- Oku kwaphefumlelwa ngamava kaJoel adlala kwiGumbi eliLawulayo, ibha yepiyano eLos Angeles. Usebenze apho iinyanga ezintandathu ngo-1972 emva kwe-albhamu yakhe yokuqala, Ingqele yaseCold Spring , itanki. Abalinganiswa kwingoma basekwe kubantu bokwenyani abadibana nabo uJoel ngelixa wayesebenza kwigumbi elilawulayo.
'Uweyitala osebenza kwezopolitiko' ngu-Elizabeth Weber, owaphela waba ngumfazi wakhe wokuqala xa uJoel wamtshata ngo-1973 (baqhawula umtshato ngo-1982). - UJoel wadlala phantsi kwegama elithi Bill Martin, elichaza ukuba kutheni abaxhasi kule ngoma bembiza ngokuba nguBill. UMartin ligama lakhe eliphakathi.
- UJoel wakhumbula Imitha Iphepha-ndaba ngoJulayi 6, 2006 ixesha lakhe lokudlala kwiGumbi eliLawulayo: 'Yayiyigig endiyenzileyo kangangeenyanga ezintandathu nje ukuhlawula irente. Ndandihlala e-LA kwaye ndizama ukuphuma kwisivumelwano esibi sokurekhoda. Ndisebenze phantsi kwegama elicingelwayo, iiPiano Stylings zikaBill Martin, kunye neenkunzi nje zeenkomo - ndihamba ngayo. Andinalwazi lokuba kutheni le ngoma idume kangaka. Kufana nentandokazi yekaraoke. Ingoma ayilunganga kakhulu kwaye iphindaphindeka kakhulu, ngelixa amazwi afana ne-limerick. Ndothuka ndaneentloni xa kusithiwa kukuduma. Kodwa iingoma zam zifana nabantwana bam kwaye ndiyayijonga le ngoma kwaye ndicinge: 'Umntwana wam wenze kakuhle.' '
Ngokubhekisele kwisitatimende se-limericks, uJoel uthi le nto iviwe kakuhle kule vesi ilandelayo, ethi ukuba uyayifunda ngesantya esivakalayo, ivakala ngathi:
Ngoku uJohn ebharini ngumhlobo wam
Undifumanela iziselo zam simahla
Kwaye uyakhawuleza ngesiqhulo okanye ukukhanyisa umsi wakho
Kodwa kukho indawo angathanda ukuba kuyo - Le yingoma yokuqala kunye nomkhondo wecwecwe lokuphumelela likaJoel, awalikhupha emva kokusayina neColumbia Record. I-albhamu yakhe yokuqala yakhutshwa yiRekhodi yoSapho ngo-1971, kwaye ikhontrakthi kaJoel yasayina ukufumana loo ntengiselwano yabuya yamkhathaza. Njengokuba kuqhele ukwenzeka kwiimvumi eziselula, uJoel wayengayiqondi ikhontrakthi, kwaye yayimbophelela 'ebomini' kwileyibhile. UJoel waphoqeleka ukuba ahlawule imali yasebukhosini kwiNtsapho iminyaka emva kokuphula isivumelwano kunye nokusayina neColumbia.
- Le ngoma ikwixesha le-waltz (3/4), engaqhelekanga kwingoma yepop. Ezinye iingoma ezisebenzisa elixesha lokutyikitya 'Iris' ziiGoo Goo Dolls, ' Kiss kuRose 'nguTywina kunye noJoe Cocker wenguqulo' ngoncedo oluncinci oluvela kubahlobo bam. '
- Umgca 'uPaul ngumbhali wenoveli wezindlu' umalunga nomrhwebi wezindlu owayehlala rhoqo ebharini owayesoloko esithi usebenza kwincwadi. UJoel wacinga ukuba uPaul akaze agqibe kuba wayehlala ebhar.
- Inxalenye ye-harmonica yaphefumlelwa nguBob Dylan. UDylan wayengumntu wokuqala uJoel wabona ukusebenzisa i-strap ukubamba i-harmonica ukuze akwazi ukudlala esinye isixhobo ngaxeshanye.
- Le ngoma yenye yazo zonke iipiyano zomdlali wepiyano ekufuneka ajongane nayo, kuba abaxhasi abangacingeliyo baya kuyicela. UJoel ucacisa, nangona kunjalo, ukuba ingoma inokuba buthuntu xa idlalwe kule fomathi. Uxelele uHoward Stern kwi2014: 'Ndicinga ukuba yingoma efanelekileyo. Ayitshintshi kakhulu. Xa beyidlala kwipiyano njengesixhobo, iyadika kuba yinto enye ephindaphindiweyo. '
- UJoel uhlala edlala oku njengesiqhelo kwimiboniso yakhe.
- Ingoma ye-albhamu iqhuba u-5: 37, kodwa enye yacuthwa yaya ku-4: 30 ukuyenza ibe nomtsalane kwizikhululo zikanomathotholo, ezazithanda iingoma ezimfutshane.
- U-Elton John ubhekisa kwindoda yepiyano kwingoma yakhe yowe-1971 Ingoma encinci. Yena noJoel baba ngabahlobo kwaye baye bakhenketha kunye.
UBrandon-Peoria, IL - Amagama athi, 'Kwaye uyathetha' noDavy oseseManzini kwaye mhlawumbi uzakuba yeyobomi 'baphefumlelwa nguDavid Heintz. Intombi yakhe uLisa isixelele: 'Wadibana noBilly Joel kwindawo yokushicilela eSpain ngo-1972 ngelixa wayeseMkhosini. Watshata ngexa wayesemanzini, wayenabantwana abathathu. Usweleke e-ALS ngo-2003. Kubuhlungu kakhulu ukuva le ngoma idlalwa kunomathotholo kwaye bayishiya le ndawo. '
- U-Weird Al Yankovic wenze iparody yale ngoma ibizwa ngokuba ngu-'Ode to Superhero, 'echaza imicimbi evela Indoda yesigcawu imuvi. Umgca wokuqala we-chorus, 'Sivume ingoma, uyindoda yepiyano' iguqulwe yaba 'Sling kuthi web, uyiSpider-Man.'
- Imvumi yaseSpain uAna Belen wenze ingoma yale ngoma ngeSpanish ebizwa ngokuba yi-'E Hombre Del Piano. ' Amagama engoma yakhe ahluke mpela kwinto yokuqala; Bathetha ngakumbi malunga nexesha elidlulileyo lePiano Man kunye nenkosikazi yakhe kunye nokudakumba kwakhe. Abantu abasebharini abakhankanyiwe.
I-Sergigres-iBarcelona, iSpain - Ekupheleni kwevidiyo yengoma yakhe ethi 'UnguMntu kuphela (Umoya Wesibini),' uJoel ushiya ibhulorho edlala ibinzana le-harmonica kule ngoma emva kokugcina umfana ukuba azibulale.
I-Chet-Saratoga Springs, NY - Le ngoma inomdla omangalisayo kwisizukulwana esincinci, into eyafundwa nguJoel xa wayedlala umnyhadala weBonnaroo ngo-2015 kwaye isihlwele sacula kunye. Uxelele Ukuzonwabisa ngeveki impendulo ibingalindelwanga, kuba 'yingoma endala, ende malunga nomfo kwindawo yokudakumba yepiyano.'
- Kukho ikhodiyani kumxube, odlalwa nguMichael Omartian. 'Ludibaniso oluhle, olunobuqili ngasemva ekufuneka ulimamele ngenxa yesixhobo esasetyenziswa kakhulu sengcongolo,' UTom Torriglia utsho. Ndiyathanda ukuba ikhodiyani ayikhuphisani nomzala wayo, i-harmonica, yendawo kwingoma. Ikhodiyani yongeza intlungu.
