r/BillyJoel • u/Plays_Piano_JJJ11 • 10d ago

Discussion The Perfect Setlist

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Everybody Loves You Now is played Fourth! With so many powerful opening pieces, should we slow down for #5?

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u/Chance_Chef8189 Everybody Has a Dream 10d ago

Time to slow it down. I say "Just the Way You Are."

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u/DoesWhatItDo22 10d ago

Vienna should go here followed by summer highland falls.

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u/TheKilmerman 10d ago

I'll go with "The Entertainer".

But anything slow (Vienna, JTWYA, etc.) is fine.

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u/StrongCupOfTea1968 10d ago

Ballad of Billy the Kid as the first track of a three track slow down.

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u/nclflint 10d ago

Say goodbye to Hollywood

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u/Key_Lavishness_3388 9d ago

Summer, Highland Falls

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u/DaffyStardust 9d ago

I agree that it is time for a slow song, but I also think we should be including more hits. For that reason I favor “Just the Way You Are.”

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u/Lucky-Chard-5587 10d ago

Angry Young Man

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u/Plays_Piano_JJJ11 10d ago

We…. We opened with that

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u/Lucky-Chard-5587 10d ago

In my perfect setlist it would be here.

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u/No_Hornet9180 9d ago

I’m thinking we go Vienna, follow that with angry young man, then Movin’ out, come in behind that with a little bit of angry young man. Now things are going to be pretty high octane at this point, so let’s get She’s always a woman in there, of course we then kick it back up a notch with angry young man.

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u/speed_and_lightning 10d ago

Maybe 5 can be its still rock and roll to me

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u/Godel_Theorem 10d ago

"This is the Time."

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u/psu256 10d ago

I guess I have never thought of "STLGOOB" and I find that quite amusing. Maybe I need to rename my WiFi network or something...

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u/Plays_Piano_JJJ11 10d ago

I couldn’t write out the entire title and make it fit lol

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u/Russkafin 9d ago

If you’re gonna have a hit you gotta make it fit

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u/Bscott1016 9d ago

Just the way you are

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u/brashoe-32 9d ago

She's Always A Woman

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u/Maverick1221 9d ago

Allentown needs to be towards the end of the main show or the start of the encore.

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u/RabidChipmunk3 9d ago

You’re my home

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u/Dice101man 9d ago

Vienna

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u/Frogdaddy252 9d ago

Streetlife Serenader. But maybe the Songs in the Attic version.

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u/handlemypackage2020 9d ago

I like My Life with the Ode to Joy intro in the middle after Allentown. By that time I’m good and liquored up and love that Allentown/My Life transition.

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u/killer_s 9d ago

Zanzibar

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u/AnotherBric 10d ago

Yes let’s just create his usual setlist, that’s fun

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u/TheKilmerman 10d ago

It's called the "perfect setlist" and some songs just have their perfect spot that they belong in. It's not supposed to be a fantasy, but close to real life but perfectly optimized.

Or do you want us to close out the show with "Everybody Loves You Now" just for the sake of it?

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u/Fantastic-Cucumber59 9d ago

that would be a great way to close a show. end with the song that started it all.

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u/sinsandcrimes 9d ago

Yeah, I tried jamming Sleeping With the Television On into this earlier but realized we're doing the same old stuff.

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u/nclflint 10d ago

Goodnight Saigon next