Billy Joel is a very well known musician who is respected and acknowledged all around the world. I think he was an appropriate speaker for a college graduation. He used one question at the beginning of the speech that caught the audience’s curiosity‚ "Why do musicians give so much time to charitable causes?" He then branched out from there to discuss more important issues. This question helped him create an invitational environment. I think asking a question also helped him show a sense of organization
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and utterly shocked to discover that Billy Joel was not on the schedule. I checked it over and over‚ but his name wasn’t anywhere. I couldn’t believe it. To my surprise‚ I actually began to get angry. Right now as I am writing this I am listening to Billy Joel’s Songs in the Attic‚ and I am becoming more and more furious as I think about it‚ which can only mean that I am really passionate about music‚ and Billy Joel in particular. In my opinion‚ Billy Joel is one of the greatest rock stars that
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Jace April 30‚ 2013 Rough Draft Intro Once upon a time not too long ago there was a horse named billy joe. He was pretty cool if you like the story fog horn light mike. I liked this book a lot especially when they called him an ass. It was very funny like awesomeness. So that is my paper on why its funny the goat turned green.j ol Once upon a time not too long ago there was a horse named billy joe. He was pretty cool if you like the story fog horn light mike. I liked this book a lot especially
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who came out of this rock revolution is Billy Joel‚ a native Long Islander‚ who holds the record as the “…sixth best-selling recording artist and the third best-selling solo artist in the United States…”3 The number of platinum albums and singles are so numerous that it is difficult to keep track‚ but the great majority of his albums and singles went platinum‚ and often several times over. Only the Beatles have more platinum sales for albums.4 Billy Joel is a proud son of Long Island; he could
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American musician‚ Billy Joel. The song was written sometime around 1982 in response to the harsh treatment of the Vietnam War veterans. Joel tried to paint a picture of what it is like to go through the war in this song. The main theme of the song‚ the struggles of men in war‚ is depicted through simile‚ antithesis In this song‚ simile is used to compare the men drafted into war to other things with word such as “as” or “than”. To show the struggle of the men when they came to war‚ Joel mentioned that
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We Didn’t Start the Fire by Billy Joel is a song about many historic events‚ starting from 1949 and ending in 1989‚ the year the song came out. In each verse‚ Joel sings about the historic events that happened throughout the decades starting with Harry Truman and ending with The Rock n’ Roller Cola Wars. The chorus contains the following words after each verse: “We didn’t start the fire. It was always burning since the world’s been turning. We didn’t start the fire. No we didn’t light it but we tried
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melodies‚ all while reaching millions of individuals in a unique way. Billy Joel’s “Piano Man” is a perfect example of this melodic combination. Joel’s inspiration for this song came directly from his own experiences. Early in his career‚ he played a stint as a piano man for a local bar in Los Angeles‚ California during the early seventies. This piece was created as a “thank you” message to all of the lost people that inspired Joel to get back into the world and to dream big again after his first single
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CLICK TO DOWNLOAD MGMT 520 MIDTERM EXAM 1. (TCO B). Infuriated when Harry Reid is re-elected during the 2010 fall election‚ the Republican National Committee decides to take matters into its own hands. In 2011‚ the House of Representatives passes a new "Freedom isn’t Free Act" that requires that anyone who wants to vote in the 2012 presidential election must prove that they paid at least $200 in federal income tax in the past year‚ including people aged 18 (who typically are deducted on their
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artist Billy Joel. One reason that Billy Joel is such an authentic musician is because he is an authentic person. Carrie Brownstein says that musicians can be influenced by the expectations of the outside world‚ and due to this “artists can begin to lose sight of their own motivations.” (Brownstein). Many artists‚ as well as people‚ do get influenced by the outside world‚ which often causes them to lose their originality and motivations they once had that made them authentic.
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punctuate his sentence he kept‚ all the while he talked‚ thrusting the brush inside the jar‚ and the water‚ continually darkening‚ had at its center‚ like a hidden flower‚ a rope of red. “Very well‚ sit back‚ we’ll relax a minute now.” Sighing‚ Joel glanced about him. It was the first time he’d been in Randolph’s room; after two hours‚ he still could not quite take it in‚ for it was so unlike anything he’d ever known before: faded gold and tarnished silk reflecting in ornate mirrors‚ it all made
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