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許久沒有聽音樂了，就算有，也沒有聽新的音樂，總是聽一些從中學時代就很喜歡的。iPod Nano用了三四年了，音樂也是從剛拿到時放進去後就幾乎沒換過了。會更新的大蓋就只有podcast了。被友人問起最喜歡誰唱的情歌？讓我最有感覺的，從中學至今也是沒變－－Billy Joel. iPod裡放著他的"Greastest Hits"，我還記得很清楚我還曾推薦許多同學去買呢！



前一陣子在YouTube裡找一些自己從小就喜歡的歌曲，希望能找到當時的MV, 或是電視，演唱會的錄影。結果意外發現了許多 Billy Joel 的歌的影片都是僅年演唱會的錄影。我驚訝的發現 Billy 已經是個老頭子了！這就和十多年前剛買來高科技的 DVD 放影機後，馬上買了 "Boss" 的演唱會錄影一樣！Bruce Springsteen 已經是個"歐吉桑"了！

I was too premature to like the works of Billy Joel back in high school days.  In fact, he should be the singer of my father’s generation.  Well, but my parent would not like any American singer due to language and cultural barrier.  

Billy’s songs were always presented vividly, one could easy come up with images listening to his song (most likely, reading the lyrics was a must).

This is what I took from Wikipedia about Billy Joel:

William Martin "Billy" Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American musician and pianist, singer-songwriter, and classical composer. Since releasing his first hit song, "Piano Man", in 1973, Joel has become the sixth best-selling recording artist and the third best-selling solo artist in the United States, according to the RIAA.

Joel had Top 40 hits in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s; achieving 33 Top 40 hits in the United States, all of which he wrote singlehandedly. He is also a six-time Grammy Award winner, a 23-time Grammy nominee and has sold over 150 million records worldwide. He was inducted into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame (1992), the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1999), the Long Island Music Hall of Fame (2006) and the Hit Parade Hall of Fame (2009). Joel "retired" from recording pop music in 1993 but continues to tour (often with Elton John).