Billy Joel - Honesty Demo

Download: http://www.sendspace.com/file/h0qtl0Another demo from the 52nd Street

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• honesty
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• 52nd
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[alextreme400]

do you have ''Half a mile away'' or Stiletto demo version?

[DundeeBhoy2007]

Sorry no half a mile away im afraid. I did have stiletto here but it was removed due to copyright issues.

[PopRockArt]

Amazing!! thanks a lot for sharing!!! 5***** for you!!

[futureboy111]

Interesting...the final recorded version doesn't sound much different. It's basically the same arrangement with strings.

[OrganicTastesBetter]

@rouncer74 It was in The Essential Billy Joel though. And this is definitely an "essential" hit.

[dingothing]

@MegaObserver1

Not quite a "true story":p! Just to set the record straight: It's true that Joel wrote the music first 99 % of the time, (''moving out'' and ''we didnt start the fire'' being exceptions). With McCartney it's often music and lyrics at the same time. "Sodomy" was not the working title of "Honesty"!!! Billy's working title was "Home again", but Liberty the drummer mockingly sang "Sodomy" which pushed Billy to write a real set of lyrics.

[jonnylaw11]

nice voice legend

[jblonde88]

this is classic! who got this demo version?

[MegaObserver1]

Like many other songwriters (e.g. Paul McCartney) Billy comes up with the tune first and writes the lyrics later. They'll assign a nonsense working title until the lyrics are written. Billy said the working title to this song was "Sodomy". True story.

[FunkMasterGodOfRock2]

That's some pumpin' bass!

[alextreme400]

@DundeeBhoy2007 Well could you send it to me then ? :)

[rouncer74]

in my opinion, in the top 5 songsWMJ has ever written. surprised when i didnt see 'honesty' on the greatest hits vme1 &2.