POP GOES THE PIANO MAN
In comparison to all the recent news about big-name bands reuniting, particularly The Police, word of Billy Joel's return to making pop music -- his first such effort since 1993 -- hasn't caused that big of a stir out of the gate.
On Tuesday (Jan. 30), the same day the Recording Academy announced that the reunited Police would perform at the Grammy Awards ceremony on Feb. 11, Billboard.com reported that Joel's single "All My Life" would make its premiere Feb. 7 on People.com. It will be available via iTunes starting Feb. 20, and a commercial CD release is expected later, according to Columbia, Joel's longtime label.
In recent years, Joel has dipped his toes into the pool that is pop music, performing his past hits across the United States sans a new album. But this new single, which coincides with the start of another U.S. trek and arrives three days after he's scheduled to sing the national anthem at Super Bowl XLI, could be a sign that he's ready to dive back in.
Given that since '93 Joel has continued to tour playing his back catalog, one gets the sense that he was merely biding his time to re-enter the pop field with new material. (2001's classical-flavored Fantasies and Illusions, Joel's last new work, features songs written by him but performed by Richard Joos.)
If "All My Life" is any good and the reaction to it is positive, the time at which the news broke of his pop return will grow in stature and in memory.
In comparison to all the recent news about big-name bands reuniting, particularly The Police, word of Billy Joel's return to making pop music -- his first such effort since 1993 -- hasn't caused that big of a stir out of the gate.
On Tuesday (Jan. 30), the same day the Recording Academy announced that the reunited Police would perform at the Grammy Awards ceremony on Feb. 11, Billboard.com reported that Joel's single "All My Life" would make its premiere Feb. 7 on People.com. It will be available via iTunes starting Feb. 20, and a commercial CD release is expected later, according to Columbia, Joel's longtime label.
In recent years, Joel has dipped his toes into the pool that is pop music, performing his past hits across the United States sans a new album. But this new single, which coincides with the start of another U.S. trek and arrives three days after he's scheduled to sing the national anthem at Super Bowl XLI, could be a sign that he's ready to dive back in.
Given that since '93 Joel has continued to tour playing his back catalog, one gets the sense that he was merely biding his time to re-enter the pop field with new material. (2001's classical-flavored Fantasies and Illusions, Joel's last new work, features songs written by him but performed by Richard Joos.)
If "All My Life" is any good and the reaction to it is positive, the time at which the news broke of his pop return will grow in stature and in memory.
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