Channel: Music
Uploaded: December 31, 1969 at 11:59 pm
Author: ardenHK
Length: 05:38
Rating: 4.60
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I make this video is for my Yahoo! 360 Blog, My favourite music, My music world ... A Tribute To Billy Joel ...*With effective from upload date 2008-06-07 , all my videos by adding '&fmt=18' to the end of the URL, you will get a suprise of listening with stereo audio. (Some of them may not work probably) Please have a try out ... Billy Joel Official Site http://www.billyjoel.comThis music video will be posted on 22/08/2008 in my blog ...Artist: Billy Joel Album: Greatest Hits Vol. 1 and 2 (1985)Song: Piano ManIt's nine o'clock on a SaturdayThe regular crowd shuffles inThere's an old man sitting next to meMaking love to his tonic and ginHe says, "Son can you play me a memoryI'm not really sure how it goesBut it's sad and it's sweetAnd I knew it completeWhen I wore a younger man's clothes"La, la, la, li, li, la ...La, la, li, li, la, li, la ...Sing us a song you're the piano manSing us a song tonightWell we're all in the mood for a melodyAnd you've got us feeling alrightNow John at the bar is a friend of mineHe gets me my drinks for freeAnd he's quick with a joke or to light up your smokeBut there's someplace that he'd rather beHe says, "Bill, I believe this is killing me"As a smile ran away from his face"Well, I'm sure that I could be a movie starIf I could get out of this place"Oh, la, la, la, li, li, la ...La, la, li, li, la, la, la ...Now Paul is a real estate novelistWho never had time for a wifeAnd he's talking with Davy, who's still in the NavyAnd probably will be for lifeAnd the waitress is practicing politicsAs the businessmen slowly get stonedYes they're sharing a drink they call lonelinessBut it's better than drinking aloneSing us a song you're the piano manSing us a song tonightWell we're all in the mood for a melodyAnd you've got us feeling alrightIt's a pretty good crowd for a SaturdayAnd the manager gives me a smile'Cause he knows that it's me they've been coming to seeTo forget about life for a whileAnd the piano sounds like a carnivalAnd the microphone smells like a beerAnd they sit at the bar and put bread in my jarAnd say "Man what are you doing here?"Oh, la, la, la, li, li, la ...La, la, li, li, la, la, la ...Sing us a song you're the piano manSing us a song tonightWell we're all in the mood for a melodyAnd you've got us feeling alright*Billy JoelWilliam Joseph Martin "Billy" Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American pianist and singer-songwriter. He released his first hit song, "Piano Man", in 1973. According to the RIAA, he is the sixth best-selling recording artist in the United States.Joel had Top 10 hits in the '70s, '80s, and '90s; is a six-time Grammy Award winner, and has sold in excess of 150 million albums worldwide. He was inducted into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame (Class of 1992), the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (Class of 1999), and the Long Island Music Hall of Fame (Class of 2006). Joel "retired" from recording pop music in 1993 but continued to tour (sometimes with Elton John). In 2001 he subsequently released Fantasies & Delusions, a CD of classical compositions for piano. In 2007 he returned to recording with a single entitled "All My Life," followed by an extensive "World Tour" from 2005-2008, covering many of the major world cities.*