Mwina mukulondola, mwina ndapenga, koma mwina ndi wamisala yemwe mukuyang'ana, ndi mawu ochokera ku imodzi mwanyimbo za Yoweli. Zowonadi, Yoweli ndi m'modzi mwa oimba omwe ayenera kulimbikitsidwa kwa aliyense wokonda nyimbo - munthu aliyense.
Zimakhala zovuta kupeza nyimbo zomwezo, zokopa, zanyimbo, zokometsera komanso zosangalatsa zomwe zili m'zaka za zana la XNUMX. Kale pa moyo wake, ubwino wake unazindikirika, ndipo America aliyense molimba mtima adzamutcha iye liwu la dziko lake.
Nyimbo za Joel zimatenga zaka 30 kuyambira 1971, ndipo ngakhale ngwazi yathu ikadali ndi thanzi labwino komanso maulendo, adasiya kutulutsa nyimbo zake ndi nyimbo zatsopano.
Chifukwa chake, mbiri iyi iwonetsa magawo akulu a ntchito yake mpaka 2001 - kutulutsidwa kwamaphunziro ake omaliza, ofunikira kwambiri (omwe ndi odabwitsa kwambiri pantchito yake) Album Fantasies & Delusions, yaumwini kwambiri kwa wojambula ndikuyika ntchito yake korona.
Masitepe oyamba a Billy Joel (kuyambira 1965 mpaka 1970)
William Martin Joel anabadwa pa May 9, 1949 ku Bronx (New York) ndipo anakulira ku Long Island (m'madera oimba nyimbo ndi bohemian ku New York, zomwe zinamupatsa lingaliro lopanga nyimbo). Atakula, Joel adaphunzira kuimba piyano kuchokera kwa amayi ake ndipo adalimbikitsidwa ndi kusewera kwa oimba mumsewu.
Kenako adasiya sukulu yasekondale kuti aziimba nyimbo ndipo adayimba m'magulu awiri opusa, The Hassles ndi Atilla. Ankasewera mwala wachilendo wa psychedelic popanda magitala, ndipo chimbale chawo chokhacho, Atilla, sichinapambane, ngakhale kukhala m'mashelufu a sitolo. Pambuyo pake, duet yatsoka idasweka.
Kudzera pamoto, madzi ndi mapaipi amkuwa (1970-1974)
William anayamba nthawi yomweyi ya moyo wake pamene woimbayo adaganiza kuti: kusiya kapena kupitiriza kumenyana? Siyani zonse kapena tsatirani njira yanu? Wowononga zodziwikiratu - Yoweli adachita!
Koma izi zisanachitike, adakhumudwa kwambiri, pomwe adasaina pangano lakupha ndi Family Producions (kuyambira 1971 mpaka 1987 adakakamizika kupereka $ 1 kuchokera ku album iliyonse, ndipo logo ya chizindikirocho inali pa mbale iliyonse).
Ndi iye, adatulutsa chimbale chake choyamba cha Cold Spring Harbor, chomwe chidakhazikitsidwa mwaluso momwe tingathere - mawu a Joel adamveka mokweza kwambiri, ndipo zojambulidwa za nyimbo zina zidamveka mothamanga. Koma ngakhale mawonekedwe awa, chimbalecho chinamveka chokongola kwambiri komanso chokoma, ndipo kubwezeretsanso kuyambira 1983 kunakonza zolakwika zonse za situdiyo za album.
Koma kubwerera ku 1971, gulu la Family Productions linakana "kupititsa patsogolo" nyimboyi m'masitolo a nyimbo, ndipo izi zinamupangitsa Joel kudzipatula yekha ndipo adaganiza zopita ku Los Angeles mwachinsinsi.
Pansi pa dzina la Billy Martin, adagwira ntchito ku Executive Room bar, yomwe inali maziko a nyimbo yake yotchuka kwambiri (komanso dzina lake lachiwiri) Piano Man - nyimbo yachiwiri kuchokera ku chimbale chake chachiwiri chodzitcha.
Chimbale cha Piano Man chinapatsa Joel chiyambi chatsopano, chinamuthandiza kuti ayambe moyo kuyambira pachiyambi, anakhala mtundu wa chithandizo cha ndalama kwa iye, kumulola kuti achoke pa udindo wa woimba piyano ndikukhala munthu wofunika kwambiri.
Nthawi yovuta kwambiri iyi ya mapangidwe yatha. Ndipo "Myuda" wochokera ku bar, William Martin Joel, anapita kwa anthu ndi Billy wotchuka padziko lonse "Woimba limba" Joel.
Albums Street life Serenade ndi Turnstiles (1974 mpaka 1977)
Pambuyo pa kutulutsidwa kwa chimbale cha Piano Man, Joel anali wopanikizika ndipo analibe nthawi yotulutsa chimbale chatsopano chamtundu womwewo komanso choyenera kwa omvera ambiri monga Piano Man. Chifukwa chake, chimbale chake chotsatira Street life Serenade nthawi zambiri chinali kuyesa nyimbo.
Koma kuyesa kopambana kwambiri, ngakhale kumapita patsogolo. Zosangalatsa komanso zokondedwa ndi anthu ndizolemba: Root Beer Rag ndi Los Angelenos, zomwe adasewera pamakonsati aliwonse m'ma 1970.
Chojambulidwa mu Januware 1976, chimbale cha Turnstiles, pamodzi ndi oimba a gulu la rock Elton John, adatuluka mwachipongwe komanso ofotokozera.
Billy Joel, monga kuyenerana ndi mlengi, adayamba kudzudzula dongosololi ndikumvera chisoni munthu wamng'onoyo (nyimbo ya Angry Young Man), ndipo nthawi yomweyo adachita chidwi ndi omvera ndi zongopeka za Miami 2017.
The Stranger ndi 52nd Street (1979 mpaka 1983)
Kupambana kosayembekezereka kwamalonda ndikumenya mbali zonse pofuna kusangalatsa omvera kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1970 ndi kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1980 - ndizo zomwe tinganene za ma Album awiriwa mu chiganizo chimodzi.
Nyimbo yosangalatsa ya Scenes kuchokera ku Malo Odyera ku Italy, yomwe imatiuza za banja lomwe likuyenda mosagwirizana m'malo odyera osiyanasiyana, The Stranger ndi nyimbo ya munthu yemwe mumamuwona mumsewu ndikuwulula zomwe adakumana nazo komanso zomwe zimabisika kuseri kwa chigoba cha mlendo wachisoni. .
Ndipo, ndithudi, Monga Momwe Muliri - zolemba za Billy, zomwe adalandira chifaniziro chake choyamba cha Grammy, zojambula zonsezi za Joel mudzamva pa album iyi. Ma Opus Magnums awiriwa adakhala ngati choyambitsa chitukuko cha katswiri ndipo akulimbikitsidwa kumvera munthu aliyense amene amadziona ngati wokonda nyimbo.
Ntchito yomaliza (1983 mpaka 2001)
Pantchito yake yonse, Billy adasankhidwa kukhala ziboliboli 23 za Grammy, zisanu zomwe adazilandira pomaliza pake (kuphatikiza chimbale 52).
Anakhalanso m'modzi mwa akatswiri oimba nyimbo za rock ndi roll ku Soviet Union (zomwe zinali zolemetsa komanso zolimbikitsa kwa woimbayo, kotero mutha kuwonera zolemba "Billy Joel: Window on Russia") pambuyo poletsa. rock anali omasuka -roll nyimbo m'dziko.
Ngakhale adapuma pantchito yolemba ndikutulutsa nyimbo za pop atatulutsidwa River of Dreams, adamaliza ntchito yake ndi chimbale cha Fantasies & Delusions, chomwe chimalimbikitsidwa kumvera aliyense wokonda nyimbo zamaphunziro.
Ndipo Billy Joel akupitirizabe kuyimba nyimbo za "mafani" a nyimbo zake, zomwe zimamveka bwino kale, komabe nyimbo yofanana ndi yomweyi nthawi zina imamveka kudutsa Madison Square Garden ku Manhattan.
