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rockfenris2005 12:51 pm UTC 09/24/13 |
| In reply to: | re: Other Favorites - Rakae 12:16 pm UTC 09/24/13 |
What do you think of "The Nylon Curtain"? I've heard it's probably his most ambitious album but it definitely has its moments for me. I love the song "Pressure". I think that's gold. "Goodnight Saigon" is also very poignant. Though I can't imagine that being played on the radio every day. "Allentown" is another good one. And one of my favourite ever BJ songs is on that album, "Where's the orchestra?" > Very funny you should say that! I started listening to > Billy Joel obsessively when I was 11, and in the next two > years collected every album he did, even Atilla vinyl and > stuff, started emailing back and forth with Libery DeVitto > with questions and stuff. > > When I was 13 my obsession turned to Jim after listening > to Two Outta Three some hundreds of times at my summer > cottage, after finding it on a Mouldy-Oldy-Goldy tape. > > Jim became my new favourite, and being a 27 year old woman > I sometimes describe myself as a "closet-Billy-Joel fan" > with those I'm prepared to share that information with :) > > I remember being a teenager, going to a friends house and > their parents ask, "What kind of music do you like?", > because I played professionally at the time. Well, when > "Meat Loaf and Billy Joel" is the first things out of your > mouth, I guess it's a little weird. > > I don't find them very different. I find Billy Joel very, > HUMAN. Rather than Jim, who I find very MYTHICAL, and > EPIC. But they both have so much soul in their work, they > both are inspired by theatre, and they both are inspired > by, and listen mainly to classical music and operas. > > It shows so much in their work. Love 'em. > > As far as favourite album, I'd probably have to say "The > Stranger". > > I do like An Innocent Man as well, but there's just too > much happy in such a short album. I need to mellow out > through all that happy. > > > Billy Joel is our (mine and my husband, Martin who is also > > a SteinFan to the max) second favourite. Brilliant guy. > > And oh how we love our piano based songs. > | |
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