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addiction to diction
Man, your style is tight and timed to a rythem that would make Fascists gush envy. Diction, eloquence, wit, respect of learned readers, and wisdom to deliver them ideas. Words mean things, and your arsenal is filled. Cudos for your class, in your slash of the trash, that is Mr. Misogyny Joel. T.Lee The Mad City, WI.
Posted to The Spectator by Mad_City_monkey on January 26, 2009
RIGHT ON!
You hit it on the head with the comment that the industry could spend the money more wisely on better talented artists. This reminds me of going out and being forced to hear cover bands as opposed to original acts in your hometown clubs! It's because they know how to dance with their feet and not with their brain.
Posted to The Spectator by silkat2 on January 26, 2009
Alright!!
It's awesome that someone was as able to so eloquently express the reasons that he sucks..I've hated the guys music since I was 8 years old..Unfortunately you allude to Bruce Springsteen being so much better, which damages the credibility of the article to me.I believe that those two have about the same level of talent..
Posted to The Spectator by joesmith on January 26, 2009
BJ as Carlos Mencia
While I'm not as frothingly anti-BJ as Mr. Rosenbaum is here (and, really, ''For the Longest Time''? If you wanna talk about kitchy rehashes and sad attempts at authentic American music from the Joel, this would be atop my list, not my begruding favorite), Joel has always reminded me of that famous hack and plagiarist, Carlos Mencia. Mencia's ...
Posted to The Spectator by tenorca on January 26, 2009
The awfulness of Billy Joel, disagreed
Hello, Let's get one thing straight right off the bat: ''Only the good die young'' is an awful song in terms of its message. However, having worked at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alberta for 3 years now, hands down the best concert I have attended was Billy Joel's performance in 2008. He creates an extremely strong rapport with his audience, ...
Posted to The Spectator by Fred Woudstra on January 26, 2009
Billy Joel: Alternative Criteria to Contempt
Auden wrote in ''The Dyer's Hand'' - and I paraphrase because I don't have a copy at hand -- that the artist's subject is life, therefore the artist is always humbled by his subject because he knows that no matter how hard he tries, he will not do it justice; the critic's subject is a book (or songs, in this case), therefore the critic will always ...
Posted to The Spectator by ChuckJMcMahon on January 26, 2009
Why do we let non-musicians critique pop music?
Seriously. There's no way in hell that someone without any musical expertise would be allowed to review an opera for a respectable news organization. 50 years after the Beatles and others showed us the towering artistic heights possible in popular music, we still treat pop music criticism as if it were no more than the mindless fluff haters ...
Posted to The Spectator by thesuperweasel on January 24, 2009
Billy Joel hurts my ears
I used to like him when I was in grammar school but I progressed to ambivalence and ultimately to gentle contempt as my musical interests grew more sophisticated. I agree with much of what the author says as I find him trite, inauthentic and altogether uninteresting. But here's the irony. While I agreed with the writer's thoughts I was somewhat ...
Posted to The Spectator by E pluribus on January 24, 2009
Uh, Why? And Why Now?
It's hard to argue that Billy Joel is nothing more than a peddler of sentimental schlock, both musically and lyrically. In fact, it is really beyond dispute (I didn't even see mention of ''We Didn't Start a Fire'' and ''Tell Her About It,'' perhaps two of the worst hits ever to soil the airwaves). Crappy, saccharine music, books, film, and art ...
Posted to The Spectator by bookfraud on January 24, 2009
Joel...
My girlfriend and I both graduated from Syracuse University a year apart. My commencement speaker was Jane Goodall, who spoke eloquently and with great humor. My girlfriend's commencement speaker was Billy Joel, who had just donated a large amount of cash to the school. His commencement address consisted of this: Singing a parody of one of his ...
Posted to The Spectator by kevdiamondf on January 24, 2009

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