> Billy Joel rules.
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> Discuss.
>
> Don Monkey

Can't argue with that. "Piano Man" and
"Allentown" are two songs that I cannot turn off
when I hear them come on the local classic
rock station. Nonetheless, there are other
bands that I prefer to Billy Joel. Pink Floyd,
Pearl Jam, Van Halen, The Beatles, Queen,
The Eagles, Lynyrd Skynyrd, all are great
bands. You know the old desert island
question: If you could only take one CD with
you to a desert island, what would it be? I'd
take "Vs." by Pearl Jam, although "Echoes" by
Pink Floyd makes me hesitate in my decision.

I've said this before, and I'll say it again: I
prefer music in which the words and the
music mean something. I think two of the best
examples of this are "American Pie" by Don
McLean (which is my singular all-time favorite
song) and "Alive" by Pearl Jam. The former
bemoans the Buddy Holly airplane accident
and the changing style of music in the day,
and the second is about Eddie Vedder being
told his father is not who he thought he was. I
am a big lyric person: I like lyrics that say
something: thus why I am so partial to bands
like Pearl Jam or Pink Floyd, because when
you read the lyrics, they're more than just
simply "Baby I love you" over and over again,
like today's "popular" music. And Billy Joel is
one of those type artists: one whose lyrics
*mean* something.

The Other "I'm done now." Matthew