Back in January, Ron Rosenbaum wrote a piece for Slate in which he basically declared Billy Joel to be the nadir of modern American music, Read the full post.
Mar 31
2009
09:52 PM ET
In Defense Of: Billy Joel, and music that makes us happy
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I was fourteen when i first started to love Billy Joel, i’m now seventeen and love him more than ever! I think he is a very rare musician and very very talented! He is and always will be a musical genious! It’s always miffed me as to why anyone would have reasons not to like his music, after all the genre basically covers a very wide range. Billy is a person who has a very big heart and who can express himself through music with such easebut with such an intelligent and insightful grace. You don’t get many artists like that anymore with passion and spirituality. Billy Joel is and will remain my musical hero!!
Thank you, Whitney. Thank you.
I love me some Billy Joel.
I’ve been a fan since 1973 when I bought an (8-track) tape, the younger ones can Google that, of Piano Man and I was hooked. I saw him the first time in 1976 at Muehlenburg College in Allentown. Sitting on the gym floor with about 1500 people. I’ll never forget it. What he’s done behind the scenes for the Bayman you don’t really hear about. He even paid for the funeral for one that was killed. Plus he’s created a scholarship for future classical pianists.In the spring of 1982 my friend and I actually knocked on his door in LLoyd Harbor to give him a 6 pack for his birthday and he was gracious enough to come to the door and speak with us for a few mins. He still had the cast on his hand from the motorcycle accident. He’s a class act.
I’ve been a fan since 1973 when I bought an (8-track) tape, the younger ones can Google that, of Piano Man and I was hooked. I saw him the first time in 1976 at Muehlenburg College in Allentown. Sitting on the gym floor with about 1500 people. I’ll never forget it. What he’s done behind the scenes for the Bayman you don’t really hear about. He even paid for the funeral for one that was killed. Plus he’s created a scholarship for future classical pianists.In the spring of 1982 my friend and I actually knocked on his door in LLoyd Harbor to give him a 6 pack for his birthday and he was gracious enough to come to the door and speak with us for a few mins. He still had the cast on his hand from the motorcycle accident. He’s a class act.