In a strange and inspired season finale, host Will Ferrell led the entire cast plus Tom Hanks, Norm MacDonald, Maya Rudolph, Amy Poehler, Paul Rudd, Anne Hathaway, Artie Lange, Elisabeth Moss, and Green Day in Billy Joel's '82 Vietnam War... CONTINUE READING SNL SINGS "GOODNIGHT SAIGON"»
Posted on May 18, 2009 in (0 comments)
Tags: Amy Poehler | Anne Hathaway | Artie Lange | Billy Joel | Cymbals Eat Guitars | DEVO | Elisabeth Moss | Green Day | Maya Rudolph | Norm MacDonald | Paul Rudd | Saturday Night Live | Tom Hanks | Will Ferrell
The second installment of Guilt By Association comes out in February. In case you don't remember Vol. 1, the compilation featured contemporary indie bands covering so-called "guilty pleasures." Of course, the problem with these sorts of things is that the... CONTINUE READING TAKKA TAKKA COVER PHIL COLLINS »
Posted on November 20, 2008 in (7 comments)
Tags: Billy Joel | Frightened Rabbit | Jarvis Cocker | Kaki King | My Brightest Diamond | Phil Collins | Rafter | Takka Takka | The Forms
Last night NYC's Hammerstein Ballroom hosted a "Change Rocks" fundraiser for Obama, featuring Class of '99 Rock Hall inductees the Boss and the Piano Man. Some tickets were priced at $25,000 each (preempting the World Series isn't cheap). Springsteen has... CONTINUE READING BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, BILLY JOEL DUET FOR OBAMA»
Posted on October 17, 2008 in (3 comments)
Tags: Barack Obama | Billy Joel | Bruce Springsteen | India.Arie | John Legend
"I know, I suck," Billy Joel told a sold-out Shea Stadium Wednesday night, apologizing for scheduling a second Last Play At Shea at the Mets ballpark two days later. I attended the first night (yes I am from Long Island)... CONTINUE READING PAUL MCCARTNEY JOINS BILLY JOEL FOR SHEA STADIUM GOODBYE»
Posted on July 21, 2008 in , (5 comments)
Tags: Billy Joel | John Mayer | Paul McCartney | The Beatles
Chuck Klosterman claims that Glasses Houses is the best Billy Joel album, and that Billy Joel has never been cool. He's wrong on the first count (it's the second best), but we can't dispute the coolness issue (much as we... CONTINUE READING WHAT MADE MILWAUKEE FAMOUS COVER BILLY JOEL»
Posted on April 25, 2008 in (15 comments)
Tags: Billy Joel | What Made Milwaukee Famous
"We Are The World" is in the air. We caught a pretty good whiff of it with Jimmy and Ben, but this footage from Japanese television takes USA For Africa to the next level. In fact, the footage you're about... CONTINUE READING NEW JAPAN FOR AFRICA VIDEO - "WE ARE THE WORLD"»
Posted on February 29, 2008 in (15 comments)
Tags: Billy Joel | Bruce Springsteen | Cyndi Lauper | Diana Ross | Lionel Richie | Michael Jackson | Ray Charles | Stevie Wonder | USA For Africa
Good news, gang: now the list of people you didn't give a shit about getting into the Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame has a slightly less give-a-shittable list of people inducting them! Madonna will be honored by the legendary... CONTINUE READING LOU REED, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE & TOM HANKS TO HELP ROCK 'N' ROLL CONGRATULATE ITSELF»
Posted on February 26, 2008 (4 comments)
Tags: Billy Joel | Justin Timberlake | Leonard Cohen | Lou Reed | Madonna | Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame | Tom Hanks
Two of us grew up in Nassau county, where childhood trips to Shea and memorization of every word of BJ's catalogue are the quickest way to assimilation (particularly if you, say, are picked on for your dark skin, funny name, and dad's turban). So we imagine a pretty massive contingent of the people we gleefully lost touch with two decades ago will be at "The Last Play at Shea, From the Beatles to Billy" concert on July 16th, indeed the last music event from the closing orange-and-blue architectural monstrosity. And if you wanna know Scott's whereabouts that night, we're guessing he'll be front row. Strong Island reprezent.
Posted on February 7, 2008 (1 comments)
Billboard brings forth the good cheer of Billy Joel's return from self-imposed pop retirement with a second single this year. And he's still got war on his mind. The track's called "Christmas In Fallujah," and it's highly unfortunate. This coming... CONTINUE READING BILLY JOEL CELEBRATES "CHRISTMAS IN FALLUJAH"»
Posted on December 3, 2007 (80 comments)
Tags: Billy Joel | Cass Dillon
From where does John Moe unearth these revelatory letters? We enjoyed "Beth"'s nagging epistle to Peter Criss, but this one is even closer to our hearts: Moe's latest Pop Song Correspondence is titled A Note Placed In The Pay Envelope... CONTINUE READING WHAT IF THE "PIANO MAN" WAS AN UNRELIABLE NARRATOR?»
Posted on May 21, 2007 (4 comments)
Tags: Billy Joel | John Moe
Prince is 48. That's fun to think about while you watch YouTubes of the Purple One performing in the rain over and over and over today. Screw his physical ailments, Prince was four times as hip as any Super Bowl... CONTINUE READING BEST SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW EVER»
Posted on February 5, 2007 (46 comments)
Tags: Billy Joel | Prince | Super Bowl
Twice a week we dig up a music video so ill-conceived it's no wonder MTV stopped playing the damn thing. But hey, at least we learned something... “You’re Only Human (Second Wind)” Billy Joel, 1985 THE CONCEPT The ghost of... CONTINUE READING VIDEO HANGOVER: "YOU'RE ONLY HUMAN (SECOND WIND)"»
Posted on January 22, 2007 in , (14 comments)
Tags: Billy Joel
We spend so much time talking about hott new bands ... sometimes it's important to check in with the superstars of the '70s. Elton John VS Rude, Vile Pigs This was the scene yesterday at Chiang Kai-shek International Airport, where... CONTINUE READING WHINY CLASSIC ROCKERS AND THE BLOGGER WHO LOVES THEM»
Posted on September 23, 2004 in (30 comments)
Tags: Bat For Lashes | Billy Joel | Bruce Springsteen | Cat Stevens | Elton John
Albeit deserved, the tarnishing of Billy Joel's legacy makes Stereogum sad. Growing up as a young Strong Island blogger in the '80s, I had no choice but to love the Piano Man, especially because my parents were making me take... CONTINUE READING I KNOW WAY TOO MUCH ABOUT BILLY JOEL»
Posted on May 4, 2004 (31 comments)
Tags: Billy Joel | Chuck Klosterman
