(applause and cheering)
♪ ♪
(applause and cheering swell)
(piano plays intro to "Miami 2017")
(applause and cheering swell)
♪ Seen the lights go out on Broadway ♪
♪ I saw the Empire State laid low ♪
♪ And life went on beyond the Palisades ♪
♪ They all bought Cadillacs ♪
♪ And left there long ago ♪
♪ We held a concert out in Brooklyn ♪
(applause and cheering)
♪ To watch the island bridges blow ♪
♪ They turned our power down ♪
♪ And drove us underground ♪
♪ But we went right on ♪
♪ With the show... ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I've seen the lights go out on Broadway ♪
♪ I saw the ruins at my feet ♪
♪ You know we almost didn't notice it ♪
♪ We'd seen it all the time ♪
♪ On 42nd Street ♪
♪ They burned the churches up in Harlem ♪
♪ Like in that Spanish civil war ♪
♪ The flames were everywhere ♪
♪ But no one really cared ♪
♪ It always burned up there ♪
♪ Before... ♪
♪ Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ I've seen the lights go out on Broadway ♪
♪ I watched the mighty skyline fall ♪
♪ The boats were waiting at the battery ♪
♪ The union went on strike ♪
♪ They never sailed at all ♪
♪ They sent a carrier out from Norfolk ♪
♪ And picked the Yankees up for free ♪
♪ They said that Queens could stay ♪
♪ They blew the Bronx away ♪
♪ And sank Manhattan out at sea ♪
♪ Yeah, ah-ah, ah-ah ♪
♪ Whoa, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh ♪
♪ You know those lights were bright on Broadway ♪
(applause and cheering)
♪ But that was so many years ago ♪
♪ Before we all lived here in Florida ♪
♪ Before the Mafia ♪
♪ Took over Mexico ♪
♪ There are not many who remember ♪
♪ They say a handful still survive ♪
♪ To tell the world about ♪
♪ The way the lights went out ♪
♪ And keep the memory ♪
♪ Alive. ♪
(applause and cheering)
(song ends)
(applause and cheering)
(band plays intro to "My Life")
(applause and cheering)
(band plays Beethoven's "Ode to Joy")
(band plays intro to "My Life")
(applause and cheering)
♪ Ooh, yeah ♪
♪ All right ♪
Yeah!
♪ Got a call from an old friend, we used to be real close ♪
♪ Said he couldn't go on the American way ♪
♪ Closed his shop, sold the house ♪
♪ Bought a ticket to the West Coast ♪
♪ Now he gives them a stand-up routine in L.A. ♪
♪ I don't need you to worry for me 'cause I'm all right ♪
♪ I don't want you to tell me it's time to come home ♪
♪ I don't care what you say anymore, this is my life ♪
♪ Go ahead with your own life, leave me alone ♪
♪ I never said you had to offer me a second chance ♪
♪ I never said you had to ♪
♪ I never said I was a victim of circumstance ♪
♪ I never said ♪
-♪ I still belong ♪ -♪ Still belong ♪
-♪ Don't get me wrong ♪ -♪ Get me wrong ♪
♪ You can speak your mind ♪
♪ But not on my time ♪
♪ They will tell you you can't sleep alone ♪
♪ In a strange place ♪
♪ Do, do, do, do, do-do ♪
♪ Oh, then they're gonna tell you ♪
♪ You can't sleep with somebody else ♪
♪ Do-do, do-do, do-do ♪
♪ Ah, but sooner or later, you sleep in your own space ♪
♪ Do, do, do, do-do ♪
♪ Either way, it's okay, you wake up with yourself ♪
♪ I don't need you to worry for me 'cause I'm all right ♪
♪ I don't want you to tell me it's time to come home ♪
♪ I don't care what you say anymore, this is my life ♪
♪ Go ahead with your own life, leave me alone ♪
♪ I never said you had to offer me a second chance ♪
♪ I never said you had to ♪
♪ I never said I was a victim of circumstance ♪
♪ Of circumstance ♪
♪ And I still belong ♪
♪ Still belong ♪
-♪ Don't get me wrong ♪ -♪ Get me wrong ♪
♪ You can speak your mind ♪
♪ But not on my time ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I don't care what you say anymore ♪
♪ This is my life ♪
♪ Go ahead with your own life ♪
♪ Leave me alone ♪
♪ Keep it to yourself, it's my life ♪
♪ Oh, it's my life ♪
♪ Keep it to yourself, it's my life ♪
♪ Oh, keep it yourself ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ Keep it to yourself, it's my life ♪
♪ Yeah, it's my life. ♪
(song ends)
(cheering, applause)
BILLY JOEL: Thank you very much.
Welcome to Madison Square Garden.
-(cheering, applause) -(bass drum riffs)
Uh, this next song is from an album
-that came out in 1977. -(cheering, applause)
The album was called The Stranger.
(cheering, applause)
And this was not a-a single released from that album,
it wasn't a hit single, it was just an album track,
but people seemed to gravitate towards this song,
so we do it.
This is called "Vienna."
(cheering, applause)
♪ ♪
♪ Slow down, you crazy child ♪
♪ You're so ambitious for a juvenile ♪
♪ But then if you're so smart ♪
♪ Tell me, why are you still so afraid? ♪
♪ Mm ♪
♪ Where's the fire, what's the hurry about? ♪
♪ You better cool it off before you burn it out ♪
♪ You got so much to do ♪
♪ And only so many hours in a day ♪
♪ Ay ♪
♪ You know that when the truth is told ♪
♪ You can get what you want or you can just get old ♪
♪ You're gonna kick off ♪
♪ Before you even get halfway through ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ When will you realize ♪
♪ Vienna waits for you? ♪
♪ Slow down, you're doing fine ♪
♪ You can't be everything you want to be ♪
♪ Before your time ♪
♪ Although it's so romantic ♪
♪ On the borderline tonight ♪
♪ Tonight ♪
♪ Too bad, but it's the life you lead ♪
♪ You're so ahead of yourself you forgot what you need ♪
♪ Though you can see when you're wrong ♪
♪ You know you can't always see when you're right ♪
♪ You're right ♪
♪ You got your passion, you got your pride ♪
♪ But don't you know that only fools are satisfied? ♪
♪ Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ When will you realize ♪
♪ Vienna waits for you? ♪
♪ Slow down, you crazy child ♪
♪ Take the phone off the hook and disappear for a while ♪
♪ It's all right, you can afford to lose a day or two ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ When will you realize ♪
♪ Vienna waits for you? ♪
♪ And you know that when the truth is told ♪
♪ You can get what you want ♪
♪ Or you can just get old ♪
♪ You're gonna kick off ♪
♪ Before you even get halfway through ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ When will you realize ♪
♪ Vienna waits for you? ♪
♪ Why don't you realize ♪
♪ Vienna waits for you? ♪
(cheering, applause)
(song ends)
(mouthing)
Thank you very much.
Welcome to Madison Square Garden,
center of the universe.
It's one thing to play at big arenas,
another thing entirely to play Madison Square Garden.
It's like a homecoming, 'cause I'm a New York guy.
We're the house band here at the Garden.
JOEL: On our current run, I've been playing
a show here every single month.
They bill it as the greatest arena run in history.
There's never been anything like this.
RICKY LAPOINTE: Once a month for ten years,
it's the kind of thing that just doesn't happen.
JOEL: Everyone always wonders how it all started.
DENNIS: The idea came up, "What about Billy
playing Madison Square Garden once a month?"
JOEL: I knew that this kind of thing was happening in Las Vegas,
but would it work in New York?
First night of our Madison Square Garden run.
I have no idea how long this is gonna go.
(chuckles) I thought maybe a year.
DENNIS: And then it just grew bigger.
And then the Garden representatives
brand Billy their franchise.
JOEL: We were like a sports team.
I had no idea how long this would last.
♪ Things are okay with me these days... ♪
There's just something about seeing him at the Garden.
MAN: It's epic. It's legendary.
The greatest venue in the world.
JOEL: It's a great place to play.
It's magical, it's a different experience.
RICKY: It's filled all the way up
to those top seats every single night.
I'm at every show.
WOMAN: I come every month.
Tonight's his 100th show of his residency.
This is so far beyond anything
I ever imagined.
DENNIS: Whoever thought the line
a regular crowd shuffles in
would be Madison Square Garden?
(cheering, applause)
JOEL: A-one, two,
one, two, three, four.
(band playing intro to "Movin' Out")
♪ Ooh, ooh, uh-huh ♪
♪ Mm-hmm ♪
♪ Anthony works in the grocery store ♪
♪ Saving his pennies for someday ♪
♪ M-Mama Leone left a note on the door ♪
♪ She said, "Sonny, move out to the country" ♪
♪ Oh, working too hard can give you ♪
♪ A heart attack, ack, ack, ack, ack, ack ♪
♪ You ought to know by now ♪
♪ Who needs a house out in Hackensack? ♪
♪ Is that all you get for your money? ♪
♪ And it seems such a waste of time ♪
♪ If that's what it's all about ♪
♪ Mama, if that's moving up ♪
♪ I'm ♪
♪ Moving out ♪
♪ I'm moving out ♪
♪ Oh, oh ♪
♪ Ooh, ooh ♪
♪ Uh-huh ♪
♪ Mm-hmm ♪
♪ Sergeant O'Leary is walking the beat ♪
♪ At night, he becomes a bartender ♪
♪ He works at Mr. Cacciatore's down on Sullivan Street ♪
♪ Across from the medical center ♪
♪ And he's trading in his Chevy for a Cadillac ♪
♪ Ack, ack, ack, ack, ack ♪
♪ You ought to know by now ♪
♪ And if he can't drive ♪
♪ With a broken back ♪
♪ At least he can polish the fenders ♪
♪ And it seems such a waste of time ♪
♪ If that's what it's all about ♪
♪ Mama, if that's moving up ♪
♪ I'm ♪
♪ Moving out ♪
♪ I'm moving out ♪
♪ Uh-huh ♪
♪ Ooh, ooh ♪
♪ Uh-huh ♪
♪ Mm-hmm ♪
♪ You should never argue with a crazy mind ♪
♪ Mi, mi, mi, mi, mi ♪
♪ You ought to know by now ♪
♪ You can pay Uncle Sam ♪
♪ With the overtime ♪
♪ Is that all you do with your money? ♪
♪ And if that's what you have in mind ♪
♪ Yeah, if that's what you're all about ♪
♪ Good luck moving up ♪
♪ 'Cause I'm ♪
♪ Moving out ♪
♪ I'm moving out ♪
♪ Uh-huh ♪
♪ Ooh, ooh, uh-huh ♪
♪ Mm-hmm ♪
♪ I'm moving out. ♪
♪ ♪
(cheers and applause)
Thank you.
Please welcome Jerry Seinfeld.
(cheering)
Billy invited me to come tonight
because it's a special night for him.
He has been doing this residency for a long time.
It is really the thing that has, to me,
put the most beautiful medallion on this magnificent career.
He captured how we all feel
living in this particular part of the world,
Long Island, New York.
(cheers and applause)
The companion that we've gone through
our whole lives with, he's like our best--
His music is our best friend for our whole life.
(cheering)
So, tonight, we're going to commemorate
the 100th consecutive sellout
of the Madison Square Garden residency.
Hit the banner.
A hundred sellouts in a row.
Congratulations, Billy.
(cheering)
(playing intro to "New York State of Mind")
♪ ♪
♪ Some folks like to get away ♪
♪ Take a holiday from the neighborhood ♪
♪ Hop a flight to Miami Beach ♪
♪ Or to Hollywood ♪
♪ But I'm taking a Greyhound ♪
♪ On the Hudson River Line ♪
♪ I'm in a New York state of mind ♪
♪ ♪
♪ You know, I've seen all the movie stars ♪
♪ In their fancy cars and their limousines ♪
♪ I've been high in the Rockies under the evergreens ♪
♪ But I know what I'm needing ♪
♪ And I don't want to waste more time ♪
♪ I'm in a New York state of mind ♪
♪ Oh, yeah ♪
♪ It was so easy living day by day ♪
♪ Out of touch with the rhythm and blues ♪
♪ But now I need a little give and take ♪
♪ The New York Times ♪
♪ The Daily News ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ It comes down to reality ♪
♪ And it's fine with me ♪
♪ 'Cause I let it slide ♪
♪ Don't care if it's Chinatown or on Riverside ♪
♪ I don't have any reasons ♪
♪ Left them all behind ♪
♪ Just in a New York state of mind ♪
♪ Oh, yeah ♪
♪ ♪
♪ It was so easy ♪
♪ Living day by day ♪
♪ Out of touch with the rhythm and blues ♪
♪ But now I need a little give and take ♪
♪ The New York Post ♪
♪ Newsday too ♪
♪ Oh-oh-oh ♪
♪ Comes right down to reality ♪
♪ And that's fine with me 'cause I let it slide ♪
♪ Don't care if it's Chinatown or on Riverside ♪
♪ I don't have any reasons ♪
♪ Left that all behind ♪
♪ I'm in a New York state of mind ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Oh, yeah ♪
♪ I'm just taking a Greyhound ♪
♪ On the Hudson River Line ♪
♪ Because I'm in a... ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I'm in a New York... ♪
♪ ♪
♪ State of... ♪
♪ Mind ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah. ♪
(cheers and applause)
All right. Thank you.
JOEL: Please welcome Bruce Springsteen.
We've had some really good guests.
You never know who's gonna show up.
Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden
is a place where, if you're an artist,
you want to stop by and jump onstage.
And it's happened dozens of times over the last decade.
Hey now. Now this is fun.
JOEL: If somebody shows up you don't expect,
we can just incorporate them into the show
if they want to play.
There's always gonna be someboy in town,
that's what's fun about New York.
Please say hello to Olivia Rodrigo.
Thank you so much for having me, Billy.
I'm such a huge fan.
(cheers and applause)
I'm gonna bring on a friend of mine.
I met this guy back in the early '80s, late '70s,
and, uh, he's one of my favorite musicians.
Please welcome Sting.
(cheering)
(band playing "Big Man On Mulberry Street")
♪ Why can't I lay low ♪
♪ Why can't I say what I mean ♪
♪ Why don't I stay home ♪
♪ And get myself into some boring routine ♪
♪ Why can't I calm down ♪
♪ Why is it always a fight ♪
♪ I can't get unwound ♪
♪ Why do I throw myself into the night ♪
♪ Hey ♪
♪ Now, I'm on the outside ♪
♪ I don't fit into the groove ♪
♪ Now I ain't a bad guy ♪
♪ So tell me what am I trying to prove ♪
♪ Why can't I cool out ♪
♪ Why don't I button my lip ♪
♪ Why do I lash out ♪
♪ Why is it I always shoot from the hip ♪
♪ I cruise from Houston to Canal Street ♪
♪ A misfit and a rebel ♪
♪ I see the winos talking to themselves ♪
♪ And I can understand ♪
♪ Why is it every time I go out ♪
♪ I always seem to get into some kind of trouble ♪
♪ I guess I made an impression on somebody ♪
♪ North of Hester and south of Grand ♪
♪ Ooh, yeah ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
♪ And so in my small way ♪
♪ I'm a big man on Mulberry Street ♪
♪ I don't mean always ♪
♪ Only at night when I'm light on my feet ♪
♪ What else have I got ♪
♪ That I'd be trying to hide ♪
♪ Maybe a blind spot ♪
♪ I haven't seen from the sensitive side ♪
♪ ♪
(vocalizes)
♪ But you know in my own heart ♪
♪ I'm a big man on Mulberry Street ♪
♪ I play the whole part ♪
♪ I leave a big tip with every receipt ♪
♪ I'm so romantic ♪
♪ And I'm such a passionate man ♪
♪ Sometimes I panic ♪
♪ What if nobody finds out ♪
♪ Who I am ♪
♪ Hey ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I'm a big man ♪
♪ On Mulberry Street, man ♪
♪ I'm a big noise ♪
♪ I'm not one of the boys ♪
♪ I'm a big man on Mulberry Street ♪
♪ Hey-ey ♪
♪ Hey...! ♪
(song ends)
(cheering)
Sting.
Thank you very much.
Okay.
Hi.
We're in the round, you know?
This is the best venue that we've ever played.
This is our favorite place...
(drum fill plays)
...to play.
And we play a lot bigger places.
We play similar arenas,
but this is the Garden, this is the place.
-This is... -(cheering)
This next song we're gonna do,
I-I was making an album
called An Innocent Man.
(cheering)
So...
there's some high notes in this next song,
which if I don't hit, you're gonna go,
"Oh, he can't sing to save his ass."
It's okay. I-I give you permission
to-to grimace and-and make noise
if I don't hit the notes.
Anyway, just wish me luck.
(cheering)
Let's see what happens 'cause...
I'm curious myself.
This is, this is "An Innocent Man."
("An Innocent Man" playing)
♪ ♪
♪ Some people stay far away from the door ♪
♪ If there's a chance of it opening up ♪
♪ They hear a voice in the hall outside ♪
♪ And hope that it just passes by ♪
♪ Some people live with the fear of a touch ♪
♪ And the anger of having been a fool ♪
♪ They will not listen to anyone ♪
♪ So nobody tells them a lie ♪
♪ I know you're only protecting yourself ♪
♪ I know you're thinking of somebody else ♪
♪ Someone who hurt you ♪
♪ But I'm not above ♪
♪ Making up for the love ♪
♪ You've been denying you could ever feel ♪
♪ I'm not above doing anything ♪
♪ To restore your faith if I can ♪
♪ Some people see through the eyes of the old ♪
♪ Before they ever get a look at the young ♪
♪ I'm only willing to hear you cry ♪
♪ Because I am an innocent man ♪
♪ Oh, I am ♪
♪ An innocent man ♪
♪ Oh, yes, I am ♪
♪ Some people say they will never believe ♪
♪ Another promise they hear in the dark ♪
♪ 'Cause they only remember too well ♪
♪ They heard somebody tell them before ♪
♪ Some people sleep all alone every night ♪
♪ Instead of taking a lover to bed ♪
♪ Some people find that it's easier to hate ♪
♪ Than to wait anymore ♪
♪ I know you don't want to hear what I say ♪
♪ I know you're gonna keep turning away ♪
♪ But I've been there and if I can survive ♪
♪ I can keep you alive ♪
♪ I'm not above going through it again ♪
♪ I'm not above being cool for a while ♪
♪ If you're cruel to me I'll understand ♪
♪ Some people run from a possible fight ♪
♪ Some people figure they can never win ♪
♪ Although this is a fight I can lose ♪
♪ The accused is an innocent man ♪
♪ Oh, I am ♪
♪ An innocent man ♪
♪ Oh, yes, I am ♪
♪ An innocent man ♪
♪ You know you only hurt yourself out of spite ♪
♪ I guess you'd rather be a martyr tonight ♪
(applause and cheering)
♪ That's your decision ♪
♪ But I'm not below ♪
♪ Anybody I know ♪
♪ If there's a chance of resurrecting a love ♪
♪ I'm not above going back to the start ♪
♪ To find out where the heartache began ♪
♪ Some people hope for a miracle cure ♪
♪ Some people just accept the world as it is ♪
♪ I'm not willing to lay down and die ♪
♪ Because I am an innocent man ♪
♪ Oh, I am ♪
♪ An innocent man ♪
♪ Oh, yes, I am ♪
♪ An innocent man ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh-oh ♪
♪ Mm, mm-mm ♪
♪ Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. ♪
-(song ends) -(applause and cheering)
Thank you.
Billy Joel: The 100th live from Madison Square Garden
will continue. This is CBS.
MAN: What do you guys want to hear tonight?
I would love to hear Billy's new song.
"Turn the Lights Back On."
His new song he did at the Grammys.
"Turn the Lights Back On." I love it.
MAN: What song do you want to hear?
-"Turn the Lights Back On." -The new one.
-You kidding? His new song. -Love the new song.
That new joint. Uh, "Turn the Lights Back On"?
"Turn the Lights Back On."
BOTH: "Turn the Lights Back On."
Of course.
MAN: What do you want to hear tonight?
Anything but "Turn the Lights Back On."
(applause and cheering)
JOEL: Okay.
Now for the last ten years,
been playing here once a month,
and I kind of have to do a disclaimer,
uh, before we would go into the show,
say, "Uh, I don't really have anything new to play for you."
(laughter, cheering)
So...
-So... (laughs) -(cheering)
So we're gonna do the same old ....
(cheering)
But we actually have something new to play now.
(loud cheering)
It's called "Turn the Lights Back On."
(applause and cheering)
(playing intro to "Turn the Lights Back On")
♪ Please open the door ♪
♪ Nothing is different ♪
♪ We've been here before ♪
♪ Pacing these halls ♪
♪ Trying to talk ♪
♪ Over the silence ♪
♪ And pride sticks out its tongue ♪
♪ Laughs at the portrait that we've become ♪
♪ Stuck in a frame ♪
♪ Unable to change ♪
♪ I was wrong ♪
♪ I'm late ♪
♪ But I'm here right now ♪
♪ Though I used to be romantic ♪
♪ I forgot somehow ♪
♪ Time can make you blind ♪
♪ But I see you now ♪
♪ As we're layin' in the darkness ♪
♪ Did I wait too long ♪
♪ To turn the lights back on? ♪
(cheering)
♪ Here, stuck on a hill ♪
♪ Outsiders inside the home that we built ♪
♪ The cold settles in ♪
♪ It's been a long winter of indifference ♪
♪ Maybe you love me ♪
♪ Maybe you don't ♪
♪ Maybe you'll learn to ♪
♪ And maybe you won't ♪
♪ You've had enough ♪
♪ But I won't give up on you ♪
♪ I'm late ♪
♪ But I'm here right now ♪
♪ And I'm tryin' to find the magic ♪
♪ That we lost somehow ♪
♪ Maybe I was blind ♪
♪ But I see you now ♪
♪ As we're layin' in the darkness ♪
♪ Did I wait too long ♪
♪ To turn the lights back on? ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I'm late ♪
♪ But I'm here right now ♪
♪ Is there still time for forgiveness? ♪
♪ Won't you tell me how? ♪
♪ I can't read your mind ♪
♪ But I see you now ♪
♪ As we're laying in the darkness ♪
♪ Did I wait too long ♪
♪ To turn the lights back on? ♪
♪ I'm here right now ♪
♪ Yeah, I'm here right now ♪
♪ Looking for forgiveness ♪
♪ I can see ♪
♪ As we're laying in the darkness ♪
♪ Did I wait too long ♪
♪ To turn the lights back on? ♪
-(song ends) -(applause and cheering)
Thank you very much.
Billy Joel: The 100th live from Madison Square Garden
will continue. This is CBS.
-(applause and cheering) -Thank you.
(band plays intro to "River of Dreams")
♪ Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh ♪
♪ Ah-ah, ah, ah, ah ♪
♪ Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh,
ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
♪ Ah, ha, yes, sir ♪
-♪ I go walkin' the, in the middle of the ♪ -♪ Yeah ♪
♪ I go walkin' in the, in the middle of the ♪
-♪ I go walking in the ♪ -♪ In the middle of the night ♪
-♪ I go walking in my sleep ♪
-♪ From the mountains of faith ♪
-♪ Mountains of faith ♪ -♪ To the river so deep ♪
-♪ River so deep ♪ -♪ I must be searching for something ♪
-♪ Searching for something ♪ -♪ Something sacred I lost ♪
-♪ Sacred I lost ♪ -♪ But the river is wide ♪
-♪ River is wide ♪ -♪ Too hard to cross ♪
♪ Too hard to cross ♪
♪ Even though I know the river is wide ♪
♪ I walk down every evening and I stand on the shore ♪
♪ I try to cross to the opposite side ♪
♪ So I can finally find what I've been looking for ♪
-♪ In the middle of the night ♪ -♪ Middle of the night ♪
-♪ I go walking in my sleep ♪ -♪ I go walking in my sleep ♪
-♪ Through the valley of fear ♪ -♪ Valley of fear ♪
-♪ To a river so deep ♪ -♪ River so deep ♪
-♪ I've been searching for something ♪ -♪ Searching for something ♪
-♪ Taken out of my soul ♪ -♪ Taken out of my soul ♪
-♪ Something I'd never lose ♪ -♪ Never lose ♪
-♪ Something somebody stole ♪ -♪ Something somebody stole ♪
♪ I don't know why I go walking at night ♪
♪ But now I'm tired and I don't want to walk anymore ♪
♪ I hope it doesn't take the rest of my life ♪
♪ Until I find what it is that I've been looking for ♪
(grunts)
-♪ In the middle of the night ♪ -♪ Middle of the night ♪
-♪ I go walking in my sleep ♪ -♪ I go walking in my sleep ♪
-♪ Through the jungle of doubt ♪ -♪ Jungle of doubt ♪
-♪ To a river so deep ♪ -♪ River so deep ♪
-♪ I'm searching for something ♪ -♪ Searching for something ♪
-♪ Something so undefined ♪ -♪ So undefined ♪
-♪ That it can only be seen ♪ -♪ Only be seen ♪
♪ By the eyes of the blind ♪
-♪ In the middle of the night ♪ -♪ I go walking in the ♪
♪ In the middle of the ♪
♪ I go walking in the ♪
♪ In the middle of the ♪
♪ I go walking in the ♪
♪ In the middle of the ♪
♪ I go walking in the ♪
♪ In the middle of the ♪
♪ I go walking in the ♪
♪ In the middle of the ♪
♪ I go walking in the, in the middle of the ♪
♪ I go walking in the ♪
♪ In the middle of the ♪
♪ I go walking in the, in the middle of the ♪
♪ I'm not sure about a life after this ♪
♪ God knows I've never been a spiritual man ♪
♪ Baptized by the fire, I wade ♪
♪ Into the river that runs to the promised ♪
♪ Land ♪
(holding note)
♪ Yeah. ♪
Hey! You know what?
New York City, let's do it!
♪ When I was a little girl ♪
♪ I had a ragdoll ♪
♪ Only doll I've ever owned ♪
(vocalizing)
♪ Now I'm gonna love you ♪
♪ Just the way I loved ♪
♪ That ragdoll, but only ♪
♪ Now my love has grown ♪
♪ And it gets stronger ♪
♪ Every way ♪
♪ And it gets deeper ♪
♪ Let me say ♪
♪ Then it gets higher ♪
♪ Day by day ♪
New York, come on!
♪ Ah, do I love you ♪
♪ My, oh, my ♪
♪ River deep ♪
♪ Mountain high, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
♪ Ah, if I lost you ♪
♪ Would I cry ♪
♪ Oh, how I love you, baby ♪
♪ Baby, baby, baby ♪
♪ When you were a little boy ♪
♪ Did you have a puppy ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ That always followed you around ♪
♪ Well, I'm gonna ♪
♪ Be as faithful as that puppy ♪
♪ No, I'll never let you down ♪
♪ It goes on and on ♪
♪ Like a river flows ♪
♪ And it gets bigger, babe ♪
♪ Heaven knows ♪
♪ And it gets sweeter ♪
♪ As it grows ♪
♪ Come on, do I love you ♪
♪ My, oh, my, hey ♪
♪ River deep ♪
♪ Mountain high ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
♪ If I lost you, would I cry ♪
♪ Oh, how I love you, baby ♪
♪ Baby, baby, baby. ♪
New York City!
I love you!
Yeah!
-(song ends) -(cheers and applause)
♪ In the middle of the night ♪
-♪ In the middle of the night ♪ -♪ I go walking in my sleep ♪
-♪ Through the desert of truth ♪
-♪ Desert of truth ♪ -♪ To the river so deep ♪
-♪ River so deep ♪ -♪ We all end in the ocean ♪
-♪ End in the ocean ♪ -♪ We all start in the streams ♪
-♪ Start in the streams ♪ -♪ We're all carried along ♪
-♪ Carried along ♪ -♪ By the river of dreams ♪
-♪ In the middle of the night ♪ -♪ I go walking in the ♪
♪ In the middle of the ♪
♪ I go walking in the, in the middle of the ♪
♪ I go walking in the ♪
♪ In the middle of the ♪
♪ I go walking in the ♪
♪ In the middle of the ♪
(vocalizing)
♪ I go walking in the, in the middle of the ♪
♪ I go walking in the ♪
♪ In the middle of the, I go walking in the ♪
♪ Talking about the middle of the night ♪
♪ I go walking in the, in the middle of the ♪
♪ Mountains of faith ♪
♪ Rivers so deep ♪
♪ In the middle of the night ♪
♪ I go walking in my sleep ♪
-♪ Mountains of faith ♪ -♪ In the middle of the ♪
-♪ I go walking in the ♪ -♪ River so deep ♪
-♪ Hey ♪ -♪ In the middle of the night ♪
-♪ In the middle of the, I go walking in the ♪ -♪ I go walking in my sleep ♪
-♪ In the middle of the, I go walking in the ♪ -♪ Mountains of faith ♪
-♪ In the middle of the, I go walking in the ♪ -♪ River so deep ♪
-♪ In the middle of the, I go walking in the ♪ -♪ In the middle of the night ♪
-♪ In the middle of the, I go walking in the ♪ -♪ I go walking in my sleep ♪
-♪ In the middle of the, I go walking in the ♪ -♪ Mountains of faith ♪
-♪ In the middle of the, I go walking in the ♪ -♪ River so deep ♪
-♪ Hey-ey-ey ♪ -♪ I go walking in the ♪
-♪ Gloria ♪ -♪ In the middle of the, I go walking in my sleep ♪
-♪ In the middle of the ♪ -♪ Mountains of faith ♪
-♪ It's not for real ♪ -♪ River so deep ♪
-♪ In the middle of the night ♪ -♪ In the middle of the ♪
-♪ Gloria ♪ -♪ I go walking in my sleep ♪
-♪ In the middle of the ♪ -♪ Mountains of faith ♪
-♪ It's not too real ♪ -♪ River so deep ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Hoo. ♪
(cheering)
Thank you.
(cheering)
(playing "Scenes From an Italian Restaurant")
♪ A bottle of white ♪
♪ A bottle of red ♪
♪ Perhaps a bottle of rosé instead ♪
♪ We'll get a table near the street ♪
♪ In our old familiar place ♪
♪ You and I ♪
♪ Face to face ♪
♪ Mm ♪
♪ A bottle of red ♪
♪ A bottle of white ♪
♪ It all depends upon your appetite ♪
♪ I'll meet you any time you want ♪
♪ In our Italian restaurant ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Things are okay with me these days ♪
♪ Got a good job, got a good office ♪
♪ Got a new wife, got a new life ♪
♪ And the family is fine ♪
♪ We lost touch long ago ♪
♪ You lost weight I did not know ♪
♪ You could ever look so nice after so much time ♪
♪ Do you remember those days ♪
♪ Hanging out at the village green? ♪
♪ Engineer boots, leather jackets ♪
♪ And tight blue jeans ♪
♪ Oh, drop a dime in the box ♪
♪ Play a song about New Orleans ♪
♪ Cold beer, hot lights ♪
♪ My sweet romantic teenage nights ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Oh-oh, oh-oh ♪
♪ Oh-oh-oh-oh ♪
♪ Oh-oh, oh-oh ♪
♪ Oh-oh-oh ♪
♪ Brenda and Eddie were the popular steadies ♪
♪ And the king and the queen of the prom ♪
♪ Riding around with the car top down and the radio on ♪
♪ Nobody looked any finer ♪
♪ Or was more of a hit at the Parkway Diner ♪
♪ We never knew we could want more than that out of life ♪
♪ Surely Brenda and Eddie would always know how to survive ♪
♪ Oh-oh, oh-oh ♪
♪ Oh-oh-oh-oh ♪
♪ Oh-oh, oh-oh ♪
♪ Oh-oh-oh-oh ♪
♪ Brenda and Eddie were still going steady ♪
♪ In the summer of '75 ♪
♪ When they decided the marriage would be at the end of July ♪
♪ Everyone said they were crazy ♪
♪ Brenda you know that you're much too lazy ♪
♪ Eddie could never afford to live that kind of life ♪
♪ Oh, but there we were wavin' Brenda and Eddie goodbye ♪
♪ Oh-oh, oh-oh ♪
♪ Oh-oh-oh-oh ♪
♪ Well, they got an apartment with deep pile carpet ♪
♪ And a couple of paintings from Sears ♪
♪ A big waterbed that they bought with the bread ♪
♪ They saved for a couple of years ♪
♪ They started to fight when the money got tight ♪
♪ They just didn't count on the tears ♪
♪ Oh-oh, oh-oh ♪
(vocalizes)
♪ ♪
♪ Oh-oh, oh-oh ♪
♪ Oh-oh ♪
♪ They lived for a while in a very nice style ♪
♪ But it's always the same in the end ♪
♪ They got a divorce as a matter of course ♪
♪ And they parted the closest of friends ♪
♪ Then the king and the queen went back to the green ♪
♪ But you can never go back there again ♪
♪ Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh ♪
♪ Brenda and Eddie had had it already by the summer of '75 ♪
♪ From the high to the low to the end of the show ♪
♪ For the rest of their lives ♪
♪ They couldn't go back to the greasers ♪
♪ The best they could do was pick up their pieces ♪
♪ We always knew they would both find a way to get by ♪
♪ Oh, but that's all I heard about Brenda and Eddie ♪
♪ Can't tell you more than I told you already ♪
♪ And here we are wavin' Brenda and Eddie goodbye ♪
♪ Oh-oh, oh-oh ♪
♪ Oh-oh-oh-oh ♪
♪ Oh-oh, oh-oh ♪
♪ Oh-oh-oh-oh ♪
♪ Oh-oh, oh-oh ♪
♪ Oh-oh-oh-oh ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
♪ A bottle of red ♪
♪ Ooh, a bottle of white ♪
♪ Whatever kind of mood you're in tonight ♪
♪ I'll meet you anytime you want ♪
♪ In our Italian restaurant ♪
♪ Oh! ♪
♪ ♪
-(song ends) -(cheers and applause)
Billy Joel: The 100th live from Madison Square Garden
will continue. This is CBS.
-The audience at the Garden is-- -Explosive.
-Contagious. -Loud.
-Magical. -Inexhaustible.
Extraordinary.
Second to none.
It's like a warm blanket.
Hi, my name is Tommy Byrnes, and I play guitar.
I'm David Rosenthal, keyboardist and musical director.
I'm Andy Cichon, I play bass.
I'm Crystal Taliefero, I play percussion.
My name's Carl Fischer, I play trumpet.
My name is Mike DelGuidice, I play guitar.
I'm Chuck Burgi, I play drums.
I'm Mark Rivera and I play saxophone with Billy Joel.
I want to thank Madison Square Garden.
-Thanks to the Garden. -New York City.
-New York City.
-And Billy Joel. -Billy Joel.
-William Martin Joel.
Thank you, Billy Joel.
What a ride.
(cheers and applause)
♪ ♪
Get on with it!
♪ ♪
♪ What's the matter with the clothes I'm wearing? ♪
♪ Can't you tell that your tie's too wide? ♪
♪ Maybe I should buy some old tab collars ♪
♪ Welcome back to the age of jive ♪
♪ Where have you been hiding out lately, honey? ♪
♪ You can't dress trashy till you spend a lot of money ♪
♪ Everybody's talking 'bout the new sound, funny ♪
♪ But it's still rock and roll to me ♪
♪ What's the matter with the car I'm driving? ♪
♪ Can't you tell that it's out of style? ♪
♪ Should I get a set of white wall tires ♪
♪ Are you gonna cruise the Miracle Mile? ♪
♪ Nowadays you can't be too sentimental ♪
♪ Your best bet's a true baby blue Continental ♪
♪ Hot funk, cool punk ♪
♪ Even if it's old junk ♪
♪ It's still rock and roll to me ♪
♪ Well, it doesn't matter what they say in the papers ♪
♪ It's always been the same old scene ♪
♪ Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh ♪
♪ There's a new band in town, but you can't get the sound ♪
♪ From a story in a magazine ♪
♪ Aimed at your average teen ♪
♪ Well, how about a pair of pink sidewinders ♪
♪ And a bright orange pair of pants? ♪
♪ You could really be a Beau Brummell, baby ♪
♪ If you just give it half a chance ♪
♪ Don't waste your money on a new set of speakers ♪
♪ You get more mileage from a cheap pair of sneakers ♪
♪ Next phase, new wave ♪
♪ Dance craze, anyways ♪
♪ It's still rock and roll to me ♪
All right, let's go!
♪ ♪
♪ Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh ♪
♪ Whoa-oh ♪
♪ Ooh... ♪
♪ What's the matter with the crowd I'm seeing? ♪
♪ Don't you know that they're out of touch? ♪
♪ Should I try to be a straight "A" student? ♪
♪ If you are then you drink too much ♪
♪ Don't you know about the new fashion, honey? ♪
♪ All you need are looks, a whole lot of money ♪
♪ It's the next phase, new wave ♪
♪ Dance craze, anyways ♪
♪ It's still rock and roll to me ♪
♪ Everybody's talking about the new sound, funny ♪
♪ But it's still rock and roll to me. ♪
(vocalizing)
-(song ends) -(cheering)
(playing "Only the Good Die Young")
♪ Come out, Virginia, don't let me wait ♪
♪ You Catholic girls start much too late ♪
♪ Oh, but sooner or later, it comes down to fate ♪
♪ I might as well be the one ♪
♪ Well, they showed you a statue and told you to pray ♪
♪ They built you a temple and locked you away ♪
♪ But they never told you the price that you pay ♪
♪ For things that you might have done ♪
♪ Only the good die young ♪
♪ That's what I say ♪
♪ Only the good die young ♪
♪ Ah, you might have heard that I run ♪
♪ With a dangerous crowd ♪
♪ We ain't too pretty, we ain't too proud ♪
♪ We might be laughing a bit too loud ♪
♪ But that never hurt no one ♪
♪ Come on, Virginia, show me a sign ♪
♪ Send up a signal, I'll throw you the line ♪
♪ The stained glass curtain you're hiding behind ♪
♪ Never lets in the sun ♪
♪ Darling, you know only the good die young ♪
♪ Yeah, babe ♪
♪ Only the good die young ♪
♪ You got a nice white dress ♪
♪ And a party on your confirmation ♪
♪ You got a brand-new soul ♪
♪ Ooh, and a cross of gold ♪
♪ But, Virginia, they didn't give you ♪
♪ Quite enough information ♪
♪ You didn't count on me ♪
♪ When you were counting on your rosary ♪
♪ Whoa, whoa, whoa ♪
♪ They say there's a heaven ♪
♪ For those who will wait ♪
♪ Some say it's better, but I say it ain't ♪
♪ I'd rather laugh with sinners ♪
♪ Than cry with the saints ♪
♪ Sinners are much more fun ♪
♪ You know that only the good die young ♪
♪ Yeah, baby ♪
♪ Only the good die young ♪
♪ You said your mother told you all that I could give you ♪
♪ Was a reputation ♪
♪ She never cared for me ♪
♪ But did she ever say a prayer for me? ♪
♪ Whoa, whoa, whoa ♪
♪ Come out, come out ♪
♪ Come out, Virginia, don't let me wait ♪
♪ You Catholic girls start much too late ♪
♪ But sooner or later it comes down to fate ♪
♪ I might as well be the one ♪
♪ Don't you know that only the good die young ♪
♪ Yeah, babe ♪
♪ Only the good die young ♪
♪ Only the good ♪
♪ Ooh, ooh-ooh ♪
♪ Ooh-ooh, ooh ♪
♪ Ooh, ooh ♪
♪ Only the good ♪
♪ Doo, doo, doo ♪
♪ Ooh, ooh ♪
♪ Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh ♪
Here we go!
♪ Ooh-ooh-ooh ♪
(song ends)
(cheers and applause)
(glass shattering sound effect plays)
("You May Be Right" playing)
♪ Friday night I crashed your party ♪
♪ Saturday I said I'm sorry ♪
♪ Sunday came and trashed me out again ♪
♪ I was only having fun ♪
♪ I wasn't hurting anyone ♪
♪ And we all enjoyed the weekend ♪
♪ For a change ♪
♪ I've been stranded in the combat zone ♪
♪ I walked through Bedford Stuy alone ♪
♪ Even rode my motorcycle ♪
♪ In the rain ♪
♪ And you told me not to drive ♪
♪ But I made it home alive ♪
♪ So you said that only proves that I'm insane ♪
♪ You may be right ♪
♪ I may be crazy ♪
♪ Oh, but it just may be a lunatic you're looking for ♪
♪ Turn out the light ♪
♪ Don't try to save me ♪
♪ You may be wrong ♪
♪ For all I know ♪
♪ You may be right ♪
♪ Well, remember how I found you there ♪
♪ Alone in your electric chair ♪
♪ I told you dirty jokes ♪
♪ Until you smiled ♪
♪ You were lonely for a man ♪
♪ I said take me as I am ♪
♪ 'Cause you might enjoy some madness for a while ♪
♪ Now think of all the years you tried to ♪
♪ Find someone to satisfy you ♪
♪ I might be as crazy as you say ♪
♪ If I'm crazy then it's true ♪
♪ That it's all because of you ♪
♪ And you wouldn't want me any other way ♪
♪ You may be right ♪
♪ I may be crazy ♪
♪ Oh, but it just may be a lunatic you're looking for ♪
♪ It's too late to fight ♪
♪ It's too late to change me ♪
♪ You may be wrong for all I know ♪
♪ You may be right ♪
♪ Hey ♪
♪ You may be right ♪
♪ I may be crazy ♪
♪ Oh, but it just may be a lunatic you're looking for ♪
♪ Turn out the light ♪
♪ Don't try to save me ♪
♪ You may be wrong for all I know ♪
♪ You may be right ♪
♪ You may be wrong, but you may be right ♪
♪ You may be wrong, hey ♪
♪ It's been a long time since I rock and rolled ♪
(band playing Led Zeppelin's "Rock And Roll")
♪ It's been a long time since I did the stroll ♪
♪ Let me get back, let me get back ♪
♪ Let me get back ♪
♪ Baby, where I come from ♪
♪ It's been a long time, been a long time ♪
♪ Been a long lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time ♪
♪ Yes, it has ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Yeah, oh, oh ♪
♪ Yeah, oh, oh! ♪
-♪ You may be wrong but you may be right ♪ -♪ Hey! ♪
-♪ You may be wrong but you may be right ♪ -♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
-♪ You may be wrong but you may be right ♪ -♪ Mm-hmm ♪
♪ You may be wrong but, hey, you could be right ♪
♪ You may be wrong but you may be right ♪
-♪ You may be wrong but you may be right ♪ -♪ You may be right ♪
♪ You may be wrong but you may be right ♪
♪ I said a-one, a-two ♪
♪ One, two, three, four ♪
♪ ♪
(song ends)
(cheers and applause)
Thank you very much.
(cheers and applause)
Thank you very much.
(playing intro to "Piano Man")
(cheering)
♪ ♪
♪ It's nine o'clock on a Saturday ♪
♪ The regular crowd shuffles in ♪
♪ There's an old man sitting next to me ♪
♪ Making love to his tonic and gin ♪
♪ ♪
♪ He says, "Son, can you play me a memory? ♪
♪ "I'm not really sure how it goes ♪
♪ "But it's sad and it's sweet, and I knew it complete ♪
♪ When I wore a younger man's clothes" ♪
♪ La, la, dee-dee dah ♪
♪ La, la, dee-dee dah, dah, dah ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Sing us a song, you're the piano man ♪
♪ Sing us a song tonight ♪
♪ For we're all in the mood for a melody ♪
♪ And you've got us feeling all right ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Now, John at the bar is a friend of mine ♪
♪ And he gets me my drinks for free ♪
♪ And he's quick with a joke, or to light up your smoke ♪
♪ But there's someplace he'd rather be ♪
♪ He says, "Bill, I believe this is killing me" ♪
♪ As the smile ran away from his face ♪
♪ "But I'm sure that I could be a movie star ♪
♪ If I could get out of this place" ♪
♪ La, la, dee-dee dah ♪
♪ La, la, dee-dee dah, dah, dah ♪
♪ Now, Paul is a real estate novelist ♪
♪ Who never had time for a wife ♪
♪ And he's talking with Davy, who's still in the Navy ♪
♪ And probably will be for life ♪
♪ ♪
♪ And the waitress is practicing politics ♪
♪ As the businessmen slowly get stoned ♪
♪ Yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness ♪
♪ But it's better than drinking alone ♪
♪ And I just say ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Sing us a song, you're the piano man ♪
♪ Sing us a song tonight ♪
♪ Well, we're all in the mood for a melody ♪
♪ And you've got us feeling all right ♪
♪ It's a pretty good crowd for a Thursday ♪
♪ And the manager gives me a smile ♪
♪ 'Cause he knows that it's me they've been coming to see ♪
♪ To forget about life for a while ♪
(cheering)
♪ And the piano, it sounds like a carnival ♪
♪ And the microphone smells like a beer ♪
♪ And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar ♪
♪ And say, "Man, what are you doing here?" ♪
♪ Oh, la, la, dee-dee dah ♪
♪ La, la, la, dee-dee dah, dah, dah ♪
AUDIENCE: ♪ Sing us a song, you're the piano man ♪
♪ Sing us a song tonight ♪
♪ For we're all in the mood for a melody ♪
♪ And you've got us feeling all right ♪
♪ ♪
(song ends)
(cheers and applause)
Thank you, New York City!
(cheers and applause)
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