Joel moment, was seeing him Live at Carnegie Hall ('Turnstiles' tour), and him dedicating the show to his Piano Teacher, who said he'd never make Carnegie Hall...
hocuspocusfocusable 2 months ago
@hocuspocusfocusable I love it that Billy shoved it up his piano teacher's pompous and jealous butt and played Carnegie Hall.
DizziNY1 1 month ago in playlist More videos from DundeeBhoy2007
i absolutly adore this song!!!!
jsaxygal1234 5 months ago
im not yet born but i already love this song.
ikawpipa 5 months ago
im only 4 nd i love this stuff!!
Mcataruz 5 months ago 4
@Mcataruz Why are you in YouTube?
ElmosSista 2 months ago
it is a proven fact that this is Billy's best song :-) and quite possibly the greatest song ever written.
damianrwhite 5 months ago
'Turnstiles' was extremely overlooked at the time. Billy was finding his voice on this one, and alot of people started to take notice of him when he did The Stranger. But Turnstiles in my opinion trumps The Stranger. For one thing, it's got Miama 2017 on it. Summer Highland Falls, Angry Young Man. James. its an amazing album
Thanquol180 5 months ago
SADNESS or euphoria. When i first heard the song, a bell rang in my head. If you know what manic depressed is this song will give you ammo. Great song from my point of view. Dangerous as well, look at solutions don't get lost focussing at the problems.
ABC2TV 6 months ago
@ABC2TV so true. The feelings are all too real for me, this song has been a life line for many years, though I'm only 24, the sadness that grips my soul can be quite cruel. But its either sadness or euphoria, and I choose the latter. Time to go jog, with this song playing in my ears!
Adaeze611 5 months ago
Best Billy Joel song on his best album!!!!!
huuuubaah 6 months ago
this song is beautiful.. 8 dislikes? wtf?
secondchances922 6 months ago
One of my All Time Favorite Albums, and one of my Favorite Songs........Billy Joel Transitioned from California back to New York on this Album........Miami 2017 (I've Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway) is also on this album, and Say Goodbye to Hollywood.....!
yankeejohn58 7 months ago
Although we choose between reality and madness it's either sadness or euphoria.....Poetry...my heart is bursting.
Smooch smooch billy
lapetitedanseuse1121 7 months ago
Reminds me of all my summers growing up. It's either sadness or euphoria. Right on!
donnadreamstate 7 months ago
@MCHOPE100
All Billy Joel songs are amazing! Just because this song didnt sell as much as his more famous songs, doesn't mean it isn't top class. Billy Joel is a Legend.
ciz10 7 months ago
This is one of the worst Billy Joel songs I have ever heard. I think many of his other songs like Piano Man, Entertainer, Ballat Of Billy The Kid, Keeping The Faith, Scenes From An Italian restaurant and many of his other songs are far better than Summer Highland Falls. Music is music and Summer Highland Falls does not fit Billy Joel. "Don't Ask Me Why".
MCHOPE100 7 months ago
@MCHOPE100 pretty sure its better than anything you could ever write
Abington586 7 months ago
@MCHOPE100 It's one of hiw own personal favorites that he's written. It's also an all time fan and critical favorite. It's a perfect little song.
Tolstoy111 6 months ago
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MCHOPE100 7 months ago
"...for we always what our situations hands us, it's either sadness or euphoria."
I LOVE BILLY JOEL!
ciz10 8 months ago
who can put they this dislike this
firebird1790 8 months ago
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roettle 9 months ago
@roettle Billy got me through my first love,,got me through my divorce,,but all that pales into insignificance when I read your post,,,dont know how he did it,,,but sure glad he did,,,hope everything is now good in your life..or at the very least better than it was,,good luck to you.
urchin76 9 months ago
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roettle 9 months ago
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roettle 9 months ago
i can listen to this song over and over and over a million times.....
jazzkid66 10 months ago 2
i remember listening to this so much back in the 80s that i burned out the cassette
BOBTHECOW333 10 months ago 2
my Mother was born & raised in Highland Falls....this song always brings her back close to me...miss you so very much Mother! <3
sp0ttedp0ny330 11 months ago
@sp0ttedp0ny330 me too :) and my whole family. not proud of it though...
sonofnothing 5 months ago
Why are great songs always too short? :(
JBsaintsfan21 11 months ago
this and downester alexa hit a soft spot, this is amazing musical talent. nothing fabricised, alterd, of tuned, simple talent.
TCG11 11 months ago
One of his greatest albums. To me at that time, he was a white Stevie WOnder. He had his own wortd view of music unlike anyone else during the 70's and 80's which made the music timeless. Turnstiles was a great album which sneaked upon you. The more you listened to it, the more it permeated and became part of you.
kevinbland 11 months ago 3
im not a fan of this music at all but this song is just f'in magical. great song.
ninjasp2444 1 year ago
Okay..who could dislike this? I just don't understand how that's possible. :]
torithetigerftw 1 year ago
I definately adore this song, I listen to it almost every day. [:
xxhollywoodxx1 1 year ago
8 people are going to get cancer.
batorre 1 year ago 3
@batorre dude, thats fucking terrable and not funny at all
delly659 1 year ago
@delly659 Your spelling & grammar are "terrable", but incredibly funny. Go figure.
batorre 1 year ago 3
@batorre ohhhhh your cool i spelled something wrong, have fun with wishing people cancer?
delly659 1 year ago
@delly659 damn, batorre got owned. XD
Mrsignerman44 1 year ago
@Mrsignerman44 hahah :p
delly659 1 year ago
Definitely one of my favourite Billy Joel songs. <3
Neffie85 1 year ago
I have songs in the attic this isn't from there, anyone know what album this live version is from?
zicofirol 1 year ago
This song is one of the primary reasons I started playing piano. It is one of my favorites to now play.
baguazhang77 1 year ago
This is one of the most perfect songs ever ever ever.....shame elton and joel will never ever be seen on this earth again, the likes of will never happen, and for that, i suppose, is a good thing. This So it Goes, Vienna just totally stellar perfection. Like, euphoric !
ElecticGuruofHotness 1 year ago
@ElecticGuruofHotness im not trying to sound like a smart as*s but you know there still alive right?
delly659 1 year ago
Joel said this song is among his favorites along with So It Goes, Vienna, and Lullabye.
roscoegino 1 year ago
He also performed this live at his 2000: The Millenium Concert and it's a bit better quality(in my opinion). And btw...its EUPHORIA
bookworm417 1 year ago
It's like he tried to fit as many big words into a song as possible, haha. Great song.
TheSilverfish2 1 year ago 3
One of the best singer songwriters that ever was. Thanks for posting.
martinses 1 year ago 2
this is one of billy's best ! too bad it never made it to the airwaves so "everyone" could enjoy it !
Woody476 1 year ago
GREAT FREAK'N SONG wish he would have stuck to this rather than doing that doop stuff. This song soothed my soul at a time when it was shreded to pieces. Thanks Billy...YOUR THE BEST!!!!
QueUnlimited 1 year ago
I used to live in highland falls.. shit hole.. Nice song tho.
sammyada 1 year ago
@sammyada Well if it truly is a shit hole, then the song makes more sense to me. Thx for the info ... and no, that's not sarcasm. It makes me appreciate the song more.
daward2 1 year ago
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sammyada 1 year ago
@sammyada haha yep, sure is
sonofnothing 5 months ago
cool =]
xNightxFlowerx077x 1 year ago
I love this song. Turnstiles was my favorite album growing up, and I this is one of my favorites. (:
soccer123xox 1 year ago
Although this was released on Turnstiles, a live version was re-released on "Song in the Attic." SITA is all live versions. My favorite album for that reason.
yendor42 1 year ago
@yendor42 Songs in the Attic is a frickin epic awesome live album. Miami 2017 on that album was the best I've ever heard that song.
daward2 1 year ago
the Super Seventies!
mocus1 1 year ago
Turnstiles 1976
mocus1 1 year ago
What the heck of Honesty? this is the masterpiece!!!!!!!
maxxxx1972 1 year ago
Yup, chock full of memories of my youth in Levittown...
deweypug 1 year ago
This song is when I fell in love with him - live in 1977 at a college campus. ($2 tickets!) One of the best concerts I've EVER been to. I went out and bought all his albums the next day, and I've never done that before or since. I've never heard anybody play piano like him before or since either.
Gorgeous.
Thanks for posting this.
wowwnc 1 year ago
Truly brilliant. I saw him in concert when I was thirteen, at the Westchester Premier Theatre in Yonkers, NY. Then at the Rockland Community College Field House at 15...1977?
furmountain21 1 year ago
@furmountain21 You are so freak'n lucky!!!! Man, I wish!
QueUnlimited 1 year ago
Hey check out my cover of this song!
innocentman92 1 year ago
I love it.
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kad126 1 year ago
in my top 5 of best songs ever. just an overall incredibly written, composed and performed song.
betterlistenin 1 year ago
What a line.. (for me one of the all time greats ever)...
"For all our mutual experience, our seperate conclusions are the same"
Kgv1 1 year ago 3
It just doesn't get much better than this, does it?
Billy is an artist, genius, poet and singer all in one...the biggest 'enterntainer' I have ever had the pleasure to listen & dream too/with.
Thank you for the great stories & lines Billy, your da man!!!!
Kgv1 1 year ago
My favorite Billy Joel song of all time... I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own... What a picture he portrays with his words...
douglas35nc 1 year ago 3
the truest performing singer so far
hiadhiad 1 year ago
Silverfish, I said the same thing in my era,loved The Dead,Neil and Billy Joel ...was sad about the state of music...Than came Nirvana,A&C and Pearl Jam.....have faith....we are due!
rlawton002 1 year ago 2
i was so sad he didnt play this when i saw him last year =[, still was a amazing concert.
hollykill 1 year ago
LOVE THIS SONG
hawenoni 1 year ago
I like this version better then the recorded one, it's a lot faster and just, in my opinion, better sounding. What has happened to music nowadays. If only I was born earlier.
TheSilverfish2 2 years ago 5
i know..im only 13 and billy is my fav...gosh..rap..pop....its all crap next to this
Beatlerock4 1 year ago 36
@Beatlerock4
Technically, Billy Joel is pop. Not the pop like nowadays, but it's still pop.
Sasukereturns 10 months ago
@Beatlerock4 holy moly about time i found another person who is my age and likes billy joel
FishMan414 9 months ago
@Beatlerock4 Thank You! Billy Joel, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, and so on are the artists that should be more of an infulence on modern music. The rap and hip hop crap sucks. I mean you imagine singing rap at 90 years old or do you imagine singing this song to your kids and grandkids. Something that has an emotional pull and attatchment. Personaly this song brings tears to my eyes and gives me goosebumps.
BeatleCrazed4 6 months ago
@Beatlerock4 i'm 15 and i fully agree. music is garbage now. what happened to the great acts like paul mccartney. ac/dc. aerosmith. kansas. etc. they arent going to be around much longer and after that... there's shit
haha
fatandorange 5 months ago
@Beatlerock4 I absolutely agree with you. I am also 13 and whenever I make a comment about Billy Joel they give me a look or ask who he is. Or if I say I don't listen to most new music they look at me like "what is wrong with you, freak?" He has so much talent and artist of today just can't sing. It's all autotuned and I hate it. This world needs some real music
FeelTheMusic224 4 months ago
It's either sadness or euphoria.
SeovyeQuirsefron 2 years ago 19
isn't it always?
frigginurge 1 year ago
did you know Roxanne? what a great great girl...and this song, ah, the memories.
milesmuhldoon1 2 years ago
Wow. What a great version of a great song!
EnricoPallazio 2 years ago
I only own Turnstiles on LP, I put it on at least once a month just to hear this song. It's so much fun to play on piano. I can't figure out the precise rhythm, but I manage!! Billy Joel's a genius, you listen to this classical album and you really see it firmly.
tilliethepirate 2 years ago
One of his best
jaradevans 2 years ago
This has always been one of my favorite Billy Joel songs. His best work was before hit struck it big, pre-1977.
MrHenryDaniel 2 years ago 3
billy just has that edge to his voice, his piano and songs are magnificent, but its his voice thats takes him above the rest
montypython11111 2 years ago
such an underrated song
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innocentman92 2 years ago
absolutely brilliant, what a great song writer!!
rouncer74 2 years ago
I live in Highland falls, and can not for the life of me figure out when and where he lived here, other than early 70s in a Cragston Neighborhood. I also can not figure out what tragic thing happened that made him write the song, and i've even checked old newspapers. So if anyone knows... please comment!!
tiggerocz13 2 years ago
I think the tragedy was a personal one for Billy,.. returning back home to N.Y after an L.A songwriting contract with a major record label, and on the down slope of a marriage, and all that goes with that combination of circimstance!
matt4270 2 years ago
Roxanne Donnery's house - the big, white one on Old State Road. It was the last place BJ and his wife stayed before their divorce. It was a summer rental for him. Summer - Highland Falls. Sad.
MrMrspeach 2 years ago
@MrMrspeach its not on old state road, its on kings road in cragston.
sonofnothing 5 months ago
amazing that his pitch is perfect, even live. truly one of the best musicians of all time
bpjoyce10 2 years ago 7
with a Turnstiles he peaked his head through a little with the Stranger he broke through and never made a bad album since I don't think except the classical one
donneric 2 years ago
このピアノは神！
madakuitai 2 years ago
He played this live for us in Syracuse a few years ago. I was ecstatic.
aeriesstars 2 years ago
Billy's classical training comes out here. Prime of his career.
Paulie661 2 years ago 2
agreed
rouncer74 2 years ago
absolutely love this song.
jacjr6193 2 years ago 3
The piano is perfect !!!!!!
Killerbab1 2 years ago 3
;3
music soothes the savage beast
I should play this song when I'm angry
msmarch45 2 years ago
Will always be one of my favorite songs of all time...something about it.
ditroiamusic 2 years ago
elton couldnt possibly have done it better,..
kristo7ne7777777 2 years ago 3
this song and vienna are my favorite. my mom raised me on billy joel's song and I am in love with his remarkable talent! makes me completel weak just listening to his voice and lyrics... and that piano!
consideritspoofed 2 years ago 35
Is it sadness or euphoria?
justAnotherJapanese 2 years ago 2
When I saw him live a few years ago he asked the crowd if we wanted him to play this or Vienna. This won.. one of my favorite musical moments/songs!
aaroncole101 2 years ago
@consideritspoofed same!
migled9 1 year ago
@consideritspoofed I was born and raised in the Hudson Valley in New Windsor, Newburgh and Cornwall, as a teen delivered "The Evening News" newspaper in Highland Falls...BJ's music was pretty much a staple of life growing up...grateful for it
jfo1014 1 year ago
love it
NDtate23 2 years ago 2
Billy can totally sing it when he feels he has to knock one out of the park! He is still the man!
Joey Fulco
Joeyfulco 2 years ago 3
-really great song. prbly one of his best along with "angry young man" and "Rootbeer Rag"
snicks34 2 years ago 5
@snicks34 Nice to see someone else out there that loves "Root Beer Rag"!
eroticdriving 2 years ago
Shame he can't sing it like this anymore, what a great song.
prodigalsunscreen 2 years ago
I don't know, I think his voice sounds even better now it's mellowed a little. But hey, that's just me.
DarkDavie 2 years ago
It's not the same as the one from Turnstiles, but it's very similar.
This is my favorite song of his (maybe my favorite song, period) and it makes me cry for a bunch of reasons. :[
:]
supersamerz 2 years ago 18
If I am ever put on the spot for my favorite track this is it. says it all
rallyingtcp 2 years ago 6
@supersamerzThey say that these are not the best of times, but they're the only times i've ever known..... It's either sadness or euforia ! One of the best song ever written!!!!!!!!!!!!
ingedimitri 1 year ago
@supersamerz its either sadness or euphoria
ghuffnaglee 11 months ago
@supersamerz the bass is sooooo much better on this version than Turnstiles too!! makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up!
jazzkid66 10 months ago
It's the musings of a young man summering in New York......use your imagination
mocus1 2 years ago 2
Or maybe it's the musings of a young man who has lived in Highland Falls all his life and is reflecting....
gabbynewneo 2 years ago
don't really get the title and how it fits into the song, but it is really alsome anyway love billy joel
klhsmartypants1 2 years ago
he used to live in Highland Falls it was written after something tragic happend in the town
sarbearlovesyou 2 years ago
@sarbearlovesyou after a divorce he went through?
sonofnothing 5 months ago
Songs in the Attic is really great!!!!!!!
drjekyll66 2 years ago 2
A million thanks for postings this gem of a tune. Perhaps we don't fulfill each other's fantasies..." Billy forever!
vincentmania 2 years ago 3
best song of his
hughugh 2 years ago
Nothin' like a little Liberty.
creamydistortion 2 years ago
Can someone explain to me why Billy Joel is not given the credit he deserves? It's difficult to write a great melody, and he's consistently written them for 4 decades. And his musical ideas are complex. (See Scenes from an Italian Restaurant).
finsfan13 2 years ago 9
Well he wrote then for just over 20 years. :-)
Tolstoy111 2 years ago
it's like an audio orgasm in yer ears !!
mocus1 3 years ago 5
This is a great song. I love anything Billy Joel plays but my favorite song is And So it Goes.
magistr88 3 years ago
Turnstiles........IMHO his greatest work
rafalweb 3 years ago 3
Agreed.
rafalweb 2 years ago
Turnstiles is a vastly underrated album. Summer, Highland Falls, New York State of Mind, I've Loved These Days, Miami 2017... just great stuff.
finsfan13 3 years ago 5
i am doin a dance to this song and i love it soo much!
But does anyone care to explain what it means to me please? =]
shovelgirls4 3 years ago
this an awesome song it has gotten me though so many trials in my life
Hardballgirl93 3 years ago
Ahh I wish I could play it that fast. This is my favorite song ever.
knlaxer 3 years ago
Never heard this version before. Where's it from?
spamforbobby 3 years ago
C.W. Post Campus, Long Island University, New York. May 6, 1977. Hope this helps.
DundeeBhoy2007 3 years ago 3
wow
Greg509 1 year ago
I think it's from 'Songs in the Attic'
YoknapatawphaKid 2 years ago
this is not the same as the version on songs in the attic. It's good as hell, but not the one from the album
komoru 2 years ago
It's probably his version from 'Turnstiles'
gabbynewneo 2 years ago
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gabbynewneo 2 years ago
@spamforbobby songs in the attic album
Dorlune1 1 year ago
This and I've Loved These Days are always on my Ipod and I listen to them nearly every time I walk my dog.
Beautiful, like a Doors song.
nagaslrac 3 years ago
this is my favorite version
xXyoupooperXx 3 years ago
This is very similar to the version on Songs In the Attic, which is my all-time favorite song of his.
scienceandpoetry 3 years ago 2
luv that song and album
xXyoupooperXx 3 years ago
This song is amazing...it is so full of truth...hits me every time...when my beloved left me it was the only song that made me realize how human I really was. I still do not know how much is reality or madness, sadness or euphoria...but I still pray at the Cathedral we built...and where my dream still lives...
maxcat1959 3 years ago 3
Very Impressive, He sounds the same live as in the studio recording.
Ubergoober36 3 years ago
That's because Billy Joel actually has excellent abilities. And is God.
Cr0cR0ck 3 years ago 5
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javepro 3 years ago
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javepro 3 years ago
Haha!
The hell he is!
mrwilliamjoel 3 years ago
Er, I'm pretty sure he is
shcorporation 2 years ago
Mmm, I wouldn't say the lyrics are "on par with poetry," but they're darn good. To be nitpicky, I would say the hook "it's either sadness or euphoria" is a little vague after the detail and flow of each verse.
You have to understand, though, this is a tiny criticism. Billy Joel has long been, BY FAR, my favorite "popular" artist (as opposed to "classical" artists like, say, Mahler), and I think this is one of his strongest albums. For a while, years ago, this was my favorite song on it.
TheRealmsOfGold 3 years ago
I have long felt the stigma and shame that comes from being a Billy Joel fanatic. It's only since I've been recognised by my social circle as a versatile musician and multi-instrumeltalist that I can walk into a clowded room and say "Billy Joel is a god to me" and people actually listen. Then I play them this song...
Giantsonicmonster 3 years ago 7