Billy Joel mentions Gord

[Rob1956]

Billy Joel was on Howard Stern's show this morning. Another great, long, very revealing interview that only Howard can pull off. Billy mentioned he's a big Lightfoot fan. He said he would've loved if Gord had covered his song "Downeaster Alexa". What a great song.

[charlene]

I"ve read that Billy fashioned that song after The Wreck...it was written about the fisherman near Long Island and the tough times they've had making a living..His boat was named for his daughter Alexa.
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YouTube - Billy Joel Shea Stadium 7/16/08...

Well I'm on the Downeaster "Alexa"
And I'm cruising through Block Island Sound
I have charted a course to the Vineyard
But tonight I am Nantucket bound

We took on diesel back in Montauk yesterday
And left this morning fromhe bell in Gardiner's Bay
Like all the locals here I've had to sell my home
Too proud to leave I worked my fingers to the bone

So I could own my Downeaster "Alexa"
And I go where the ocean is deep
There are giants out there in the canyons
And a good captain can't fall asleep

I've got bills to pay and children who need clothes
I know there's fish out there but where God only knows
They say these waters aren't what they used to be
But I've got people back on land who count on me

So if you see my Downeaster "Alexa"
And if you work with the rod and the reel
Tell my wife I am trolling Atlantis
And I still have my hands on the wheel

Now I drive my Downeaster "Alexa"
More and more miles from shore every year
Since they told me I can't sell no stripers
And there's no luck in swordfishing here

I was a bayman like my father was before
Can't make a living as a bayman anymore
There ain't much future for a man who works the sea
But there ain't no island left for islanders like me

[charlene]

no mention of Lightfoot in the summary @ http://www.howardstern.com/rundown.hs?d=1289883600

[Rob1956]

I doubt the kids that run that site have any idea who Gord is.

[RM]

The interview is on youtube (audio only). It's broken into 6(?) parts. The mention of Lightfoot comes towards the end of this 15min segment :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VLRA...eature=related

It's all a fun and entertaining chat.

[charlene]

Originally Posted by RM

The interview is on youtube (audio only). It's broken into 6(?) parts. The mention of Lightfoot comes towards the end of this 15min segment :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VLRA...eature=related

It's all a fun and entertaining chat.

Gotta love the YouTube!
lol