Billy Joel - The River of Dreams | REACTION 

Billy Joel doesn't have any particular genre. He's just REALLY GOOD. I love how he can sing high to low and the transition is like butter.

Listen to An Innocent Man

It's an amazing song! Take a listen to his song For The Longest Time.

Back in the day, it was an instant mood lifter when this song would pop up on the radio! Whatever I was doing, I would freeze when the music stopped in the middle. 🤣

If you’re interested in Billy’s inspirations, listen to An Innocent Man. Every song is a tribute to an artist from the 50s and 60s that he listened to when he was young.

Billy always brings me up. He’s my favorite singer..

It’s basically Gospel, which R&B gets its roots from. Looking for your faith that life has stolen from you.❤️🎼

Saw billy joel and Elton John it was epic !!!!!

If you really want to cry listen to “And So It Goes”. It’s a real tear jerker. My favorite is “Downeaster Alexa”.

My favorite Billy Joel song by far

HEYYY Hon! This is my FAVORITE Billy Joel song!

I've never seen this video before and it's wonderful. I love this song, so inspiring, toe-tapping, fun & happy. Billy has always been so versatile.

I once read in the late 70s that Billy’s goal was for each album to have a different sound.

I have been a huge fan of Billys’ ever since the album The Stranger but this song hits. So very spiritual and funky..love the doo-wop background. Musically, he is my hero, for sure. Much Love!

This is such a good song. My favorite Billy Joel song by far.

My other favorite Billy Joel song. It just feels so good.

A ma zing , love it.

Billy is nothing if not versatile! Amazing artist! Knew you would like it.

I was fortunate to see him in his prime in concert. He jumped off of a large speaker and ripped his pants big time. He just stopped and said well that showbiz and kept right on going. He is phenomenal and tremendously talented.

Seeing him with Stevie Nicks at Soldier Field in Chicago tomorrow night! I've seen him 5 or 6 times and it's always great! Loved when he did the tour with Elton John!

One of my favorite BJ songs! I've been listening to him for over 50 years, and he still does it for me.

Love this song, and for some reason it made me think od "Walking in Memphis"

And he can still perform today. Saw him last summer at Arrowhead stadium.

Billy is amazing!

Billy has so many great songs, Keeping the Faith, Goodnight Saigon, Allentown, Innocent Man, are just a few of my favorites. And Baby Grand with Ray Charles is a banger!

I have many of his songs, but this is my all time favorite. The album is quite varied, but all good.

One of my all time favourite songs - still on my driving play list after all these years.

I highly recommend his "For The Longest Time".

This was my daughter's favorite song when she was around 2 or 3. We would be driving somewhere when this song would come on. She would start dancing in her car seat!

One of my favorite artists. He had me hooked immediately with Piano Man and I own several of his albums (yes kids, you call them vinyls)

I recommend the song "Lullabye" from the same album. He wrote it for is daughter. He wrote this song in response to her question "Where do we go when we die?"

Great song and a very good album. No Man’s Land,is an excellent song, kind of representing Long Island, New York as it changed from the 1959’s into the 1990’s!

So glad you enjoyed this as much as I thought you would. It’s been going through my mind nonstop and that’s just fine with me. All of his albums are masterpieces. He is so phenomenally talented.

It's a cracking song to do for karaoke. Did it one with a few friends as my choir. Great stuff

SalvoG, please start at the beginning... react to Billy Joel's "Piano Man" with the video.

My favorite song and video is Matter of Trust, plus the older Just the Way that you Are, that one is a beautiful ballad. You have got to also hear: Piano Man. You haven't lived, you're not in time with culture, without experiencing those watershed songs, moments

I first saw Billy Joel in concert when this song came out! So you see how long Billy Joel fans had been waiting for another original song from him since 1993 😄 (He put out a couple of covers in the late '90s, and a mostly forgettable track that he didn't even want to record himself during this gap.) The only real way to remedy your query as to how Billy evolved musically is to just...dive into all the albums. Each one is VERY distinct, and a product of the time period in which he composed it -- except for Innocent Man, which was an entire throwback to the music of the 1950s and '60s -- and yet, his music overall remains timeless. Side note: for something very mid-'80s, he did a collaboration with Cyndi Lauper called Code of Silence, if you want to check that out!

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Read the back story to this song. He was betrayed by his brother-in-law/manager. This is how he dealt with that pain.

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Even great later in his career. My favorite and you should check out is: Our Italian restaurant.

I saw him at Progressive Field in Cleveland a few years ago. One of the best shows I've ever been to! You have to react to "Why Should I Worry" from Oliver and Company where he played a dog named Dodger :)

Most of the artists we grew up with showed us a range of music, in contrast of today so many people in the music business all sound the same

Great album, I think it was his last of new material, other than his one album foray into modern classical music, Fantasies and Delusions.

pleaseeee do The Longest Time!! so infectious

Captain Jack. Angry Young Man. Stiletto. Uptown Girl. We Didn't Start The Fire.

Hi Sal I was hoping to join your family in order to make a request. Unfortunately it is full. I was going to request a Bobby Hatfield song and I prefer your reactions to any other reactor. (Apparently there are quite a few that feel the same) This is a rare song and only one reactor has used it. I feel it is as good as any of his songs and better than most! I believe it needs to be introduced to a much larger audience. (Which you have. I’ve been saving for some time so I can join and make my request. Please let me know if and/or when I can make the request. Thank you!

Billy is a beast at multiple genres! You should check out Garth Brooks we shall be free!

Cool fact.. the artwork was done by his then wife Christy Brinkley

Non riuscirai mai a trovare un "pezzo" non riuscito perfettamente di Piano Man ... Ha solo gioielli nel suo repertorio 👏🎹👏🎹... Oltretutto specialmente da giovane grandissimo Performer live

For a completely different sound check out "Allentown"

I have just come across a song performed by Christine and the Queens called full of life, i heard a few seconds of it on a prime advert of all things and its amazing , please give it a listen.

This feels like it can belong to The Lion King soundtrack.

Listen to the Innocent Man album it’s full of hits

FOR UPBEAT BILLY - Only The Good Die Young. (I know, just trust me)

Watching that video clip, I realised that he had finally found what he was looking for. It was a boat to get across that damn river.

Why don't you listen any of his 70s albums. Dozens of great songs. Just the way you are, would be a good start.

So you really never heard this song before?

Listen to : Just the way you are, Honesty, She' s always a woman..

You should definitely check out “This Is The Time” by Billy Joel