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To Ron Rosenbaum
In Response to your Billy joel article..... http://notyourbillyjoel.blogspot.com/
Posted to The Spectator by Not Your Billy Joel on June 25, 2009
The most pointless article ever..............
Wow...lots of big words and many years of built up anger for something so trivial and pointless to even waste our time with. Out of everything that's going on in this world of ours you have chosen to rip Billy Joel a new one? Regardless of whether one likes him or not, you should feel good about having a job where you can go to work, sit down, ...
Posted to The Spectator by brandonj74 on January 26, 2009
Uh, Why? And Why Now?
It's hard to argue that Billy Joel is nothing more than a peddler of sentimental schlock, both musically and lyrically. In fact, it is really beyond dispute (I didn't even see mention of ''We Didn't Start a Fire'' and ''Tell Her About It,'' perhaps two of the worst hits ever to soil the airwaves). Crappy, saccharine music, books, film, and art ...
Posted to The Spectator by bookfraud on January 24, 2009
Ron Rosenbaum is the Billy Joel of writers.
He thinks he's being hip in mocking a guy less hip than him. What is getting under your skin, Ron, is that you see yourself reflected in Joel's striving to be considered hip. You have made a career out of trying to be as profound as your literary betters, like Mailer, etc., but the fact is, you never had the guts to lay it all out on the line ...
Posted to The Spectator by cheesemoose on January 24, 2009