Why don't they make music like this anymore?

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by RU OX Alum

Even though I first heard it in highschool.

Originally Posted by PhiGam

I was born a few years after this song came out...

I was in college.

Although I have to admit I never liked this song, even when it came out -- I didn't really like much of anything Billy Joel came out with in the 80s. I much preferred his earlier stuff -- "Summer, Highland Falls," "New York State of Mind," "Prelude/Angry Young Man" or "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" and the like. Like Elton John, I always thought he was at his best when he focused on the piano.

Besides, the beginning always reminded me of the beginning of Another Pleasant Valley Sunday -- which, having watched The Monkees every Saturday when I was kid, I liked much better.

[midwesterngirl]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

I was in college.



Besides, the beginning always reminded me of the beginning of Another Pleasant Valley Sunday -- which, having watched The Monkees every Saturday when I was kid, I liked much better.

That was always one of my favorites too. I figured out why when I learned that it was written by Carole King. Even as a die hard, Zeppelin and Pink Floyd fan, I most definitely appreciate her talent.

As for Billy Joel, I was always partial to Big Shot.