This is my favorite song by Billy Joel!

This is the BEST BILLY JOEL reaction video I’ve seen! I truly adore your review. Watching you experience this song for the first time is absolutely PRICELESS!!

Every now and then I forget how many wonderful songs Billy Joel has created and how diverse his music is. Thanks to Jami and Harri for reminding me 🌺✌️

This guy is one of the best in music that there ever was! His talent is immense. I agree with you totally!

BJ is without doubt one of the best songwriters in the last 50 years. Every track I’ve heard of his is quality with great lyrics and melodies.

All his songs have very clever lines.......perhaps his best song.

Harri your face was pure joy. I loved your reaction. This is one my favourite Billy Joel songs.

Billy Joel has the Midas touch with that voice of gold if you want to rock out of your chair listen to darling I don't know why I go to extremes love you Harry be safe be well you and yours

It's a Gospel song. His wife Christie Brinkley left him shortly after this song came out. She was the inspiration for "Uptown Girl"

Did you hear Billy sing "Gloria" at the very end of the fade? That's an old classic doo-wop song, by the Savoys and many others. So he's paying homage to the good old days... Thanks for the back story of the tune.

Brother, you really need to come to America and go see Billy. He has a residency at Madison Square Garden and plays there regularly. He also still does concerts all over the country but it's not a tour...just one here and there every now and again. That's true about his brother in law but this song seems to be more about searching for spiritually that he once had. Perhaps it's both. Thanks for another good one!

My father died at 82 . He was WW2. Vet with dementia.... He would wander in the middle of the night looking for the "river of dreams" (Death)...I had this song played at his funeral....Listen to the song again with that frame of mind.......

Something I’d never lose, it’s something somebody stole!!!!.... I love it!!!!

This song makes me have an almost soul-shattering experience, the lyrics, his voice and the doo-wop beat combine into a gospel hymn. It gives me goosebumps every time. To hear him LIVE is on my bucket list for sure!! Thanks Harri…have been waiting for this a long time! ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

Harri you have barely scratched the surface of Billy’s catalogue, if you want to hear great vocals please listen to, Careless Talk, Leave A Tender Moment Alone, The longest Time, This Night, All About Soul, A Minor Variation, oh and Shameless.

Billy is at the pinnacle of my fav songwriters and singers. I love how your face instantly lit up when you began listening! ☀️ I’m accustomed to hearing a longer version of this song; it seems like the version you listened to was faded out too soon. 🤷‍♀️

I bartended though the 80’s and in the right place with the right crowd there were two songs that if someone started singing the whole bar would join in - Don McLean’s American Pie and Billy Joel’s Piano Man. Singer/Songwriters are a special breed and Billy Joel is one of the very best. An American treasure

You should do the lullaby he wrote for his oldest daughter. Goodnight my Angel. Sweet song.

Billy Joel to me is like the Rocky of music. He wasn’t critically acclaimed as some of his peers. However, he was definitely beloved and held in high regard by millions of music fans. He’s a guy who didn’t seem that much different from the people sitting in audience. Didn’t matter if it was the front row or the nose bleeds. He could’ve passed for the guy sitting next to you in a dive bar after the show. That’s how much of a connection he has with fans. From the minute he became a common name on the radio with the Piano Man album until today still selling Madison Square Garden and other arenas across the US. Which is impressive considering he hasn’t released any new albums since River of Dreams. He’s an icon of music and a champion of the people especially in his hometown and state of Hicksville and New York respectively.

I know in my heart that billy joel has wtitten at least thirty absolute bangers since river of dreams and he's just been sitting on them.

Harri it is so wonderful to see you reacting to this song the same way I did when I first heard it. It always brings tears of joy to me.

Billy was introduced when he was with the "Hassles" and wrote their songs. We played covers of "Givin Up" and noticed his talent then, when he was unknown. Later I was introduced to him at his home in Oyster Bay by a friend who went to HS with him! Very cool.

Loved how your face lit up Harri, from the first bongo beat. Billy Joel and the choir were so entertaining. His song writing is above and beyond. Not to mention his musical talents. Thanks Harri. Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦

This is my son's favorite song he sings it all the time. He passed away aged 32 on the 3rd of June 2022.

Only of my all time favorites from him!

My favorite song by him

In the early '90s, my grandpa visits a friend's farm (Horton's farm) in Glastonbury Connecticut. He hears they're filming parts of the River of Dreams music video inside the barn and goes over there for a visit. He proceeds to chat up Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley. Keep in mind, my grandpa has no idea who they are. He calls my mom, living in New Hampshire at the time, and tells her about the experience. She is understandably livid and asks him, "Dad, don't YOU KNOW who BILLY JOEL is? He says, "No, but his wife was awfully nice!" My mom tells me this story years later, and is shocked at how clueless he is about the cultural zeitgeist. Some people are just in the right place at the right time, I guess.

Your face says it all! Isn’t Billy Joel just phenomenal?! Saw him around 1990 in concert with Elton John. Greatest show ever!

From the same album do “It’s All About Soul”. Very powerful song.

Perfect Harri, I'm right with you at every step brother, cannot even fathom how you would recover from such a betrayal.. But Billy did and that is so honorable and so much beyond the the call of duty!

I adore this song. As a Christian woman (not the "church lady"... just a Jesus lover), when I heard this the first time, my heart leapt. I was just enamoured with it, and my all I could do was cry out to God, "He's asking for an answer from you. Please, give it to him. Thanks." This song is incredible and he obviously has deep waters in there.

IT CAN ONLY BE SEEN BY THE EYES OF THE BLIND- WHAT A LINE

Oh Harri, you gotta watch the music video of this song…it’s fabulous!

The music video was filmed in my home state on the Connecticut River, it's right by the highway, and everytime I pass it I think of this tune.

In an interview, he said he wrote the song, because he thought of the beat in the shower and it got stuck in his head as an earworm. Writing it out was the only way to make it go away. He said he still doesn't know where it came from, because it didn't connect to anything in his life, it just sort of showed up and wrote itself. It was Colbert, I think. At least, I watched it about the same time I watched the Colbert interview where he ranks his top five songs (he put Scenes from an Italian Restaurant at number 1). It might have been the same interview, or another that KZfaq suggested. Maybe he said something different in another interview, but, whatever, still one of my favorite songs of his.

Billy Joel actually went out of his way to avoid award shows TV shows and interviews you would see him here and there but that was his style he was not ever really looking for the extra attention. By the way he was married to the biggest model in the world and Christie Brinkley and they said when they got married it wasn't a marriage it was a merger. I was considered myself the biggest Billy Joel fan in the world and I was always disappointed that he was never on the award shows even though he was nominated very often and won a lot but that's just the way he was he wasn't seeking attention kind of reminds me of Elvis who was kind of a mystery guy he did his shows sold out stadiums but you never saw him on TV those days. You rarely saw Billy Joel on The midnight special and you never saw Elvis on any of those shows which as a kid always kind of disappointed me. In those days you didn't have KZfaq or the internet or 500 channels to look for the content you wanted you had to go through the newspaper and things like that just to find out who's playing where so it was very difficult.

Check out the Kennedy Center Honor to Billy and the praise from Tony Bennett of Billy as a great American Songwriter.

The super multi-talented Billy Joel. Thank you for your reaction Harri. 😊

I agree with your reverence for this incredibly talented artist, but I do not agree that he was underappreciated. He is the 7th largest selling musical act in history behind only the Beatles, Garth Brooks, Elvis, The Eagles, Led Zepellin and Michael Jackson. Billy has sold over 85 million albums - so far. Laying out hard-earned cash shows appreciation better than any other means.

Until the Night by Billy will blow you away as well

Genius songwriter. I hope he knows how special he is

My fave Billy Joel song!

Love this song. Billy Joel a very talented singer. The lyrics, the sound and rhythm are great. Love your reaction Harri!!!

I think you would enjoy New York State of Mind - a tribute to a state that Billy clearly loves.

I can't help thinking I hear a definite "Paul Simon" influence from Paul's "Graceland" period.

I never knew that about his ex-brother-in-law and the song coming from that experience. It's got to hurt deeply to be betrayed like that from someone you thought cared about you. Thanks for sharing that and thank you for reacting to one of my favorite songs of his!

Wow. Never heard the story. Thank you for the insight. Love watching your reactions. They’re spot on!

He performed this songs at the Grammys(?) and they wanted him to shorten the pauses between the verses, so he ended up chanting "valuable ad space here" or something to that effect instead of having the silence.

The video for this is very touching...It touches the soul...

Listen billy joel cold spring harbor. His first album that is incredeaple.

Harri, I'd recommend his "All About Soul' next for you!

This is one of those songs you don't want to end. Sometimes I just put it on repeat ♥️

From the same album, “The Great Wall of China” is specifically about his brother in law ripping him off. It’s a great, Beatles- Lennon-type song

To give you a little more insight into who Billy Joel is: in '94, he performed this song live at the Grammys. Frank Sinatra had received a "Grammy Legend" award earlier, but got played off while still giving his thank you speech. So, a little later, when Billy is performing (and can't be cut), he intentionally, and overtly, extended the pause before the last verse (and threw in a little commentary). Check it out: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pbZzq5OdtJfKj6s.html

New York State of Mind Old Grey Whistle Test...my..God..lol

Love your reaction Harri 💎💎💎☮️💜😻🇨🇦

He’s a stars star!

And just think: you've still got a few more of the deeper tracks on "An Innocent Man" to discover. And "A Matter of Trust." And "Goodnight, My Angel."

I am about to go see my 5th Billy Joel concert. This won't be enough. What a showman.

Infectious love you

This is in my top 5. I don’t know how many times I’ve been there.

Oh, how I wish you had done the video. It's epic! What an amazing song!

And that is the reason he wrote "Angry Young Man". He wrote it about himself.

The most underrated musician of our time. Billy is a musical genius. He wrote all the words and music to all his songs.

Out of Billy Joel's multiple classics, this is my all-time favorite. It hits all the right notes and the lyrics are so deep.

Leave a tender moment alone... Live con Tootsie Tielemans 👏👏👏👏👏

This album is great, every song is good. All About Soul s the same so catchy and you just want to move. I saw him on this tour, was great!

Just so good..no words 😅😊😮😊😊😊

Booyah! Billy is DEFINITELY an ALL-TIME GREAT! 👍

I've been going down the Billy Joel rabbit hole with your videos the last few days. I honestly forgot how many great songs this man has in his catalog. He must have at least 25-30 hit songs. Billy Joel just might be the greatest songwriter that's ever lived.

Billy said that he didn’t even want to write this song. He woke up with the hook in his head and tried to shake it off, but it stayed with him even in the shower. He ultimately knew that he would have to write this song or it wouldn’t leave him alone. The story with the $30 million goes that in August 1989, Billy figured out from an audit that Frank Weber, his manager and former brother-in-law, was siphoning money and undermining him. He fired Weber after learning about this and after River of Dreams he was ultimately unable to release a lot of music due to a severe recording contract he signed.

Thanks for the great reaction Harri.

This song explains my belief in religion perfectly. My favorite song, its just perfect.

Next cold spring harpor. One of his best.

Billy Joel’s most amazing and highly unlikely accomplishment is bedding Christie Brinkley, the most beautiful woman in the world for a few years (after Bo Derek and before the 90s supermodels).

There are so many Billy Joel hits, masterpieces. Brilliance. This is only one of them, but not the best of the best! If u limit this to his only talents... U r most definitely missing out.

My first time watching your channel -great reaction! I will be back sir!

It's an incredibly beautiful song, and his vocals are pristine. I highly recommend his live performance at the 1994 Grammys. It's even better.

The best concert I have ever seen! GREATEST!

One of my favorite Billy Joel songs! I wish more reactors would listen to some of Billy's less-famous songs. IMO they're better than the famous ones.

Bro, another Jamie here. You HAVE to react to Scenes again but this time Live From Long Island 1982. So much better than just the audio

I enjoy listening to this on one of my CDs every once in a while. Live it. Thanks for your nice reaction.

His lyrics are amazingly written.

That recording also was done in with the help of O'Landa Draper.

My favorite Billy Joel song among some really great stuff. His display of range on this song is over the top. You MUST watch the video! Love your reactions!

You just never know what you get with Billy Joel! I saw him live twice (once with Elton John)... he is just as amazing in person!! One of my favourite artists of all time. ❤

A simple progression and yet so much creativity to make this song unique! Appreciate the details like how the pauses increase before each chorus. His vocals were top notch on this song. He should have won Grammy for best song and album!

I’ve seen him in concert a number of times and am proud that we both live on Long Island. All of his songs are GREAT.

This is a pop spiritual. Tremendous song by Billy Joel!!

Check out "All About Soul" from same album. Also "Baby Grand" duet with Ray Charles & "Big Man On Mulberry Street", both from 'The Bridge" album.

I like how there are probably five or six Top 3's.

Great reaction!!! This song is a spiritual experience! It makes you feel good from the inside out.

You might want to listen to Italian Restaurant by Billy

I never knew that back story. Thank you. That makes it so much more poignant. I had forgotten how many Billy Joel songs were master pieces.

Check out "Light As the Breeze". The amazing version he did.

Amen brother!!

I thought it was 'I go walking'(in the middle of the night). 'For the Longest Time' is a good one too.

A nice one here...How are you brother Harri....I see you boppin along to this....it is kinda infectious for sure...

Was a big Joel fan in the 80s when a teen, and didn't know how to react to this when it came out in 90s, was so different from what had come before. Now I'm much older I completely get how good it is. He is an immensely talented man.

A great & fun one by Billy Joel is...Still Rock-N-Roll to Me!!