As a New York-based singer-songwriter in the early '70s, he cut his first record, which nobody heard. He then relocated to Los Angeles, rebooted, had a minor hit and then returned home, where he built a career on two great pop albums with jazz undertones. He then shifted gears again, releasing a string of records — a rock 'n' roll one, a politically conscious one, one that paid tribute to the music he grew up on — before halting his recording career following the release of his fourth No.
"Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)"
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The rock critics of the s and s have been proven wrong: his songs have endured, and Joel gets more and more respect as the years roll on. Few men alive have written more famous songs, and we expected a huge response when we asked our readers last week to vote for their favorites. Click through to see the top Billy Joel did not fight in the Vietnam War. I disagreed with the political reasons for that war. A few years after his friends came home, he had some beers with them and they told their war stories and encouraged him to write a song.
"The Ballad of Billy the Kid"
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Billy Joel is the closest thing Madison Square Garden has to a sure thing — certainly more than the Knicks or the Rangers or the Liberty. By the measure of hit-making, his stats are staggering. They used to beat him up for his perceived lack of edge. Lately, though — like every artist from a generation back — he is undergoing a critical reassessment, despite some dissenters. I am in his camp. I grew up right off the Jersey Turnpike, halfway between Levittown and Allentown, during the years when he was on the radio every day. People who write paeans to the suburbs, on topics that sit on the cusp between white-collar and blue-collar, are unfashionable these days.
