Billy Joel - Zanzibar (Audio)

Official audio for "Zanzibar" by Billy Joel
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#BillyJoel #Zanzibar #52ndStreet
Chorus:
I've got the old man's car
I've got a jazz guitar
I've got a tab at Zanzibar
Tonight, that's where I'll be, I'll be
Billy Joel's official KZbin channel features music videos, live performances, interviews, TV appearances and more. Best known for his first hit song, 'Piano Man', in 1973, Billy has written and recorded thirty-three Top 40 hits in the United States. He is a six-time Grammy Award winner, a 23-time Grammy nominee and one of the world's best-selling artists of all time, having sold over 150 million records worldwide. Billy Joel is the sixth-best-selling recording artist and the third-best-selling solo artist in the United States.

[@zinatra1887]

When I do eventually get the old mans car, this’ll be the first song to be played

[@sleepyscare3782]

You are a legend, truly.

[@hellfire8371]

When I got my grandfather's 1943 mgtd this was the song I played

[@miaboyd3242]

i am too high to understand that

[@zinatra1887]

@@hellfire8371 nice. For me it’s gonna be my grandpa’s 1972 nova

[@kingasparagoose6849]

@@zinatra1887 bruh my grandad has a mazda, ive never even heard of that car.. i'm nit a car person

[@JuanJDuenas]

regardless of how people find this song, the important thing is that billy joel’s music is reaching younger generations

[@-maya-6498]

TY lmao there’s a whole bunch of gatekeepers 😐

[@ElizA-ne6rv]

Yep, but I didn’t learn billy Joel from TikTok. My dad taught me when I was 6.

[@layladylowlands]

yupp, my dad was in a blues band and he loved this song

[@snowfish7294]

I agree

[@codygroome5294]

This girl I really like said it matched her energy abt. To listen

[@youcare_somuch2433]

My two favorite artists are Billy Joel and Freddie Mercury. Billy Joel wrote a song called Zanzibar, and Freddie Mercury was born in Zanzibar. Probably a pointless connection, but it makes me smile.

[@3llacorpuz]

I always thought they connected because billy kinda sounds like him in this song to me

[@sam6537]

freddie is one of my favorites and elton

[@kaitlyngrove4550]

and the beat kinda sounds like something freddie would sing

[@RookHuntDoer]

I love Freddie Mercury as well 🥺👉👈💙

[@alismarpevia2835]

This is my exact thought, I was looking for this comment too 😂😂🙄😹😢🥳😹🥳🤠🤠😹😢🌝😢

[@kawaiiwarui6535]

WARNING: Do not listen to this while doing dishes, you will start to dance, and you will fall. That plate in your hand?? It will become millions of pieces and will scatter across your home. (Edit: For those of you asking if I’m ok, I actually am not ok. I broke one of my favorite plate ; - ;)

[@yellowlabrador4918]

Haha. Lol... You sound like your talking from experience. Lololol!!!!!

[@assmilk9674]

ok

[@adolescencetsportstv9199]

@@yellowlabrador4918 he’s got pictures too😂

[@123alawyoo]

thanks for the warning mate

[@Hallo-io5ru]

I just know you wrote this after your mom or dad yelled at you

[@unitcircleofpain5078]

Serotonin levels approaching unforeseen highs

[@sandra.seginkova]

same lool

[@calebflowers9308]

dopamine* that’s not what serotonin is

[@jacques9515]

@@calebflowers9308 why

[@samglover4923]

@@calebflowers9308 serotonin literally affects mood bro

[@calebflowers9308]

@@samglover4923 serotonin literally just controls the LEVELS of DOPAMINE and other mood chemicals “bro”

[@brittonylol]

I got the old mans caaaaar , I got a jazz guitarrrrrr, I got a tab at Zan zi baaaaar TONIGHT!!!!!

[@samanthawilliams2046]

Literally read this as the lines were sung

[@Henrique-le5hp]

@@samanthawilliams2046 same

[@Kesiacmps]

Where is thats part

[@felipecasanga7102]

I heard for a long time "i got the old man cum" no car lol

[@isaacarius2818]

@@samanthawilliams2046 I love when that happens 😂

[@billyn6464]

Definitely the most underrated Billy Joel song

[@sinception5034]

100%

[@STAYDIVINE1111]

Yes

[@brtkacz]

My favorite with Big Man on Mulberry and Modern Woman.

[@ianvacek4048]

Nah, Why Judy Why definitely is more underrated. This song is fantastic though.

[@johnnygaming7150]

For sure

[@peacefulleo9477]

I owe TikTok so much for introducing me to Billy Joel's music. My favourite song is For The Longest Time!

[@-gsg2519]

any billy joel song is great. one of the greatest artists ever. 7th highest seller of all time too

[@peacefulleo9477]

@@-gsg2519 woah I gotta explore more of his stuff

[@peacefulleo9477]

Omg that's the most likes I ever had, thank you all!

[@tashiel7797]

U should also listen to piano man and uptown girl then!!!

[@peacefulleo9477]

@@tashiel7797 Oh I love uptown girl!! Wait is it by this same guy??

[@mayab3259]

I was brought here from that dance ok tiktok and I’m not disappointed love Billy Joel

[@yasminariana2001]

IKR

[@poopenfarten578]

This song is very good

[@matthewjmcgraw]

I already had this on record

[@gabypoliti4428]

literally makes me so happy every time it comes on my fyp

[@katelynelizabeth7005]

Same😂

[@megalenzbyxx8358]

I’m young, but there’s something so dramatic and cool about these jazz style musical songs that hit different

[@samanthawilliams2046]

When it slaps it slaps man

[@littlemanwithhat1966]

@@samanthawilliams2046 frfr

[@noahgarrett5195]

Classic rock just built different fr

[@greenblackswerl]

Get into some steely Dan for sure start with Aja if you haven’t heard that tune. The fucking drum outro is KILLER

[@cheese6929]

I'm a teen who's been listening to him for about a year. This is epic

[@Captain_Rhodes]

billy joel is a very clever songwriter. He's very good at taking styles and making them work. even his lyrics are very calculated and well thought out. I can almost hear the cogs ticking in his head when I listen to his stuff. you have to respect the work he puts into it

[@frankiwaniw]

+Captain Rhodes agree with u on that, even the singing itself has to be right

[@ridgepatterson7692]

Yes. I've never really understood myself why Billy gets so much hate from music critics when (IMHO) he's one of the best singer-songwriters of all time. He shows that he can write a catchy pop tune, and he can also write sophisticated music in the vein of old jazz, hard rock, and classical music. He's one of the most prominent musical geniuses, and he deserves to be one of the best-selling artists of all time.

[@colinmcphan]

+Ridge Patterson I agree with everything you said! Thank God the public doasn't agree with the so called music critics! Billy is a genius, musically, in every way!

[@sinocertops1692]

Ridge Patterson t

[@rockribbedrushy]

"I've never really understood myself why Billy gets so much hate from music critics when (IMHO) he's one of the best singer-songwriters of all time."Inversely they prefer Elton John over Billy Joel although they are two different writers and players. FWIW I liked both maybe Joel ahead because of songs like this.

[@lau9586]

This is quite possibly one of the best songs I've ever heard

[@migrations]

As some one who's listened to like all his music it's for sure one of the best and I only heard it like a few months ago. That Am9 chord vamp at the beginning is just ridiculously sick

[@lau9586]

@@migrations Same! I only listened to this song a few months ago and I'm wondering how I have never heard it before then. But I'm so glad I did 💓

[@19211265]

One of my absolute favorite tunes

[@drakebrown9622]

Lau you can’t say that when there’s still a lot more of Billeys Songs

[@lau9586]

@@drakebrown9622 trust me I've heard almost all of Billy's songs. Big big big fan here lol. Actually 52nd street has become my favorite billy album because of this song.

[@1pt21jigawatt]

My 22 year old daughter just discovered Billy Joel and you'd think she just discovered electricity. It's fun to hear her sing along with me.

[@brandonstone1913]

I discovered Billy Joel (beyond Piano Man and Uptown Girl) a few months ago and have been learning so many of his songs because his discography is littered with masterwork. This song is among the most fun for me as a guitarist.

[@lynne6417]

It's 1am, house is quiet, and this comment made me bust out laughing! I share your joy...Class of 1983 here, and I played this album constantly...52nd Street is my favorite of all his albums because it's jazz influence...I bought it thinking it would be moody like The Stranger, which appealed to my junior high girls heart. Nope. It took me somewhere else...and made me a jazz fan as well.

[@ZekeMan62]

The millennials and zoomers are hungry for something - anything - real and authentic. Don't write them off.

[@willritter4076]

@@ZekeMan62 that's good advice, man... I'd be honored if some Billy Joel fans would take a quick listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performances of his classics HONESTY and VIENNA on my YT in tribute to the master of lyricism & composition. Live acoustic with no autotune or digital editing. Peace & stay safe.

[@bb-gc2tx]

lucky you my daughter just discovered billy squier hopefully shes working her way up from there 🤣

[@VATOSZ06]

That trumpet solo is just divine

[@sha11235]

Wonder who is playing it.

[@tengury5452]

@@sha11235 Freddie Hubbard

[@jeremyhopkins577]

@@sha11235 Go listen to Freddie Hubbard's record 'Breaking Point'

[@johnnie2638]

I listened to this album on cassette in a little village in Mexico called El Rosario back in the late 70s. I was just a moody teen back then and I'd made it a point to be extra bratty for being taken on vacation against my will. Forced to visit my maternal grandparents and having to endure hugs, kisses and authentic Mexican food.. I remember one night in particular outside their little house with no running water. A single light bulb in their makeshift kitchen that was wired from my grandpa's pickup truck! I sat on a fold out chair after dinner looking up at a beautiful, black star-filled sky as smoke wafted from the fire pit. I lay there determined to be morose but in fact I was enjoying every song on my Panasonic cassette player (extra batteries included). I was a recent Billy Joel convert as there was just something about his musical style that just grabbed me. Now, these decades later every time I hear a song from this album my thoughts immediately go back to that little house in the Mexican desert and that bratty teen jamming to cassettes under the stars.

[@aarontheperson6867]

this is so beautiful. thanks for sharing. hope youre doing well.

[@potato4439]

Yea but do you HAVE THE OLD MANSS CARRR

[@stanleykarolewicz5319]

Awesome song,great brass

[@bsrphs74]

저도 10대때 들었던 그 때의 기억으로 돌아갑니다. 이 곡이 너무 좋습니다!!

[@smokinjz]

Ali dances and the audience applauds Though he's bathed in sweat he hasn't lost his style Ali don't you go downtown You gave away another round for free Me, I'm just another face at Zanzibar But the waitress always serves a secret smile She's waiting out in Shantytown She's gonna pull the curtains down for me, for me I've got the old man's car I've got a jazz guitar I've got a tab at Zanzibar Tonight that's where I'll be, I'll be Rose, he knows he's such a credit to the game But the Yankees grab the headline every time Melodrama's so much fun In black and white for everyone to see Me, I'm trying just to get to second base And I'd steal it if she only gave the sign She's gonna give the go head The inning isn't over yet for me, for me I've got the old man's car I've got a jazz guitar I've got a tab at Zanzibar Tonight that's where I'll be Tell the waitress I'll come back to Zanzibar I'll be hiding in the darkness with my beer She's waiting out in Shantytown She's gonna pull the curtains down for me, for me I've got the old man's car I've got a jazz guitar I've got a tab at Zanzibar Tonight that's where I'll be

[@sha11235]

Why do I now have the feeling the stuff about second base is about fucking?

[@bigpoop3073]

sha11235 The line,”she’s gonna pull the curtains down for me,”is referring to a girl pulling down her panties, but I’m not sure about the second base thing.

[@brianoneil9662]

@@sha11235 Naw, just booby touching. Jus da booby.

[@albertdehaven2700]

But in later revised versions the line was rose he knows he will never make the hall of fame and it was revised before he retired or he was banded my thoughts is billy had his love hate moments about pete rose

[@svenfan87]

The jazz chicken played on this track

[@margaretpariera7996]

Billy Joel has such mature lyrics especially at the age he was writhing the songs the (late 20s)

[@fuegodrinkscauseusuck6100]

he's an amazing artist. friggin love Billy

[@dandychigginsshrekentrepreneur]

@@billyjoel6168 Who do you think you’re fooling?

[@jishyjishy2359]

@@billyjoel6168 🏃🏼‍♀️

[@seanscanlon9067]

@@dandychigginsshrekentrepreneur He does it under numerous musicians names on the videos. I think he is collecting e-mail addresses to spam or sell off to others.

[@jbdbean242]

Thing is, that "maturity" was the norm at the time. That's exactly why we hear so much commentary from the young adults of that time lamenting the lack of maturity for the same age of young adults in our more recent times.

[@Lucho0335]

This is real music 🎶

[@steliosc.4686]

This could easily be a Steely Dan song. A gem of a song. B. Joel is a genius.

[@justasimplesomeone]

No, I don’t think so. The Dan are far more obscure in how their songs are formulated - and voiced, I think. I do absolutely adore this song, btw. And appreciate Mr Joel’s genius as well as adoring Steely Dan to the point of pain !

[@Wes66-143LakePowellProductions]

So cool - I had this exact thought yesterday, and I have been listening to this song since it was released - it was always one of my favorites - Billy is doing the Steely Dan sound, but taking them to school on how it should be done!

[@user-js2fq]

"ill steal it if she only gives the sign" we love consent 😩😩

[@raidernd81]

I agree 100%. In this case it was 100% baseball innuendo. I see it as a clever play on words regarding the game of baseball. For example the coach (her) would give the sign to go "steal" the base to the player on base (him). And he then mentions "she's gonna give the go ahead (coach telling player to steal base)... and the inning isn't over me (another ballball reference" for additional innuendos and to me that appears to be 100% consensual.

[@aidanmcglone7090]

It’s about baseball

[@user-js2fq]

@@aidanmcglone7090 its a play on words

[@kingasparagoose6849]

@@user-js2fq a very clever one

[@raidernd81]

@@declanmiller3304 Active listening 😉. Troll much??

[@lukeboone7714]

Absolutely love the trumpet in this song

[@9EmillimE9]

Oh yes :)

[@KalebPeters99]

Freddie Hubbard is always a delight

[@septictopix4797]

The first solo is on a flugelhorn, the second is a trumpet

[@johnsekul3250]

@@septictopix4797 is it possible that Brecker plays fluglehorn and that Hubbard does trumpet solo ? Iask because I see the Brecker Brothers are credited on the album , but are not attached to one particular song

[@johnsekul3250]

.. Then again on vinyl, not alot of notes 😂

[@eadgarcia]

The people who disliked this video don't have tabs at Zanzibar :(

[@neoroman0510]

We can't all have a tab at Zanzibar

[@lindenwatson3316]

I don't get it

[@briantravelman]

He turned an exotic island into a play on words to make this a song about a bar.

[@tamelaarmstrong9680]

Right on sister!

[@ven73]

she didn't serve the secret smile

[@ta2r4u]

40数年たっても名曲は色褪せない

[@PaulFior-hc7zl]

Just saw Billy Joel perform last night in Seattle. First heard him live in Philadelphia in 1973. He’s as great a performer today as ever! This song was in the 2.5 hour set. He has a great band. His voice has changed a bit over time but he still hit all the high notes. An American music classic and a class act!

[@alexmcmahon9942]

I can almost picture the people he's singing about, I can see that that bar. Excellent songwriter

[@noahbrennan8174]

Everyone says Martin Luther King Jr. or Winston Churchill were the greatest orators or the 20th century, I think Billy could be squeezed in there

[@truckerkevthepaidtourist]

Billy gettin his Steely Dan on

[@jonathanwpressman]

Ha!

[@viralbuthow000]

Yes. LOL. It reminds me of a particular SD song too. Or maybe a combo of them in one

[@vinnykster]

Steely all the way! I hear it too. All over this record in particular of Billy's catalog

[@joaoinvalido]

Those 9th chords really sound like Dan. And the bass line like from 'Cisco Kid' gives a cool jungly groove.

[@chiarafuriani1031]

Oh my. I thought exactly the same, and that's the main reason why I immediately loved this song!

[@youdroppedsomething4334]

I forgot Billy Joel existed for a little while, still remember listening to his songs in the car when I was in 1st grade lol. Wish I found this particular song earlier 🥲

[@bridgetkearns2209]

SAME QUEEN

[@sha11235]

Probably because he stopped making albums years ago.

[@bellathefe11a]

My parents always played his songs when I was a baby, honestly glad they did lol

[@michaelmeza5395]

American Jazz trumpet player Freddie Hubbard soaring on his solo. 🔥 Billy and the band really lay it down on this whole album !

[@FL8mileshigh1]

Mr. Hubbard is definitely in top form on this track.

[@kiyoshi6739]

This song is impressive as f❤ Billy Joel kills it

[@georgehartman3189]

Jazz legend Freddie Hubbard blowing away on that trumpet.

[@MrJes3141]

After forty-six years this song still sounds smooth.

[@baldvee]

i’m so excited to see more people getting into billy joel from tiktok omg. especially this song, it’s so underrated

[@shegoblin4014]

Yes! I didn’t know him and now I think he is awesome! I don’t really know why ppl are so rude to ppl who came here from tik tok, it’s really weird how they try to gatekeep ANYTHING!

[@faroutskits5203]

See the problem people have is that it isn’t special anymore when everybody over uses it and then associates it with tiktok. People don’t like the fact that people identify it as “that one tiktok song” instead of “that one billy Joel song.” Ya see where I’m coming from?

[@baldvee]

@@faroutskits5203 i def see where you’re coming from! i think when a song is very close to your heart it’s normal to be a bit protective of it. and it can be annoying when some people only associate a song with tik tok and don’t properly recognize the actual artist. but i think that most people know it’s billy joel bc he’s a very famous artist and if they don’t know that’s an opportunity to tell them and put those people onto his other music. for every 1 person who sees this song as just a 15 sec audio on tik tok, there’s another 5 people who go look the song up and develop their own attachment to it

[@mytheoryofmind]

@@faroutskits5203 hell I thought I was the only one. Finding new music on any platform of social media is dope, but ffs I’d like to listen to a song without the lame ass tik tok association with it. It absolutely ruins it for me.

[@assmilk9674]

@@mytheoryofmind exactly. i’m glad i’ve found people with the same issue as me.

[@MissM_]

Heard this song one day in chilis, and it was crazy. It was so loud in the restaurant and I could hardly hear every other song, but this one, I heard loud and clear. Safe to say the is my new favorite song ❤

[@timysubs4479]

It doesn’t matter how u got here, if u were intrested in searching this u are a legend

[@billyjoel6168]

Hello thanks for your comments and supports, your comments and constant supports have brought me this far. Keep supporting❤️ Please send me a mail via [e-mail]

[@timysubs4479]

@@billyjoel6168 wtf, u scared me

[@stabz2985]

@@billyjoel6168 o my god I've never seen such a BS comment. Billy Joel would never say something like that XD.

[@scooty9272]

@@billyjoel6168 -_____________________-

[@ellisehackshaw]

I haven't listened to this in years! Remembering how obsessed I was with Billy Joel. Love!

[@jeandistefano1408]

I understand the obsession with Billy Joel! Gina in Lights

[@1mataleo1]

This is probably my favorite Billy Joel song. Wha a catchy melody. I listen to this once and it’s stuck in my head for days

[@Swizzenator]

You mean decades.

[@1mataleo1]

Correct

[@paurgenciasvoy]

Ali dances and the audience applauds Though he's bathed in sweat he hasn't lost his style Ali don't you go downtown You gave away another round for free, woah Me, I'm just another face at Zanzibar But the waitress always serves a secret smile, woah She's waiting out in Shantytown She's gonna pull the curtains down for me, for me I've got the old man's car I've got a jazz guitar I've got a tab at Zanzibar Tonight that's where I'll be, I'll be Rose, he knows he's such a credit to the game But the Yankees grab the headlines every time Melodrama's so much fun In black and white for everyone to see, woah Me, I'm trying just to get to second base And I'd steal it if she only gave the sign, woah She's gonna give the go ahead The inning isn't over yet for me, for me I've got the old man's car I've got a jazz guitar I've got a tab at Zanzibar Tonight that's where I'll be, I'll be Tell the waitress I'll come back to Zanzibar I'll be hiding inthe darkness with my beer, woah She's waiting out in Shantytown She's gonna pull the curtaains down for me, for me I've got the old man's car I've got a jazz guitar I've got a tab at Zanzibar Tonight that's where I'll be, I'll be. Your welcome :)

[@billyjoel6168]

Hello thanks for your comments and supports, your comments and constant supports have brought me this far. Keep supporting❤️ Please send me a mail via [e-mail]

[@winstonbeech3418]

Yankees grab the headlines even when they lose. RIP Pete Rose 1941-2024.

[@ivanb8126]

I've never heard so much awesomeness from a single artist before.

[@Staatus_Quo]

The Boomers bitch about Tik Tok. Me being Gen X: "I'm glad that the younger Gen's are finding great music and keeping it alive!"

[@ΣτεφανοςΚυπριτζογλου]

Really, I just learned that this song is big on TikTok apparrently, even as a Gen Z... maybe TikTok isn't as bad as I thought aye?

[@Staatus_Quo]

@@ΣτεφανοςΚυπριτζογλου there's a lot of super cringe stuff, but a lot of good comedy and uplifting stuff as well. Once you start digging through it, the algorithm does good showing you stuff you like.

[@lilz9944]

crazy how i (16 years old) originally heard about Billy Joel this past summer 2020. I heard his song Movin Out (Anthony's Song) and then became hooked. Definitely one of my favorite Artists :) I gotta say i love this song, especially as a trumpet player, the trumpet solo is one of my favorites.

[@Staatus_Quo]

@@lilz9944 that's awesome you found him previous to this. He's an amazing musician.

[@aidanmcglone7090]

This song wasn’t dying

[@DLJohnsonHonourofKings]

Heard this song for my first time while he was in concert recently. Feel in love with it instantly. That trumpet solo rocked.

[@renenoir]

ビリー・ジョエルの曲の中でも特にジャズ色の強い1曲。 フレディ・ハバードのフリューゲルホーン(トランペット)がカッコいいのは勿論だけど、マイク・マイニエリのビブラフォンも何気にカッコいいんだよね。 今も大好きな1曲です。

[@克己山本-k3m]

その通り

[@lawrencemuller8972]

The late Freddie Hubbard, master jazz musician, on trumpet.

[@sharkprofessor3010]

I think everyone should listen to Billy Joel's entire library at least once in their lives

[@wtfmfer]

I just cried and laughed through the whole thing. What an unbelievable creation. I forgot how deeply this song moved me when I got this album. Holy crap, what a song.

[@Paulco67]

And isn’t that what is best about the music we love? To be moved..

[@iuopunderstandyourjokes9914]

This song has a very special sound

[@EllotusFreeholy]

"Me i''m tryin just to get to second base ~ and i'd steal it if she only gave the sign ~ She's gonna give the go ahead ~ the inning isn't over yet for me " Genius

[@tinydancer62]

Agreed!!!

[@erikperron9722]

As some one who grew up listening to Billy Joel, I’m so happy that younger generations find this music entertaining and great. Good music never dies!

[@harponercam]

I've visited NYC for just one day the winter of 1978 or '79. I recalled they played this song as I stood and watched the cityscape under my hotel room window.

[@paulseano5100]

Classic tune and the whole album is incredible. Jazz influences abound on this album. There is a tremendous amount of substance to this album. Musical prowess. Thanks Billy and the great musicians who play with you. We are all thoroughly impressed.

[@cosmicboom4010]

Nice to see that Billy Joel has reached my generation; as stupid as Tik Tok can get one advantage is that the younger generations are being exposed to a wider range of music rather than just what is currently on the radio.

[@noanoix6989]

Yeah totally! I love how tiktok is making me discover amazing music like this song :)

[@littlemanwithhat1966]

Absolutely! Even though tiktok is stupid most of the time, it's where I found a lot of music I listen to now. And I'm happy that everyone else can experience these songs with me :)

[@cupcakenews5788]

Hell yeah, ignoring all the stupid stuff on TikTok, I agree that they can put a spotlight on great music that needs attention.

[@TimAwolz]

Fun fact: China, who controls tiktok, has banned the things we know tiktok for in our country, in their country. China does not allow homosexuality, trans, feminism, grooming or effeminate men on their site. Hmmm, i wonder why... Probably has nothing to do with the self destruction, moral corruption or beliefs that align with "pregnant 'men'".

[@cloudchaserify]

Probably his best song and album!

[@lorihopkins6629]

absolutely his best album!

[@billyn6464]

This is his second best album. The Stranger is his best by far.

[@connorduke4619]

You May Be Right.

[@happycrimson]

Haha, not the same album but nice pun Connor! xD

[@thezombiecreeper]

Agreed

[@UgammaGrim]

Billy Joel is legit

[@michaelpallett8650]

Hes just brilliant, without a doubt

[@happycat036]

何万回も聞いてきたけど、どこからどこまでもカッコよすぎだわ。

[@evridicee]

WHY IS THIS SO UNDERRATED

[@mogcothra3961]

hello it has 1 Million views??

[@-gsg2519]

its not underrated lmao. hes like tge 8th highest selling artist of all time and one of the Greats

[@tashiel7797]

It’s because it’s very old but he has plenty of other great songs and it wasn’t underrated during its time

[@-gsg2519]

@@tashiel7797 hes not underrated now lol

[@evridicee]

@@mogcothra3961 that's not much compared to other singles that are on here

[@dragonmcdragon8340]

Phenomenal music. Absolutely love Billy Joel. I can’t understand why anyone would hate his music.

[@deniseboaz4611]

Much to my family's dismay, I played this album endlessly. Glad to revisit it, decades later.

[@michaelchristolear4182]

My first CD was Storm Front and played it endlessly for my family's dismay as well!!

[@FL8mileshigh1]

Freddie Hubbard's trumpet solo rains down from the heavens. Man, that guy could play all the right notes.

[@markbottrell2262]

I’m 59 years young and I was ridiculed at primary school back in the day listening to this.I listen now and it’s on a different planet .Outstanding!

[@Mr03200320]

Love, love, love this song! And Freddie Hubbard's trumpet playing? Amazing!

[@xhawkx10]

Darryl Hall I’m almost certain it’s actually billy playing the trumpet

[@vance917]

Does your boy Oates love it too?

[@antonioscalcione7921]

Don’t forget that amazing jazz bass guitar following it.

[@billyjoel6168]

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[@drumsspace9383]

Am I the only one who here's Steely Dan in these grooves? I think this is Billy saying - "Yeah, I can do that too."

[@XFLexiconMatt]

You are not the only one, I picked up on the Steely Dan vibe many years back. "Half A Mile Away" feels like a nod to Chicago, and "Until The Night" feels like a nod to The Rightous Brothers to me. There's nothing bad about any of that.

[@peterpaluska7745]

Definitely one of Billy's best songs. Right up there with the best songs of the 70s! (I think Billy had been listening to Steely Dan around this time.) I love Liberty's drumming on this. Such a great combo of rock and jazz, from illustrious bashing to classy up tempo swing, first with the tasty brushes and then sizzling sticks to close it out. Bravissimo!

[@Rockesb888]

Yeah the verse melody reminds me of “Deacon Blues” a bit.

[@Bungle975]

Agreed! To me, this was the Steely Dan song that Steely Dan never wrote...lol Steve Khan, who played guitar on this track also did session work w/ Steely Dan and Donald Fagen (solo).

[@ratghost25]

Just love the insane chord and rhythm changes!

[@daniellekriner6385]

This is my favorite Billy Joel album. I could listen to it endlessly.

[@sheputherhand]

52nd Street is Billy Joel's best album. Too bad most of these songs from the album don't get much air time on Classic Rock stations. Mostly from The Stranger (2nd best album) and Glass Houses.

[@johnd5923]

Bry Shon I honestly think all of his albums are great. He just brilliant song writer,instermental sll around on every level!!!

[@alnewman1506]

Different time. Those great songs told a story. Today's songs do not, along with the absence of talent.

[@texanmunk]

Bry Shon stranger number 2? try again :P

[@lirrprodigy2810]

M Zach my life also gets radio time sometimes too but that’s basically it for this album.

[@Zalis116]

"most of these songs from the album don't get much air time on Classic Rock stations." Indeed, I first heard this on Sirius XM's Deep Tracks, not standard classic rock radio.

[@markkillington3394]

Englishman here, great song, great album. Like anywhere there are people who like certain genres of music and won't deviate but when you are into quality music it's immaterial what anyone else decides to listen to. Some of the rock music hasn't aged that well, some has but this type of quality is timeless.

[@alnewman1506]

There is some truth to that, yes.

[@MariaSilva-yd5nz]

Love this song! ❤️

[@lindabastedenbeck6461]

My husband and I saw Billy Joel in NYC in the 80s. The best concert ever!!❤

[@nataliemiles5081]

My parents took me to a Billy Joel concert a couple years ago so I could see a him before he stops touring and even tho I didn’t know his songs they still made me get up and dance (especially uptown girl). It brought me and my mom closer so thank you Billy Joel.

[@princegio1385]

Saw him in concert yesterday in Orlando. AMAZING

[@Hyapatia77]

Billy's music is music for all time.

[@noahbrennan8174]

It's a shame this isn't one of his more popular songs, I think it's one of his best.

[@tmalone2530]

Billy Joel is the MAN.

[@alexvyriotes4219]

I can’t be the only one that thinks this sounds like a supertramp song

[@anthonyberger5921]

100%

[@Sam-lk1yu]

THATS WHAT I THOUGHT AND HAD BEEN SEARCHING FOR THE SONG UNDER THEIR NAME

[@ELLIOT1311]

You mean Supertramp sounds like Billy Joel.

[@alexvyriotes4219]

@@ELLIOT1311 hell nah, supertramp is way better than billy

[@-gsg2519]

@@alexvyriotes4219 NO. billy is like the 7th highest selling artist of all time and one of the greats. please no

[@Ngawangla2009]

Hello from Nepal, Billy Joel is awesome. He is absolutely awesome. God Bless him and all his fans.

[@karenstewart1265]

I Totally Agree!!! Love Billy Joel 2019 😍😍😍

[@davidpresler3095]

Yeah!

[@michaelthespikel5685]

You my friend are getting to second base

[@yogbhattarai4464]

Same lmao.I'm from Nepal too ;)

[@jeffreyrobert9460]

Billy Joel’s best song. Quintessential NYC

[@hordman]

Just saw Billy in Pittsburgh this past Thursday, great show. Wearing a full suit and tie and I swear the guy didn't sweat or breakdown. Unbelievable enthusiasm and showmanship during the whole show.

[@robertoetojo5861]

This MASTER PIECE FROM POP TO CLASSICAL SOLO BACK TO JAZZ . INGENIOUS MR JOEL ON HIS OWN WAY OUT OF HIS TIME.. MASSIVE THIS SONG.. A YOUNG MAN TO GET LAID GOING TO ZANZIBAR CRAZY

[@paulseano5100]

Incredible trumpet solos as well.

[@jamesscott1761]

Freddie Hubard man...damn.

[@shorttrini2002]

James, he used to live in my building. His son and I are still friends, to this day.

[@jorgecallico9177]

@Liam Berg (STUDENT) I've always got the feeling that Hubbard held a chip on his shoulder regarding White people in general.

[@buckwrestling]

I'm always amazed how for years, this was considered a "forgotten classic".... but if you look at Billy Joel's setlists, he's pretty much made this a standard in his shows for the last decade now. I just find that so cool.

[@greggorup1006]

Probably his best song. Steely Dan meets pop. And he's not over singing

[@stevenwolf8434]

Freddie Hubbard burns on two trumpet solos on this piece,to me that is the highlight.

[@nat6654]

i never thought i'd see this on tiktok i listened to this a year ago

[@gothamtransitauthority7990]

Haha I actually came from tiktok this is a really good song!

[@-gsg2519]

@@gothamtransitauthority7990 any billy joel song is a good song one of the best

[@mytheoryofmind]

@@gothamtransitauthority7990 yeah. We know. You’ve established this all over the comment section! Congrats!

[@georgepolychronopoulos647]

ton_ducoin_anglophone too tok mf’s lmao crazy this song made it to that app at a huh level

[@ethanjman5868]

wait what when did anybody use this song on tiktok

[@kevinwright9228]

one of the best Billy j songs.. reminds me of back home in Jersey

[@MrBenR100]

Kevin Wright

[@jonathanstern5537]

He's from Long Island NY. There isn't much of a cultural difference.

[@feckybaby]

. . .yeah jersey! i'm a hobokenite lost in chattanooga, tn. (i'm also a singer/guitarist who plays, as best he can, more than a dozen of this man's music. including this one. all i can say is that some of the chords are, well, interesting. i try) bless you all for your elevated taste in music!. . .

[@chrisyaz9417]

Jonathan Stern road life changes you. dont matter where you're from when you're on the road

[@jonathanstern5537]

But you just can't spend a lifetime on the road Dar Williams - Road Buddy

[@unwritten_zephyr]

Its honestly dope as fuck that one of Billy Joel’s songs turned into a TikTok trend. And they picked a banger too!

[@levilee207]

Yeah I had no idea this song made a bit of a resurgence and it's super surprising it was fuckin Zanzibar and not My Life or Piano Man or Movin Out. This is a great song

[@paigelamar7658]

People who are just now finding Billy Joel’s other songs: don’t stop here! He has loads of other great songs from every album. 52nd Street has some of his best and so does Turnstiles.

[@fabianugalde3789]

Don't forget about The Stranger, Glass Houses, and An Innocent Man

[@issorgmot8539]

I always feel like Turnstiles gets overlooked a lot of the time. It has some of my favorite Billy tracks, "I've loved these days, summer highland falls, angry young man, James"

[@gorman646]

@@issorgmot8539 the Nylon Curtain was different but still great in its own way, and personally I loved Songs from the Attic as well.

[@walterpaganini2536]

This song reminds me a lot of Steely Dan, which is awesome

[@matts9064]

The great Freedie Hubbard on trumpet!

[@rossmilligan5873]

Carl Fischer...

[@Didojuice]

I had the weirdest vision of this song when I first heard it. I visioned a city out of the 20's but it was futuristic with monorails and 50 story buildings and flying cars. then I came up with and idea. I wanted to make a stop motion movie called Atreyu. it took place in 2077 (or 2078 but it doesn't really matter), a distant future where we live among aliens but live in a destroyed society. the president was killed and the US broke out into chaos. Major cities were now territories claimed by fearsome gangs and remaining leaders. The story was about a dealer who saves the daughter of a leader from one of the gangs (gang that ruled Houston Territory) and has to take her back to her father (leader of the NY Territory) before she is killed. there was more to the story but this is all I wrote down and could remember. I was really hyped for it. I had 2 more sequels planned for it if it went over well. it was supposed to come out in March of this year. the price was too expensive and it was supposed to be 1 and a half hours. it was too complicated and tough for me to do, especially with school. hopefully someday I can bring back the vision I once had and make it better, but that won't be for a good while. I'll probably make a video someday later about the history of the idea and how it almost came to be.

[@bengoodmark612]

that sounds like an amazing idea! I hope one day you can be successful in making it a movie! I would totally watch it. what do you think the title of the movie would be called?

[@fuegodrinkscauseusuck6100]

dope. no ones made a a cyber punk/noir film in stop motion before lol

[@NewYorker613]

never give up on your dreams!

[@SophStevenson]

ima need an update on this’n

[@skyler5266]

I'd love to see this

[@ACCH-cm9ou]

i m totally blown away today 06.05.22 discovering,after almost 50 years of life, how Genius Billy Joel is.... i always knew some of his hits ,but never went deeper into his compositions ,and man... WOW !

[@slackthompson6984]

when this came out , 3 generations bought this album ..............

[@aimeeamigone2717]

Master piece👍

[@passenger62]

First time I heard Freddie Hubbard and Steve Khan, thanks Billy.

[@craigiefconcert6493]

Freddie Hubbard is probably my favourite trumpet player. Check out his stuff with Wayne shorter. Also, the first solo is a flugelhorn and the second is trumpet. It’s cool to hear the difference.

[@amyashworth5576]

This is a Baptist Hymn compared to what kids listen to these days! Billy is an ICON in our lives and history, and we owe him many thinks to all the joys he has given us through his musical talents.

[@diliupg]

This song is proof BJs musical genius and the versatality of musicians from that Era. 😊

[@DJasonBolt]

This track is sooooo Steely Dan. Good stuff

[@stonelifterheavy2720]

Americas Piano Man !!! I saw this live, Zanzibar in AZ.. and I will never forget it.. as I hide in the darkness with my beer !~

[@jimcypher]

The drumming though... (chef's kiss)

[@adelineschuyler4842]

hands down, my FAVORITE song of all time