12 Gardens: Live (2CD)

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Author: Joel, Billy

Format: Live

PartNumber: 1878152

Release Date: 13-06-2006

Details: Amazon.ca12 Gardens Live is worth the cost just for Billy Joel’s still-robust renditions of « My Life, » « Only the Good Die Young, » « Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song), » and « Big Shot »–time off has not taken a toll on the piano man’s pipes, and his playing remains on the right side of rock critics’ expectations–but the big surprise here are the sleeper hits; by rights, they should sink like stones amid a sea of universally loved signatures. Instead they shimmer brightly, landing on ears like undervalued gems. « Goodnight Saigon, » « Zanzibar, » « Laura, » and « Miami 2017 » are recognizable titles only to the type of wild-eyed Billy Joel fan liable to throw her bra onstage, but they linger, pleasingly, past such late-career chart-climbers as « The River of Dreams » and « We Didn’t Start the Fire. » Woven around « New York State of Mind » and « Allentown, » they serve to remind any student of pop why Joel is a worthy statesman. For those who needed no reminding, pleasant surprises of a different sort await: the double disc is home to two hidden tracks. On disc one, a rocked-up version of « A Room of Our Own » returns the entertainer to the Madison Square Garden stage, where he is duly howled over. And on disc two, after delivering a goosebump-raising rendition of « And So it Goes » that surely would have sufficed as a memorable closer to a monumental gig, he busts back out with « It’s Still Rock & Roll to Me. » Those who thought he forgot to include it on the set list should revisit « Keeping the Faith. » –Tammy La GorceProduct DescriptionJoel, Billy

UPC: 828768517628

EAN: 0828768517628

Model: 2196298

Languages: English

Binding: audioCD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood