On Strong Songs Kirk Hamilton, “takes listeners inside a piece of music, breaking it down and figuring out what makes it work.” In this episode Kirk tackles Billy Joel’s magnum opus, “Scenes From an Italian Restaurant” “Pull up a table and join Kirk f…
It’s like if Aaron Sorkin was a song
I hate “We Didn’t Start The Fire” so much. I hate it with my whole being, my entire soul. I hear that nattering keyboard riff and those hyperactive bongos and “Harry Truman Doris Day,” and I become a different being. My blood becomes lava. My teeth bec…
How the Piano Man Came Back to Life
The time a “stiff” caught fire.