Billy Joel - Q&A: Meaning Of "Famous Last Words?" (Nuremberg 1995)

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10 жыл бұрын

Throughout the years, Billy Joel has become known for his willingness to hold Q&A sessions with fans in settings across the globe. Here Billy answers a question about the meaning behind 'Famous Last Words' off the 1993 album River of Dreams, followed by a live performance of 'Lullabye (Goodnight, my Angel)' in Nuremberg, Germany in 1995.
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Billy Joel's official KZfaq channel features music videos, live performances, interviews, TV appearances and more. Best known for his first hit song, 'Piano Man', in 1973, Billy has written and recorded thirty-three Top 40 hits in the United States. He is a six-time Grammy Award winner, a 23-time Grammy nominee and one of the world's best-selling artists of all time, having sold over 150 million records worldwide. Billy Joel is the sixth-best-selling recording artist and the third-best-selling solo artist in the United States.

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@rburkwood 5 ай бұрын

Here in 2024, an age has gone by and Billy had something more to say!

@themaccer 5 ай бұрын

I'm glad he had something more to say. Turn the Lights Back On was great!

@fay-amieaspen6046 6 жыл бұрын

They are his last words because this was his last popular music album obviously, he said he wouldn't record another popular music album and was concentrating on his classical music, and indeed the classical album was superb too. Ahh Billy, Lullaby is so beautiful and awesome, still gets right to me, why did you have to play it in this video Where's the tissues folks?!

@silverman1205 4 жыл бұрын

God I love Lullabye. My father would play it for me all the time when I was little. It is an emotional song for me.

@thomaspiccirillo6820 4 жыл бұрын

HE NEVER WENT OUT ON TOP-CAUSE HE STILL -IS

@tomstephens540 3 жыл бұрын

This guy will never stop creating music...he will never be able to do that.....it’s always in his mind.....talent on loan from God!.....Billy may not believe in a higher power but it’s there!!

@GiantPetRat 7 жыл бұрын

This song becomes even more moving to me after learning how his daughter Alexa overdosed a few years ago due to a recent breakup- not at all unlike her dad, who had done the same thing when he was quite young. All that joy and pain and love that they share...

@jackreacher9452 3 жыл бұрын

It's amazing how this man sculpted my life and I've shared so many memories with him and enjoyed so great moments in my life. Yet he'll never know any if them.

@howtodoitdude1662 5 жыл бұрын

Great vocals, great piano playing, great composition, great music, great lyrics. What else can I say?

@thunderlips350 4 жыл бұрын

A whole bunch of talent in one person. He's a a real gem.

@etamommy 2 жыл бұрын

You can also say great and genuine response to her question.

@scottharrison3391 6 жыл бұрын

its a shame that he and Christy broke up just before this, it really was a new chapter in his life.

@tulllguy 4 жыл бұрын

she was no good.

@comediclips-6932 4 ай бұрын

Hey Bill! I went to your 'evening of questions and answers with Billy Joel at the University at Buffalo in 95 I think. I was there and someone asked you to play this song, Lullabye, but you would not do it. In New York State! But travel to Nuremburg Germany and you play it without anyone even asking??? That sticks in my craw man! I shook your hand that night. What is your deal man?

@JustinGrobbel 3 жыл бұрын

With a new album/music, comes touring, time away from home, promotion, etc. So much sacrifice then just putting it out there for people to hear. He writes all the time, for himself, for his own enjoyment, guaranteed.

@tellyjoossens4186 2 жыл бұрын

I don't know why this video doesn't has more views and likes. Great personality, great vocals and music. A true artist !

@crimsonghost4107 7 жыл бұрын

found that album at goodwill...so great

@fay-amieaspen6046 6 жыл бұрын

Sage Martineau. A lucky find for you then, well done. We have Charity shops aplenty in the UK, for various charities, but don't have Goodwill. It was The River Of Dreams single and album, that made me fall in love with Billy, and then I bought the Piano Man, Koheupt, Storm Front and An Innocent Man albums and that cemented the love and respect. The Stranger, Street life Serenade, The Bridge, Glasshouses, The Nylon Curtain, Turnstiles, Songs In The Attic, 52nd Street and the Cold Spring Harbour albums didn't do it for me, just certain tracks from each. I bought his Fantasies and Delusions Album, and love it and the 2000 Years live album and 12 Gardens Live and have the My Life boxset from 2005. I have yet to buy the Live at Shea Stadium album or the album with Elton John, The Two Piano Men, or the USSR boxset that I'm after.

@bobjackson7516 5 жыл бұрын

@@fay-amieaspen6046 Great post Fay.

@seanscanlon9067 3 жыл бұрын

@@fay-amieaspen6046 I know that these things are subjective, but I think Turnstiles is his best album and overall a step up on his previous songwriting level. All of the earlier albums had their standout tracks and even the fillers were good but I just think every track on Turnstiles took him to another level.

@philipsutton9078 2 жыл бұрын

Considering what happened to his father and grandfather in Germany, to hear him singing this lullaby of love and consolation to an audience in Nuremburg is something loaded with emotion and a transcedent nobility. Kol Ha Kavod Billy!!

@jonspengler5891 Жыл бұрын

Ehh

@srtjhsrzdfhkgdf9961 Жыл бұрын

大好きな歌なので聴けてよかったです！ありがとうございます

@shelleyfromyard 6 жыл бұрын

That's so beautiful

@alessandrosilva3012 6 жыл бұрын

Great artist!

@THEAdmiralXizor 4 жыл бұрын

I hope he publishes his song ideas at some point. It could be his Silmarillion...

@lastguyminn2324 7 жыл бұрын

Actually, those are only Rhett Butler's last words in "Gone With the Wind." The film ends with Scarlet O'Hara saying, ""Tara! Home. I'll go home, and I'll think of some way to get him back! After all, tomorrow is another day!"

@joeltucker306 5 ай бұрын

And... 6 years after you made this comment, and 31 years after "Famous Last Words," we got one new classic Billy Joel song. The video was just released today, and you see him turning the page in his notebook from the "Famous Last Words" lyrics... after 3 decades.

@lastguyminn2324 5 ай бұрын

@@joeltucker306 And now hopefully Joel will sail down that river of dreams and deliver a new album of equally amazing tunes!

@gracielaelisabarrios7108 2 жыл бұрын

He escuchado esta canción tan bella por varios coros,una maravilla,no hay dudas es un genio total BJ es único 🙄♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

@jamesholden4571 Жыл бұрын

The last words in Gone With The Wind were Scarlett O'Hara's - "After all, tomorrow is another day." However, I understand what Billy is saying, and yet, tomorrow is another day. And it was - the song "All My Life," released in 2007, makes my eyes misty - his song to his wife perfectly says what I want to say to my new-ish (hat tip to George Anthony Devolder Santos LOL) wife - now almost 3 years. It is a gem of a song.

@lindaloxterman307 Жыл бұрын

❤

@rebeccagrieger429 3 жыл бұрын

💗💗💗💗💗💗😍😍😍😍💜😁

@princessbiker1975 3 жыл бұрын

The last words in GWTW are not from Rhett. They are from Scarlett and they were " tomorrow is another day" that shit erks me

@MuzixMaker 2 жыл бұрын

And as it turns out they were his last words.

@elizabethwitt2621 5 ай бұрын

Until.....he was ready in 2024.

@MuzixMaker 5 ай бұрын

@@elizabethwitt2621 fkin guy’s making me a liar. 😙

@elizabethwitt2621 5 ай бұрын

@@MuzixMakerNah, he was just messin' with you. Shocked you, huh? 🤣🤣🤣

@MuzixMaker 5 ай бұрын

@@elizabethwitt2621 can’t trust those LI guys

@stevestarr9769 7 жыл бұрын

I understand it's his choice to stop put out new songs, but I **DON'T** understand how an artist just decides, one day, 'I'm going to stop creating". I've heard so many song writers say a song came to them in a dream, or they were inspired and they HAD TO write it down, or a life event made them need to say something. When the inspiration comes---how does he ignore it? How does he just shut it off?

@RexBlyCody 7 жыл бұрын

I believe he's still composing music, even though he isn't recording what he composes anymore.

@ECB2000 7 жыл бұрын

I think I've heard Billy say he still gets ideas for songs he just doesn't do anything with them anymore. I could be wrong but I heard that once.

@bobjackson7516 5 жыл бұрын

I can't even imagine what he's come up with. I mean.... what's in his mind? It certainly must be epic as long as it's been "cooking".

@JohnGadzaJr. 5 жыл бұрын

Guys, there is this petition online created by a group of Billy Joel fans out there in regards to wanting new music from the piano man. Please sign and share the petition: www.change.org/p/we-want-billy-joel-to-record-and-release-a-new-studio-album-soon

@jamishops 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve heard Billy asked if he feels any pressure to write a song for his current wife since he wrote for the previous ones. He said he did a little. If he isn’t inspired by his family to write lyrics I don’t know what would inspire him. If song writing (i.e. lyrics) was really as hard for him as he claims I don’t blame him for choosing happiness and a less stressful life. He was asked a couple of years ago what his favorite decade in his career was and he answered this one. While I miss hearing new music that can touch my soul, I’m happy the creator has found his peace. Just glad he continues to perform.

@rebeccagrieger429 3 жыл бұрын

Not all your fans are brainiacs obviously. Please keep writing interesting intelligently for your #1 fan base 🙏

@rebeccagrieger429 3 жыл бұрын

What an ignorant rude question .