The irony...Uptown Girl is my least favorite Billy Joel song. >However, I am not at all convinced by that list of >awards. They are all awards for being famous and/or >not being dead.
I guess it depends on what your definition of famous is - many of these awards recognize songwriters who have made an outstanding contribution to american popular music. Joel keeps rather impressive company. Jenny --- Adam Mulvey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Okay, Walt, I won't dog Mariah, if you stop > calling > > Billy Joel a hack. ;) > > > > Afterall, are all the organizations who bestowed > the > > following honors on him somehow deceived or > perhaps > > hypnotized by his gag-inducing earnestness? > > Okay, seeing as I started it: He's not that bad. I > like 'Uptown Girl'. > It's that awful and fatuous 'She's Always A Woman To > Me' that grates on my > nerves. However, I am not at all convinced by that > list of awards. They > are all awards for being famous and/or not being > dead. And I'm sorry Walt, > but Mariah Carey is absolutely and utterly > indefensible. If she did to 'I'm > A Dreamer' or 'Big Yellow Taxi' what she did to > Harry Nilsson's 'Without > You' then she would qualify for the 'three strikes > and you're out' policy > and be taken off the streets for the good of us all. > Staple her to Celine > Dion and post them both to Antarctica. > > Adam Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
