Let’s be how much Billy Joel sucks

I'm the really awful and overly literal cover of the "River of Dreams" album.

Who?

I'm Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Even if there were 10,000 of me lined up in a long fat row, it'd be only 1/billionth of how much Billy Joel sucks.

Fuck you, OP. He's written a lot of great songs. Do try to remind us what you've accomplished in your life, exactly.

I'm Phil Collins and I am relieved this thread isn't about me.

I'm Katie Lee and I traded up. Big time.

R4, I started this thread and have hated Billy Joel ever since the execrable Greatest Hits, Vol III which I once was forced to listen to on endless repeat on cassette from Cola, SC to Harlingen, TX.

I’ve earned my hate.

I'm Christie B.-J., and the BJs I bestowed on Mr. BJ got both my album cover art and my "dancing" in front of the general public.

I’m his dominant genes.

R7, you really need to get a life.

I think he’s written some terrific pop songs. I’ll always hate We Didn’t Start the Fire, though—what a wretched song.

I'm the odd cameo in a documentary about Halston because my song had referenced a "Halston dress." I'm shown in my garage around my motorcycles and I'm conspicuously bulging in my jeans.

We Didn't Start the Fire, yuck.

Billy Joel was the first person I ever saw in concert, just as he released "the Stranger" album. He was hot looking in the posters around school. I hoped I would get seats close to the stage; I ended up in the rafters. It was still a great time.

I found out which hotel he was staying at. I had half a mind to hang out in the lobby. Like he was ever going to see me...

OP STOLE MY ENTRY! There is just no good excuse for Piano Man!

IMO, he has a huge range - from some really good pop and soft rock to awful sucky dreck.

Op, he's 71. Get over it.

I love Billy Joel, his songs also reminds me of my childhood sitting in the back of a station wagon but positive memories.

I'm a heart at-TACK-AK-AK-AK-AK that working too hard can get you!

Billy Joel deserved to be covered by TWO Marie Osmonds!

Let’s be the fact that he doesn’t suck, he just is what he is.

The compositions of William Joel.

I'm the moment he aged from a reasonably cute "ethnic" guy into another old alter kocker.

Fuck you, OP.

I'm "Say Goodbye to Hollywood" live and I'm fabulous.

I'm not much

I'm the Downeaster "Alexa"!

I'm Elton John's career after the mid-90s, which has been filled with one execrable pile of aural shit after another.

The foul l ear-raping cacophany of Billy Joel's music would have to climb a million miles up to even reach me.

I feel about him like I do Elton, I like both of their stuff pre-80's. Their best music was in the 70's.

When I was in college we all loved The Stranger album. I think he did some crap later. But I saw him in concert and he was a really good entertainer. Pick on someone really bad.

Fuck you, OP. Billy Joel is / was a great songwriter. I'm so happy to see his monthly Madison Square Garden shows were sold out prior to the corona virus. I love his humility and every-man quality.

I am the closeted gay men Paul (never had time for a wife) and Davy (Navy for life) sitting at the bar.

It's Still Billy Joel To Me

Billy Joel really does suck. He's an ass too if you've seen the documentary "Hired Gun". His treatment of his bandmates was awful.

I’m his early songs which didn’t.

Not here, bitch. I love Billy Joel. PLEASE give us a taste of your music preferences.

When I was a young gayling, I had a crush on him and had most of his records. Some of his ballads were kind of treakly, but I loved "It's a Matter of Faith" and "Say Goodbye to Hollywood".

I'm a native Lawnguylander and I love Billy Joel, especially the live albums. I was at one of the last nights at Shea, it was a great concert.

I'm the grifter first wife and brother in law. Together we robbed Bill blind.

"Still Rock and Roll": absolutely in the Top 10 worst songs ever written.

Billy Joel is the singer I love to hate. His songs have entered my DNA whether I like it or not. Does he write his own lyrics? They are too wordy, leaving little room for the listener to find or lose him/herself in the song. He's a good composer though with a gift at finding a melody.

I like My Life, reminds me of Bosom Buddies

Billy Joel hardly sucks,

He has some great pop tunes in his catalogue..

sorry for the punctuation.

I’m his unbelievably large house. What’s someone need that much space for???

[quote]What’s someone need that much space for???

Social distancing.

I like many of his songs, but I do think he's had his share of clunkers. Looking at this chart history, I was surprised at how some of his hits didn't even make it in the Top 10 on the US charts. Still, 13 songs that made the Top 10 over two decades is a career most musicians would kill for.

I’m one of many people on this thread who disagree with you.

All that room and no outside pool????

I’m the inventive key change in “Uptown Girl” that caused you haters to unconsciously hum along. Caught you off guard, didn’t I!

I'm the person that suicidal but has Billy Joel as my guardian angel. As seen in this touching video You're Only Human, Second Wind.

I’m his 3rd car accident in 2 years.

I'm the suicidal guy that is saved by my guardian angel Billy Joel. In this touching and sensitive video. You're only human, second wind.

I’m the old lady in her house when BJ crashed into the house on his motorcycle. With pizza.

I’m the “piano keys” skinny tie he popularized in the 80s. Every guy with a mullet had one for special occasions.

I'm Garth Brooks.

I, Garth = (Billy Joel's suckiness) + 1.

That's because my career is basically Billy Joel, but fatter.

[quote] What’s someone need that much space for???

He bought that when he was married to Katie Lee. Then she decided she wanted to live in Greenwich Village, so he bought her a $10 million townhouse. And then she decided she had always wanted a house on the beach, so he bought her a $17 million house on the beach and the $10 million house next door for her birthday or anniversary and she promptly filed for divorce before they could ever move into the beach house.

That Oyster Bay mansion has been for sale on and off for over a decade

I'm the children of thalidomide, STILL waiting for my royalties every time that song plays we should get .0001 of a cent --those little flipper kids are really cute!

R57 wow that must set a record for cold hearted gold digging. She’s still such a social try hard.

I've liked a few of his song but he certainly has put out a lot of awful ones.

I feel the same way about Sting. Once they get really rich and start living in the bubble. The music starts to suffer. What are they going to write songs about? Hanging out with the rich friends, buying mansions or yachts?

Billy Joel doesn't suck.

I never owned an album by him, but he had a lot of great songs that were hits and always made me smile or turn up the knob when one would come on the radio.

He may well be overrated, but suck? Don't think that's fair.

I’m the irrefutable fact that he sucks. Clearly, a hard pill to swallow for many of you.

I am the subjective opinion that he sucks. Also, I love him.

I’m the lyrics

He stinks, but Allentown is a minor masterpiece.

he's one of the few who knew when his time in the spotlight was over......be grateful for that

I think “New York State of Mind” is a pretty good song, almost reminds of a Broadway tune. I wonder why he’s never written a whole show or original music, I guess it’s a lot of work.

*of original music

I Don'T like you just the way you are

I'm your own life that you should go ahead with.

I’ve never been a big fan - liked some of his earlier stuff ok - but even at his best I thought he was a bit on the nose with his lyrics. HOWEVER i was at a memorial concert on Central Park’s Great Lawn on 9/11/02 where he performed “NY State of Mind” and it was a very powerful moment for the entire audience.

He was really good with new music, until he married Christie Brinkley. He remained a good performer though

Happiness is the death of art R73.

He exuded Hicksville smug.

I'm old enough that - before he was famous - he played at dances at my high school (on Long Island, New York) in a band called "The Hassles". It's a thin memory, admittedly, but he and his band were pretty good.

If you're not too cool, among the least of them, he had a few great songs.