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

[@lynnbird5753]

It was a real story for Billy Joel. The uptown girl was his wife, super model, Christie Brinkley.

[@decolonizeEverywhere]

They had a child together.

[@leannmiller7153]

@lynnbird5753 When he wrote it he was dating Supermodel Elle McPherson, but they had broken up. He met Christy when they filmed Uptown Girl.

[@Abri412]

And she looks just like him.​@@decolonizeEverywhere

[@a.bertasso1298]

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]

Bruh,educate yourself more young man. Westside story

[@shannonotoole3526]

I LOVE when you get up and start dancing! You did to to Devil went down to Georgia and I spit out my beer!

[@ricksurratt9034]

I think New York State of mind is my favorite song of his

[@andreaschmall5560]

This was Billy Joel's tribute to "Frankie Valli and the Fours Seasons" music.

[@BobTheMan2]

Frankie Valli Concert at Carowinds closed the park because of max capacity

[@gizmo5925]

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]

@@gizmo5925 This is off the album "An Innocent Man".

[@gizmo5925]

@@ericthuemmel5275 Not the first time I made this kind of error. I need to start verifying what I think I remember.

[@RobertSmith-js2kz]

lots of 50s love going on in the 80s. BACK TO THE FUTURE anyone? ;)

[@nielgregory108]

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]

She's in this video, so he can see Christy here,lol! She's in the limo.

[@hk45c62]

​@@bkm2797, don't forget about her in National Lampoon's Vacation with Chevy Chase. The girl in the Ferrari.

[@seanscanlon9067]

@@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]

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]

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.

[@lorirobinson511]

If you react to all of Billy Joel's hits your unborn daughter will be in high school before you're done!

[@Ydnic7481]

That was a great ❤

[@JaneSmith-lu8ol]

Fact.

[@aliciahager2961]

Point well taken!!😅

[@objectiveobserver4278]

Too funny!

[@wendyryder2708]

lol!

[@bigreenize]

White bread. Bread. Refined flour. No racism here.

[@doomhunter697]

Yes, it refers to those who have money.

[@kentbriggs]

Correct, "white bread" as in bland/typical/conventional, etc. The CC caption of "white-bred" from KZbin is wrong.

[@jaceywarren1528]

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]

​@@jaceywarren1528, yeah I think that's it , because historically that was an thing .

[@in8hope617]

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".

[@chercee]

He's working-class, she's high-class. He knows he's punching up.

[@allenruss2976]

There are so so many songs to choose from.

[@terithomas4879]

New York State of Mind at the Grey Whistle, it’s the best version! I love your channel!

[@victorplekter613]

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.

[@JanAgardy-ow2rh]

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]

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.

[@chelseahaley8350]

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!

[@celestelittek7360]

Backstreet boys is an old expression for boys from the other side of the track ❤

[@Ken-h5d]

My understanding is it wasn't "white-bred" but "white-bread" world. High class, nothing but the best, etc. Financial, not racial.

[@RobertSmith-js2kz]

yours and everyone else's. this guy's looking at the woke youtube captions and accepting it verbatim.

[@KLForbes]

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]

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]

@@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]

@@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.

[@NeptuneLady1957]

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]

Priceless!!

[@Renee-Suzanne]

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]

Hell yes he was a very lucky man to have Christy. All men envy him so much.

[@seanscanlon9067]

@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]

@@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]

@@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.

[@ouachitawoman]

I always thought it was "bread" not "bred" White Bread makes more sense.

[@thomasjones4570]

It is Bread.

[@evabyrum3327]

Your right.... It's Bread. Sometimes lyrics aren't right on some of these videos.

[@QUINTUSMAXIMUS]

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.

[@kaynesheldon4905]

You know it’s a banger when BP is dancing😂😂

[@lesblatnyak5947]

Nothing special at his age, but in 27 years, we'll see

[@shanegooding4839]

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.

[@mittengrandma807]

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]

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." 😎

[@shag139]

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]

She is still breathtaking and looks maybe 50 (and I'm pushing that one!) I want to know what her secret is

[@NeptuneLady1957]

No surgery? Have you seen her?

[@a.bertasso1298]

Yes and no surgery. It is possible to be older and attractive and no surgery.@@NeptuneLady1957

[@seanscanlon9067]

@@NeptuneLady1957 These days yes but not back then.

[@TheDivayenta]

Lots of surgery in addition to winning the genetic lottery doesn’t hurt!

[@hollycook5046]

"Goodnight Saigon" is a great one from Billy Joel

[@ellenstrack6274]

I love that when uses this song in concert he finds local Vietnam and other vets to sing in the song.

[@M00N.L1GHT]

Such a powerful song.

[@sarahbrown7731]

It's Still Rock N Roll To Me is another fun Billy Joel song if you want good mood music 🎶

[@sammic7492]

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.

[@kenneth2875]

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]

Dude just reads wayyyyyy too much into absolutely nothing. 😂😂😂❤

[@reneewauchula]

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

[@Ontheroxxwithsalt]

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.

[@kevinmarshall854]

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.

[@amandasorenson4645]

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!

[@northernassassin6056]

I absolutely loved this song as a small child.

[@destination22ful]

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.

[@Ydnic7481]

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]

Same for me, senior year was 80/81. Got to see him in concert in 82. He’s still fire today!

[@BoringTroublemaker]

All for Leyna!

[@samfisher6606]

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]

Yes definitely I was gonna recommend this one too the longest time is on of my favorite’s

[@seanscanlon9067]

The "harmonies" are with Billy himself, as he sings all of the parts and voices on The Longest Time.

[@wendel5520]

He might be considered a solo artist but his band is fire!!

[@sunnysmith967]

Billy Joel is one of the best Story Tellers in Songs, a Genius Musician

[@debbiechang5781]

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. 🌺✌️

[@seanmonetathchi1060]

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!💯

[@dragon-lu3mk]

white bread = upper crust, well to do ... backstreet boys = common working man, in the shops on the 'backstreets'

[@maryannprzybycien2013]

Another fun Billy Joel song is "A Matter of Trust". One of my favorites and very underrated. 🔥❤️

[@varnishgal]

And that's why I so enjoy your reactions -- no dystopia here, no matter the song, the lyrics, or the group!

[@jeffmorrison2147]

Billy Joel A Matter Of Trust

[@veronicawilson9342]

I adore your reactions! This is my feeling today ...sky is downcast and rainy and a song that i recall in the 80s ! Precious!😊

[@talltulip]

It's official: Favorite Reaction Of All Time!!! Your utter delight and joy over this song and video is everything!!

[@MaxineWatt-jd8ho]

😂😂😂brilliant reaction 😂

[@commonsense571]

Your happiness is contagious! I have lived Billy for decades! Seen him in concert three times. He is INCREDIBLE live. !!!🩷💜🌷

[@rebeccacurtis6680]

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.

[@hollymaxim4955]

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.

[@Jacismiles4u2]

My sons are 50, 48 & 46. It is so enjoyable watching you watching music you 'know' and where it 'really' came from.

[@kristyathome]

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.

[@kenneth2875]

That uptown girl in the video Christy Brinkley became his first wife

[@sergioandrade8735]

Brinkley was his second wife.

[@mandalynn4571]

His second wife his first wife was Elizabeth Weber Small from 1973-1982 He married Christie Brinkley in 1985-1994 then went on to marry Katie Lee (Food network) from 2004-2009 and is now married to Alexis Roderick.

[@gerrygardner]

Just the way you are was written for his 1st wife Elizabeth and her brother was the one who managed Bully's early career and stole millions from him.

[@russellw7785]

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

[@amyjojo2809]

I got to go to a concert with Billy Joel and Elton John in college. It was incredible!

[@katscully]

BJ’s album “The Stranger” is absolute perfection from beginning to end.🥂

[@brianpakula6376]

One of my favs is For the longest time by Billy Joel

[@survivalrush]

This song brings back loads of nostalgia. I remember when we were teenagers, my sister used to love this and played it loads, lol. 👍🏻

[@HenryCabotHenhouse3]

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]

Bred=money. 😅

[@kathalinehansen7078]

Actually, the sign is visible, upper left corner, at the very end of the video-- after Billy and Christie disappeared on their motorcycle.

[@Renkk17]

Must check out ......Billy Joel - Pressure - Moving Out - Only the Good Die Young - My Life

[@SuitYourself]

Music can bring people together. We need more of the old school music, instruments, messages, writing.

[@vickieswearingen2610]

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!❤❤

[@adrienne1958l]

So Frankie Valley, and the four seasons ❤

[@ContentHouseFilms]

Wanna hear crazy awesome fast piano by Billy Joel then check out PRELUDE/ANGRY YOUNG MAN. Great song and another totally different sound by Billy Joel.

[@neilwilliams4684]

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.

[@brendasorenson6186]

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]

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!!!!

[@carriemichelle322]

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.

[@patrickchachulski6804]

This song and video are as fresh & exciting as when I first heard them in 83!!!

[@PatriciaPerdue]

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]

True story!

[@lisazaccardimeunier8378]

That’s Turbo, but not Ozone (from Breakin’). And the woman is supermodel Christie Brinkley. They were engaged and ended up married for years.

[@jonathan.s993]

New york state of mine is my all time favorite by Billy Joel.

[@tiacalhoun3841]

LOVE LOVE LOVE this reaction, yes this is such a feel good song that just makes ya wanna dance and smile

[@llschnitz]

He married the “Uptown Girl” Christie Brinkley the Cover Girl and they had a daughter together before divorcing a few years later.

[@kathyw2355]

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.

[@lesblatnyak5947]

You love dancing you got to listen to YES and a song called Roundabout off the Fragile album. I've been dancing to Roundabout for 53yrs. ✨️🎶✨️ Saw Billy 4 times in the 70s

[@vincentdarrah]

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.

[@rullaferd9663]

Great reaction.Billy Joel is a genius.

[@jimmypadgett1106]

Great song been listening to Joel since Piano man debut 1973.

[@Renovion]

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.

[@ElaineDayton-o1i]

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.

[@Reiki0525]

Seen him in concert several times. Epic!

[@Roberto_79]

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

[@rina-3601]

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.

[@richardgaspard7917]

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.

[@joshuacasillas3935]

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.

[@LillyLillyLillyLillyLillyLilly]

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.

[@actuariallurker9650]

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

[@kevinmarshall854]

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]

Not trying to be a dick here but she looks more like Billy than Christie.

[@decolonizeEverywhere]

He wrote it when he was dating Elle Macpherson and ended up after the video was made with Christie Brinkley

[@carolmckay9067]

His ex-Wife Christy Brinkley was on the Cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue Several times. She was and still Is Stunningly Gorgeous 💗💗💗💗

[@ProductProdigy-fo8kw]

You are my new favorite channel!!! Cause I’m Billy Joel’s biggest fan girl!!! 😂❤ 🎉 so keep this up!!!

[@RegenaCox-yy1rl]

In case you didn't know it, he got the girl. Billy Joel and Christy Brinkley were married. Now they are divorced.

[@SheilaKnight-l4n]

This was huge back in the day. You keep reacting to great music, and I love your honest reactions😂.

[@mhouze3]

Saw Billy Joel and Elton a few years ago. Was great!

[@lucasbenzano6021]

Awesome. I love this song. Greetings from Brazil.

[@TheDivayenta]

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]

This song came out in 1983. Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley were married in 1985.

[@mylifeaslori5629]

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.

[@kathisdaughter598]

Yup! Saw Billy Joel and Elton John in Orlando, FL , in the 1980's! It was amazing, both on a piano! My family and friends, my parents, Aunt and Uncle the whole "fam Damnly". Such a great concert! It was when "the Lion King" cartoon came out. Pretty sure they collaborated on the lyrics to the theme song of the movie.

[@flamingpieherman9822]

It really started in the '50s... Many of the songs talked about people from the wrong side of the tracks or as one put it 'down in The boondocks', or' leader of the pack'(Which talks about her boyfriend being from the wrong side of town the poor side of town)... So he was just elaborating on that. The one thing about Billy Joel's song and I guess a lot of songs from the '60s - '80s is that they make you feel good! Unlike today's music

[@eloerch7]

Billy Joel - River of Dreams!

[@jojomart]

They also have a beautiful daughter. Christie Brinkley was and is a super model!

[@russellw7785]

Song from my youth. Keep up the Billy Joel. Great songwriter. Check out, You may be Right, And so it Goes, My Life , Don't let the sun go down on Me. Etc etc. so many great songs

[@Shinino_Kage]

The Backstreet Boys were named after Orlando's Backstreet Market, btw.

[@adideles7977]

Very uplifting and fun!! 🔥💝💞