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<v Speaker 1>All right, And last but not least, Billy Joel and

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<v Speaker 1>So it Goes, which is a music documentary capturing the

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<v Speaker 1>life and career of Billy Joel. And of course this

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<v Speaker 1>features exclusive interviews, are Chibo footage, and personal memorabilia, and

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<v Speaker 1>I believe it's a touching portrait of one of music's

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<v Speaker 1>most enduring icons.

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<v Speaker 2>So let me go through this one.

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<v Speaker 1>Really quickly and start by saying that this was a

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<v Speaker 1>two part documentary. Shane, there are five hours of Billy Joel.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, yes, five?

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<v Speaker 1>Now what let me tell you five the five hours

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<v Speaker 1>actually work because it would almost be like the Luther

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<v Speaker 1>Van Draws dot came in at about an hour forty.

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<v Speaker 1>Luther Van Draws's career is nineteen seventy six, He makes

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<v Speaker 1>his first song in nineteen eighty and then he passes

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<v Speaker 1>away in twenty twenty four, so he has a lifespan

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<v Speaker 1>of about twenty twenty five years.

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<v Speaker 2>As an artist.

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<v Speaker 1>Right. More than that, well, I mean no saying that

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<v Speaker 1>when the first Luther album wasn't really like the album

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<v Speaker 1>that popped, he didn't pop until eighty one and he

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<v Speaker 1>passed no for it, so he's about twenty three. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>being generous about twenty five, twenty somebody years name somebody else,

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<v Speaker 1>think about somebody like Prince right, so Prince Now remember

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<v Speaker 1>Netflix had a nine hour documentary that they funded, shot it,

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<v Speaker 1>and then pulled it. Yeah, so five hours sounds like

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of time, but when you've got like a

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<v Speaker 1>monumental career. So in a Billy Joel case, the whole

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<v Speaker 1>first part goes up until about from nineteen I want

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<v Speaker 1>to say, was it the early seventies till about the

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<v Speaker 1>late sixties to about nineteen eighty two, And the whole

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<v Speaker 1>focus of that period is him finally breaking through because

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<v Speaker 1>he had been making some songs and he had good songs,

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<v Speaker 1>but the albums weren't popping. His first album that pops

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<v Speaker 1>comes in like around nineteen seventy seven. I don't want

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<v Speaker 1>to say, I want to make sure I'm getting this

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<v Speaker 1>right because, oh, for whatever reason, I don't have internet

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<v Speaker 1>in here today.

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<v Speaker 2>What was the nineteen seventy seven Billy Joel album?

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<v Speaker 1>Was that class Houses? No before class class Houses? Because

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<v Speaker 1>class Houses was the second album, right that popped, and

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<v Speaker 1>then he had another album after that. So he had

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<v Speaker 1>three straight like number one albums in a row that

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<v Speaker 1>really hit. But this and remember he had made Piano

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<v Speaker 1>Man earlier. That was like, like, again, Shane's looking. Piano

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<v Speaker 1>Man is a huge song, right for Billy Joel.

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<v Speaker 2>He had also made The Stranger. That's the album for

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<v Speaker 2>Billy Joel that really popped.

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<v Speaker 1>So after that he had had some singles that had worked,

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<v Speaker 1>but he was looking for that breakthrough album and that

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<v Speaker 1>was the breakthrough album, right, and then Glass Houses came

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<v Speaker 1>after that, and then there was a third album after

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<v Speaker 1>that that really hit for Billy Joel. Right, glass Houses

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<v Speaker 1>my favorite toom.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, So what people don't know. What I didn't know.

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<v Speaker 1>Was that Billy Joel's whole story is absolutely amazing. Man.

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<v Speaker 2>So of course he had a father who.

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<v Speaker 1>Wasn't really kind to him as a kid, and this

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<v Speaker 1>is Billy Joel's words, not Tim Gordon's, and his father

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<v Speaker 1>just disappeared, and years later he found out that his

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<v Speaker 1>father was alive, living in Vienna with a brand new family,

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<v Speaker 1>hence the song Vienna.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't know any of this stuff. I was like wow,

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<v Speaker 2>So I thought, what the.

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<v Speaker 1>Documentary did really really well is like these monumental songs

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<v Speaker 1>that Billy Joel made, he has these stories that lead

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<v Speaker 1>into all these songs.

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<v Speaker 2>Like piano Man.

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<v Speaker 1>Piano Man was about him playing, you know, when he

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<v Speaker 1>was trying to get on and he would show up

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<v Speaker 1>and he would play these piano bars. But what made

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<v Speaker 1>a genius was that he was talking about he wrote

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<v Speaker 1>the song about him, but reflecting on all these different

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<v Speaker 1>art types of people that he met that he played for.

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<v Speaker 1>And also, let me just share that the documentary has

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<v Speaker 1>like a superstar lineup of people who sat down to

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<v Speaker 1>talk about Billy Joel. Everybody from Bruce Springsteen, the NAS to.

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<v Speaker 2>Don Henley, John Coogar, Magle.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, he like they're huge people, sting I think,

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<v Speaker 1>sits down and has some stuff. So everybody's talking about

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<v Speaker 1>Billy Joel. Right, Billy Joel was just a super gifted songwriter.

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<v Speaker 1>So the first episode ends because I I skipped the narrative.

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<v Speaker 1>He was he was in his first band and his

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<v Speaker 1>best friend in the band.

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<v Speaker 2>Was married to this woman.

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<v Speaker 1>I can't remember what the name was, but they he

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<v Speaker 1>started spending time with this guy's wife and fell in

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<v Speaker 1>love with his wife and had to tell his best

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<v Speaker 1>friend that, hey, man, I fell in love with your

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<v Speaker 1>wife and then and she was his muse. So they

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<v Speaker 1>break up. So Joel tries to commit suicide a couple

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<v Speaker 1>of times because he's super depressed. The guy and his

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<v Speaker 1>wife don't work out. They they part, he hooks back

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<v Speaker 1>up with her, and that's his lady, who's his muse

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<v Speaker 1>for all these songs, and then she became his manager,

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<v Speaker 1>and the whole first part goes up until when they

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<v Speaker 1>finally split up after whatever this third album was, it

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<v Speaker 1>came out the Glasshouses.

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<v Speaker 2>She was just tired of the She wasn't really about

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<v Speaker 2>all that stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>But she was certain the Class Houses was the third albums.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the third album, so she they split up out

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<v Speaker 1>what was the album? Between Street to the second Street?

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<v Speaker 2>Thank You?

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<v Speaker 1>So the whole first half, man, it's just amazing, and

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<v Speaker 1>she's interviewed in this real oh oh my god it is.

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<v Speaker 2>It is absolutely fantastic.

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<v Speaker 1>So I'll end by saying, because I don't want to

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<v Speaker 1>extend this Billy Joel.

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<v Speaker 2>And so it goes. It is great.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a reminder that behind the bright lights and sold

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<v Speaker 1>out arenas, the piano man's greatest legacy might be how

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<v Speaker 1>deeply personal and universal his songs remain.

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<v Speaker 2>And when you watch it you'll see what I'm talking about.

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<v Speaker 1>I gave this thing a b plus I really liked, and.

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<v Speaker 2>So it goes, Wow, great stories made you think higher

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<v Speaker 2>of Billy Joel Man. I always like Billy Joe.

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<v Speaker 1>But there's some there's some things in here that are

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<v Speaker 1>really really sad man.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, you know, you think.

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<v Speaker 1>About you know, we talk all the time about how

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<v Speaker 1>artists are able to take really horrible things and turn

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<v Speaker 1>them into something amazing. And to me, I mean, there's

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<v Speaker 1>some there's a bunch of songs, but the Vienna one

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<v Speaker 1>is the is the worst. The Vienna because because when

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<v Speaker 1>I heard Vienna, my idea of what Vienna means is

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<v Speaker 1>entirely different than what what Billy Joel saw when he

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<v Speaker 1>wrote that. Because Vienna plays like, you know, something about

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<v Speaker 1>young man. So it's almost a song about somebody young,

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<v Speaker 1>Slow down, young man, and you know, because Vienna's waiting

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<v Speaker 1>for you, like at some point. I took it to

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<v Speaker 1>mean that, like, at some point you're gonna grow old

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<v Speaker 1>in your age and this this part of your life

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<v Speaker 1>is waiting for you.

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<v Speaker 2>That's not what Vienna's about. Look, look, Shane, that's not it.

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<v Speaker 1>Vienna is about a guy who never got the love

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<v Speaker 1>from his dad up until the day his father passed

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<v Speaker 1>and always wanted his father's love, only to find out

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<v Speaker 1>that his father was living with another family, loving love,

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<v Speaker 1>getting giving love to another child that wasn't him in Vienna,

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<v Speaker 1>who Like I was sitting there when he when he

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<v Speaker 1>told that story, I was like, wait, what does happen?

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<v Speaker 2>Wow, that's not what I thought this was.

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<v Speaker 1>But yes, so Billy jo w and Sale goes man,

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<v Speaker 1>it's gonna be debuting this weekend on HBO Max. I

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<v Speaker 1>would highly recommend you check that out