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(DIR) Post #1852171 by BestGirlGrace@social.illegalpornography.com
2018-12-09T08:49:10Z
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Billy Joel found out that if you do music, people will listen to you talk about which girls you're horny for way longer
(DIR) Post #1852193 by BestGirlGrace@social.illegalpornography.com
2018-12-09T08:51:30Z
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regular guy, telling you about the Catholic girl he wants to have sex with: okay, creepBilly Joel, doing the same thing: welcome to being number 24 on the Billboard charts, Only The Good Die Young
(DIR) Post #1852204 by healyn@mastodon.social
2018-12-09T08:53:01Z
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@BestGirlGrace damn
(DIR) Post #1852218 by comradetaylorswift@radical.town
2018-12-09T08:53:25Z
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@healyn @BestGirlGrace roasted
(DIR) Post #1852219 by BestGirlGrace@social.illegalpornography.com
2018-12-09T08:53:45Z
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@comradetaylorswift @healyn don't get me wrong, I'm as pro-BJ as anyone else, but he's got some thinkers
(DIR) Post #1852241 by healyn@mastodon.social
2018-12-09T08:56:04Z
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@BestGirlGrace @comradetaylorswift i saw a recent interview with him where he responded to a question comparing him to Springsteen and he said he cared more about melody than lyrics, so i use that as an excuse to ignore his dumbass lyrics
(DIR) Post #1852245 by audrey@vulpine.club
2018-12-09T08:57:15Z
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@BestGirlGrace i mean, right afterwards he goes into a soulful introspective song about how he loves his wife even though lots of people hate her because she's assertive, so he can kinda get away with it
(DIR) Post #1852248 by Wenin@lesbiab.space
2018-12-09T08:57:44Z
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@BestGirlGrace straight music things
(DIR) Post #1852254 by BestGirlGrace@social.illegalpornography.com
2018-12-09T08:58:02Z
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@Wenin there's also Tell Her About It, which is about how you should tell your girlfriend about what's going on in your life
(DIR) Post #1852264 by Wenin@lesbiab.space
2018-12-09T08:58:55Z
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@BestGirlGrace I think they play that a lot on Radio Caroline. But usually couples should improve on their communication.
(DIR) Post #1852269 by BestGirlGrace@social.illegalpornography.com
2018-12-09T08:59:22Z
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@Wenin I'm dunking on him for Only The Good Die Young, but he's got some decent messages with his other music
(DIR) Post #1852281 by BestGirlGrace@social.illegalpornography.com
2018-12-09T09:00:25Z
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@audrey He's got some songs with actually good messages, like "Home is where you're with people you care about" and "show business isn't as glamorous as it looks, it'll chew you up and spit you out". I just like to give him the business about this one.
(DIR) Post #1852286 by Wenin@lesbiab.space
2018-12-09T09:00:40Z
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@BestGirlGrace if you listen to lyrcis there are sadly quite many songs like this on popular music
(DIR) Post #1852309 by audrey@vulpine.club
2018-12-09T09:02:17Z
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@BestGirlGrace oh yeah I fucking love Billy Joel, the entire music collection on my phone is just his complete discography. Only the good die young is better than your joke gives credit for, but its still one of the weaker ones from The Stranger and doesn't deserve to be one of the chart-topping singles from that album
(DIR) Post #1852315 by BestGirlGrace@social.illegalpornography.com
2018-12-09T09:02:20Z
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@healyn @comradetaylorswift I dunk on him for Only The Good Die Young and how he jerks himself off during Piano Man, but stuff like You're My Home and The Entertainer make it clear he actually has some worthwhile- it not super original- stuff to say
(DIR) Post #1852321 by comradetaylorswift@radical.town
2018-12-09T09:03:19Z
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@BestGirlGrace @healyn what movie is it where there's a billy joel cover band but they won't play any of the songs anyone likes
(DIR) Post #1852352 by healyn@mastodon.social
2018-12-09T09:04:55Z
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@BestGirlGrace @comradetaylorswift only the good die young is still a fun karaoke song, but yea the lyrics are kinda fucked up
(DIR) Post #1852359 by BestGirlGrace@social.illegalpornography.com
2018-12-09T09:06:06Z
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@audrey I like a lot of his music, and even the songs that are a little silly lyric-wise (Only The Good Die Young and Tell Her About It) are solid and fun to listen to.
(DIR) Post #1852388 by audrey@vulpine.club
2018-12-09T09:07:33Z
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@BestGirlGrace oh yeah definitely. He's got a lot of songs with some dodgy lyrics (looking at you here, you're my home) but they're all a good listen every once in a while.
(DIR) Post #1852531 by Flexybend@mastodon.social
2018-12-09T09:17:57Z
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@BestGirlGrace The lyrics are strange, yet speak for their times. What really gets me is that he not only sings objectifyingly about this woman but also about the disposability of men. That you have to be a rich guy buying pearls. Yet there is a change of mind and culture already taking place: there is hope that it's just not the pearls that win this girls love but his good heart. Unthinkable!
(DIR) Post #1852650 by BestGirlGrace@social.illegalpornography.com
2018-12-09T09:24:15Z
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@Flexybend Yeah, you can make the argument that Billy is singing from the perspective of a character. Apparently, in an interview, Joel pointed out that, hey, the narrator never gets the girl. She's Always A Woman and Tell Her About It are more progressive.
(DIR) Post #1852824 by Flexybend@mastodon.social
2018-12-09T09:33:13Z
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@BestGirlGrace I didn't know about the Interview! I'll have to google :D but yeah. Sexism goes both ways.
(DIR) Post #1869745 by healyn@mastodon.social
2018-12-10T01:36:30Z
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@BestGirlGrace im going to think about this toot every time i hear Only The Good Die Young
(DIR) Post #1869797 by audrey@vulpine.club
2018-12-10T01:38:42Z
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@BestGirlGrace @healyn @comradetaylorswift excuse me what, you're my home has the worst lyrics of any Billy Joel song. "Instant pleasure-dome" lol what Billy?Also he uses a racist slur in that one, goddamnit billy you can't say g*psy
(DIR) Post #1869889 by BestGirlGrace@social.illegalpornography.com
2018-12-10T01:42:37Z
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@audrey @healyn @comradetaylorswift His heart is in the right place, with the "home is the people you care about" message, but he sure does have interesting views of what that means.
(DIR) Post #1869899 by audrey@vulpine.club
2018-12-10T01:43:11Z
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@BestGirlGrace @healyn @comradetaylorswift the basic idea behind the lyrics is good, but the actual execution is a dumpsterfire of garbage.
(DIR) Post #1869928 by larrydavis@radical.town
2018-12-10T01:40:55Z
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@healyn @BestGirlGrace That’s the only William Joel song I likeCoincidence???? Yeah probably
(DIR) Post #1869929 by BestGirlGrace@social.illegalpornography.com
2018-12-10T01:44:05Z
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@larrydavis @healyn One day, you will be on Jeopardy, and Alex will be like "This song about Billy Joel trying to get his dick wet peaked at #24 on the charts" and you'll be ready.
(DIR) Post #1869952 by larrydavis@radical.town
2018-12-10T01:45:01Z
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@BestGirlGrace @healyn What is “We Didn’t Start The Fire?”
(DIR) Post #1869956 by healyn@mastodon.social
2018-12-10T01:45:07Z
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@BestGirlGrace @larrydavis "Alex, what is Uptown Girl?"
(DIR) Post #1870013 by BestGirlGrace@social.illegalpornography.com
2018-12-10T01:47:37Z
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@healyn @larrydavis "Songs in which Billy Joel is horny" is kind of an SNL Celebrity Jeopardy category, huh
(DIR) Post #1870019 by healyn@mastodon.social
2018-12-10T01:48:13Z
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@BestGirlGrace @larrydavis to be fair that's like 70% of every song ever recorded
(DIR) Post #1870057 by BestGirlGrace@social.illegalpornography.com
2018-12-10T01:49:56Z
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@healyn @larrydavis Yeah, this isn't exclusive to BJ by a long shot. It's impressive that he has so many bangers that aren't about being horny.
(DIR) Post #1870216 by larrydavis@radical.town
2018-12-10T01:57:04Z
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@BestGirlGrace @healyn Tbh thanks to a youth spent watching Conan this is literally the first thing I think of whenever I hear “Billy Joel”:https://youtu.be/h9U8tgiD9u0
(DIR) Post #1870273 by BestGirlGrace@social.illegalpornography.com
2018-12-10T01:59:28Z
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@audrey @healyn @comradetaylorswift@radical.townman, the "Is Billy Joel Cancelled" switch is really going back and forth all the time
(DIR) Post #1870346 by larrydavis@radical.town
2018-12-10T01:58:26Z
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@BestGirlGrace @healyn remember when his drunk driving escapades were joke fodder for a solid year? Good times
(DIR) Post #1870347 by BestGirlGrace@social.illegalpornography.com
2018-12-10T02:03:28Z
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@larrydavis @healyn this is the first time I'm hearing about this, jeez. But it was because of 9/11, you see
(DIR) Post #1870390 by larrydavis@radical.town
2018-12-10T02:05:32Z
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@BestGirlGrace @healyn In my mind the two Celebrity Drunk Drivers are Bill Joel and Randy TravisRandy Travis has the extra distinction of doing it while naked
(DIR) Post #1870419 by BestGirlGrace@social.illegalpornography.com
2018-12-10T02:07:24Z
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@larrydavis @healyn man, that was in 2012. He doesn't even get to blame 9/11 for it.
(DIR) Post #1870440 by DirectorBlack@radical.town
2018-12-10T02:07:43Z
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@larrydavis @BestGirlGrace @healyn does dick cheney count if he did it as an idiot college student?
(DIR) Post #1870441 by BestGirlGrace@social.illegalpornography.com
2018-12-10T02:08:05Z
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@DirectorBlack @larrydavis @healyn I remember Cheney more for that hunting accident, tbh
(DIR) Post #1870450 by DirectorBlack@radical.town
2018-12-10T02:08:36Z
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@BestGirlGrace @larrydavis @healyn wonder what else he's known for; i'm sure he's got a lot of great things in his career.
(DIR) Post #1870457 by fuckcompute@monsterpit.net
2018-12-10T02:08:52Z
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@BestGirlGrace >pro-BJ/r/nocontext
(DIR) Post #1870469 by BestGirlGrace@social.illegalpornography.com
2018-12-10T02:09:38Z
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@DirectorBlack @larrydavis @healyn He was there to do https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Cheney_hunting_incident and make money off the Iraq War, and he was soon all out of dudes to shoot.
(DIR) Post #1870474 by DirectorBlack@radical.town
2018-12-10T02:10:05Z
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@BestGirlGrace @larrydavis @healyn i can't tell if you took my deadpan humor at face value or didn't get that it was deadpan humor lmfao
(DIR) Post #1870500 by BestGirlGrace@social.illegalpornography.com
2018-12-10T02:11:39Z
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@DirectorBlack @larrydavis @healyn Really, he's lucky he gets to be remembered for two things. Vice presidents usually get to be a dumb joke (Dan Quayle) or immediately vanish of the face of the earth.
(DIR) Post #1870509 by larrydavis@radical.town
2018-12-10T02:11:55Z
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@BestGirlGrace @healyn we wish Randy Travis the best, as we do all country singers who appeared in Hey Arnold
(DIR) Post #1870523 by DirectorBlack@radical.town
2018-12-10T02:12:30Z
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@BestGirlGrace @larrydavis @healyn my thoughts of him and his legacy are still fresh after seeing the biopic of him a few weeks ago
(DIR) Post #1949335 by BestGirlGrace@social.illegalpornography.com
2018-12-13T06:03:06Z
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in conclusion, Billy Joel is a land of contrasts
(DIR) Post #1949345 by picklemaddierix@deadinsi.de
2018-12-13T06:03:24Z
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@BestGirlGrace we didnt start the fire is about how he wants to have sex with history
(DIR) Post #1949403 by BestGirlGrace@social.illegalpornography.com
2018-12-13T06:09:29Z
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@picklemaddierix It's true, when he gets to "rock and rolla cola wars, I can't take it any more", he busts a nut, but they edit it out of the recordings