Billy Joel the life and times of an angry young man

Billy Joel: The Life and Times of an Angry Young Man is a look at the superstar's entire career, including his troubled youth as a gang member; the controversy surrounding his first hit, "Captain Jack"; his legal problems; his storied marriage with Christie Brinkley; and his continued...

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Main Author: Bordowitz, Hank.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Milwaukee, WI : Backbeat Books, 2011.
Edition: Rev. and updated ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • And never saw his father anymore
  • Children lived in Levittown
  • You might have heard I run with a dangerous crowd
  • There's a new band in town
  • We all fall in love, but we disregard the danger
  • So much to do and only so many hours in a day
  • The things I did not know at first I learned by doing twice
  • I bring to you my songs
  • A good reputation laying on the line
  • Sing us a song, you're the piano man
  • She's nobody's fool
  • I can finally find out what I've been looking for
  • Everybody's all excited by it
  • Doesn't matter what they say in the papers
  • I came home to a woman that I could not recognize
  • A fool who's not afraid of rejection
  • Made his move on Christie Lee
  • When you're counting on a killing, always count me in
  • Red flags are flying
  • I try to keep fighting
  • So far she hasn't run
  • I give my time to total strangers
  • Could { have missed the overture
  • Every drunk must have his drink
  • I saw the lights go out on Broadway
  • Got a new wife
  • Go ahead with your own life
  • Another serenader and another long-haired band
  • I'm trying just to get to second base
  • He can't understand why his heart always breaks
  • I can't tell you more than I've told you already
  • That is the story.