Billy Joel 什么意思
Billy Joel 比利·乔1949年5月9日出生于纽约的希克斯维尔。4岁就开始接受钢琴训练，虽然7岁时父亲的弃家，使他和母亲二人陷于困境，但比利·乔从未放弃对音乐的浓厚兴趣。1968年比利·乔就以一名自弹自唱的民谣歌手形象出现在歌坛上，多年不得志的日子并没有使比利·乔失掉音乐创作的信心，反而使他愈挫愈勇，坚守自己独树一帜的创作风格，终于在Bee Gees把迪斯科带向疯狂的时期，比利·乔竟以一张名为《The Stranger》的专辑异军突起，并不受当时潮流的影响而获得了空前的成功。 紧接着格兰美奖中比利·乔又以一张《52nd Street》的优异表现获得了两个大奖，专辑打头阵推出的一首单曲《My Life》，告诉人们，不要怕别人对你的看法，应履行你自己的人生。随后他再接再厉推出了一张复古式的摇滚大作《An Lunoceent Man》，歌迷为之疯狂。比利·乔可以说是上世纪五六十年代摇滚乐所繁衍的后代，加之他坚持自己的风格而不随波逐流，并保持虚心的态度，所以在歌坛不断取胜。 比利.乔尔在70年代末和80年代成为美国最具商业价值的歌手/词曲作者，虽然从未赢得过评论界的欢心。他的音乐展示了他对 “披头士”（BEATLES，THE）以及叮砰巷和百老汇旋律的钟爱，这使他成为两个时代的超级歌星，并给人们留下了一连串的白金销量的专辑和单曲。比利.乔尔成功的道路是异常坎坷的。1949年5月6日他生于长岛的希克斯维尔，在组建摇滚乐队“混乱”（Hassles）之前，他曾是少年职业拳手。该乐队在录制两张专辑后解散。他与该乐队中的乔恩.斯莫尔（Jon Small）成立了两人组合“阿蒂拉”（Attla），这对搭档在发行一张专辑后又告解散，之后他加盟了阿蒂.里普（Artie Ripp）的Ripp唱片公司，在第2年录制了个人专辑《初春港口》（Cold Spring Harbor，1972）。由于某些法律和管理上的原因，乔尔有两年没有录音。这段时间他迁到加利福利亚州，用比尔.马丁（Bill Martin）的名字在酒吧里弹琴来维持生计。这段经历为他提供了创作素材。1974年他的热门歌曲《钢琴手》（Piano Man）进入排行榜前40名，同时在Columbia公司发行了第1张专辑《钢琴手》。1975年的专辑《街头生活小夜曲》（Street Life Serenade）和1976年的《十字转门》（Turnstiles）的销量却不尽人意。直到1977年的专辑《陌生人》（Stranger）才使他步入主流歌星的行列。该专辑由菲尔.雷蒙（Phil Ramone）任制作人，其中包括5首美国热门歌曲：《正是你的方式》（Just the Way You Are）、《搬出〈安东尼之歌〉》（Movin’Out Anthony’s Song）、《只有上帝夭折》（Only the God Die Young）、《她永远是女人》（She’s Always a Woman）和《我的生活》（My Life），该专辑确立了乔尔的国际声誉。 由于舆论的刺激（该专辑是美国AOR电台在1977-1978年播放最频繁的唱片，舆论却对此不以为然），他在专辑《玻璃房子》（Glass Hous，1980）中显示了他的摇滚才华，专辑中的单曲《对我来说仍然是摇滚》（It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me）当年成为美国榜冠军。1981年的《阁楼之歌》（Songs in the Attic）是张现场专辑，演绎了他早期到70年代中期的作品。1982年的《尼龙窗帘》（The Nylon Curtain）对当时的社会进行了一番评论，其中包括他的最佳作品《艾伦镇》（Allentown），讲述了关于小镇失业的问题。他的下一张专辑《纯真的男人》（An Innocent Man，1983）的曲调较柔和，但概念很新奇，这是一次企图贯穿美国城市流行音乐传统的尝试，他无懈可击地重新演绎了“小安东尼与帝国”（Little Anthony and the Imperials）乐队的《最漫长的时光》（The Longest Time）、“四季”（FOUR SEASONS）乐队的《住宅区女孩》（Uptown Girl）和其他乐队的声响和风格。《住宅区女孩》于1983年成为英国榜冠军。同时，这首单曲在2001年被人气团体westlife西城男孩翻唱，勇夺金曲。。随后，新专辑《纯真的男人》使它重新回到了白金唱片销量的行列。乔尔于 1985年出版了双白金精选集《金曲1、2》（Greatest Hits，Vols，1&2），获得排行榜第6名。1986年夏，乔尔的单曲《摩登妇女》（Modern Woman）进入排行榜前10名。新专辑《桥》（The Bridge）于8月份推出，并卖掉200万张。1987年，乔尔到前苏联巡回演出，他在列宁格勒的演出制作成现场专辑Kohuept发行。1989年秋，乔尔的第12张录音室专辑《风暴前方》（Storm Front）出版，这张专辑在某种意义上讲是乔尔转变的标志，他解雇了原来的乐队和制作人菲尔.雷蒙，雇用了“外国人”（FOREIGNER）乐队的米克.琼斯（Mick Jones）担任该专辑的制作人，其中的一首把从1949年到1989年全世界发生的头条新闻串接在一起的说唱风格的单曲《我们没有点火》（We Didn’t Start the Fire）成为排行榜的冠军。《风暴前方》是乔尔相当成功的专辑之一，在美国共卖出了300万张。1993年夏，乔尔的新专辑《梦之河》（River of Dreams）出版，专辑获得排行榜冠军，同名单曲进入排行榜前10名。就他最有吸引力、最坦率和家喻户晓的情歌来看，比利.乔尔是位迷人的、无可挑剔的表演家，舆论把他与布鲁斯.斯普林斯廷（SPRINGSTEEN，BRUCE）和鲍勃.西格（Bob Seeger）相提并论。
个人非常喜欢他的uptown girl 和piano man!!!!
Billy Joel的《Vienna》 歌词
歌曲： Vienna
歌手：Billy Joel
专辑：《12 Gardens Live》
歌词：
Master of Chant I
Slow down you crazy child
You're so ambitious for a juvenile
But then if you're so smart tell me why
You are still so afraid?
Where's the fire, what's the hurry about?
You better cool it off before you burn it out
You got so much to do and only
so many hours in a day
But you know that when the truth is told
That you can get what you want
Or you an just get old
You're gonna kick off before you even get halfway through
When will you realize...Vienna waits for you
Slow down you're doing fine
You can't be everything you want to be，Before your time
Although it's so romantic on the borderline tonight
Too.bad.but.this.is.the.left.You're so ahead of yourlf
That you forfeit what you need
Though you can e when you're wrong
But you know you can't always e when you're right
You got your passion you got your pride
BUt don't you know only fools are satisfied?
Dream on but don't imagine they'll al come true
When will you realize
Vienna waits for you
Slow down you crazy child
Take the phone off the hook
And disappeaar for a while
It's alright you can afford to lo a day or two
When will you realize...
Vienna waits for you.
But you know that when the truth is told
That you can get what you want
Or you an just get old
You're gonna kick off before you even get halfway through
When will you realize...Vienna waits for you
When will you realize...Vienna waits for you
歌手简介：
比利·乔尔（Billy Joel），亦称作比利乔，全名威廉·马丁·比利·乔尔（William Martin Billy Joel）1949年5月9日出生于纽约的希克斯维尔。美国著名歌手、钢琴演奏家、作曲作词家。比利·乔尔从1973年出道至1993年退休，灌制了多张深受欢迎的唱片。他的歌曲在70、80、90年代都曾进入过排行榜前十名。比利·乔尔六次获得格莱美奖，全世界唱片累计销量超过一亿张。
just the way you are -billy joel 中英文歌词
1977的《The
Stranger》，Billy
Joe的第五张专辑，是Billy
Joel登上明星宝座的里程碑，异军突起，并不受当时潮流的影响而获得了空前的成功，在当年格莱美大奖中比利·乔以一首《Just
The
Way
You
Are》连获“最佳唱片”与“最佳歌曲”两项最高荣誉。
歌名：Just
The
Way
You
Are
演唱：Billy
Joel
作词：Billy
Joel
所属专辑：The
Stranger
制作人：Phil
Ramone
唱片公司：Sony
BMG
发行时间：1977年09月01日
中英歌词：
Don't
go
changing,
别想借着改变
To
try
and
plea
me
来讨好我
You
never
let
me
down
before
你从来没让我失望过
Don't
imagine
别以为因为
you're
too
familiar
与你太熟
And
I
don't
e
you
anymore
我就会对你视若无睹
I
would
not
leave
you
我不会让你自己
in
times
of
trouble
面对苦难时光
We
never
could
have
come
this
far
我俩未曾走到这般地步
I
took
the
good
times,
美好的时光如此
I'll
take
the
bad
times
悲惨的岁月亦然
I'll
take
you
just
the
way
you
are
我始终接纳你现在的样子
Don't
go
trying
some
new
fashion
别想尝试新的流行款式
Don't
change
the
color
of
your
hair
别想改变头发的颜色
You
always
have
my
unspoken
passion
你总是拥有我无法言喻的热情
Although
I
might
not
em
to
care
尽管我好像不在意
I
don't
want
clever
conversation
我不要针锋相对的对话
I
never
want
to
work
that
hard
我不想那么辛苦
I
just
want
someone
that
I
can
talk
to
我只需要有人能聊天
I
want
you
just
the
way
you
are
我就是要你现在这个样子
I
need
to
know
that
you
will
always
be
我要知道你永远都会是
The
same
old
someone
that
I
knew
我所认识的老样子
What
will
it
take
till
you
believe
in
me
要怎样才能让你信任我
The
way
that
I
believe
in
you
像我信任你一样
I
said
I
love
you
and
that's
forever
我曾说过我爱你永远不变
And
this
I
promi
from
the
heart
而且我真心地向你承诺
I
could
not
love
you
any
better
我不可能再更爱你了
I
love
you
just
the
way
you
are
我就是爱你现在这个样子
I
don't
want
clever
conversation
我不要针锋相对的对话
I
never
want
to
work
that
hard
我不想那么辛苦
I
just
want
someone
that
I
can
talk
to
我只需要有人能聊天
I
want
you
just
the
way
you
are.
我就是要你现在这个样子
Billy Joel的《My Life》 歌词
《My Life》
歌手：Billy Joel
所属专辑：The Hangover, Pt. III (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
发行时间：2013-05-21
发行公司： WaterTower Music
歌词：
Got a call from an old friend we'd ud to be real clo
Said he couldn't go on the American way
Clod the shop, sold the hou, bought a ticket to the west coast
Now he gives them a stand-up routine in L.A.
I don't need you to worry for me cau I'm allright
I don't want you to tell me it's time to come home
I don't care what you say anymore this is my life
Go ahead with your own life leave me alone
I never said you had to offer me a cond chance
I never said I was a victim of circumstance
I still belong
Don't get me wrong
And you can speak your mind
But not on my time
They will tell you you can't sleep alone in a strange place
Then they'll tell you can't sleep with somebody el
Ah but sooner or later you sleep in your own space
Either way it's O.K. you wake up with yourlf
Billy Joel的《Piano Man》 歌词
歌曲名:Piano Man
歌手:Billy Joel
专辑:The Complete Hits Collection: 1973-1997 Limited Edition
It's nine o'clock on a Saturday
The regular crowd shuffles in
There's an old man sitting next to me
Makin' love to his tonic and gin
He says, "Son, can you play me a melody?
I'm not really sure how it goes
But it's sad and it's sweet and I knew it complete
When I wore a younger man's clothes"
La la la, de de da
La la, de de da da da
Sing us a song, you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well, we're all in the mood for a melody
And you've got us feelin' alright
Now John at the bar is a friend of mine
He gets me my drinks for free
And he's quick with a joke or to light up your smoke
But there's someplace that he'd rather be
He says, "Bill, I believe this is killing me."
As the smile ran away from his face
"Well I'm sure that I could be a movie star
If I could get out of this place"
Oh, la la la, de de da
La la, de de da da da
Now Paul is a real estate novelist
Who never had time for a wife
And he's talkin' with Davy who's still in the navy
And probably will be for life
And the waitress is practicing politics
As the businessmen slowly get stoned
Yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness
But it's better than drinkin' alone
It's a pretty good crowd for a Saturday
And the manager gives me a smile
'Cau he knows that it's me they've been comin' to e
To forget about life for a while
And the piano, it sounds like a carnival
And the microphone smells like a beer
And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar
And say, "Man, what are you doin' here?"
Oh, la la la, de de da
La la, de de da da da
http://music.baidu.com/song/31391596
Billy Joel的《Honesty》 歌词
歌曲名:Honesty
歌手:Billy Joel
专辑:The Esntial Billy Joel 3.0
Honesty
Billy Joel
If you arch for tenderness
It isn't hard to find
You can have the love you need to live
But if you look for truthfulness
You might just as well be blind
It always ems to be so hard to give
Honesty is such a lonely word
Everyone is so untrue
Honesty is hardly ever heard
And mostly what I need from you
I can always find someone
To say they sympathize
If I wear my heart out on my sleeve
But I don't want some pretty face
To tell me pretty lies
All I want is someone to believe
Honesty is such a lonely word
Everyone is so untrue
Honesty is hardly ever heard
And mostly what I need from you
I can find a lover
I can find a friend
I can have curity
Until the bitter end
Anyone can comfort me
With promis again
I know, (I know) I know
When I'm deep inside of me
Don't be too concerned
I won't ask for nothin' while I'm gone
But when I want sincerity
Tell me where el can I turn
Becau you're the one that I depend upon
Honesty is such a lonely word
Everyone is so untrue
Honesty is hardly ever heard
And mostly what I need from you
http://music.baidu.com/song/7450543
