I watched the press pool video in case it was less cringey in context, and it was not. Like yeah, it's inspired by late 18th-century continental classical music so that's what it's going to sound like because rules are rules, but that appoggiatura is not ambiguous. I just wonder why he'd pick a track from disc 1, side A of 'Monsters Of Sonata' (1993, TimeLife Inc.) if he was going to be cagey about it. There were plenty of goober composers whose work survives. Half of 'em were related to the good ones, too, so there's even a chance that Kenny Schubert's '4th Symphony in F flat' is one of his uncle's rejects.
In Pat's Small Town video, he talks about a "full Phantom down" change and I instantly thought you would be cackling. Love when worlds collide. Always good to see you about and to see my favs appreciating my other favs. Blessings to you and yours✌️🫶🤘
Everytime I listen to that song (which I like) I totally hear Spirits in the Material World. Drummer is even going off brand and sounding more Stuart Copeland
@andrewlowden322 it's the drummer from stings 10 summoner Tales. Sting has also sung songs off the bridge. So sting must have heard billy sting and decided to get the drummer
The mad lad. They said you couldn’t name what was wrong with Joel in under 5:20; this man done did it and exposed an Emmy winner AT THE SAME DAMN TIME. Glad you’re back, Pat.
Pressure is totally Billy Finn, as in New Zealanders Neil and Tim Finn of Split Enz. Neil went on to lead Crowded House. It's impossible for me not to hear it, as I'm a huge Split Enz nerd. Love you, Pat!!
@@dandut Glad to see another, Split Enz listener! I could name a few that would equal Pressure in tone, but Pressure sounds like an amalgamation of a bunch of them. I'd say any song where Neil is singing more specifically though. Love me some Tim Finn though! If Pat wants the truth, he'll have to deep-dive down the Split Enz rabbit-hole. Haha
Just by coiencidence, and a sad lack of summer t's in the rotation. I AM wearing mine! So far only one person gave me a nod (last year) when they saw it, but it lets me know that Finnerty fans are close.......and waiting.
Bizarrely, there's a Strand of Oaks (band that Pat is in sometimes) song called "Galacticana" that sounds just a little bit like We Didn't Start the Fire"
Someday I hope to see a mashup of "We Didn't Start the Fire" with The Prodigy's "Firestarter". It's a perfect match. Weee didn't start the fire / I'M THE FIRESTAHTER No we didn't light it but we're tryna fight it / TWISTED FIRESTAHTER
The entirety of An Innocent Man is homages to 50s and 60s.. so there's Billy Brown, Billy E King, Billy Valli, Billy Cooke, and Billy Lee Lewis. Also most of The Nylon Curtain is Billy Lennon.
I mean, it's not impossible to come up with this stuff independently. I've definitely written a few things before where I later heard a song and it's like, "They totally ripped me off!" even though of course they didn't.
Beethoven is so influential that it wouldn't surprise me if the Succession guy really did think he came up with it. If you're 'composing' (lol so grandiose a word for TV theme music) in a certain style, there are only so many places you can go with it and anyone who's ever listened to music has Beethoven's principles baked into their brain.
Billy is the GOAT! Funny enough Billy says Beethoven is a HUGE influence and his favorite composer. He also has talked about how he’s never loved his voice and that he tried to imitate others in his own way of course.
Billy Joel bought us lunch one time after we set up his show one day. Nice guy. Never heard him play before that but was instantly a huge fan. Turns out his stuff is pretty good
I was a union stagehand setting up his show when he played PNC Park. Dinner for the workers is normal catering stuff. Sandwiches or chicken or salads or rigatoni. We. Had. Fuckin. Steak, scallops, good deserts, real high quality stuff. I've never seen it before or since. Billy's a good guy. His roadies were class too.
I’m definitely a big time Joel guy. Always seen him as versatile and able to do just about any subgenre better than whoever is dominating those charts. I love Billy Joel and always will
@@mitchmoseley735099.99% of musicians out there have a turkey in the woodpile, and the other 1% is Led Zeppelin. (I don’t believe Zeppelin is immune, I just thought it would be funny.)
Holy shit I can’t believe you put Daniel Barenboim in this 😂 I’m laughing my ass off. I had to watch that same video hundreds of times back in 2014 to learn the piece for a recital. So I haven’t seen old Barenboim since middle school, and you just brought him back from the recesses of my mind 😆 This is why you’re the best, Pat
The spit Beato!!😂 I'm a Joel head and a Britell head (listen to the If Beale Street Could Talk soundtrac and Moonlight). Pressure is still one of my Joel faves. All time is "Travelin' Prayer" which some people think is a Dolly song but she covered it in the 80's. Joel released it in '73.
Nick is a bullshitter and plagiarist, some friend. Did you constantly find yourself losing money from your room with him claiming it was his from the get-go?
A WMTSS is ALWAYS worth waiting for, but I think I speak for a good majority of the community (maybe DogMutt excluded) when I say that you feeling better is a primary concern! Heal up, we'll be here!
@@kvvvy6359 That song always reminded me of some earlier ELO songs especially "Bluebird is Dead". Check it out if you haven't. "Oh No Not Susan" is another one with a similar style.
My Music Theory teacher in high school told the class that he went to the Billy Joel/Elton John concert when they toured together, and left before it was over because he was tired of hearing 1-4-5. 😂 Great to see you Pat, hope you’re feeling better; my L5 sympathizes with your L4. Worst pain ever
Every couple months I have to check to make sure I haven’t missed any new videos. Genuinely my favorite channel on RU-vid.. by far. Hope your back is holding up Pat! I had a discectomy after crazy sciatic pain and I’ve been good for years since. Just have to remember to keep using it just don’t abuse it! Take care man.
Watch a Pat Finnerty video, then immediately see a coffee ad featuring "Hot Stepper." It was Starbucks instead of Dunking', but still. Most of the way there.
The music for the last stage of "Castlevania III" also happens to be named "Pressure" and sounds a lot like the Billy Joel song of the same name. That Billy Boy was very influential!
I've run into Billy Joel 2 times in my life very randomly: once at a King Cullen in Huntington, NY when I was a kid (Billy lived in nearby Lloyd's Neck), and again when I was going to college at Tufts University, and Joel was presenting his classical music. I happened to be downstairs in the music building rehearsing in the practice rooms, and Joel happened to be warming up in the same area!
I love this take. I always suspected Billy Joel of being a product of his influences and inspirations (not that there is anything wrong with that), but you did the research, gathered the data, produced the evidence, and showed your work. I'm sure you already have, but do a dive on his Beatles/George Martin obsession. It's not dissimilar from the relationship between Brian Wilson and Phil Spector. Side note, I feel like "Allentown" is one of Billy's best and most underrated songs. So great. Glad you're "back" releasing videos again, bud. Seriously just thinking about you yesterday. Cosmic! Get well soon! 🙏❤️🤘🎸
When you first played pressure I thought for sure you were gonna say “Billy Bowie”. I’ve never heard it before but it sounded like Bowie to me. Thanks for repping Philly right. Look forward to more videos, and congrats on the back job.
So weird, just spent last couple of days revisiting the Pat classics, literally just finished Weezer now, wondering when you would be back. And here you are!
He's like weird al when weird al does those artist pastiche things on his album. They aren't outright parodies, but they're totally in the style of the artists
1:02 OMG, the moment you said "I can identify the source of a Billy song," I immediately thought "but what about Pressure?" Pat, you've made me a very very happy fan.
Here are some others. Say Goodbye to Hollywood - Phil Spector Laura (and others) - John Lennon Ain't No Crime, Weekend Song - Leon Russell Zanzibar - Steely Dan Storm Front - Peter Gabriel The Great Suburban Showdown - Eagles/Jackson Browne We Didn't Start the Fire - I think he based this on R.E.M's End of the World (though it's not a straight style rip) An Innocent Man - the whole album is homages
I work for the beatles channel and our boss got to spend an entire day in the studio with billy recording stories of billy talking about a couple dozen beatles tunes. Said he was a great guy. Bonus: I work with and met both Tal and ol'man Bachman. Lovely guys too. Tal seems not all too pleased about SSH but c'mon.
I've always loved the way Pat hammers bands that I dislike. Feels good. But when he hammers an artist that I have liked for decades...well that's just delicious beyond compare. And he is spot on, 100% correct, and now I can't listen to Billy Joel without scrutinizing it, or at least enjoying a good chuckle. Thanks Pat, you awesome jerk! Sincerely.
@@KrisHarsh Never really listened to him at all besides if his song came on the radio but as soon as I heard Pressure at the end of one of the episodes of season 2 of The Boys I instantly loved it.
Classical music always blows my mind, the fact that people are still sampling it 2-400 years later, sometimes making entire songs from it is nuts. Pure genius.
When I was a kid, and Madonna released the True Blue album, there was a review in an English music paper that said something like 'the queen of pop is back, and the lights are burning a bit brighter in wonderland tonight'. Thats how a new Pat Finnerty video makes me feel. Even one this short. I grew up loving Billy, because my dad loved Billy. I find it harder to listen to these days, for a myriad of reasons, but alongside Punk, New Wave and Synthpop, I kept Billy very close to my heart.
Pressure is indeed Joel's best work, and it's that synth. Thanks for the update on you at the end, hopefully it helped whatever made it necessary. Also, more content would be great too.
This reminds me of the first time I heard "Wouldn't It Be Nice" by the Beach Boys and immediately recognized the chorus section as Tchaikovsky, but couldn't place which song (movement? Piece? I don't know musical terminology!) I spent like, three months trying to track it down and finally found it on a record that my mom had given to me when I got a record player in high school. For anyone who is wondering, it is Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto no. 1 in B Flat Minor, op. 23.
Paraphrase: “Compared to comedians, musicians have the best life. Look at Billy Joel, he gets girls that look like Christie Brinkley. Comedians get girls that look like Billy Joel.” RE: Barenboim, check out the movie “Hilary and Jackie” if you want to see how those guys can roll sometimes. But yeah, he is definitely one of those guys that looks like those guys for sure. Best line in some time.
