Billy Joel A to Z
A funny and informative podcast discussing every Billy Joel song from A to Z. Hosted by comedians Elon Altman and Dave Juskow, they review and talk about every song Billy Joel has ever written, going through his catalog alphabetically. Each episode features a deep dive into a particular song, including rankings, music video commentary, trivia, and song parodies. New episodes are released every Tuesday.
Episodes
March Madness 2025 - Part 2
Each year all the college basketball teams have a tournament that includes 64 teams that play elimination games until the last one is standing. Elon and Dave have decided to do that with Billy Joel songs and YOUR votes, which were calculated through Instagram in March and April of 2025. The Four Number One Seeds were calculated from our final rankings podcast and they are: From the New York Region
March Madness 2025 - Part 1
Each year all the college basketball teams have a tournament that includes 64 teams that play elimination games until the last one is standing. Elon and Dave have decided to do that with Billy Joel songs and YOUR votes, which were calculated through Instagram in March and April of 2025. The Four Number One Seeds were calculated from our final rankings podcast and they are: From the New York Reg
The Series Rankings Finale - Part 3
The final episode of Billy Joel A to Z. After 4 years and over 250 episodes it comes down to this. The top 50 Billy Joel songs of all time as ranked by your hosts Elon and Dave. Thank you to all our amazing new friends all over the world who we got to meet and talk to along the way. What a wonderful way to bond with all of you - over the true master of music. We loved recording the podcast and l
The Series Rankings Finale - Part 2
The final episodes of everyone's favorite podcast, Billy Joel A to Z continues. After 4 years and over 250 episodes it comes down to this. In this second out of three Elon and Dave will countdown the rankings of every song Billy Joel ever wrote (140 songs). This, second part episode will cover songs 100 to 51. We had such a good time recording these episodes. Thanks for all of our amazing listener
The Series Rankings Finale - Part 1
Hello friends. The final episodes of everyone's favorite podcast, Billy Joel A to Z. After 4 years and over 250 episodes it comes down to this. In these three episodes Elon and Dave will countdown the rankings of every song Billy Joel ever wrote (140 songs). This, first part episode will cover songs 140 to 101. We had such a good time recording these episodes. Thanks for all of our amazing l
Elon & Dave's Excellent Adventure III
Everything's coming to a close as Billy Joel ends his residency at Madison Square Garden in New York City and Elon & Dave were there. Thursday July 25, 2024 to a sold out crowd as usual was the final night. Tickets were not cheap and the place was rockin'. HOWEVER, what our heroes may have been expecting was not what they received. This week's podcast is Elon & Dave's very different ta
Listeners Live from the Comedy Cellar - Part 2
To wrap up the Z's - we decided to do a LIVE show combined with the Comedy Cellar Nightly Show Dave hosts every week down in the West Village at the legendary Comedy Cellar. Listeners were told in advance to zoom in and talk Billy Joel A to Z with us. So it's Elon and Dave live in studio, Paul Loren on remote (with his piano of course) and comedian Dan Naturman, who thought he knew Billy Joel but
Listeners Live from the Comedy Cellar - Part 1
To wrap up the Z's - we decided to do a LIVE show combined with the Comedy Cellar Nightly Show Dave hosts every week down in the West Village at the legendary Comedy Cellar. Listeners were told in advance to zoom in and talk Billy Joel A to Z with us. So it's Elon and Dave live in studio, Paul Loren on remote (with his piano of course) and comedian Dan Naturman, who thought he knew Billy Joel bu
Fifty Second Street Album Wrap Up - Part 3
The final album wrap up is one of the greatest Billy Joel Albums in 1978's 52nd Street. We have a great time today welcoming our third co-host in as always, the great Paul Loren to discuss the terrific nine songs off of this grammy winning album. 52nd Street is the incredible follow up to Billy's break out album, The Stranger and it delivers. So join us today and for the next few episodes as we d
Fifty Second Street Album Wrap Up - Part 2
The final album wrap up is one of the greatest Billy Joel Albums in 1978's 52nd Street. We have a great time today welcoming our third co-host in as always, the great Paul Loren to discuss the terrific nine songs off of this grammy winning album. 52nd Street is the incredible follow up to Billy's break out album, The Stranger and it delivers. So join us today and for the next few episodes as we d
Fifty Second Street Album Wrap Up - Part 1
The final album wrap up is one of the greatest Billy Joel Albums in 1978's 52nd Street. We have a great time today welcoming our third co-host in as always, the great Paul Loren to discuss the terrific nine songs off of this grammy winning album. 52nd Street is the incredible follow up to Billy's break out album, The Stranger and it delivers. So join us today and for the next few episodes as we
Zanzibar
This is it: The last song in the alphabet by Billy Joel. Today is Zanzibar. The absolute fan favorite off of 1978's 52nd Street. Elon and Dave find out today that the song is about a sports bar and not some exotic place in Tanzania. It kind of ruins the song a little bit BUT, it still grooves so. . . join the boys today on their final song episode - and remember - when we started this podcast
Y's Wrap Up
Once again, we haven't had a Wrap Up for a long time so we can keep you posted on everything going on in Billy Joel and Billy Joel A to Z land, so it's great to Wrap up these six songs and multiple album wrap ups on this episode. And, of course, the brand new Billy Joel song (still can't believe we're saying that). So here we go pretty much one last time, with rankings and listener feedback. And,
Interview with Tony Winner David Yazbek
We were really thrilled to have Tony winner, David Yazbek be our obvious "Y" guest for Billy Joel A to Z this episode. David has composed the Broadway musicals, The Full Monty, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Tootsie and The Band's Visit, with which he won the Tony Award for Best Musical of the Year. His new play is entitled, Dead Outlaw and he's here today to talk about that, his musical influences an
Greatest Hits Volume I & II Album Wrap Up - Part 2
Hi everyone. There's no reason to make a wrap up of a Greatest Hits Album BUT, this was a special day as Elon, Dave and Paul were all together in the same room for the first time in 3 years and over 200 episodes. We usually record on zoom together so this was a special occasion and since we had just finished, "You're Only Human" we figured, why not just talk about everything, which is technically
Greatest Hits Volume I & II Album Wrap Up - Part 1
Hi everyone. There's no reason to make a wrap up of a Greatest Hits Album BUT, this was a special day as Elon, Dave and Paul were all together in the same room for the first time in 3 years and over 200 episodes. We usually record on zoom together so this was a special occasion and since we had just finished, "You're Only Human" we figured, why not just talk about everything, which is technicall
You're Only Human (Second Wind)
As we bring you our second to last Billy Joel song, we oddly bring you a big hit YET not on a standard album. Today we discuss "You're Only Human". A big hit for Billy Joel in 1985 off of his mega selling Greatest Hits Volumes One and Two albums. Go figure an upbeat ditty about teenage suicide would be such a smash, but it was and all of the proceeds went to National Committee for Suicide Preve
Songs in the Attic Album Wrap Up
This was one incredible album that really had never been attempted before. An artist doing a live album of basically deep cuts off of his first 4 albums you may have forgotten about after he became a superstar.That's what Songs in the Attic is. Released on September 14, 1981 this album got his first song, "She's Got a Way" on people's radar. In many ways you can look at Taylor Swift's (Taylor's
Piano Man Album Wrap Up - Part 2
Hello everyone and here we are to talk about Billy Joel’s second album – technically first album since no one knew where to find the first one. Recorded in September of 1973 and released on November 14, 1973 Piano Man would be Billy Joel’s “breakthrough album” and of course where he would record his signature song and receive his moniker that would follow him to this day. Released exactly 50 years
Piano Man Album Wrap Up - Part 1
Hello everyone and here we are to talk about Billy Joel’s second album – technically first album since no one knew where to find the first one. Recorded in September of 1973 and released on November 14, 1973 Piano Man would be Billy Joel’s “breakthrough album” and of course where he would record his signature song and receive his moniker that would follow him to this day. Released exactly 50 year
You're My Home
Today we discuss the final song (alphabetically) off of Billy Joel’s second album, Piano Man, entitled, You’re My Home, released November 14, 1973. You’re My Home was also recorded for the Songs in the Attic album in July of 1983 in Washington, D.C. This is a terrific song that was almost single-handedly ruined by Ms. Helen Reddy and we let Billy know we're on his side with his disgust o
Glass Houses Album Wrap Up - Part 3
Glass Houses was the final part of the trilogy of legendary albums in Billy Joel's "hey day" catalogue and the first album with a number one hit for the legend in "It's Still Rock & Roll to Me". The album was nominated for album of the year and he won best Male Rock Vocalist at the Grammys. The first side is all classics and the second side are all fan favorites and he continues to play at lea
Glass Houses Album Wrap Up - Part 2
Glass Houses was the final part of the trilogy of legendary albums in Billy Joel's "hey day" catalogue and the first album with a number one hit for the legend in "It's Still Rock & Roll to Me". The album was nominated for album of the year and he won best Male Rock Vocalist at the Grammys. The first side is all classics and the second side are all fan favorites and he continues to play at lea
Glass Houses Album Wrap Up - Part 1
Glass Houses was the final part of the trilogy of legendary albums in Billy Joel's "hey day" catalogue and the first album with a number one hit for the legend in "It's Still Rock & Roll to Me". The album was nominated for album of the year and he won best Male Rock Vocalist at the Grammys. The first side is all classics and the second side are all fan favorites and he continues to play at l
Turn the Lights Back On
We don't even know what to say. This is incredible. After exactly 30 years - a brand new Billy Joel song. You're welcome. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Emergency Episode - Turn the Lights Back On Announcement
On Tuesday January 23, 2024 Billy Joel released a small sample of his new song entitled, Turn the Lights Back On. The first REAL song since Famous Last Words in August of 1993. Elon, Paul and Dave huddled together live on Saturday January 27, 2024 to make predictions of what we all might expect or desire from a new Billy Joel song 31 years in the making. We'll see you all next week, when we all
You Picked a Real Bad Time
As we thought we were done with the unreleased tracks, this one pops up, but was actually released as an old fashioned B Side to "All About Soul". "You Picked a Real Bad Time" was apparently written with Eric Clapton in mind. In fact, Billy was hoping he'd sing it. Of course, he always says that and it never happened so. . . . You're welcome in advance that Billy Joel A to Z exists, otherwise
You May Be Right
It's a Billy Joel encore classic today on the podcast as we finish up the final song (alphabetically) off the Glass Houses Album with, You May Be Right. This is actually one of Billy Joel's personal top 5 songs he's written. In fact it's so popular even the Chipmunks did a cover on their "Punk Album" - and that's clearly the catalyst of popular. Fitting to put this out right after the New Year a
Cold Spring Harbor Album Wrap Up - Part 2
Happy New Year everyone. Welcome to the home stretch of the Billy Joel A to Z podcast as we open the brand new year with the oldest and the first of Billy Joel's album, Cold Spring Harbor. The Cold Spring Harbor Album was released November 1, 1971 and holds 2 songs that have been Billy Joel staples over the years. She's Got A Way is how we all may have discovered Billy Joel but Everybody Loves You
Cold Spring Harbor Album Wrap Up - Part 1
Happy New Year everyone. Welcome to the home stretch of the Billy Joel A to Z podcast as we open the brand new year with the oldest and the first of Billy Joel's album, Cold Spring Harbor. The Cold Spring Harbor Album was released November 1, 1971 and holds 2 songs that have been Billy Joel staples over the years. She's Got A Way is how we all may have discovered Billy Joel but Everybody Loves You
You Look So Good To Me
As we continue our journey down the Y's we make a final stop off of the Cold Spring Harbor Album in the 7th song entitled You Look So Good To Me. You Look So Good To Me is the fastest song on the album and even faster if you listen to the original pressing. It's a happy and peppy and bursting with love song. Where's the happy go lucky music video for this one? Should we make one ourselves? 😉 H
You Can Make Me Free
Oh my goodness 2 letters left as we begin our journey into the Billy Joel songs that begin with the letter "Y". We kick off with a terrific song off of the first album entitled, "You Can Make Me Free". This song is over 50 years old and reminds us that Billy Joel has been around a really long time and is still amazing and selling out stadiums. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m
X-mas Special Event
Hello everyone and happy holidays. This is a special podcast for the Letter "X". Obviously since there are no Billy Joel songs that begin with the letter "X" AND the great Paul Loren was in town, the three of us decided to get together and just jam. So, recorded live at the Williams Center in Rutherford, NJ, we put together a little sing along with good cheer and good tidings and a little holid
W's Wrap Up
It's been a long long time -- as the song goes - since we've done a letter wrap up but here we are wrapping up the letter "W" as we get down to only 2 letters left. We've got the rankings and listener feedback of course. Plus, finally, what everyone's been waiting for - we get to hear how Scenes From an Italian Restaurant sounded going from part 1 to part 2 on 8-Track Tape so many years ago. Sp
Interview with Comedian Todd Barry
From his comedy specials Super Crazy, Spicy Honey, or his brand new one entitled, Domestic Short Hair to his television appearances on Bob’s Burgers, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee or Comedy Bang Bang you may wonder why we have legendary comedian Todd Barry on our Billy Joel podcast. Well, many years ago Todd was in a Billy Joel cover band that only played the song that the band was called. I
Worse Comes to Worst
Today we discuss a great song off the Piano Man album entitled, "Worse Comes to Worst". Worse Comes to Worst kicks off the second side of Piano Man and was actually released as a single as the follow up to the song "Piano Man" all the way back on November of 1974. It didn't do very well on the charts and he never plays it live but we sure would like him to. This song live is unbelievable as you
Why Judy Why
Why Judy Why is the first song we've covered in an entire year from Billy Joel's first album ever entitled, Cold Spring Harbor. Totally worth the wait. This beautiful song (now at the correct speed) is apparently about Billy Joel's sister. And why not? We've already heard about his wives, mother and childhood sweetheart - Judy was due. Again, another song where at the ripe old age of 20, he f
Unreleased Songs Wrap Up
Hi everybody and thank you for listening to Billy Joel A to Z. In this episode we decided to do the hilarious task of wrapping up all of Billy’s unreleased tracks that we’ve done an episode on. That's right all 15 songs ranked and packaged and to never be spoken about again after this episode anywhere. Some we say, "Why didn't he put this on an album?", and some we say - "Thank goodness he
Where Was I?
Today on Billy Joel A to Z we discuss our FINAL Unreleased track in a tune Billy Joel A to Z has decided to call Where Was I. There’s no real actual title to this song, but it’s a beautiful unreleased track circa, 1970, 71. Once again Billy questions, how he's missed out on life at the ripe old age of 20. A theme he would hilariously continue into his 40's. Hosted on Acast. See acast.co
Where's the Revolution?
Today on Billy Joel A to Z we come down to our final Unreleased Tracks. This one is entitled "Where's the Revolution". We estimate it to be circa 1971, perhaps part of the Cold Spring Harbor sessions. In this song Billy asks the question, what is the part of the musician during war time - of course he kind of answers that question 10 years later with Goodnight Saigon, so that makes this song, kind
The Nylon Curtain Album Wrap Up - Part 3
The Nylon Curtain was released on September 23, 1982 - wow 40 years ago. And with 40 years behind it has become an absolute fan favorite. Besides the massive hit of Allentown, this album is a very strange, and yet very musically complex masterpiece for the true Billy Joel fan. Considered Billy Joel's "Sgt. Pepper" The Nylon Curtain is a concept album that was nominated for Album of the Year and a
The Nylon Curtain Album Wrap Up - Part 2
The Nylon Curtain was released on September 23, 1982 - wow 40 years ago. And with 40 years behind it has become an absolute fan favorite. Besides the massive hit of Allentown, this album is a very strange, and yet very musically complex masterpiece for the true Billy Joel fan. Considered Billy Joel's "Sgt. Pepper" The Nylon Curtain is a concept album that was nominated for Album of the Year and a
The Nylon Curtain Album Wrap Up - Part 1
The Nylon Curtain was released on September 23, 1982 - wow 40 years ago. And with 40 years behind it has become an absolute fan favorite. Besides the massive hit of Allentown, this album is a very strange, and yet very musically complex masterpiece for the true Billy Joel fan. Considered Billy Joel's "Sgt. Pepper" The Nylon Curtain is a concept album that was nominated for Album of the Year and
Where's the Orchestra?
Where's the Orchestra? Possibly considered Billy's best work by a multitude of musicians and fans. The final song off of 1982's The Nylon Curtain. A brilliant song about an idiot who goes to a Broadway show and didn't realize it's a musical. I mean. . . . Come On!! BUT, that being said, it sure is a terrific pretty song with lots of different meanings. A true Billy Hidden Gem. Hosted on Acas
Storm Front Album Wrap Up - Part 2
Today we wrap up another one -- and this one is Billy Joel's 1989 and pen-ultimate album, Storm Front. Storm Front is definitely an odd one but it certainly sold alot of albums and turned over almost 7 singles. I mean, they're not classics but We Didn't Start the Fire is still a completely a bona fide hit even today almost 40 years later. So, we wrap up the ten songs that Paul Loren makes us re-t
Storm Front Album Wrap Up - Part 1
Today we wrap up another one -- and this one is Billy Joel's 1989 and pen-ultimate album, Storm Front. Storm Front is definitely an odd one but it certainly sold alot of albums and turned over almost 7 singles. I mean, they're not classics but We Didn't Start the Fire is still a completely a bona fide hit even today almost 40 years later. So, we wrap up the ten songs that Paul Loren makes us re
When in Rome
If Billy Joel could take songs back -- he insists When in Rome would be the song he did. Although it's not a bad song and certainly moves the lyrics are a little bit silly for someone who can rhyme Nikita "Khrushchev" with the "Suez" Canal and have it be a number one hit so. . . . -- Either way we always have lots of fun talking about, as Paul Loren calls them, "the turds" as well so there's no
Streetlife Serenade Album Wrap Up - Part 2
Another album in the books and this time it's Billy Joel's 1974 album, Streetlife Serenade. The extremely little known album just before he'd become the Billy Joel we all know and worship. Billy himself has made it very clear that this isn't his greatest work -- even going as far as to admit he put two instrumental songs on the album because he ran out of material. BUT, over the years the true fan
Streetlife Serenade Album Wrap Up - Part 1
Another album in the books and this time it's Billy Joel's 1974 album, Streetlife Serenade. The extremely little known album just before he'd become the Billy Joel we all know and worship. Billy himself has made it very clear that this isn't his greatest work -- even going as far as to admit he put two instrumental songs on the album because he ran out of material. BUT, over the years the true
Weekend Song
Billy Joel's biggest song ever -- is not this one. 😅 Weekend Song is the third song off the second side of 1974s Streetlife Serenade album. A semi-rockin' song that tells the classic story of a Friday night after a week of work and let's get ready to party. Of course in Billy Joel world, that means 'pick me up at the train station in Long Island and let's get something to eat'. You gotta love
Greatest Hits Volume III Album Wrap Up
It's the podcast AND the album nobody wanted -- but we had to. Billy Joel's Greatest Hits Volume III. A lackluster collection of songs that mostly includes the entire album of Stormfront so -- just buy Stormfront if you're such a huge Stormfront lover. Yipes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We Didn't Start the Fire - Part 2
Billy's Joel's hugest, oddest, final number one hit that for some reason or another brings the crowd to its feet when he performs it as an encore on every single show for the past 15 years. You may love it, you may hate it, and if you do love it, you just can't figure out why. Billy himself says it's the worst melody he's ever written so WHY, is this 1989 song STILL popular 35 years later? Let's t
We Didn't Start the Fire - Part 1
Well this is it. Billy's Joel's hugest, oddest, final number one hit that for some reason or another brings the crowd to its feet when he performs it as an encore on every single show for the past 15 years. You may love it, you may hate it, and if you do love it, you just can't figure out why. Billy himself says it's the worst melody he's ever written so WHY, is this 1989 song STILL popular 35
V's Wrap Up
It's the exciting V's Wrap Up. Our 5 episode series that. . . . just kidding. We're wrapping up the only V song in Billy's catalogue, our just becoming doctors guests and the Stranger Album. But what you'll really want to listen carefully for is the rankings. Oh, whatever, we'll just tell you -- we both rank Vienna as our number 1 V song. 🤪 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info
The Stranger Album Wrap Up - Part 3
This is it -- The Stranger Album Wrap Up. Billy Joel's greatest album AND one of the greatest albums of all time. Every song is a groundbreaking gem. Five of the nine songs are still played at every concert every month almost 50 years later. This three part Billy Joel A to Z episode includes the usual rankings and Weird Elon parodies and, of course, the magic of Paul Loren. As they say in the 1977
The Stranger Album Wrap Up - Part 2
This is it -- The Stranger Album Wrap Up. Billy Joel's greatest album AND one of the greatest albums of all time. Every song is a groundbreaking gem. Five of the nine songs are still played at every concert every month almost 50 years later. This three part Billy Joel A to Z episode includes the usual rankings and Weird Elon parodies and, of course, the magic of Paul Loren. As they say in the 1977
The Stranger Album Wrap Up - Part 1
This is it -- The Stranger Album Wrap Up. Billy Joel's greatest album AND one of the greatest albums of all time. Every song is a groundbreaking gem. Five of the nine songs are still played at every concert every month almost 50 years later. This three part Billy Joel A to Z episode includes the usual rankings and Weird Elon parodies and, of course, the magic of Paul Loren. As they say in the
Interview with Dory, Desi & Victoria
On May 5, 2023 Billy Joel played his monthly show at Madison Square Garden. However, for some reason he clearly heard our cries and went crazy and played multiple deep cuts that he rarely plays - AND, if he does - he certainly doesn't play them all in one concert. Dave's niece Dory and her roommates, Desi and Victoria, from medical school all went to the concert. Only one had ever been to a Bil
Vienna
Although never released as a single, people worship this song that kicks off the second side of Billy Joel's greatest album of all time. Vienna has reached new heights of popularity through Tik Tok, movies and TV and Billy plays it most every night at the MSG residency. It's constantly a favorite song choice of contestants on American Idol and the Voice as well. This song is going nuts and if t
U's Wrap Up
Yes it's a lovely Wrap Up show for the letter "U". We'll talk Liberty DeVitto; the concert Danny, Dave and Elon attended; our "U" guest, Bob Golden; listener feedback and of course the two songs that begin with the letter "U". It's always a good time on Billy Joel A to Z. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Interview with Musician Bob Golden
Today on Billy Joel A to Z we are talking to Bob Golden. Bob writes many of the television themes you may have heard of including the early 2000's classic for comedian Dave Attell's Insomniac show. If you have children you may know him as the zany drummer in the Laurie Berkner band. But the reason he's on this episode is because in 1982 a cocky 19 year old Bob interviewed Billy Joel on a plane t
Elon, Dave & Danny's Excellent Adventure
Elon and I went to our second residency show together but we also found out that our friend Danny Vermont (Real Time with Bill Maher) went to the Sofi Stadium double bill show with Stevie Nicks. This episode was an absolute must to compare notes and figure it all out since the pairing is so odd. Do they sing together, do they do each other's songs? Who's the guest at MSG this month? Let's get
An Innocent Man Album Wrap-Up, Part 2
And. . . the Album Wrap-Ups continue as we bring you Parts 1 and 2 of An Innocent Man Album Wrap-Up. This mega-smash album that came out in 1983 shouldn't have been popular at all. Where would it make sense that a 70's rock star would make hits referring to 50's doo wop music in the 80's. But it worked and it worked big. We've got the rankings, the parodies and, of course, our ace in the hole, Pau
An Innocent Man Album Wrap-Up, Part 1
And. . . the Album Wrap-Ups continue as we bring you Parts 1 and 2 of An Innocent Man Album Wrap-Up. This mega-smash album that came out in 1983 shouldn't have been popular at all. Where would it make sense that a 70's rock star would make hits referring to 50's doo wop music in the 80's. But it worked and it worked big. We've got the rankings, the parodies and, of course, our ace in the hole,
Uptown Girl
It's time for the legendary song that kicks off side 2 of 1983's An Innocent Man album, Uptown Girl. This song is and was a smash hit and is performed at every single concert as one of the encore numbers. The music video was an MTV Classic and the Royal Family even knows about it, although they refer to him as Billy Jo-el, as if he's from Krypton. But, whatever the case may be, it is a Billy Jo
Until the Night
Our first song in the "U's" is a little known song off of 52nd Street entitled, Until the Night. It's a whopping Six Minutes and 35 seconds that is a pretty good song BUT probably could have been cut down to 3:05. 😀 In this episode find out what Phil Ramone and James Bond have in common. Exciting! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
T's Wrap Up, Part 2
After 7 months it all comes to an end today as we wrap up the wrap up and the T's. We just love the word Wrap Up obviously. Anyway, this episode has all your favorites in a Wrap Up - rankings, the whistling contest, lots of music and listener feedback. The usual Wrap Up stuff. There, I think we said Wrap Up a good five or six times. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Interview with Liberty DeVitto - Part 2
Probably the most exciting guest we can ever have on, sans Billy himself -- The legendary drummer and co-captain of every important Billy Joel album ever recorded. Liberty DeVitto is our guest in this incredible episode. He is extremely fun and forthcoming and we had a blast interviewing him. When you have a guy who, thank goodness, told Billy "you've GOT to finish" Summer Highland Falls after Bil
Interview with Liberty DeVitto - Part 1
Probably the most exciting guest we can ever have on, sans Billy himself -- The legendary drummer and co-captain of every important Billy Joel album ever recorded. Liberty DeVitto is our guest in this incredible episode. He is extremely fun and forthcoming and we had a blast interviewing him. When you have a guy who, thank goodness, told Billy "you've GOT to finish" Summer Highland Falls after Bi
River of Dreams Album Wrap-Up - Part 2
It's Billy Joel's final studio album today on Billy Joel A to Z entitled, River of Dreams, released August 10, 1993. The one where he decided to call it quits and retire at the ripe old age of 44.The album debuted at #1 on the charts, went 5x Platinum and was nominated for Album of the Year. Join Elon, Dave and musician supreme Paul Loren as we have an absolute blast going through the rankings, pa
River of Dreams Album Wrap-Up - Part 1
It's Billy Joel's final studio album today on Billy Joel A to Z entitled, River of Dreams, released August 10, 1993. The one where he decided to call it quits and retire at the ripe old age of 44. The album debuted at #1 on the charts, went 5x Platinum and was nominated for Album of the Year. Join Elon, Dave and musician supreme Paul Loren as we have an absolute blast going through the rankings,
Two Thousand Years
Today's episode finds us at the 24th and final "T" song in Billy Joel's catalogue entitled, Two Thousand Years. Two Thousand Years is not only the pen-ultimate song off of Billy's 12th and final studio album, River of Dreams BUT his pen-ultimate song EVER. It was played live on New Year's Eve 1999 just before the year 2000. It's like We Didn't Start the Fire but covers alot more time. A fittin
Turn Around
Turn Around kicks off the second side of Billy's first album, Cold Spring Harbor, and when I say, "kicks off" that may be the wrong way to use the term. It is the only song on the album to feature Sneaky Pete Kleinow -- who? Exactly. Although he created the theme song for an epic show just before he recorded this. So -- good trivia today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more infor
Travelin' Prayer
In this episode we are discussing the song that kicks off the Piano Man album entitled Travelin' Prayer. It's a country blue grass song that doesn't really fit in the Billy Joel catalogue BUT when Dolly Parton covered it in 2000, she was nominated for a Grammy so. . . it definitely showcases his masterful songwriting. Anyway, we have alot of fun with this one since the instrument showcased is ca
Tomorrow is Today
Well this is a heck of a song with so many different reasons of what could make it great or what could make it bad if you listen to Glen Gamboa from New York Newsday. Tomorrow is Today is the 8th song off of the legendarily poorly recorded first album. If you listen to the 1971 recording it has an entire orchestra. If you listen to the 1983 re-recording it's only piano. Which one do you like b
Time and Time Again
Today's odd episode we discuss one of Billy Joel’s first song’s ever written and unreleased entitled, Time and Time Again, which is credited to his membership from 1964 to 1967 in The Lost Souls. Certainly not a Billy Joel classic in anyway, but we thought it was a good idea to cover in our podcast Joel Journey as it reminds us that Billy Joel was around quite a long time before The Stranger.
Through the Long Night
Happy New Year everyone. Today on this episode of Billy Joel A to Z we are discussing the song Through the Long Night, which is the tenth and final song on the great 1980 album, Glass Houses. This Beatlesque song could be a pre-cursor to the entire next album, which is The Nylon Curtain. The song is based on a Picasso painting which means it's a big old mess. 😄 Not really though -- it's a terrific
This Night
The perfect time of the year to discuss the fourth song on the first side of The Innocent Man album entitled, This Night. We think it sounds a little holidayish BUT, it's definitely a 50's themed song. In fact, we go as far as saying - this is the song Billy Joel based the entire Innocent Man album on. AND, this one we finally have confirmation that it is absolutely about Elle MacPherson and NO
The Bridge Album Wrap-Up - Part 2
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