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...Night on the Town, Hornsby has taken the familiar musical elements he introduced in his earlier work and produced a richer, more complex and more mature sound. The tinkly piano ballads like "Mandolin Rain" are, for the most part, absent from this album. Instead, Hornsby makes elaborate use of synthesizers and electric guitars to produce driving rockabilly tunes with appropriately cynical lyrics...
...these new elements add to, rather than detract from, Hornsby's original style. This is best demonsrated on the title track, whose bluesy, driving harmonies are underscored by Hornsby's rhythmic piano, rock guitar and some nice Yamaha synth sounds. The result is a pumped-up "Look Out Any Window" (but without the politically correct lyrics...
...lasers, fireworks or fancy synthesizers. Just a bust of Beethoven and a piano--a real piano...
...played his first concert when Richard Nixon was president, Joel still puts on an energetic performance. He belted out the rapidfire piano chords of "Angry Young Man" as quickly as he did 15 years ago, and did not one, but two flips off his piano during "Bigshot"--a perennial crowd pleaser...
...recent years, Joel has finished his shows with a fast tune--"Bigshot," "Miami 2017" or "Keeping the Faith." But on Wednesday, Joel ended with "Piano Man"--a sentimental favorite among young and old alike...