Joel channeled one of his biggest career influences, The Beatles, for the tune of Tomorrow Is Today. It has a subtler softer sound, albeit one that’s just not as polished as his other work.įalling of the Rain introduced the world to the beautiful piano magic that this sorcerer could conjure up and the sharp vocals that accompanied them.
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Standout TracksĪ raw debut that’s full of heart, Joel’s Cold Spring Harbor takes you to the East Coast where the magic began.īilly Joel’s first record, Cold Spring Harbor, was released through Family Production before his second discovery by Columbia Records. Joel rushes back and forth between his struggles of fame and maintaining blue collar sympathies in Streetlife Serenade, and the result isn’t half bad. The Entertainer details the taxing and tumultuous road of the entertainment business and notes the cutting of Piano Man forced upon him by the label. Los Angelenos is sort of his critique of the new world he now inhabits for all of its diversity, exoticism, and noise: Streetlife Serenade comes at the time of Joel’s life in the city and offers his reactions to what’s going on around him. It’s an album that picks you up from your generic geographic location and drops you off in a dirty, but hopeful Los Angeles after a stop in the desert. Either way, it’s perfect for your commute or road trip to the city.
The trouble with Streetlife Serenade is understanding if it’s a working man’s mixtape or a documentation of newfound fame.
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