#the downeaster alexa

[heartsoulrocknroll]

Billy Joel - The Downeaster 'Alexa' (Live at the Los Angeles Sports Arena, April 1990)

While I'm on a roll about Billy's vocals, I'll leave this here, because I've probably listened to it 20 times over the last few days. Everything going on here is great. Liberty on the drums. Jean-Luc Ponty on the violin. Billy giving a chill-inducing vocal performance. This incredible song. I can't get over it.

[hawthorn-crow]

This is one of my favorite Billy Joel songs, and I'm absolutely loving this cover of it.

[auricdrake]

Name a song that has ___ in its title:

A color

A person's name

An animal

A ship

Reblog with four songs you can think of!

[dearqueerheart]

anyone wanting vibey music- the downeaster alexa by billy joel really hits that sweet spot for me and i can’t explain it.

[droids-in-disguise]

No Piano Man, no We Didn't Start the Fire, and no 'other' option, y'all have to choose.

[thebreakfastgenie]

have other people heard of the Allentown narrator "I won't be getting up today" suicide theory? I feel like this used to be discussed.

[docnoctem]

@kraniumet for you

[waitingforminjae]

[orionis13]

Listening to music and physically holding myself back from starting a new project till i finish my others help

[jacklefay]

nothing like realizing that billy joel was a hyper fixation for me at one point and how much i learned about him and read his music like watching the inside the actors studio episode with him in it and my dad fully not knowing several of the songs they talked about even with having been a fan of his for ages

[ugh-yoongi]

talking to @effortandmore about how billy joel/sad ‘70s new yorker coded yoongi is

feeling a lil delusional abt it tbh

[ryanoftinellb]

Due to the way I watch my DVD collection, I've been waiting to make this joke for about 7 years now:

🎶 Tell my wife I am watching Atlantis

and I still have my hands on the… DHD 🎶

[zerodaryls]

mindful music reblog game

when you see this post, listen to the song the reblogger put in the tags, but try to do so mindfully – whatever that means for you.

you can pay special attention to the melody, or the lyrics. you can practice empathy for the singer. you can immerse yourself in the overall Mood of the song. whatever feels most like "mindful" engagement with music to you.

then, reblog and put a song in the tags for the next person to listen to. it can be literally anything, from the serious and heart-wrenching to the lighthearted and silly. this is just an exercise in taking a few minutes to immerse yourself in the mood/emotions/story that one human (or a band of humans) wanted to share with the world.

[gobbluthbutagirl]

the way 11 of my top 100 songs are by billy joel and he wasn’t even my top artist. Do we live in a fucking society or what

[crispyflowerblaze]

um WHY is storm front by billy joel such an amazing album like what the heck