tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11886706.post2473777225066137303..comments2024-02-26T02:37:04.788-08:00Comments on Layla's Classic Rock: BILLY JOELBar L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11100008292699584336noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11886706.post-74882120412446358852010-07-02T06:52:03.196-07:002010-07-02T06:52:03.196-07:00Back when Joel released his My Lives box set a few...Back when Joel released his <i>My Lives</i> box set a few years ago I started revisiting his back catalog a bit more. <br /><br />I'd say all of his albums up to <i>Glass Houses</i> are pretty strong start to finish and his albums after that still have the ocassional diamonds in the rough but generally lack the overall consistency in the quality of material that the previous albums had.Perplexiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09971805688658949769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11886706.post-184594497766616832010-06-29T15:52:10.095-07:002010-06-29T15:52:10.095-07:00Really enjoyed this post and you bring up a very v...Really enjoyed this post and you bring up a very valid point regarding the way most critics slammed Billy Joel as a lightweight ballad singer. There was a lot more to him than that! I saw him in Denver in Feb. with Elton John...he TOTALLY blew Elton off the stage!Mike Caseyhttp://mikecasey.net/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11886706.post-3660448231847184702010-06-27T04:20:32.483-07:002010-06-27T04:20:32.483-07:00His Uptown Girl was dreadfull, but he made it up w...His Uptown Girl was dreadfull, but he made it up with "We didn't start the fire". Great rock song, lyrics and video.Playing Rock Guitarhttp://www.docstoc.com/docs/44143989/Playing-Rock-Guitar-Lessons-Beginner-Rythm-Tablaturenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11886706.post-87243230378026148292010-06-26T13:32:58.741-07:002010-06-26T13:32:58.741-07:00I've always looked up to Billy Joel as one of ...I've always looked up to Billy Joel as one of today's classical pianist like Mozart, Debussy, Chopin, etc. but with a sense of modernity and mind-boggling lyrics and melodies... I love the fact that he's so great with the piano. It's such a shame no one even comes close to his kind of talent these days. I'm stealing all my parent's cassette tapes! lolE.T.'s Gravityhttp://www.frgt10worldofet.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11886706.post-79212020279132048732010-06-26T07:16:35.563-07:002010-06-26T07:16:35.563-07:00Thanks for the info. I just recently dug through t...Thanks for the info. I just recently dug through the Joel library as I was filling my new Ipod like a madman. I'll have to give some of these other songs that I originally ignored another look/listen. Thanks.<br />--JamesJames Garcia Jrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559119178720751963noreply@blogger.com