Billy Joel A to Z

Today's odd episode we discuss one of Billy Joel’s first song’s ever written and unreleased entitled, Time and Time Again , which is credited to his membership from 1964 to 1967 in The Lost Souls. Certainly not a Billy Joel classic in anyway, but we thought it was a good idea to cover in our podcast Joel Journey as it reminds us that Billy Joel was around quite a long time before The Stranger...

Happy New Year everyone. Today on this episode of Billy Joel A to Z we are discussing the song Through the Long Night , which is the tenth and final song on the great 1980 album, Glass Houses. This Beatlesque song could be a pre-cursor to the entire next album, which is The Nylon Curtain. The song is based on a Picasso painting which means it's a big old mess. 😄 Not really though -- it's a terrif...

The perfect time of the year to discuss the fourth song on the first side of The Innocent Man album entitled, This Night . We think it sounds a little holiday ish BUT, it's definitely a 50's themed song. In fact, we go as far as saying - this is the song Billy Joel based the entire Innocent Man album on. AND, this one we finally have confirmation that it is absolutely about Elle MacPherson and NOT...

Today we wrap up Billy Joel's 10th studio album, The Bridge , and we bring in the amazing musician Paul Loren again to do it. We never thought there'd be this much to discuss on this particular album, but there was. Plus, we have the rankings, Paul sings Elon's parodies and Paul sings a few songs from the album. It's a super fun time when three fans get together to discuss their hero's worst album...

Today we wrap up Billy Joel's 10th studio album, The Bridge , and we bring in the amazing musician Paul Loren again to do it. We never thought there'd be this much to discuss on this particular album, but there was. Plus, we have the rankings, Paul sings Elon's parodies and Paul sings a few songs from the album. It's a super fun time when three fans get together to discuss their hero's worst album...

This is the Time is the second track off the album, The Bridge and was released as the third single off of the album on November 15, 1986 peaking at Number 18 on the charts. This is the Time has become a huge anthem for the 80's or especially 1986 when it came out. It appears in many documentaries from the 80's, especially for the 1986 New York Mets. This episode has everything you want in a Billy...

Today our Billy Joel journey take us to another unreleased track entitled, The Winter Crossing. The Winter Crossing is unlike any Billy Joel song you’ve ever heard before. It’s about ships and oceans and sailing and --- oh wait. Sorry it’s about every Billy Joel song you’ve ever heard before. Still though, it's really good and it turns out it's Danny Kortchmar's fault you've ne...

The title track from Billy's greatest album of all time - The Stranger is the second song of the album released on September 27th, 1977 and it is one of the most intriguing songs Billy Joel has ever written. It starts off one way and leads you another and most of all, it's got whistling. That doesn't happen much on legendary rock and roll albums. Dave, as usual, thinks he may have gotten the idea...

The Siegfried Line is another Unreleased Track that actually appears on the good for nothing My Lives compilation album. A demo from 1973 this may be the only Billy Joel song that is only played with an acoustic guitar. If released on the "Piano" Man album we guess it could have gotten quite confusing so. . . .Anyway, this episode has everything you could ask for in a Billy Joel podcast -- you kno...

Well, who knew River of Dreams would be in the "Ts" but it's apparently entitled, "The River of Dreams" from the album, "River of Dreams". Stop messing with us Billy!! Today, Billy's final top ten hit released September 1, 1993 and went all the way to Number 3 on the charts. Why only number 3 you say? Cause good luck beating "Whoomp There it is!" Gotta love those 90's. Anyway, tune in today to fin...

Well hello there. It's the big songs that begin with the letter "T" Wrap Up show today. But wait, this is just Part 1. Today we'll be discussing the 12 songs we've done including "Tell Her About It", "THE Downeaster Alexa" and everyone's favorite, "Tell Her You're In Love". BUT, we will also be talking about the songs you may not know and the covers Billy has done either by himself or in duet form...

Greetings all. Today we are discussing a song no one remembers yet -- it was king of a hit. You won't find The Night is Still Young on any album as it was one of two hits only available on Greatest Hits Volume Two . The song peaked at 34 in October of 1985 and has mostly been forgotten over the years. That's why it's up to us to bring it back to ya. 😉 Billy wrote this specifically for the Gr...

The third and final instrumental song Billy officially put out and the second one that ends his third album, Streetlife Serenade - today we discuss The Mexican Connection . Although the song is pretty good, we're all over the place today as our tangent's include, The Goodbye Girl movie, John Tesh and Richie Valens. I mean - it's an instrumental so. . . 😅 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

Today we discuss the hit acapella song, The Longest Time. No, you heard correctly -- the HIT acapella song. It's a true miracle that Billy Joel was able to write a modern acapella song that was not only a smash when it came out in March of 1984 but was covered hundreds of times during Covid in 2020. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Well even though we swore against talking about Elizabeth Webber anymore, unfortunately we have to talk about her evil brother today for the song that's written about his evil doings in The Great Wall of China . The Great Wall of China is the second song off of River of Dreams and was released on September 1, 1993. These Webbers need to be help responsible for Billy Joel's retiring from music. Let...

Today on Billy Joel A to Z it's The Great Suburban Showdown .  The Great Suburban Showdown is the third song of Billy’s third album released October 11, 1974. It's about -- well suburbia of course -- you know, where fathers "never let the crabgrass grow too high". Awe. Awesome hidden gem off the Billy Joel Songbook. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Turns out Billy Joel was wrong and even though he's been off the charts since the 90's no one's forgotten his name and he's never been in the discount rack. Today we are discussing the song, The Entertainer . An absolute classic. And we really get into it. The lyrics are amazing and rhyme like it's nobody's business. The Entertainer is the first song off the second side of 1974's Streetlife Serena...

If you're just finding our podcast, this could be one of the songs you scroll down to checkout first (mostly to find out why it wasn't in the "Ds"). The Downeaster Alexa is an extraordinary Billy Joel song from his later catalogue and was released May 5, 1990 from the Storm Front album. It is the sea shanty Billy had been waiting to make for 11 albums and he did a pretty great job. It's a terrific...

Well -- here we go. The long awaited songs that not only start with "T" but the word "THE". And we open with an absolute classic in The Ballad of Billy the Kid . The Ballad of Billy the Kid is the final song off of side one of Piano Man released November of 1973 AND appears again, of course, on Songs in the Attic . From a town known as Oyster Bay Long Island comes Billy the Kid yet apparently, it'...

I read the news today, Oh boy -- Apparently Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley are an item. Or at least they certainly were one of the most popular news stories when this episodes song came out entitled, That's Not Her Style . That's Not Her Style is the first song off of the Stormfront Album and was released as a single on August 4, 1990. While the media may think Christie jets across the country a...

Believe it or Not. . . Our Greatest American Hero also writes about his kid sometimes. Turns out this song is about that and NOT Christie Brinkley as everyone ASSumed in the 80s when this came out. Another "classic" from The Bridge Album, Temptation . It's not a song anyone remembers and for any other musician, this probably would have been a hit, but when you're Billy Joel and you're a hit factor...

It's been awhile but today we discuss another Unreleased Track entitled, Tell Them You're in Love . No one knows about this one except us. Recorded clearly in the 80's and could have been completely sung by Daryl Hall, this song is, in Dave's opinion, awesome and in Elon's opinion, just ok. Usually the consensus goes with Elon so. . . I guess it's your turn to decide. Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...

Greetings all and welcome to another season of Billy Joel A to Z as we begin the exciting venture into Billy Joel's catalog of songs that begin with the letter "T". Today we talk about the song, Tell Her About It , which is the fifth track on the first side of the album An Innocent Man and released a month before the album came out as it's first single on July 28, 1983. This was Billy's second num...

We finally wrap up the letter "S" today on Billy Joel A to Z. From Somewhere Along the Line to Surprises and Summer Highland Falls in between. We've got song medley's, rankings, "viewer mail" 😉 and other songs with the letter "S" Billy has performed by other artists AND, most importantly a new unbelievable unreleased track entitled "So Long Reverend Ike" which is amazing. Laughs, fun and nonsense...

Today we invite our new friend, Joel Ozborn, to talk with us a little Billy Joel. As we find out Joel (Ozborn, not Billy) used to work very closely with the late comic/magician The Amazing Jonathan (who hated Billy Joel music). But, Joel made his boss (and friend) listen to it anyway, which is awesome. Joel O. discovered Billy Joel by way of Australia, where he lives now. So, a different perspecti...