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Post by rizzuto on May 22, 2022 18:28:52 GMT -5
I did the same. My next Billy Joel album was Turnstiles. As a tenth grader, I bought The Stranger and 52nd Street on the same day. Glass Houses was my first Billy Joel album too but 52nd Street made me a big fan. It's such a great album mixed with popular songs and great deep tracks, like Until the Night and Stiletto. Turnstiles, The Stranger, 52nd Street, Glass Houses, The Nylon Curtain & An Innocent Man. A great run, as good as anyone has ever had. I was listening to The Stranger - the song - last week, and it was like I was hearing it for the first time. As we age, art takes on different meanings at different stages. |
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Post by noetsi on May 22, 2022 20:31:27 GMT -5
I think Billy Joel would in my type 5 least favorite singer ever. I like different type of music and I found the wording depressing (different values).
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Post by inger on May 23, 2022 1:29:26 GMT -5
I think Billy Joel would in my type 5 least favorite singer ever. I like different type of music and I found the wording depressing (different values). Then he’s accomplished his goal. He likes to present and expose angst. Teen aged angst through middle aged angst. He covers it all… |
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Post by inger on May 23, 2022 1:31:39 GMT -5
Glass Houses was my first Billy Joel album too but 52nd Street made me a big fan. It's such a great album mixed with popular songs and great deep tracks, like Until the Night and Stiletto. Turnstiles, The Stranger, 52nd Street, Glass Houses, The Nylon Curtain & An Innocent Man. A great run, as good as anyone has ever had. I was listening to The Stranger - the song - last week, and it was like I was hearing it for the first time. As we age, art takes on different meanings at different stages. It was then you let the stranger hit you right between the eyes… |
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Post by chiyankee on May 23, 2022 9:05:46 GMT -5
I think Billy Joel would in my type 5 least favorite singer ever. I like different type of music and I found the wording depressing (different values). Then he’s accomplished his goal. He likes to present and expose angst. Teen aged angst through middle aged angst. He covers it all… He was just great at signing about life in general and all the B.S. you have to put up with. |
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Post by inger on May 24, 2022 7:55:13 GMT -5
Then he’s accomplished his goal. He likes to present and expose angst. Teen aged angst through middle aged angst. He covers it all… He was just great at signing about life in general and all the B.S. you have to put up with. My old man’s Trojans And his Old Spice after shave |
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Post by inger on May 30, 2022 8:56:13 GMT -5
“Garden Party” by Ricky Nelson was such a big hit, as well as a pleasant surprise. Nelson had been missing from the unlicensed scene since the Beatles had come to town and pushed him and his kind out of the way. Nelson seldom wrote any of his songs, but autobiographical Garden Party was all his… Then I sang a song ‘Bout a Honky Tonk And it was Time to leave It’s true. At a nostalgia show Ricky did a few of his old songs, then sat at the piano and did this little number, after which he got loudly booed and walked ofc the stage without finishing his set: youtu.be/afaK8PmRXMU |
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Post by inger on May 30, 2022 11:44:25 GMT -5
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Post by pippsheadache on May 30, 2022 12:28:39 GMT -5
“Garden Party” by Ricky Nelson was such a big hit, as well as a pleasant surprise. Nelson had been missing from the unlicensed scene since the Beatles had come to town and pushed him and his kind out of the way. Nelson seldom wrote any of his songs, but autobiographical Garden Party was all his… Then I sang a song ‘Bout a Honky Tonk And it was Time to leave It’s true. At a nostalgia show Ricky did a few of his old songs, then sat at the piano and did this little number, after which he got loudly booed and walked ofc the stage without finishing his set: youtu.be/afaK8PmRXMURick Nelson was a wonderful artist who actually did some of his best work long after his days in the Top 40 were over. His recordings with the Stone Canyon Band are among my favorite songs of the 1970s. Once he emerged from his short-lived teen idol phase and had more control over his output, he made dozens of outstanding records. Of course he always had access to top-notch studio artists like backing vocalists The Jordanaires and iconic guitarist James Burton. |
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Post by Renfield on May 30, 2022 13:14:26 GMT -5
Never hurts to have James Burton adding some riffs to your songs.
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Post by inger on May 30, 2022 14:30:13 GMT -5
Never hurts to have James Burton adding some riffs to your songs. They asked Burton to back Rickey for his Garden Party album, but he was demanding too much money, so the studio sent him packing…🤓 |
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Post by Renfield on May 31, 2022 11:25:33 GMT -5
Never hurts to have James Burton adding some riffs to your songs. They asked Burton to back Rickey for his Garden Party album, but he was demanding too much money, so the studio sent him packing…🤓 Sounds like Hal was running that studio. Opted instead for the Jonathan Davis of guitar players. Thus only had one hit off that album. |
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Post by inger on May 31, 2022 12:26:58 GMT -5
They asked Burton to back Rickey for his Garden Party album, but he was demanding too much money, so the studio sent him packing…🤓 Sounds like Hal was running that studio. Opted instead for the Jonathan Davis of guitar players. Thus only had one hit off that album. Two in the top 100. The other kne reached something like# 63. I forgot the name. I listened to most of it, and didn’t care for it… |
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Post by pippsheadache on Jun 8, 2022 14:18:21 GMT -5
Jim Seals of Seals and Crofts, purveyors of soft rock, has died at the age of 80. Their hits all came in the 1970s -- "Hummingbird," "Diamond Girl," "Summer Breeze," "I'll Play For You" and "We May Never Pass This Way (Again)" were their biggest. He was the older brother of the late Dan Seals of England Dan and John Ford Coley, purveyors of even softer rock e.g. "I'd Really Love To See You Tonight."
The Seals brothers were long-time members of The Champs, known almost entirely for the instrumental hit "Tequila," although they joined the band after that song was recorded. In concerts Jim Seals played sax on the song and his brother played drums. They were also in a band with Glen Campbell (everybody was in a band with Glen Campbell) called The Dawnbreakers which broke up just as Campbell's solo career took off.
They sold a lot of records and did their share of proselytizing for the Bahai faith. RIP Jim Seals.
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Post by inger on Jun 8, 2022 14:32:05 GMT -5
Jim Seals of Seals and Crofts, purveyors of soft rock, has died at the age of 80. Their hits all came in the 1970s -- "Hummingbird," "Diamond Girl," "Summer Breeze," "I'll Play For You" and "We May Never Pass This Way (Again)" were their biggest. He was the older brother of the late Dan Seals of England Dan and John Ford Coley, purveyors of even softer rock e.g. "I'd Really Love To See You Tonight." The Seals brothers were long-time members of The Champs, known almost entirely for the instrumental hit "Tequila," although they joined the band after that song was recorded. In concerts Jim Seals played sax on the song and his brother played drums. They were also in a band with Glen Campbell (everybody was in a band with Glen Campbell) called The Dawnbreakers which broke up just as Campbell's solo career took off. They sold a lot of records and did their share of proselytizing for the Bahai faith. RIP Jim Seals. That was some good music, though I didn’t really enjoy much more than the hits. I like soft rock. I like hard rock, both in small doses. I guess the stuff in the middle what I’d like the most… Like the music, the Baha’i faith is a gentler one… |
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