Billy Joel 'And So It Goes'

[Pet Shop Boy]

I only became aware of this through Carmen Rasmussen's performance on AI2. Definately her strongest performance IMO, I actually found it quite touching. Not so keen on his version, a bit dull. But it'd be stupid making a topic about a 90 second live vocal on a TV show, so what the hell.....

[mst3k]

Boring song, I was surprised when it hit the top 40.

[jamatthews]

MandyfanUK said:

I only became aware of this through Carmen Rasmussen's performance on AI2. Definately her strongest performance IMO, I actually found it quite touching. Not so keen on his version, a bit dull. But it'd be stupid making a topic about a 90 second live vocal on a TV show, so what the hell.....

I agree with you on all your points. At first I wasn't too fond of her performance, but I've had it on my playlist for a year, and really there is so much emotion in her voice.

Can't say his version particularly impressed me.

[Hervard]

mst3k said:

Boring song, I was surprised when it hit the top 40.

I think its brief chart run (peaked at around 29 on CHR/Pop?) was fueled by A/C based Pop stations (what Hot A/C is now). I myself liked the song. It has a rather hypnotic effect.

[jimmy74747]

Good song

[stevie nice]

If I have a son, I'm gonna name him Bruce Springsteen; if it's a girl, Billy Joel.

[Jeffster]

Great song. It was playing in my friend's tape deck as we passed by our high school with all the lights off on graduation night. For some reason, it seemed really appropriate.

[Hervard]

The first time I heard it, just about a week before I went off to college, I was reading a story that I wrote four years before about this girl I used to have a crush on around that time, and I was thinking about the times we'd spent hanging out (we were really good friends, since our parents were dating) and some memories that I hadn't thought of since then came back to me. So that shows just how hypnotic the song is. After I exited the trance, I called the station and asked what song it was. I assumed that it was an older song by Joel that I had never heard before, but it was indeed brand new. I heard it a lot during the first semester of college and everytime it came on, I thought about that girl.

[reception]

I like it.

[tico]

I don't know why, but it's my favorite Billy Joel song. A good after-breakup song.

[George Tropicana]

Carmen was very good on this! I loved it. Also, she had a sleeveless dress on but she wore a t-shirt under it! Good morals!

[Whi$tlin' Pete]

I was surprised, but yet very happy to see this song hit the Top 40, although briefly. (36-31-30-33.) I liked it alot.

[cartman2002]

And So It Goes hit #37 on the Hot 100 in 1990

[Live Your Life]

I absolutely love this song.

[gonecountry]

Aug 14, 2016 13:20:44 GMT -5 Live Your Life said:

I absolutely love this song.

Ditto. Sung beautifully