Clive Thompson
Jul 29, 2023

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My wife is an ardent fan of Billy Joel, so much so that she probably remembers the lyrics to deep cuts that Joel himself has forgotten.

I enjoy his stuff a lot but was never a deep fan — I knew his 5 or 10 most popular songs but that’s it. A few years before COVID some neighbors had two free tickets to see Joel at one of his monthly shows at Madison Square Gardens, and we went with them; it was amazing! He opened with “Vienna”, and just raised the timbers on that place ..

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Clive Thompson
Clive Thompson

Written by Clive Thompson

I write 2X a week on tech, science, culture — and how those collide. Writer at NYT mag/Wired; author, “Coders”. @clive@saturation.social clive@clivethompson.net

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