"Leningrad" by Billy Joel
Apr 30, 2007 20:15:49 GMT -5
Post by shocker on Apr 30, 2007 20:15:49 GMT -5
This was featured on Joel's 1989 Storm Front album. IMO, it's his BEST song ever recorded - at least the best I've heard by Billy Joel.
"Leningrad" has a beautiful piano arrangement, and it's based on true events. Living history put to music! Why this song was never released as a single is beyond me.
I bought Storm Front in the fall of 1989, and I was sure that "Leningrad" would be the follow-up hit single to "We Didn't Start the Fire". Instead, his record company released "I Go to Extremes" as the 2nd single - a song that was just mediocre, even though it went top 10.
"Leningrad" has a beautiful piano arrangement, and it's based on true events. Living history put to music! Why this song was never released as a single is beyond me.
I bought Storm Front in the fall of 1989, and I was sure that "Leningrad" would be the follow-up hit single to "We Didn't Start the Fire". Instead, his record company released "I Go to Extremes" as the 2nd single - a song that was just mediocre, even though it went top 10.