we act like ourselves and don’t put on false fronts
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I will never defend Billy Joel but what I think he is really trying to get across there is more “I love you, I don’t give a crap what we do as long as it is together” more than “is that a book? get out.”
But with him you never know
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But … but … it’s a classic!
Yeah, maybe. Again, it might be a cultural misunderstanding.
But it’s hard for a European not to be prejudiced a little, as the picture painted in media is that in some countries fake boobs are more important than a good education.
I blame Fox News for my ignorance!
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No
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You don’t run into fake boobs very often actually
Always that with music. We look at things in our own cultural lens.
Also it’s in English, and people who speak English as a second language I am told (by them) tend to take English more literally than their native tongues. I work on many international projects in my life and had to give up sarcasm because people always thought I was serious for example.
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I gave up on sarcasm too
As for the Billie Joel “I like dumb chicks cause I’m too lazy to make an effort” lyrics … I know this song since the early 80s and interpreted it more like the other ones in this thread that have complained. So as something rather romantic.
But my girlfriend understood it literally, and now I cannot unhear it.
I don’t think that Billie Joel was singing about his love for dumb chicks per sé. I think that he was a very lazy songwriter here. And this is even worse, in my opinion (but don’t tell my gf!).
As for the fake boobs. Yeah, well, on my road trips in the US almost everybody had fake boobs (mostly women though). I admit, I travelled California, so that might be special.
But I cannot watch even US news without seeing fake boobs. OK, it’s mainly Fox, but I’m not so sure about CNN too nowadays…
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The song was written as a birthday present for his first wife. Then he got divorced and hasn’t played it since. It literally is about his love for his wife.
But you get out of a song what you get.
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Yep! I read about it on Wikipedia.
Billie Joel seems to have a lot of love to give. I mean, four wives? ^^
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At what point do you say maybe I shouldn’t marry again? I know
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Fox news is a shit show. CNN is not much better but at least makes attempts to cover both sides on occasions and doesn’t blatantly lie . I still go to the BBC for my news when I want something sensible.
I’m old fashioned: marriage is a promise forever. Everything else makes no sense…
100% agreed. Also no fake boobs (except when they show US political events :-))
I used to think that. I’ve been married for 22 years, the last 12 of which I have been slowly falling out of love because eventually there is only so much you can take. I stay for my son, to provide him some stability until he’s old enough to understand.
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Ayyyy, that’s not so funny!
I have never married. Can’t, as long as there is still something “wild” in me.
Marriage is a serious promise. Forever. I only make promises I can keep.
OK, trying to steer this tanker back on track.
Here is a tune I am working on - very cool tune, but so many tricky details in there:
(Obviously, that’s not me 
- I am still working on it, at 80% speed)
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Good luck 
What I’m really wondering though, is what is the best kind of tonewood to use when I’m using a pick.
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I’m going to call bullshit on the pronoun ‘everybody’. America is a large populous place and generalizations are often wrong.
America is great and Doug Stanhope knows why.
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I’m at 1:49 but already have two remarks:
- what is the use of an empty highway if you cannot drive 250km/h or more? Don’t know what that is in imperial mile-ounce-gallons…
- If you ever come to Germany or Holland, please let me make you some proper pancakes, not that fluffy non-entities you have in the states!
Resuming video…
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OK, not much more in it for me, buuuuuuuuuuut:
- my very few experiences with fake boobs were not unpleasant. So I might revisit California one day and sing a nice girl some Billie Joel songs!
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A. I’m not American
B. I’ve lived in Germany.
I prefer it here. Huge landmass, small population. I couldn’t care less about pancakes.
I still eat Stroopwafel. Those things are great for ski touring.
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