Never underestimate the power or resiliency of a song. As Billy Joel sang the opening verse of “The Piano Man,” the 1973 song about a lounge pianist and the characters he meets in the setting, the audience suddenly united as one, writes Nick Krewen.
Billy JoelNever underestimate the power or resiliency of a song.
They were so familiar with a song that has stood the test of time that Joel and his eight-piece band silenced their instruments to allow the 5,000 patrons to serenade the serenader before closing off the modern-day waltz with a powerful finish. “By the way, you’re allowed to gamble during the show,” he quipped just before jumping into “The Entertainer,” from 1974’s “Streetlife Serenade:” “Just cut me in.”
He also offered plenty of stories behind his recording sessions: prior to performing his evergreen ballad “Just the Way You Are,” he mentioned that he initially didn’t want to place it on his 1977 breakthrough album “The Stranger,” but he played it to singer Linda Ronstadt, whom he had a crush on at the time, and she insisted it had to be included.
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