FIRST TIME HEARING BILLY JOEL- PIANO MAN (REACTION) 

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My favorite line in this song is Their sharing a drink they call loneliness but it's better than drinking alone

Billy wrote this about his own experience as a piano lounge singer in Los Angeles for six months in 1972-1973. 💚🤙

One of the greatest songs ever written. What a picture he paints with those lyrics. No matter how different we all are, background, race, religion, age, gender & how angry we are at each other for whatever the reason......we are all the same. We all have our own personal problems & demons we're fighting. But music can bring us all together. It's a powerful weapon! Some miss use it and others write songs like this. 🤜

Who else misses the piano bars that used to be everywhere? Sit, drink, talk, listen to the man at the piano.....

the reason this song hits so hard is because 99% of people can relate. Being in the military for 21 years and many bars around the world you couldn't escape it

His storytelling in songs is outstanding. He's a rabbithole for real emotional music. If you haven't heard, "Honesty" is such a masterpiece. Greetings from a Austrian fan of him over 40 years. And fan of yours!

I forgot how much I love this song! Thanks to who ever requested! Great reaction!

If you haven't already heard of Scenes From An Italian Restaurant by Billy Joel, highly recommend! It's a story that changes beat almost like an opera or broadway. Really great song.

This song is amazing and when seen in concert Billy Joel sings only the first couple of lines and the audience sings the rest while Billy plays. It will give you chills!

Few concert-going experiences can match a live performance of Piano Man - which is always his final encore - when the lights go up, he and the band cuts out, and 20000 people or whatever sing this back at him....magical.

I've definitely confused contentment with complacency. I was a very active drug addict. I never thought anything was good enough. I've been clean for 7 years and learned that I'm fine where I am. The love of my wife, kids, and God is all I need. Love watching you two. Y'all seem like y'all would be awesome to hang with. Sending good vibes 🤙

I bartended a piano bar for years , and it’s a astonishing education of people. This song was requested all the time and there were times it broke the pianist spirit. We would smile art each other and raise our eyes ,and keep on keeping on. ☮️

It feels so real because it is real, from his days playing dive bars in New York city. This was one of his earlier hits and one I played on the juke box when I was in High School

Billy was the Piano man before he made it big. This was his story, this was him, and still is in some way. Why this is such a good song is because it is true...all of it, or close to the truth as he could make it about life. (on top of the fantastic sound and his vocals of course)

Wow! Absolute classic song! A masterpiece! I was 8 years old when this song was released in 1973. My 18 year old at the time older cousin bought the album then and he still has it.

Love Billy Joel. This is a great song. Brings back a lot of memories

We didn’t start the fire! Be sure to watch or read the lyrics while listening. It is still so relevant. So many truth bombs in that song!

One of my favorites ever. This is a end of the night at the bar kinda song. Everyone has their issues and downfalls but they can come to a spot like this forget about everything for a short while. As Jai said. It's like therapy. I can relate.

This song is written about his own personal experience, starting out in the business… Billy Joel has a huge, huge portfolio one of the deepest rabbit holes you go down, and one that after introducing my father to he became a huge fan as well❤

One of my favorites! I am so old -- it surprises me when people say they haven't heard a particular song before, lol! Great choice and great reaction Jai and Half ❤❤❤❤

I remember buying this song on cassette when I was very young. Loved it then and still love it now. It speaks so much truth.

Thank you thank you for Billy Joel!! It doesn't matter what song he sings it's BRILLIANT. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Love Billy Joel and all of his iconic music!

The most profound lyric is the end. He goes through the list of regular customers, what they do, then what they'd rather be doing. But the final person on the list is himself when they say, "man, what are you doing here?" He's too good to be playing at this little hole in the wall for tips and free beer.

I’ve always contended this is the greatest song written in the last century. It invokes sadness, happiness, melancholy and more, all in just a few minutes.

This was the song of my early 20's. Billy Joel was my go-to artist to listen to along with James Taylor. The singer/songwriters were the best because they wrote from their own experiences. Thank you for posting this tonite. It brought back a lot of great memories. I love watching your reactions and especially appreciated Jai's comments about working jobs you don't belong in. It hit home.

This is the song that put Billy Joel on the map. Instant fame, and he lived up to our expectations throughout his career. Most of us have always known him as the piano man.

What a great artist.. so many great songs.

He really knew how to make music that makes us feel great! Totally connecting song that touches everyone. He is such a great storyteller with his music. Another one with similar great vibes like this is "Italian Restaurant" Such a great feeling that song.

Billy is great! He has so many hits. I hope y’all will cover more of his music!!

It's not just a song, it's an anthem!

1st time I heard this song was in 1975 in Biloxi, Ms. At Keesler A.F.B. I was an 18yr old airman n this song hit me hard. Was so powerful and a true testament of what many working class Joe's n military personnel were feeling at that time. Thank you so much for reacting to it. Brought back mostly good memories of my 1st real experiences away from home. More good memories from that rock era, please!!

He's one of my favorites and very underrated I believe our greatest artist came out of the 70's and 80's

As long as you're doing Billy Joel, try listening We Didn't Start The Fire

I am absolutely certain that you will like his classic 'New York State of Mind.' One of the most genius compositions and lyrical savvy you will ever find. Billy also gives lots of love to the other musicians (especially the saxophonist) which plays an incredible solo.... Simply put, a must see/listen...

I can't believe he had a boxing carreer BEFORE he wrote and performed all of his songs.

I saw an interview with Billy Joel. He said every time he walked into a piano bar they would start playing it. After a short time he would give the piano player an apologetic nod because the song has no natural ending

One of the funniest memes I ever saw said "For a song called Piano Man that guy with the harmonica won't STFU" 😂

What’s crazy to think about is that song is a half century old and still bangs.

Love Billy Joel music. He put his life into his music. My favorite was 'THE LONGEST TIME". I'd heard he wrote some of his songs to one of his wives- Christie Brinkley. Not sure if this is one or not but I always liked it. Keep up the good work on your chazannel!

There is a reason why he has already received a Kennedy Center honor and is known for being one of the best story telling songwriters ever. Listen to New York State of Mind. He wrote that song while riding a bus to his new home in New York, after having just arrived home from Los Angeles. He says when he walked in the door, he asked his wife where the piano was, went o it and write down the song in 20 or 30 minutes.

This has got to be one of my all time favorite songs.

Billy is a true artist and story teller..watch more. He's got a great voice too..

He will be one of America's greatest songwriters and performers.. HE is a classically trained pianist. When his family emigrated to the US from Germany his father returned. His mother always dissuaded him from music but it couldn't be hidden. When he met his father much later in life he discovered he had a step brother who was the conductor for the Viennese Opera.

It's their escape from real life. Great story and song.

@8:26 On the sitcom Taxi when the writers were researching information for the different workers in a taxi company, everyone seemed to be "waiting" for someone. The reason is everyone had another "job", but the guy who came in said to the producers, "...me? I'm a cab driver, I am the only cab driver in this place." That became Judd Hirsch's character. Essentially, the role of the piano player here.

Wow. Just the other day I was listening to this song and I thought to myself that you guys should do a reaction video for this. I am very glad you both enjoyed it. Great song.

Billy Joel, you can never miss. Great choice. Excellent lyrics.

I love the musicality of his performance. The crescendo at the line: “if I could get out of this place”. Just go good 😊

One of my all time favorite songs.

I am so glad you posted this. Not enough to say about his music. Spent *money* to see him in Detroit last year, and I never need to see anything or anyone again. He is a gift.

Well I know about a year like this Billy Joel party, he is a timeless artist, one of my all-time favorite artists, his music and lyrics and what he sings about is still relevant to this day

When this song came on the radio and my daughter said "OH this is my favorite song" I knew I did something right.

He is a minstrel. Telling stories. Beautiful.

Wonderful reaction. This song came out in 1973, when I was 16. And was a tsunami on the musical landscape at the time. Incredible impact and radio play.

This brings back so many memories. Billy Joel went thru so much. Got it out of the mud. Awesome guy. Love your channel!

Yes, Jai! A lot of us have lived “lives of quiet desperation.” Much love to you both.

One of my favorite songs from Billy Joel! Such a talent.

This came out in 1973, the year I was born. Reminds me of some good times hanging out with my regular working buddies after work at the bar. Listening to each others bitches and gripes and having a drink together.

in 1973 we had no video for this song. We listened with our ears and our imagination.

Billy Joel has always been a favorite, saw him twice in the 70's and once in the 90's when he toured with Elton John.

Dream your best dream , then make it happen ! Believe in your dreams

Hard to believe that this song is 50 years old. Crazy!

My favorite song by Billy Joel.... For the Longest Time.... listen to it, amazing!

I've been at the same factory for over 40 years and I still feel like I could have done more with my life. Yes it gets me down once in awhile

Thinking about a dude I worked with in Nome, Alaska, cooking in a little restaurant. Went out for drinks and music, he goes up and plays drums for a tune or two. He showed up there with a band, ran into a Eskimo girl and never left.

Love the reaction. Good to see you again. Keep on, keepin' on.

It's the song that put Billy Joel on the map. The rest is history.

If that isn't soul-soothing, I don't know what is. Thank you. ❤

My favorite of his and it changes the more you listen to it based on your mood. Thanks for sharing.

Man that was such a great reaction! You guys deserve so many more views, and they will come. God bless and have a good night 🕊🇺🇸

Workin a dead end job...yes!Thanks guys...one must have belief in themselve's,self motivation and Family and friends for support!

When he was trying to be unrecognizable he was using his middle name and called himself Billy Martin during this stage of his career. This song wasn't a huge hit for him but it became a cult classic after he became more popular. He always ends the show with this song and the entire audience twenty thousand or more all singalong at the end if he doesn't do this song at his concert than the show's not over. Billy Joel is has sold about the third or fourth most albums of any solo artist in the history of music.

I’ve always loved this song, from the moment I found it, or rather that it found me. It’s an upbeat, happy sounding song on the surface, but the meaning behind it is deeply profound, about the drudge and dispair of common life for so many of us, and how we can often long for just something to raise our spirits, and help us escape if only for a few sweet minutes, and in those moments we’re all the same, regardless of where we came from. Thanks for your reactions, I really enjoy how you look at different styles of music from many different walks if life

This song came out in 1973 and it was one of my girl's favorites along with The Love of Money by the O'Jays and Elton John's Benny and the Jets and we were in the 9th grade. Jai you gave an excellent review about this song and Half we partied real hard to the music of that time without worrying about foolishness like some one getting shot. I believe the 70's was the best decade of music in American history because we had all genres of music at all time highs, rock, soul, country and western, pop, R and B and Jazz. When you heard that harmonica we knew that Billy was on the piano and we had 1,000s of great performers like him in the 70's.

Never too late to discover the Legend that is Billy Joel....welcome

One of my favorites.

You know what I love about reaction videos such as yours that I dig? I was around when Billy Joel first released this song and the album it was on of the same name, even got to see him perform twice. The thing is though, over the years thanks to excessive radio play I started tuning it out every time it came on and even got to hate it because it was played over and over again. But when people like yourselves hear it for the first time, and when your reactions indicate to me that you get how great the song was in the first place, it's given me a whole new appreciation for it and I've come to love it again, so thanks!

You should watch Scenes from an Italian Restaurant. That's from the same-ish era as this. His catalog runs 50 years deep.

And he gets US… Our DRINKS… For FREE!.. The words change a little bit if you’re actually at the piano bar..

i love how this song made you smile, seemed like you needed it

For a song about a piano, the damn harmonica won’t shut up!

There was another reactor who watched this for the first time, and he was going on about how he'd never even heard of Billy Joel, but that the video had 1.3 million views. Which meant, according to this young man, "Either Billy Joel is the biggest one-hit wonder in the history of music, or else I've been living under a f*cking rock..." One of the greatest songwriters ever. I love this man's music, and haver done since the 1970s.

that is one of the all time best sing along songs, ive been at wedding receptions an seen people in their 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60s singing along the other is don mcclains american pie, everyone knows it

Your reaction again is amazing! I grew up listening to this song from the 70's on. I honestly believe we all have parts of this song that relate to us. I spent plenty of nights in the bars and could relate to many parts of this song myself. Also OMG have you seen his wives. You could do a reaction on just his wives! Look up 1 especially. Christie Brinkley.

First concert Hubby & I went to see together was Billy Joel & Elton John, such an amazing concert!! Would love to see him again, but he doesn’t tour anymore. We did go see Elton on his farewell tour in Atlanta, still amazing!!

Such an iconic song! Love Billy Joel 😊

Love❤️ y'all. We really need your positivity right now.

Billy Joel was a baby here. He was married to Christie Blinkler, the model. They had a daughter who also sings.

This is such an awesome song but i started it paying more attention while watching the reactions to it. Interesting points have been brought up. Loved the reaction by a guy who is a hard-core rap fan n he thought he wouldn't like Piano Man, he thought it looked like thrash but during the video he kept pausing it, shocked about how good of a lyrics certain part was n such, by the end he said he had loved it. That's the power of music... Great reaction guys

My favorite Billy Joel song. I know every word.

Great Song from Billy here is another one for you as Well ( Honesty ) like button has been Smashed 😀

As I hope someone has already explained, if you hear emotion, and even bitterness in Billy's voice on this song, it's because he lived it. Early in his career he got into a dispute with his manager. Rather than just roll over and give the manager a cut of everything he wrote and/or performed ~Billy IS a New Yorker, after all~ Billy retaliated by going underground across the country in LA, as a lounge pianist named Billy Martin. He remained there for the better part of two years, waiting out the end of his contract. He couldn't do anything that would draw attention to himself, so he had to essentially hide his enormous talent under a bushel basket. Billy Joel was THE songwriter of his time, the late 70's and 80's. Other acts were more riveting on-stage (*cough* PinkFloyd *cough*) but Billy is a master songsmith, and there wasn't anybody better. "Piano Man" is off his album "The Stranger" and you can't swing a cat on that record without running into a hit single. If you enjoyed his songwriting ability, may I recommend "Scenes From An Italian Restaurant", or "The Stranger" from this same album.

This really makes you stop and think about the lives of the people around you. This song is so damn deep.

Whenever I've listened to this song I've felt like it really captures the vibe and puts you in that bar. I've never seen this video before though.

Love billy Joel. He has many awesome songs, Anthony's song, goodnight Saigon, uptown girl,Allentown, ect....

So good to hear this song again! Thank you!

I'm 74, my life has always been beautiful.

Billy Joel wrote this song at a time in his life when he was struggling with his mental health and his career -- he had signed a record deal as an unknown, the terms of the deal were awful, and he was desperate to get out of it and get with a major label, so he played under a fake name, Bill Martin, at a Los Angeles piano bar, so he could pay his bills. So when he wrote these lyrics, he was writing about himself, about how miserable he felt and how he thought he could be so much more than someone who plays for tips at a piano bar. And in feeling that, he connected to other staff and customers who felt similarly about their own lines. "Yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness. But it's better than drinkin' alone."