Word: tunes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Shot" closely resembles "Stilletto," the first song on side two and a tune which Joel energized triumphantly in concert. Once again this is angry Billy Joel taking the perplexing female of "She's Always a Woman" and surrounding her with a mood of sadomasochistic perversity to create a satisfied tormentor. "Stiletto" is a catchy song anchored at both ends by a simple Richie Cannatta sax line...
...section with a smooth nylon string guitar part and an innovative soprano recorder solo, Joel cooks up a tonal recipe that would delight even the gourmet. But the song of the "crazy Latin" never fulfills the mood, wandering off into ineffective rhyme. With a cute Fender Rhodes carrying the tune, there are reminders of "James," but none of its lyric depth...
...must pay Israel for its withdrawal from the Sinai. The Israelis are reportedly asking $3 billion to $4 billion, but the haggling, which has long since become a routine aspect of relations between the two countries, is still going on. In 1970, the Nixon Administration paid dearly (to the tune of about $500 million a year in additional aid) for the ceasefire with Egypt. Henry Kissinger's 1975 Sinai agreement may well have been the most expensive pact ever negotiated. It not only pledged enormous financial and political support but also opened America's arsenal of advanced weapons...
Ever had a craving for a tune called "Go Mental," by The Ramones? Some evening, would you really get into "Don't Jump Me Mother," by a group called DMZ? Does your taste in rock 'n roll incline toward groups like The Shirts or Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes...
...minute. Young sings several of his unreleased songs. Two of them-a rock-'n'-roll anthem called Out of the Blue and into the Black ("The king is gone but he's not forgotten/ This is a song about Johnny Rotten") and a long, spooky tune called Powderfinger - are among the best things he has done. But Young is not immune to the coyness and irresolution that plague Dylan. Roadies from Star Wars and sound mixers in wizard regalia can get as tiresome as Dylan's mocking show-biz turns. The difference is that Young continues...