Ua pololei paha ʻoe, ua pupule paha wau, akā he pupule paha kāu e ʻimi nei, he ʻōlelo ia mai kekahi o nā mele a Joel. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻo Joel kekahi o kēlā mau mea hoʻokani pila e pono e ʻōlelo ʻia i kēlā me kēia mea aloha mele - kēlā me kēia kanaka.
He paʻakikī ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mele like ʻole, provocative, lyrical, melodic a me nā mele hoihoi i nā haku mele o ka XNUMXth century. I kona wā e ola ana, ua ʻike ʻia kāna mau pono, a e kapa ʻia kēlā me kēia ʻAmelika iā ia i ka leo o kona ʻāina.
Ua uhi ʻia ka hana mele a Joel i 30 mau makahiki mai ka makahiki 1971, a ʻoiai ke ola kino maikaʻi nei kā mākou meʻe a hiki i nā huakaʻi, ua hoʻōki ʻo ia i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i kāna mau mele a me nā haku mele hou.
No laila, e hōʻike ana kēia moʻolelo i nā ʻanuʻu nui o kāna hana a hiki i 2001 - ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o kāna hope, piha instrumental keyboard academic (he mea ʻē loa no kāna hana) album Fantasies & Delusions, pilikino no ka mea pena a me ka lei aliʻi i kāna hana.
Nā ʻanuʻu mua o Billy Joel (mai 1965 a 1970)
William Martin Joel ua hānau ʻia ma Mei 9, 1949 ma Bronx (New York) a ua ulu ʻo ia ma Long Island (ma nā wahi mele a me nā bohemian o New York, nāna i hāʻawi iā ia i ka manaʻo e hana mele). I kona ulu ʻana, ua aʻo ʻo Joel i ka hoʻokani piano mai kona makuahine a ua hoʻoikaika ʻia e ka pāʻani ʻana o nā mea hoʻokani pila.
A laila ua haʻalele ʻo ia mai ke kula kiʻekiʻe e alualu i ke mele a hoʻokani ʻo ia i ʻelua mau puʻupuʻu palupalu, The Hassles a me Atilla. Ua pāʻani lākou i ka pōhaku psychedelic ʻē aʻe me ka ʻole o nā kīkā, a ʻo kā lākou album inoa inoa wale nō, ʻo Atilla, ʻaʻole i kūleʻa, ʻaʻole hoʻi ma nā papa hale kūʻai. Ma hope o kēlā, ua haki ka duet pōʻino.
Ma o ke ahi, ka wai a me nā paipu keleawe (1970-1974)
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo William i kēlā manawa o kona ola i ka manawa i hoʻoholo ai ka mea hoʻokani: e haʻalele a hoʻomau i ka hakakā? Haʻalele i nā mea a pau a hele paha i kou ala? ʻO ka mea hao wale - ua hana ʻo Joel!
Akā ma mua o kēlā, ua hāʻule ʻo ia i loko o kahi puʻuwai hohonu, i ka wā i hoʻopaʻa inoa ai ʻo ia i kahi ʻaelike ola make me ka inoa Family Producions (mai 1971 a 1987 ua koi ʻia ʻo ia e hāʻawi i $ 1 mai kēlā me kēia album, a aia ka logo o ka lepili ma kēlā me kēia pā).
Me ia, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo ia i kāna mele mele mua loa ʻo Cold Spring Harbor, kahi i hoʻokō ʻia me ka maikaʻi ʻole - kani ka leo o Joel i ke kiʻekiʻe ʻole, a kani nā leo o kekahi mau mele ma kahi ʻano wikiwiki. Akā i loko o kēia ʻano, ua kani maikaʻi loa ka album, a ua hoʻoponopono ka remastering mai 1983 i nā hemahema āpau o ka album.
Akā hoʻi i ka makahiki 1971, ua hōʻole ka inoa ʻo Family Productions e "hoʻolaha" i ka album ma nā hale kūʻai mele, a ua hoʻopau loa ke kūlana iā Joel mai kona iho a ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia e haʻalele malū i Los Angeles.
Ma lalo o ka inoa i manaʻo ʻia ʻo Billy Martin, ua lawe ʻo ia i kahi hana ma ke keʻena Executive Room, ʻo ia ke kumu o kāna mele kaulana loa (a me kāna inoa inoa ʻelua) ʻo Piano Man - ka lua o ka haku mele mai kāna album inoa ʻelua.
Ua hāʻawi ka Piano Man album iā Joel i kahi hoʻomaka hou, ua kōkua iā ia e hoʻomaka i ke ola mai ka wā kahiko, lilo i ʻano kākoʻo kālā nona, e ʻae iā ia e haʻalele i ka hana o ka pianist bar a lilo i mea koʻikoʻi.
Ua pau kēia manawa paʻakikī o ka hoʻokumu ʻana. A ʻo ka "Iudaio" mai ka pā, ʻo William Martin Joel, i hele aku i ka poʻe e ka honua kaulana ʻo Billy "The Pianist" Joel.
Albums Street life Serenade and Turnstiles (1974 to 1977)
Ma hope o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o ka album Piano Man, ua pilikia ʻo Joel a ʻaʻohe manawa e hoʻokuʻu i kahi album hou o ka maikaʻi like a kūpono i ka hapa nui o ka poʻe hoʻolohe e like me Piano Man. No laila, ʻo kāna album hou ʻo Street life Serenade he hoʻokolohua mele.
Akā he hoʻokolohua kūleʻa loa, ʻoiai ke holomua nei. ʻO ka mea hoihoi loa a aloha nui ʻia e ka lehulehu nā haku mele: Root Beer Rag a me Los Angelenos, āna i pāʻani ai i kēlā me kēia ʻaha mele i ka makahiki 1970.
Hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma Ianuali 1976, ʻo ka album Turnstiles, me nā mea hoʻokani mele mai ka hui pōhaku ʻo Elton John, i puka mai me ka hoʻokalakupua a me ka hōʻike.
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Billy Joel, e like me ka mea hana, e hoʻohewa i ka ʻōnaehana a me ke aloha me ke kanaka liʻiliʻi (Angry Young Man mele), a ma ka manawa like i hoʻohauʻoli i ka lehulehu me ka infernal fantasy o Miami 2017.
The Stranger and 52nd Street (1979 a 1983)
ʻAʻole hiki ke ʻike ʻia ka kūleʻa pāʻoihana a me ka paʻi ʻana i nā ʻaoʻao āpau i ka makemake e ʻoluʻolu i ka mea hoʻolohe i ka hopena o nā makahiki 1970 a me nā makahiki 1980 - ʻo ia ka mea hiki ke ʻōlelo ʻia e pili ana i kēia mau album ʻelua i hoʻokahi ʻōlelo.
He mele pāʻani Scenes mai kahi hale ʻaina Italia, e haʻi ana iā mākou e pili ana i kahi kāne e hele sybaritically i nā hale ʻaina like ʻole, He mele ʻo The Stranger e pili ana i kahi kanaka āu e ʻike ai ma ke alanui a hōʻike i kāna mau ʻike a me ka mea i hūnā maoli ʻia ma hope o ka maka o kahi malihini ʻeleʻele. .
A, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo Just the Way You Are - ʻo ka haku mele a Billy, kahi i loaʻa ai kāna kiʻi Grammy mua, ʻo kēia mau hana noʻeau a Joel āu e lohe ai ma kēia album. ʻO kēia mau Opus Magnums ʻelua i lawelawe ma ke ʻano he apogee o ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kahi akamai a ua ʻōlelo ʻia no ka hoʻolohe ʻana i kēlā me kēia kanaka i manaʻo iā ia iho he mea aloha mele.
Hana hope (1983 a 2001)
I loko o kāna ʻoihana ma hope, ua koho ʻia ʻo Billy no 23 Grammy statuettes, ʻelima mau mea i loaʻa iā ia (me ka album 52.
Ua lilo hoʻi ʻo ia i kekahi o nā mea pena kiʻi mua i mālama i ka ʻaha mele ma ka Soviet Union (he kaumaha loa a me ka manaʻo no ka mea hoʻokani pila, no laila hiki iā ʻoe ke nānā i ka palapala "Billy Joel: A Window on Russia") ma hope o ka pāpā ʻana. Ua hoʻomaha ʻia ka pōhaku -roll music in the country.
ʻOiai ua hoʻomaha ʻo ia mai ke kākau ʻana a me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i nā mele pop ma hope o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o River of Dreams, ua hoʻopau ʻo ia i kāna ʻoihana me ka album Fantasies & Delusions, i ʻōlelo ʻia no ka hoʻolohe ʻana i kēlā me kēia mea aloha i nā mele kula.
A ke hoʻomau nei ʻo Billy Joel i ka hoʻokani ʻana no nā "fans" o kāna mele, ʻo kona ʻano haʻahaʻa, akā naʻe, hiki ke lohe ʻia ke ʻano naʻau like ʻole e hele ana ma Madison Square Garden ma Manhattan.
