Best Billy Joel Song? - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

MahlerIsGod · 05-28-2003, 12:28 AM

My personal favorite would probably have to be Scenes From An Italian Restaurant or even Captain Jack. What are some or yours? Just wondering. (Putting together a best of cd for the car) Thanks for any input

Great Scott · 05-28-2003, 01:14 AM

Only the good die young.

seretogis · 05-28-2003, 03:38 AM

Downeaster Alexa, I think.

warrrreagl · 05-28-2003, 06:29 AM

She's Got a Way

NoCure · 05-28-2003, 07:49 AM

Piano Man

fuelmyfire · 05-28-2003, 08:46 AM

*sooooooo typical, i know*

We Didn't Start the Fire

i'm still blown away by the performance on the 1989 grammys!
lol

Lebell · 05-28-2003, 09:08 AM

Billy has some good ones but my favorite is

Pressure

Ratman · 05-29-2003, 07:44 AM

New York State of Mind

Handyman · 05-29-2003, 09:37 AM

goodnight saigon, new york state of mind, downeaster alexa, scenes, CPT Jack, these are the times, movn out, say goodbye to Hollywood, Allentown, etc., I know, cuz I made a CD of his best to replace the one I scratched!

Troublebot · 05-29-2003, 11:01 AM

Angry Young Man

Just try and sing along without hyperventilating. Plus, I love the bridge:

I believe I've passed the age
Of consciousnous and rightious rage
I've found that just surviving is a noble fight

I once believed in causes too
I had my pointless point of view
And life went on no matter who was wrong or right

~springrain · 05-29-2003, 11:23 AM

trite i know... but for me, it's
She's Always a Woman

Double D · 05-29-2003, 04:27 PM

The Stranger

Well we all have a face
That we hide away forever
And we take them out and
Show ourselves
When everyone has gone
Some are satin some are steel
Some are silk and some are leather
They're the faces of the stranger
But we love to try them on

Well we all fall in love
But we disregard the danger
Though we share so many secrets
There are some we never tell
Why were you so surprised
That you never saw the stranger
Did you ever let your lover see
The stranger in yourself?

Don't be afraid to try again
Everyone goes south
Every now and then
You've done it, why can't
Someone else?
You should know by now
You've been there yourself

Once I used to believe
I was such a great romancer
Then I came home to a woman
That I could not recognize
When I pressed her for a reason
She refused to even answer
It was then I felt the stranger
Kick me right between the eyes

Well we all fall in love
But we disregard the danger
Though we share so many secrets
There are some we never tell
Why were you so surprised
That you never saw the stranger
Did you ever let your lover see
The stranger in yourself?

Don't be afraid to try again
Everyone goes south
Every now and then
You've done it why can't
Someone else?
You should know by now
You've been there yourself

You may never understand
How the stranger is inspired
But he isn't always evil
And he isn't always wrong
Though you drown in good intentions
You will never quench the fire
You'll give in to your desire
When the stranger comes along.

Phat Bank · 05-29-2003, 05:13 PM

Summer, Highland Falls or Miami 2017

dankitti · 05-30-2003, 03:41 PM

i agree with Scenes From An Italian Restaurant, and NOT just because i am italian and i like italian restaurants. mmmm, nice italian bread. nice pasketti with pasta sauce. although there IS all that.

Tech · 05-30-2003, 09:32 PM

Piano Man

i guess it's pretty common, but i play piano and i love the story he tells, plus i think it's a wonderful melody.

HeAtHeN · 05-30-2003, 09:48 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Tech
Piano Man

Agreed

Fly · 06-01-2003, 07:25 AM

close to the borderline........glass houses

sierra2774 · 06-01-2003, 08:09 AM

Piano Man

Minx · 06-01-2003, 09:01 AM

Close to the Borderline...best song ever.
Scenes from an Italian Restaurant
You May be Right
Moving Out
Only the Good die Young

cdwonderful · 06-01-2003, 09:20 AM

Allentown

krwlz · 06-01-2003, 07:19 PM

Gotta go with the Piano Man...just that good...

Thraeryn · 06-01-2003, 08:05 PM

It's a really hard race between Piano Man and Pressure. Either one would win depending on when you asked.

troit · 06-02-2003, 06:09 AM

He does have many, many songs that I enjoy but if I had to narrow it down to one -- Piano Man. I know its mainstream but it reminds me of my good 'ol days in High School.

mystmarimatt · 06-05-2003, 02:23 AM

And So It Goes. hands down, my favorite song of all time. totally beautiful

sweeze · 06-05-2003, 04:41 PM

pressure is so sweet....

... damn it, now I have to rip that album

SecretMethod70 · 06-08-2003, 06:06 PM

Good God...so many!

If I had to pick just one to be my favorite, I'd have to say Goodnight Saigon. One of his most emotionally intense, and I don't know of any other Billy Joel song that can make me get lost the way that one does.

Other particular favorites of mine are Pressure, Stranger, And So It Goes, and We Didn't Start the Fire. There are a few others that I really like a lot as well but I can't think of them off the top of my head at the moment.

sweeze · 06-09-2003, 09:43 AM

theres a bootleg of some concert he was playing where he starts yelling "STOP LIGHTING THE AUDIENCE"... but i can't remember what song it was during, anyone know?

maddog30 · 07-01-2003, 01:59 AM

goodnight siagon, the live version of kohuept
angry young man
stilleto

the list goes on

eris · 07-01-2003, 03:09 AM

Toughie - my nod goes to "Captain Jack", but I have to mention that nasty acid rock song he did on his first demo called "Wonder Woman" with sweet cry baby organs.

boris · 07-01-2003, 04:06 AM

captain jack will get you by tonight

frankx · 07-15-2003, 05:24 AM

Anything from Nylon Curtain, Songs from the Attic or 52nd Street

simplyhere · 07-15-2003, 05:21 PM

piano man
though reading all these has brought back so many memories..but piano man rules.

darksparkles · 07-16-2003, 01:55 AM

scenes from an italian resturaunt, of course
stiletto
piano man
all for leyna
captain jack
miami 2017

...
oh man.
there's so many good ones.

perripken · 07-16-2003, 08:08 AM

So.. So many. My favorite I guess would be "Ballad of Billy the Kid"

gibingus · 07-16-2003, 12:55 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Great Scott
Only the good die young.

gets my vote too. the stranger is one badassed album.

Donkeypuncher · 07-16-2003, 03:19 PM

first place is a tie between You May Be Right and Only the Good Die Young
...but there's a big tie at second place...

Goodnight Saigon
Scenes from an Italian Restaurant
Captain Jack
Moving Out
Angry Young Man
The Stranger

I love Pressure a lot, but it's a second-tier for me. I realize half of what made it so cool was the video, which was one of the first GREAT videos I ever saw on MTV.

Baby Grand gets a very honorable mention as well...

There's a song on one of his late-80's albums that i really loved... sounded like he was going out of his way to write a Paul McCartney song... but I can't recall the name at the moment.

platypus · 07-18-2003, 09:50 AM

<b>Only The Good Die Young</b>

Personal theme song during my highschool years.

porkpie · 07-18-2003, 10:43 AM

Goodnight Saigon, definately.
Liberty Devitto rocks!

sportsrule101 · 07-18-2003, 12:05 PM

piano man

is top ten of all time

Fred181 · 07-19-2003, 01:38 AM

can't beat piano man

05-28-2003, 12:28 AM	#1 (permalink)
MahlerIsGod At The Globe Showing Will How Its Done Location: London/Elysium	Best Billy Joel Song? My personal favorite would probably have to be Scenes From An Italian Restaurant or even Captain Jack. What are some or yours? Just wondering. (Putting together a best of cd for the car) Thanks for any input __________________ "But a work of art is a conscious human effort that has to do with communication. It is that or its nothing. When an accident is applauded as a work of art, when a cult grows up around the deliciousness of inadvertent beauty, we are in the presence of the greatest decadence the West has known in its history."

05-28-2003, 03:38 AM	#3 (permalink)
seretogis Huggles, sir? Location: Seattle	Downeaster Alexa, I think. __________________ seretogis - sieg heil perfect little dream the kind that hurts the most, forgot how it feels well almost no one to blame always the same, open my eyes wake up in flames

05-28-2003, 06:29 AM	#4 (permalink)
warrrreagl pinche vato Location: backwater, Third World, land of cotton	She's Got a Way __________________ Living is easy with eyes closed.

05-28-2003, 07:49 AM	#5 (permalink)
NoCure Crazy Location: Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio	Piano Man __________________ ...So I punched her in the cunt

05-28-2003, 09:08 AM	#7 (permalink)
Lebell Cracking the Whip Location: Sexymama's arms...	Billy has some good ones but my favorite is Pressure __________________ "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." – C. S. Lewis The ONLY sponsors we have are YOU! Please Donate!

05-28-2003, 01:14 AM	#2 (permalink)
Great Scott Insane Location: In a huge maze just trying to find my cheese	Only the good die young.

05-28-2003, 08:46 AM	#6 (permalink)
fuelmyfire Insane	sooooooo typical, i know We Didn't Start the Fire i'm still blown away by the performance on the 1989 grammys! lol

05-29-2003, 07:44 AM	#8 (permalink)
Ratman Addict Location: Somewhere... Across the sea...	New York State of Mind __________________ The difference between theory and reality is that in theory there is no difference. "God made man, but he used the monkey to do it." DEVO

05-29-2003, 09:37 AM	#9 (permalink)
Handyman Loser	goodnight saigon, new york state of mind, downeaster alexa, scenes, CPT Jack, these are the times, movn out, say goodbye to Hollywood, Allentown, etc., I know, cuz I made a CD of his best to replace the one I scratched!

05-29-2003, 11:01 AM	#10 (permalink)
Troublebot Intently Rocking Location: Davey's	Angry Young Man Just try and sing along without hyperventilating. Plus, I love the bridge: I believe I've passed the age Of consciousnous and rightious rage I've found that just surviving is a noble fight I once believed in causes too I had my pointless point of view And life went on no matter who was wrong or right __________________ Howard Moon: The wind is my only friend. Wind: [whistling] I hate you.

05-29-2003, 11:23 AM	#11 (permalink)
~springrain Banned Location: central USA	trite i know... but for me, it's She's Always a Woman

05-29-2003, 04:27 PM	#12 (permalink)
Double D Junkie Location: Chicagoland	The Stranger Well we all have a face That we hide away forever And we take them out and Show ourselves When everyone has gone Some are satin some are steel Some are silk and some are leather They're the faces of the stranger But we love to try them on Well we all fall in love But we disregard the danger Though we share so many secrets There are some we never tell Why were you so surprised That you never saw the stranger Did you ever let your lover see The stranger in yourself? Don't be afraid to try again Everyone goes south Every now and then You've done it, why can't Someone else? You should know by now You've been there yourself Once I used to believe I was such a great romancer Then I came home to a woman That I could not recognize When I pressed her for a reason She refused to even answer It was then I felt the stranger Kick me right between the eyes Well we all fall in love But we disregard the danger Though we share so many secrets There are some we never tell Why were you so surprised That you never saw the stranger Did you ever let your lover see The stranger in yourself? Don't be afraid to try again Everyone goes south Every now and then You've done it why can't Someone else? You should know by now You've been there yourself You may never understand How the stranger is inspired But he isn't always evil And he isn't always wrong Though you drown in good intentions You will never quench the fire You'll give in to your desire When the stranger comes along.

05-29-2003, 05:13 PM	#13 (permalink)
Phat Bank Insane Location: Michigan	Summer, Highland Falls or Miami 2017

05-30-2003, 03:41 PM	#14 (permalink)
dankitti Crazy	i agree with Scenes From An Italian Restaurant, and NOT just because i am italian and i like italian restaurants. mmmm, nice italian bread. nice pasketti with pasta sauce. although there IS all that. __________________ Aw' little girl, there ain't no time To wash yer stinky hand Go 'head 'n' roll over I'm goin' in you again In you again In you again In you again... --Frank appa I Have Been In Yo

05-30-2003, 09:32 PM	#15 (permalink)
Tech Addict Location: Baltimore MD	Piano Man i guess it's pretty common, but i play piano and i love the story he tells, plus i think it's a wonderful melody. __________________ -Tim- ~I swear sometimes i feel like i'm married to a child. ~You better watch who you're calling a child, Lois, cause if i'm a child than you know what that makes you? a pedophile. and i'll be damned if i'm going to stand here and be lectured by a pervert.

06-01-2003, 07:25 AM	#17 (permalink)
Fly see the links to my music? Location: Beautiful British Columbia	close to the borderline........glass houses __________________ BASTARD SterlingStudios

06-01-2003, 08:09 AM	#18 (permalink)
sierra2774 Addict Location: Northeast Ohio	Piano Man __________________ "Every tomorrow brings new opportunities, challenges we must address...A chance to affirm all our wishes and dreams, to seek beauty and true happiness."

06-01-2003, 09:20 AM	#20 (permalink)
cdwonderful another passenger Location: Youngstown, Ohio	Allentown __________________ Never try to teach a pig to whistle it wastes your time, and annoys the pig.....

06-01-2003, 09:01 AM	#19 (permalink)
Minx Junkie Location: Up yonder	Close to the Borderline...best song ever. Scenes from an Italian Restaurant You May be Right Moving Out Only the Good die Young __________________ You've been a naughty boy....go to my room!

06-01-2003, 07:19 PM	#21 (permalink)
krwlz Fledgling Dead Head Location: Clarkson U.	Gotta go with the Piano Man...just that good...

06-01-2003, 08:05 PM	#22 (permalink)
Thraeryn Loser	It's a really hard race between Piano Man and Pressure. Either one would win depending on when you asked.

06-02-2003, 06:09 AM	#23 (permalink)
troit Transfer Agent Location: NYC	He does have many, many songs that I enjoy but if I had to narrow it down to one -- Piano Man. I know its mainstream but it reminds me of my good 'ol days in High School. __________________ I've yet to dephile myself...

06-05-2003, 02:23 AM	#24 (permalink)
mystmarimatt Omnipotent Ruler Of The Tiny Universe In My Mind Location: Oreegawn	And So It Goes. hands down, my favorite song of all time. totally beautiful __________________ Words of Wisdom: If you could really get to know someone and know that they weren't lying to you, then you would know the world was real. Because you could agree on things, you could compare notes. That must be why people get married or make Art. So they'll be able to really know something and not go insane.

06-05-2003, 04:41 PM	#25 (permalink)
sweeze Tilted	pressure is so sweet.... ... damn it, now I have to rip that album

06-08-2003, 06:06 PM	#26 (permalink)
SecretMethod70 Human Administrator Location: Chicago	Good God...so many! If I had to pick just one to be my favorite, I'd have to say Goodnight Saigon. One of his most emotionally intense, and I don't know of any other Billy Joel song that can make me get lost the way that one does. Other particular favorites of mine are Pressure, Stranger, And So It Goes, and We Didn't Start the Fire. There are a few others that I really like a lot as well but I can't think of them off the top of my head at the moment. __________________ Le temps détruit tout "Musicians are the carriers and communicators of spirit in the most immediate sense." - Kurt Elling

06-09-2003, 09:43 AM	#27 (permalink)
sweeze Tilted	theres a bootleg of some concert he was playing where he starts yelling "STOP LIGHTING THE AUDIENCE"... but i can't remember what song it was during, anyone know?

07-01-2003, 01:59 AM	#28 (permalink)
maddog30 Tilted	goodnight siagon, the live version of kohuept angry young man stilleto the list goes on

07-01-2003, 03:09 AM	#29 (permalink)
eris Crazy	Toughie - my nod goes to "Captain Jack", but I have to mention that nasty acid rock song he did on his first demo called "Wonder Woman" with sweet cry baby organs. __________________ allhaileris

07-01-2003, 04:06 AM	#30 (permalink)
boris Upright	captain jack will get you by tonight

07-15-2003, 05:24 AM	#31 (permalink)
frankx Psycho Location: The Tip of the Boot	Anything from Nylon Curtain, Songs from the Attic or 52nd Street __________________ Louisiana: We're Not ALL Drunken Cajun Wackos, But That's Our Tourism Campaign

07-15-2003, 05:21 PM	#32 (permalink)
simplyhere Upright	piano man though reading all these has brought back so many memories..but piano man rules.

07-16-2003, 01:55 AM	#33 (permalink)
darksparkles Insane Location: Seattle	scenes from an italian resturaunt, of course stiletto piano man all for leyna captain jack miami 2017 ... oh man. there's so many good ones. __________________ "I could be the walrus ... I'd still have to bum rides off people." -Ferris Bueller.

07-16-2003, 08:08 AM	#34 (permalink)
perripken Now a registered fossil Location: Home of the shrinking Kodak	So.. So many. My favorite I guess would be "Ballad of Billy the Kid" __________________ And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years. Abraham Lincoln

07-16-2003, 03:19 PM	#36 (permalink)
Donkeypuncher Psycho Location: Pasadena, CA	first place is a tie between You May Be Right and Only the Good Die Young ...but there's a big tie at second place... Goodnight Saigon Scenes from an Italian Restaurant Captain Jack Moving Out Angry Young Man The Stranger I love Pressure a lot, but it's a second-tier for me. I realize half of what made it so cool was the video, which was one of the first GREAT videos I ever saw on MTV. Baby Grand gets a very honorable mention as well... There's a song on one of his late-80's albums that i really loved... sounded like he was going out of his way to write a Paul McCartney song... but I can't recall the name at the moment. __________________ "take me down, little Susie, take me down I know you think you're the Queen of The Underground"

07-18-2003, 09:50 AM	#37 (permalink)
platypus Essen meine kurze Hosen Location: NY Burbs	<b>Only The Good Die Young</b> Personal theme song during my highschool years. __________________ Out the 10Base-T, through the router, down the T1, over the leased line, off the bridge, past the firewall...nothing but Net.

07-18-2003, 10:43 AM	#38 (permalink)
porkpie Upright Location: Massachusetts	Goodnight Saigon, definately. Liberty Devitto rocks!

07-18-2003, 12:05 PM	#39 (permalink)
sportsrule101 Insane	piano man is top ten of all time __________________ winning isn't everything but losing isn't anything

07-19-2003, 01:38 AM	#40 (permalink)
Fred181 Crazy Location: Frigid North	can't beat piano man __________________ My heart will be restless until it finds its final rest. Then they can weigh it...