What person were the lyrics of the Billy Joel song “Just Like A Woman” in reference to?
Getting drunk at a Billy Joel concert is like crying in the rain. Getting drunk at a Billy Joel concert where Elton John is propped up beside him, piano-manning to the latter’s “Your Song” is like a self-fulfilling pathetic fallacy. Tonight, the karaoke bar has come to us and the men themselves are playing all the hits. It’s surreal, uber-campy and a little depressing, considering that both Billy and Elton have long disguised their pain by tinkling the ivories for years. (Though the trio clad in “Official Elton John and Billy Joel Groupie Tour 2009” t-shirts don’t seem to mind.) “That last song was written for my first ex-wife,” Joel relates, after a flawless rendition of “Just Like a Woman.” “Yeah, I guess the lyrics caused some problems in our relationship, but you didn’t know the original lyrics!” He pauses rakishly. “She could kill with a smile, and wound with her eyes, ruin your face with her powerful thighs.”
Getting drunk at a Billy Joel concert is like crying in the rain. Getting drunk at a Billy Joel concert where Elton John is propped up beside him, piano-manning to the latter’s “Your Song” is like a self-fulfilling pathetic fallacy. Tonight, the karaoke bar has come to us and the men themselves are playing all the hits. It’s surreal, uber-campy and a little depressing, considering that both Billy and Elton have long disguised their pain by tinkling the ivories for years. (Though the trio clad in “Official Elton John and Billy Joel Groupie Tour 2009” t-shirts don’t seem to mind.) The “Face 2 Face” tour, arguably both musicians’ biggest cash cow after they separately stopped producing new material in the mid-’90s, has been ongoing since 2003, but recently revived. Billy and Elton, both 1970s balladeers who secretly wanted to be in The Beatles, have well-matched voices (the same maudlin tenor, sometimes indistinguishable) and a proclivity for showmanship. While Elton tends to step off the
Getting drunk at a Billy Joel concert is like crying in the rain. Getting drunk at a Billy Joel concert where Elton John is propped up beside him, piano-manning to the latter’s “Your Song” is like a self-fulfilling pathetic fallacy. Tonight, the karaoke bar has come to us and the men themselves are playing all the hits. It’s surreal, uber-campy and a little depressing, considering that both Billy and Elton have long disguised their pain by tinkling the ivories for years. (Though the trio clad in “Official Elton John and Billy Joel Groupie Tour 2009” t-shirts don’t seem to mind.) “That last song was written for my first ex-wife,” Joel relates, after a flawless rendition of “Just Like a Woman.” “Yeah, I guess the lyrics caused some problems in our relationship, but you didn’t know the original lyrics!” He pauses rakishly.
Getting drunk at a Billy Joel concert is like crying in the rain. Getting drunk at a Billy Joel concert where Elton John is propped up beside him, piano-manning to the latter’s “Your Song” is like a self-fulfilling pathetic fallacy. Tonight, the karaoke bar has come to us and the men themselves are playing all the hits. It’s surreal, uber-campy and a little depressing, considering that both Billy and Elton have long disguised their pain by tinkling the ivories for years. (Though the trio clad in “Official Elton John and Billy Joel Groupie Tour 2009” t-shirts don’t seem to mind.) The “Face 2 Face” tour, arguably both musicians’ biggest cash cow after they separately stopped producing new material in the mid-’90s, has been ongoing since 2003, but recently revived. Billy and Elton, both 1970s balladeers who secretly wanted to be in The Beatles, have well-matched voices (the same maudlin tenor, sometimes indistinguishable) and a proclivity for showmanship. While Elton tends to step off the
