Billy Joel - Uptown Girl REACTION! Is this Where the BACKSTREET BOYS got their name!?

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@lynnbird5753
@lynnbird5753 8 ай бұрын
It was a real story for Billy Joel. The uptown girl was his wife, super model, Christie Brinkley.
@decolonizeEverywhere
@decolonizeEverywhere 8 ай бұрын
They had a child together.
@Abri412
@Abri412 8 ай бұрын
And she looks just like him.​@@decolonizeEverywhere
@a.bertasso1298
@a.bertasso1298 8 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
@manuelverzola2148
@manuelverzola2148 8 ай бұрын
Bruh,educate yourself more young man. Westside story
@Ace-v3t
@Ace-v3t 8 ай бұрын
She’s got cancer now, but I think she’s ok
@shannonotoole3526
@shannonotoole3526 8 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!
@nielgregory108
@nielgregory108 8 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.
@bkm2797
@bkm2797 8 ай бұрын
She's in this video, so he can see Christy here,lol! She's in the limo.
@hk45c62
@hk45c62 8 ай бұрын
​@@bkm2797, don't forget about her in National Lampoon's Vacation with Chevy Chase. The girl in the Ferrari.
@seanscanlon9067
@seanscanlon9067 8 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.
@lauraross9005
@lauraross9005 8 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-f9m7s
@Joseph-f9m7s 8 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.
@bigreenize
@bigreenize 8 ай бұрын
White bread. Bread. Refined flour. No racism here.
@doomhunter697
@doomhunter697 8 ай бұрын
Yes, it refers to those who have money.
@kentbriggs
@kentbriggs 8 ай бұрын
Correct, "white bread" as in bland/typical/conventional, etc. The CC caption of "white-bred" from KZbin is wrong.
@jaceywarren1528
@jaceywarren1528 8 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.
@adrienne1958l
@adrienne1958l 8 ай бұрын
​@@jaceywarren1528, yeah I think that's it , because historically that was an thing .
@in8hope617
@in8hope617 8 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".
@andreaschmall5560
@andreaschmall5560 8 ай бұрын
This was Billy Joel's tribute to "Frankie Valli and the Fours Seasons" music.
@BobTheMan2
@BobTheMan2 8 ай бұрын
Frankie Valli Concert at Carowinds closed the park because of max capacity
@gizmo5925
@gizmo5925 8 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.
@ericthuemmel5275
@ericthuemmel5275 8 ай бұрын
@@gizmo5925 This is off the album "An Innocent Man".
@gizmo5925
@gizmo5925 8 ай бұрын
@@ericthuemmel5275 Not the first time I made this kind of error. I need to start verifying what I think I remember.
@RobertSmith-js2kz
@RobertSmith-js2kz 8 ай бұрын
lots of 50s love going on in the 80s. BACK TO THE FUTURE anyone? ;)
@ricksurratt9034
@ricksurratt9034 8 ай бұрын
I think New York State of mind is my favorite song of his
@allenruss2976
@allenruss2976 8 ай бұрын
There are so so many songs to choose from.
@chercee
@chercee 8 ай бұрын
He's working-class, she's high-class. He knows he's punching up.
@lorirobinson511
@lorirobinson511 8 ай бұрын
If you react to all of Billy Joel's hits your unborn daughter will be in high school before you're done!
@Ydnic7481
@Ydnic7481 8 ай бұрын
That was a great ❤
@JaneSmith-lu8ol
@JaneSmith-lu8ol 8 ай бұрын
Fact.
@aliciahager2961
@aliciahager2961 8 ай бұрын
Point well taken!!😅
@objectiveobserver4278
@objectiveobserver4278 8 ай бұрын
Too funny!
@wendyryder2708
@wendyryder2708 8 ай бұрын
lol!
@celestelittek7360
@celestelittek7360 5 ай бұрын
Backstreet boys is an old expression for boys from the other side of the track ❤
@terithomas4879
@terithomas4879 8 ай бұрын
New York State of Mind at the Grey Whistle, it’s the best version! I love your channel!
@JanAgardy-ow2rh
@JanAgardy-ow2rh 4 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 .
@edevard9048
@edevard9048 2 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.
@shanegooding4839
@shanegooding4839 8 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.
@NeptuneLady1957
@NeptuneLady1957 8 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!! 😂
@rhondasmithis
@rhondasmithis 7 ай бұрын
Priceless!!
@chelseahaley8350
@chelseahaley8350 8 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!
@victorplekter613
@victorplekter613 8 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.
@hollycook5046
@hollycook5046 8 ай бұрын
"Goodnight Saigon" is a great one from Billy Joel
@ellenstrack6274
@ellenstrack6274 8 ай бұрын
I love that when uses this song in concert he finds local Vietnam and other vets to sing in the song.
@M00N.L1GHT
@M00N.L1GHT 8 ай бұрын
Such a powerful song.
@sammic7492
@sammic7492 8 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.
@kevinmarshall854
@kevinmarshall854 8 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.
@Ontheroxxwithsalt
@Ontheroxxwithsalt 8 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.
@sarahbrown7731
@sarahbrown7731 8 ай бұрын
It's Still Rock N Roll To Me is another fun Billy Joel song if you want good mood music 🎶
@PatriciaPerdue
@PatriciaPerdue 8 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."
@boomeister2
@boomeister2 Ай бұрын
True story!
@kaynesheldon4905
@kaynesheldon4905 8 ай бұрын
You know it’s a banger when BP is dancing😂😂
@lesblatnyak5947
@lesblatnyak5947 8 ай бұрын
Nothing special at his age, but in 27 years, we'll see
@mittengrandma807
@mittengrandma807 8 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.🔥🔥🔥
@CindyNavarro
@CindyNavarro 8 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-h5d
@Ken-h5d 8 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-js2kz
@RobertSmith-js2kz 8 ай бұрын
yours and everyone else's. this guy's looking at the woke youtube captions and accepting it verbatim.
@KLForbes
@KLForbes 5 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.3029
@v.j.3029 3 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.
@KLForbes
@KLForbes 3 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.3029
@v.j.3029 3 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.
@northernassassin6056
@northernassassin6056 4 ай бұрын
I absolutely loved this song as a small child.
@jeffmorrison2147
@jeffmorrison2147 8 ай бұрын
Billy Joel A Matter Of Trust
@destination22ful
@destination22ful 8 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.
@samfisher6606
@samfisher6606 8 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".
@valerielynn7256
@valerielynn7256 8 ай бұрын
Yes definitely I was gonna recommend this one too the longest time is on of my favorite’s
@seanscanlon9067
@seanscanlon9067 8 ай бұрын
The "harmonies" are with Billy himself, as he sings all of the parts and voices on The Longest Time.
@wendel5520
@wendel5520 8 ай бұрын
He might be considered a solo artist but his band is fire!!
@talltulip
@talltulip 8 ай бұрын
It's official: Favorite Reaction Of All Time!!! Your utter delight and joy over this song and video is everything!!
@MaxineWatt-jd8ho
@MaxineWatt-jd8ho 8 ай бұрын
😂😂😂brilliant reaction 😂
@neilwilliams4684
@neilwilliams4684 8 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.
@varnishgal
@varnishgal 8 ай бұрын
And that's why I so enjoy your reactions -- no dystopia here, no matter the song, the lyrics, or the group!
@shag139
@shag139 8 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.
@andreadeamon6419
@andreadeamon6419 8 ай бұрын
She is still breathtaking and looks maybe 50 (and I'm pushing that one!) I want to know what her secret is
@NeptuneLady1957
@NeptuneLady1957 8 ай бұрын
No surgery? Have you seen her?
@a.bertasso1298
@a.bertasso1298 8 ай бұрын
Yes and no surgery. It is possible to be older and attractive and no surgery.@@NeptuneLady1957
@seanscanlon9067
@seanscanlon9067 8 ай бұрын
@@NeptuneLady1957 These days yes but not back then.
@TheDivayenta
@TheDivayenta 8 ай бұрын
Lots of surgery in addition to winning the genetic lottery doesn’t hurt!
@debbiechang5781
@debbiechang5781 8 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-Suzanne
@Renee-Suzanne 8 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.
@BobTheMan2
@BobTheMan2 8 ай бұрын
Hell yes he was a very lucky man to have Christy. All men envy him so much.
@seanscanlon9067
@seanscanlon9067 8 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-Suzanne
@Renee-Suzanne 8 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.
@seanscanlon9067
@seanscanlon9067 8 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.
@Ydnic7481
@Ydnic7481 8 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 🔥
@lrsrosebud
@lrsrosebud 8 ай бұрын
Same for me, senior year was 80/81. Got to see him in concert in 82. He’s still fire today!
@BoringTroublemaker
@BoringTroublemaker 5 ай бұрын
All for Leyna!
@survivalrush
@survivalrush 8 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. 👍🏻
@kenneth2875
@kenneth2875 8 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
@momD612
@momD612 8 ай бұрын
Dude just reads wayyyyyy too much into absolutely nothing. 😂😂😂❤
@seanmonetathchi1060
@seanmonetathchi1060 8 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!💯
@EricaLancaster
@EricaLancaster 12 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.
@reneewauchula
@reneewauchula 3 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
@sunnysmith967
@sunnysmith967 4 ай бұрын
Billy Joel is one of the best Story Tellers in Songs, a Genius Musician
@tiacalhoun3841
@tiacalhoun3841 8 ай бұрын
LOVE LOVE LOVE this reaction, yes this is such a feel good song that just makes ya wanna dance and smile
@maryannprzybycien2013
@maryannprzybycien2013 8 ай бұрын
Another fun Billy Joel song is "A Matter of Trust". One of my favorites and very underrated. 🔥❤️
@veronicawilson9342
@veronicawilson9342 8 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-yy1rl
@RegenaCox-yy1rl 8 ай бұрын
In case you didn't know it, he got the girl. Billy Joel and Christy Brinkley were married. Now they are divorced.
@commonsense571
@commonsense571 6 ай бұрын
Your happiness is contagious! I have lived Billy for decades! Seen him in concert three times. He is INCREDIBLE live. !!!🩷💜🌷
@vickieswearingen2610
@vickieswearingen2610 7 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!❤❤
@amyjojo2809
@amyjojo2809 8 ай бұрын
I got to go to a concert with Billy Joel and Elton John in college. It was incredible!
@katscully
@katscully 8 ай бұрын
BJ’s album “The Stranger” is absolute perfection from beginning to end.🥂
@brianpakula6376
@brianpakula6376 8 ай бұрын
One of my favs is For the longest time by Billy Joel
@kristyathome
@kristyathome 8 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.
@LillyLillyLillyLillyLillyLilly
@LillyLillyLillyLillyLillyLilly 8 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.
@rullaferd9663
@rullaferd9663 8 ай бұрын
Great reaction.Billy Joel is a genius.
@jonathan.s993
@jonathan.s993 6 ай бұрын
New york state of mine is my all time favorite by Billy Joel.
@ouachitawoman
@ouachitawoman 8 ай бұрын
I always thought it was "bread" not "bred" White Bread makes more sense.
@thomasjones4570
@thomasjones4570 8 ай бұрын
It is Bread.
@evabyrum3327
@evabyrum3327 8 ай бұрын
Your right.... It's Bread. Sometimes lyrics aren't right on some of these videos.
@QUINTUSMAXIMUS
@QUINTUSMAXIMUS 6 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.
@lucasbenzano6021
@lucasbenzano6021 8 ай бұрын
Awesome. I love this song. Greetings from Brazil.
@amandasorenson4645
@amandasorenson4645 8 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!
@joshuacasillas3935
@joshuacasillas3935 8 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_79
@Roberto_79 8 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
@kathyw2355
@kathyw2355 6 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.
@Jacismiles4u2
@Jacismiles4u2 8 ай бұрын
My sons are 50, 48 & 46. It is so enjoyable watching you watching music you 'know' and where it 'really' came from.
@carolmckay9067
@carolmckay9067 8 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-o1i
@ElaineDayton-o1i 8 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.
@adideles7977
@adideles7977 8 ай бұрын
Very uplifting and fun!! 🔥💝💞
@karlweir3198
@karlweir3198 8 ай бұрын
Love this song 💕
@rebeccacurtis6680
@rebeccacurtis6680 8 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.
@patrickchachulski6804
@patrickchachulski6804 5 ай бұрын
This song and video are as fresh & exciting as when I first heard them in 83!!!
@minxiv7
@minxiv7 8 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.
@andreaschmall5560
@andreaschmall5560 8 ай бұрын
What sad story?
@chris...9497
@chris...9497 8 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.
@seanscanlon9067
@seanscanlon9067 8 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.
@eloerch7
@eloerch7 8 ай бұрын
Billy Joel - River of Dreams!
@kevinmarshall854
@kevinmarshall854 8 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 😍
@seanscanlon9067
@seanscanlon9067 8 ай бұрын
Not trying to be a dick here but she looks more like Billy than Christie.
@decolonizeEverywhere
@decolonizeEverywhere 8 ай бұрын
He wrote it when he was dating Elle Macpherson and ended up after the video was made with Christie Brinkley
@jimmypadgett1106
@jimmypadgett1106 8 ай бұрын
Great song been listening to Joel since Piano man debut 1973.
@ericcarlson8576
@ericcarlson8576 8 ай бұрын
Cristy Brinkley was my second to Kathy Ireland. Back in the day. They were gorgeous.
@TheDivayenta
@TheDivayenta 8 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.
@boomeister2
@boomeister2 Ай бұрын
This song came out in 1983. Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley were married in 1985.
@mylifeaslori5629
@mylifeaslori5629 2 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.
@vincentdarrah
@vincentdarrah 8 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.
@Reiki0525
@Reiki0525 2 ай бұрын
Seen him in concert several times. Epic!
@BrianJohnson_5026
@BrianJohnson_5026 8 ай бұрын
Must react to Keeping the Faith, A Matter of trust and the Longest time from Billy Joel next.
@richardgaspard7917
@richardgaspard7917 Ай 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.
@actuariallurker9650
@actuariallurker9650 8 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
@rwoodey68
@rwoodey68 8 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
@llschnitz
@llschnitz 8 ай бұрын
He married the “Uptown Girl” Christie Brinkley the Cover Girl and they had a daughter together before divorcing a few years later.
@brendasorenson6186
@brendasorenson6186 8 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!
@mlbw1966
@mlbw1966 8 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-l4n
@SheilaKnight-l4n 8 ай бұрын
This was huge back in the day. You keep reacting to great music, and I love your honest reactions😂.
@rina-3601
@rina-3601 8 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.
@pjmurphy920
@pjmurphy920 7 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.
@hollymaxim4955
@hollymaxim4955 7 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.
@lisazaccardimeunier8378
@lisazaccardimeunier8378 8 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.
@HenryCabotHenhouse3
@HenryCabotHenhouse3 8 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.
@momD612
@momD612 8 ай бұрын
Bred=money. 😅
@kathalinehansen7078
@kathalinehansen7078 8 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.
@SuitYourself
@SuitYourself 2 ай бұрын
Music can bring people together. We need more of the old school music, instruments, messages, writing.
@Shinino_Kage
@Shinino_Kage 8 ай бұрын
The Backstreet Boys were named after Orlando's Backstreet Market, btw.
@cassbumk3565
@cassbumk3565 8 ай бұрын
I saw him back in the late 80's and he is incredible live
@Renovion
@Renovion 8 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.
@paulaw4854
@paulaw4854 8 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.
@stillracer2514
@stillracer2514 8 ай бұрын
Billy got the Uptown Girl!
@russellw7785
@russellw7785 8 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
@embee7434
@embee7434 8 ай бұрын
Getting so hyped for this song/video is the correct response. ❤
@carriemichelle322
@carriemichelle322 8 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.
@wheredidthetimego8087
@wheredidthetimego8087 8 ай бұрын
You are so right!
my FIRST time HEARING Billy Joel - The Longest Time! BRUH!!!!
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