Billy Joel - James (Official Video)

O james salvou sua vida!!!!!

So nice Rhodes Piano sounds！！

I was at 6 grade in the 80's and makes me really sad when my late uncle James moved to Australia for good. I cried a lot cuz he's like a father to me. Until now if I missed him I play this song on and on😢😢😢

My oldest son’s name….love him & this song.

Que musica sublime excelente compositor e cantor❤

Is this the same song as Pat Metheny’s “James”?

the best lyric in this song is "do whats good for you, or youre not good for anybody" ✊😌

Billy does Elton's Daniel....

This song seems to have been written for me. Ever since my wife’s stroke twenty years ago I’ve been working sixty hour weeks to meet family obligations and going to school part time to get ahead and finally write my masterpiece while caregiving. Now I’m 65 and just graduated while everyone else is retiring and I have no retirement nest egg built up so I’ll have little time to work on my magnum opus in my final years either. I plan to see Billy Joel in Tampa with Sting in February. Maybe he’ll sing this for me.

大好き💕。

Oh wow, James is amazing, 🙌🤗

James, we were always friends
From our childhood days
And we made our plans
And we had to go our separate ways
I went on the road
You pursued an education

James, do you like your life?
Can you find release?
And will you ever change?
Will you ever write your masterpiece?
Are you still in school
Living up to expectations, James?

You were so relied upon
Everybody knows how hard you tried
Hey, just look at what a job you've done
Carrying the weight of family pride
James, you've been well behaved
You've been working hard
But will you always stay
Someone else's dream of who you are?
Do what's good for you
Or you're not good for anybody, James

I went on the road
You pursued an education, James
How you gonna know for sure?
Everything was so well organized
Hey, now everything is so secure
And everybody else is satisfied

James, do you like your life?
Can you find release?
Will you ever change?
When will you write your masterpiece?
Do what's good for you
Or you're not good for anybody, James

That’s my song ❤

Saudade for my 14 yo 1976.. where has the good friends gone?

One of the best songs ever made

this is sick. nice one bj!

WOW! I had forgotten about this gem!…man, I just can’t remember EVER hearing something from Billy that I didn’t like. Want a big reel-to-reel loop of everything from Cold Spring Harbor up to the latest recorded…Graduated HS in ‘70 and all of his music just fits into what I was trying to grow into…everyone a lifes’ masterpiece.

I love this music!!!❤

Billy Joel dropping the hard questions. "Do you like your life?" That one could properly mess someone up if the answer isn't yes.

Nostalgia y emoción en música, voz y letra

Love the beat, the arrangemet, the lyrics. I like that it doesnt it with the rest of the album tracks.

Daniel and James

Simply splendid

A little too Billy Joel sounding for me

Muy buena canción años de no escucharla me transporte como si estuviera en una máquina del tiempo

This indicts me every time I hear it. His best.

Gracias gracias gracias... La busque muchos años. Es que era pequeña cuándo la escuchaba así que no recordaba la letra. 💓

James, we were always friends
From our childhood days
And we made our plans
And we had to go our sep'rate ways

I went on the road
You pursued an education

James, do you like your life?
Can you find release?
And will you ever change?
Will you ever write your masterpiece?

Are you still in school?
Living up to expectations?
James, you were so relied upon
Everybody knows how hard you tried

Hey - oh, look at what a job you've done
Carrying the weight of family pride

James, you've been well behaved
You've been working hard
But will you always stay
Someone else's dream of who you are?

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Do what's good for you
Or you're not good for anybody
James

I went on the road
You pursued an education

James, how you gonna know for sure?
Everything was so well organized

Hey, oh now everything is so secure
And everybody else is satisfied

James, do you like your life?
Can you find release?
And will you ever change?
When will you write your masterpiece?
Do what's good for you
Or you're not good for anybody
James

Wow that’s a beautiful song. BJ is so awesome.

Nice

Turnstile - one of my top 5 albums of all time. Every song a classic.

Amazing 🤩 song

James buenísimo

I remember my best friend, who died recently. Honest, sweet and kind man.
Underrated song.

I am a big Billy Joel fan, but have never heard this song until now. Really well written and very underrated.

oh my good the studio version is soooooooooooooooo much better! This is nice, but listen to the studio version on headphones and it will open up spaces and breath with life.

You are totally ripped in this clip! Dude! 👍🏼🎉

can't believe this video doesn't even have over 500k views, definitely a hidden gem

Y todavía se oía bien duro allá en los años ochentas y eso que era de los años setentas, hasta 1983, después una consagrada más de Universal Stereo en el más alto cuadrante del F.M.

I love you billy

It’s so interesting how there are certain ideas of songs that Billy Joel and Elton John have written such similar songs. I’m not talking about the music. I’m not even talking about the style. I’m talking about the topic. For example this song is about a person who he thinks should have given himself the opportunity to go out and do what you want with your life. And Elton John has a song talking about the exact same thing. The only difference is one is from the perspective of first person. The other is from perspective of second person. Both are one word titles of the persons name. James. Levon.

And this is just one example of it. I’m not even saying there’s any plagiarism or anything like that I don’t think it’s intentional. Both of those guys are elite songwriters. But I do find the similarities interesting. Especially when I’m smoking weed😂

“Do what’s good for you, or you’re not good for anybody”

Con profundo amor y admiración para mi hermano Jaime 🥰

Gracias al Padre y a nuestros padres por regalarnos un un excelente hermano 🙌

One of the best BJ songs. Horribly horribly underrated. Right up there for me with Just the way youre...One day this brilliant song will resurrect and the world will appreciate this gift from Billy Joel

Bizanzibar...., Honesty is a bigger hit than his most honest song..

Was James his brother?

My all time favorite song!

My uncle JAMES just passed 4 days ago. Leaving behind a loving wife and 2 kids... BY BY UNCLE JAMES. R.I.P.