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Billy joel well were living here in allentown and theyre closing all the factories down out in bethlehem theyre killing time filling out forms standing in line well our fathers fought the second world war spent their weekends on the jersey shore met our mothers in the uso asked them to dance danced with them slow and were living here in allentown but the restlessness was handed. Mar 25, 20 in 1982, billy joel released an album titled the nylon curtain, which became a billboard top 10 album and was one of the first to be recorded, mixed, and mastered digitally. Billy joel allentown from a matter of trust the bridge. Well, were living here in allentown and theyre closing all the factories down out in bethlehem, theyre killing time filling out forms, standing in line well, our fathers. But theyve taken all the coal from the ground and the union people crawled away. The song is about the steel industry in pennsylvania, and even though the title is allentown, pa, as there are no steel mills in allentown, the lyrics are really talking about the city of bethlehem, pa the bethlehem steel corporation and the decline of the american manufacturing industry in the late 1970s, which billy joel personally witnessed.
In 1982, billy joel released an album titled the nylon curtain, which became a billboard top 10 album and was one of the first to be recorded, mixed, and mastered digitally. Allentown by billy joel digital sheet music for download. Allentown is a song by american singer billy joel, which was the lead track on joel s the nylon curtain 1982 album, accompanied by a conceptual music video. In 1982, recording artist billy joel released a single titled allentown the song painted a picture of a depressed american economy and the decline of. Tranposable music notes for pianovocalguitar chords only sheet music by billy joel. Suggested by sme billy joel piano man official video song allentown live at nassau coliseum, uniondale, ny december 1982.
Billy joel born william martin joel on may 9, 1949 in bronx, new york, usa is an american pianist, singersongwriter, and composer. Upon its release, and especially in subsequent years, allentown emerged as an anthem of bluecollar america, representing both the aspirations and frustrations of americas working. Sheet music arranged for pianovocalchords, and singer pro in g major. Billy joel has produced a lot of studio albums in his career. May 29, 2019 by billy joel 6,506 views, added to favorites 310 times complete and thoroughly eartranscribed chords intermediate with split chords and suggestins for playable voicings short tab for basic pattern link to demo recording. Billy joel lyrics allentown well were living here in allentown and theyre closing all the factories down out in bethlehem theyre killing time filling out forms standing in line well our fathers fought the second world war spent their weekends on the jersey shore. Song information for allentown billy joel on allmusic. The audio file used in this video is an mp3 render of the hit trax midi file backing track.
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