Pretty Much Every Song He Did Could’ve Been a HIT…ESPECIALLY These 5 tracks | Professor Of Rock

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When anyone thinks of the baddest rock stars on the planet, Billy Joel would likely be at the back of the line because they judge his work and persona off of a few radio hits. Uptown Girl, Just the Way You Are, We Didn’t Start the Fire... Well that bias has caused many to miss out on one of the greatest back catalogs of songs in history and one of baddest cats in the business… Mr. Billy Joel the Piano Man. Truth is he’s one of the baddest dudes in the game and one of the greatest artists in rock history and he’s been hiding in plain site all these years. Let me just give you some starters…

His Father Escaped from the Natzis, He got his nose broken in a boxing match after winning 22 or 25 bouts and he learned to box because he used to get picked on by bullies for taking piano lessons… He had a heavy metal band called Attila decades before the genre flourished… and after his first album was mastered at the wrong speed making him sound like a chipmunk...he wrote one of the greatest songs in history while hiding out in a dive bar after signing a horrible contract. He would prove time and again to be the ultimate fighter waging comeback after comeback and selling well over 100 million records despite elitist Critics attacking him from all sides Up next we’ll let you in on the secret of his 5 greatest hidden gems including Until the Night, Laura and This Night… With his original drummer Liberty Devitto providing deep dive commentary.

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What If I told you that one of the baddest dudes in rock history was hiding in plain site all these years. Lets me just give you some starters… His Father Escaped from the Natzis, He got his nose broken in a boxing match after winning 22 or 25 bouts and he learned to box because he used to get picked on by bullies for taking piano lessons… He had a heavy metal band called Attila decades before the genre flourished…

after his first album was mastered at the wrong speed making him sound like a chipmunk...he wrote one of the greatest songs in history while hiding out in a dive bar after signing a horrible contract. He would prove time and again to be the ultimate fighter waging comeback after comeback and selling well over 100 million records despite elitist Critics attacking him from all sides..

He broke his hand in a life threatening motorcycle accident and re learned to play, he dropped an F bomb in one of his songs well before Eminem was twinkly in his mother’s eye and he’s sold out one of the most prestigious venues in the world consecutively for almost a decade despite the fact that he hasn’t released new music in 30 years. I could go on and on and on. If you haven’t figure it out I’m talking about our own modern day gershwin, the self deprecating songwriting genius... Billy joel… Let’s get to the real meat and potatoes.. the music.

Most people don’t realize it. but the
Piano Man Billy Joel is the sixth best selling artist in history in America just behind Led Zeppelin and just ahead of Michael Jackson.