Billy Joel accepts Rock and Roll Hall of Fame award at the 1999 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, where he was inducted by Ray Charles. rockhall.com/in...
Exactly, well it's obvious rock and roll has jazz in its roots, what else could have? And music is meaningful to everyone. Jazz plays in numerous nations despite it being originally African-American. Mozart and Beethoven were German, and their music is quite literally universal, and even THEN classical composers from all over Europe came to vienna for people to worship music. Music diverges and advances.
@@Coolrockndad He probably would have but like alot of those cats like Elvis Buddy Holly Jerry lee Lewis Roy Orbison. They wanted the recognition of there interpretation of rock and roll then to give it to the ones who started it all . Just sad that our world was so messed up in the early days of rock and roll that black and white wasn't merged from the beginning ! We got our tastes throughout the years but I believe it would have been so much more if there would have been no color bearers from the beginning . As bad as it sucks to thank about the past from that sense the future is definitely a bigger and brighter bubble !
Billy Joel is humble and a cool guy,and he is really respectful to the people who he honored and thanked 🎉🎉. He really gave a beautiful acknowledgement to his mother and daughter 🎉🎉
This was commentary on the controversy of Springsteen being inducted that year, but the E Street Band not being eligible. Billy's band didn't have a name like Bruce's did, and he wanted to make sure that they got some recognition too, which is why he went to the trouble of introducing them by name... including members of his crew. Class.
How nice of Billy. Thanked and recognized that his band played a huge roll in getting him where he is. Then he fired them! He needs to call them up and go out on a high note. Liberty is such an amazing, unique drummer. He is the Billy Joel backbone.
Billy's band did have a name for a few years late 70s-early 80s, they informally called themselves The Lords of 52nd Street. Most of those same musos were the former Long Island band Topper.
It takes a lot of guts and humility to stand in from of a crowd of white people at your rock and roll hof speech and say your derivative and all white people associated with rock and roll are derivatives. He's already my favorite artist of all time, I love him even more now. By far the greatest musician to ever live
You are a total Moran Aaroon... Billy brought his own 'sophisticated' flavor... everything in life is derivitive... Billy is untouchably unique... he was just being PC. It was a smart career move at the time. He is working class American through and through. DONT bring billy down to what appears (based on your pic) is some very classless level. Is that a leatherman S & M pic? If not, forgive me. Billy does not need your input... you prob weren't born and he was writing genius level compositions.
Very true! Rock and Roll came from blues, which originated from jazz, which originated from African Americans singing songs during slavery. I applaud Billy for having the guts to admit the true influences of Rock and Roll!
'I've had the most amazing life...'. It's too bad he didn't just step out of the biz at that point. And it's too bad that the industry won't accept him for what he now wants to do musically. He's a tremendous player...really knows his stuff. I'd always hoped he'd do an r'n'b record, which is what he alludes to here as being his main interests.
There Would be no ROck & ROLL without all the Brothers, Billy said it Himself. He didnt mention Elvis or Jerry lee Lewis or Buddy Holly because he knows who created the genre. No if's ands or but"s
@@michaelprince3486 I'm very aware, sorry if I came across as dismissive. I really love Billy Joel, and I think he's very creative, and he's inspired by those who came before him :)
My only criticism is the fact that Billy dumped his longtime bandmates and friends who are all from N.Y. by a letter from his manager ... that is not the N.Y. way ... When did he become a "Somebody" who is too big for his bandmates ? Without his bandmates many of his famous songs would not be what they are. And Billy is one of my all time favorites ...
Mild similarities at BEST. Billy isn't a prince like Mel Gibson was, not even close. He's a decent looking guy at best, but a HUGE heart and personality that cares about people. You don't write some of the most BEAUTIFUL songs Billy wrote without having love in your heart.
There's a contingent of Billy's music that is like, a half step above elevator music. OTOH he does have some good rockers. I would say he's less derivative than extreme light rock. Led Zeppelin is far more derivative than Billy Joel. They literally copied the blues and just turned the amplifiers up.
