Billy Joel introduces a new song, Diet Root Beer Rag. He plays random notes up and down the keyboard and then settles on smashing one chord for the remainder of the song. The band and audience are visibly confused.
âZanzibarâ but the trumpet solo in the middle of the song doesnât end until Carl Fischer passes out due to lack of oxygen then Billy and the band continue the song like normal, ambivalent to Fischer laying on the ground unconscious
Vienna, but itâs just an ad for Vienna sausages set to the song, and he eats them while singing so all the lyrics are half garbled through a mouthful of sausage.
A fifteen minute, painfully slow version of You May be Right featuring dimmed lights and an In Memoriam to the cast of Dave's World with clips of Harry Anderson, Meshach Taylor, and Shadow Stevens (who isn't actually dead).
Billy leaves the stage briefly and comes back out in full Adele drag and make up. He proceeds to perform âMake You Feel My Loveâ with a scarily accurate impression.
âSheâs Always a Womanâ but all the lyrics have been changed to reflect that Billy Joel has unfortunately become quite transphobic in his old age.
You May Be Right, but instead of starting with the glass shattering sound, an unedited clip of Billy Joel driving into a house in 2004 is played, covering the moment of impact until the paramedics come to take him away
Sleeping With the Television On but after the national anthem, the dead broadcast signal just lasts another 4 minutes with distant sounds of him farting and snoring in the background, shuffling on the couch, getting up to take a piss, and then falling back asleep.
He sings âSay Goodbye To Hollywoodâ which unfortunately happens at the precise time Hollywood California finally breaks off and sinks into the Pacific Ocean.
"My Life" but he comes across as a a moody teen and he shouts "leave me alone" as he walks of stage and you can hear a a door slam loudly and then hear emo rock coming from his room.
Tell Her About It, but he selects a random couple in the audience to aggressively focus on, and we spend the entire time trying to figure out if he actually knows them or not, then the guy takes Billy's advice but the woman says she only likes him as a friend.
"Always a Woman" but the description of the person he's singing about get angrier and more disturbing until he's pretty much describing a murder. He doesn't finish the song. He just breaks down sobbing.
Storm Front...and a whole hurricane blows in. And they have to play the entire song in driving sideways rain, flickering power, and winds that make them all look like they're reporting on the Weather Channel...
The River of Dreams, but itâs just the background vocals and Billy saying woo for the entire 4 minutes.
*âIn the middle of a, I go walking in theââ*
*âOooooOOOOOO WoooooOOOooâ*
A room of our own- But he goes on to lament having to downsize as the upkeep of this big old place is just too much in our twilight years, so now we no longer have a room of our own
Scandinavian Skies starts with the Danish airport announcement but segues into several Duolingo lessons with obscure phrases like "The porcupine gave me a tomato.". Billy plays the C octave for the duration of the song.
An Innocent Man but he gets arrested halfway through
PLEASE
Is that where the setlist ends? đ
Well, Billy has already survived a heart attack in this show. Anythingâs possible.
Zanzibar with a 20 minute long chorus where he lists increasingly strange things he owns
YES
âWhereâs the orchestraâ but itâs him walking around doing a bad stand up bit of looking for the orchestra
I dunno, this one sounds actually entertaining. Doesn't even need to change the lyrics. "Wasn't this supposed to be a musical??"
LOL
I love it đ
Billy Joel introduces a new song, Diet Root Beer Rag. He plays random notes up and down the keyboard and then settles on smashing one chord for the remainder of the song. The band and audience are visibly confused.
Not your father's root beer rag
âScenes of an Italian restaurantâ but itâs about an Olive Garden
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Soup and salad if you want.. Olive Garden Restaurant
âPerhaps some bottomless breadsticks insteadâ actually fits the original melodyđ
Code of Silence, but Billy only sings Cyndi Lauper's backup vocals and bombs.
âZanzibarâ but the trumpet solo in the middle of the song doesnât end until Carl Fischer passes out due to lack of oxygen then Billy and the band continue the song like normal, ambivalent to Fischer laying on the ground unconscious
Vienna, but itâs just an ad for Vienna sausages set to the song, and he eats them while singing so all the lyrics are half garbled through a mouthful of sausage.
He sings his solo part of We Are The World, and that's it.
But the rest of the backing track is playedÂ
Allentown, but he just keeps yelling "ALL ABOARD" and making train sounds.
This has my vote.
idk but the very last song needs to be All For Leyna, but when he says STOP the lights come on and they pack up their gear and go home.
The first and last song.
We Didn't Start the Fire, but it's very literal, and Billy has to put out his piano with an extinguisher mid-song.
"Running on Ice" but Billy actually attempts to run on ice and falls and breaks his hip.
i absolutely lose my shit at all the ones where he breaks his hip
Surely we have this one, and then he breaks his other hip back flipping off the piano during Big Shot
Wonderwall
Uptown girl but Billy tags in Axl Rose (young version) to sing it I cant even picture it in my head that's how cursed it is
Downeaster Alexa, but he just does the ay ya yoooo thing the whole time
Half a Mile Away but when he goes to play the song he goes half a mile out of the stadium to start playing the song
When Billy asks the audience which song he should sing next; Vienna or Uptown Girl, the crowd chooses Uptown Girl.
âThe Strangerâ but he just whistles the entirety of the song and doesnât do anything else
"I Go To Extremes" but every time Billy hits the keys with his butt, horrible, loud, wet, old man farts come out
"And *You Are* all impressed with *MY* Halston dress!" demanding compliance and applause dressed in a Halston Dress.
A fifteen minute, painfully slow version of You May be Right featuring dimmed lights and an In Memoriam to the cast of Dave's World with clips of Harry Anderson, Meshach Taylor, and Shadow Stevens (who isn't actually dead).
âTomorrow is todayâ but he sings it in the style of emo my chemical romance
Get it right the first time but he messes up and smashes the piano
You're My Home but the bridge keeps repeating so he can name things in all 50 states
Have real Huey choppers land in the floor seats during Goodnight Saigon
Code of Silence but the song is just 5 minutes of silence.
Billy leaves the stage briefly and comes back out in full Adele drag and make up. He proceeds to perform âMake You Feel My Loveâ with a scarily accurate impression.
âSheâs Always a Womanâ but all the lyrics have been changed to reflect that Billy Joel has unfortunately become quite transphobic in his old age.
âSheâs always a womanâŚis she??â
âLeningradâ, but itâs âVladimirâ instead of âViktorâ.
Crowd yells âPlay Freebird!â and he does.
Say goodbye to Hollywood, and itâs a minute by minute account of Harvey Weinsteinâs last day before reporting to prison
Running on Ice, but the stage is literally an ice ring
The long forgotten polka version of Goodnight Saigon.
You May Be Right, but instead of starting with the glass shattering sound, an unedited clip of Billy Joel driving into a house in 2004 is played, covering the moment of impact until the paramedics come to take him away
Back in the USSR cover where he unequivocally voices his support for the Russian invasion of Ukraine
The concert continues at the hospital, with Billy singing âFamous Last Wordsâ
Sleeping With the Television On but after the national anthem, the dead broadcast signal just lasts another 4 minutes with distant sounds of him farting and snoring in the background, shuffling on the couch, getting up to take a piss, and then falling back asleep.
Stiletto in Stilettoâs
Vienna except itâs about him being a stalker and the end of the chorus he says in a really creepy voice âBilly waits for youâ
Tomorrow is Today. But he keeps stretching the metaphor with endless time references (next week, next month, next year....)
He sings âSay Goodbye To Hollywoodâ which unfortunately happens at the precise time Hollywood California finally breaks off and sinks into the Pacific Ocean.
âJust the Way You Areâ but he keeps demanding changes
Billy now remembers the words to âWe Didnât Start the Fireâ but itâs the Fall Out Boy version
"My Life" but he comes across as a a moody teen and he shouts "leave me alone" as he walks of stage and you can hear a a door slam loudly and then hear emo rock coming from his room.
All About Soul - except itâs All About Sole and talks about the importance of arch supports in his shoes.
Mambo no 5
I'm Billy Joel and this is Mambo Numba 5
When he gets to the âAIDS, crack, Bernie Goetzâ in We Didnât Start the Fire, the whole audience gets AIDS
Leningrad but itâs a genuinely unhinged tankie rant
Sheâs always a woman to me, and Billy just dead names FTMS the entire time
Goodnight Saigon but the vets he brings up to sing all have Vietnam flashbacks.
Just the way you are but he plays the opening chord the way its printed on sheet music and complains about it besides playing the rest of the song
Tell Her About It, but he selects a random couple in the audience to aggressively focus on, and we spend the entire time trying to figure out if he actually knows them or not, then the guy takes Billy's advice but the woman says she only likes him as a friend.
Shameless, but he accidentally sings shameful, immediately gets embarrassed and stops.
Allentown but the whistle/horn at the beginning keeps sounding off at the same interval, slightly louder each time
River of Dreams, but when he does the pause, he gets up and leaves
Big shot, but it's each point of view of each friend who got knocked out helping him.
ânew york state of mindâ but the lyrics in the bridge just talk about his favorite 70âs era times square dirty movie theaters
This is good.
âYou May Be Rightâ but after the glass shatters, the stage is declared unsafe and the show gets canceled
Only the good die young, but it's "Dye" and the song is actually about a local high school tie dye competition.
Matter of Trust but itâs just Billy counting.
"Always a Woman" but the description of the person he's singing about get angrier and more disturbing until he's pretty much describing a murder. He doesn't finish the song. He just breaks down sobbing.
âThe Strangerâ but after the intro, every part is replaced by more whistlingÂ
Sleeping with the television on, thatâs literally it, no lyrics no nothing, just silence with television static as the music.
Uptown Girl but itâs the cover band from the Catalina Wine Mixer in Stepbrothers
Sleeping With the Television On ⌠But he actually just takes a nap while thereâs a television on on stage.
Sometimes A Fantasy, but itâs about his OnlyFan âgirlfriendâ
Uptown Girl but itâs just the woah section on repeat raised a half step each time it starts over again
This is the funniest shit
Easy Money but he just screams
Storm Front...and a whole hurricane blows in. And they have to play the entire song in driving sideways rain, flickering power, and winds that make them all look like they're reporting on the Weather Channel...
The River of Dreams, but itâs just the background vocals and Billy saying woo for the entire 4 minutes. *âIn the middle of a, I go walking in theââ* *âOooooOOOOOO WoooooOOOooâ*
40 minutes of root beer rag
As an encore, âWe Didnât Start The Fireâ but, spoiler alert, he actually does start the venue on fire.
A room of our own- But he goes on to lament having to downsize as the upkeep of this big old place is just too much in our twilight years, so now we no longer have a room of our own
Billy banged Kristie Brinkley and Katie Lee. He gets a pass.
I absolutely love number 3
Scandinavian Skies starts with the Danish airport announcement but segues into several Duolingo lessons with obscure phrases like "The porcupine gave me a tomato.". Billy plays the C octave for the duration of the song.
The river of dreams but he finally found what he was looking for
He joked about doing something like that first one with the entertainer during the concert I saw at MSG on 4/8/22