Billy Joel - The Longest Time (REACTION) First Time Hearing It

[@Islandboy2.0]

On the record all the voices were Billy Joel.

[@beeseewill2407]

Billy Joel is a genius. So versatile.

[@BlueDragon53]

Billy can turn a phase, a freakin genius I tell ya! I believ same album as "Uptown Girl" in a similar style.

[@ameyer1970]

4 part harmony with himself

[@steveullrich7737]

You're correct this is an homage to doo wop music. A popular style in the 1950's and early 60's. His writing is sophisticated and elevates this simple love song'

[@SaeedReacts.]

It is a great song! Love the video too. Thanks for watching !

[@YeungSze]

The whole "An Innocent Man" album was meant to be hamages to Billy Joel's muscial influences. Another doo-wop hit from the album is "Uptown Girl", whose music video features his future 2nd wife, supermodel Christie Brinkley.

[@ruth2141]

I love that you picked up how he switched the last line from "That hasn't happened for the longest time" to "I intend to hold you for the longest time". Billy Joel has always been one of my favorites, and part of it is how his lyrics are so creatively put together. One of my other favorite rhymes is "I'll take my chances; I forgot how nice romance is".

[@SaeedReacts.]

Amazing lyricist! Such a great song. Thanks for watching.

[@Desertflower725]

I love that he actually listens to the lyrics.

[@stevenhaffner3299]

Sometimes nostalgia creeps up on you and hits you right in the feels.

[@SaeedReacts.]

100%.

[@seanscanlon9067]

The premise of the video is that Billy in his later years (hence the glasses and greying hair) is at a school reunion from his class of 1959 and the photos on the wall are his schoolfriends with labels describing them, such as best dressed, most likely to succeed and so on. They all then start singing the song and switch from the then present day, back to when they were younger, with Billy not wearing glasses and his hair is slicked back to his younger look and is why the janitor looks confused at the end. The Longest Time is from Billy's 1983 album An Innocent Man, where the songs are a homage to the music that Billy grew up listening to in the 50s and 60s, so the title track was a nod to Ben E. King and the Drifters, Uptown Girl to Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons and this song to doo-wop groups like Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, and The Tymes. The other 'singers' in the video were Billy's band members at the time, although they are miming as Billy sang all of the parts himself.

[@SaeedReacts.]

Thanks for taking the time to share this. Great song and video!

[@seanscanlon9067]

@@SaeedReacts. No problem. I paused the video before it finished, after you had asked about something during it and then posted my message, only to see that you had basically worked most of it out for yourself anyway, but I just decided to leave it there all the same, rather than delete it.

[@stevearino7239]

I am always down for the old skool singers. Billy's storytelling is amazing. He has such a huge catalog of great songs. A few heavier suggestions are Pressure, You May Be Right, Sometimes a Fantasy , Allentown and Matter of Trust

[@SaeedReacts.]

Thanks for the recommendations! Looking forward to more of his music.

[@kathyastrom1315]

I saw Billy Joel in concert when he was touring for this album. When they sang this song, it was just the whole band gathered around a microphone, and it was glorious!

[@BOOMNERD51]

I love this song, my brother was class of 1959, me 1969, and his record collection and listening to them with him was so formative for me as a kid! We still get along!❤

[@MikeytheGeek7711]

I thought maybe the guy playing the janitor was a former doo wop star. So I Googled him. His name was Nick Stewart. He wasn't a doo wop star, but he was an actor known best for being on the Amos n Andy Show. You may or may not find that interesting. He had a long acting career. One of his last roles was playing a shoe shiner in the movie Silver Streak.

[@kathleenshaw838]

We Didn’t Start the Fire, River of Dreams, and so very many more.

[@SaeedReacts.]

Thanks for the recommendation!

[@jmrob1107]

"Vienna" by Billy Joel is absolutely beautiful. Thanks for reacting to Billy Joel. His music catalog is quite extensive.

[@SaeedReacts.]

I reacted to it, but its currently blocked on KZbin and now on Patreon until its resolved.

[@CarolynStewart-v5q]

I feel like this was a tribute specifically to the song So Much In Love by the Tymes. And yes, Billy grew up on doowop in his Long Island home town of Oyster Bay. Billy pays homage to doowop and The Four Seasons with Uptown Girl. He is the best at this!

[@beckiramsey9561]

Love, love, all Billy Joel, all through his career!❤❤

[@debbers]

Saeed, Yeah, I knew you'd get it, that they were their younger selves that were in the hallway and when they come out of the bathroom at the end! Alot of people don't see that! I'm so happy you found Billy Joel! FABULOUS REACTION!

[@SaeedReacts.]

That part definitely resonated with me. Thanks so much for watching, Deb!

[@debbers]

Thank you for the heart, it is always appreciated when you give hearts!

[@debbers]

@@SaeedReacts. Thank you for your reply! It does with me too, and I'll be here cheering you on as often as I can!

[@bob2shred894]

This entire album is so nostalgic to me. My dad grew up with this type of music and i was into rock and metal, my sister was into pop , my brother was into new age music and mum liked dusco. But this album we all liked . we listened to it everytime we went away camping (just about every week end during the summer) .

[@SaeedReacts.]

Great memories!

[@loveloochay]

🎼🗝️ Mr. Saeed , you have a way of tapping into my memory lane with your song choices. I have always really liked Billy Joel. So .... my Senior year of Highschool I decided to join the school chorus. Our music teacher chose this song for us to sing. It was really fun with the "Oooohs" and "Aaaaahs" .. and the "Bum - Bah - Bums". Thanks for choosing another great one ! 🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🍰🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼

[@SaeedReacts.]

Thanks for sharing that! Great memories!

[@ruth2141]

You should check out some of his live performances. There's a recent video of him performing "Vienna" on the Howard Stern show.

[@SaeedReacts.]

I recorded a reaction to Vienna, but its currently blocked.

[@bazkeen]

This is going to be around for a long time to come. A classic.

[@SaeedReacts.]

For the longest time 😄

[@bazkeen]

@@SaeedReacts. 😂😂

[@daleenengelbrecht4861]

Didn't get a notification to this one. So great. Love Billy Joel's songs. TX Saeed. Greetings from South Africa

[@SaeedReacts.]

Excellent song and video. Love this sound. Thanks again for watching. Greetings from Belgium.

[@katrinaprescott5911]

Tim Foust, the bass singer for the acapella group Home Free, used to tell stories between sets in their concerts to give them all a chance to catch their breath. One concert, he ran out of stories. So he decided to dramatically read song lyrics. He started out with "And So It Goes" by Billy Joel, noted how old it was and that it reached 33 on the charts. Then he read the lyrics to a song that was topping the charts at the time of the concert. It was "Whip/Nae Nae" 😂😂😂😂 The contrast was hilarious. Especially Tim reading the lyrics in his serious, deep voice.

[@SaeedReacts.]

Oh right i reacted to a video from that. I totally forgot that :D

[@coopm3087]

You should check him out live at the grey whistle test NY state of mind in his younger years His saxaphone player is awesome in a lot of his music

[@SaeedReacts.]

Will add this one to my list. Thanks!

[@loveloochay]

TY .. loved it Here are a few recommendations .... "And So It Goes" & "Say Goodbye To Hollywood" .. by Billy Joel

[@SaeedReacts.]

Definitely will add these to my list. Thanks.

[@pairofpints]

The video is fun but when you just listen to the song on the stereo it's fantastic. Always reminds me of Rocky somehow😅

[@kweile4339]

Some of Billy's best though he's hard to pin down. Still Rock and Roll is similar feel to this one while Pressure is quite different, just my opinion.

[@Eowyn187]

Oh the harmonizing in this!!! He's so jazzy cool! Long, long time ago they called a "Hep cat" I believe. ☺ Def a doo-wap sound here. Billy is so very eclectic.

[@SaeedReacts.]

Great song and love this sound! Love the versatility!

[@beeseewill2407]

I think he is getting over his wedding jitters.

[@seanscanlon9067]

It is his school reunion do.

[@davidmaholchic6146]

What a treat of a song Love you

[@SaeedReacts.]

Great song! Thanks for watching. Much love!

[@jolenewitzel7919]

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[@SaeedReacts.]

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[@Eowyn187]

"Honesty" "River of Dreams" "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" (Forgot these yesterday)

[@SaeedReacts.]

I reacted to Honesty, but its blocked and also recorded a reaction to Scenes From An Italian Restaurant, but its not uploaded yet. They are definitely coming 😄

[@Eowyn187]

@@SaeedReacts. then you already know how great they are. Can't wait to see you hear them. Oh, and, good luck with that copyright.

[@jennybrayton5926]

High school reunion.

[@edwardhubschman3610]

As delightful as this song is, it’s actually fluff in comparison to most of Billy’s output. If you haven’t yet, check out Piano Man (official video), Downeaster Alexa, Scenes From an Italian Restaurant, New York State of Mind, Vienna, Always a Woman, and Lullabye just for starters, to begin to understand Billy’s incredible genius and stature.

[@SaeedReacts.]

I reacted to Piano Man and a few others. Will do more!

[@allenhall8493]

ANOTHER SUGGESTION FOR YOU IF YOU LIKE A GREAT ROCK SONG- " Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress" - The Hollies. ONE OF THE BEST INTROS EVER

[@SaeedReacts.]

Thanks for the recommendation.

[@noelcatanzaro3405]

Great reactions ! Request for reaction. Color wall " the devil wears a suit and tie "

[@SaeedReacts.]

Thanks for watching and the recommendation!

[@danielhead8123]

React to his song and so it goes

[@SaeedReacts.]

Thanks for the recommendation!

[@Eowyn187]

3:36 You made me think of "Grease" right here. Funny thing was, I was already wondering if you've seen the movie. I know you're a film buff. Great music in that soundtrack.

[@SaeedReacts.]

I have seen it, but many many years ago. Maybe its time for a rewatch 😄

[@danielhead8123]

All the backing vocals are Billy and the aobum this came from innocent man each song is styled after music that influenced billy, e.g. Uptown girl is Frankie valli. Longest time is 50s doo wop

[@johnraymondponce7783]

I always thought this song was cool, even though some people don't like it

[@SaeedReacts.]

I enjoyed this one as well!

[@codyrivers5094]

80's billy joel doo-wop sucks!!!!

[@welle5086]

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[@SaeedReacts.]

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