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...nine o'clock on a Monday, and the Piano Man wasn't singing. Twelve hundred people gathered in Sanders Theatre Monday night to see Billy Joel--the man who married supermodel Christie Brinkley, the man who put Long Island on the map, the man who has put us in a New York State of Mind for 20 years--and he sang just five measly songs...
...wasn't out to look for flaws in Billy Joel; quite the opposite. I own at least seven of his albums and have been known to put "Piano Man" on continuous play for a half-hour at a time...
...admit I don't mind listening to Billy Joel talk. In fact, when "River of Dreams" came out, I stayed up late to watch him schmooze with Letterman and Leno...
When one audience member asked what kept him "psyched" for the endless touring, Joel replied, "You walk on stage and they [the audience] make a huge noise...as a guy, the more noise somebody makes, the better you tend to perform...
...Joel his held several shows at colleges across the country over the last few years, said Jim E. Jensen, a representative of the company that arranged the performance...