Sorry I'm late here. I've been rehearsing and traveling and visiting family. Listening to this record felt similar to listening to Springsteen's first record in that it's interesting to hear that all the ingredients are there and they'd yet to figure out how to cook them. "She's Got A Way" is an exception to that, as I feel that's one of his greatest songs and it's wild that it kicks off his debut record. I feel like there's a couple of songs on here where he's really strutting his stuff as a piano player, and he seems to abandon that on later records in favor of just writing a really great song. I think that's a common thread for most writers. I know I feel that looking back on my own songwriting.
RECORD CLUB THREAD
WEEK 19
Billy Joel - Cold Spring Harbor (1971)
Sorry I'm late here. I've been rehearsing and traveling and visiting family. Listening to this record felt similar to listening to Springsteen's first record in that it's interesting to hear that all the ingredients are there and they'd yet to figure out how to cook them. "She's Got A Way" is an exception to that, as I feel that's one of his greatest songs and it's wild that it kicks off his debut record. I feel like there's a couple of songs on here where he's really strutting his stuff as a piano player, and he seems to abandon that on later records in favor of just writing a really great song. I think that's a common thread for most writers. I know I feel that looking back on my own songwriting.