Billy Joel A to Z

David Juskow, Elon Altman

A funny and informative podcast discussing every Billy Joel song from A to Z.

I'm Elon Altman -- and I'm Dave Juskow -- and this is the Billy Joel A to Z Podcast. We're two comedians who love Billy Joel. We enjoy praising his great songs and ripping on, well, you know, "All You Wanna Do is Dance" 😉

We are going to review and talk about every song Billy Joel has ever written. We had the idea to do this podcast because we wanted to talk about "Zanzibar," but, unfortunately we decided to go through Billy Joel's catalog alphabetically, so expect our "Zanzibar" discussion in two years. Every episode we do a deep dive into a particular song. We talk rankings, make fun of Billy's hilarious music videos, tell funny stories, and do trivia and song parodies too.

So join us on this fun journey with new song episodes every Tuesday.

Some of our research and content comes from a terrific site called - https://www.onefinalserenade.com/

Check it out for all your Billy Joel needs

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W's Wrap Up

Billy Joel A to Z

11/21/23 • 49 min

It's been a long long time -- as the song goes - since we've done a letter wrap up but here we are wrapping up the letter "W" as we get down to only 2 letters left. We've got the rankings and listener feedback of course. Plus, finally, what everyone's been waiting for - we get to hear how Scenes From an Italian Restaurant sounded going from part 1 to part 2 on 8-Track Tape so many years ago. Spoiler alert -- it is not pleasant. 😉

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The Series Rankings Finale - Part 1

Billy Joel A to Z

11/12/24 • 49 min

Hello friends. The final episodes of everyone's favorite podcast, Billy Joel A to Z. After 4 years and over 250 episodes it comes down to this. In these three episodes Elon and Dave will countdown the rankings of every song Billy Joel ever wrote (140 songs). This, first part episode will cover songs 140 to 101. We had such a good time recording these episodes. Thanks for all of our amazing listeners that we've got to meet and remain friends with way after the podcast is over. ♥

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Streetlife Serenade Album Wrap Up - Part 1

Billy Joel A to Z

07/25/23 • 41 min

Another album in the books and this time it's Billy Joel's 1974 album, Streetlife Serenade. The extremely little known album just before he'd become the Billy Joel we all know and worship. Billy himself has made it very clear that this isn't his greatest work -- even going as far as to admit he put two instrumental songs on the album because he ran out of material. BUT, over the years the true fans love this album so Elon, Paul and Dave will cover it all in this episode. We are, as always, fortunate to hear Paul play 3 of the songs off of the album, the shocking rankings and -- the parodies. It's all the stuff you've come to love in a Billy Joel A to Z album wrap up.

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Interview with Comedian Todd Barry

Billy Joel A to Z

11/14/23 • 29 min

From his comedy specials Super Crazy, Spicy Honey, or his brand new one entitled, Domestic Short Hair to his television appearances on Bob’s Burgers, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee or Comedy Bang Bang you may wonder why we have legendary comedian Todd Barry on our Billy Joel podcast. Well, many years ago Todd was in a Billy Joel cover band that only played the song that the band was called. I can't tell you anymore until you hear the episode but I will tell you it's pretty hilarious - like today's podcast.

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Greatest Hits Volume III Album Wrap Up

Billy Joel A to Z

07/11/23 • 27 min

It's the podcast AND the album nobody wanted -- but we had to. Billy Joel's Greatest Hits Volume III. A lackluster collection of songs that mostly includes the entire album of Stormfront so -- just buy Stormfront if you're such a huge Stormfront lover. Yipes.

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Leningrad

Billy Joel A to Z

12/21/21 • 33 min

Leningrad is the 7th song on Stormfront. Leningrad was oddly released as a follow up single to “We Didn’t Start the Fire” in October of 1989. Apparently it's about a Russian Clown named Viktor. And, apparently, Viktor has no idea who Bozo is. Bozo!!! I mean. . . . Viktor's living in the past man!

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Keeping the Faith

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11/30/21 • 36 min

The only song with a "K", Keeping the Faith is the tenth and final song off of An Innocent Man. Keeping the Faith was released as the SIXTH single off of the album in September of 1984 and peaked at 18 on the Billboard Charts. That's all fine and good, but the big news will always be Christie Brinkley as a redhead. Whaaaaa!!!

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If I Only Had the Words (To Tell You)

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10/28/21 • 28 min

If I Only Had the Words (To Tell You) is the eighth track off Billy’s second studio album “Piano Man”. Modulating to a different key? What? That's nothing, wait until you see one of Billy's heroes completely ripping off this melody 10 years later. Ooooo. Controversy. Fun times on Billy Joel A to Z.

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Blonde Over Blue

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05/27/21 • 26 min

The third track off the River of Dreams album and released August 10, 1993. A great hidden gem. And remember, in hell there's a big hotel - and the TV works, but the clicker is broken! Noooooooo!!!!!

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You May Be Right

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01/16/24 • 45 min

It's a Billy Joel encore classic today on the podcast as we finish up the final song (alphabetically) off the Glass Houses Album with, You May Be Right. This is actually one of Billy Joel's personal top 5 songs he's written. In fact it's so popular even the Chipmunks did a cover on their "Punk Album" - and that's clearly the catalyst of popular. Fitting to put this out right after the New Year as whenever Billy performs on New Year's Eve, this is the go to song when the clock strikes midnight (after Auld Lang Syne of course).

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How many episodes does Billy Joel A to Z have?

Billy Joel A to Z currently has 237 episodes available.

What topics does Billy Joel A to Z cover?

The podcast is about Music Trivia, Classic Rock, Music, Music History, Comedy, Podcasts, Deep Dive and Music Commentary.

What is the most popular episode on Billy Joel A to Z?

The episode title 'Only the Good Die Young' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Billy Joel A to Z?

The average episode length on Billy Joel A to Z is 36 minutes.

How often are episodes of Billy Joel A to Z released?

Episodes of Billy Joel A to Z are typically released every 5 days.

When was the first episode of Billy Joel A to Z?

The first episode of Billy Joel A to Z was released on Apr 2, 2021.

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Billy Joel A to Z

David Juskow, Elon Altman

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