[Carla B]

"I Love You Just the Way You Are."

[LeRoySmith]

Moving out and only the Good die Young remind me of vacation for some reason.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by Dusty_Star

Captain Jack

The ONLY correct answer!

[MorTech]

You're My Home and Captain Jack are the only songs that don't make me think "Ugh, not another Billy Droll song"

[LeRoySmith]

Originally Posted by JMintzer

The ONLY correct answer!

For me its just the opposite. I had an uncle that just returned from Vietnam Nam as a junkie, I think he was booted due to drug use. He loved Captain Jack and a few Cat Stevens songs, maybe he thought they ok'd the drug use? In any case, he emptied his head with a 12 gangue in my grandmas house where we were living at the time. So there are a couple of songs from that time period he played nonstop that I don't care for. My grand parents always thought someone helped him do it because of poor drug deals/debts but I think he was just a loon.

[Stu from NYC]

Piano Man for sure

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by LeRoySmith

For me its just the opposite. I had an uncle that just returned from Vietnam Nam as a junkie, I think he was booted due to drug use. He loved Captain Jack and a few Cat Stevens songs, maybe he thought they ok'd the drug use? In any case, he emptied his head with a 12 gangue in my grandmas house where we were living at the time. So there are a couple of songs from that time period he played nonstop that I don't care for. My grand parents always thought someone helped him do it because of poor drug deals/debts but I think he was just a loon.

Maybe?

Sorry about your uncle, but what a way to bring down a fun thread...

[LeRoySmith]

Originally Posted by JMintzer

Maybe?

Sorry about your uncle, but what a way to bring down a fun thread...

I'm sorry🥺

[LeRoySmith]

Good story about Billy Joel this morning on NBC Sunday sit-down

[ThirdOfFive]

Originally Posted by bgnn54

We didn't start the fire.

Yep. Great song.

My granddaughter tells of a time in high school, when a teacher used the lyrics of this song to teach recent history. She got a good number right but had no clue about "children of thalidomide". When I told her about thalidomide babies of the 50s and 60s she was sort of shocked. Unknown history to her. Part of the lives of most Villagers.

[LeRoySmith]

Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive

Yep. Great song.

My granddaughter tells of a time in high school, when a teacher used the lyrics of this song to teach recent history. She got a good number right but had no clue about "children of thalidomide". When I told her about thalidomide babies of the 50s and 60s she was sort of shocked. Unknown history to her. Part of the lives of most Villagers.

There's also an old b side song that's very popular with teens/early teens - Vienna. I heard one of them playing it a few weeks ago and I was shocked that they knew it, let alone that its made a big comeback.

[Flyers999]

Originally Posted by JMintzer

The ONLY correct answer!

I agree. Captain Jack is da man!

One thing about going to a Billy Joel concert, you are going to hear the music you want to hear. Although earlier this year he released his first new song in nearly 20 years.