http://gothamist.com/2008/02/08/billy_joel.php All comments for Billy Joel Performs as the Mets are Movin' Out en-us 2008 jen Mon, 01 Sep 2008 09:06:42 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss jen@gothamist.com jen@gothamist.com 60 http://gothamist.com/2008/02/08/billy_joel.php#comment-1288316 http://gothamist.com/2008/02/08/billy_joel.php#comment-1288316 Comments Sat, 09 Feb 2008 14:28:51 -0500 <p>Hmmm, I was going to Billy Joel-bash, but then I thought nah...better just bite my tongue (or bind my fingers or whatever) Then I read bklnd's comment. O.k, brklyd is better and braver than me in this comments section. Great assessment! There are few things in life that make me lash out in anger like I do when I have to hear a Billy Joel song!</p> http://gothamist.com/2008/02/08/billy_joel.php#comment-1288105 http://gothamist.com/2008/02/08/billy_joel.php#comment-1288105 Comments Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:18:04 -0500 <p>Of all aging rockers, I really hate Joel the most. His voice is just not appealing - either thin and whiny or fake white growling. And the tunes are either massively sentimental (Just the Way You Are, for example) or cheery fake cynicism (Movin' Out.) You couple that weak emotional content with the fact that he's a model-fucking fat slob, and you have feel-good music for really dumb people. He's worse than Phil Collins. Or Rod Stewart. Maybe they could demolish Shea with him in it! He could shout "JFK! Blown away! What else do I have to say!" (which really sounds triumphant instead of outraged) and the whole stadium could just start caving in.</p>