202010月23日,攝影師在美國弗吉尼亞州城市漢普頓拍攝到美國歌手比利·喬爾騎著他的古董摩托穿城而過。這位老爺爺身體健碩,風姿迷人。他年輕的時候歌唱可好聽了。
多年後,再看見喬爾的身影,他的格萊美獎歌曲《My Life》又迴盪在耳邊:
Got a call from an old friend we'd used to be real close
Said he couldn't go on the American way
Closed the shop, sold the house, bought a ticket to the west coast
Now he gives them a stand-up routine in L.A.
I don't need you to worry for me cause I'm allright
I don't want you to tell me it's time to come home
I don't care what you say anymore this is my life
Go ahead with your own life leave me alone
I never said you had to offer me a second chance
I never said I was a victim of circumstance
I still belong
Don't get me wrong
And you can speak your mind
But not on my time
They will tell you you can't sleep alone in a strange place
Then they'll tell you can't sleep with somebody else
Ah but sooner or later you sleep in your own space
Either way it's O.K. you wake up with yourself
I don't need you to worry for me cause I'm alright
l don't want you to tell me it's time to come home
I don't care what you say anymore this is my life
Go ahead with your own
life and leave me alone
I never said you had to offer me a second chance
I never said l was a victim of ircumstance I dtill belong
don't get me wrong
And you can speak your mind
But not on my time
l don't care what you say anymore this is my life
Go ahead with yourown life and leave me alone
今年71歲的比利·喬爾,出生在美國紐約布朗克斯區,原名叫威廉·馬丁·喬爾。這個老爺爺拿獎拿到手軟,他六次獲得格萊美獎;全世界唱片累計銷量超過一億張。
喬爾年輕時是一名成功的紐約長島拳擊手,在24場比賽中贏得了22場。兒時他常被被鄰居欺負,於是他去學習拳擊。不過後來,他在比賽中鼻樑骨被打斷,於是放棄了拳擊生涯,投身音樂事業,從此一鳴驚人。
1992年喬爾入選美國詞曲作家名人堂,1999年入選搖滾名人堂。20世紀90年代中期,他放棄創作新的流行音樂,轉而創作古典音樂。但他仍然在他的音樂會上表演流行歌曲。他是為數不多的在70年代、80年代和90年代擁有十大熱門歌曲的藝術家之一。
2018年7月18日,在紐約麥迪遜廣場花園,為喬爾舉行了他100場演出紀念活動,以表彰他為音樂事業做出的不懈努力,紐約州長安德魯·科莫出席了活動。
上圖為2018年7月18日,比利·喬爾和妻子亞歷克西斯·羅德里克在紐約麥迪遜廣場花園舉行的紀念喬100場紀念活動上拍照。
2015年比利·喬爾在65歲時再次當爸爸,他的妻子亞歷克西斯·羅德里克生下個女兒,到現在他們的女兒有5歲多了。喬爾還有個和前妻生的女兒,她是個歌手,叫阿蕾克薩·雷·喬爾。
比利·喬爾歌曲精選集
1980 - Billy Joel Box Set
1985 - Greatest Hits Volume I and II
1988 - Starbox
1989 - Souvenir: The Ultimate Collection
1994 - A Voyage on the River of Dreams
1997 - Greatest Hits Volume III
1997 - The Complete Hits Collection: 1973-1997 /Greatest Hits Volume I, II and III
2000 - The Ultimate Collection
2001 - The Essential Billy Joel
2004 - Piano Man: The Very Best of Billy Joel
2005 - My Lives
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