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Hayes, VA New Rock and Roll to ME
This is an extended memory which begins with "Glass Houses" [around '85] and ends at the Hampton Coliseum [~'87]. I was about 12-13 and most of my...
Read Memory Richmond, VA My Mom
I'm not sure if the date is right for this one. I wish I remenbered the reason, but I was having a hard time - maybe in school or with some friends. My Mom...
Read Memory Lansing, MI Goldfish Killer
My friend, Kelly, told me a story about how some guy that lived below her told her this song reminds him of her. Everytime I heard it from then, I thought of...
Read Memory Holbrook, NY Memories of Dad
I am 30 years old and my dad died a year ago. When I was a little girl I used to sneak into my dads records and take all of his Billy Joel albums out and...
Read Memory United Kingdom A little in love & a lot in...
I was soooo in lust with (and I'd better add in my defence, a fair amount of in love with, too) a lovely man I met when I was temping as...
Read Memory Fort Worth, TX There's a purpose
So, I was doing some research for a paper I was writing in my senior English class, the paper happened to be on 'Vienna'...Well, I chose to write the paper...
Read Memory Dover, FL My First Albums
I had just turned 15 and was starting to listen to my own music, not just what mom and dad had on the radio. I had birthday money and went to the record...
Read Memory Brooklyn, NY Grammercy Left
When I was turning 17, I spent my birthday weekend in FL. We drove around, Missy and I, hanging out with pierced delinquents. One cool night, we just drove...
Read Memory Unknown friends
There is no song on the Stranger that does not speak to my life. The songs were all true as a junior in high school and they are still true now. Everybody...
Read Memory Ann Arbor, MI Skips, Pops, and Mangled Lyrics
My parents were very young when I was born, my mom just 17 and my dad just 18.They were just kids really, with all the interests of kids, including music. I...
Read Memory Australia My first Billy Joel Concert
My cousin and I had camped ouside the Forum overnight to be first in line when the box office opened. It was a cold night of delerium and songs and coffee...
Read Memory United States The Song Is At Its Greatest...
Beautiful, beautiful! Never in my life have I seen a song like this!It was so touching, in fact, that I took the name of some of my pets, and my crush and...
Read Memory United States Some Are Satin, Some Are Steel
Our parents always tell us to never talk to strangers. That is true, we musn't, until we know their true insides. Whether it be the inside of a warm,...
Read Memory United States Leave A Tender Moment Alone......
I used to hear this song on my fav radio station all the time, and it was a really nice song with a nice feel to it. It was a love melody that touched me...
Read Memory United States Zanzibar Can't Be Beat
I remember hearing the song "Zanzibar" on the album 52nd Street. Hard to believe the album wasn't a BIG hit, because the songs sure were. Anyhow,...
Read Memory United States Teaching Teens About Life... And...
I can't even point out three of today's songs that would teach kids lessons about life. But I can point out many songs that push teens to make the wrong...
Read Memory Berlin, NH I'll try
whenever I hear this song a peaceful feeling comes over me.I feel as though this is a plea to women to be how they are, flaws, faults, and bitchy-ness, and...
Read Memory Fort Worth, TX You know best
Everybody's been through a point in their lives when their parents think they know the path in which YOU should take through YOUR adult life. They think they...
Read Memory Fort Worth, TX Live Your Life
In life there have been many times where I have been unsure if I should do something, or attempt something, or say one thing, and so and and so forth. I...
Read Memory Fort Worth, TX Masterpiece
There's been a few masterpieces in this world today. The Sistine Chapel, the pyramids, and composition from composers such as Beethoven, or Gershwin. Well, I...
Read Memory Philadelphia, PA My Childhood Days
I was about 10 years old when I heard this song for the first time. I had just joined the choir in my school and was really getting into singing and wanting...
Read Memory United States To All Billy Joel Fans... A Memoir
This beautiful memoir is to all of you Billy Joel fans out there... read it carefully and apply it to your knowledge: Music is like a metronome, it ticks...
Read Memory United States The Song That Brought My Crush...
It's really hard to find someone who likes Billy Joel songs these days. When I had a crush on this guy, I noticed that he had an iPod too.So I asked him what...
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