Friday, November 9, 2007

The piano man is THE man!!

Awesome. Amazing. Freakin' unbelievable.

Does anyone actually expect me to put into words how much I loved Billy Joel's concert? There are no words. Awesome doesn't cut it. Amazing, true - but still, more than that.

Freakin' unbelievable -- the only way to put it I think.

It was unbelievable just being under the same roof as this incredible music genius. He goes from rock to classical and back again - how does he do that?

The concert began with the grand piano rising from below the stage - and there he was. And then he played. And sang. And cracked jokes. He's a funny guy. He's such an old man - and he loves making jokes about that. The first thing he said was "hi - I'm Billy's dad. Billy couldn't make it today". The last time he was in Washington he sung at the Tacoma Dome - and he completely ripped on that. Awesome. He loves Seattle much better!

He sang a lot of favorites, but a few that I've never heard. And he played an instrumental piece - you know that he has written a lot of classical music in the last decade? Well, this wasn't entirely traditional classical music - it was like piano on crack. He even said he was afriad of messing it up because it was so diffcult. The camera zoomed on his hands a lot - I loved watching his hands move across the piano, especially with this piece.

And then he stood up, the piano disappeared, and someone handed him... an electric guitar. Instant rock concert. And the first song he played with the guitar - Jimi's 'Kiss the sky'. He said it was an appropriate tribute, being in Seattle. Everyone went nuts! The guitar stayed out for quite a few songs, but of course the piano HAD to come back.

The night ended with FOUR standing ovations and THREE encore songs, ending with nothing less than THE PIANO MAN. Like he would finish a concert without singing that! ;)

I just can't believe it's over. We would have stayed all night if he would have kept playing.
I LOVE BILLY JOEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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