it's about heroin. you "push" a needle into your skin. you don't "push" marijuana. and alchohol doesn't make you high.
i love love love this song. billy joel never fails to stand out from the crowd and write thought-provoking lyrics that are controversial, but so musically advanced that anyone can enjoy them despite the subject matter.
once billy joel was playing a concert at a smaller venue somewhere in the midwest, and the owner of the venue asked him not to sing this song, for fear of offending people. billy joel responded by opening with it, singing it again in the middle of the show, and closing with it, too. what a rebel! i adore him.
it's about heroin. you "push" a needle into your skin. you don't "push" marijuana. and alchohol doesn't make you high.
i love love love this song. billy joel never fails to stand out from the crowd and write thought-provoking lyrics that are controversial, but so musically advanced that anyone can enjoy them despite the subject matter.
once billy joel was playing a concert at a smaller venue somewhere in the midwest, and the owner of the venue asked him not to sing this song, for fear of offending people. billy joel responded by opening with it, singing it again in the middle of the show, and closing with it, too. what a rebel! i adore him.