Take the time to stroll through his album credits, any of his albums. He personally has written every song, every lyric. Every one. How does one person have this much talent? I heard him interviewed and he said there is a song running through his brain all day, every day. If Captain Jack doesn't prove his brilliance, just listen to "She's Always a Woman" and "She's Got a Way". I mean, what the F? I fell in love with his music the first time I heard his album The Stranger, maybe in middle school. Give 'You're My Home" a listen. Best Live Album - "Songs In The Attic". Wowser.

Probably the MOST UNDERRATED SONG that Billy EVER DID!! 🎊🎉🎊🎉🎊🎉

@opensesame19

6 ай бұрын

And who THE fu(k is the drummer?!?! 😳🤯 He’s killing it!!

@QuantumLeapEnthusiast89

6 ай бұрын

@@opensesame19Thats Liberty Devitto!! Very talented and underrated drummer, he played with Billy from 1976 to 2006.

@taragragg3961

4 ай бұрын

We assure you Millenial it was never underated.

@timwest78

Ай бұрын

Agree one of his best

@demneptune

21 күн бұрын

Not underrated, just underplayed, hence not well known enough. Got me the second i heard it, background music in the film Game Night.

Him playing the piano and the synthesizer at the same time. Gold!

@markferguson4011

2 жыл бұрын

One of three great regrets in my life is that I didn't apply myself to learn to play the piano. Damn, that. Anyway, at least Billy and you, Dixie, can.

@Diomede-Lefort

Жыл бұрын

He had a high level of piano, but did not particularly flaunt it, he always designed his piano playing to serve the song, more than to be admired for his playing.

@thatdad1897

Жыл бұрын

@@Diomede-Lefort Except for Root Beer Rag, completely showing off!

@Diomede-Lefort

Жыл бұрын

@@thatdad1897 Absolutly, Root Beer Rag is a hell to play.

@michaelgrahamwongacutemadness

Жыл бұрын

i mean the fact that it’s fast and singing while pushing the mic to a better position though nowadays some keyboards can have the right set of keys do a different sound

I'm Japanese and I first heard this song when I was 12 years old. At the time, I thought it was cool to see American young people living a lazy lifestyle. When I listen to this song now, at age 52, I realize it's an ironic lament about suburban life.

@brucegirdlestone8516

2 ай бұрын

Great observation.

@carbybaby5929

28 күн бұрын

thank you for your insight Mitsuzuka

No one can touch Billy ! I have grown to seriously love every song he’s ever done. It’s like a fine wine. Utter brilliance

@davidboyle1193

11 ай бұрын

His work is very patchy

@matthewbratton3825

8 ай бұрын

Captain Jack his best. Say Goodbye To Hollywood another obscure great song.

I GREW UP HEARING THIS GUY IN A TOWN CALLED HACKENSACK,ACK,ACK,ACK IN NEW JERSEY!

@evilmothericebearkillerbir6016

2 ай бұрын

long island here

My wife and I got married to this song..Halloween 2017 in the French Quarter at our favorite bar dressed as Stormtroopers from Star Wars.

Makes you wonder where all the musical geniuses went. Long live the 70's, 80's and maybe a little of the 90's.

@jondeaux336

2 жыл бұрын

They're still out there. You just have to look a lot harder these days.

@daviddeller906

Жыл бұрын

@@jondeaux336 seems like a lot harder. But maybe I'm just not paying attention

@benpowell5682

Жыл бұрын

Ok boomer...

The best Billy Joel song. Period.

@Bpotts71

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed.

@rhedde9794

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. Agreed. Fantastic 👏!

@edx21x

2 жыл бұрын

ironically he doesn’t think it’s good

@civlyzed

2 жыл бұрын

There's so many great ones I can't pick a #1! Cheers!

@datweirdhomeschoolgirl1150

2 жыл бұрын

I think that either captain jack, Travlin' Prayer, Uptown Girl, Piano Man, or Scenes from an Italian Resturaunt is the best

GREATEST EVER!!!!!

@TomAndPixie

4 жыл бұрын

Wow, , used to see it live. Thx

Great song, poignant lyrics. I was honestly never much of a Billy Joel fan, but this particular song has always resonated with me, mostly because I have lived out most of the lyrics, but also because of the passion in his singing. Even if you can’t personally relate to the lyrics, everybody knows someone like the protagonist in the song. I know plenty of others who this song has really struck a chord with. It’s a powerful tune.

His music is woven into the tapestry of my soul. Life's good. You'll make peace with yourself over time. Trust me!❤

@jacoblandman7345

10 ай бұрын

thank you

In the era of rock stars dressed as vagabonds, Stevie Nicks in her gowns, Jagger and his leather pants, Billy Joel wears a shirt and tie.

2024 and loving it!!!

I lived those lyrics … that was life on Long Island … Kudos … Love Billy Joel !!!

@evilmothericebearkillerbir6016

2 ай бұрын

got that right 11501 here

@davidweihe6052

Ай бұрын

I hope you got off cocaine before now.

Had the honor as a 22 year of promoting this concert at Conecticut College in New London. He was an innovator and prodigy and still is. Never be another like him.

@TheCfkingfish

4 ай бұрын

I went to Conn College about 25 years later and got to see him at Mohegan Sun, go Camels!

What a great talent! Playing the synth without looking and moving the Mic with his chin. So much energy and still focused on his singing. Just an amazing artist!

Back when musicians were artists, one of my alltime favorite songs.

@diningroomfish5470

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly, what as happen to music in 2020

@macdaddy3803

3 жыл бұрын

Ok boomer

@BananAs375

2 жыл бұрын

@@macdaddy3803 Um i'm gen z and I still think music back then was better

@darinmcnew9240

2 жыл бұрын

Spot on..

@TheGuyOfWisdom

2 жыл бұрын

Musicians are still artists champ you just need to work out the artistry for yourself because the music is new

Such a depressing song. Right up my alley

I thought I'd heard every Billy Joel song. Just discovered this gem.

@brianahernofficial

Жыл бұрын

me too about 1 year ago (about the same time as u) shout out to my friend Mark in Florida for putting me on. 💎

Still amazed by this ...blows me away in my 60s

@theguy3037

Жыл бұрын

My dads turning 65 this year and I still remember him taking my brothers and sister and mother to a concert of his…still remember and still listen…so do my sons…I was still in grade school…it was awesome…still is…

@ladylaois8184

Жыл бұрын

Me to and I’m also in my 60s

Billy Joel is a monument of expression in the rock medium.

How they made the "So you decide to take a, holiday..." verse groove so much. Real chemistry of the jazz and blues licks side by side. After listening to the album version for years, this gave the song new meaning.

@donnalepore7618

Жыл бұрын

I AGREE TOTALLY

@dynamitecreekvet

Жыл бұрын

Yeah every version is so different. The "Songs in the Attic" version is considered his best live one, but there's no video that I can find. Trying to figure out how to play and sing this one myself and it isn't easy.

This is an amazing song and amazing performance. As people said- the microphone-moving chin, the synth, plus Billy jumping up and down in his seat during the verse makes this man legit a talent, and a master. I'd say up there with Keith Richards and Jimi Hendrix.

Dang, his lyrics really hit home ! I'm 30 and my mom still makes my bed.

@4512red

Жыл бұрын

Sad. "That too long."

@davidboyle1193

11 ай бұрын

She makes my as well

@danielhkhk7283

6 ай бұрын

The captain jack will get you high tonight.

An amazing song with amazing vocals, always loved how this song was portrayed, piano work is truly wonderful, such talent

I really enjoy the way he plows into it and then without looking does that side xylophone extravaganza. That is so delicious and satisfying, and the edgy lyrics, the risque, mahvilis.

@Ninja_Drummer

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed, he plays that awesome synth part at the end without a glance, on a machine that looks like it was part of NASA’s ground control for the moon landing.

So wish Liberty Devito was still with him this is gold and he needs to bring the Moog back

@Deucealive75

4 жыл бұрын

Starting at 5:56. Absolute badassness.

@threalismaradona9899

4 жыл бұрын

@@Deucealive75 amen to that amen to that

@gurgisjones1120

3 жыл бұрын

As a drummer myself, I infinitely appreciate guys like Liberty, playing with so much power and gusto. That's the only way it ought to be for rock drumming.

@simonrussell4986

2 жыл бұрын

Liberty bought so much to the stage. Absolutely wish he was still in the band

Billy never misses, absolutely no clunkers

@isimensministry 0 seconds ago I had the privilege of blowing my last 5k promoting this concert at Connecticut College's Palmer Auditorium in December 1976. Still remains a highlight of my life. Greatness was all over the board and a few months later The Stranger came out with Just the Way You Are. There will never be another like him.

Damn he really took my FAVORITE song and turned it into a prog masterpiece at the end!!! ♥️ The synth at the end sounded straight off a Yes album 😁

An anthem of the times!

man this is a fabulous recording of a fabulous performance. i say this as a dedicated hard rock, doom, hardcore punk guy, i love this song, and Billy Joel is flat out a killer musician .

Have listened to his music since I was a kid.

Saw him twice in the mid 70s. Such great concerts!

What an outrageous amount of talent

one of the greatest songs ever written

The POWER and urban ANGST in this song is simply and utterly incredible! One of my FAVORITE songs. Not one of my favorite Billy Joel songs - one of my FAVORITE songs, period! The version on Songs in the Attic is MAGICAL!

A very youthful Billy Joel, who had already lived enough at this point for two lifetimes. A singer-songwriter-musician-performer-perfectionist throwing all caution to the wind as he shows the local crowd that it’s still rock n roll to him. I believe this was just on the heels of his underrated masterpiece perfect collection of classics and standards, “Turnstiles”. And forgive this tangent but am I the only one disappointed in MLB not taking advantage of the All Star activities, last year, 2017 in Miami, Florida with “Miami 2017”? I wish someone can ask Billy on his reaction to the 2017 All Star Game being held in Miami. 🌟

@girlfromthebronxbywayofelb7288

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, Miami 2017, awesome song!!🎶🎵🌆. But, just saying, isn't there a bit of disrespect to Miami in there? The song is more of a rallying cry to support NYC through hard times; Miami is where they go when they give up the fight. Just saying ...

@aimeemariefournier1013

Жыл бұрын

What is your problem with Miami May I ask? It’s my home. I don’t get it

@aimeemariefournier1013

Жыл бұрын

MIA is just little NYC

@trentoninnewjersey

Жыл бұрын

Turnstiles isn’t a masterpiece. Yeah it’s got great songs, but not a masterpiece

@daviddeller906

Жыл бұрын

@@aimeemariefournier1013 that's rather funny lol

I have been searching for this videos so long I have watched them like 100 times now

@LexLewis

5 жыл бұрын

right now there are 315 views.. you've watched it 33% ;D

Hearing this live gives me a new appreciation for this song

they were all high .... great times

This song was a revelation for me back when I was a young buck. It was my first exposure to Billy Joel and I couldn't stop listening to it.

Damn if this doesn't take you back ..I don't know what will. Yester myself and my sweet hubby was in our new van with a perfect radio and the song ce on "Captain Jack" , Back when the song was out I worked at a establishment with a piano..don't ya know our elderly piano man play that song with so many others. Yesterday certainly moved me to some tears.

Just about my all time favorite Billy Joel masterpiece !

I get my weed from a dispensary that's named after this song. Lol I love it. Mind you, it was my favorite Billy Joel song for a good 10 years before I ever tried weed.

@scottmatznick3140

3 жыл бұрын

Lmao that's a weird thing to name a cannabis dispensary... It's about shooting heroin. Kinda gives a bad name/image to bud, but there's no comparison at all haha. Favorite strain?

@ecnalreleam

3 жыл бұрын

@@scottmatznick3140 True, but it's all in good fun. I doubt many people think of the sadness of the song when they see the name. I'm quite fond of pineapple express, btw. Gets me dancing.

@WSNO

3 жыл бұрын

My dealer calls themself captain jack & wears a red leather jacket, acid wash blue jeans, vintage graphic tees, mirrored aviators and a greek fisherman cap over their long hair. I tell you this because thats me. I grow my own. I'm the captain of the SS Sedan DeVille and i'll get you bi tonight bby

@WSNO

3 жыл бұрын

@@scottmatznick3140 Actually, its about sitting around in your parents shag-carpet-and-wood-paneling-with-a-bar-finished basement and pissing away your youth playing folk records on the hi-fi while baked out of your gourd. The high of doing so beats the shit out of that opioid bullshit anyways.

@thesheilaone

2 ай бұрын

Captain Jack was a godfather of cannibis horticulture.❤

Masterpiece ❤

Classy. Decent clothes- and a tie! And musically literate! Gold mine! Pretty good for a pop musician.

Powerful and technically perfect.

My dad used to wear new English clothes! I love this song

Never understand how the creativity went down the rabbit hole. But let's be thankful for the bounty.

I remember hearing Billy playing Captain Jack on a Hammond Organ and brought the house down with that sound in Philly.

One of the best concerts I’ve ever seen. Captain Jack will get you high TONIGHT

@davidboyle1193

11 ай бұрын

One of the best songs ever written, but the rest of his work never lived up to this

@alexterwilleger5580

2 ай бұрын

@@davidboyle1193are you serious?? This song is fine but so dragged out. No melodic or harmonic variation. “None of his other work lives up to this” seriously? Ever heard of Summer Highland Falls? Basically all of the Stranger?? Glass Houses?

Priceless

My favorite musician of all time. Seen him 15 times or soin Philly!

He is our Mozart or Beethoven of our time

What a legend

Core stuff. This was the band

Love this version of this song. Love hearing the drums and the piano.

He's so great. The band is too. Keeping up with Billy and those fast fingers of his. What a gift he has. We are all so blessed to have great musicians.

Amazing. Billy - one of the best musicians of all time. And my favourite. (After Led Zeppelin)😉

The best cut!!! Such playing by Billy makes the song. Ala Floyd Cramer

If this song doesnt bring some sort of inspiration to anyone alive then i dont know what does

Handsome 😍❤😘

Liberty has such great ability at his dumming technique. Excellent playing from all the band. Larry

He’s the greatest piano player that has lived, Period.

That’s an F***ing awesome song.

What a beast!

"Just a little push and you will be smiling".....Captain Jack.....Heroin.....Long Island Terminology.....Liberty DeVitto on drums made Billy a success.....💪

@Chazzy23

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Walter, I have been listening to this song since I first heard it some 30 years ago and never know it was about heroin. The song makes a whole hell more sense now...lol

@waltermameli2026

3 жыл бұрын

@@Chazzy23 Deep Lyrics...and you are quite welcome...

@lwoods7283

3 жыл бұрын

I KNEW IT!!!

@lwoods7283

3 жыл бұрын

When i listened to the lyrics i knew exactly what he was talking about! How does he know?

@Maidoumurnot

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, me too! I figured he was just drinking jack! A little push ah the plunger, got it lol

I had a pet potbelly pig in the 90s that I named Captain Jack. Truly one of Billy Joel's best songs

It was around this time I went to Billy Joel's concert at Dallas Brooke's here in Melbourne 35 years ago. 35 years and yes 5 hrs - Yes 5 hrs of pure magic - Captain Jack got everyone high that night for sure. Billy and Liberty DeVito - brilliance!

@lwoods7283

3 жыл бұрын

He's awesome,what a genius

@daviddeller906

Жыл бұрын

5 hours! Put him and Springsteen together and you'd see the sun come up!

Genius songwriter

I think I was at this performance. First saw BJ in 1972 at the University of Bridgeport. There were like only 350 people there🤣 I knew then he was a star in the making.

@theguy3037

Жыл бұрын

That would have been cool…

the best songwriter and composer ever, this song and Miami 2017 are my favorites, too bad he doesn't write pop music anymore

Yes.. relate to...thank u bill

Just saw him live at Chase Field in Phoenix, AZ. (March 9th, 2019)

The Best Version Ever AMAZING!

Never ever disappoints never

Performance is gold...a legend at his best.

I think it's meaning is different for everyone. LOVE this one.

Greatest Story ever! Such a great song!

An absolute GEM of a Tune !

If I would have ever tried Captain Jack I would be dead by now

Billy Joel is called the piano man for a reason, wish I could play like the master!!

saw him live in Denver at Coors Field in 2019. It was nothing short of amazing. I'd never been to a concert where the entire audience in attendance sang every song word for word. Time well spent with my son and it means more now because we will never have a time like that together again. Nessun Dorma almost brought the stadium down.

Fantastic! It gives me chills! That's all I can say...

@DeeDee-gf6bm

Жыл бұрын

@Billy Joel🎼🎼 Hello... I've been a big fan my entire life but I know this isn't Billy sending this message to me.

@DeeDee-gf6bm

Жыл бұрын

@Billy Joel🎼🎼 I know someone who performed with Billy and is still a close friend. I know for a fact you're not Billy. You could get reported to You Tube for impersonating him... so you should stop. You are embarrassing yourself too. Billy would never ask for a person's location anyway. You're obviously a troll just trying to get information out of people.

Loved it in the seventies . Still love it today. The eighties this was one I played a lot on my own with a bottle.

One of the very best. Dropped out of school to pursue a dream. " I knew Billy was gonna be a big star, and so did he" - Don Kirschner -

That synth at the end 🤤

Hard to believe music was ever this good. I suppose the bar was pretty high in those days and no short cuts.

@threalismaradona9899

2 ай бұрын

no autontune, computers or aI you had to have talent then

This song slays me! Live is so much better. Voice perfect and piano adlibbing effortlessly

Saw him in Arizona in 76,77, and 78 (or thereabouts). Three of the best concerts I've ever been to!!!

Sure Billy is Great, but those drums are HOT! Mr Liberty Devitto on point.

Always loved this song one of his best and so great live

That piano copped an absolute beating ❤️

Thanks for the ride.

This guy is pretty good.

Tremendous live performer. Saw him many times in the 70's and 80's. Still sounds great.

His finest moment, imo

That’s ridiculously amazing performance of that track.