Billy Joel
Madison Square Garden
May 9

Happy 70th Birthday Billy Joel!  YOU ARE THE PIANO MAN!!!  Well, there’s Elton and Stevie and other dudes who tickle the ivories as well or better, but this night was all about you – and seeing Frampton play the two songs I’ve needed to hear Frampton come alive to, which means now I don’t need to see Frampton solo.  So thanks for being born Billiam, and on reaching 70, and of course for playing my favorite ‘We Didn’t Start The Fire’ (unlike last time when I saw him). 

ROCK N ROLL A COLA WARS I CAN TAKE IT ALL THE MORE!!!!!!

Setlist – Big Shot / My Life / Vienna / The Longest Time / The Downeaster Alexa / The Entertainer (The Lion Sleeps Tonight / Runaround Sue / Sherry intro) / Don’t Ask Me Why / Satisfaction (The Rolling Stones cover) / Start Me Up (The Rolling Stones cover) / Keeping the Faith / New York State of Mind (with Alexa Ray Joel) / She’s Always a Woman / Allentown / Show Me the Way (Peter Frampton cover with Frampton) / Baby, I Love Your Way
(Peter Frampton cover with Frampton) / Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song) / I Go to Extremes / Sometimes a Fantasy / Only the Good Die Young / The River of Dreams / Nessun Dorma (Giacomo Puccini cover With Mike DelGuidice on vocals) / Scenes From an Italian Restaurant / Piano Man

Encore – We Didn’t Start the Fire / Uptown Girl / It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me / You May Be Right (with Peter Frampton)

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Peace The Forks Out

to

Chuck Berry

+

co-founder of the greatest restaurant ever

(that isn’t Popeyes, Keens or Houstons)

Jimmy Breslin

a sister Sledge

he built a bridge to Madison County

Lou Duva

a Knick

Knick announcer

he blobbed

Scarface‘s mother

liver liver

producer who worked with Marvin Gaye

WTC sphere man

he was your everything

he worked an Italian Job

a Topps topper

Southern U coach

Soviet hockey star

some record producer

some runner

some French footier

some Fox-y writer

some Caribbean poet

some harmonicaer

some flute guy

tetracycline-er

&

Robert Osborne

Billy Joel
Madison Square Garden
February 18th

This was only the 2nd time I’ve seen BJ.  The first was on his River of Dreams tour at the Capital Centre in 1993 (one of these two shows)

He played ‘We Didn’t Start The Fire’ then

He didn’t last night

I’d consider that single omission a waste of an entire evening

JFGAY BLOWN AWAY WHAT ELSE DO I HAVE TO SAY?????

BUT it wasn’t, cause even if Billy Joel looks like an old mole, he’s still got it!!  And you can tell he’s really enjoying his monthly MSG residency.  He even is semi-sorta letting his fans dictate some his set – asking them to choose between two songs to play, by cheering their choice!  

AND he loves ‘Tush’!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  WHO DOESN’T???????????????

Setlist

Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway) / Pressure / Say Goodbye to Hollywood / The Stranger / Vienna / Summer, Highland Falls / The Entertainer / The Downeaster Alexa / Zanzibar / Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song) / New York State Of Mind / Allentown / I’ve Been Working On The Railroad (Instrumental) / My Life / Sometimes a Fantasy / She’s Always a Woman / Don’t Ask Me Why / The River of Dreams (with ZZ Top ‘Tush’ interlude) / Scenes From an Italian Restaurant / Piano Man

Encore – Uptown Girl / It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me / You May Be Right / Only The Good Die Young