Not sure what you're referring to, as Billy Joel has never been political in his music. He makes American blue collar music for the working class in a way that a lot of people can relate to. And those who can't relate in terms of circumstance can very much still relate in terms of emotion.
No kidding, I had Alexa throw up Billy Joel last night and while he has a lot of hits, fuuuuuck are they all kinda depressing until Uptown Girl comes on and its rocking the house!!
Would it kill these fossils to make something SLIGHTLY upbeat
Also sounds like a memberberries song total from the Piano Man-Glass Houses era and yeah, Im good.
Interesting, as I don't really think of Billy Joel to be an depressing artist, but it does write about some fairly serious subject matter at times. As for uptown girl, I've always seen it as a retread of Only The Good Die Young, only without the religious element. But if you just hit a bunch of random depressing Billy Joel songs, that might have just been luck.
Also grew up on Long Island. Seen him more than any other artist. Just got tickets to see Billy and Sting in Las Vegas this November. Last time I saw Billy was when T-Mobile arena opened. He was fantastic. Never had the chance to see the Police or Sting. So excited.
