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Billy Joel - Only The Good Die Young (Live at Farm Aid 1985)
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Күн бұрынBilly Joel sings "Only the Good Die Young" at Farm Aid in Champaign, Illinois on September 22, 1985 accompanied on piano by Randy Newman.
A performance from the first Farm Aid benefit concert. Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp founded Farm Aid and serve on the board of directors. The three agreed that family farmers were in dire need of assistance and decided to plan a concert for America. The show was put together in six weeks and was held on September 22, 1985 in Champaign, Illinois before a crowd of 80,000 people. It raised over $9 million for America's family farmers. Performers included Bob Dylan, Billy Joel, B.B. King, Loretta Lynn, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty and many more.
Dave Matthews joined Farm Aid's Board of Directors in 2001 to help further Farm Aid's mission of keeping family farmers on their land.
For more, visit www.farmaid.org...
@louiscarrillo5873 8 жыл бұрын
Liberty is everything here....showing how its done.....i love that he starts the tune right after the tech glitch....smoooth.....like butta :)
@lorenmorgan1931 6 жыл бұрын
I so wish he would bring him back. The current drummer is too bland for me the music doesnt flow the same.
@homeone4054 5 жыл бұрын
@@lorenmorgan1931 Totally agree Loren. Nobody plays like Liberty.
@homeone4054 5 жыл бұрын
Oh and Russell Javors too...
@DrakeMayeGlazer 4 жыл бұрын
I love liberty but chuck is great...
@mikestevenson576 4 жыл бұрын
Bit distracting with the histrionics. If the drummer is everything, that might denote a problem.
@Mulder-Scully 10 жыл бұрын
I'll say it now and forever, the 80's were the best!
@gretschdrummer3944 9 жыл бұрын
Im 13 and i live for the 50s and 80s and every thing in between! I hate this modern shit
@elkegiese8079 8 жыл бұрын
+Mulder Scully Yes, yes, yes!!!!
@elkegiese8079 8 жыл бұрын
+Gretschdrummer You`re on the right way, go on!
@bherber 6 жыл бұрын
'80s, not 80's
@TheSkirvo 3 жыл бұрын
This song was written in 1977 though
@John-Johnston 11 жыл бұрын
I was there (yep, lucky me!) and despite the off and on rains and a few technical problems, it was so fantastic that most of the fans in attendance and those who watched on tv to this day have no idea how magical an event it was. Oh, the talent!
@polysemantor 12 жыл бұрын
TOTAL PRO at 0:15. To recover from interference like that without losing his cool, without losing the beat, and then bringing it to where he brought it? That's how a master of the performing arts does it - total command. If I could be guided by his example I would rejoice.
@creamydistortion 12 жыл бұрын
I liked Billy Joel when I was in middle school back in the 90s, and I still like him cause he's awesome... I got made fun of for my taste in music as a teenager, but whatever... I think a lot of younger people are into classic stuff these days and that's good.
@howtodoitdude1662 6 жыл бұрын
I thought the piano sounded a little off when he started singing, but then realized it was the other piano player once the camera zoomed out.
@hibob418 3 жыл бұрын
That's Randy Newman, and I don't think he knew the song...
@benjordon80 10 жыл бұрын
This is the real deal, kiddies. Take a good look at what talent really is.
@eddiemoodie5753 10 жыл бұрын
I'm 13 and I can't agree more
@GastonBoykins 10 жыл бұрын
Eddie Moodie I'm 6 years old and I agree with him more than you do.
@bryancooper2247 5 жыл бұрын
ya i know
@Ok-lu5qc 2 жыл бұрын
@@eddiemoodie5753 are you 19 now
@TheReubenKincaid 2 ай бұрын
@@Ok-lu5qc no 21 now 😂
@daleg.9673 9 жыл бұрын
Billy's got great pipes on this song.
@Tanmag11 11 жыл бұрын
It's called talent and it never goes out of style.
@TheMainVein3 12 жыл бұрын
one of my friends died yesterday. he was 15, only the good die young.
@sermau1 3 жыл бұрын
Oh.. :(
@hibob418 3 жыл бұрын
In 1979, me and 3 others took an evening chemistry test, and then ran to the Assembly Hall to catch Billy Joel. Then 6 years later, right across the street at Memorial Stadium, I was lucky enough to work the show at the very first Farm Aid and see him again from backstage. One of the things I had to do that day was run the track assignment sheets from the stage to the mobile recording truck. There are 24-track raw tape reels (somewhere) of every one of these acts from that entire show, and it would be nice if they could go back and spruce these songs up since the live mixes that went on the air were kind of marginal due to technical glitches and much rain during the early part of the day. Thanks for posting.
@topanga1025 9 жыл бұрын
I am a product of the 80s and couldn't really enjoy Billy Joel during this decade. I will say this is one of my favorite songs and ironically was introduced to me by my 12th grade English teacher 10 years ago. The magic of this song is the fact that the catchy beat is completely contradictory to the lyrics which are kind of heavy. I love it when artists do that with music. This song is simply genius.
@LeXaveChannel 9 жыл бұрын
Actually, originally billy wrote that tune as a reagge song, and when the band first played it together, the drummer (liberty devitto) found it so bad and the beat so unfitting he threw his sticks at billy, who then let liberty choose another beat
@TheAlysheba 9 жыл бұрын
You must have been at a concert I attended in the late 70's right after Piano Man came out. Billy fronted The Beach Boys. That was back when concerts were in town every weekend and cheap! Anyway, no one paid any attention to Billy and yelled and partied as he played. I liked him and listened...to what I could hear. It really got sad when he asked if we wanted an encore and no one even cared. He said I guess not.. I guess people weren't ready for him...yet.
@mattpowers7413 9 жыл бұрын
Wow for a video from 1985 the quality is amazing
@elkegiese8079 8 жыл бұрын
+Matt Powers Just Billy is amazing!!
@zackw1684 11 жыл бұрын
devitto killing it...
@GreenwichMusic 11 жыл бұрын
What a voice!
@oshkoshthegod 11 жыл бұрын
93,240 views and only 3 people were dumb enough to press dislike, looks like youtube is getting smarter,but only 215 likes this song deserves way more
@crackpot1000 12 жыл бұрын
What an amazing performance from Liberty on drums. Only discovered this song recently.
@mikestevenson576 Жыл бұрын
He brought his stadium act! I wonder if Billy Joel gave the band specific instructions to lean in. I'm not sure he had done stadium shows yet and some comments he made about Live Aid make it sound like he was wary.
@sarahbear11112007 11 жыл бұрын
Billy Joel, just so ya know, you are my freaking idol.
@NicoleClarkAKPoptart 9 жыл бұрын
Great song, fun video, and dayum Billy Joel.
@AwkwardTurtleSociety 11 жыл бұрын
Pretty good?? PRETTY GOOD?? Billy Joel is the master of all good music. The headmaster of what makes your ear have awesome sensation!
@nejihyuuga7524 12 жыл бұрын
Champaign, Illinois, 1985!!!! YEAHHHHH!!!!
@Markgr122 13 жыл бұрын
Liberty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@RevanSecura 6 жыл бұрын
I may have begun living in 1990 but my music influence is the king of music genres Rock music and every sub-genre of it at that so this song is great and better than Country, Rap and all other genres ever will be in my opinion.
@vosogo 13 жыл бұрын
Awesome performance.
@juliusalexander2390 11 жыл бұрын
GREAT PERFORMANCE
@JDKCA 11 жыл бұрын
liberty devitto is such a beast
@michiganjim1658 4 жыл бұрын
Liberty is so amazing
@21Autobahn 13 жыл бұрын
I had a really mean old bus driver and i always used to sing "Only The Good Die Young." She got really mad but it as so funny. This was about 3yrs ago when I was in 8th grade. I did it all the time but especially then.
@kandylangford5886 9 жыл бұрын
A totally bizarre idea...Billy doing this song at Farm Aid...I love it!
@TigerMiller1 10 жыл бұрын
Drummer totally brought it!
@my8osprive 10 жыл бұрын
The drummer is the Animal from the Muppet Show. :)
@jnadle1 10 жыл бұрын
Dimitris Mythos You mean Liberty Devitto.
@amazed66 6 жыл бұрын
Billy once claimed Animal was based on and inspired by Liberty.
@genejq 12 жыл бұрын
fantastic!!!
@MizzBonesUSA 13 жыл бұрын
Bill wrote this for my mom....no, not really, but I always felt he had.
@MrSaltyLemon 11 жыл бұрын
any teenager who appreciates billy joel is superior to the rest of them, i'd know
@swampwitch6133 5 жыл бұрын
You said your mother told you all I could give you was a reputation, oh she never cared for me! But did she ever say a prayer for me? Sounds like one of my ex's mothers lol she hated me and the fact we were together.
@shaya963 11 жыл бұрын
ERMAGERD!!! SO AWESOME
@sheafan1971 12 жыл бұрын
classic song
@marioharms 13 жыл бұрын
thats so true
@JLSydney 4 жыл бұрын
That's how it's done 👍👍
@RyanBradleyesq Жыл бұрын
Billy is amazing and a legend...but his band...his band. Liberty devitto. Rivera. It wasn't even fair compared to today
@zargotelc5 13 жыл бұрын
AHHHHH FEEDBACK
@garyl4827 Жыл бұрын
I was there
@robertmichalscheck3072 5 жыл бұрын
Wow ,serious sound glitch on the intro.
@ChipGreene 12 жыл бұрын
Awesome performance. Too bad for the technical difficulties. I think both Billy & Randy's pianos, as well as David Brown's guitar are completely absent from the mix. Can't you fix this, Farm Aid? This is just the broadcast footage... surely some archival tape of the audio exists. This was the opening song for the prime time network coverage, and you can see Billy deciding that the show must go on. Thankfully he, Russell on acoustic, Doug on Bass & Liberty on drums carried the performance!
@ViralTuber 11 жыл бұрын
I just wish the drums were louder. -_-
@freyiscool 10 жыл бұрын
needs more drums!!!!
@spencerrobertson6062 11 жыл бұрын
I play Billy Joel on rock band 3 and he sounds better when his younger
@mocus1 11 жыл бұрын
No, enjoying good music is not weird it's OK
@samhill6833 11 жыл бұрын
Billy Joel is pretty good
@TheAlysheba 9 жыл бұрын
I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints...the sinners are much more fun...only the good die young!
@swampwitch6133 5 жыл бұрын
^ This
@connorm955 3 жыл бұрын
Amazing performance, terrible audio
@WhitewithBlue 11 жыл бұрын
Wish this was in HQ surround sound. It'll sound ALOT better. If there's no archival tape with this in stereo, I'll see if I can remaster this source in today's surround sound mix
@miche1df 11 жыл бұрын
dat bass
@marsbarshd 13 жыл бұрын
@pjvn5 The bass is drowning out the other instruments. This is a guitar song but you can't hear them! Bad mixing.
@timcampbell921 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah. Thee bloke on the mixer must have been drunk.
@Danex5o 13 жыл бұрын
lol the drummers having a time
@Tommyr 13 жыл бұрын
Billy needs to get back together with Liberty. Those 2 are magic together.
@crazylewyboy 12 жыл бұрын
@mkobismee I'm a late-teens boy and I love this, weird? :)
@SallieSimpson 13 жыл бұрын
@FinkChrist LOL That's awesome. I would've. ;)
@msgnome98 13 жыл бұрын
@mkobismee Nah, I knew this by heart (and still do) when I was 11 =D
@realpolitik2617 3 жыл бұрын
Where is Mark Rivera?
@realpolitik2617 3 жыл бұрын
@@Tolstoy111 Auto correct error...hahaha
@kmbowles 13 жыл бұрын
Great song Any idea who the drummer is?
@tylertodeschi7636 6 жыл бұрын
Liberty Devitto
@jehugo66 8 жыл бұрын
Wow, with Toy Story
@cynthiawatkins9115 11 жыл бұрын
Check out Liberty DeVitto's new band, The Slim Kings, and LIKE them on facebook!!
@spencerrobertson6062 11 жыл бұрын
i mean he sounds better when his younger not older cus now his like 60 yrs
@lowercasegoat 2 ай бұрын
Not going to find too many people who sound better in their 60s than they did at 35...
@sheryld3 11 жыл бұрын
nothing weird about that at all!
@spoojing 11 жыл бұрын
after I heard about Will Smith, I instantly thought of this song :'(
@borderlord 8 жыл бұрын
Is that the drummer off the Muppetts band..same moves?!?
@orbison 7 жыл бұрын
When Billy appeared on Inside the Actors Studio in 1999, he and James Lipton were discussing Just the Way You Are, and the discussion came to Liberty DeVito (the drummer) and Lipton said that Liberty looked like the drummer from the Muppets (Animal) and Billy joked "I think that's where they got it from."
@sahling15 13 жыл бұрын
@mkobismee not at all. shows how awesome you are.
@anointedemcee 11 жыл бұрын
Oh man his drummer is hilarious to watch... really good but kind of ridiculous
@yamahabigwedgy 12 жыл бұрын
no way this song rocks
@CecilWellington 12 жыл бұрын
@dartiel Christopher Hitchens would say yes :)
@pjvn5 13 жыл бұрын
@pianodannmarr To much bass? you can never have to much bass. its not like thats the only thing you hear. you just ear more then how other groups use bass
@ejaybautista6300 12 жыл бұрын
No. But your spelling of "WEIRD" is.
@danielmarra1555 4 жыл бұрын
The piano was too low and the bass too high. Billy’s vocals were at its finest!
@JoeWalkerAddict 12 жыл бұрын
@mkobismee No way!
@Fitzwilliamdarcy1000 12 жыл бұрын
Were you being sarcastic? (Please yes)
@BlastFromYesterday 12 жыл бұрын
@justin3133954 it's not that he wasn't right.....
@justin3133954 13 жыл бұрын
please somebody actually listion to the lyrics insted of the catchy beat and tell me that he wasnt right in the head! come on pepole
@starwarsfreak1111 12 жыл бұрын
@crazylewyboy no that's not weird. but if you would die soon it would be weird, cuz you're young :D
@moviebuff1941 12 жыл бұрын
Yes. That's very weird. You have to be born in that era to enjoy that music. Teenage girls can ONLY like music of their generation.
@bherber 7 жыл бұрын
They fucked Billy over by not amplifying the piano. Of course piano/keys is always an afterthought to guitar/bass/drums.
@republikofnfld 12 жыл бұрын
Lol at the drummer
@ProdNation15 12 жыл бұрын
@starwarsfreak1111 only if hes good though ;)
@mocus1 11 жыл бұрын
no
@toddgilmore118 9 жыл бұрын
something about Joel just makes me thing his appearance isn't up to par for a celeb!!
@bherber 7 жыл бұрын
Well Todd, it's tough when they don't give you the proper amplification. You could hardly hear the piano. We're not an instrument where you can have a direct plug-in into an amp like an electric guitar. I agree with you that it is subpar, but you should blame the venue, not him.
@starwarsfreak1111 12 жыл бұрын
@ProdNation15 so cheesy but so funny xD
@moviebuff1941 12 жыл бұрын
No, I'm not. That's the rule. You brake it, u done goof'd kiddo u r fukd nao
@BobCat623923 3 жыл бұрын
Great performance....horrible sound though.
@nowthenzen 11 жыл бұрын
There is noting weird with being a teenage girl
@dartiel 13 жыл бұрын
Sooo... was Mother Teresa evil?
@amazed66 6 жыл бұрын
She was actually if you do a little research and not just lap up what you are media fed.
@kurtschats 12 жыл бұрын
@dartiel no, she was an athiest.
@KrazyKatPosse 11 жыл бұрын
Not at all.
@Fitzwilliamdarcy1000 12 жыл бұрын
Spelling Nazis are very weird
@John-Johnston 11 жыл бұрын
Nope...just uninformed....