LOVE that album and Billy was SO full of energy back then! I miss Liberty!

@scottharrison3391

6 жыл бұрын

at his peak, in the late 70s and 1980

RIP Doug... That guy was solid as fuck... A bassist like that is not easy to find... Even in NYC.

This is rock n roll.

I loved this song when I was a kid. I like this live version even better.

@BobCat623923

2 жыл бұрын

Me too...I remember at the age of 7? 8? being pissed this song didn't win any Grammys LOL....not realizing exactly what it was about either.

His best bass player by far and apparently did alot of the arrangements for the band.

Excellent live performance

really great I'm Billy

I am 18 years Old and i Love this Guy !

He did. It was when he played a concert in the USSR. The "authorities" there put strict rules on how the show would be carried out - They kept the lights on the audience and had security officers throughout the crowd to ensure that no one was dancing. So, in protest, Billy yelled those things during the song. He also decided to overturn his piano and kick over a microphone stand to make a spectacle, since the crowd wasn't allowed to move. It's on KZread, i'll see if I can find it.

oh man! you cant beat this music from this time!

great great great !!!!! i love this song

I love this song!

THIS is the show that they should have cleaned up and released as the DVD for the My Lives box set and not that boring show from the River Of Dreams tour! Release this Sony!

Magic Billy!"

I am 16 years old... and I love this music :D Because this is good and on scrubs :D

I dont care about scrubs - Billy Joel brought me here

A total master...

I love playing this on the guitar, it's super sexy.

i had this on 8 track.

@scottharrison3391

6 жыл бұрын

me too and I wore that sucker out.

awesome ;D

I honestly can't understand why this was never a big hit...

@daviddaskalnojokeradio

2 жыл бұрын

Radio stations were too scared to play it because of the subject matter, so it stalled on the Hot 100.

95.7 The Game!!!!

David Brown on lead.

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Awesome

Great song i preffer the alternative lyric version though: "Gotta take control get a hold of my emotions STOP LIGHTING THE AUDIENCE, why does it always seem to get me in the middle of the night STOP IT! You told me there's a number I can always dial... LET ME DO MY SHOW FOR CHRISTS SAKE!"

nope...this is from Houston,TX ...you can get a full DVD on this show.. (from members of the Joelfan fansite)

its just a fantasy

He didn't kill himself, he attempted it by drinking furniture polish. Fortunately he was not successful and he later wrote the song "Your only human(Second Wind)" which was written to prevent teens from committing suicide. He has been to hospitals twice to help him with his substance abuse. So to set the record straight, he did not kill himself and he is still alive.

This is one of the first songs I remember hearing, period. I love it!!

+ Billy actually took a whole bottle of Valium, they let him outta the hospital and he drank the lemon-flavored furniture polish... Thank God he didn't make it all the way!

It's a shame that Billy didn't include the salute to Ringo Starr, by sayin', 'I got blisters on my blisters!' LOL! God bless ya, for postin' it. Have a blessed Christmas!

If you listen to the Record version and then the Cd reissue the telephone dialing is different. I notice things like that.

i love the singer and the song but i didnt come here from scrubs i came cuz i heard movin out and this was a song ive never heard great song nethertheless

@MrSpexius can't give u a thumbs up because i first heard it in 1980 and i don't know scrubs!!

good old scrubs i just came here for o-o-o-e-o

@SecretService80 LET ME DO MY SHOW FOR CHRIST SAKE !

When am I gonna take control, get a hold of my emotions? Stop lighting the audience! Why does it always have to hit me in the middle of the night- Stop it! You told me there's a number I can always dial for assi- Let me do my show for christ's sake!

@rocktboy159 exactly same facts... ;) 16, love it, scrubs

So, I'm your father...

i am glad scrubs played this... you realize this shit is amazing... it could have been a devo song

Are you trying to make me erupt in puerile giggles?

I wish I was at that concert..,but what was I doing instead? I was in my mom's womb gestating :-(

@JWOLFPACK Did he really say this in a different show? Can you link me to hit?

What was this 79? I was barely into my teens when this was all over the radio

Great video, thanks so much for sharing. If you get a second, please stop by my channel and take a listen my original music. I hope you enjoy.