it's gonna be really sad the day he dies.

Really? We don't even listen to him in 2020.

I surely will. Oh wait...

Yep

More!

lexiBAMF me too

same here

lexiBAMF what do you like to listen too?

I became a poet because of Billy Joel. Saw him in concert in 1978 . Never saw a better show in my life. I’m still writing 40 years later.

Me too, he’s my idol.

He's Billy Joel...

How is that amazing? I suppose you just don't play piano. If you have played a song, you can play a song.

💙

I started playing guitar and piano at age 4. I could basically play stuff and play it back with one or two hearings. My older brothers would go to school. Id sneak in their rooms and set their guitars up and take all their records apart and learn everything by the time they came home. So I was playing all of Eddie Van Halens solos by the time I was 7. Spent my entire childhood being the best guitar player with 500 miles off my hometown. And then the 90s happened. I literally contemplated suicide. Suddenly I was a dork because I could play everything. And the kids that went to pawn shops and could play nothing but could play Nirvanas album within 2 hours of buying their guitars they were cool. My teen years were spent in deep dark depression. The 90s were the record labels intentionally trying to train-wreck the music industry to try and get all the power back. It back fired big time and it never recovered.

You were the best guitar player within 500 miles. And now look at you.

@@moderoy lmao guy is something else

Actually that's why he does these events at colleges; because he wrote the Beatles about getting into the music industry and they sent him .. well .. something else !!! "In a recorded Masterclass at the University of Pennsylvania, Joel later recollected that he had written to the Beatles asking them how to get started in the music industry. In response, he received a pamphlet about Beatles merchandise. This later led to the idea of Joel conducting Q&A sessions around the world answering questions that people had about the music industry." (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Joel) Also (from Billy Joel's Wikipedia entry), "After seeing The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show, Joel decided to pursue a career in music. In an interview he said of the group's impact, "That one performance changed my life … Up to that moment I'd never considered playing rock as a career. And when I saw four guys who didn't look like they'd come out of the Hollywood star mill, who played their own songs and instruments, and especially because you could see this look in John Lennon's face - and he looked like he was always saying: 'F--- you!' - I said: 'I know these guys, I can relate to these guys, I am these guys.' This is what I'm going to do - play in a rock band'." " A giant standing on the shoulders of other giants !!! :-))))))) ...

Stevie's In Da House! D

Um...... He's still alive

+Brady Biggs Uh.....I know....

Uh.... let’s ask him and see what he thinks.

Andreas Hoppe I love to ask him how long he practiced for everyday in his formative years.

Great video! This song is dedicated to everyone who lost a loved one. God bless. "I'm calling out your name tonight" by Richie Levoi kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gLmSeqqauMuXg2w.html

The trick is to stop trying to play like someone else and figure out how to play like you.

I agree Gerald is fantastic.

stuff TV when he was younger He reminded me of Michael Keaton

Hahaha. So true.

joeschuler he's on tour now! Saw him last weekend it was the best concert I have ever been to!

Hey there. Here is a petition that a group of fans created in regards to that. Please sign and share it to everyone if you want: www.change.org/p/we-want-billy-joel-to-record-and-release-a-new-studio-album-soon

He mentioned Abbott and Costello too, which sadly got nothing from the audience.

Purple haze I think

@@vincentmack37 Ohhhh true true

It's not that hard.

Just MacGyver aren’t you all high and mighty. Sigh....

@@tofu9107 I think Billy was being honestly humble, he hasn't transposed anything, he has just made mistakes, because it is clearly from memory. It's not really correct at all, but he is only trying to give a feel for the piece. What's more with the introduction bit he has actually got the wrong piece altogether, that is the introduction to Beethoven's 9th not the Eroica. Basically, he hasn't transposed, because to transpose means to know what should be correct, and change it on the fly. He just isn't quite sure of what is correct and has tried to briefly give an idea of what it roughly sounds like. Billy is a pretty talented pianist, his album of piano solo music is really quite good. But having said that, making assumptions about what the other guy here is "capable of" goes too far, because for an even semi-experienced musician, playing a quick reduction of a symphony like the Eroica like this off the top of your head isn't too hard. You'll have to take my word for it, but it's certainly true. I think this is a problem with a lot of art - the lay public doesn't really understand what takes real skill and what doesn't, and so simple stuff gets applauded whilst real genius is often unappreciated. I think this is especially true in arts that the public generally never attempt, like painting, musical composition or improvisation. It's less true in singing for example - we all can recognise an excellent singer because we all sing at some point in our lives. (I'm not saying Joel isn't a great musician, just that you shouldn't be too impressed by this).

@@tofu9107 Yes, such an exercise where you play it in one key, then another, then another, that would be transposing. I'm a Pianist of several decades and of course I could do that - and you could too I'm sure. What I was saying was that to simply try and approximate a piece and play it in a wrong key in the first place, without an idea of what the correct key is, is not transposing. Similar to how paraphrasing a foreign writer is not the same as translating a foreign writer. It still takes talent, of course, and it's great Joel is passionate about Beethoven. Anyway, I think we mostly agree, but I do wish you would stop making assumptions about the musical skill of others, you did it with the first guy and now you are doing it with me! There is no need, really.

I Know, Right!

Jordan Alexander same thought

What?

He plays the introduction to the 9th symphony and not the 3rd which is what he is proclaiming to love so much. He also says “Von” Beethoven instead of “van.” This whole sequence just makes Billy Joel look like a tool trying to impress people who don’t know any better.

@@jordanalexander Easy mistake to make - German is usually "von". Dutch is usually "van".

Jordan Alexander And classical snobs wonder why people think they are pricks. Did you have to go and prove them right?

How do you get THAT impresssion? Are you a MEMBER of the human race?

@@michaelalley214 I just find these Q&A sessions to be a bit self-indulgent. Billy Joel says he's providing insight on the songwriting process. But in reality, it seems Billy Joel just loves to show young people how impressive he is. I don't know any other artist who does this. The music should stand on its own.

Let's see how YOU look at 73.

@@michaelalley214 probably the same. Except I'll look like an apartment. Lol

Not trying to be rude here but considering you made a false accusation while online, you could have done a bit of research online instead and then you might not have made that same false accusation. The whole An Innocent Man album was a homage to the kind of music and musicians Billy Joel listened to as a kid and since he had to learn classical piano as a kid too, he gives a nod to Beethoven in "This Night" and Pathétique Sonata by Beethoven is credited as one of the song's writers on the sleeve of the album as "L.v. Beethoven". www.cpr.org/2020/07/22/why-beethoven-is-credited-in-this-billy-joel-song-from-an-innocent-man/

Clown.

First off, get your Frickin' facts right. He didn't rip him off, he has ALWAYS given complete credit on the album and in interviews. It's called an homage. GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT B4 you criticize!