In a message dated 7/15/01 10:00:03 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
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> He just walked in and said matter-of-factly: Neil needs to
> get a divorce so he'll start writing good music again."
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> Billy Joel went through the same transformation when he got happily hitched
to Christie Brinkley, writing the pop 'Uptown Girl" and others I didn't care
for after such wonderfully brooding (an oxymoron?) ballads as Piano Man, New
York State of Mind and others.
Though I haven't heard much of Neil's newer stuff, I did find that when he
lapsed into those depressive periods such as Tonight's the Night and the rest
of that era, I didn't like him for the opposite reason.
Neil never reached as uptempo/pop style as Neil in his happy times, so I
guess I like Neil better when he's happy and Billy Joel when he's not.
Paul I
