Billy Joel - Leningrad

Massive track which never really had the airplay it deserved. By far the best track on 'Storm Front' I think, yet the radio DJs hardly played it.

A great reflection of the suffering of the Russian people during World War Two..

Please rate generously and share with friends - and others..

Tony :-)

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• Storm_Front
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• Tsar_Bomba
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[Zhenobia]

I lived in Leningrad right around the same time... this song always makes me tear up.

[Derwentcub]

@Zhenobia Thank you for your comment.. Zhenobia.. Very moving..

[howlcall]

this song has always amazed me. Billy Joel certainly knew how to tell an excellent tale in a song. It takes skill to put those two together, at least in my opinion.

[Derwentcub]

@howlcall Thanks for your comment.. Indeed! Billy is a genius. Check out his home site on here..

[finsfan13]

Wonderful melody.

[Derwentcub]

@finsfan13  I agree - it tears the heart out.. Fabuous stuff!

[clivegoodwill]

MAYBE THE BEST SONG EVER WRITTEN

[Naushop1]

The local station in Hyannis played this when it originally came out, quite frequently actually.

[victimofaguillotine]

I never listened to the words too much but then I did my McCarthyism project and thought I had heard something about it in this song. So I listened to the song and was crying by the end of it.

[forestchild23]

What an amazing song! I have never heard it before. Only found it now after looking at your profile after watching another of your videos. Russia always fascinated me. I'm a child of the Cold War, too and I always wanted to see for myself what the country was like. I even started learning the language once. Who knows, perhaps it isn't too late to go there.

[cindamarie]

Totally agree w/ comments here: Leningrad is GORGEOUS and so moving! It deserved MUCH more air time and accolades. One of the things that Billy Joel does best is put together lyrics and music and take you so deeply into the feelings of a certain situation. He makes you feel almost like you lived the experience. Leningrad is a perfect example of that, as are Goodnight Saigon and Allentown.

[jfabproductions]

@rodrigo111rodrigo haha i think so too but it will be a slow rise since they are bascily a shitty third world country now

[redhook4]

I love the part where he says "Until the Soviets turned their ships around." It's really a moving part of the song with such power and passion. Love you Joel!

[flametaledfox]

Heard this song played today on BBC Radio 2! Such touching lyrics

[MAHARDWAY]

Many thanks to all of our Russian / Soviet comrades that paid such a heavy price to defeat the NAZI'S in WWII . America brought the hardware , Mother Russia paid the price in blood .