But Billy Joel should have stuck to tuneful love songs. The Stranger is a tuneful record with some nice turns on the piano. What follows is my impression and rating. I am hoping he can re-establish in me a modicum of coolness. But today, after many years, I listen to Billy Joel with somewhat fresh ears. And of course, I could no longer like him. Reading the lyric sheet… But when The Stranger came out, he had become huge. We had to work a little for music, and I remember working for Billy Joel. Sometimes even clean fuzz off the needle. So I was diggin’ “Streetlife Serenade” and “Piano Man.” And back then we actually had to pull a record out of a sleeve, dust it off, and place it on a turntable. This was actually before The Stranger came out. I thought he was pretty cool for a titch. Sure, I had a “Joel Phase” as some noob once said to me at a party. I suppose it’s appropriate, but I could go on the rest of my life without ever hearing this record again.
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