BILLY JOEL 1983 "ALLENTOWN" WITH MARK RIVERA ON METAL PIPE!

[IvisibleCat]

the drummer is feelin it

[IvisibleCat]

the drummer is feelin it

[NIUY4F67TYGH]

かっこよすぎて泣いた

[dickhucklebuck3]

I grew up on the jersey shore. Billy was having a house built that from an ariel view looked like a piano.

[Tolstoy111]

This is 1984 actually.

[MrEbichan]

the pipe rocks!!!!!!

[AnaraneSeragone]

I wish I actually got to see Billy Joel back then. Wow, he sure is great!

[mikeymolly1]

@AnaraneSeragone It was amaaaazing. It's so great these vids are here tho. We're lucky for that, right? :)

[AnaraneSeragone]

@mikeymolly1 You're are right, we really *are* lucky! We can enjoy life through other people's vids! 

[Eastonfan1]

An old converted silk mill in Allentown has been transported to the 21rst century lofts, gorgeous work, real Manhattan style lofts, I move in the 1rst of March So, I'll be there livin in Allentown. I must say this is not the same Allentown I pictured in the song though.......

[SuperBrandone]

@Eastonfan1 go to the ghetto. Then you'll see the real Allentown. You're better off in Bethlehem.

[jsadamcik]

@SuperBrandone I live down town, I love it, you obviously never have been here, and if you don't like allentown, trust me, it does'nt like you either

[governorgilf]

My second favorite Billy Joel song next to "Still Rock and Roll to Me".

[TheRimDoctor]

I wish this video was available in 360p

[SdotPdotGhost]

@TheRimDoctor LOL

[emucpa]

"The Bridge" tour...still one of my top 5 all-time concerts. Billy at his height.

[lBStrokin]

It's interesting how a song can take you right back to a point in your life. This is certainly is one of those for me. Right back to the early 80's when i was a teenager who didn't know my ass from a hole in the wall but thank god we had alot of damn good music at the time.

[1ring2rule3pigs]

Great performance! Not like nowadays with like 6 backup singers drowning out Billy's voice.

By the way, Coke (the solid carbonaceous material derived from destructive distillation of low-ash, low-sulfur bituminous coal) is used as a fuel and as a reducing agent in smelting iron ore. Don't feel bad, only steel workers and Sandra Bullock fans know this.

[HonRevPTB]

@1ring2rule3pigs LOL! Us welders & metallurgists are hip to "coke" as well. Didn't get the Bullock reference tho. About that, I'm a Bullock fan myself, and a good buddy just built a motorcycle for Jesse James. He told me he saw that ugly Bombshell McGee at the shop a lot, but didn't put it together till he saw it on the news. He's a good guy & didn't like being in the middle of that. Why would you need to cheat on Sandra Bullock? That's ridiculous!!!

[1ring2rule3pigs]

@HonRevPTB

There's a scene in "All about Steve" where Bullock's on a bus and talking about pig iron. She then goes on to explain the use of coke in the smelting process.

I'm not really a Bullock fan, but I AM a James anti-fan. Did you know that guy's not REALLY related to Jesse James? His gramps took the name when he married a James or something like that. He said so himself on the 1st episode? of Monster Garage. Point is he's cheap and should ride his chopper really fast w/out a helmet.

[justAnotherJapanese]

Billy Joel has got so many hit songs that even people in Japan know very well.

[MetallicBill]

This song got Joel awarded the Key to the City! I remember it on the radio when it broke!

[cejannuzi]

He is quite a good-looking guy, I don't care what C. Brinkley fans say. Can't be easy playing piano and singing lead at the same time either. He's an American classic.

[fredandlunchbox0com]

@iamchody Isn't it "Iron and COAL, Chromium Steel" ? You know, like two ores that come from the ground used in the factories in Allentown?

And either way, it doesnt negate my point - they're so so coked out.

[stackdb]

@fredandlunchbox0com The lyric is Iron and Coke-- "coke" is a concentrated fuel used to make steel, duh.

[MetallicBill]

@fredandlunchbox0com Iron core, perhaps, I have **** memory! hahaha

[50marioD]

This was one of the last of Joel's hit's I really liked.Billy was paying tribute to a dying industry and the people behind it.Allentown,Pa. suffered due to the decline of the steel mills.Great song Billy.Thanks for posting this hit.

[fredandlunchbox0com]

Holy shit, they're all so coked out. He even says "Iron COKE Chromium Steel," at 1:47. Bahaha, I love the 80s.

[iamchody]

@fredandlunchbox0com that IS the lyric. "Iron and coke, chromium steel".

[komaxlaredo]

I really dont speak english..I wonder if "Iron or Coke" means working in the steel industry or coke to become a junkie...thank you and great great music its a pitty I never learned to speak english.

[magna59]

It interesting that most of "our" manufacturing is now done in places we have spent a long time fighting, despising or colonising........Japan, China or India..........so may be its just a reflection of our inability to play fair in a previous life..........has now come round to bight us in the ass.

[komodoman]

Think this was 1984...?

[Mancunian6]

@komodoman Yes it was - June to be precise. Apparantly the video was wrongly labelled - although I never realised there was one released but that's what I've heard, rightly or wrongly.

[cemott3rd]

This song's lyrics are more poignant and relevant today, than almost 30 years ago when it was written.

[Glorify27]

Billy Joel - a truly gifted, songwriter and musician!!!

[SuperstarNeilC]

love this Song and the Metal Pipie !!

[madcapopel]

I am in awe of Billy's display of talent. This is a manic performance, the beginning of the last verse is great in it's subtle uncertainty before Billy gets back into his stride. His voice was in nice form here.

[Soundgarden1009]

yeah that is a cool part. well said boss. Billy Joel is the best songwriter ever. no exaggerations.

[ALeeW10]

@madcapopel "Coke" is basically the solid remains after coal has been burned.

[madcapopel]

@ALeeW10 I guess that was intended to be for "komaxlaredo"...thanks though! :)

[MetallicBill]

@madcapopel He's not as manic behind the piano as Jerry Lee Lewis! Elton John wears the crazy getups because he is rather stationary on piano, he says

[MrGogira123]

@madcapopel Yes there might have been some uncertainty as he changed the singing note of Allentown but realized "hmm that worked". Might have been the first time hes done that as he sings it like that most of the time now!

[tadeusz1954]

Zawsze świeże, młode, miłe a to 40lat. :)