| Actually, he's much more than just the Piano Man! So I | | | | lyrics from his own life experiences. He was married |
| mean no disrespect to Billy Joel when I say he isn't the | | | | to supermodel and Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model |
| Piano Man, because he certainly is the original. I just | | | | Christie Brinkley, who portrayed the romantic interest" |
| wanted to draw attention to several aspects and | | | | in Billy Joel's music video for "Uptown Girl", a very |
| talents of Billy Joel, besides just being known as The | | | | popular hit song from his 1983 album titled An Innocent |
| Piano Man. Of course it is due to Billy Joel's enormous | | | | Man. Christie was also the inspiration behind the lyrics |
| piano talent and his signature song "Piano Man" the | | | | to the song when after meeting her for the first time |
| reason he is called the piano man. With a musical | | | | he wondered to himself how he could get her to date |
| career spanning over five decades, Billy Joel has | | | | a guy like him. |
| established himself among the great musicians and | | | | Billy Joel lyrics touch close to home for many |
| pianists in history. | | | | American citizens, due to his references to particular |
| Billy Joel has enjoyed a semi-retirement since 1993, but | | | | geographical locations, mostly in the New York City |
| to this day, he continues to tour and perform in front of | | | | and Long Island areas, close to where he calls home. |
| sold out crowds full of fans of all ages. I guess a true | | | | The lyrics for "Piano Man" were written to describe a |
| musician and performer never really gets the need to | | | | job he had playing piano in a bar in Los Angeles, |
| perform out of their system, and rightfully so. I hope | | | | California during the early 1970's. |
| Billy Joel continues performing and writing lyrics forever. | | | | In January of 2007, news quickly spread around the |
| As I said already, other than being the original piano | | | | world that Billy Joel had written lyrics for a new song, |
| man, Billy Joel is a singer and very talented songwriter, | | | | the first new lyrics Billy Joel had written in 14 years |
| in fact, he was inducted into the Songwriter's Hall Of | | | | since his 5 time grammy nominated "River Of Dreams" |
| Fame in 1992 for the song lyrics he has written, and | | | | was released in 1993. The new Billy Joel song is |
| inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame in 1999 | | | | entitled "All My Life" and was released on February |
| for his legendary performances. | | | | 20th 2007. Billy Joel also sang the National Anthem for |
| Billy Joel was born in Bronx, New York in 1949, and by | | | | the NFL Super Bowl XLI in February of 2007, which |
| the young age of 14 he joined his first band, so he | | | | marked his second time singing the National Anthem in |
| started his musical career at a young age. Billy Joel's | | | | front of a Super Bowl crowd. |
| song lyrics cover topics ranging from The Cold War to | | | | America loves Billy Joel for his lyrics, not just the fact |
| subjects that touch the heart of blue-collar America in | | | | he is the piano man. Billy Joel lyrics strike a sentimental |
| songs like "Allentown." Sure, the music in Billy Joel's | | | | chord in our hearts for many reasons. Billy Joel's piano |
| songs is fantastic, but it's the lyrics that really make Billy | | | | music, singing, and songwriting make him larger than life, |
| Joel's songs even more memorable and able to stir a | | | | but of course we will always love him as a piano man. |
| persons emotions. Billy Joel gets the inspiration for his | | | | |