tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post4333935475220448504..comments2024-03-02T07:40:22.786+03:00Comments on Only Solitaire blog: Billy Joel: TurnstilesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-59464555466797138612014-03-09T11:05:14.198+04:002014-03-09T11:05:14.198+04:00I have never understood why someone who obviously ...I have never understood why someone who obviously has something to say would choose to be anonymous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-70280051232518569242014-03-09T00:39:05.679+04:002014-03-09T00:39:05.679+04:00I have never understood why someone who obviously ...I have never understood why someone who obviously dislikes the concept of reviews, tries to read them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-73090644604672023512014-03-09T00:18:04.518+04:002014-03-09T00:18:04.518+04:00Regardless of your general opinion of these review...Regardless of your general opinion of these reviews, their "weight" certainly does not depend on whether or not I like the artist.G. S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05848634884798924824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-26180412225879703312014-03-09T00:02:20.192+04:002014-03-09T00:02:20.192+04:00I have never understood why someone who obviously ...I have never understood why someone who obviously dislikes an artist, tries to review their records. <br /><br />Why not just stick to the music you like, as I know in advance you don't like Billy Joel, your review doesn't really carry that much weight.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-78058882569258995262014-03-07T15:54:46.851+04:002014-03-07T15:54:46.851+04:00I always kind of dug NYSOM, probably because it...I always kind of dug NYSOM, probably because it's such a "Broadway" tune, and is so easy on the ears, if not the mind or heart. Ironically, I always thought his singing on it sounded like Clapton (at least on the lower notes). I also like "Summer", it's got a Jackson Browne feel to it, could've come right off of The Pretender (Again, Ironic). <br /><br />I was talking with my older sister who was in high school when this came out, and Springsteen came up, and I gave her my standard assessment of "overrated, East Coast bar band rocker riding on the hype of Rolling Stone and the Times." A local phenomenon, as your old site states. But, if I attack "The Boss" for being overrated, pumped-up, and self-important, shouldn't I hold Billy to the same standard critique? Somehow, Bruce is the Baby Boomer Woody Guthrie and Billy is the Pop Pariah, at least in the press and "Conventional Wisdom." Paradoxically, I personally dislike the E Street Carny Parade and like Billy's "classy" singer-songwriter aspirations. I guess such is the power of Top 40 radio.<br /><br />Anyway, I can't find it in my heart to hate on Billy. He really doesn't give me much choice with those "grumpy puppy eyes" of his, does he? And he goes to the effort of at least trying to ape Keith Emerson on Prelude/AYM, something no other pop singer-songwriter had to chutzpah to do at that time. And then he went all sci-fi/apocalyptic on Miami. All he needed to complete the story was zombies! Oh wait, those are his fans (myself included): "Brains, must have brains..." That would come on the next album...JimmADerbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13331334978761537408noreply@blogger.com