Anonymous
Post 07/28/2025 09:44     Subject: Anyone watching the new Billy Joel biopic?
What channel is this on
Anonymous
Post 07/28/2025 09:43     Subject: Anyone watching the new Billy Joel biopic?
An amazing tribute to a real talent. He is flawed and human and not perfect but he is amazing. The song Piano Man will be iconic for ages. And I also agree that the fact all his ex wives were available and honest to talk about him speaks volumes ……
Anonymous
Post 07/28/2025 09:08     Subject: Anyone watching the new Billy Joel biopic?
I loved it! To say that Billy is a talented musician and entertainer is an understatement. I listened to Billy's music from about age 10 until age 25 and then stopped as I explored new/different genres. But, I was able to sing every word of every song in the documentary because he was an incredible story teller with his lyrics. I'm a NY'er and loved that the documentary was also an homage to NY and NYC.
Anonymous
Post 07/28/2025 09:05     Subject: Anyone watching the new Billy Joel biopic?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I watched this weekend and found the documentary excellent. His life story is incredibly fascinating, and his resiliency is so impressive. So much raw talent and his music such a gift and a true expression of his life. I especially love how he presents in such a genuine, unpretentious way... it was painful watching his family drama and glad he found love again. The fact that his ex-wives all appeared in the documentary speaks volumes.



This. None of them seemed angry or bitter (although they might have been at one time). They all seemed to realize that his drinking wasn't something that they could fix. I didn't know he had a stepson or a half brother and that his father grew up in Germany. I felt so bad for him that his father basically left him and his sister and never tried to contact them.


Agreed.

The videos from when Alexa was little were heartbreaking. They loved her SO much ... I hope she sees that.
Anonymous
Post 07/27/2025 21:26     Subject: Anyone watching the new Billy Joel biopic?
Anonymous wrote:I watched this weekend and found the documentary excellent. His life story is incredibly fascinating, and his resiliency is so impressive. So much raw talent and his music such a gift and a true expression of his life. I especially love how he presents in such a genuine, unpretentious way... it was painful watching his family drama and glad he found love again. The fact that his ex-wives all appeared in the documentary speaks volumes.



This. None of them seemed angry or bitter (although they might have been at one time). They all seemed to realize that his drinking wasn't something that they could fix. I didn't know he had a stepson or a half brother and that his father grew up in Germany. I felt so bad for him that his father basically left him and his sister and never tried to contact them.
Anonymous
Post 07/27/2025 16:47     Subject: Re:Anyone watching the new Billy Joel biopic?
I liked it a lot. It did jump around a little at times, which I found strange. Not that things have to be completely linear, but they cut back to his childhood in bits and pieces, like growing up in Hicksville after the part about recording in California.

I also was a little confused about him wanted to make it clear he’d never gotten a DUI, despite a cluster of vehicle accidents. That part of the documentary was focusing on his problems with substance abuse, so I took it that could have actually been impaired driving, but either wasn’t caught or charged. I don’t really think it absolved him, the way it was portrayed, despite what he said.

Anonymous
Post 07/27/2025 14:50     Subject: Anyone watching the new Billy Joel biopic?
I watched this weekend and found the documentary excellent. His life story is incredibly fascinating, and his resiliency is so impressive. So much raw talent and his music such a gift and a true expression of his life. I especially love how he presents in such a genuine, unpretentious way... it was painful watching his family drama and glad he found love again. The fact that his ex-wives all appeared in the documentary speaks volumes.
Anonymous
Post 07/23/2025 09:21     Subject: Anyone watching the new Billy Joel biopic?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I liked it too. Wow I really felt like his first wife was the love of his life. What a lovely person she is. The depth and the sweetness of their connection reminded me of my thirty year marriage. That break up was profoundly sad and it was likely his alcohol use that fueled it. As she said, she could have and did adapt to a significant amount of struggle related to his white hot fame (which she greatly contributed to) and the complexity of their merging work and their marriage as she managed him and the band for years and it obviously was complicated and took a toll. He needed her and then resented her, a common dynamic. But he was years away from facing his destructive drinking and she coukd not deal with it and the effects on her son. It seemed very sad.


Agreed. She is amazing, and I can't believe how gracious she is in her time with the documentary and her generous assessment of their time together. It's interesting that they only start addressing his alcoholism toward the end of Part 1, but you could certainly pick up hints along the way. His appearance vacillated wildly between looking pretty decent and looking bloated and sick.
I don't know much about him, so I just googled. There's an article in People that says she was in a relationship with his bandmate, and Joel moved in with the two of them and their child. And they started having an affair. Sounds scandalous! Do they go over that in this film?


It's a complete mess. She was beautiful and intelligent -- and married to his close friend. They are ALL in the documentary -- Elizabeth, the friend Billy stole her from, and Elizabeth's son. :O The doc is well done -- it's not like everyone is sitting around praising Billy Joel. They're just discussing the facts, and the facts are indeed scandalous.
Anonymous
Post 07/23/2025 07:30     Subject: Anyone watching the new Billy Joel biopic?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Is this on Netflix or somewhere else? Love me some Billy Joel. Thanks!


Same here - where is it streaming?


MAX
Anonymous
Post 07/23/2025 05:20     Subject: Anyone watching the new Billy Joel biopic?
Anonymous wrote:Is this on Netflix or somewhere else? Love me some Billy Joel. Thanks!


Same here - where is it streaming?
Anonymous
Post 07/22/2025 23:42     Subject: Anyone watching the new Billy Joel biopic?
Is this on Netflix or somewhere else? Love me some Billy Joel. Thanks!
Anonymous
Post 07/22/2025 22:09     Subject: Anyone watching the new Billy Joel biopic?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I wish !!
Joke: Which Billy Joel album cover emphasizes his Huge eyes?

(All of them)


Dumb joke, you obviously didn't grow up on the 8-track of Glass Houses like I did.

True, more like The Stranger 8-track
Anonymous
Post 07/22/2025 22:07     Subject: Anyone watching the new Billy Joel biopic?
Anonymous wrote:I wonder if it gets into how he treated his backing musicians? Seeing as it's produced, obviously it won't.

Watch Hired Guns on Netflix for another perspective.

Still rock and roll to be though.


Thanks for the rec, I watched it - he was pretty cold and arrogant to cut out his original bandmates without even a phone call, devastating consequences.
Anonymous
Post 07/22/2025 21:46     Subject: Anyone watching the new Billy Joel biopic?
Anonymous wrote:I wonder if it gets into how he treated his backing musicians? Seeing as it's produced, obviously it won't.

Watch Hired Guns on Netflix for another perspective.

Still rock and roll to be though.


He had many of the same musicians with a few exceptions that I saw in the Innocent Man tour back in the 80s, on the Stormfront tour, Piano Men tour with Elton, River of Dreams Tour, and his tour from summer 2023.

I also heard that he paid his band during shit downs.

There are always disgruntled former employees willing to b$&%# about the former boss.
Anonymous
Post 07/22/2025 20:56     Subject: Anyone watching the new Billy Joel biopic?
Anonymous wrote:I wish !!
Joke: Which Billy Joel album cover emphasizes his Huge eyes?

(All of them)


Dumb joke, you obviously didn't grow up on the 8-track of Glass Houses like I did.