The Essential Video Collection

Who doesn't like music videos? and of Billy Joel heck yeah. This has a great collection of all the music videos that are part of the amazing catalog of Billy joel. who doesn't love to watch old music videos and listen to some of your favorite music well Billy Joel is definitely Top Notch when it comes to songs love to play this listen to it in the background and catch glimpses of the videos once in a while.

I recently saw Billy Joel in concert for the 17th time, since 1980. So I know every part of his career from 1971 to 1993 and this video collection does not cover it all. The music videos on it are excellent and they really make you appreciate his 1977-1987 band. What's interesting is that the timeline and discography are right up into the 2000s but there are no videos included from the late 80s and 90s. Also there is not one promotional clip from The Stranger, sure there must be at least one out there they could have included. But anyway it's great to see the videos again and it's a reminder of how great MTV and VH1 used to be. And also a reminder of how incredible a writer Billy is.

Billy Joel - The Essential Video Collection is one hour and forty-four minutes and was released on DVD on November 20, 2001. At first start I thought this was a live CD because it started off with a live performance of Piano Man and not the video version. The video has twenty-two songs on it and some of them like All For Leyna and Big Shot were recorded right in the studio. The one song that surprised me the most was Big Shot; I never knew Billy made a video for that song. The Essential Video Collection is missing We Didn't Start the Fire and the River of Dreams video. I would suggest you buy the Greatest Hits Volume III, but a lot of people did not give it good reviews. If you can get it on DVD, then go with Eye of the Storm with the missing songs on it. Overall this is a great DVD to add to your Billy Joel collection. Billy Joel - The Essential Video Collection gets an AAAA++++.Play ProgramAudio SelectSongsA) Program StartB) Piano Man (Live)C) All For LeynaD) Tell Her About ItE) HonestyF) Sometimes A FantasyG) The Night is Still YoungH) PressureI) My LifeJ) Keeping the FaithK) You're Only Human (Second Wind)L) Everybody Loves You NowM) Uptown GirlN) You May Be RightO) Big ShotP) AllentownQ) Los AngelenosR) It's Still Rock and Roll To MeS) Baby GrandBonus VideosA) She's Right On TimeB) Goodnight Saigon (Live)C) Leave A Tendor Moment Alone (Live)D) JamesE) CreditsDiscography1. Cold Spring Harbor2. Piano Man3. Streetlife Serenade4. Turnstiles5. The Stranger6. 52nd Street7. Glass Houses8. Songs in the Attic9. The Nylon Curtain10. An Innocent Man11. Greatest Hits - Volume I & Volume II12. The Bridge13. Storm Front14. River of Dreams15. Kohuept16. Fantasies & Delusions17. Greatest Hits Volume III18. 2000 Years: The Millennium Concert19. The Complete Hits Collection: 1973-199720. The Essential Billy JoelHome Videos1. Eye of the Storm2. Live at Yankee Stadium3. A Matter of Trust4. Live From Leningrad, USSR5. The Russian Collection6. Shades of Grey7. Greatest Hits Volume III8. The Essential Video CollectionTimeline

Love the whole album

Piano Man is one of my favorite songs, and while I like the video on YouTube, the first cut on this DVD from Yankee Stadium is awesome! So here you have one of the greatest song writer and musician, his performances on the various videos shows another great talent as a showman! Out of the 24 recordings I have several other top favorites; A Matter of Trust, Baby Grand a Duet with Ray Charles, Tell Her About It, Keeping the faith and It's All Rock n Roll to me. The diversity of this collection is amazing, including Allentown about boys coming home from WW11 and Goodnight Saigon with original photos from Vietnam which is really We Were Brothers. There are some standards and some that have very good videos like Uptown Girl and She's Right on time (hilarious)! The orchestration and production are fantastic! Get it before it goes out of stock!

When I first started watching this video collection, I was quite disappointed. It took me four sittings to watch the whole thing. The first part was mostly MTV style videos where we get mini stories with our guy lip syncing to the music. I want to watch people perform their music. In vocal music your are already being told what to feel, I can fill in with my own imagination the visual. I was ready to give up, and then I watched a live video and I thought, that's what I'm talking about ! So the few, very good videos, including what looks like a studio recoding which includes Ray Charles, saved this collection from going into the never watch again pile.

Muy buena calidad de vídeo y audio lo recomiendo este DVD de el gran músico y cantante Billy Joel muchas gracias ha él vendedor él empaque excelente y el envío fue rápido muy contento con esta compra si pudiera le diera más de cinco estrellas muchas gracias ha amazon por él buen servicio

Get BILLY JOEL VIDEO HITS: III, a-n-d this, and you have 'em all... inyour choice of stereo, or 5.1 Surround. The tracks on this collection are:Piano Man; All for Leyna; Tell Her About It; Honesty; Sometimes a Fantasy;The Night Is Still Young; Pressure; My Life; Keeping the Faith; Allentown;You're Only Human (Second Wind); Everybody Loves You Now; Uptown Girl;You May Be Right; The Longest Time; A Matter of Trust; Los Angelenos;Big Shot; It's Still Rock and Roll to Me; Baby Grand; She's Right on Time;Goodnight Saigon (Live); Leave a Tender Moment Alone (Live); James.

I bought this for the 5.1 surround sound mixes. What's that? Most music is in stereo (left & right channels). This breaks it down into 5 channels, including a front for voice and two in the back. The .1 in 5.1 is for bass. By doing this, you hear, for example, each voice in the amazing harmonies of The Longest Times. It's like Joel and his band are singing in your living room. The extra bass gives the songs more muscle in all songs. Guitars and pianos are clear because you hear each in their own channel, instead of mashing them together in stereo. I also liked the early nightclub footage for capturing the excitement of the crowd and the band feeding off that energy. Lots of songs, easy to navigate. Forget watching these video on YouTube. Get this DVD.

one of the great

Dad's a HUGE Billy Joel fan, and even he's never seen most of these. He was blown away. A++++++! Even I loved it!Watching right now, so not typing much. XD

there is no one else like Billy Joel

Excellent.