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| Billy Joel – Piano Man Lyrics
| 8 years ago
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This song is about alcoholism. That's why it's a great drinking song. If anyone actually researched Billy Joel, they would find that his best friend is Elton John who has numerous years of recovery, and hasn't picked up a drink. On the other hand, Billy Joel has many many many relapses. If you switch "Piano Man" with "Alcoholism" as he did for symbolism purposes...then you looked up the part where he say Bill, I believe this is killing me, and a friend of mine, if you look up Friend of Bill W. and see what the meaning to that is...you will understand the whole song in an entirely differently light. But the reason it's such a great drinking song is because it is a drinking song, and he talks about all the different types of alcoholics there are. They all meet up and the piano man takes their problems away.. |
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| Billy Joel – Piano Man Lyrics
| 8 years ago
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@[joeyfox1:21653] Just look up, Friend of Bill's meaning...you'll understand it after. The piano is representing something bigger, called alcoholism, once you know, you can't not know, so look up what a friend of Bill's is..and then you'll get the entire song. |
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| Billy Joel – Piano Man Lyrics
| 8 years ago
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@[BrycePaas:21652] It actually isn't at all. Billy Joel is a recovering alcoholic. This song symbolizes the piano as actually alcohol. It's about loneliness and all the people whom the piano man attracts and how they are stuck there. But your right, everyone can relate...just maybe not about some of the lines, Bill is a friend of mine. When you say to someone you are a friend of Bill's, you are anonymously saying something else that only recovering alcoholics would know. Says, its killing me and I could be a movie star if I could get out of this place. It's a simple song, yet very deep... Now that you know, listen to it back. Billy Joel did an interview on this once, only reason why I know, and clued in on the recovery part, because Elton John, his best friend has been sober for years and Billy Joel has struggled for long term sobriety for awhile. |
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