Ramblings 05 Jul 2007 01:15 pm
An Innocent Man
I’ve started to develop this irrational dislike of Billy Joel, and I can’t quite figure out why. I know that Chuck Klosterman touched on something like this in one of his books, but I don’t think a pop culture mouthpiece is swaying me. In fact, I think he went on to talk about how Billy Joel is iconic. Anyway, I really can’t stand listening to him lately. I used to love his stuff. I listened to his Greatest Hits album on tape over and over again. I’d sing along with Movin’ Out, or We Didn’t Start the Fire. Shoot,l I could even make it a few verses before I started messing up the lyrics… I liked Uptown Girl, and remember the video as being wholesome and entertaining. I even enjoyed some of lamer songs: Allentown; A Matter of Trust; The Downeaster Alexa, etc. But now, I can’t stand him. Every time a song comes on the iPod I try and change it before I get the melody stuck in my head and start hating his catchy verses even more. I haven’t deleted the songs off of the mp3 player yet because I am secretly hoping this is a phase, and that I will once again sing along with the piano man…but until then, I keep having thoughts of the dudes from the Dropkick Murphys just kickin his ass.