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Favoriting January 30, 2014: Billy Joel Special - Talking w/Fans ... Playing the Hits

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments Approx. start time
  The Monday before this show aired, I didn't have any concept of wanted I wanted to do with it. That morning, I was listening to talk radio in NYC and they were talking about Billy Joel's return to Madison Square Garden. That very night would see Billy Joel's first in a series of once-a-month concerts he will stage there in the upcoming year. Honestly, (parden the pun) I've never been a huge Billy Joel fan. For one reason or another his music just hasn't been my thing. But for plenty of people, he is "the" thing. It occurred to me that it might be fun to tap into the pre-concert energy of the show with fans waiting to go through the gates. I really didn't know what to expect. It was interesting to see how it unfolded. People came from the city, but they were also coming into Penn Station on the train from Long Island. It was touching to talk to the Islanders. Their reverence and loyalty to Billy Joel were plain to see. There were people from Jersey and NYC and Connectticut. Probably from everywhere, really, for all these years later, despite the comings and goings of musical fads and trends, the man still stands and he packs them in. Old Billy. The boxer. In the ring to take another swing. I knew that by the end of the experience, it would help me to better understand something and someone I've sometimes purposely walled-out. What the heck. I welcome him in now, and I hope you'll follow suit.

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An Interview with Steve outside Madison Square Garden
  I won't notate each time a new song enters in the background. Most of the background music (not all) involved me digitally looping sections of some Billy Joel (I'm going to refer to him as BJ from here on out to save time) songs and looping them. This show I would have to say was "DigiLog. A lot of cassette, microcassette, and laptop mixed together. Kind of time consuming, but it's fun to do.
Billy Joel  Uptown Girl   Favoriting   CBS  1983  MP3     
 
More with Steve
The Beatles  Penny Lane   Favoriting Magical Mystery Tour  Capitol  1967  LP     
 
Still more Steve
 
The Zeros, Howard Stern Theme Song - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL4h0y_pfTw&noredirect=1
 
Steve on Stern
Lady Gaga  Speechless   Favoriting The Fame Monster  Interscope  2009  12"     
 
Steve's Message
Billy Joel  Captain Jack   Favoriting Piano Man  Columbia  1973  MP3     
 
An Interview with Joe and Barbara
 
Billy's Background
 
Two Billy Joel fans in Penn Station
  sorry for inserted burp ... couldn''t resist ... dusty insider fakt - burp - don rickles. are YOU a Dusty Insider?
Billy Joel  Scenes from an Italian Restaurant   Favoriting The Stranger  Columbia  1977  MP3  I think I might be the first DJ to play this on FMU! It doesn't show up as ever being aired before. Feel kind of special.   
 
An Interview with Ted and Friend in Penn Station
 
NJ Gov. Chris Christie audio courtesy of AP
 
Ted and friend continue
 
Jingle Bells - John Fahey
 
What's YOUR favorite Billy Joel song?
The Rolling Stones  19th Nervous Breakdown   Favoriting La Grande Storia Del Rock - The Rolling Stones  Curcio GSR  1983  LP     
Bruce Springsteen  Badlands   Favoriting Darkness On The Edge Of Town  Columbia  1978  LP     
 
A message for Jersey
Barry White  Just The Way You Are   Favoriting   20th Century  1978  12"     
 
Ted Knight from the motion picture, Caddyshack "Billy, Billy, Billy, Billy, Billy .... audio courtesy of Warner Bros.
 
An Interview with Alan at MSG
  I haven't been referring to Billy Joel as BJ as I stated earlier. I have found that I do have the time to type his entire name.
Neil Diamond  Cherry Cherry   Favoriting   Bang  1966  45     
 
More Alan
The Hassles  You've Got Me Hummin'   Favoriting The Hassles  United Artists  1967  LP  w/Billy Joel   
Atilla  Rollin' Home   Favoriting Atilla  Epic  1970  LP  w/Billy Joel   
 
Alan Continues ...
Billy Joel  We Didn't Start The Fire   Favoriting Storm Front  Columbia  1989  MP3     
 
An Short Interview with Dan at Madison Square Garden
 
Man and Family in Line to get in to Billy Joel Performance - MSG
  most won't notice "Big Shot-It's Only Rock n Roll' mashup
 
Billy Joel - Bennie and the Jets - Performing for Elton at the 2004 Kennedy Center Honors
 
David Bobby and his friend, Steve
 
Elton John sings "You May Be Right" in Japan, 1998
 
Continued Chatter
 
Kid Rock Performs "Saturday Night's All Right for Fighting" at the 2004 Lincoln Center Honors
 
David Bobby and Steve Sum It Up
  Not really sure how Kid Rock singing Elton factored in, but ...
Billy Joel  The Downeaster Alexa   Favoriting Storm Front  Columbia  1989  MP3     
 
Speaking with a Fan (name unknown) about Billy
  some chick corea piano in the background
 
Big Shot - Pidge
 
Haberdasher w/ Free Ticket
  pervasive ringtone ... tried to incorporate it a bit
 
What Would YOU say to Billy Joel? dusty@wfmu.org
Billy Joel  Movin' Out   Favoriting The Stranger  Columbia  1977  MP3     
 
High Screaming Metal Man - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH5gmbugmxM&noredirect=1
 
LIVE Tape Turn in the WFMU Studio
Frank Sinatra  September Of My Years   Favoriting September of my Years  Reprise  1965  LP  Was going to just use the word "September," but then I felt like I had to roll through the rest of the song. One of my favorite LP's and songs.   
 
Billy Facts
 
9/11 Audio Courtesy of CNN
 
Interview with a Young Couple Waiting to see Billy Joel
John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band  On The Darkside   Favoriting Soundtrack - Eddie and the Crusers  Scotti Brothers  1983  LP  Not sure what this has to do with anything, but I was liking it in the moment.   
 
Really Crowded
 
FMU/Billy Joel Fan
 
Group of Fans Sings Piano Man in front of Madison Square Garden
Billy Joel  Piano Man   Favoriting Billy Joel  Family Productions/Columbia  1973  LP  November 9th, 1973 ... where were you? Were you yet? I was a freshman in high school.   
Pete Seeger  Turn, Turn, Turn   Favoriting Pete Seeger  CBS  1984  LP  Always remember ....   
  Thanks for listening to this episode of The Dusty Show on WFMU. I hope you enjoyed it. I enjoyed talking to BJ's fans. A nice lot. Thanks for your enthusiasm! Just a couple of weeks until Marathon. I'm already nervous. It's been kind of a weird year. You? Well, here's hoping 2014 will be good. I think it will be. Until next time, take care, drop me an email (dusty@wfmu.org) and ... always remember .... Philip Seymour Hoffman


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Listener comments!

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Night Al:

Hello everyone!
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david_:

hi all
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Clay Pigeon:

Hello Al! david!
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Matt from Springfield:

Hi Clay and Pigeonnaires!
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Clay Pigeon:

Matt is back!
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dale:

billy was great until he started aping mick jagger and frankie valli just to get airplay
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Matt from Springfield:

Remember that Ken has dared Fabio to perform "Captain Jack" at a Hoof & Mouth! Let's INSIST on it, people!! :)
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Clay Pigeon:

dale!
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Night Al:

I was a stagehand for Billy Joel here in Tampa on January 17th. Great show! I watched from stage left on a road case. Built the video wall.
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Matt from Springfield:

@Clay: Now you know I'm never *really* gone to begin with...
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YETI BOB:

Did you hear the episode of "Shut Up Weirdo" where the question was: "Who is the worst musician ever?"?

I'll let y'all guess what the answer was ...
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Matt from Springfield:

@Night Al: All and all you're just a...nother builder of a video wall.
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dale:

where else would we be during the TNP clay?
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dale:

hope you have some of his first metal band tuneage on tap
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Night Al:

Clay and Matt ... good to touch base with you.
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Clay Pigeon:

we need some TNP stickers, dale. like the STP ones.
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Marcel M:

Damn I rushed home to catch a show about Billy Joel!
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Matt from Springfield:

@Yeti: Although FMU fans have a pretty open dislike of Billy Joel in particular--that's why Clay is featuring a show about it! Remember that when Clay plays the Beatles, he plays cuts like "Blue Jay Way" and "Yes It Is"! ;)
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Clay Pigeon:

glad you're here, marcel!
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oh my god:

An episode full of the most delusional music fans on earth. Honestly. Billy Joel sucks. Most overrated overplayed …
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Matt from Springfield:

So did I Marcel! But it makes all those accidents I got into on the way all the more appropriate/and ironic...
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YETI BOB:

@Matt from Springfied: Yeah, I get it :-)
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YETI BOB:

@Matt: And what's wrong with "Blue Jay Way"? I love that song. (Ever hear Colin Newman's twisted version?)
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Clay Pigeon:

digilog
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dale:

heh TNP.- buffalo had a great club called the continental in the 70s and 80s. kind of a mini danceteria, bands downstairs, dancing upstairs...lot of great punk bands played there
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Marcel M:

@Clay hehehe me too but I'm sad I missed the Fabio banter! Work went late.
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Night Al:

Billy Joel setlist from his Jan 17th show here in Tampa.


Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)
Pressure
Sleeping with the Television On
Vienna
My Life
All for Leyna
Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
(followed by "Layla" snippet)
Zanzibar
And So It Goes
Allentown
New York State of Mind
The Entertainer
Don't Ask Me Why
The River of Dreams
Scenes From an Italian Restaurant
Piano Man
Encore:
Big Shot
It's Still Rock and Roll to Me
You May Be Right
Only the Good Die Young
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Ike:

I don't mind Billy Joel. He's not that bad.
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dale:

i wonder if andy is listening.
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Pete from Boston (and NJ):

Yeah, this sort of steals Andy's big chance.
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david_:

non-billy joel fan gets tickets for billy joel fan... now that's a true friend!
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dale:

saw billy at a motorcycle show up in rhinebeck. he likes his bikes.
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Matt from Springfield:

Huh, surprised "Piano Man" ends the reg show and "You May Be Right" is an encore.
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Matt from Springfield:

@Yeti: "Blue Jay Way" is pretty good musically, lyrically the verses seem kinda contrived. It IS something George made up as he was waiting for friends to come. Haven't heard Colin Newman's version, though I like the "please don't be long" chorus.
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Matt from Springfield:

<waves Asian fan to cool off>...
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Matt from Springfield:

Speaking of deep voiced 70s soul covers, Isaac Hayes did a great version of Paul McC's "My Love".
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david_:

i had one of those yamaha toy keyboards that played "just the way you are" as a demo.
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YETI BOB:

@Matt: Please Don't Belong!
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Night Al:

Billy Joel - Tampa, FL - 1-17-14 - Piano Man

youtu.be...
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Clay Pigeon:

i love demo settings, david, especially original music written for the product
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david_:

attila!
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Matt from Springfield:

@david: I've been searching for a particular Yamaha keyboard demo with online videos lately, and I've discovered more than a few pop songs used as demos. "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" is a Casio toy one, and one common one was apparently a smooth jazz number called "Night Birds", originally by Shakatak. I heard the original of that--Clay would prob DIG it!
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david_:

totally, clay
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Clay Pigeon:

you nailed it david!
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Matt from Springfield:

@Yeti: So the kids in the 60s thought! I also don't like to "belong" :)
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dale:

alright!!!! atilla! the singer sounds like guy from where - deep purple? sweet?
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david_:

hurricane sandy did a number on some parts of Long Island, too.
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Night Al:

RIP Pete Seeger. A true national treasure.
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Night Al:

He didn't play We Didn't Start The Fire in Tampa.
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Matt from Springfield:

Pete Seeger! Always a place for him in our memories.
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northguineahills:

For some reason, I don't dislike We Didn't Start the Fire.
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Matt from Springfield:

Putin is Sochi Minh!
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YETI BOB:

Wow, I can't believe that I'm voluntarily listening to some of the worst songs ever made, and I also can't believe how much I'm enjoying it . "SO YOU PLAY YOUR ALBUMS, AND YOU SMOKE YOUR POT". Dear Lord :)
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david_:

post-WWII to end of the Cold War always seemed like an odd chunk of history to carve out, but I guess it makes sense for the song and Joel
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northguineahills:

Have I've been AWOL, or have I've yet to hear a Pete Seeger tribute on WFMU?
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Repeating a post I've made before: My high school class selected "Everybody Has A Dream" from Billy Joel for the graduation song. I had not heard that song before and I've not heard it once since then.
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david_:

Is there a West Coast equivalent to regional favorites like Billy Joel, Bon Jovi, Springsteen, etc.? It doesn't seem like there are or could be.
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Matt from Springfield:

I've thought that "the song 'Vienna' " would be a good Ken/Andy litmus test--Ken would probably name the song by Ultravox ('81), while Andy would definitely name Billy Joel's song from The Stranger ('77).
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Clay Pigeon:

Fleetwood Mac (by then LA), The Eagles?
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Night Al:

I worked the Elton Joel concert here in Tampa back in 2009.
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dale:

clay, did you sneak your tandy recorder into the garden?
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Matt from Springfield:

There's the whole "SoCal" 70s scene (Eagles, Jackson Browne, Ronstadt, Waddy, Warren, etc), but probably not for CA as a whole. San Fran traditionally has the Grateful Dead as "their" band.
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Matt from Springfield:

Wow, were Billy and Elton singing each other's songs on their joint tour?
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Clay Pigeon:

i should have gone, dale. for the event. kinda pricey. . alas ...
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Night Al:

Billy John and Elton Joel.
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Ken From Hyde Park:

I imagine Seattle has some regional favorites.
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Matt from Springfield:

Though originally, they were both William Martin Dwight and Reginald Joel.

@Ken HP: Seattle for sure.
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YETI BOB:

Terrific show Clay. When you get to Anthony's Song, I'm probably going to have a seizure from pure joy.
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david_:

Good points on Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Jackson Browne, though those artists seemed to have more significant East Coast fanbases as opposed to the Joels and Jovis have out West... I could be wrong about that, though...
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Night Al:

Barry Manilow is playing the Tampa Forum tomorrow night.
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Matt from Springfield:

@Night Al: Tell us if he plays his "Commercial Medley"!
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Did he name his daughter after his boat? ... or the boat after has daughter? I forget which (or either).
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Matt from Springfield:

"WFMU: Say Goodbye To Hollywood"..
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Matt from Springfield:

Offhand I would guess the boat was named second.
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Matt from Springfield:

Wooooooooo! Pigeon Unplugged "Big Shot"!!
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Night Al:

Met his 32 year old wife Katie at the show. Very friendly.
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david_:

love it
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Matt from Springfield:

"The Alexa, along with Joel's other boats, call Sag Harbor, Long Island, home." Well, I guess boats are seriously considered female beings, to those who sail.
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Night Al:

@Matt ... No, he jokingly played the music from The Godfather a couple times though.
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YETI BOB:

AAAAAAAAAACCCCCKKKKK!
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YETI BOB:

help , help, help, i can't take it!!!!!
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Matt from Springfield:

Hmm, interesting. The Godfather had some great music, I'm sure Barry's a fan of it as a musician.
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Matt from Springfield:

Any Hackensack residents out here on the Accu?!!
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YETI BOB:

Everybody should read "The Sugar-Frosted Nutsack" by Mark Leyner. This song plays an important role.
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david_:

tape turn!
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Matt from Springfield:

NOOOOOO!!! Where's the Debussy???! Change is scary!!!
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Matt from Springfield:

You should never argue with a Sugar-Frosted Nutsack.
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YETI BOB:

www.theawl.com... (excerpt which includes the Anthony's Song reference)
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Night Al:

@ Matt ... I was talking about Billy Joel ... Barry Manilow DID play his commercial medley at last years Forum show.
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Matt from Springfield:

Ah, gotcha Night Al! :)
Of course Billy would dig the Godfather music, a musician plus being from Long Island! :)

And the Commercial Medley is awesome!
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dale:

interesting she thinks of him and tin pan alley. maybe brill building more so
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Matt from Springfield:

The Brill Building was essentially Tin Pan Alley + a half century.
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dale:

can't argue with joy, can you.
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dale:

true matt.
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Matt from Springfield:

HEY!! I'm having a Tonic-and-Gin right now! Serendipitious!! :D
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dale:

this makes me think of where everybody knows your name
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Matt from Springfield:

@Clay: Show title idea: "The Billy Showel"
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northguineahills:

My older cousins were from West Milford, NJ, and loved Billy Joel. Maybe that's why I don't dislike him, and like him in some occasions.
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Matt from Springfield:

@dale: Sometimes, you want to go there...
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Clay Pigeon:

Thanks for listening everyone. I appreciate seeing you in here. Have a great weekend, stay warm, always remember.

Pete Seeger
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dale:

what's a 'real estate novelist?'
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northguineahills:

...and strangely enough, my Mexi gf likes his stuff from the early 80s and before.
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Matt from Springfield:

@NGH: Both my parents were listeners of Billy from his early piano days to the present, so that exposure is prob why I don't dislike him either. Some songs are much better than others, but I recognize his good stuff.
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Clay Pigeon:

He is ... a puzzlement.
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Night Al:

There were phone video's on Youtube of the Tampa Joel concert in the days following the concert ... I'm sure there will be Video's from the Madison Square Garden shows also.
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Matt from Springfield:

@NGH, again: The movie "Step Brothers" features Horatio Sanz singing for a tribute band that only plays "80s Joel". Some Tom Scharpling fans say that was ripped off a routine with Jon Wurster where he led a tribute band playing only "90s Joel".
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Slim Pickins:

good stuff clay
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Clay Pigeon:

TY slim!
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YETI BOB:

clay: you made me enjoy listening to BJ, that's quite an accomplishment
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Night Al:

Seeger and Seven ... o'clock.
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Matt from Springfield:

Take care Clay!! Thanks muchly!
And Pete Seeger, Eternally Heard and Treasured...

Have a good evening, everyone! The world is yours!
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Pete Seeger:

I didn't start the fire!
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northguineahills:

@Matt: My gf hates Horatio Sanz, and most things stereotypically Mexican.
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northguineahills:

More Pete!
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david_:

"bells of rhymney" was a pete seeger song too.
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Matt from Springfield:

@NGH: But I think Horatio does as well--he made fun of the low-intellect "slapstick" Latin comedy on a Weekend Update many years ago.
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Matt from Springfield:

From the Bible to Pete's folky version to the Byrds trippy 12-string version, what an evolution of a message! :)
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Ken From Hyde Park:

@ Matt from Springfield - The cycle will be complete when Miley Cyrus does a version.
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Matt from Springfield:

"Twerk, Twerk, Twerk"!
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