354 - Billy Joel - 52nd Street - Kevin Heffernan & Steve Lemme
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EPISODE SUMMARY:
Hits do not lie. If you have a song in the top 10 at any point in your career as a musician, you can always point to that as evidence that people love your art. And if you're like singer-songwriter Billy Joel you've got more proof than you'll ever need that there is something undeniably universal about your work. Though the 1978 album 52nd Street may not contain all the most popular songs, it is only one of many representative slices of his unique piano-based style of balladry. Comedians and actors Kevin Heffernan and Steve Lemme, two of the stars of Broken Lizard's classic films Super Troopers, Club Dread and Beerfest, find more than enough to love about Joel's jazzy venture.
SHOW NOTES:
01:00 - Intro
11:00 - Nothing but hits
22:15 - Looking the part
32:00 - The everyman for every man
39:30 - Best city in the world
45:30 - The story so far
52:45 - Yin and Yang
1:08:45 - A tale of two albums
1:16:30 - Don't mention Chet
1:19:30 - Facts!
1:33:15 - Lightning round
1:42:00 - Outro/New music
Check out the music history of this album here.
ALBUM STREAM - 52ND STREET:
NEW MUSIC INSPIRED BY BILLY JOEL:
“Lay It on Me” by Gabe Dixon