Billy Joel - Only The Good Die Young (Live at Farm Aid 1985)

Подписаться 651 тыс.

Просмотров 240 тыс.

50% 1

Billy Joel sings "Only the Good Die Young" at Farm Aid in Champaign, Illinois on September 22, 1985 accompanied on piano by Randy Newman.
A performance from the first Farm Aid benefit concert. Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp founded Farm Aid and serve on the board of directors. The three agreed that family farmers were in dire need of assistance and decided to plan a concert for America. The show was put together in six weeks and was held on September 22, 1985 in Champaign, Illinois before a crowd of 80,000 people. It raised over $9 million for America's family farmers. Performers included Bob Dylan, Billy Joel, B.B. King, Loretta Lynn, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty and many more.
Dave Matthews joined Farm Aid's Board of Directors in 2001 to help further Farm Aid's mission of keeping family farmers on their land.
For more, visit www.farmaid.org/youtube

Видеоклипы

Опубликовано:

9 мар 2011

Ссылка:

Скачать:

Готовим ссылку...

Добавить в:

Мой плейлист

Посмотреть позже

Комментарии : 137

@John-Johnston 11 лет назад

I was there (yep, lucky me!) and despite the off and on rains and a few technical problems, it was so fantastic that most of the fans in attendance and those who watched on tv to this day have no idea how magical an event it was. Oh, the talent!

@Mulder-Scully 9 лет назад

I'll say it now and forever, the 80's were the best!

@gretschdrummer3944 9 лет назад

Im 13 and i live for the 50s and 80s and every thing in between! I hate this modern shit

@elkegiese8079 8 лет назад

+Mulder Scully Yes, yes, yes!!!!

@elkegiese8079 8 лет назад

+Gretschdrummer You`re on the right way, go on!

@bherber 6 лет назад

'80s, not 80's

@TheSkirvo 3 года назад

This song was written in 1977 though

@creamydistortion 12 лет назад

I liked Billy Joel when I was in middle school back in the 90s, and I still like him cause he's awesome... I got made fun of for my taste in music as a teenager, but whatever... I think a lot of younger people are into classic stuff these days and that's good.

@louiscarrillo5873 8 лет назад

Liberty is everything here....showing how its done.....i love that he starts the tune right after the tech glitch....smoooth.....like butta :)

@lorenmorgan1931 5 лет назад

I so wish he would bring him back. The current drummer is too bland for me the music doesnt flow the same.

@homeone4054 5 лет назад

@@lorenmorgan1931 Totally agree Loren. Nobody plays like Liberty.

@homeone4054 5 лет назад

Oh and Russell Javors too...

@DrakeMayeGlazer 4 года назад

I love liberty but chuck is great...

@mikestevenson576 3 года назад

Bit distracting with the histrionics. If the drummer is everything, that might denote a problem.

@Tanmag11 10 лет назад

It's called talent and it never goes out of style.

@daleg.9673 9 лет назад

Billy's got great pipes on this song.

@polysemantor 12 лет назад

TOTAL PRO at 0:15. To recover from interference like that without losing his cool, without losing the beat, and then bringing it to where he brought it? That's how a master of the performing arts does it - total command. If I could be guided by his example I would rejoice.

@howtodoitdude1662 5 лет назад

I thought the piano sounded a little off when he started singing, but then realized it was the other piano player once the camera zoomed out.

@hibob418 3 года назад

That's Randy Newman, and I don't think he knew the song...

@GreenwichMusic 11 лет назад

What a voice!

@TheMainVein3 12 лет назад

one of my friends died yesterday. he was 15, only the good die young.

@sermau1 3 года назад

Oh.. :(

@sarahbear11112007 11 лет назад

Billy Joel, just so ya know, you are my freaking idol.

@oshkoshthegod 11 лет назад

93,240 views and only 3 people were dumb enough to press dislike, looks like youtube is getting smarter,but only 215 likes this song deserves way more

@benjordon80 10 лет назад

This is the real deal, kiddies. Take a good look at what talent really is.

@eddiemoodie5753 9 лет назад

I'm 13 and I can't agree more

@GastonBoykins 9 лет назад

Eddie Moodie I'm 6 years old and I agree with him more than you do.

@bryancooper2247 5 лет назад

ya i know

@Ok-lu5qc 2 года назад

@@eddiemoodie5753 are you 19 now

@TheReubenKincaid Месяц назад

@@Ok-lu5qc no 21 now 😂

@hibob418 3 года назад

In 1979, me and 3 others took an evening chemistry test, and then ran to the Assembly Hall to catch Billy Joel. Then 6 years later, right across the street at Memorial Stadium, I was lucky enough to work the show at the very first Farm Aid and see him again from backstage. One of the things I had to do that day was run the track assignment sheets from the stage to the mobile recording truck. There are 24-track raw tape reels (somewhere) of every one of these acts from that entire show, and it would be nice if they could go back and spruce these songs up since the live mixes that went on the air were kind of marginal due to technical glitches and much rain during the early part of the day. Thanks for posting.

@mattpowers7413 9 лет назад

Wow for a video from 1985 the quality is amazing

@elkegiese8079 8 лет назад

+Matt Powers Just Billy is amazing!!

@garyl4827 Год назад

I was there

@zackw1684 11 лет назад

devitto killing it...

@NicoleClarkAKPoptart 9 лет назад

Great song, fun video, and dayum Billy Joel.

@topanga1025 9 лет назад

I am a product of the 80s and couldn't really enjoy Billy Joel during this decade. I will say this is one of my favorite songs and ironically was introduced to me by my 12th grade English teacher 10 years ago. The magic of this song is the fact that the catchy beat is completely contradictory to the lyrics which are kind of heavy. I love it when artists do that with music. This song is simply genius.

@LeXaveChannel 9 лет назад

Actually, originally billy wrote that tune as a reagge song, and when the band first played it together, the drummer (liberty devitto) found it so bad and the beat so unfitting he threw his sticks at billy, who then let liberty choose another beat

@TheAlysheba 9 лет назад

You must have been at a concert I attended in the late 70's right after Piano Man came out. Billy fronted The Beach Boys. That was back when concerts were in town every weekend and cheap! Anyway, no one paid any attention to Billy and yelled and partied as he played. I liked him and listened...to what I could hear. It really got sad when he asked if we wanted an encore and no one even cared. He said I guess not.. I guess people weren't ready for him...yet.

@juliusalexander2390 10 лет назад

GREAT PERFORMANCE

@nejihyuuga7524 12 лет назад

Champaign, Illinois, 1985!!!! YEAHHHHH!!!!

@AwkwardTurtleSociety 11 лет назад

Pretty good?? PRETTY GOOD?? Billy Joel is the master of all good music. The headmaster of what makes your ear have awesome sensation!

@crackpot1000 12 лет назад

What an amazing performance from Liberty on drums. Only discovered this song recently.

@mikestevenson576 Год назад

He brought his stadium act! I wonder if Billy Joel gave the band specific instructions to lean in. I'm not sure he had done stadium shows yet and some comments he made about Live Aid make it sound like he was wary.

@vosogo 13 лет назад

Awesome performance.

@21Autobahn 12 лет назад

I had a really mean old bus driver and i always used to sing "Only The Good Die Young." She got really mad but it as so funny. This was about 3yrs ago when I was in 8th grade. I did it all the time but especially then.

@RevanSecura 6 лет назад

I may have begun living in 1990 but my music influence is the king of music genres Rock music and every sub-genre of it at that so this song is great and better than Country, Rap and all other genres ever will be in my opinion.

@JDKCA 11 лет назад

liberty devitto is such a beast

@genejq 12 лет назад

fantastic!!!

@michiganjim1658 4 года назад

Liberty is so amazing

@Markgr122 13 лет назад

Liberty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@shaya963 11 лет назад

ERMAGERD!!! SO AWESOME

@kandylangford5886 9 лет назад

A totally bizarre idea...Billy doing this song at Farm Aid...I love it!

@JLSydney 4 года назад

That's how it's done 👍👍

@MizzBonesUSA 13 лет назад

Bill wrote this for my mom....no, not really, but I always felt he had.

@marioharms 13 лет назад

thats so true

@sheafan1971 12 лет назад

classic song

@robertmichalscheck3072 4 года назад

Wow ,serious sound glitch on the intro.

@zargotelc5 13 лет назад

AHHHHH FEEDBACK

@TigerMiller1 10 лет назад

Drummer totally brought it!

@my8osprive 10 лет назад

The drummer is the Animal from the Muppet Show. :)

@jnadle1 10 лет назад

Dimitris Mythos You mean Liberty Devitto.

@amazed66 6 лет назад

Billy once claimed Animal was based on and inspired by Liberty.

@freyiscool 10 лет назад

needs more drums!!!!

@ChipGreene 11 лет назад

Awesome performance. Too bad for the technical difficulties. I think both Billy & Randy's pianos, as well as David Brown's guitar are completely absent from the mix. Can't you fix this, Farm Aid? This is just the broadcast footage... surely some archival tape of the audio exists. This was the opening song for the prime time network coverage, and you can see Billy deciding that the show must go on. Thankfully he, Russell on acoustic, Doug on Bass & Liberty on drums carried the performance!

@swampwitch6133 5 лет назад

You said your mother told you all I could give you was a reputation, oh she never cared for me! But did she ever say a prayer for me? Sounds like one of my ex's mothers lol she hated me and the fact we were together.

@ViralTuber 10 лет назад

I just wish the drums were louder. -_-

@RyanBradleyesq 10 месяцев назад

Billy is amazing and a legend...but his band...his band. Liberty devitto. Rivera. It wasn't even fair compared to today

@samhill6833 11 лет назад

Billy Joel is pretty good

@WhitewithBlue 11 лет назад

Wish this was in HQ surround sound. It'll sound ALOT better. If there's no archival tape with this in stereo, I'll see if I can remaster this source in today's surround sound mix

@spencerrobertson6062 11 лет назад

I play Billy Joel on rock band 3 and he sounds better when his younger

@connorm955 3 года назад

Amazing performance, terrible audio

@miche1df 10 лет назад

dat bass

@mocus1 11 лет назад

No, enjoying good music is not weird it's OK

@Danex5o 13 лет назад

lol the drummers having a time

@MrSaltyLemon 11 лет назад

any teenager who appreciates billy joel is superior to the rest of them, i'd know

@SallieSimpson 13 лет назад

@FinkChrist LOL That's awesome. I would've. ;)

@realpolitik2617 3 года назад

Where is Mark Rivera?

@realpolitik2617 3 года назад

@@Tolstoy111 Auto correct error...hahaha

@crazylewyboy 12 лет назад

@mkobismee I'm a late-teens boy and I love this, weird? :)

@msgnome98 12 лет назад

@mkobismee Nah, I knew this by heart (and still do) when I was 11 =D

@Tommyr 13 лет назад

Billy needs to get back together with Liberty. Those 2 are magic together.

@marsbarshd 13 лет назад

@pjvn5 The bass is drowning out the other instruments. This is a guitar song but you can't hear them! Bad mixing.

@timcampbell921 4 года назад

Yeah. Thee bloke on the mixer must have been drunk.

@jonathanbirch2022 26 дней назад

@@timcampbell921 what do you expect from a bunch of farmers

@kmbowles 13 лет назад

Great song Any idea who the drummer is?

@tylertodeschi7636 6 лет назад

Liberty Devitto

@spoojing 11 лет назад

after I heard about Will Smith, I instantly thought of this song :'(

@borderlord 8 лет назад

Is that the drummer off the Muppetts band..same moves?!?

@orbison 7 лет назад

When Billy appeared on Inside the Actors Studio in 1999, he and James Lipton were discussing Just the Way You Are, and the discussion came to Liberty DeVito (the drummer) and Lipton said that Liberty looked like the drummer from the Muppets (Animal) and Billy joked "I think that's where they got it from."

@jehugo66 7 лет назад

Wow, with Toy Story

@cynthiawatkins9115 11 лет назад

Check out Liberty DeVitto's new band, The Slim Kings, and LIKE them on facebook!!

@sheryld3 11 лет назад

nothing weird about that at all!

@TheAlysheba 9 лет назад

I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints...the sinners are much more fun...only the good die young!

@swampwitch6133 5 лет назад

^ This

@spencerrobertson6062 11 лет назад

i mean he sounds better when his younger not older cus now his like 60 yrs

@lowercasegoat Месяц назад

Not going to find too many people who sound better in their 60s than they did at 35...

@sahling15 12 лет назад

@mkobismee not at all. shows how awesome you are.

@JoeWalkerAddict 12 лет назад

@mkobismee No way!

@CecilWellington 12 лет назад

@dartiel Christopher Hitchens would say yes :)

@yamahabigwedgy 11 лет назад

no way this song rocks

@pjvn5 13 лет назад

@pianodannmarr To much bass? you can never have to much bass. its not like thats the only thing you hear. you just ear more then how other groups use bass

@anointedemcee 11 лет назад

Oh man his drummer is hilarious to watch... really good but kind of ridiculous

@ejaybautista6300 12 лет назад

No. But your spelling of "WEIRD" is.

@BlastFromYesterday 12 лет назад

@justin3133954 it's not that he wasn't right.....

@starwarsfreak1111 12 лет назад

@crazylewyboy no that's not weird. but if you would die soon it would be weird, cuz you're young :D

@danielmarra1555 4 года назад

The piano was too low and the bass too high. Billy’s vocals were at its finest!

@Fitzwilliamdarcy1000 12 лет назад

Were you being sarcastic? (Please yes)

@mocus1 11 лет назад

@republikofnfld 12 лет назад

Lol at the drummer

@justin3133954 12 лет назад

please somebody actually listion to the lyrics insted of the catchy beat and tell me that he wasnt right in the head! come on pepole

@starwarsfreak1111 12 лет назад

@ProdNation15 so cheesy but so funny xD

@moviebuff1941 12 лет назад

Yes. That's very weird. You have to be born in that era to enjoy that music. Teenage girls can ONLY like music of their generation.

@ProdNation15 12 лет назад

@starwarsfreak1111 only if hes good though ;)

@toddgilmore118 9 лет назад

something about Joel just makes me thing his appearance isn't up to par for a celeb!!

@bherber 7 лет назад

Well Todd, it's tough when they don't give you the proper amplification. You could hardly hear the piano. We're not an instrument where you can have a direct plug-in into an amp like an electric guitar. I agree with you that it is subpar, but you should blame the venue, not him.

@bherber 7 лет назад

They fucked Billy over by not amplifying the piano. Of course piano/keys is always an afterthought to guitar/bass/drums.

@moviebuff1941 12 лет назад

No, I'm not. That's the rule. You brake it, u done goof'd kiddo u r fukd nao