Ramone disagreed, and brought Linda Ronstadt and Phoebe Snow into the studio to prove that it was worth including. [7] The album's title track, according to Joel, was written by him without any core themes in mind and could be open up to interpretation, though he stated that it could be seen as a song about a man with schizophrenia. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. The song featured guitar playing by Hugh McCracken, a famous session player who Ramone brought in. Stranger You Are is a song by Adam Lambert. by Jenna Guillaume. Joel, however, was adamant in his desire to record with his own band and declined Martin's offer. Seeking out a new producer, he first turned to veteran Beatles producer George Martin before coming across and settling on Ramone, whose name he had seen on albums by other artists such as Paul Simon. Oh, oh. ", "The Story Behind Billy Joel's "Only the Good Die Young, "Billy Joel's The Stranger 30th Anniversary", "Billy Joel, 'The Stranger: 30th Anniversary Edition' two CDs and 1 DVD box set (Columbia/Legacy)", "Twyla Tharp and Billy Joel Musical Movin' Out of Broadway; Final Performance Dec. 11", "Billy Joel's 'The Stranger' gets vinyl picture-disc revamp by Brookvale Records", "Billy Joel's Garden Residency Begins With Salty Jokes and Sing-Alongs", "The Top 5 Billy Joel Songs, Ranked By Billy Joel", "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 29, No. Other songs, such as "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" and "Vienna", have become staples of his career and are frequently performed in his live shows. "[10] "Vienna" has also become a popular part of his live set; when Joel lets the audience choose between it and "Just the Way You Are," "Vienna" is most often the winning contender. The mood of the song was shifted at the insistence of drummer Liberty DeVitto, who reportedly said to Joel "Why are you singing like that? Prior to The Stranger, Billy Joel was on the verge of being dropped by his record label Columbia Records. Don't you give up (Ooh, yeah) Now I'm rockin' Versace with my dog. I'ma fuck up a check and spend it all They gonna try to tear you apart. The songs were all recorded with Joel alongside his band which he had formed while touring, in addition to various other musicians who were brought into the studio for specific songs. "[6] Joel stitched the three songs together, inspired by the similar approach taken with side two of The Beatles' Abbey Road[10] and by Freddie Mercury and Queen with "Bohemian Rhapsody", while Ramone helped intertwine them with backing orchestration. Joel had mostly worked with session players for his first three studio albums, which contained only scattered contributions from his own backup musicians, and strongly disliked the polished sound of these albums. He stated on a SiriusXM broadcast in 2016 that the melody came to him in a dream while he was working on The Stranger. [14] At the time, it had surpassed Simon & Garfunkel's Bridge over Troubled Water to become Columbia Records’ best-selling album release. [36] The song was featured in an episode of the TV series Taxi,[37] and was prominently showcased later on in the 2004 teenage comedy film 13 Going on 30. To tighten up my bootstraps. 2019-09-29T08:08:54Z Buy Stranger You Are. They wanna keep you locked in the dark According to Joel, he and Ramone met with each other at Fontana di Trevi, an Italian restaurant located near Carnegie Hall where Joel had been playing at the time. Lambert Wiki is a FANDOM Music Community. They wanna keep you locked in the dark Said the stranger you are. "[6] Joel tried to make the song itself Viennese in nature, comparing it specifically to something from a European 3-penny opera. The Deluxe Limited Edition included a DVD showcasing two live promotional videos from The Stranger; and Joel's performance on the BBC's Old Grey Whistle Test, a seldom-seen sixty-minute set from 1978 that has aired only once on the UK's BBC2. [6] Joel stated in a Q&A session that he initially wrote the song's lyrics to the tune of the song 'Laughter in the Rain' by Neil Sedaka, doing so without even realizing the similarity until it was brashly pointed out the next day by drummer Liberty DeVitto. The Stranger is the fifth studio album by American singer Billy Joel, released in September 1977 by Columbia Records.It was the first of Joel's albums to be produced by Phil Ramone, with whom he would go on to work for all of his albums up until his 1986 album The Bridge.. [13] According to Joel, "Only the Good Die Young" sold poorly when it was first put out as a single; however, following the song's release, Christian groups and archdiocese areas began calling for the song to be banned on several radio stations across the nation. Before I get walked on. "[11] The album's final song, "Everybody Has a Dream," a gospel-influenced piece, was also inspired by Joel's wife. Also included in this box set is a facsimile poster from the 1977 Carnegie Hall concert, and a facsimile notebook that contains copies of rough draft lyrics for many of the songs that appeared on The Stranger. [34], Many of the songs from the album went on to become staples in Joel's repertoire. 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They gonna try to tear you apart [31], As his breakthrough album, The Stranger kicked off a long string of successful albums for Joel, continuing up through 1993's River of Dreams. English - USA Português - Brasil Español - … A long-time fan of the Beatles, Joel initially looked to famed Beatles producer George Martin to produce his album. The totally ’80s vibe and killer acting has made this a Netflix original series you just can’t miss. Joel has cited "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" and "Vienna" as his favorite and 5th-favorite songs that he has written, respectively.[36]. This Stranger Things Quiz will tell you which character you are alike with. [4] "Only The Good Die Young" was written by Joel while opening for The Beach Boys in Knoxville, Tennessee, at which point it sounded slower-pace and more akin to a reggae tune, with Joel even singing the song's lyrics in a Jamaican accent. Contributions from our readers are a crucial lifeline for The Stranger as we write our new future. Said the stranger you are. 2 on the US Billboard 200, The Stranger is considered Joel's critical and commercial breakthrough. It’s all in the strut (Yeah, yeah), Now I’m rockin' Versace with my dog After hearing the beat, he thought that the rhythm would be nice to fool around with, and wrote the song shortly afterwards. Stars such as Winona Ryder and Millie Bobby Brown and characters like Dustin, Steve, and Hopper are drawing people in. And the stranger you are George Martin, who had initially declined to produce The Stranger using Joel's band, reportedly wrote Joel a letter following the album's massive success, in which he congratulated Joel and reflected that he was wrong about the band. [9], The song "Vienna", which opens up the album's b-side, got inspiration from Joel's trip to Vienna, Austria, where he went a few years after starting his career in musicianship to visit his father. He forgot about the melody shortly afterwards, but it came back to him while he was in a business meeting. If a stranger harms you, your dog will not look kindly upon them. Woah, ooh, ooh [33] In 2017, to celebrate the album's 40th anniversary, a picture-disc vinyl rerelease of The Stranger with newly-remastered audio was released by Brookville Records on October 20. [3] The photograph on the back cover of the album, featuring Joel, Ramone (donning a Yankees shirt at the time of the picture) and each of the band members, was taken at the Supreme Macaroni Company, one of several restaurants where the group would go to "have these crazy lunches and dinners. We hold major institutions accountable and expose wrongdoing. [8][full citation needed] While composing the song, Joel whistled the track's signature theme for Ramone, claiming that he (Joel) needed to find an instrument to play it. But I'm six feet deep, heavy boots on If you think you can beat me, I'm nothin' to walk on It's all in the strut (yeah, yeah) Now I’m rockin’ Versace with my dog In … Ultimately, Joel turned to Phil Ramone, a veteran New York City sound engineer and record producer who had recently worked with Paul Simon, another singer-songwriter, on Simon's album Still Crazy After All These Years. In my shades, I'ma slay one day, ya'll. [6] The seven-and-a-half-minute epic "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant", which follows a pair of young lovers from Long Island named Brenda and Eddie who go through a failed marriage, is 3 different, shorter songs- "The Italian Restaurant Song", "Things Are OK in Oyster Bay" and "The Ballad of Brenda and Eddie. Upon hearing the song, the two artists both praised it, thus convincing him to feature the song. But I’m 6’3” baby with boots on If you think you can beat me I’m nothing to walk on It’s all in the strut Now I’m rockin Versace with my dog In my shades imma slay Rodeo y’all Imma fuck up a check and spend it all [4] Despite the formation of Joel's band, the songs on The Stranger didn't feature any consistent guitarists, with different players instead featuring in each song, and according to Joel, the reason for the initial lack of a constant guitarist was because it was hard to find the right one. I'ma fuck up a check and spend it all “Stranger Things” has quickly become one of the most binge-watched shows of the summer. [1], By 1976, Joel had formed a reliable touring band consisting of Doug Stegmeyer on bass, Liberty DeVitto on drums and Richie Cannata on saxophone, flute, clarinet and organ. Ramone suggested that the song be played as a straight-four piece while DeVitto played a shuffle beat, a proposition which Joel found he enjoyed the sound of despite the concept initially seeming "odd and clunky." Spending six weeks at No. The limited deluxe edition of The Stranger includes a CD of the original album in its entirety (remastered by producer Phil Ramone), and a second CD of a previously unreleased concert featuring Billy and his band, Live at Carnegie Hall 1977, recorded at the historic Manhattan venue on June 3, 1977, one month before the sessions for The Stranger album. According to Joel, he saw Davis looking at him while he was playing in his high school band, The Echoes, which was the event that had him "completely hooked" to the prospect of being a musician. In my shades, I'ma slay one day, ya'll. 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