Top 10 AMAZING Billy Joel Piano Intros That You Should Learn!

[@RoyGBiv-lc8tv]

Angry Young Man is a really fun one to play

[@jarnleikr]

Only after the first 20 seconds 😇

[@strengthbythebeach2475]

yes how is that not on this?? And Root Beer Rag?

[@wdwnutjm]

my entire time in high school spent learning & playing these songs for my friends (I discovered him when The Stranger came out) still the only era of his that I enjoy listening to

[@colteastwood]

I got back into an obsession with Billy Joel's music after his new song dropped! Thank you for including Summer Highland Falls, it was the FIRST song I thought of when I saw this video

[@howtodoitdude1662]

Dropped? I’m disappointed that he really didn’t write it, but it’s fun to play.

[@ncmblur1379]

Billy is sooo versatile and passionate! You can hear it in his piano playing and you can certainly hear his inspiration in a real fan!!! You have that! Anyone can “play” the intros but you PLAY the intros! Thanks so much for the video!

[@jimwalshonline9346]

New York State of Mind - what a gem!

[@docneet]

New York State Of Mind is my all time favourite from Billy Joel. I’m trying to learn it to play on piano. Difficult to get it right but I keep on practicing.

[@jakekeys88music]

Have fun with it! I was so satisfied when I got it under my fingers and memorized several years back. If you want a tip, maybe spend a good amount of time on the Bridge (once in awhile I find those changes a little tricky to remember) since the main section repeats so much.

[@AlonAmit]

Great selections. I'd love to see you tackle Angry Young Man!

[@adrian65165]

Fabulous, Pierre. Your playing is, of course, perfection and with feeling -- and the whole collection is a joy to journey through with you. Thank you

[@pierrejpiscitelli]

🙏🏻

[@WheresMyFlyingCar]

+1 for "Rosalinda's Eyes." Tricky intro that leads into a very beautiful and singable ballad. Also love the drum pattern on the way out! I'd add "Stiletto," for the drama and interplay between piano, organ, and claps!

[@WysteriaGuitar]

As a singer New York State of Mind is a song I have sung at gigs for years. It never gets old - one of my favorites. Good choice for #1

[@chrisspencer5042]

lol your Stage Rhodes with the DX7 on top was my setup in 1984

[@KarlCoatesMusic]

Thank you! Loved it. Short, sweet and to the point.

[@jessekragiel]

James and Rosalinda both get props from me because they're obscure tracks, and 2 of my favorite. Both 52nd Street and Turnstiles have great intros. I've Loved These Days and Miami 2017 could get honorable mention!

[@DannyDep17]

I think you picked a very well selected group of songs that define Billy Joel's playing and song writing artistry. He's my favorite keyboard singer/songwriter that as you mentioned, is always fun to play his songs out on gigs. 👍👏🙏

[@pierrejpiscitelli]

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@buzzsmith8146]

This was very well done, Pierre. 🎶

[@camiloespinazo]

miami 2017 is fantastic too

[@DirkDiggler19751]

perfectly executed! your videos are on point.

[@tfletcher650]

Epic list and almost identical order of my favs too!

[@thekeysman1]

Big Man on Mulberry Street is one cool intro very jazzy for Billy, and or Minor Variation from River of Dreams cd, 90's era.

[@kevinnicusanti2505]

Thanks!

[@pierrejpiscitelli]

Thank you!!

[@seyfodiaz5723]

Just wonderful 🙏

[@jarnleikr]

Everyone of those 10 songs are on my set list. But one that is missing is "Last of the Big Time Spenders" - first on my list, and so fun to both sing and play.

[@jarnleikr]

Oh, and on fourth place in my set list is "Everybody Has a Dream". For the same reasons as above.

[@chriszimmermann1442]

Thank you Pierre! Your videos are awesome!

[@brazmodol772]

Love your DX7 red sticker! :-)

[@pierrejpiscitelli]

Haha! A friend put that there as a joke years ago.

[@ncmblur1379]

Billy is sooo versatile and passionate! You can hear it in his piano playing and you can certainly hear his inspiration in a real fan!!! You have that! Anyone can “play” the intros but you PLAY the intros! Thanks so much for the video!i fully agree about James! I never hear anything about it

[@pierrejpiscitelli]

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@jakekeys88music]

As the countdown went on, I was waiting eagerly and getting a little worried...until you hit #1! I need to learn more of these, but that's my favorite as well. I felt so accomplished as a pianist when I ever memorized that whole song and got performing it regularly in my repertoire. I feel like it's a great way to exhibit some chops -- fun to play instrumentally or to sit nicely for my voice.

[@fatmoh7289]

EXACTLY what I needed 🙏 one week left of my vacation in a rainy Stockholm. Perfect!

[@lisadixon5886]

Have to go and listen to some Billy Joel now- memories!❤

[@toronado455]

Nice choices and playing.

[@FernandoPatau]

How about “Miami 2017 (The Lights Went Out On Broadway)(?) ❤❤ and Dozen of others. Every BJ song is unique and beautiful! There I’ve said it!!!❤❤

[@paradox5391]

Great list! For me personally I would have to include Scenes From an Italian Restaurant, but like you said there are dozens and dozens of his songs all qualified to be on a list like this.

[@pierrejpiscitelli]

Totally, that was absolutely a top contender for me!

[@ArthurWM9]

Great list! Can you also teach how to play Souvenir?

[@LenachenUSA]

Great❤

[@fatmoh7289]

Hey Maestro! How about a whole tutorial of the FANTASTIC song James🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@simonhodgetts6530]

Fantastic! Interestingly you featured so many BJ songs from, in my opinion his greatest album - Turnstiles. I’ve learned many of Billy’s songs - except Rosalinda’s Eyes - I find that one too hard. Summer, Highland Falls is my absolute favourite BJ song - it’s just perfect, and very rewarding to play. James is also a fantastic song - lovely chord voicings.

[@ykn7018]

just the way you are...... best for me

[@williampaganucci1084]

Beautiful Pierre! I just subscribed. Speaking of Long Island, our family has had a house in Montauk since 1980. 🎹 👍

[@pierrejpiscitelli]

Love it out there!

[@williampaganucci1084]

@@pierrejpiscitelli I have several videos filmed in Montauk, and My father Robert wrote a song called Montauk, and the Montauk Library did an article about my father for Throwback Thursday a couple years ago called The Fisherman. 🌊 🏄‍♂ 🏖

[@philchampers9699]

I'm a huge Billy Joel fan... on a different note will you please teach 'This will be ' (an everlasting love) by Natalie Cole. Thank you.

[@edulirio]

The Stranger is a little masterpiece.

[@fraterdeusestveritas2022]

Just a question. Can you do a review of the Cp61? Thinking of buying it

[@thatsrich944]

Vienna is by far my favorite BJ song of all time.

[@matasgrince4356]

please make a tutorial video of "My life",thanks.

[@mh22xv]

I wish you added that virtual keyboard to these so one can learn them. ❤your channel.

[@howtodoitdude1662]

Part 2 and 3 please 😁

[@craignelson2221]

These are great, Pierre! I see you have tutorials on "Just the way..." and "Movin' Out", I'd love to learn the intro to, "New York...". Do you have a tutorial on that that maybe I missed? I'd love to see you do a tutorial on that. Thanks!

[@pierrejpiscitelli]

I haven’t done it yet, but certainly will someday!

[@craignelson2221]

@@pierrejpiscitelli Thanks for the update, look forward to it!

[@flgator311]

Hello, is that a DX7 that was on top of the Rhodes it looks to have a wooden looking exterior? Does it?

[@pierrejpiscitelli]

It is a DX7.

[@flgator311]

@@pierrejpiscitelli thank you can impose for another question please?

[@cynaminstick6693]

How do you cut this down to 10? Almost an impossible task. I appreciate your video, so thank you! I can't believe you didn't have the piano intro to Only the Good Die Young on there. One of my personal favorites (and a song I don't hear too many people talking about) is Everybody Loves You Now...the piano is so dang energetic. Again, thanks for doing this!

[@pierrejpiscitelli]

It’s impossible! You have to get subjective and just pick your favorites.

[@haleleathers8936]

Good Day Mate from downunder Australia! Really enjoy your lessons. The fact that you include notation with to the point explanation of music theory, that you demonstrate with such a natural & somewhat easy to understand method coupled with simplicity at times & made easy to put immediately & effectively into practice. I have a couple of song requests. Would really appreciate your artistic demonstration with regards to song requests. Artist/Group: Michael Jackson Song Title: - She's Out Of My Life - Lady In My Life Artist/Group: Commodores Song Title: Easy (Like Sunday Morning) Artist/Group: Prince Song Title: Little Red Corvette Artist/Group: Adel Song Title: Someone Like You

[@pierrejpiscitelli]

Great songs! I will definitely get to some of these as time goes on. Thanks for the nice comment, glad you are enjoying the videos!

[@nm7804]

Great list, but one of my favourite intros is Honesty, which I can't believe you didn't include.

[@pierrejpiscitelli]

Oh it's one of the best. There could easily be 5 more top ten lists that are equally as good!

[@nm7804]

@pierrejpiscitelli Yes, very true. Great channel enjoying the videos, keep them coming.

[@ontherhodes8088]

James is a great track.....kinda reminds me of Daniel by Elton John. Both played on a Rhodes.

[@davidmusicmaker]

A few more piano/keyboard intros that REALLY stand out for me: This Is the Time And So It Goes Tomorrow Is Today Laura (reminiscent of "Lucy in the Sky...")

[@jakekeys88music]

And So It Goes is so intriguing because of how sparse and repetitious it is. It's stoic and matter-of-fact, and when the themes change harmonically, it's very slight, not really straying much from what it had been (probably a commentary on life through the accompaniment).

[@ofkhod3638]

Ain't no crime!!!

[@franklacey5054]

Thought for sure you were going to play the Prelude to Angry Young Man, but I see in the comments why you skipped it…time to get a real piano? 😉 (BJ was the first concert I ever went to, probably around 1977/78. Great concert.) Thanks for this video, Pierre!

[@pierrejpiscitelli]

Maybe, but a decent piano is like a down payment on a house! 🤣

[@franklacey5054]

@@pierrejpiscitelli , ain’t it the truth! But you’d be surprised what you might find on the used market. Besides, who needs a house when you got a nice piano! Priorities!

[@alecj3454]

Is "Angry Young Man" really difficult or is it more of a gimmick skill to play that intro? It sounds super cool and the song is excellent as a whole, so i always wondered if the average player could pull off that intro or if its a expert level technique. Id love to see it demonstrated. Ive never actually seen it played. Thanks for all your videos Pierre! They are always a joy to experience.

[@pierrejpiscitelli]

It’s sort of a gimmick, but the song itself is wonderful!

[@AndreaCostantini-pl7ck]

1) angry young man 2) Honesty 3) Scenes 4) Summer highland falls 5) Just the way you are 6) Tge ballad of Billy the kid 7) Zanzibar 8) Goodnight Saigon 9) Rot beer rag 10) Allentown

[@millsdude]

I'll add a few honorable mentions Stilletto Ain't No Crime Streetlife Serenader And So it Goes Ballad of Billy the Kid And of course the Prelude to Angry Young Man (which probably should have been on your list). I'd swap Rosalinda's Eyes for Prelude

[@pierrejpiscitelli]

Angry Young Man translates poorly on any keyboard, or thru any midi plugin! It just never works out-- I need an old upright piano for that :)

[@lennylehnertz]

Ballad of Billy the Kid from Songs in The Attic.

[@marcomzzi3910]

Beautiful selection..I was expecting “Lullabye” as well 😢

[@pierrejpiscitelli]

Love that one!

[@billsmith3182]

Pierre, can? you please show us Thriller by Michael Jackson

[@clintonwilcox4690]

Well, my two favorite Billy Joel songs did not make the list: Scenes from an Italian Restaurant and And So it Goes.

[@rickyguitarman3839]

i dunno if you done it already, the intro to Van Halen's Right Now?

[@pierrejpiscitelli]

Not yet

[@vivajay]

Turnstiles is arguably his most perfect album in that there’s not one bad song on it. The Stranger may have better songs but i have to skip over Get It Right the First Time every listen through.

[@steveng1427]

Only the good die young

[@johnny6strings]

Angry youmg man!!!!!

[@juliansw3110]

Not a technically amazing Intro but one that always sounds musical and fresh to me is Only the Good Die Young. It would be in my top 10.

[@AndreaCostantini-pl7ck]

Come on man, and Angry young man? Are you not able to play that?😉

[@pierrejpiscitelli]

Funny you should say that. The repeated notes never come out properly on any of my keyboards, weighted or unweighted. It only works on a real grand or upright with decent and responsive action. Also to be honest, just not one of my favorites musically speaking.

[@Spitaman1]

Very Nice, perfect... but a slight disappointment because wanted to see and observe the notes you brilliantly played (both hands), but the camera shifted from top to side, which was really heartbreaking. Anyways excellent job. If you ever decide to re-edit the video, that would be just great!!!

[@pierrejpiscitelli]

I typically save that for the tutorial videos. I have several of these songs available as tutorials on the channel! This particular video just focuses on introductions.

[@ronfreilich7124]

Billy Joel intros and no "Miami 2017" or "Prelude/Angry Young Man" Huh?

[@pierrejpiscitelli]

Had to pick 10. There are countless fantastic examples.