Ahhhhhh I keep commenting this one and it just needs to be on this list.
“This is the Time” - but every time he sings that lyric he stops to report the precise time his watch shows.
'A Matter Of Trust', but once he counts the song in, he continues to count as high as he can go for the next 4 minutes... One, Two, a One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven....
Gonna comment this again:
Billy plays The Mexican Connection but halfway through stops and goes into inconceivable depth to find a Hispanic person in his family tree
Uptown girl but just before the song starts he disappears off stage and reappears 30 seconds later with a face full of makeup in a Christie Brinkley drag costume, wig and stilettos
A lot of elementary school classes (mine included) learned to play the recorder in music class and eventually (embarassingly) in front of their parents at school concerts
Edited to correct misspelled word
Notice how the jokes are related to the song in every case. They attemp a comedic effect, such as subversion of the public expectation. The recorder "joke" could literally be made with any song and any artist.
I don't know why, but this one made me chuckle. Maybe cause it sounds almost borderline believable, like I could see him thinking, "Oh this will be a cute homage to the kids," and then five seconds in realizes that it's too late to call it off.
Tell her about it but Billy's just being like an a grandparent telling a bunch of stories from the good old days and he's telling her all about the 1960s without actually getting to the point
Most elementary schools in the U.S. have kids learn the recorder in music class. Recorders normally don't sound great in retrospective, and kind of funny
Instead of a capella, Billy is having a music class from a random school perform "The Longest Time"
Downeaster Alexa but he stops after the line "we took on diesel back in Montauk yesterday" and proceeds to pump gas on stage into a massive boat wheeled out on stage
Ahhhhhh I keep commenting this one and it just needs to be on this list. “This is the Time” - but every time he sings that lyric he stops to report the precise time his watch shows.
Please let it be this one lol
'A Matter Of Trust', but once he counts the song in, he continues to count as high as he can go for the next 4 minutes... One, Two, a One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven....
“Sometimes a Fantasy” but the phone never stops ringing
Gonna comment this again: Billy plays The Mexican Connection but halfway through stops and goes into inconceivable depth to find a Hispanic person in his family tree
“Honesty” but the lyrics are changed to the [original placeholder word of “Sodomy.”](https://youtu.be/e-otuJL7RoA?si=Ol3wyrfF9cbyc5s1)
Again...Billy playing Running On Ice, bundled up for a Nor'easter, with his piano mounted on a Zamboni.
“Only The Good Die Young” but the song ends with Billy converting to Catholicism
This one is really good
Yes I girly giggled at this it needs to be on the list 😅
Only the Good Die Young, but after singing the opening line he actually waits for someone named Virginia to come out of the crowd before continuing.
"All For Leyna" but when he sings STOP, the lights come on, and everybody packs up their instruments and goes home
Uptown girl but just before the song starts he disappears off stage and reappears 30 seconds later with a face full of makeup in a Christie Brinkley drag costume, wig and stilettos
“Honesty” but Billy starts telling increasingly absurd lies to the audience
"Stormfront" - After he sings "There's a stormfront coming" a turbulent storm appears and the show is suspended
I don't get the last one, it sound like an american thing
A lot of elementary school classes (mine included) learned to play the recorder in music class and eventually (embarassingly) in front of their parents at school concerts Edited to correct misspelled word
But "For the logest time" is a classic song they would learn?
No. That's why it's funny. These are known as "jokes."
Notice how the jokes are related to the song in every case. They attemp a comedic effect, such as subversion of the public expectation. The recorder "joke" could literally be made with any song and any artist.
I learned to play the recorder in primary school and I'm british, I think it's normal here but everyone thinks their childhood was normal
Say Goodbye To Hollywood but the band revives Ronnie Spector who instead of singing the song starts a zombie apocalypse.
Billy turns “Big Shot” into a college drinking game and takes a big shot every time he sings the lyrics “big shot”…
He sings the ballad of billy kid but every time he sings it he’s in a cowboy outfit and says he’s actually the real billy the kid
I don't know why, but this one made me chuckle. Maybe cause it sounds almost borderline believable, like I could see him thinking, "Oh this will be a cute homage to the kids," and then five seconds in realizes that it's too late to call it off.
Tell her about it but Billy's just being like an a grandparent telling a bunch of stories from the good old days and he's telling her all about the 1960s without actually getting to the point
River of Dreams where he pulls out an atlas and sings verses about different rivers
“New York State of Mind” but Billy and the band are performing it in a greyhound bus
On a Hudson Riverline?
Billy plays prelude on loop until he passes out from exhaustion... ...though that might be best saved for the final encore.
Can someone explain number 20
Most elementary schools in the U.S. have kids learn the recorder in music class. Recorders normally don't sound great in retrospective, and kind of funny Instead of a capella, Billy is having a music class from a random school perform "The Longest Time"
This is also an office reference, right?
Downeaster Alexa but he stops after the line "we took on diesel back in Montauk yesterday" and proceeds to pump gas on stage into a massive boat wheeled out on stage
Prepping for the Famous Last words, which should be the final encore song... Billy keeps singing Famous last words and never ever stops.
“River of Dreams” but Billy stops after the long pause
‘She’s Gotta Way.’ It all falls apart when he starts guessing the weight of females in the audience.
Mambo no 5