All songs hold memories, and some songs are more special than others. Everyone has those songs that bring them back to another time and place each time you hear it. When emotions come flooding back, or a memory becomes so vivid, it's like you are reliving it all over again, and it may be beautiful or bitter sweet or even sad, but either way, you are addicted to going back to the past just for a little while as the song is playing. And being in a nostalgic mood today, I decided to write about one of my 'memory lane' songs, which is the wonderful classic, "Piano Man" by Billy Joel.
Ironically, the lyrics themselves speak of nostalgia and the surrender to escape from the realities for some time, which is felt in the music. The story is so sad, about Billy Joel's experience as a piano man and the people who came to hear him play, which makes the song even sadder, because it is about real people and real circumstances; of living with unfulfilled aspirations and trying to cope in a world that has disillusioned them from their dreams. But despite all that, it is a song that is fantastic to sing along too.
The music begins with the solo piano, which then is joined by the harmonica, which in my opinion, heightens the sense of nostalgia. Billy Joel has written incredible songs, with other classics like 'New York State of Mind' and 'Just the way you are,' but 'Piano Man' still remains one of his most famous. It was released in late 1973, and to this day is one of his most loved songs, with all generations having heard it. I'm not going to go into my own memories with it, but I hope you enjoy 'Piano Man,' because it really is one of those songs that everyone should listen to, and you never know, you may create your own memories with it.
Ironically, the lyrics themselves speak of nostalgia and the surrender to escape from the realities for some time, which is felt in the music. The story is so sad, about Billy Joel's experience as a piano man and the people who came to hear him play, which makes the song even sadder, because it is about real people and real circumstances; of living with unfulfilled aspirations and trying to cope in a world that has disillusioned them from their dreams. But despite all that, it is a song that is fantastic to sing along too.
The music begins with the solo piano, which then is joined by the harmonica, which in my opinion, heightens the sense of nostalgia. Billy Joel has written incredible songs, with other classics like 'New York State of Mind' and 'Just the way you are,' but 'Piano Man' still remains one of his most famous. It was released in late 1973, and to this day is one of his most loved songs, with all generations having heard it. I'm not going to go into my own memories with it, but I hope you enjoy 'Piano Man,' because it really is one of those songs that everyone should listen to, and you never know, you may create your own memories with it.
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