It was a real story for Billy Joel. The uptown girl was his wife, super model, Christie Brinkley.
@decolonizeEverywhere8 ай бұрын
They had a child together.
@Abri4128 ай бұрын
And she looks just like him.@@decolonizeEverywhere
@a.bertasso12988 ай бұрын
Watch the story Billy Joel tells on Howard Stern. He met Elle McPherson, Christie Brinkley, and Whitney Houston all at the same time in the Bahamas. So he and Christie Brinkley were already a couple here after heb briefly dated Elle McPherson.@@leannmiller7153
@manuelverzola21488 ай бұрын
Bruh,educate yourself more young man. Westside story
@Ace-v3t8 ай бұрын
She’s got cancer now, but I think she’s ok
@shannonotoole35268 ай бұрын
I LOVE when you get up and start dancing! You did to to Devil went down to Georgia and I spit out my beer!
@nielgregory1088 ай бұрын
Go look at a pic of Christie Brinkley in her 70's today, your jaw will STILL hit the floor. I was 10 when I became aware of her. She is timeless. NOBODY could believe it when he landed her. She was the TOP model for years.
@bkm27978 ай бұрын
She's in this video, so he can see Christy here,lol! She's in the limo.
@hk45c628 ай бұрын
@@bkm2797, don't forget about her in National Lampoon's Vacation with Chevy Chase. The girl in the Ferrari.
@seanscanlon90678 ай бұрын
@@bkm2797 Christie is also on the poster on the inside of the locker door behind Billy, too, but the OP was talking about her now and what she looks like today, having entered her 70s earlier on this year. She is still a nice looking woman but definitely has had a little help these days though.
@lauraross90058 ай бұрын
He's an impressive man, now and then. People could "believe it" regarding landing her. Everything isn't about looks, and he was also attractive.
@Joseph-f9m7s8 ай бұрын
Joel was already famous and well known guy at this point and could have any woman he wanted, and he did but I think he was so humble to still think that she was not attainable for a guy from a working class background.
@bigreenize8 ай бұрын
White bread. Bread. Refined flour. No racism here.
@doomhunter6978 ай бұрын
Yes, it refers to those who have money.
@kentbriggs8 ай бұрын
Correct, "white bread" as in bland/typical/conventional, etc. The CC caption of "white-bred" from KZbin is wrong.
@jaceywarren15288 ай бұрын
I was thinking the same thing. I have always heard white bread and took it to mean white bread world while poor folks be eatin' that cheap brown bread.
@adrienne1958l8 ай бұрын
@@jaceywarren1528, yeah I think that's it , because historically that was an thing .
@in8hope6178 ай бұрын
Exactly....sometimes the things that were plain to us (back in the day), aren't so plain to people who have never heard them. The context is everything, and anyone watching an old movie or video needs to keep this in mind. ( To understand that words may have meant something different in the era of the movie/video, then it does now) The common quotes or sayings were just that...sayings..a way to say "rich" without saying the word "rich".
@andreaschmall55608 ай бұрын
This was Billy Joel's tribute to "Frankie Valli and the Fours Seasons" music.
@BobTheMan28 ай бұрын
Frankie Valli Concert at Carowinds closed the park because of max capacity
@gizmo59258 ай бұрын
The whole album (Glass Houses) was a smorgasbord of various genres of rock 7& roll, past and present. This was Joel's tribute to street-corner doo-wop music.
@ericthuemmel52758 ай бұрын
@@gizmo5925 This is off the album "An Innocent Man".
@gizmo59258 ай бұрын
@@ericthuemmel5275 Not the first time I made this kind of error. I need to start verifying what I think I remember.
@RobertSmith-js2kz8 ай бұрын
lots of 50s love going on in the 80s. BACK TO THE FUTURE anyone? ;)
@ricksurratt90348 ай бұрын
I think New York State of mind is my favorite song of his
@allenruss29768 ай бұрын
There are so so many songs to choose from.
@chercee8 ай бұрын
He's working-class, she's high-class. He knows he's punching up.
@lorirobinson5118 ай бұрын
If you react to all of Billy Joel's hits your unborn daughter will be in high school before you're done!
@Ydnic74818 ай бұрын
That was a great ❤
@JaneSmith-lu8ol8 ай бұрын
Fact.
@aliciahager29618 ай бұрын
Point well taken!!😅
@objectiveobserver42788 ай бұрын
Too funny!
@wendyryder27088 ай бұрын
lol!
@celestelittek73605 ай бұрын
Backstreet boys is an old expression for boys from the other side of the track ❤
@terithomas48798 ай бұрын
New York State of Mind at the Grey Whistle, it’s the best version! I love your channel!
@JanAgardy-ow2rh4 ай бұрын
My Dad was literally born on the wrong side of the tracks & my Mom was the daughter of the richest family in the town they grew up in. They got married & were married 58 years before my Dad died. I admired their marriage & made sure that my husband & I worked on our marriage of 31 years before he died. Love Billy Joe songs .
@edevard90482 ай бұрын
I was raised in a lower middle class family and my wife’s father was once the Health Commissioner of NYC. He will be married 47 years next month.
@shanegooding48398 ай бұрын
The Backstreet Boys were named after the Backstreet Market in Orlando where a lot of kids hung out. Billy's singing about backstreet guys who were just dudes in lived in the rougher parts of town.
@NeptuneLady19578 ай бұрын
I love Billy Joel! He was playing on Grammys on the night Sinatra was honored for lifetime achievement and the producers cut off to commercial during Sinatra's speech. When Joel did his set of River of Dreams, he stopped his band and stopped singing looked at his watch and started saying "valuable advertising time going by" multiple times!! 😂
@rhondasmithis7 ай бұрын
Priceless!!
@chelseahaley83508 ай бұрын
This was my first time seeing the video, too! That was super cool! And u will love New York State of Mind! It's a whole different vibe!
@victorplekter6138 ай бұрын
The White Bred lyric is not talking race. It's talking the about the food -bread. The captioning is incorrect on the video. The phrase "White Bread" means "bland." The uptown girl lives a nice but boring and bland life. Billy is going to change that into something more exciting.
@hollycook50468 ай бұрын
"Goodnight Saigon" is a great one from Billy Joel
@ellenstrack62748 ай бұрын
I love that when uses this song in concert he finds local Vietnam and other vets to sing in the song.
@M00N.L1GHT8 ай бұрын
Such a powerful song.
@sammic74928 ай бұрын
When he wrote the song it was for his girlfriend at the time Elle McPherson, by the time he decided to record and release the track he was dating Christie Brinkley (the woman in the video) who he went onto marry. Billy has definitely had his share of uptown girls.
@kevinmarshall8548 ай бұрын
His concerts are incredible. He always plays at least one ACDC song because he says that they write the complete songs and he loves their music. He even m has had Brian Johnson come and sing it with him when he performs it.
@Ontheroxxwithsalt8 ай бұрын
You NEED to do Scenes from an Italian Restaurant. It has a story like Piano Man and you can picture the couple he sings about going from high school sweethearts to married life to divorce and beyond. It's a great song and you will picture a couple you know as you listen. Especially if you grew up in NYC because we all knew a couple like this one.
@sarahbrown77318 ай бұрын
It's Still Rock N Roll To Me is another fun Billy Joel song if you want good mood music 🎶
@PatriciaPerdue8 ай бұрын
Billy Joel was actually married to Christie Brinkley (world famous top model back in the day). Before dating her, he dated Elle MacPhearson, another modeling beauty, for a few months. In an interview with Howard Stearne, Joel explains that the song was originally called "Uptown Girls," because he couldn't believe the situation he was in, dating such beautiful women. But, after getting into a relationship with Brinkley, he made her THE "Uptown Girl."
@boomeister2Ай бұрын
True story!
@kaynesheldon49058 ай бұрын
You know it’s a banger when BP is dancing😂😂
@lesblatnyak59478 ай бұрын
Nothing special at his age, but in 27 years, we'll see
@mittengrandma8078 ай бұрын
My daughter several years ago when she was about 16 came out of her room and said, “Mom! I just discovered this singer named Billy Joel! He’s amazing!”😂😂😂I told her to listen to We Didn’t Start the Fire.🔥🔥🔥
@CindyNavarro8 ай бұрын
I remember when my son "discovered" Jimi Hendrix, Supertramp, & a few others [popular before he was born] when he was 14. 😂 He was shocked when I simply told him to go look at my cassettes & albums. For a few hours I was "cool." 😎
@Ken-h5d8 ай бұрын
My understanding is it wasn't "white-bred" but "white-bread" world. High class, nothing but the best, etc. Financial, not racial.
@RobertSmith-js2kz8 ай бұрын
yours and everyone else's. this guy's looking at the woke youtube captions and accepting it verbatim.
@KLForbes5 ай бұрын
for the 80s, in all honesty, it could be interpreted as both. The mega-rich community in the 80s was almost exclusively white (IIRC); but also, financially, white bread was usually more expensive than wheat bread.
@v.j.30293 ай бұрын
It just doesn’t make sense that a white dude would be accusing this chick of being white. Like what? He’s saying white bread, as in bland. I know everybody has already told him he got it wrong in the comments but this obsession about race needs to stop. It’s freaking tiring.
@KLForbes3 ай бұрын
@@v.j.3029 He's not accusing her of being "white", he's accusing her of being rich. nothing to do with race, everything to do with financial standing.
@v.j.30293 ай бұрын
@@KLForbes I'm saying the same thing as you. I just don't get how the reactor can think Billy would make an issue of her being white while he's white himself. The reactor is making it about race when it has nothing to do with race. I'm questioning HIS logical thinking.
@northernassassin60564 ай бұрын
I absolutely loved this song as a small child.
@jeffmorrison21478 ай бұрын
Billy Joel A Matter Of Trust
@destination22ful8 ай бұрын
Great reaction. Johnny Rivers “Poor Side of Town” has a poor boy welcoming a poor girl back to the other side of the tracks. A #1 song from 1966.
@samfisher66068 ай бұрын
Checkout all of the Billy Joel you can! He's my favorite solo artist. If you want another one of his do-whop songs with high harmonies, I recommend "The Longest Time".
@valerielynn72568 ай бұрын
Yes definitely I was gonna recommend this one too the longest time is on of my favorite’s
@seanscanlon90678 ай бұрын
The "harmonies" are with Billy himself, as he sings all of the parts and voices on The Longest Time.
@wendel55208 ай бұрын
He might be considered a solo artist but his band is fire!!
@talltulip8 ай бұрын
It's official: Favorite Reaction Of All Time!!! Your utter delight and joy over this song and video is everything!!
@MaxineWatt-jd8ho8 ай бұрын
😂😂😂brilliant reaction 😂
@neilwilliams46848 ай бұрын
Pearlman decided to call them Backstreet Boys, after Orlando's Backstreet Market, an outdoor flea market near International Drive which was also a teen hangout.
@varnishgal8 ай бұрын
And that's why I so enjoy your reactions -- no dystopia here, no matter the song, the lyrics, or the group!
@shag1398 ай бұрын
Christy Brinkley has been on fire for 50 damn years. So fricking classically beautiful, no surgery BS, sigh. She is the girl in first Vacation movie in red the Ferrari.
@andreadeamon64198 ай бұрын
She is still breathtaking and looks maybe 50 (and I'm pushing that one!) I want to know what her secret is
@NeptuneLady19578 ай бұрын
No surgery? Have you seen her?
@a.bertasso12988 ай бұрын
Yes and no surgery. It is possible to be older and attractive and no surgery.@@NeptuneLady1957
@seanscanlon90678 ай бұрын
@@NeptuneLady1957 These days yes but not back then.
@TheDivayenta8 ай бұрын
Lots of surgery in addition to winning the genetic lottery doesn’t hurt!
@debbiechang57818 ай бұрын
Billy Joel is an American treasure! His music videos were legendary! He ended up marrying the beautiful woman he meets in this video. That’s the lovely Christie Brinkley, supermodel. He’s amazingly talented in every possible musical way. Composer, lyricist, pianist, multi instrumentalist, vocalist and video creator. You will be blown away as you explore more of his catalogue. His live performances are amazing too. I’m sure your other subscribers will recommend all the best songs. I thoroughly enjoy your videos and look forward to more reactions to Billy Joel. I hope you will also revisit Linda Ronstadt. 🌺✌️
@Renee-Suzanne8 ай бұрын
This song was HUGE, catchy, and especially popular because Christy Brinkley was in it. (They were married) This was totally a pop chart song and not like "Piano Man" "We Didn't Start the Fire" nor "New York State of Mind" Thank you for your great reaction. Billy Joel writes so very many more songs than he ever recorded for himself.....look in the writing credits of some of the great songs from 1980 to present.
@BobTheMan28 ай бұрын
Hell yes he was a very lucky man to have Christy. All men envy him so much.
@seanscanlon90678 ай бұрын
@Renee-Suzanne - Not trying to be a dick here but it is not really the case when you say: "Billy Joel writes so very many more songs than he ever recorded for himself.....look in the writing credits of some of the great songs from 1980 to present". He records himself what he has written but several others then go on to also do covers of his songs and some of those covers go back to the 1970s too.
@Renee-Suzanne8 ай бұрын
@@seanscanlon9067 I agree that he has recorded so very many songs he penned himself and that many have been covered. I only meant that he has also written many songs for other artists.
@seanscanlon90678 ай бұрын
@@Renee-Suzanne Yeah I thought that was perhaps what you meant but again, not meaning this in a bad way but that is not really the case though. Billy has never written anything for other artists per se to record, he has written songs for him to do so but then others have covered them later on, even if some songs might be more familiar as the covers rather than Billy's original recordings.
@Ydnic74818 ай бұрын
His album Glass House's, for me, was the soundtrack of my senior year 79/80 Every single song on this album was fire 🔥
@lrsrosebud8 ай бұрын
Same for me, senior year was 80/81. Got to see him in concert in 82. He’s still fire today!
@BoringTroublemaker5 ай бұрын
All for Leyna!
@survivalrush8 ай бұрын
This song brings back loads of nostalgia. I remember when we were teenagers, my sister used to love this and played it loads, lol. 👍🏻
@kenneth28758 ай бұрын
Backstreet Boys name - Pearlman decided to call them Backstreet Boys, after Orlando's Backstreet Market, an outdoor flea market near International Drive which was also a teen hangout
@momD6128 ай бұрын
Dude just reads wayyyyyy too much into absolutely nothing. 😂😂😂❤
@seanmonetathchi10608 ай бұрын
Billy Joel's "Glass Houses" was the first EIGHT TRACK! album I ever bought with my own money! "It's Still Rock-n-Roll to Me" was one of the first absolute jams of my life! Wore that sucker out!💯
@EricaLancaster12 күн бұрын
Saw him in concert in the early 2000’s and it was amazing. He’s a showman, an absolutely great performer and storyteller.
@reneewauchula3 ай бұрын
Saw him in 2000 in Tampa on Valentine's day with my hubby. It was his first retirement tour 😅 he's had several retirement tours since ❤️ he was funny and phenomenal
@sunnysmith9674 ай бұрын
Billy Joel is one of the best Story Tellers in Songs, a Genius Musician
@tiacalhoun38418 ай бұрын
LOVE LOVE LOVE this reaction, yes this is such a feel good song that just makes ya wanna dance and smile
@maryannprzybycien20138 ай бұрын
Another fun Billy Joel song is "A Matter of Trust". One of my favorites and very underrated. 🔥❤️
@veronicawilson93428 ай бұрын
I adore your reactions! This is my feeling today ...sky is downcast and rainy and a song that i recall in the 80s ! Precious!😊
@RegenaCox-yy1rl8 ай бұрын
In case you didn't know it, he got the girl. Billy Joel and Christy Brinkley were married. Now they are divorced.
@commonsense5716 ай бұрын
Your happiness is contagious! I have lived Billy for decades! Seen him in concert three times. He is INCREDIBLE live. !!!🩷💜🌷
@vickieswearingen26107 ай бұрын
This past weekend in New York City, Billy Joel performed his 100th show at that venue in his 40 year career! Yes, he performed Uptown Girl, and the cameras were showing on the huge screen, yup, Christy Brinkley, the Uptown Girl herself, singing along! It was incredible! Also, their daughter came on stage and performed for her dad! U must look it up on KZbin!❤❤
@amyjojo28098 ай бұрын
I got to go to a concert with Billy Joel and Elton John in college. It was incredible!
@katscully8 ай бұрын
BJ’s album “The Stranger” is absolute perfection from beginning to end.🥂
@brianpakula63768 ай бұрын
One of my favs is For the longest time by Billy Joel
@kristyathome8 ай бұрын
If you want some Billy that will make you cry, especially in relation to your new baby girl, check out Billy Joel, Lullaby. It is one of my favorites.
@LillyLillyLillyLillyLillyLilly8 ай бұрын
Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley had a daughter Alexa Ray Joel. The middle name “Ray” was to honor Ray Charles, who Billy did a duet with called Grand Piano. Alexa Ray is also a musician taking after her father I believe she does shows in New York City.
@rullaferd96638 ай бұрын
Great reaction.Billy Joel is a genius.
@jonathan.s9936 ай бұрын
New york state of mine is my all time favorite by Billy Joel.
@ouachitawoman8 ай бұрын
I always thought it was "bread" not "bred" White Bread makes more sense.
@thomasjones45708 ай бұрын
It is Bread.
@evabyrum33278 ай бұрын
Your right.... It's Bread. Sometimes lyrics aren't right on some of these videos.
@QUINTUSMAXIMUS6 ай бұрын
White bread, it means a boring, bland life, unexciting life. Basically, she leads an unexciting life, and a backstreet guy can give her excitement that the other guys can't give her.
@lucasbenzano60218 ай бұрын
Awesome. I love this song. Greetings from Brazil.
@amandasorenson46458 ай бұрын
I love Billy Joel. Garth Brooks is also a big Billy fan and Billy let him do a cover of Billys song Shameless. For what ever reason Shameless wasnt a huge hit for Billy, but it was a mega hit for Garth. You should do a rea tion on it. Shameless written by Billy Joel and preformed by Garth Brooks. Its really great!
@joshuacasillas39358 ай бұрын
This song is literally real life for Billy Joel. The song is really about him dating his supermodel girlfriend who ended up becoming his wife Christy Brinkley. He also dated supermodel Elle McPherson right around the same time too. Apparently, being the piano man is a good way to get the ladies.
@Roberto_798 ай бұрын
That was the beauty of growing up in the 70s and 80s when music came on vinyl and cassette and you had album covers with lyrics printed on them and magazines that came out weekly with some lyrics in them. Something that streaming will never be able to recreate
@kathyw23556 ай бұрын
The video was released in 1983, the girl in the video is Super Model Christie Brinkley it's said the song was inspired by her. They got married in 1985.
@Jacismiles4u28 ай бұрын
My sons are 50, 48 & 46. It is so enjoyable watching you watching music you 'know' and where it 'really' came from.
@carolmckay90678 ай бұрын
His ex-Wife Christy Brinkley was on the Cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue Several times. She was and still Is Stunningly Gorgeous 💗💗💗💗
@ElaineDayton-o1i8 ай бұрын
If you still get traditional TV, you should check your on demand for the Billy Joel special that was on this last week. It was in celebration of his 100th sold out concert at Madison Square Garden. He's been playing there once a month for approx. 10 years. One song he does, he debuted at the Grammys this year. It's the first song he's written in 30 years. It's really good.
@adideles79778 ай бұрын
Very uplifting and fun!! 🔥💝💞
@karlweir31988 ай бұрын
Love this song 💕
@rebeccacurtis66808 ай бұрын
Always liked Billy Joel and this is one of my favorite songs by him. Like someone else mentioned, Christie Brinkley and and Billy Joel actually did become a couple & married. She was a supermodel, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model, etc and is still quite beautiful today. If you like this song, you'll also like "For the Longest Time". The vocals on that are awesome.
@patrickchachulski68045 ай бұрын
This song and video are as fresh & exciting as when I first heard them in 83!!!
@minxiv78 ай бұрын
There are so many hits of his. I sincerely hope you do a deep dive. He has an incredible catalog and a fairly sad life story.
@andreaschmall55608 ай бұрын
What sad story?
@chris...94978 ай бұрын
@@andreaschmall5560 Dad left the family to return to Austria when Joel was only 4 years old (so grew up fatherless). Career very nearly killed with his first attempt to record in his early 20s; that's when he hid out on the West Coast playing piano bars under an assumed name (so his contract would time out; wrote "Piano Man" based on his experiences, which was so successful Columbia Records reversed its decision to drop him, saving his career, but still edited "Piano Man" down for broadcast time). First wife pushed him to perform constantly, her brother managed him and embezzled tens of millions of dollars from him (making up the money meant he had to tour hard, which cost him his second marriage; the betrayal gutted him). That's just off the top.
@seanscanlon90678 ай бұрын
@@chris...9497 Add two suicide attempts that later led to his song You’re Only Human (Second Wind) and even before he was born, his family had to flee the Nazis and ended up losing their textile business in Germany. There is a documentary on it called The Joel Files. And I think Billy was nearer seven or eight when his dad left the family home. And not trying to be a dick here because you have the basis of the story right, but Columbia Records actually took over his contract around the time of Captain Jack and Piano Man, having negotiated a release from his previous record company.
@eloerch78 ай бұрын
Billy Joel - River of Dreams!
@kevinmarshall8548 ай бұрын
He wrote it when he was dating and finally married Christie Brinkley. The famous model. They were married for a long time and they have a daughter that looks just like her mother 😍
@seanscanlon90678 ай бұрын
Not trying to be a dick here but she looks more like Billy than Christie.
@decolonizeEverywhere8 ай бұрын
He wrote it when he was dating Elle Macpherson and ended up after the video was made with Christie Brinkley
@jimmypadgett11068 ай бұрын
Great song been listening to Joel since Piano man debut 1973.
@ericcarlson85768 ай бұрын
Cristy Brinkley was my second to Kathy Ireland. Back in the day. They were gorgeous.
@TheDivayenta8 ай бұрын
He wrote this about his then wife, supermodel, Christie Brinkley. That’s her dancing with him in the video! They have one daughter, Alexa Ray- named after Billy’s idol, Ray Charles.
@boomeister2Ай бұрын
This song came out in 1983. Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley were married in 1985.
@mylifeaslori56292 ай бұрын
Pearlman decided to call them Backstreet Boys, after Orlando's Backstreet Market, an outdoor flea market near International Drive which was also a teen hangout. The Backstreet Boys performed their first show at SeaWorld Orlando on May 8, 1993.
@vincentdarrah8 ай бұрын
The woman in the video is his then wife, Christie Brinkley. Also, most people don't know that Garth Brooks hit SHAMELESS was a cover of Billy Joel, who wrote and recorded it first.
@Reiki05252 ай бұрын
Seen him in concert several times. Epic!
@BrianJohnson_50268 ай бұрын
Must react to Keeping the Faith, A Matter of trust and the Longest time from Billy Joel next.
@richardgaspard7917Ай бұрын
The band’s original manager, Lou Pearlman, wanted to create a group similar to the wildly popular New Kids on the Block. Pearlman decided to name them after the area’s Backstreet Market - an outdoor flea market that evolved into a teen hangout.
@actuariallurker96508 ай бұрын
Billy Joel is one of the top Singer songwriters of the past 60 years- still going strong. You need to review his FULL albums "The Stranger" which went 11x Platinum and "52nd street" went 7x Platinum....the woman in this video is his now ex-wife Christie Brinkley. When he got famous he had supermodels throwing themselves at him. VERY heavy drinker and smoker with multiple DUIs who stayed sober after a bad accident running into a tree on Long Island in the NY suburbs. He has sold over 160 MILLION albums. He is turning 75 this year and he is still touring. He has won 6 Grammies....a legend
@rwoodey688 ай бұрын
The song was initially written about his relationship with model Macpherson, but it ended up also being about his soon-to-be wife, Brinkley
@llschnitz8 ай бұрын
He married the “Uptown Girl” Christie Brinkley the Cover Girl and they had a daughter together before divorcing a few years later.
@brendasorenson61868 ай бұрын
Great reaction! (And I rarely say great reaction.) You were jamming, you were dancing, you were reacting. And you had good commentary! (Yeah, forget that dystopia 💩) This was FUN! Thanks BP!
@mlbw19668 ай бұрын
As soon as i saw this I remembered the music video on VH1 ...that's where he met his wife, can't remember her name, the model ....dated and married Great Video!!!!! Love Billy Joel , his talent is incredible in somany ways!!! Glad he's still with us and performing ❤ 🎶 🎵 🏍 Christie Brinkley thanks for helping me out with her full name !!! White Breed Girl, high class world!!!!
@SheilaKnight-l4n8 ай бұрын
This was huge back in the day. You keep reacting to great music, and I love your honest reactions😂.
@rina-36018 ай бұрын
Loved your reaction. This is my era along with Frankie Valle and the Four Seasons - which of course transitioned me to the Backstreet Boys decades later. Loved each of their sounds. Also I agree with someone comment that white-bread refers to 'refined' sugar used to make those little squares of cakes you would see upscaled parties. They are called Petit-fours. Thank you for your open opinions.
@pjmurphy9207 ай бұрын
The woman in this video is Billy Joel's wife, Christie Brinkley, who was a super model at the time. They had a daughter, Alexa, who has sung with Billy, at times. Billy and Christie got married in 1985 and divorced in 1994.
@hollymaxim49557 ай бұрын
You nailed it! We had so much hope back then despite the challenges of racism, war, pollution, fighting for democracy, blah, blah. we believed we could change it all.
@lisazaccardimeunier83788 ай бұрын
That’s Turbo, but not Ozone (from Breakin’). And the woman is supermodel Christie Brinkley. They were engaged and ended up married for years.
@HenryCabotHenhouse38 ай бұрын
There is also River of Dreams as another style of song from Billy. You were looking away so I don't think you noticed the billboard for Uptown Cosmetics at the beginning. I'm pretty sure the lyric is "white bread" not "white-bred" as shown (an obvious mistake by a ill-educated and youngster seeing racism everywhere). It references the old stereotype of the upper crust being able to afford white flour while the lower classes ate whole wheat. This was reversed around the 1900's as commercial processing brought down the cost of white flour and the introduction of Wonder Bread pre-sliced bread brought 'rich people's bread' to everyone in the 20's. The upper crust realizing the health benefits of whole grains through the 50's and 60's then eschewed white bread and it is now the reverse situation. But Billy was definitely referencing the older trope.
@momD6128 ай бұрын
Bred=money. 😅
@kathalinehansen70788 ай бұрын
Actually, the sign is visible, upper left corner, at the very end of the video-- after Billy and Christie disappeared on their motorcycle.
@SuitYourself2 ай бұрын
Music can bring people together. We need more of the old school music, instruments, messages, writing.
@Shinino_Kage8 ай бұрын
The Backstreet Boys were named after Orlando's Backstreet Market, btw.
@cassbumk35658 ай бұрын
I saw him back in the late 80's and he is incredible live
@Renovion8 ай бұрын
I think it says white bread world, meaning the good and back then fancy stuff. The lovely lady in the video was his then or soon to be wife model Christy Brinkley.
@paulaw48548 ай бұрын
He’s celebrating the sound of The Four Seasons which explains the beat and harmonies. Also places video back to the 60’s.
@stillracer25148 ай бұрын
Billy got the Uptown Girl!
@russellw77858 ай бұрын
You're definitely the best reactor to old songs. It's great to see you explore different styles and delve into the old music. I still think the best music ended in the 90s
@embee74348 ай бұрын
Getting so hyped for this song/video is the correct response. ❤
@carriemichelle3228 ай бұрын
Please react to GOODNIGHT SIAGNON. Its about Vietnam and he always has disabled vets on stage singing the chorus. The lyrics are raw and bars!! Billy Joel is the GOAT and always humble.