"They were all impressed with your Halston dress, And the people that you knew at Elaine's.". Elaine's was a popular restaurant/bar in the 70s-90s that was the hip joint for A-list actors and authors to hang. It was on the upper East Side on Second Avenue at E.88th. I used to live 4 blocks north of it but I never went inside. As a "starving actor" back then, it was above my pay grade.
The man used to do freaking backflips off the piano during concerts, that's how much of a showman he was. Of course, he's in his 70s now, so sitting down at the piano is good too 😄 You should definitely check out some live performances, like Scenes From an Italian Restaurant, or Angry Young Man (both Live from Long Island, I'm pretty partial to those).
I think he meant exactly what he was saying. He was out with someone the night before who drank too much, did cocaine (spoon up your nose) and was the life of the party. She was not feeling too good the next day though, LOL!! If you were out in the clubs during those years, you could relate. Everything was to excess. 😉
No he’s actually talking about someone either a woman or man, who got to high on cocaine and drunk on Dom Perion (champagne) and started shooting off at the mouth and showing off. Now it’s the morning after and they are waking up with Regrets. No interpretation needed the song means what it says.
“The Ballad of Billy The Kid”, “River of Dreams”. “Just the Way You Are”, “Uptown Girl”, “Vienna”, Goodnight Saigon”, “Captain Jack”. As many older videos as possible.
I remember hearing Billy Joel on the radio. He was doing and interview in which he told stories on how he came up with the ideas for his songs. Big Shot he said, was actually written about him. He woke up with a horrible hangover, and remember what he had done the night before. The first comment he made to himself was "You had to be a big shot, didn't you"
Idk if you reacted to any of these yet, I'll have to go & check but A Matter Of Trust is my favorite song & video of his. Also, For The Longest Time, Tell Her About It, Pressure & of course there's We Didn't Start The Fire. I think I remember you doing Piano Man but if not that's a great one too. I know you said 3 songs but Billy Joel is one of the BEST in my opinion & there's so many incredible songs to pick from. He's still doing shows too. I wish I could go but I can't. I love your channel.
The performance of this song Live From Long Island really displays Billy's showmanship. From Wiki: The song is superficially about the protagonist mocking a woman with a severe hangover for her intoxicated escapades around town, making numerous social and verbal faux pas while high on alcohol and drugs ("But now you just don't remember all the things you said/And you're not sure you want to know/I'll give you one hint, honey; you sure did put on a show!"). The song makes reference to late 1970s nouveau riche fads such as Elaine's restaurant and Halston. During a Q&A session at Florida State University in 1996, Joel stated the song is about someone he was very close to, and also about himself. In an interview in 2006, Joel said, "I read that the song 'Big Shot' is said to be about a date I had with Bianca Jagger. I never had a date with Bianca Jagger." But in an interview with Howard Stern on November 16, 2010, Joel said the song was written after having dinner with Mick and Bianca Jagger. Joel told Stern that while writing the lyrics to "Big Shot," he was thinking of Mick singing the song to Bianca. In the official music video, Joel does appear to be mimicking Mick Jagger during the second verse. There is another video of this with the same thing from Billy and the band as this one, but intercut with a woman in it too as the subject of the song, played by Pamela Stephenson.
Top 3: Scenes from an Italian Restaurant Vienna Moving' Out (Anthony's Song) All studio versions. A good live album to listen to is Songs in the Attic. Every single version on that album is better than the original studio version
Think your spot on to what the song is about, almost don't dare to name songs anymore after the comments on my last reaction 😋 "Uptown girl", "She's always a woman", "The longest time" (i think you did the first already)
Do a matter of trust next please it’s a great video it’s like you’re watching him live and the official video please thanks. And this song have been playing a lot of times in my head my whole life but I’ve never told the person they were one even if I wanted to anyway
I really love The Entertainer by Billy Joel! It's about being in the music industry. I'm not sure if it's actually based on true facts, but I can imagine it might be... Try to watch a live version like the performance at Old Grey Whistle Test, you won't be dissapointed.
I know that you can still hear songs long after they were released, but this song is close to 50 years old. I am guessing that Michael is around half of that.
Have you done Captain Jack and Piano Man, yet? I'm fairly new to the channel. FOR THE RECORD, YOUNG MAN: I want you to review The Monkees... 'Last Train to Clarksville'.
@@Werewindle He’s done “Piano Man”. (You can check by clicking on the link to his channel, between his picture and the Subscribe button, then click on the magnifying glass to search for an artist.) The only Monkees song he’s done is “Daydream Believer”. I second the recommendation for “Last Train to Clarksville”. I also recommend “I’m a Believer” and “Goin’ Down” (with the lyrics available because he sings them so fast it’s hard to process them).
I always wondered if he wrote this song after a fight with his supermodel wife (girl in "Uptown Girl") Christie Brinkley. She could be seen as the description with the high-fashion clothes and the Dom Perignon, and known at all the best restaurants, etc. Or, as you said, he might have written it about one of his buddies' girlfriends after said buddy bitched about her sometime. The song sounded too visceral to be made up of whole cloth.
This song came out in the late 70s. He didn’t meet Christie until I believe 1982. He once said he was imaging Mick Jagger singing this to Bianca. Not that she inspired it as much of him imagining it. Once I heard that I could see him singing it as Jagger would. Billy always tries to sing the songs the way he envisioned someone else singing. Like NYSOM was Ray Charles, Los Angelinos was Rod Stewart, She’s Always a woman was Gordon Lightfoot, Uptown Girl was Franki Valli., etc. He’s said everyone, including himself, has had that morning when you look in the mirror and say why the heck did I do that last night
