Billy Joel vs Elton John

[Hector]

Elton John.

[thunderbolt]

I think a lot of you know my views on Billy Joke.

[Den82]

That's easy. I'm not an Elton John fan, but even I can admit he had some really good, well written songs. Well, at least one (Goodbye Yellow Brick Road).

Billy Joel on the other hand, is a total musical abomination. It's funny actually, because he was always on my list of "most hated musicians"...along with Bruce Springsteen, Bret Michaels, Bono (I would love to punch him), Phil Collins and coincidentally ( sees avatar above), Sammy Hagar.

[kingdom warrior]

I might not be remembering the context of the song properly, but to me it always sounded like he was singing about his overly cautious girlfriend who's getting mad at him for lame things - like 'crashing her party', 'riding his motorcycle in the rain' and 'walking through bedford stuy alone'.

So, I don't know if Joel is saying it's actually dangerous to walk through Bed-stuy, or if the point of the song is that it's not a big deal but his girlfriend keeps driving him crazy with all these little things.

It is Dangerous to walk through Bed-Stuy alone I use to do it everyday, we just laughed at him saying what does a guy from Hicksville know about walking through Bed-stuy alone one time.....try doing it everyday and surviving....


Here are the words

Friday night I crashed your party
Saturday I said I'm sorry
Sunday came and trashed it out again
I was only having fun
Wasn't hurting anyone
And we all enjoyed the weekend for a change

I've been stranded in the combat zone
I walked through Bedford Stuy alone
Even rode my motorcycle in the rain
And you told me not to drive
But I made it home alive
So you said that only proves that I'm insane

You may be right
I may be crazy
But it just might be a lunatic you're looking for
Turn out the light
Don't try to save me
You may be wrong for all I know
But you may be right

Remember how I found you there
Alone in your electric chair
I told you dirty jokes until you smiled
You were lonely for a man
I said take me as I am
'Cause you might enjoy some madness for a while

Now think of all the years you tried to
Find someone to satisfy you
I might be as crazy as you say
If I'm crazy then it's true
That it's all because of you
And you wouldn't want me any other way

You may be right
I may be crazy
But it just may be a lunatic you're looking for
It's too late to fight
It's too late to change me
You may be wrong for all I know
But you may be right

You may be right
I may be crazy
But it just may be a lunatic you're looking for
Turn out the light
Don't try to save me
You may be wrong for all I know
You may be right
You may be wrong but you may be right (x6, fades away)

[Werewolf]

Billy Joel. Elton's voice always kinda irritated for some reason. Same with Geddy Lee and Phill Collins. I know they are all good singers but for some reason their voices kind of annoy me.

[Mikey]

Because it's a local town, I always did love Allentown

[bobws]

I always liked them both. But Billy does write his stuff by himself so maybe give him a slight edge. But Bernie Taupin writes great lyrics for Elton.

[Brazoo]

It is Dangerous to walk through Bed-Stuy alone I use to do it everyday, we just laughed at him saying what does a guy from Hicksville know about walking through Bed-stuy alone one time.....try doing it everyday and surviving....


Here are the words

Friday night I crashed your party
Saturday I said I'm sorry
Sunday came and trashed it out again
I was only having fun
Wasn't hurting anyone
And we all enjoyed the weekend for a change

I've been stranded in the combat zone
I walked through Bedford Stuy alone
Even rode my motorcycle in the rain
And you told me not to drive
But I made it home alive
So you said that only proves that I'm insane

You may be right
I may be crazy
But it just might be a lunatic you're looking for
Turn out the light
Don't try to save me
You may be wrong for all I know
But you may be right

Remember how I found you there
Alone in your electric chair
I told you dirty jokes until you smiled
You were lonely for a man
I said take me as I am
'Cause you might enjoy some madness for a while

Now think of all the years you tried to
Find someone to satisfy you
I might be as crazy as you say
If I'm crazy then it's true
That it's all because of you
And you wouldn't want me any other way

You may be right
I may be crazy
But it just may be a lunatic you're looking for
It's too late to fight
It's too late to change me
You may be wrong for all I know
But you may be right

You may be right
I may be crazy
But it just may be a lunatic you're looking for
Turn out the light
Don't try to save me
You may be wrong for all I know
You may be right
You may be wrong but you may be right (x6, fades away)

Haha - so it IS dangerous. I don't know these things. Spike Lee make it look like such a nice place to visit.

[kingdom warrior]

Haha - so it IS dangerous. I don't know these things. Spike Lee make it look like such a nice place to visit.

Spike Lee is a Mook

[Brazoo]

Spike Lee is a Mook

Hahaha!

"Mook?! I'm a mook?! What's a mook?"

[Mikey]

I haven't seen (been to) Bedford Stuyvesant in like 15 years.

Back then it was nowhere near as nasty as some parts of Harlem

[GaryPlaysWithDolls]

Elton John. Billy Joel wasn't cool when he was cool. If I hear "Piano Man" one more time, I going to shiv somebody.

[Brazoo]

Elton John. Billy Joel wasn't cool when he was cool. If I hear "Piano Man" one more time, I going to shiv somebody.

Hahaha! I feel that way about SO many songs!

I hated Joel for years. He's not cool, he's not ground breaking, but he wrote a few catchy pop songs that people like. I'm not a fan of most of them, but for some reason I've got a soft spot for "Only the Good Die Young" and "It's Still Rock N' Roll To Me". Maybe I've just gotten old and nostalgic.

[Karen-bionic-fan]

There a guy over the road from me who is bald fat and ugly I fell out with him once and said your fat ugly and bald you may as well get your self a piano and start an Elton John tribute act hahahahahah we fell out over buckets

[kingdom warrior]

Hahaha!

"Mook?! I'm a mook?! What's a mook?"

Spike is a mook

Urban Dictionary: mook