top 50 billy joel songs

Billy Joel Storm Front (1989) Eliminated after the top 50 : "The Downeaster 'Alexa'" Eliminated after the top 50 : Vienna is from the Stranger album, not the Nylon Curtain. 55. “Everybody Has a Dream,” The Stranger Joel says “Get It Right the First Time” is the weak link on this album, but this is the song nobody remembers. 40. “Weekend Song,” Streetlife SerenadeAnother one with echoes of Elton John. When "Tell Her About It" hit #1 on the pop chart, producer Phil Ramone knocked himself out of the top spot.

The Nylon Curtain may be one of my favorite albums he’s made. 106. 3, Jan. 6, 19795, "Just the Way You Are," No. “Rosalinda’s Eyes,” 52nd StreetJust about every male singer-songwriter records a mom song; this is a good one.

The TV-sign-off sound effect at the beginning is the only bit of corn here; lop that off and it’s perfect.

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79. "You May Be Right" climbed to #7 on the pop chart. 1 albums on the Billboard 200, with his longest-leading, 1978's 52nd Street, reigning for eight weeks. 72. The music video includes footage of Billy Joel's band performing in the basement of a building in New York City. Joel’s best radio rocker is as melodic as it is fun, as punchy as it is indecipherable (“Remember how I met you there / alone in your electric chair?”). Dan’s Top 100 Everything: #4 Bruce Springsteen, Song of the Day: “Fall Wind” by Hayashi Aozora, Brian Terrill’s 100 Film Favorites Countdown – #100: “Manos: The Hands of Fate”, Brian Terrill’s 100 Film Favorites – #5: “Back to the Future”. It’s a sad song about being a no-good lout that features a soulful performance from Joel.

“Allentown,” The Nylon Curtain A lot of people think this is a terrible song. A song that exemplifies a recurring problem on this list: memorable hook paired with dull verses. “House of Blue Light,” B-side, 1990.The flip side of the “We Didn’t Start the Fire” single is bar-band blues, not much more. “Worse Comes to Worst,” Piano ManTitle tells you most of what you need to know. 17, Oct. 14, 197820, "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)," No. When “The Stranger” was released in 1977, it was all anyone listened to for several years. But also Timothée Chalamet, Jonah Hill, and Film Twitter’s finest. Soars nicely in the chorus, especially. “The Downeaster ‘Alexa’,” Storm FrontOne that people argue over. A great little piece of music! “Why Judy Why,” Cold Spring HarborAnother very early song that sounds like it was made by an entirely different person.

(Never mind that it was reportedly written about his previous supermodel girlfriend, Elle Macpherson.). 31. I still say “choose between reality and madness / it’s either sadness or euphoria” is pretentious undergrad stuff.

I agree its one of his best non-single songs.

Pretty bad, and on a pretty good album to boot. I love that tattoo idea — very cool.

Joel released a studio recording of the song in 1989, the original demo in 2005, and a stunning live rendition that Joel used as a concert-closer in 2006. What I love most about Big Shot is the dynamic vocal performance.

The native New Yorker has won five Grammy Awards, including album of the year for 52nd Street in 1979 and both record and song of the year for "Just the Way You Are" in 1978. Alright, it’s arguably bogus: He didn’t actually go fight in Vietnam. Ariana Grande, Inventor of Staying at Home, Is Dropping Her Album This Month, Phoebe Robinson to Eulogize 2020 With New Comedy Special, Rachel Brosnahan will executive-produce the special, titled. It was a #3 pop hit in the UK. Single. Billy Joel takes a cynical eye to the music industry in "It's Still Rock and Roll To Me." Who in President Trump’s Orbit Has Tested Positive for COVID-19? I think there is big difference between a Billy Joel fan and a casual fan, of which compilations are made for. He states his refusal to change to please a younger crowd. Outrage can bring greatness to art; irritability, not so much.

Joel’s recording is not bad at all, but if only someone like Bobby Womack had given it a whirl! "An Innocent Man" reached #10 on the pop chart and went all the way to #1 on the adult contemporary chart. For critics, he’s a problem.

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– Long long time (demo, search on youtube) – great very early song from Billy, really showed the serious talent he had at a young age.

“Rosalinda’s Eyes” Bonanos’ Ranking: 33. A keeper. The only stark omission that I see here and feel the need to mention to you is that “Travelin’ Prayer” is no where on the list. But it’s no embarrassment, either. Joel worked hard to integrate jazz into his follow-up to The Stranger.

“Elvis Presley Boulevard,” B-side, 1982 An offcut, rarely heard and better than you’d think; worth seeking out for a listen. I agree that Vienna is the best song Joel has ever written, but New York State of Mind didn’t make your list? Has more of that Innocent Man lightness and exuberance than most of the stuff on his later records, and benefits from it.

“The Ballad of Billy the Kid,” Piano ManIs the end of the song, when he inserts himself, cheesy or charming? Billy Joel says he was influenced by singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot in writing the song. "Big Shot" peaked at #14 on the pop singles chart. But stare down the rest of the lyrics: They’re plainspoken and pretty okay. 48.

Crash! 60. Allentown, Pennsylvania awarded Billy Joel the key to the city in recognition of his work.

That said, appreciation does not mean blindness, and Joel himself would agree that not every song on every album catches fire (though he did light it, and we tried to fight it). If you grew up in the 1970s, it’s pretty impossible *not* to be in love with Billy Joel.

“Careless Talk,” An Innocent ManAn album cut that doesn’t rise above, but it has nice bounce. Towards the end of Only the good dye young, the horn section plays a very nice melody.

But first, the Travis frontman would like a word with us. “Streetlife Serenader,” Streetlife Serenade Maybe a little too long, and yes, it’s about the emptiness of pop-star-hood — “shoppin’-center heroes” — but, hey, write what you know. From Ellen to R Kelly: what happens to celebrity lookalikes when their star gets cancelled? 25, April 20, 1974. Joel sounds like a battle-scarred warrior putting up his last fight. Very typical big-’80s sound, with synths and echo that haven’t aged well.

He spends the next five minutes neither laying low — employing bombastic production and instrumentation — nor saying what he means. Lyrically slack.

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78. “Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song),” The Stranger Only the goofy-awkward “heart attack-ack-ack-ack-ack-ack” keeps this one out of the top ten. I disagree. “This Is the Time,” The Bridge Another ’80s-prom anthem, and I think you have to be a real churl to hate it. I believe it: the tune is a blend of angelic and spunky, while the lyrics discuss Joel’s forays into the subconscious on mystical terms. Another great vocal performance, on an underrated album that contains several of his best songs.

112. The lead single and best song off of 52nd Street chronicles one of Joel’s complaints about his new superstardom: everyone wanting to meddle with and participate in his own life. This song sets an astronomic bar of well-produced, melodic pop for the rest of the album.

66. Billy Joel poured his, well, soul into this song.

The melody of this song bores me compared to most of his songs, but I freaking love the lyrics. Like Fancy, we know she won’t let us down. It earned a Grammy Award nomination for Record of the Year. "A Matter of Trust" is distinctive from the majority of his hit songs in that it is built around electric guitar instead of piano.

Would be curious to hear it in a cabaret setting. It also has picked up an unfortunate association of late (Stormfront, to which we will not be linking here, is the premier white-supremacist site on the internet).

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