MusicBilly Joel details how music saved his life in a documentary trailer

MusicBilly Joel details how music saved his life in a documentary trailer

Billy Joel: And So It Goes will debut in two parts on HBO on July 18 and 25, with participation by Paul McCartney, P! NK, Bruce Springsteen and others

In the official trailer of Billy Joel: and so it goesthe musician considers a reality in which “Uptown Girl” It was a play of Mozart. It is not totally unlikely. His story as a musician began listening to classical music.

In addition, the singer and songwriter learned not to rule out the impossible. “Sometimes it’s strange to me – this guy, Billy Joel. I don’t know who it is, or what it is,” he says in the documentary clip in two parts of HBO. “I remember him when I walk on the street. Oh, yes, I’m this guy.”

Joel does not have an explanation for the success of his first band, the handsles (“I don’t know anyone who liked what we did”) or how it ended up dating the supermodel Christie Brinkley (“I? I’m from Hicksville”). Even so, he believes he has discovered the secret of music. “If there is a master key to unravel what’s behind the songs, it’s my relationship with others,” he said.

In the documentary, Joel will reflect on how his creation influenced his compositions. “I’m still trying to gather the pieces,” he says in a scene. “I didn’t know my father until I was 20. I had a lot of difficult lessons in my life.” There are trauma that persist, but he has learned to turn them into musical magic.

Paul McCartney It appears in the trailer to remember his first date with the singer, saying, “When I first heard Billy Joel, it was like, wait there. ‘Who is this?’.” Until Bruce Springsteen He admitted, “Billy’s melodies are better than mine.” To P! NkJoel prevailed because “he cares about the human experience” and “he composed songs that mattered.”

Joel learned “that life is a fight” and used his songs as armor. “I think music saved my life. She gave me a reason to live,” he says. “Everything I did and everything I lived somehow found your way in my music.”

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And so it goes He made his debut at the Tribeca Film Festival in June. Joel could not attend the exhibition due to his recent diagnosis of brain disorder. The first part of the movie, directed by Susan Lacy and Jessica Levinwill debut at HBO on Friday, July 18, at 21h (Brasília time). The second part will be launched on Friday, July 25.

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Source: Rollingstone

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