To me he's it. Stopped smoking at 40 and sounds even better than The Stranger days ty for all BJ
@FL8mileshigh17 жыл бұрын
Truly a great live performance of a timeless song. The horns are like an afterburner taking this gem supersonic. The song was from 1986 but it doesn't sound dated, even today.
@triplejazzmusicisall1883 Жыл бұрын
It is a brilliant song. Maybe not a favourite for the masses (?) but for jazz lovers and great band players this is the best. This is a sophisticated piece of work and wow with that brass it is a real treat. I wonder if other artists have covered it. It would be a challenge that's for sure.
@FL8mileshigh1 Жыл бұрын
@@triplejazzmusicisall1883 "Zanzibar" is another Billy Joel gem with Freddie Hubbard on trumpet.
@p.webrowe940310 жыл бұрын
A matter of trust video with the people all standing outside the window is in my opinion the best video ever made I still like his old stuff
@kokoiles11 жыл бұрын
I so wish my parents had let me go! I am like obsessed with Billy Joel!!!! And I'm from New Orleans! :D
@lpgft11 жыл бұрын
Billy still sounds great and needs to release a new album and tour damn it !! Get going Billy !!
@MajorSwag4U11 жыл бұрын
He still sounds amazing
@Edspillanemusic8 жыл бұрын
Asking a 70-year old man to perform songs flawlessly or even close to the originals that came out over 30 years ago is insane. It's hard to hit those notes as a voice cracking teenager, let alone an old guy. He is much better than Sting who has also covered this song and lost his voice while doing it.
@v.mvarga49795 жыл бұрын
@Greg Elchert Eric Burdon?
@MidnightSwinger5 жыл бұрын
Sting covered this????
@JulieMarshall-oj9ig3 ай бұрын
He was only 62 at the time.
@danieledaroma14463 жыл бұрын
I've always loved this song and still gives me goosebumps when I listen to it: thanks a lot, Mr. Piano Man!
@user-nm9vz6bt5v Жыл бұрын
Carl Fischer on trumpet.
@thecoolerking40772 жыл бұрын
@2:42 - bottom left corner in the crowd - It's Darryl! Craig Robinson jamming out to Billy Joel. I dig that!
@DJGodaryD868 жыл бұрын
Love this song :)
@jjflash16459 ай бұрын
It’s Billy Joel. Nough said.
@smokeybluescat11 жыл бұрын
Nice. Very nice.
11 жыл бұрын
Great Sound ..!
@djsiladie11 жыл бұрын
Awesome!!!
@allenbythesea11 жыл бұрын
ok, first off, billy joel freakin rocks. Incredible sound and feel for the music. Second, who was that trumpet player? he was pretty good too!
@Pauldodsworth1511 жыл бұрын
Ive got to disagree in the late 1970s he was much better! I love Billy Joel and am seeing him in November. I think this is a really good performance and played in a different way. He doesnt hit the high notes as well and it doesnt have the same energy as say the 1987 ussr live version but he is 64! I thought it was dam good though!
@PhilRaso8 жыл бұрын
I think this is in a lower key than the original.
@makkari18 жыл бұрын
Well, he's an old man now..... No surprise, though. Many people on (Shall we call it) the vets circuit sing pieces in lower keys. Phil Collins for a start. Even as long ago as 1984, BJ was singing An Innocent Man half a tone lower than as originally recorded, and by 1989/90 was getting Pete Hewlett to sing the high register stuff.
@saucedevourer88584 жыл бұрын
This is in F, original in G.
@maynard08111 жыл бұрын
The trumpet player is Carl Fisher! fischmusic(dot)com
@MYBATZ1311 жыл бұрын
Residue, Gatsby !
@Boomtime85811 жыл бұрын
6 .
@alanfrehley1373 Жыл бұрын
I love this song, however this version sounds tired and flat. Try the version from the USSR show, now THAT is how it's meant to sound live!
@MrJuliangross11 жыл бұрын
Frist
@passais10 жыл бұрын
Don't be mistaken. I love Billy Joel. I've been a fan since the 80's. He's still a great musician but his vocals have gone to shit. He needs to drop an octave when going to the high portion of the song and can't do without the backing vocals. No doubt due to the alcohol abuse.
@sodabottle359 жыл бұрын
Y dont you shut the fuck up
@chel79809 жыл бұрын
***** come on ...remco de groot was as kind as he could be ...and he is entitled to his opinion...as are you
@fucu419 жыл бұрын
y u gotta be a shit.dont judge ur not perfect.if u dont have nothing positive to shut the fuck up please.
@amazed668 жыл бұрын
He's right but it probably has much to do with Billy Joel approaching 70 years old (or mid-60s here) trying to sing a song he wrote and recorded 30 years ago. He probably only chose to include this song in his set due to the event and it being one of his jazzier sounding songs too and when you consider that it was presumably part of a set, compared to if need be only singing the song by itself when it was recorded in the studio (even if more than one take) then taking into account all of that, it's only natural that it won't sound just like the recorded version.
@darjak27936 жыл бұрын
I’m probably really late with this comment but still : Why does it bother anyone that he doesn’t sing those high notes all perfect and flawless as he did 30 years ago? I mean everybody knows that he could do it when he was younger and is it really that substantial that he sings every note like it was a record? What really counts is the soul and the meaning behind it and as I consider he hasn’t lost that. Not even a bit of it. And isn’t it the imperfection which makes it even more humane and beautiful? Ok I guess before I’m getting to sentimental I’m gonna stop at this point 😂