1994: the non-crossover #1s, AC and RB
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4 comments:
Surprised that Billy Joel would be first. Surprised that Paul McCartney was runner-up. What dimwit compiled that list?
I saw Joel live during his "Storm Front" tour and thought the concert was very entertaining. Sure, some of his songs still don't hold up as well today as they did when released, but he is good at what he does.
Hey! I have that book! It's very funny. I do like Billy Joel a lot, but the authors were making the point that he doesn't "rock out" very well - he's perfectly capable as a piano bar kind of crooner, but when he sings "You May Be Right," he's no good. I disagree, but that's what they were saying.
I LOVE that book!! Not because I agree with it all the time, but because it's pretty onsistent about offering logical, defensible reasons for its picks. And the charge that Joel fails completely as a ROCK artist is one that works for me. As a songwriter and melodist and storyteller, he's great. But as a writer/performer of rock music? Not so much.
I rate Billy Joel pretty highly.
When my wife came over from Russia, she was already a big fan of his - her favourite song being "Honesty"
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