You might want to listen to Summer Highland Galls.

@JOEL LIEBLER Another favorite! (But I still give the edge to She's Always A Woman.) Be a good one to request, though.

It's weird because I don't think it's his best song but it is still my favorite, possibly because it has a raw beauty and vulnerability to it. As his 4th most streamed song I'm surprised hardly anyone has reacted to it.

Yes, it is almost McCartney-like. Great observation. Thanks for commenting, Mary. :)

A great album for sure. I think "Anthony's Song" and "Only the Good Die Young" were my favorites from the LP.

That's both surprising and understandable, even audible when you listen with that knowledge. Something of a tribute to our national troubadour. Thanks for sharing that, Mary. Greetings from Leslieville in Toronto's east end. 🇨🇦

As a songwriter you can't do much better than aspiring to capture a bit of Gordon Lightfoot.

@@davepeterschmidt5818 no argument there, mate. 😉👍🎶

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I think Harri covered Honesty and Just the Way You Are, as well as other Joel songs. He is really a fan since listening. 🙂

Thank you, my dear, for commenting.

My sister hates this song because of the lyrics. She misinterpreted them and thought it was demeaning to women. I need to set her straight one of these days. :) This is probably my favorite by him.

All beautiful! But I must say that the triangle is actually a pentagon. I would add "She's got a way" and "And so it goes".😉

@@kmach1000 I Hear Ya, Katia💥🎼🥂

All about soul

@@riccardoangeli802 Oh, so many... Love that too!

Harri has already reacted to that one and thought that it was a Barry White original.

he should do his song And so it goes.

@@markvanderstelt8999 he's done that one too.

In fact, he wrote this song about his first wife Elizabeth, who became his manager at the time.

Billy dated both in the 80s and later married Christie but this song is from 1977 when Christie would have been about 23 and Elle around 13. Uptown Girl or Uptown Girls as it was originally called, is about Christie and Elle.

Great song, funny video.

Thanks, Dave. I rank it second, behind only, "Piano Man".

@@Cosmo-Kramer stellar pick my friend. I find it very hard to rank Billy Joel songs, but one of my favorites is "She's Always a Woman". BTW how've you been kind sir?

@@greybeard2280 Thanks, stranger. lol Been pretty good. Had to slow down for a while, but I'm gradually gettin' back in the game. Haven't seen our pal imadrummin lately. Is he okay, I hope?

@@Cosmo-Kramer I've emailed drummin a couple times with no response as of yet. Had to slow down? Hopefully not due to your health my friend. So good hearing from you brother!

Agreed.

Yes, you get it.

"She'll casually cut you and laugh while you're bleeding", doesn't sound like the guy did anything to deserve such treatment. Also, "suddenly cruel", sounds wanton.

@@Cosmo-Kramer well that’s weird, cause she’s always a woman to me.

@@loadedorygun I interpret that line as his acknowledgement of her dichotomy of character (e.g. "kind" & "cruel"), and that he accepts the bad with the good, because to him the good is so good that it outweighs the bad. Which really is what so many men (and women) do when in love, especially with a highly attractive, charismatic, dual-natured partner like the one Billy describes here--they justify their lover's unkind behavior by accepting their two opposite sides as a package deal well worth it. I know you interpret it differently, but does my interpretation make sense, or is it contradicted elsewhere in the lyrics?

No, he made this song nearly a decade before he married, or even dated, Christie.