Billy Joel - Back In the U.S.S.R. (from A Matter of Trust

Billy Joel - Back In the U.S.S.R. (from A Matter of Trust - The Bridge to Russia)

Рет қаралды 209,456

5 жыл бұрын

"Billy Joel performing “Back In The U.S.S.R" live from A Matter of Trust - The Bridge to Russia
Listen to Billy Joel: billyjoel.lnk.to/listenYD
Subscribe to the Billy Joel KZfaq Channel: billyjoel.lnk.to/subscribe
Follow Billy Joel:
Facebook: billyjoel.lnk.to/followFI
Instagram: billyjoel.lnk.to/followII
Twitter: billyjoel.lnk.to/followTI
Website: billyjoel.lnk.to/followWI
Spotify: billyjoel.lnk.to/followSI
KZfaq: billyjoel.lnk.to/subscribe
Lyrics:
Oh, flew in from Miami Beach B.O.A.C.
Didn't get to bed last night
On the way the paper bag was on my knee
Man I had a dreadful flight
I'm back in the U.S.S.R.
You don't know how lucky you are boy
Back in the U.S.S.R. (Yeah)
Been away so long I hardly knew the place
Gee it's good to be back home
Leave it till tomorrow to unpack my case
Honey disconnect the phone
I'm back in the U.S.S.R.
You don't know how lucky you are boy
Back in the U.S.
Back in the U.S.
Back in the U.S.S.R.
Well the Ukraine girls really knock me out
They leave the West behind
And Moscow girls make me sing and shout
That Georgia's always on my mind
Aw come on!
Ho yeah!
Ho yeah!
Ho ho yeah!
Yeah yeah!
Yeah I'm back in the U.S.S.R.
You don't know how lucky you are boys
Back in the U.S.S.R.
Well the Ukraine girls really knock me out
They leave the West behind
And Moscow girls make me sing and shout
That Georgia's always on my mind
Oh, show me around your snow-peaked mountains way down south
Take me to your daddy's farm
Let me hear your balalaika's ringing out
Come and keep your comrade warm
I'm back in the U.S.S.R.
Hey you don't know how lucky you are boys
Back in the U.S.S.R.
Oh let me tell you, honey
Hey, I'm back!
I'm back in the U.S.S.R.
Yes, I'm free!
Yeah, back in the U.S.S.R.
Ha ha
#BillyJoel #AMatterOfTrust #LiveMusic

Пікірлер: 133

@georginatoland 2 жыл бұрын

The youngest people in the audience saw the fall of the USSR in their twenties, the rise of the Russian Federation in their thirties, and are now watching their world change again in their fifties. So much promise and life memorialized here.

@billyjoel0 Жыл бұрын

Hello, thanks for your positive compliment about my songs. it’s nice seeing all this beautiful comments. how are you doing?

@georginatoland Жыл бұрын

@@billyjoel0 Very good sir. ❤️ During the pandemic when everyone, including my husband, was working from home, I played Streetlife Serenader & Turnstiles on my turntable. “Stop what you’re doing, sweetie,” I said to him. “It’s time for a mental health break.” Thank you so much. Your music is the soundtrack of my life. ❤️

@billyjoel0 Жыл бұрын

@@georginatoland Hello Georgina, I’m so glad my songs has been able to change your mindset and kept your mind positive. I hope you never stop supporting me, where are you from?

@georginatoland Жыл бұрын

@@billyjoel0 California. Saw you play during the Innocent Man tour. I was in college.

@billyjoel0 Жыл бұрын

@@georginatoland Wow that’s amazing, I’m so glad you’ve always been supporting me. Have you been to any of my concerts recently??

@FleetwoodPatch 3 жыл бұрын

People don’t realize how impactful this concert really was. Best artist of all time!

@davidandrew9678 8 ай бұрын

Man I try to explain to younger 20 somethings that there was a time of the Soviet Union and a cold war etc. I get blank looks. However when I quote Billy Joel at that time when he said "These young people never saw a rock and roll show before. I wanted to give them everything!" their eyes light up when they watch this video.

@kennethgriffin7921 5 ай бұрын

"i don't know if he is the best. lets say... good" - Schlomo ( ever heard of paul or john?. you know...the guys that wrote this song )

@elipse371 2 жыл бұрын

While I don’t think Joel’s voice is indistinguishable from McCartney’s, I can say that this a great cover of a classic Beatle’s song The added/increased role of the piano adds a whole new level to it

@deut3168 2 жыл бұрын

Great that Billy Joel can do a Beatles cover in the USSR and everyone knows the words.

@waltermameli2026 4 жыл бұрын

Billy and The Beatles back in The USSR.....Perfect song for these concerts and they rocked the building.....

@rickyiglesias5384 3 жыл бұрын

damn. they killed it. this is a great cover.

@user-vp2fi4ok7i 3 жыл бұрын

СПАСИБО БИЛЛИ! Я ПОМНЮ ЭТОТ КОНЦЕРТ!

@collllroossk 8 ай бұрын

When I hear this version of the song I imagine flying over Russia in a jet at full speed, the energy is incredible.

@ricardomorbelli3416 3 жыл бұрын

GREAT VERSION by a genius like Billy.. !!! The best thing is that it is ALMOST THE SAME as the original, that's why it's so good .. this song has been around for over 50 years and it sounds much better than current music .. BEATLES FOREVER .. !!

@jirehguy 5 жыл бұрын

One of the things that I love about Billy Joel is his ability to change how his voice to fit that song. For most of this, he sounds barely indistinguishable from Paul McCartney. I am a major Beatles fan, but I have to say that I like Billy Joel's cover better than the original.

@TheQuestion31 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah but he has an advantage because his voice already sounds a lot like Paul's lol

@timer3770 5 жыл бұрын

Look at “For the longest time” and this song. You can see his voice changes when the tone of the song is different

@jirehguy 5 жыл бұрын

@@timer3770 that is his work at play. He sung all of those parts, and well I might add

@xXTomokoKurokiXx Жыл бұрын

He does amazing Paul and John impressions - his first album and The Nylon Curtain show that, respectively.

@svgitana2499 2 жыл бұрын

Now THAT was a cool song to play at that concert!! 👍🏻

@paulelliott3220 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome indeed Wonderful performance by BJ and his mighty band

@janinaandayagutierrez4025 2 жыл бұрын

Wow superb version billy joel👏👏👏

@billyjoel786 2 жыл бұрын

Hello Janina, Is nice meeting you here. How're you doing? Thanks for the love and support for years ❤️.

@ruthfeeney9441 5 жыл бұрын

Powerful singer

@billyjoel0 Жыл бұрын

Hello, thanks for your positive compliment about my songs. it’s nice seeing all this beautiful comments. how are you doing?

@howtodoitdude1662 5 жыл бұрын

What an amazing performer!

@st-kw1pr 6 ай бұрын

I've known this for a long time, but now that we're in this era, it's going to spread.❤🌏️✨

@donismyname4351 Жыл бұрын

That signature Billy Joel kick at 1:24 is everything to me! 🎹🥋

@DestroyerOfLiberals Жыл бұрын

Well damn, didn't know Billly Joel can rock'n'roll like that.

@AncntDestructions 2 ай бұрын

surely a great peace making song !

@aacoaf1984 9 ай бұрын

Beatles, a never ending story

@alfredbw7255 2 жыл бұрын

Does anyone have sheet music (or something of that kind) for this amazing piano performance by Billy? Would love to learn to play it like he does

@user-uh8jb3hn2f 5 жыл бұрын

I love Beatles Nice cover thankyou

@ricardomorbelli3416 3 жыл бұрын

@pureflame6755 3 жыл бұрын

I think it's better then the original ! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@will-hb4yn Жыл бұрын

@carloscastilloochoa4447 9 ай бұрын

No, nobody is better than the beatles

@NicholasAndre1 2 жыл бұрын

Shout out to this film crew flying a 16mm camera around over Billy 😂

@straycat7247 6 ай бұрын

I just stumbled upon this video! Amazing! One monster performer, Billy Joel, paying tribute to the biggest monster performers of all! And in Russia, of all places!

@shipofthesun 3 жыл бұрын

1:18 That kid, the one beating the shit out of the stage with the drumstick. That makes me tear up a little. He didn't give a fuck about anything else, just sheer joy at being in the moment, a commodity hard to come by in the U.S.S.R.

@Hotdiggity11 2 жыл бұрын

This was the late 80s. The USSR was decades removed from being what it was during Stalin's reign and were largely modernized by this time. The USSR dissolved like 4 years after this anyways.

@shipofthesun 2 жыл бұрын

@@Hotdiggity11 Not about being modernized, it's about being an oppressive regime. Which did not end all at once when Gorbachev took office.

@TheFamousMockingbird 2 жыл бұрын

Dude people had joy in the Soviet Union. It wasn’t the bleakest most miserable thing in a perpetual state. People still did people

@rhythmdroid 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheFamousMockingbird for someone who watches Hasanabi, we can safely assume you know jack shit about communism.

@ZORGIN Жыл бұрын

@@shipofthesun Not really, most people want to bring it back, even 30 years later. Most post soviet countries are now opressive oligarchies or dictatorships riddled with corruption. Most post soviet economies are also failing. Also, it's not like Gorbachev was the biggest factor in the transition to the free market. The parliament had been infiltrated with anti communists for a while by the time Gorbachev was in office.

@CHNOCHNO-xt2ly 5 жыл бұрын

The Party approves only rock music for public listening. You rock comrade billy joel!

@patwiggins6969 Жыл бұрын

That's a joke I'm communist enough to get lol

@mordylevinstien9366 4 жыл бұрын

Love the camera grab

@potsu2001 5 жыл бұрын

Oh, flew in from Miami Beach B.O.A.C. Didn't get to bed last night On the way the paper bag was on my knee Man I had a dreadful flight I'm back in the U.S.S.R. You don't know how lucky you are boy Back in the U.S.S.R. (Yeah) Been away so long I hardly knew the place Gee it's good to be back home Leave it till tomorrow to unpack my case Honey disconnect the phone I'm back in the U.S.S.R. You don't know how lucky you are boy Back in the U.S. Back in the U.S. Back in the U.S.S.R. Well the Ukraine girls really knock me out They leave the West behind And Moscow girls make me sing and shout That Georgia's always on my mind Aw come on! Ho yeah! Ho yeah! Ho ho yeah! Yeah yeah! Yeah I'm back in the U.S.S.R. You don't know how lucky you are boys Back in the U.S.S.R. Well the Ukraine girls really knock me out They leave the West behind And Moscow girls make me sing and shout That Georgia's always on my mind Oh, show me around your snow-peaked mountains way down south Take me to your daddy's farm Let me hear your balalaika's ringing out Come and keep your comrade warm I'm back in the U.S.S.R. Hey you don't know how lucky you are boys Back in the U.S.S.R. Oh let me tell you, honey Hey, I'm back! I'm back in the U.S.S.R. Yes, I'm free! Yeah, back in the U.S.S.R. Ha ha

@2v_5r84 4 жыл бұрын

Leave it till tomorrow to unpack my caseAAAAA

@ELLIOT1311 4 жыл бұрын

This is so awesome.

@lizardking2107 5 жыл бұрын

I love you

@user-dy2kw5bw9y 5 жыл бұрын

Oh fantastic ! ありがとうビリー！

@user-eu5bc3sk9s Жыл бұрын

Аж не верится ,шо такой движ был в железном занавесе,круто,молодёжь оторвалась на славу!

@Darragh1 3 жыл бұрын

Chills... fab.

@johnsacrimoni1219 3 жыл бұрын

When the camera man is in long hair, you know what time it was.

@scotthamstead1771 3 жыл бұрын

1:21. My guy sounding like Adam sandler

@Noemii04 2 ай бұрын

Mira cuando eras joven igual todavía eres más hoy porque tu eres una divina creación de Dios hases qué tu público bailé sé emocione bendiciones eres y serás siempre buen mozo

@wille3450 Жыл бұрын

Great

@user-ou2pq7cn7n 5 жыл бұрын

Billyさん☕️🙏😅ありがとうございます！

@taiming71 Жыл бұрын

The 1980's were crazy.

@MrFesabadini 3 жыл бұрын

0:30 Hugh Jackman giving his contribution

@nolansullivan4656 3 жыл бұрын

Lol I thought the same thing. I doubt that’s him tho

@marinfamily2010 2 жыл бұрын

and the guy wearing the red bandana on his forehead at @ 2:10 is the lead singer from A-HA Morten Harket

@joseph_bunnyman318 2 жыл бұрын

I wish, such good times.

@beneller6340 11 ай бұрын

HIT ME FRIDAY NIGHT ONLY AT WORK

@shahmonica2211 5 ай бұрын

日本のファンに比べて思い切り楽しんでる🎉 日本人もこれぐらい弾けることができたら良いのに😆👍

@2v_5r84 4 жыл бұрын

Just stumbled across this, awesome

@RiandeMisterios 7 ай бұрын

❤

@pc4421 Жыл бұрын

Das waren noch bessere Zeiten. Musik verbindet auch heute!

@chlldavefromsd7862 2 жыл бұрын

I swear the cover to that piano hangs at the NYC hard rock or at least it did in 90 when Mandela came to town!

@raffaojeda 3 жыл бұрын

good fucking song by billy!!

@2v_5r84 4 жыл бұрын

Does anyone notice a really high and shrill voice throughout this? You can hear it at 0:48 singing "Back in the US Back in the US Back in the USSR"

@fanaticaldueling6337 5 жыл бұрын

Dang way better than the original. That’s a real rock star.

@lifeandsea651 4 жыл бұрын

it's pretty much entirely faithful to the beatles version. Like If I heard this on the radio I'd probably think it was McCartney singing it with a head cold

@benniemoralli6451 4 жыл бұрын

Lmao I just saw you comment on the Elton John version, saying this one wasn't as good

@fanaticaldueling6337 4 жыл бұрын

@@benniemoralli6451 that's because the Elton John version isn't the original

@user-qe8rg1ne4q 7 ай бұрын

1:10 What did he say?

@SergioSilva-ux3fh 5 жыл бұрын

Parabenspelapostagemedificilnaoouvirasmusicasdobillysaotodasbonitasvaleuobrigadopprmemandar

@swamimedina3653 3 жыл бұрын

Billy, eres la verga

@user-ip9yu7lp1q 2 жыл бұрын

@YbYBwRbY 3 жыл бұрын

ЗдОрово!

@Avizafani 4 жыл бұрын

wait... is this hugh jackman? 0:30

@tyronmegawatts6580 2 жыл бұрын

The real fifth beatle.

@brnmachoman6480 3 жыл бұрын

Whats the song maen

@cazique Жыл бұрын

THEY BE WILDIN

@aidaninc.5062 10 ай бұрын

man could you imagine if vladimir lenin was given a video of this by a time traveler

@chrisgardiner2215 3 жыл бұрын

The song "Back in the USSR" is a slight, just as RAMNSTEIN'S song "AMERIKA" is

@JohnDoe-uu9gh 10 ай бұрын

Was this his encore that night?

@zekegarzaiii2012 8 ай бұрын

All of these years I thought Billy Joel sang that first. Never knew it was a cover. But Billy Joel sang it better.

@hugonongbri8100 2 жыл бұрын

What year is this ??

@marinfamily2010 2 жыл бұрын

July 1987

@JourneyLiveCompilations 2 жыл бұрын

Late July 87 / Early August 87

@TITANMAN251 Жыл бұрын

Blue Angels Visiting Russia in 1990s

@tylershamp8434 5 жыл бұрын

I like this better that the Beatles cover

@robincampbell3050 7 ай бұрын

The Beatles wrote it

@marinfamily2010 4 жыл бұрын

Dude at 2:11 is the lead singer of A-HA

@billyjoel0 Жыл бұрын

Hello, thanks for your positive compliment about my songs. it’s nice seeing all this beautiful comments. how are you doing?

@marinfamily2010 Жыл бұрын

@@billyjoel0 what positive compliment did I say?

@billyjoel0 Жыл бұрын

@@marinfamily2010 commenting on my post is something positive. You don’t know that?

@BenjiDarius Жыл бұрын

@marinfamily400 imagine the fake billy joel trying to cover up the fact he's a scammer

@gujwdhufjijjpo9740 5 жыл бұрын

Commies

@AlK75 4 жыл бұрын

Охуенно 👍👍👍👌👌👌✌️✌️✌️

@ultimatesportstv1555 5 жыл бұрын

Billy does it way better than the Beatles😂

@igcmr5084 2 жыл бұрын

…bought this song rebellingly because maccartney dropped it from his repertoire while it’s about Ukraine Moscow and Georgia: how together do you want it nowadays?!

@ellisbienstock5425 5 жыл бұрын

Communism 100

@DelaDelay 3 жыл бұрын

Oxuenno

@EngNapat 4 жыл бұрын

Oh Yeah back in USSR! ☭☆ 🤘🤘🤘🤙

@fellowcitizen 5 жыл бұрын

@valentindegen Жыл бұрын

Imagine this would be called "Back in the Third Reich"

@patwiggins6969 Жыл бұрын

If rock n roll was around back then? Probably. Nature of the beast

@patwiggins6969 Жыл бұрын

I mean it's all about fucking with the establishment or at least it used to be

@midfielder8131 10 ай бұрын

Brilliant, rendition bravo Billy Joel make talent!

@elrond3737 4 жыл бұрын

The thumbs down are from the old commies who hated western ROCK N ROLL

@latestpri Жыл бұрын

Sad for Ukraine and Moscow girls nowadays.

@patwiggins6969 Жыл бұрын

Back when Billy was dating girls his own age. #sorry not sorry

@valenalfredlintao3020 3 жыл бұрын

My favorite communist propaganda

@user-mo2mu8tc5j Жыл бұрын

kzfaq.infoBJzhyRtcV3c?feature=share くるみんアロマちゃんのテンポアップした動画からきました！ビートルズ最高😊❤❤

@SergioSilva-ux3fh 5 жыл бұрын

Parabenspelapostagemedificilnaoouvirasmusicasdobillysaotodasbonitasvaleuobrigadopprmemandar

@2v_5r84 4 жыл бұрын

Yes

@JourneyLiveCompilations 2 жыл бұрын

Yes

@billyjoel0 Жыл бұрын

Hello, thanks for your positive compliment about my songs. it’s nice seeing all this beautiful comments. how are you doing?