Anonymous asked: I'm a huge Billy Joel fan (by which I mean I really like his music, not that I'm some kind of giant). My dad was a fan, and I grew up with his music. Like others though, I'm not so slavish a fan to not recognise the clunkers, and there are songs I skip past when I play him. I'm really enjoying your analysis. Will you be listening to the spoken word recordings (like "An Evening of Questions & Answers...")? Some of your comments put me in mind of things Joel himself has to say about his songs.
Thank you for clarifying the size issue, I was worried you had a glad problem when you said huge fan. I have not heard these recordings yet because I’m afraid they might be too big of an influence on my thinking. I would prefer to analyze the songs and then go back later to see what he has to say. He’ll be right of course but at least mine will be true to my thinking.
