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** The song "Don't Ask Me Why" inexplicably drops: "Parlez-vous français?" ("Do you speak French?"). The purpose is that the target [[AsLongAsItSoundsForeign thinks they're sophisticated because they speak it]].
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** The song "Don't Ask Me Why" inexplicably drops: "Parlez-vous français?" ("Do you speak French?"). The purpose is that the target [[DelusionsOfEloquence thinks they're sophisticated]] [[AsLongAsItSoundsForeign thinks they're sophisticated because they speak it]].
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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: The singer in "You May Be Right" is definitely this, and it drives his lover up the wall.
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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: The singer in "You May Be Right" is definitely this, and it drives his lover up the wall. But perhaps, as the singer points out in the chorus, that might be exactly what she's looking for.
-->''If I'm crazy, then it's true\\
That it's all because of you\\
And you wouldn't want me any other way''
-->''If I'm crazy, then it's true\\
That it's all because of you\\
And you wouldn't want me any other way''
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* AlbumTitleDrop: ...''kinda?'' "You May Be Right", and therefore the entire album, begins with the sound of breaking glass, suggesting Billy did indeed throw that rock as shown on the album cover.
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: "Sometimes a Fantasy" is not only a song about ''phone sex'', but Joel even makes [[TheImmodestOrgasm Immodest Orgasms]]. (The music video is {{squick}}ier.)
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For his third run with Phil Ramone producing, Billy looked for a harder tone to his songs. This was punctuated with the album cover, showing Billy about to chuck a rock through the window of a house (some releases had a picture of Joel looking through the hole he created after throwing it to complete the artwork).
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For his third run with Phil Ramone producing, Billy looked for a [[DarkerAndEdgier harder tone tone]] to his songs. This was punctuated with the album cover, showing Billy about to chuck a rock through the window of a house (some releases had a picture of Joel looking through the hole he created after throwing it to complete the artwork).
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[[AC:Side one]]
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[[AC:Side two]]
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* TakeThatCritics: "It's Still Rock and Roll To Me" takes a jab at how music critics try to tell people who's worth listening to:
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* TakeThatCritics: "It's Still Rock and Roll To Me" takes a jab at the concept of ReviewsAreTheGospel and how music critics try to tell people who's worth listening to:
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** Soon afterwards, a Rolling Stone poll voted it "the worst song about rock and roll ever". [[TemptingFate Joke was on them: It became his first #1 single]].
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** Soon afterwards, a Rolling Stone poll voted it "the worst song about rock and roll ever". [[TemptingFate Joke was on them: It became his first #1 single]].
single.
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For his third run with Phil Ramone producing, Billy looked for a harder tone to his songs. This was punctuated with the album cover, showing Billy about to chuck a rock through a window.
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For his third run with Phil Ramone producing, Billy looked for a harder tone to his songs. This was punctuated with the album cover, showing Billy about to chuck a rock through the window of a window.
house (some releases had a picture of Joel looking through the hole he created after throwing it to complete the artwork).
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** Soon afterwards, a Rolling Stone poll voted it "the worst song about rock and roll ever". Joke was on them: It became his first #1 single.
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** Soon afterwards, a Rolling Stone poll voted it "the worst song about rock and roll ever". [[TemptingFate Joke was on them: It became his first #1 single.
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While critics didn't know what to make of it, with some of the more elitist critics solidifying an opinion that he had sold out, Billy wowed the public. Despite lukewarm critical reviews, it today stands at 4.5 out of 5 stars on [=AllMusic=]. It went seven-times Platinum in the United States, just like ''52nd Street'' before it, and Gold in the United Kingdom. It would peak at #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart.
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While critics didn't know what to make of it, with some of the more elitist critics solidifying an opinion that he had sold out, Billy wowed the public. Despite lukewarm critical reviews, it today stands at 4.5 out of 5 stars on [=AllMusic=]. It went seven-times Platinum in the United States, just like ''52nd Street'' ''Music/FiftySecondStreet'' before it, and Gold in the United Kingdom. It would peak at #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart.
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-->''There's a new band in town, but you can't get the sound''\\
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-->''There's a new band in town, but you can't get the sound''\\sound\\
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** Soon afterwards, a Rolling Stone poll voted it "the worst song about rock and roll ever". Joke was on them: [[CriticalDissonance It became his first #1 single]].
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** Soon afterwards, a Rolling Stone poll voted it "the worst song about rock and roll ever". Joke was on them: [[CriticalDissonance It became his first #1 single]].
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* TakeThatCritics: "It's Still Rock and Roll To Me" takes a jab at how music critics try to tell people who's worth listening to: "There's a new band in town, but you can't get the sound from a story in a magazine aimed at your average teen." Soon afterwards, a Rolling Stone poll voted it "the worst song about rock and roll ever."
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* TakeThatCritics: "It's Still Rock and Roll To Me" takes a jab at how music critics try to tell people who's worth listening to: "There's to:
-->''There's a new band in town, but you can't get thesound from sound''\\
From a story in a magazine aimed at your averageteen." teen''
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ever". Joke was on them: [[CriticalDissonance It became his first #1 single]].
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From a story in a magazine aimed at your average
** Soon afterwards, a Rolling Stone poll voted it "the worst song about rock and roll
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'''''Glass Houses''''' is the seventh studio album released by American singer/songwriter/pianist Music/BillyJoel. It was released through Creator/ColumbiaRecords on March 12, 1980.
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: In "You May Be Right" there was this bit:
-->''I was stranded in the combat zone,\\
I walked through Bedford Stuy alone,\\
Even rode my motorcycle in the rain.''[[note]]Any cyclist will tell you this is dangerous, however.[[/note]]
* BigWordShout: In "All For Leyna":
-->So I wait in the dark,\\
Listening for her\\
Instead of my old man saying,\\
STOP! kidding yourself,\\
Wasting your time.
-->''I was stranded in the combat zone,\\
I walked through Bedford Stuy alone,\\
Even rode my motorcycle in the rain.''[[note]]Any cyclist will tell you this is dangerous, however.[[/note]]
* BigWordShout: In "All For Leyna":
-->So I wait in the dark,\\
Listening for her\\
Instead of my old man saying,\\
STOP! kidding yourself,\\
Wasting your time.
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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: The singer in "You May Be Right" is definitely this, and it drives his lover up the wall.
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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: The singer in "You May Be Right" is definitely this, and it drives his lover up the wall.wall.
* ADateWithRosiePalms: "Sometimes a Fantasy" is not only a song about ''phone sex'', but Joel even makes [[TheImmodestOrgasm Immodest Orgasms]]. (The music video is {{squick}}ier.)
* GratuitousFrench:
** The song "Don't Ask Me Why" inexplicably drops: "Parlez-vous français?" ("Do you speak French?"). The purpose is that the target [[AsLongAsItSoundsForeign thinks they're sophisticated because they speak it]].
--->Yesterday you were an only child\\
Now your ghosts have gone away\\
Oh, you can kill them in the classic style\\
Now you parlez-vous français.
** "C'Etait Toi" has an entire section sung only in French.
* HeavyMeta: "It's Still Rock and Roll To Me" refers to the new wave sound, as well as rock and roll in general.
* IntercourseWithYou: "Sometimes a Fantasy", only it's about phone sex.
* NewSoundAlbum: The album has more of a {{New Wave|Music}} influence.
* ObsessionSong: "All For Leyna". The narrator has a one night stand with the eponymous woman, and declares:
-->''I don't wanna eat, I don't wanna sleep, I only want Leyna one more time''.
* TakeThatCritics: "It's Still Rock and Roll To Me" takes a jab at how music critics try to tell people who's worth listening to: "There's a new band in town, but you can't get the sound from a story in a magazine aimed at your average teen." Soon afterwards, a Rolling Stone poll voted it "the worst song about rock and roll ever."
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: "Sometimes a Fantasy" is not only a song about ''phone sex'', but Joel even makes [[TheImmodestOrgasm Immodest Orgasms]]. (The music video is {{squick}}ier.)
* GratuitousFrench:
** The song "Don't Ask Me Why" inexplicably drops: "Parlez-vous français?" ("Do you speak French?"). The purpose is that the target [[AsLongAsItSoundsForeign thinks they're sophisticated because they speak it]].
--->Yesterday you were an only child\\
Now your ghosts have gone away\\
Oh, you can kill them in the classic style\\
Now you parlez-vous français.
** "C'Etait Toi" has an entire section sung only in French.
* HeavyMeta: "It's Still Rock and Roll To Me" refers to the new wave sound, as well as rock and roll in general.
* IntercourseWithYou: "Sometimes a Fantasy", only it's about phone sex.
* NewSoundAlbum: The album has more of a {{New Wave|Music}} influence.
* ObsessionSong: "All For Leyna". The narrator has a one night stand with the eponymous woman, and declares:
-->''I don't wanna eat, I don't wanna sleep, I only want Leyna one more time''.
* TakeThatCritics: "It's Still Rock and Roll To Me" takes a jab at how music critics try to tell people who's worth listening to: "There's a new band in town, but you can't get the sound from a story in a magazine aimed at your average teen." Soon afterwards, a Rolling Stone poll voted it "the worst song about rock and roll ever."
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* CallAndResponseSong: "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" features this for most of its verses.
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!!"Don't wait for answers, just trope your chances"
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!!"Don't wait for answers, just trope your chances"chances"
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: The singer in "You May Be Right" is definitely this, and it drives his lover up the wall.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: The singer in "You May Be Right" is definitely this, and it drives his lover up the wall.
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* Liberty DeVitto – drums and percussion
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* Liberty DeVitto [=DeVitto=] – drums and percussion
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The album would also net Billy another Grammy Award, this time for Best Rock Vocal Performance (Male).
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[[caption-width-right:300:''You may be right. I may be crazy.''\\
''Hey, but it just may be a lunatic you're looking for.'']]
->''What's the matter with the crowd I'm seeing?''\\
''Don't you know that they're out of touch?''\\
''Should I try to be a straight 'A' student?''\\
''If you are then you think too much.''\\
\\
''Don't you know about the new fashion, honey?''\\
''All you need are looks and a whole lotta money.''\\
''It's the next phase, new wave, dance craze, anyways''\\
''It's still rock & roll to me.''
-->--'''"It's Still Rock and Roll to Me"'''
'''''Glass Houses''''' is the seventh studio album released by American singer/songwriter/pianist Music/BillyJoel. It was released through Creator/ColumbiaRecords on March 12, 1980.
For his third run with Phil Ramone producing, Billy looked for a harder tone to his songs. This was punctuated with the album cover, showing Billy about to chuck a rock through a window.
While critics didn't know what to make of it, with some of the more elitist critics solidifying an opinion that he had sold out, Billy wowed the public. Despite lukewarm critical reviews, it today stands at 4.5 out of 5 stars on [=AllMusic=]. It went seven-times Platinum in the United States, just like ''52nd Street'' before it, and Gold in the United Kingdom. It would peak at #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart.
Five singles were released in support of the album: "All For Layna", "You May Be Right", "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me", "Don't Ask Me Why", and "Sometimes a Fantasy". "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" would become Billy's first single to hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, while "Don't Ask Me Why" would hit #1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.
!!Tracklist
# "You May Be Right" (4:15)
# "Sometimes a Fantasy" (3:40)
# "Don't Ask Me Why" (2:59)
# "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" (2:57)
# "All for Leyna" (4:15)
# "I Don't Want to Be Alone" (3:57)
# "Sleeping with the Television On" (3:02)
# "C'était Toi (You Were the One)" (3:25)
# "Close to the Borderline" (3:47)
# "Through the Long Night" (2:43)
!!Personnel
* Billy Joel – acoustic piano, synthesizers, harmonica, electric pianos, accordion, vocals
* Richie Cannata – organs, saxophones, flute
* David Brown – acoustic and electric guitars (lead)
* Russell Javors – acoustic and electric guitars (rhythm)
* Doug Stegmeyer – bass guitar
* Liberty DeVitto – drums and percussion
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!!"Don't wait for answers, just trope your chances"
[[caption-width-right:300:''You may be right. I may be crazy.''\\
''Hey, but it just may be a lunatic you're looking for.'']]
->''What's the matter with the crowd I'm seeing?''\\
''Don't you know that they're out of touch?''\\
''Should I try to be a straight 'A' student?''\\
''If you are then you think too much.''\\
\\
''Don't you know about the new fashion, honey?''\\
''All you need are looks and a whole lotta money.''\\
''It's the next phase, new wave, dance craze, anyways''\\
''It's still rock & roll to me.''
-->--'''"It's Still Rock and Roll to Me"'''
'''''Glass Houses''''' is the seventh studio album released by American singer/songwriter/pianist Music/BillyJoel. It was released through Creator/ColumbiaRecords on March 12, 1980.
For his third run with Phil Ramone producing, Billy looked for a harder tone to his songs. This was punctuated with the album cover, showing Billy about to chuck a rock through a window.
While critics didn't know what to make of it, with some of the more elitist critics solidifying an opinion that he had sold out, Billy wowed the public. Despite lukewarm critical reviews, it today stands at 4.5 out of 5 stars on [=AllMusic=]. It went seven-times Platinum in the United States, just like ''52nd Street'' before it, and Gold in the United Kingdom. It would peak at #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart.
Five singles were released in support of the album: "All For Layna", "You May Be Right", "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me", "Don't Ask Me Why", and "Sometimes a Fantasy". "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" would become Billy's first single to hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, while "Don't Ask Me Why" would hit #1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.
!!Tracklist
# "You May Be Right" (4:15)
# "Sometimes a Fantasy" (3:40)
# "Don't Ask Me Why" (2:59)
# "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" (2:57)
# "All for Leyna" (4:15)
# "I Don't Want to Be Alone" (3:57)
# "Sleeping with the Television On" (3:02)
# "C'était Toi (You Were the One)" (3:25)
# "Close to the Borderline" (3:47)
# "Through the Long Night" (2:43)
!!Personnel
* Billy Joel – acoustic piano, synthesizers, harmonica, electric pianos, accordion, vocals
* Richie Cannata – organs, saxophones, flute
* David Brown – acoustic and electric guitars (lead)
* Russell Javors – acoustic and electric guitars (rhythm)
* Doug Stegmeyer – bass guitar
* Liberty DeVitto – drums and percussion
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!!"Don't wait for answers, just trope your chances"
