We Didn't Start The Fire

Close second- Tell Her About It

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Sherman remarked, "Well, Grant, we've had the devil's own day, haven't we?" Grant looked up. "Yes," he replied, followed by a puff. "Yes. Lick 'em tomorrow, though."

Allentown
The Downeaster 'Alexa'

Billy Joel blows

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Awful song . . . which came out at the awfullest moment of me bleedin' life

There was s time I liked Joel. There was also a time I wanted to murder my brother for playing so damn much of him every morning before school.

Joel's career was hot at the start, then pretty much cooled off. Right when he married Cristy Brinkley.

Uptown Girl is a fun song. I'll pick that one as his best.

My brother played Billy Joel all the time....once I had the stomach flu and had to listen to "bottle of red, bottle of white" skip on his record player for what seemed to be days.

Its still rock and roll to me is a good listen.

"Uptown Girl" is "Hungry Heart" with a lobotomy.

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Only The Good Die Young is obviously the only acceptable answer. This one shouldn’t even be a thread.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

The line 'Catholic Girls start much to late' really turns me off. Ruins the whole song for me.

BAD

There was that cheesy 70s McCartney ripoff that wasn’t too bad. My Life

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

Isn't it nice to have a discussion about music rather than politics?

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Sherman remarked, "Well, Grant, we've had the devil's own day, haven't we?" Grant looked up. "Yes," he replied, followed by a puff. "Yes. Lick 'em tomorrow, though."

My brother had the habit of over listening to music. Very regimented in his routine. For someone as scattered as me it was pretty damn aggravating.

This cancels out your previous correctness on "L.A. Woman."

Catholic girls start much too late? Since when?

All of them will drive a man to kill.

Frank Zappa made the opposite argument!

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This.

He was a lot closer to the truth, that's for sure....

Still Rock n Roll to me.
You may be right.

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Just chillin' like Garret Quillin.

The fact that Piano Man hasn't been mentioned yet makes me feel uncomfortable.

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Yeah, that really wasn't my experience. I think Billy was trafficking in the same stereotypes as Caller Bob:



Anyway, I like "Only The Good Die Young", "Easy Money", and "Keeping The Faith". I think "Allentown" is a great meditation on the decline of the American Dream. But I have to go with "New York State of Mind" as his best song.

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Communists are just people who are terrible at capitalism.

"rosalinda's eyes" and "downeaster alexa". "piano man" has lost all meaning to me by now but i know if i heard it again for the first time, it'd be a great song.

I celebrate his entire collection. Hard to pick the best.

Captain Jack
Downeaster Alexa
Leningrad
Allentown
Goodnight Saigon
Innocent Man
The Stranger

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Pretty solid list here. I have his 4 disc Complete Hits set but I haven't dusted it off in years. Used to listen to him a lot, maybe I
will check it out later today. Kind of stuck in front of the computer all day.

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Flew too close to the sun on wings of pastrami

Downeaster Alexa
The Longest Time
Keepin the Faith
She's Always a Woman
Only the Good Die Young

Most overrated - Piano Man

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Piano Man is a great song. The fact that it’s horribly overplayed doesn’t take away its awesomeness. WZ summed it up nicely.

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Miami 2017 (Seen the lights go out on Broadway)

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You Can Make Me Free
Everybody Loves You Now
Piano Man
Captain Jack
The Entertainer
Summer, Highland Falls
The Stranger
Scenes from an Italian Restaurant
Vienna
Only the Good Die Young
Honesty
Zanzibar
Stiletto
My Life
You May Be Right
Sometimes a Fantasy
Don't Ask Me Why
All for Leyna
I Don't Want to be Alone
Goodnight Saigon
Easy Money
An Innocent Man
Uptown Girl
A Matter of Trust
Downeaster Alexa
Leningrad

I pulled the the albums to help jog my memory so I didn't miss anything. This isn't in order outside of that. Anything off Cold Spring Harbor, The Stranger, 52nd Street and Glass Houses is top notch.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

Captain Jack
Prelude/Angry Young Man

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Good people drink good beer - Hunter S. Thompson

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way