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an innocent man-billy joel
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2003 5:45 pm
by steve56
think it was mid 80s from the same album,the other track was about 77/78ish,i quite liked tell her about it/up town girl from about 20 yrs ago,time flies
Re: Billy Joel
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2003 5:46 pm
by Ace
Innocent Man was an album out in mid 80's. It had the dubious honour of having Uptown Girl on it.
The Stranger and 52nd Street by Billy were good, but as soon as he got globally huge, the shite gets churned out.......as per usual
other good tracks were.....
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2003 5:48 pm
by steve56
my life/big shot
Re: Billy Joel
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2003 5:50 pm
by Ace
Stranger had another belter, 'Only The Good Die Young' on it, as well as (Scenes from an) Italian Restaurant, Shes Always A Woman To Me.
Uptown Girl was on Innocent Man and was about his then wife, Christie Binkley. this was about 1985. The Stranger was 1977
Re: Billy Joel
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2003 5:54 pm
by steve56
good memory ace, i remember seeing the video for uptown girl on totp 20 yrs ago must be
Re: Billy Joel
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2003 5:55 pm
by Ace
Big Shot and Honesty were from 52nd Street. Another excellent album
Re: Remote Controls!!
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2003 9:36 pm
by Deuce Bigolo
Lets see
Theres the remote for
1st Small TV
1st DVD
1st VCR
1st Large TV
1st VCR/DVD
1st Hifi
All in my lounge...the wiring is a f...cking nightmare
now to incorporate the computer into the mix
Sat on my remote the other day
Now all my subtitles and prompts on the large TV are in what looks like
Malaysian or possibly Indonesian
cheers
B....OZ
Re: Billy Joel
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2003 9:47 pm
by Deuce Bigolo
He never did a bad album IMHO although his later efforts weren't of the same standard as the earlier classics
Glasshouses was the standout for Me and funnily enough its the one album i don't have anylonger-tapes are a bloody ripoff
His Greatist hits albums are Numero Uno even Volume 3 which I somehow bought twice
cheers
B....OZ Unbiased As Usual
Re: Billy Joel
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2003 10:48 pm
by Pervert
The Stranger is a classic album, and of the later stuff I quite liked the Walker Brothers styled Until The Night (can't recall the name of the album) and the journalistic shorthand history of the later part of the 20th century, We Didn't Start The Fire. Immense.