Bill Joel Week! Day 3!

This week, the week of May 9-13, 2016, we will look at songs from this week's birthday bob Billy Joel!

We call it:  "Billy Joel Week..."

May 11, 2016

Not all the titles are clever....

Billy Joel celebrates his birthday on May 9th and we'' celebrate all week with some lesser known tracks that may or may not have been "hits" but are listening worthy.

Billy Joel takes a LOT of heat from critics for, well, everything.  His lyrics are too hokey or too something, his music isn't what they want it to be, they don't understand why so many people like his music, whatever.

At the time of the release of the "River of Dreams" album he had sold more discs than any solo artist that Elvis.

And for many of his fans (myself included) the songs can just speak to you.  Either at a time of need or just to a time.

"Summer, Highland Falls" (often referred to as "Sadness or Euphoria") while having no specific meaning to my life still makes me "feel" something.  And that something can change depending on when and where I hear the song.

A later song, added on to the "Great Hits Vol 1 and 2", I know DIE HARD Joel fans who hated this song from the time it was released. "You're Only Human (Second Wind)" is another song that doesn't cover anything specific to me but doesn't that beat and that message just seem to speak to relaxing, letting go and taking that deep breath and moving on?

Maybe it just does to me?

~ Glenn