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| From | "Mike and Roxy" <mikenrox@wmis.net> |
| Subject | Billy Joel in R&R HOF |
| Date | Fri, 20 Jun 2003 12:29:15 -0400 |
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Hi,
Here's another vote for "All For Leyna" as a great tune. I was in the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame a couple years ago. The John Lennon exhibit was
fascinating and the Hall was a great place to be. What impressed me the
most, though, was a small display case with Billy Joel memorabilia. In it
was a simple school notebook with ruled paper. On the pages were the
handwritten lyrics of Billy Joel's. To see the crossed out and re-written
verses to "Honesty" just got to me. I guess it made me appreciate the
process that eventually becomes a masterpiece (to me, at least). Not being
a songwriter, in the back of my mind I still had the naive notion that these
things came together in one big complete burst of inspiration. It made
Billy much more human to see that the lyrics had to be tweaked over time to
produce the song I liked so much.
Mike - who gave up trying to hate music I was supposed to hate when I heard
"Calling Dr. Love" by Kiss. I guess the KissFreaks back in school were on
to something.
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