She's Got a Way
06/07/22 • 41 min
In 1971 the world got introduced to Gene Hackman, Willy Wonka and Dirty Harry and in November of that year that dude from the Hassles went solo and put out his first album as a singer songwriter, entitled “Cold Spring Harbor”. She's Got a Way is the first song from the first album anyone ever heard from Billy Joel and today we discuss the heck out of it. Billy re-recorded a live version of the song on his album Songs in the Attic so people could hear it without the chipmunk sound off Cold Spring Harbor and thank goodness for that. Unfortunately, it's another song about his ex-wife Elizabeth Webber so -- here we go again. But don't worry, on the next episode is "She's Right On Time" and that's a song about -- oh wait -- Elizabeth Webber. Oy.
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In 1971 the world got introduced to Gene Hackman, Willy Wonka and Dirty Harry and in November of that year that dude from the Hassles went solo and put out his first album as a singer songwriter, entitled “Cold Spring Harbor”. She's Got a Way is the first song from the first album anyone ever heard from Billy Joel and today we discuss the heck out of it. Billy re-recorded a live version of the song on his album Songs in the Attic so people could hear it without the chipmunk sound off Cold Spring Harbor and thank goodness for that. Unfortunately, it's another song about his ex-wife Elizabeth Webber so -- here we go again. But don't worry, on the next episode is "She's Right On Time" and that's a song about -- oh wait -- Elizabeth Webber. Oy.
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She's Always a Woman
Today we get to talk about a Billy Joel classic in She’s Always a Woman. This beautiful ballad is the seventh song of a perfect album that is, “The Stranger”. She’s Always a Woman was the fifth and final song released off of the album on August 12, 1978 and peaked at 17 on the Billboard charts on October 14, 1978. Is it She's Always a Woman or She's Only a Woman? A slight change makes a huge difference in this often misunderstood love song. And, is it about Elizabeth Webber or Elizabeth Warren. Dave makes all these mistakes in one episode. It's epic.
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Next Episode
She's Right on Time
Today we tackle our third song in a row that begins with the pronoun “She”. AND, our third song in a row about Billy’s first wife, the good time Charlie that is Elizabeth Webber. She’s Right on Time kicks off the second side of The Nylon Curtain, which came out on September 23, 1982.
Billy wrote this song with a Christmas theme instead of making an entire schmaltzy holiday album. Although never released as a single, there's is an amazing music video for it. Billy Joel himself says this is his second favorite song of all time behind Scenes from an Italian Restaurant. Really?
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