So TayTay won album of the year

[Stinky The Clown]

Glad for her

Suck it Donelvis

[edhopper]

1. Yeah.

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Hate to sound like an old fuck, but Billy Joel and Joni Mitchell can write rings around the newer artists.
Now, get off my lawn.

[Stinky The Clown]

3. Ha! I'm an old fuck and I agree!

[lindysalsagal]

5. True, but the new song he debuted tonight sounded like a song salad of previous hits. Yawn.

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I hear he's a very friendly guy. Not an ego case.

[bahboo]

8. yep...I feel for him though...

hard to just come up with a hit after umpteen years. Serviceable song, but not memorable....

[orleans]

12. it was a snore.

Yes, I'm here right now
Looking for forgiveness
I can see as we're layin' in the darkness
Yeah, as we're layin' in the darkness
Did I wait too long
To turn the lights back on?

https://genius.com/Billy-joel-turn-the-lights-back-on-lyrics

took him two years to write those lyrics? two years for that catchy tune? ( )
couldn't think of anything else?

yes, i know, i'm heartless.

[LisaM]

16. I don't think his lyrics were ever anything much.

One of the reasons I have never cottoned to him is that I think his lyrics are pretty second rate and contrived. The lyrics to "Piano Man" drive me crazy.

(Also I know it's a song, with the poetic license that implies, but it's "lyin'", not "layin'&quot .

[pnwmom]

9. He? His? Who are you talking about? nt

[orleans]

11. billy joel nt

[mwb970]

14. I never understood the appeal of Joel. So many cliches!

And yeah, you do sound like an old man.

Just FYI, it's "Joni Mitchell".

[edhopper]

17. sorry

that was spell correct, not me.

[mwb970]

33. Blaming your tools?

PS. At least you have "Joni" right in the edited post. Now do "Mitchell".

[edhopper]

34. AAARRRRGGGGHHH!!!!

[Coventina]

23. Me either. Never could stand his music.

Although I do love Weird Al's "Spider Man" (Parody of Piano Man).

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[LakeArenal]

29. Jim Gaffigan has some funny Billy JoEl jokes.

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[robbob]

20. Yeah, don't get me wrong, although I don't know her music

I love Taylor Swift, her energy, her positivity, her activism. She seems like a genuinely great person, but when I listen to her lyrics I’m like, meh? Can’t hold a candle to Joni. Just a couple quick grabs off the web:

Taylor: “ The skeletons in both our closets plotted hard to f--- this up”

Joni: “ Oh, you're in my blood like holy wine
You taste so bitter and so sweet
Oh, I could drink a case of you, darling
And I would still be on my feet”

Taylor: “ Lovelorn and nobody knows / Love thorns all over this rose / I'll pay the price, you won't"

Joni: “ Downtown
My darling dime store thief
In the War of Independence
Rock 'n Roll rang as sweet as victory
Under neon signs
A girl was in bloom
And a woman was fading
In a suburban room”

(From “In France They Kiss on Main Street”). My God, I hated to stop after one verse! That entire song is like a stream of conscious meditation on her wild young rock and roll years. And the music it’s set to!

Taylors got talent, no doubt, but Joni is the Queen, and always will be!

[edhopper]

22. She wasn't even there

and still wrote the definitive song about Woodstock.

[Srkdqltr]

24. Ya and the older than us generation thought Billy and Joni were not that good.

The world goes round and round.

[Clash City Rocker]

28. Dude, if you're going to go with older songwriters

Try Dylan, or Van Morrison, or Elvis Costello, or Neil Young. Not Billy Joel.

[edhopper]

35. Joni Mitchell and Billy Joel performed at the Grammys

thus my reference to them.

[TSExile]

2. YES!!

Hopefully his head exploded when he heard.

[rubbersole]

4. Rigged!

[Blue Owl]

6. Yeah it shoulda been Ted Nugent, goddammit

[dchill]

7. You, me and Kid Rock agree!

(Your sarcasm tag is in the mail.)

[murielm99]

13. Oh, no!

LOL

[Iggo]

10. That would make it even funnier.

[C Moon]

15. Swift vengeance.

[Johonny]

18. I think she's the only musician left after the robot holocaust

So it was pretty much her or rapping Ben Shapiro robot.

[NorseSaxonCelt]

19. Such a good album too..

Such good lyrics.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

21. Sorry MAGA

Link to tweet

[Initech]

25. Ooh man can't wait to see the conspiracy theorists fume over this one!

[samsingh]

26. she did!!

[OMGWTF]

27. Smelvis

[Bonx]

30. Billionaire woman wins more accolades

Not sure I've ever heard a Taylor Swift song, but 'yay'.

[NorseSaxonCelt]

31. She worked for it...

Most Grammy winners are very rich..

[LakeArenal]

32. No one is another Joni. And Joni isn't a better song writer than another.

No group is the next Beatles.

Art is a matter of taste.

I think Artists stand on their own as individuals. That’s why they are artists.

[rdchili96]

36. Meh....

Award shows are dumb.