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Billy Joel Allentown

Opening up with the high-pitched toot of a shift whistle Billy Joels lament to the blue-collar working man in Allentown contains both a heartening theme as well as some catchy lyrics and witty use of instruments. Song information for Allentown - Billy Joel on AllMusic.


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Allentown is a song by American singer Billy Joel which was the lead track on Joels The Nylon Curtain 1982 album accompanied by a conceptual music video.

Billy joel allentown. General CommentHere is a little history lesson for your history teachers. In 1982 recording artist Billy Joel released a single titled Allentown The song painted a picture of a depressed American economy and the decline of the US as a world economic power through the eyes of a single city crippled by the disappearance of its manufacturing industries. Well were living here in Allentown And theyre closing all the factories down Out in Bethlehem they.

Now Russell Mulcahy was a brilliant director. This song was written about Bethlehem PA. Since releasing his first hit song Piano Man in 1973 Joel has become a multi-million-selling recording artist.

Billy Joel did not grow up in Allentown - he grew up in Levittown on Long Island. This song is for entertainment purposes only. Allentown from The Essential Billy Joel album.

Allentown by Billy Joel Intro C D G 3x G Em D Well were living here in Allentown C D G And theyre closing all the factories down Em A D Out in Bethlehem theyre killing time A Em A D Filling out forms - Standing in line G Em D Well our fathers fought the Second World War C D G Spent their weekends on the Jersey Shore Em A D Met our mothers. Billy Joel Allentown In The Hangover Part II they did a very profane and hilarious spoof of Allentown There was renewed interest in the video on Youtube so I watched it the other day for the first time in a while. Billy Joel Allentown by Jim Beviglia November 5 2019 846 am As we celebrate Labor Day its only natural to think of songs that honestly and sympathetically depict the.

I do not own this music or video. In 1982 Billy Joel released an album titled The Nylon Curtain which became a Billboard Top 10 album and was one of the first to be recorded mixed and mas. Joel released four albums before his first Billboard top 10 hit -- Just the Way You Are from The StrangerA later album The Nylon Curtain featured the song Allentown.

Well were living here in Allentown And theyre closing all the factories down Out in Bethlehem theyre killing time Filling out forms Standing in line Well our fathers fought the Second World War Spent their weekends on the Jersey Shore Met our mothers in the USO Asked them to. Upon its release and especially in subsequent years Allentown emerged as an anthem of blue-collar America representing both the aspirations and frustrations of Americas working. Billy Joel - Nylon Curtain Album - recorded released in 1982.

Behind the Song. Billy Joel 1982s The Nylon Curtain included many allusions to the disillusionment of the American Dream none so poignant as the frustration heard in Allentown The song has emerged. But I didnt realize until I.

Allentown is a song by American singer Billy Joel which was the lead track on Joels The Nylon Curtain 1982 album accompanied by a conceptual music video. Billy Joel born William Martin Joel on May 9 1949 in Bronx New York USA is an American pianist singer-songwriter and composer. Billy Joel decided to stick with the nearby town of Allentown about 15 minute drive west on interstate 78 because he felt that the name Bethlehem would conjure up images of the birth place of Christ.

082711 edited 050613 in Billy Joel Discussion I think Billy Joel was ahead of this time again when he produced the song Allentown However because he was pioneering an emerging consciousness about the shift in the American economy he mistakenly offered an. Ask your teacher to name one steel mill located in town of Allentown. In 1982 Billy Joel released an album titled The Nylon Curtain which became a Billboard Top 10 album and was one of the first to be recorded mixed and mas.

In an interview with James Lipton on Inside the Actors Studio he compared Allentown with his hometown while he was growing up noting the similaritiesJoel stated that the original title was Levittown and the original lyrics seemed kind of bland and he felt that they would possibly be considered boring to. Upon its release and especially in subsequent years Allentown emerged as an anthem of blue-collar America representing both the aspirations and frustrations of Americas working.


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