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Allentown
Laura
Only the Good Die Young
Honesty
The Longest Time
She's Right on Time
A Matter of Trust
Sometimes a Fantasy
Tell Her About It
Scandinavian Skies

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 01:03 (twenty years ago)

1. Goodnight Saigon
2. Moving Out
3. My Life
4. The Stranger
5. Honesty
6. Scenes From An Italian Restaurant
7. Allentown
8. Just The Way You Are
9. Uptown Girl
10.Captain Jack

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 01:14 (twenty years ago)

Let's see if I can do this...

1. "The Stranger"
2. "Allentown"
3. "Pressure" (more for the video than anything else)
4. "Big Shot"
5....

That's all i got. And I could very easily and happily live without those.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 01:24 (twenty years ago)

1.) Laura
2.) The Stranger
3.) Sometimes a Fantasy
4.) Stiletto
5.) All for Leyna
6.) Pressure
7.) Movin' Out
8.) Tell Her About It
9.) She's Right on Time
10.) A Matter of Trust

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 02:16 (twenty years ago)

Aw, fuck. Stick "Close to the Borderline" in there as #10.5

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 02:17 (twenty years ago)

Heh heh. A few months ago 'Glass Houses' was playing in a bar where I was on a date. I said something about how it was great but went way downhill on the second side. When those songs played, I ended up eating my words.

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 02:29 (twenty years ago)

Uptown Girl
Tell Her About It
My Life
Don't Ask Me Why
The Longest Time
It's Still Rock and Roll To Me
Allentown
Piano Man
Only The Good Die Young
Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)

I like all of these songs quite a bit, no irony. Major childhood nostalgia.

― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 02:37 (twenty years ago)

all for leyna
sleeping with the television on
travelin' prayer
sometimes a fantasy
root beer rag
just the way you are
new york state of mind
a matter of trust
allentown
the mexican connection

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 02:38 (twenty years ago)

hmmm, this thread puts paid to the "billy joel v. elton john" argument, since i'm hard pressed to come up with five (much less TEN) billy joel songs, while i can easily list 20 elton john songs:

anyway ...

1. don't ask me why
2. allentown
3. captain jack
4. piano man (god help me)
5. scenes from an italian restaurant

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 03:20 (twenty years ago)

Captain Jack
Only The Good Die Young
Scenes From An Italian Restaurant
The Stranger
Goodnight Saigon
Allentown
Big Shot
Piano Man

― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 03:55 (twenty years ago)

pressure
piano man
in the middle of the road
downeaster alexa
the longest time
the bosom buddies theme song
it's still rock and roll to me
uptown girl
allentown
just the way you are

― keith m (keithmcl), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 04:04 (twenty years ago)

1. Say Goodbye To Hollywood
2. My Life
3. The Longest Time
4. Allentown
5. Tell Her About It
6. Piano Man
7. Don't Ask Me Why
8. Uptown Girl
9. Pressure
10. You May Be Right

― John Fredland (jfredland), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 11:03 (twenty years ago)

Words cannot express how much I cannot stand "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant". It's like a vast, sickly wedding cake filled with sour milk and iced with a fly-attracting patina of fresh vomit.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 11:10 (twenty years ago)

Should I be so surprised that everyone has picked "Allentown"?

Allentown
Uptown Girl
Just the Way You Are
She's Always a Woman
It's Still Rock and Roll to Me
An Innocent Man
The Longest Time
Piano Man
I Go to Extremes
Only the Good Die Young

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 11:39 (twenty years ago)

1. Piano Man
2. Tell Her About It (great video too)
3. Uptown Girl
4. Pressure
5. The Longest Time
6. We Didn't Start the Fire
7. My Life
8. A Matter of Trust
9. Running on Ice
10. Keeping the Faith

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 12:23 (twenty years ago)

I was gonna make one but I think it would be almost identical to Matthew's.

― Al (sitcom), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 13:12 (twenty years ago)

Another entry circulating around the same songs, mostly:

1. Leave a Tender Moment Alone
2. Pressure
3. Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
4. Allentown
5. She's Right on Time
6. The Stranger
7. Honesty
8. It's Still Rock 'n' Roll to Me
9. Summer, Highland Falls
10. A Matter of Trust

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 13:21 (twenty years ago)

1. Scenes From an Italian Restaurant
2. Only the Good Die Young
3. Pressure
4. It's Still Rock 'n' Roll to Me
5. Say Goodbye to Hollywood
6. Uptown Girl
7. Piano Man
8. We Didn't Start the Fire
9. You May Right
10. She's Only a Woman to Me

I could go on forever. But could someone explain why they like "Captain Jack" to me? I could never stand that one.

Incidentally, the 2-disco best of is one of the best best ofs ever.

― Eppy (Eppy), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 14:18 (twenty years ago)

1. She's Got a Way
2. New York State of Mind
3. A Matter of Trust
4. Don't Ask Me Why
5. Pressure
6. The Stranger
7. My Life
8. Honesty
9. Downeaster Alexa (so as not to say Allentown)
10. Big Shot

Honorable mentions go to "Vienna," "I Go to Extremes," "Leave a Tender Moment," "Moving Out," "An Innocent Man."

Count me in the club of those who cannot stand "Schlock from an Italian Restaurant." And I'm surprised by all the affection for "Uptown Girl" and "Tell Her About It."

When I tried to think about this, it was interesting how many thematic and stylistic pairs there are. "You May Be Right" and "My Life." "Just the Way You Are" and "She's Always a Woman" (Though I prefer "She's Got a Way" to both those). "Allentown" and "Downeaster Alexa."

― The Mad Puffin (The Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 14:25 (twenty years ago)

1.ATTILA! (particularly "Wonder Woman" and "Amplifier Fire/March of the Huns"
2."Uptown Girl"
3."She's Always A Woman"
4."Big Shot"
5."The Entertainer"
6."Don't Ask Me Why"
7."Allentown"
8."Piano Man"
9."Only The Good Die Young"
10."The Longest Time"

Can't remember which single had the violent "I got blisters on my blisters!" ending, either "You May Be Right" or "Sometimes A Fantasy". That might've made the list, but only with that ending (which wasn't on any album, just the '45).

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 15:40 (twenty years ago)

The Longest Time
Laura
Pressure
Don't Ask Me Why
Stiletto
Big Shot
Prelude / Angry Young Man
Ballad of Billy The Kid
Captain Jack
Travelin' Prayer

Attila is very amusing.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 16:02 (twenty years ago)

theme from bosom buddies
pressure
movin out
leave a tender moment alone
allentown
sleeping with the television on
she's always a woman
you may be right
it's still rock n roll to me
that one garth brooks had the big hit with

― j blount (papa la bas), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 16:13 (twenty years ago)

(For heaven's sake, folks, the Bosom Buddies theme is "My Life.")

― The Mad Puffin (The Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 16:20 (twenty years ago)

> that one garth brooks had the big hit with

"Shameless"

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 19:59 (twenty years ago)

Myonga, that was "Sometimes a Fantasy."

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 20:03 (twenty years ago)

1. Don't Ask Me Why
2. Honesty
3. The Longest Time
4. New York State of Mind
5. My Life
6. It's Still Rock 'n' Roll to Me
7. Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
8. Only The Good Die Young
9. You May Right
10. Big Shot

― o. nate (onate), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 20:07 (twenty years ago)

"Allentown". One of the first "proper" pop songs I learned the sheet music for, and more of an influence on my keyboard playing than I can properly describe.

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 20:09 (twenty years ago)

i guess i meant 'river of dreams' when i typed 'in the middle of the road'

― keith m (keithmcl), Thursday, 7 April 2005 03:53 (twenty years ago)

one year passes...

How come everyone likes Atilla better than The Hassles?

― billstevejim (billstevejim), Friday, 12 May 2006 02:31 (nineteen years ago)

Hahahahaha! I just opened this thread forgetting I'd started it, thinking: "Number One: 'Scandinavian Skies.'"

Oh, how we laffed . . .

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Friday, 12 May 2006 08:29 (nineteen years ago)

scenes from an italian restaurant (by a mile)
movin out
piano man
the entertainer

hmm it's tough after that...

― pisces (piscesx), Friday, 12 May 2006 08:49 (nineteen years ago)

Zanzibar
Stiletto
Rosalinda's Eyes
Pressure
Still Rock & Roll to Me
Goodnight Saigon
We didn't start the fire
Don't Ask Me Why
Christie Lee
Sleeping With The Television On

Grew up listening to Billy Joel - my Dad was a big fan. I still think 52nd street's a pretty good album and an interesting Italian American take on the disco era.

― Treblekicker (treblekicker), Friday, 12 May 2006 09:00 (nineteen years ago)

My Life
Uptown Girl
The Longest Time
Only The Good Die Young
It's Still Rock N Roll To Me
Don't Ask Me Why
Allentown
Tell Her About It
A Matter of Trust
Piano Song

― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Friday, 12 May 2006 11:38 (nineteen years ago)

Err, Piano Man!

― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Friday, 12 May 2006 11:39 (nineteen years ago)

It took me a lot longer than it should have (longer than you think) to finally get this together..

01 Allentown
02 Don't Ask Me Why
03 Laura
04 Summer Highland Falls
05 Sometimes A Fantasy
06 She's Got A Way
07 The Night Is Still Young
08 Everybody Loves You Now
09 The Stranger
10 Close To The Borderline / Los Angelenos

#10 was the tough one. 1-9 seem pretty solid, but #10 is pretty much interchangable with any of the honorable mentions, which are Stiletto, Leave A Tender Moment Alone, Honesty and Only The Good Die Young.

― billstevejim (billstevejim), Friday, 12 May 2006 13:05 (nineteen years ago)

Billy Joel POX

LOL

― bananas bananas (dayvidday), Friday, 12 May 2006 15:54 (nineteen years ago)

one year passes...

"Movin' Out" has vastly grown on me over the past year. It's gotta be in there.

― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Thursday, 24 April 2008 11:36 (seventeen years ago)

Truest thread title ever.

― Dingbod Kesterson, Thursday, 24 April 2008 11:40 (seventeen years ago)

Billy Joel is my favourite offensive musician.

― Dom Passantino, Thursday, 24 April 2008 11:53 (seventeen years ago)

In particularly "Moving Out" and "She's Always A Woman"

― Dom Passantino, Thursday, 24 April 2008 11:53 (seventeen years ago)

Piano Man and Goodnight Saigon are great.

― chap, Thursday, 24 April 2008 12:02 (seventeen years ago)

"Movin' Out" is such a good album opener. Just drop the needle and hear everything kick in.

("Big Shot" as well, though I'm not sure about the breaking glass or toot-toot sounds that open the next two studio albums.)

― Pleasant Plains, Thursday, 24 April 2008 14:24 (seventeen years ago)

thread should be retitled Billy Joel the Ten Plagues

― gabbneb, Thursday, 24 April 2008 14:31 (seventeen years ago)

All of you Yankees who hate Billy Joel fascinate me.

― Pleasant Plains, Thursday, 24 April 2008 14:31 (seventeen years ago)

gabbneb otm, the man is a menace to society

― Mr. Que, Thursday, 24 April 2008 14:32 (seventeen years ago)

The correct answer is of course "'Ullo John Gotta New Motor?" viz. "He's got a record by Billy Joel/He's got a record by Billy Joel."

Possible runner-up: that Pitman track which cites Billy Joel and samples Julio Iglesias.

― Dingbod Kesterson, Thursday, 24 April 2008 14:40 (seventeen years ago)

I only recently discovered that he actually included an Attila track ("Amplifier Fire"!) on his '05 career-retrospective box - a peculiar move, considering his oft-proclaimed embarrassment over that whole album. (No coincidence, I'm sure, that "Amplifier Fire" is one of the album's two instrumentals.)

― Myonga Vön Bontee, Thursday, 24 April 2008 15:47 (seventeen years ago)

three years pass...

1. Piano Man
2. Captain Jack
3. Allentown
4. Uptown Girl
5. The Longest Time
6. An Innocent Man
7. My Life
8. Big Shot
9. She's Only a Woman to Me
10. Movin' Out

Come on, no matter how much you hate Billy Joel, these songs are classics. Helluva lotta fun to sing out loud to.

― Poliopolice, Friday, 20 January 2012 21:05 (fourteen years ago)

I'm gonna revise my list, now that I've had 6 years to think about it some more

Captain Jack
Only The Good Die Young
You May Be Right
Goodnight Saigon (AS SHARP AS KNIVES-IVES-IVES-IVES)
My Life
Big Shot
Uptown Girl
The Longest Time
Movin Out
Piano Man

The whole Greatest Hits 1&2 album reminds me of playing lego as a kid, lol.

― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 20 January 2012 22:15 (fourteen years ago)

twelve years pass...

just went through his whole catalog a couple times in recent weeks. never really was a big fan but found quite a bit more to like than i thought i would

i think my top ten might look like this

a matter of trust
the great suburban showdown
fallin of the rain
you may be right
ive loved these days
all for leyna
and so it goes
everybody loves you now
summer, highland falls
scenes from an italian restaurant
the stranger

― I Chet the Holmgren (Spottie), Saturday, 20 July 2024 00:26 (one year ago)

“Los angelinos” is one of the worst songs of all time

― calstars, Saturday, 20 July 2024 00:40 (one year ago)

I did not like that one. Really disliked Homesty too.

― I Chet the Holmgren (Spottie), Saturday, 20 July 2024 03:40 (one year ago)

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