Billy Joel is one of the very few people, who I believe can be called a musical genius. He has such a distinctive, delightful voice that could not possibly belong to any voice and you just have to watch his live performance of Scenes from an Italian Restaurant (Live from Long Island), which is linked here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRP1dF7Qlac to see how insanely talented he is on the piano.
Some of my favourite Billy Joel songs have to be Scenes from an Italian Restaurant, obviously, Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song), My Life, Just The Way You Are, This Is The Time, Piano Man, Vienna, Only the Good Die Young, Big Shot and the gorgeous, bluesy melody of New York State of Mind.
With all the stuff going on in the world at the moment, watching old videos of Billy and listening to all of his music has brought me so much joy, even watching one of his more recent performances with Elton John dressed as Godzilla making me feel so much better! You can watch this here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkCLJ4Gy6Xs
Billy Joel is and always will be a legend to me. He is one of very few people who is a piano playing genius. There is not a single bad thing I can say about Billy. I am not going to rate Billy out of 5 or 10 because I just believe myself that he is an icon and one of my favourite musicians in the world. If you have any free time to listen to him I would definitely recommend searching him up and watching his live performances because they are so astounding to watch. Billy Joel, in my opinion is a phenomenal musician.
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