Any Billy Joel fans out there?

Save Me
Save Me Posts: 147
edited March 2006 in Other Music
Die hard BJ fan. I've seen him a few times on his current tour and he's been phenomonal. His voice is the best it's been since the Storm Front tour and he's playing lot's of rarities like Zanzibar, Everybody Loves You Now, Stiletto, Captain Jack and more. He's even done The Entertainer a few times which he hasn't done in about 25 years. It's a special tour for BJ fans and looks like there will be a 2nd leg and possible 3rd leg. I've gotten to the stage a couple of times and the man is on top of his game. He's changing set lists from night to night and is doing about 25-30 songs per night. Just wanted to see if there were any other fans out there...
"The Wild is chasing after me. Hot on my trail won't leave me alone. All I can see is your blood right in front of me, and I can't kill The Wild." Me
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  • yield4life
    yield4life Posts: 15
    Billy Joel has some great stuff. Longest Time, Uptown girl, Movin Out, Allentown, lots of other songs i can't recall the names to. One of my first albums i got was billy joel's greatest hits on a cassette! Good to see he's still doing his thing!
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  • lumpyfred
    lumpyfred Posts: 243
    I'm definitely not anything near hardcore, but his greatest hits package is one of the reasons i left limp bizkit and 311 for much greener musical pastures. For that I'm in his debt.
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  • PJ Sparks
    PJ Sparks Posts: 83
    I've always loved Billy Joel. As a kid, I kept hearing those Innocent Man songs, and the videos...I think I kept trying to see Michael Jackson videos, and they'd always play Longest Time and Uptown Girl. And one one of my first cd's was his 2-cd Greatest Hits.

    My favourite song is easily Scenes From an Italian Restaurant. I think that's why my favourite Who song is A Quick One. Good to know there are a few here. I'm sure there's more, too.

    PJ Sparks
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  • moeaholic
    moeaholic Posts: 535
    Save Me wrote:
    Die hard BJ fan. I've seen him a few times on his current tour and he's been phenomonal. His voice is the best it's been since the Storm Front tour and he's playing lot's of rarities like Zanzibar, Everybody Loves You Now, Stiletto, Captain Jack and more. He's even done The Entertainer a few times which he hasn't done in about 25 years. It's a special tour for BJ fans and looks like there will be a 2nd leg and possible 3rd leg. I've gotten to the stage a couple of times and the man is on top of his game. He's changing set lists from night to night and is doing about 25-30 songs per night. Just wanted to see if there were any other fans out there...

    thanks for the update. me and the wife are seeing him this saturday at the carrier dome (syracuse, ny).

    i know it varies from venue to venue, but how tight was security? i wanna bring my camera, but it's too bulky to simply "hide".
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  • Deni
    Deni Posts: 233
    Yes, I'm a huge Billy Joel fan! :D I have loved him practically all my life!
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  • Save Me
    Save Me Posts: 147
    moeaholic, the security is not tight at all. They usually check a woman's bag but even my wife has not been checked at a couple of shows. Any large type bag will be checked for sure. I've brought my digital camera to every show and have just had it in my pant pocket. Let me know how that Syracuse show is. It should be crazy there! I was tempted to make the drive from the city but the wallet has taken a hit on this tour. Going to see him in Philly next week where they're raising a banner there for him for most sold out Philly shows. Enjoy the show. He's on top of his game.

    PJ Sparks, Scenes is an amazing song and it's usually in the encore which gives it even more depth. It's so good live and the entire place is singing along with it.

    Billy even straps on the guitar for a couple of songs later in the set and has a couple of keyboards set up on either side of the stage so all the fans get to see him. He's really a master performer. The shows are mostly rocking with a couple of ballads thrown in. No Just The Way You Are or Uptown Girl. He hates those songs. This tour is just about the stuff he likes which is why he's really into it; gyrating on the piano, pounding the keys, it's great!
    "The Wild is chasing after me. Hot on my trail won't leave me alone. All I can see is your blood right in front of me, and I can't kill The Wild." Me
  • TheGossman
    TheGossman Posts: 1,120
    I just got into him after buying his greatest hits, I didn't realize how many BJ songs I knew but just didn't know it was him, Honesty is probobly my favorite, Piano Man, I go to extremese, would love to see a duet with PJ one day!
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  • yosi1
    yosi1 Posts: 3,272
    Save Me wrote:
    Die hard BJ fan.

    I like a good BJ :)...




    Billy Joel is good too ;).
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  • darthvedder88
    darthvedder88 Posts: 1,023
    Billy Joel rocks!!! How could you turn down Billy Joel?!
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  • zircona1
    zircona1 Posts: 293
    I like Billy Joel's music, I saw him with my folks in St. Louis in 2000. He played a lot of his hits, but it was a good show. I was really glad to hear This is the Time, Pressure, My Life, and I Go To Extremes.
    "As long as the music's loud enough, we won't hear the world falling apart."—Jubilee

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  • moeaholic
    moeaholic Posts: 535
    Save Me wrote:
    moeaholic, the security is not tight at all. They usually check a woman's bag but even my wife has not been checked at a couple of shows. Any large type bag will be checked for sure. I've brought my digital camera to every show and have just had it in my pant pocket. Let me know how that Syracuse show is. It should be crazy there! I was tempted to make the drive from the city but the wallet has taken a hit on this tour. Going to see him in Philly next week where they're raising a banner there for him for most sold out Philly shows. Enjoy the show. He's on top of his game.

    thanks for the info, bud. i'll give you an update in this thread monday (don't have a pc at home currently).

    by the way, one of the ladies here at work wants to know if she's going to hear 'new york state of mind'. i'm guessing.....yes, duh! lol, how many shows have you heard it at this tour?
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  • brain of c
    brain of c Posts: 5,213
    yosi wrote:
    I like a good BJ :)...




    Billy Joel is good too ;).


    if he breaks out she's right on time, color me jealous.......
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  • Save Me
    Save Me Posts: 147
    moeaholic wrote:
    thanks for the info, bud. i'll give you an update in this thread monday (don't have a pc at home currently).

    by the way, one of the ladies here at work wants to know if she's going to hear 'new york state of mind'. i'm guessing.....yes, duh! lol, how many shows have you heard it at this tour?

    I'd say he's done NYSOM in about 90% of the shows and he's sure to do it in Syracuse. Is she going to the show too? He even did it in Boston and it got booed a little (in a funny way though).


    brain of c,

    He's done She's Right On Time a few times already and it's great. He's done a lot of stuff off the Nylon Curtain album. He's even done Laura a couple of times as well as A Room Of Our Own. That's the cool thing about this tour is he's doing a lot of rare shit. All For Leyna's been done a few times and is great live!
    "The Wild is chasing after me. Hot on my trail won't leave me alone. All I can see is your blood right in front of me, and I can't kill The Wild." Me

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