"We didn't start the fire" : Billy Joel and popular music studies / edited by Joshua S. Duchan and Ryan Raul Bañagale ; foreword by Billy Joel.

"Using Billy Joel's music as a lens on history and culture, this volume introduces a variety of musicological approaches to one of the most popular entertainers of the past fifty years"--

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:For the record: Lexington studies in rock and popular music.
Other Authors: Bañagale, Ryan Raul (Editor)
Duchan, Joshua S. (Editor)
Joel, Billy (writer of foreword.)
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., 2020.
Series:For the record: Lexington studies in rock and popular music.
Subjects:
Joel, Billy > Criticism and interpretation.
Joel, Billy.
Popular music > History and criticism.
Popular music > Analysis, appreciation.
Popular music.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Genre:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Physical Description:xvi, 244 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction. "The Stranger" : Locating Billy Joel in Popular Music Studies / Ryan Raul Bañagale and Joshua S. Duchan
  • "SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE" : CONSIDERING TRADITION. From Liverpool to Hicksville : Sgt. Pepper Meets The Nylon Curtain / Joshua S. Duchan ; Movin' Out on Thunder Road : Images of Ambition, Escape, and Authenticity in Billy Joel and Bruce Springsteen / John J. Sheinbaum
  • "THIS IS THE TIME" : PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS. Billy Joel, Piano Culture, and Rock's Road Not Taken / Jonathan D. Bellman ; Form, Lyrics, and the "Short-Short-Long" Pattern in Billy Joel's Music / Don Traut
  • "YOU'RE MY HOME" : IMAGINED LOCATIONS. "The Downeaster 'Alexa' : Billy Joel Signifies Folk / Morgan Jones ; "Nothing Rhymes With Bethlehem" : City Branding Schemes and the Strategic Deployment of Billy Joel's "Allentown" / Sarah Messbauer
  • "STOP IN NEVADA" : LIVE PERFORMANCE. "She's Got a Way" : Gendered and Physical Embodiment in Interpreting Billy Joel in American Sign Language / Elyse Marrero ; Twenty-First-Century Patronage : The Road to Billy Joel's Madison Square Garden Concert Residency / Stan Soocher
  • "JUST THE WAY YOU ARE" : ARRANGING BILLY JOEL, ARRANGING OURSELVES. Scenes From a Music Museum : The Piano Man's Notebooks in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame / Jason Hanley and Kathryn Metz ; Disavowing Billy Joel : Taste Shaming and "Schlock" Fandom / James Deaville ; My Lives : Greatest Hits and the Arranging of a Career / Ryan Raul Bañagale
  • TRANSCRIPT. "Take the Phone Off the Hook" : A Public Interview with Billy Joel, interviewed by Ryan Raul Bañagale and Joshua S. Duchan.