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Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)" has always been one of my favorites because of it's clever lyrics, "And if he can't drive with a broken back / At least he can polish the fenders"
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CD.Billy Joel continues his musical adventures with his familiar rolling piano lines, using the entire range of the keyboard and complementing it with adventuresome melodies and heartfelt, clever lyrics.
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With Shes Always A Woman's powerful lyrics, and Get
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That fast moving tune, has some of the best lyrics anywhere
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Great music and vocals, with what has become his trademark cynical lyrics.
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"Vienna" is a really, really pretty mid-tempo song, with more great, poignant lyrics and really pretty instrumentation - I love the way the accordion sounds here
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All the good beat and piano melodies are accompanied by Joel's awesome lyrics.
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Intelligent lyrics that helped me through my teenage years
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It is Joel's treatment of these natural human emotions and experiences coupled with great music and lyrics that makes this a stellar album
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Not only are these great songs with entertaining, memorable lyrics and melodies, Joel uses these songs to portray common life experiences for people in today's world: Anger, disillusionment, the struggle to be truly vulnerable with a lover, despair, love for another, the temptation of drugs, raw sexuality and hope for the future
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It is Joel's treatment of these natural human emotions and experiences coupled with great music and lyrics that makes this a stellar album
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The classical piano and whistling intro(and close) of this song is legendary, but its some powerful lyrics.
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Very upbeat and bouncy, with good lyrics
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Great clarity when played on a good system ( Class-A ) with some fantastic lyrics and piano.
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Its provocative lyrics examine the dual natures and contradictions that lie within each of us.
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It is great music and great, meaningful lyrics!
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The Title track (#2) is a bit of both, lulling us in with soft whistling and then hitting us with a hard beat and great lyrics.
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The lyrics aren't that good, and the music is subpar.
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This is combined with some stellar lyrics - making for one outstanding collection
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For all it takes is one spin of this pop-rock masterpiece to realize how gifted Joel is with concise melodies and subversive lyrics.
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Truthful lyrics like these are absolutely spellbinding to my ear
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The instrumentation, the lyrics and the timing are all super.
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For all it takes is one spin of this pop-rock masterpiece to realize how gifted Joel is with concise melodies and subversive lyrics.
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The Title track (#2) is a bit of both, lulling us in with soft whistling and then hitting us with a hard beat and great lyrics.
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Decent music and lyrics, with a pretty good vocal delivery.
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FYI read Steve's blog and interviews sometime if you're into the "sound" of these classic recordings of my youth as much as I; his palpable Will Farrell SNL skit-style smug disdain for the Infidels who dare question him there is AWESOME-I LOVE HIM!
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But if it was just the idea that nearly every song is recognized, I very well could have declared Rumours by Fleetwood Mac, Sports by Huey Lewis, or even Thriller by Michael Jackson the greatest ever