In 1980, Billy Joel recorded his answer to punk and New Wave. He opens with the sound of a rock smashing a window, then “You May Be Right” swaggers in with a curled-lip vocal and guitars that chug and chime. He crosses ’50s rock moves (sassy handclaps, squawking sax) with late-’70s chunka-chunka guitars on “It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me” and still manages to make hearts swoon with the breezy, McCartney-esque sweetness of “Don’t Ask Me Why.”
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You May Be Right
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Sometimes a Fantasy
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Don't Ask Me Why
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It's Still Rock and Roll to Me
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All for Leyna
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I Don't Want to Be Alone
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Sleeping With the Televison On
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C'etait toi (You Were the One)
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Close to the Borderline
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Through the Long Night
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- 1989
- Daryl Hall & John Oates
- Bruce Springsteen
- Eagles
- Jackson Browne
- The J. Geils Band
- Electric Light Orchestra