Piano Man
Lounge keyboard performer
Piano Man is Billy Joel's 1973 signature song, a melancholy portrait of bar regulars and their unfulfilled dreams.
The title has become shorthand for any piano player working a bar or lounge: The piano man played requests until closing time.
Joel himself embraced the nickname throughout his career.
- Billy JoelUptown Girl singer
- songwriterOne who composes music
- barDrinking establishment
- balladNarrative poem or song
- harmonicaHandheld reed wind instrument
saloon · lyrics · melody · ivories · keyboard · ivory keys · lounge · Saturday · Saturday night · making love · slow dance · stranger · microphone · loneliness · bartender · regulars · crooner · waitress
- Billy JoelNew York State of Mind, Allentown, Vienna, The Stranger
- Music NicknamesKing of Pop, Queen of Soul, Material Girl, Fab Four, Slim Shady
- epic songsBohemian Rhapsody, Stairway to Heaven, Hotel California, American Pie, November Rain
- Triple Meterwaltz, minuet, mazurka, 3/4 time, triple meter
Piano Mandrummer
One who keeps rhythm
horn player · saxophonist · percussionist · lead guitarist · bassist
Piano Manpunk rocker
Aggressive antiestablishment musician
club DJ · headbanger · metal head · crowd surfer · stage diver
piano, man, pianos, pianist, pianistic, manly, manliness, manhood, unmanly