Latest reviews about Billy Joel - Greatest Hits Vols. 1 & 2, 1973-1985 (Remastered)

OldHippie says "Sing Us a Song - You're the Piano Man" about Billy Joel - Greatest Hits Vols. 1 & 2, 1973-1985 (Remastered)

OldHippie — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:58:56 GMT

Did you ever have expectations so high, the actual event left you flat? Billy Joel always reminds me of one such happening. Years ago (back in the early '80s) there was a gorgeous blonde I had been chasing after. It seemed that every portable DJ gig I did, she was there - but always with someone new. (Should've been my first clue.)

Finally getting a date with her, I reserved a table at a nice Italian restaurant. Before the main course came out, we were on the subject of music. She loved Mick Jagger & hated Billy Joel. I stated that Billy Joel had more talent in his little finger than Mick Jagger had in his whole body. Needless to say...that was our first & last date. Oh, well...

Greatest Hits Vols. 1 & 2, 1973-1985 gives one nearly every song you'd want to hear from Billy Joel's early career. The key word being "nearly". I wish he would've included "The Ballad Of Billy The Kid".

"From a town known as Oyster Bay, Long Island
Rode a boy with a six-pack in his hand...

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Kerripet says "Billy Joel's Greatest Hits - all the best songs in one place!" about Billy Joel - Greatest Hits Vols. 1 & 2, 1973-1985 (Remastered)

Kerripet — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:54:19 GMT

Billy Joel's Greatest Hits is awesome! All the best of his songs all in one place! He was one of the best singers of the 80s, and it's nice to be able to hear all the best at once!

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Fardreamer says "This two-disc set is truly great for Billy Joel fans!" about Billy Joel - Greatest Hits Vols. 1 & 2, 1973-1985 (Remastered)

Fardreamer — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:19:08 GMT

When I was still a college freshman back in 1986, a friend of mine gave me the cassette version of Billy Joel - Greatest Hits: Volume I & Volume II for my birthday. She knew I was becoming a fan of the Piano Man but only possessed a tape of his 1983 album An Innocent Man, so she guessed (rightly) that a copy of the then-bestsellling compilation would make a perfect birthday gift.

Sure enough, that first cassette, which contained the 21 songs from the original two-record set which were arranged in roughly chronological order, eventually became one of my favorites; I played that cassette over and over till it wore out -- literally -- and it served as a morale booster when romances soured, campus newspaper deadlines loomed (I was a student journalist at the time) or went overseas in the fall of 1988 to study Spanish in Seville, Spain.

It shouldn't be surprising that when I was given my first CD-capable boom box in 1990, one of my first purchases was the original CD from the late '80s. This early......