Well, as I predicted, last night’s song, Precious and Few, did not attract much attention and few people liked it. I didn’t really care, expected that, but it was one time that I played it just for me. However, tonight’s song will, I hope, get a few more toes a-tappin’ and fingers a-snappin’, for it played well on both sides of the big pond!
Per SongFacts …
In his biography The Life and Times of an Angry Young Man, Billy Joel talks about when he first started dating Christie Brinkley. He says that she was the first person he could ever just talk to, and they would spent hours just talking – this was the basis for “Tell Her About It.” It’s simply about an a-ha moment for Joel when he realized that you could actually have a soul mate. Joel and Brinkley met in 1982, married in 1985 and divorced in 1994.
Billy Joel both wrote and performed this one. The video is a spoof of the Ed Sullivan Show, and shows Joel singing the song as if he were on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1963. The cover shot for the UK release of the song was taken from the video, as seen below. An Ed Sullivan imitator (Will Jordan) introduces Joel (as “B.J. and the Affordables”) after Topo Gigio, the talking mouse, finishes his skit. During the song there are different scenes of teenagers watching Joel on TV at home, crowding around appliance store windows watching him, dancing to his song. There is even a brief scene of a Soviet cosmonaut in space listening to the song, with the lyrics displayed at the bottom in the Russian language and in Cyrillic script. At the end of the song, comedian Rodney Dangerfield is there preparing to go on stage under the false impression that he is next, thanks Joel for warming up the crowd. “Patriska the Dancing Bear” is instead called to the stage, much to Dangerfield’s disbelief.
This one reached #1 in the U.S., #4 in the UK, and #5 in Canada.
Tell Her About It
Billy Joel
Listen boy
I don’t want to see you let a good thing
Slip away
You know I don’t like watching
Anybody make the same mistakes
I made
She’s a real nice girl
And she’s always there for you
But a nice girl wouldn’t tell you what you should do
Listen boy
I’m sure that you think you got it all
Under control
You don’t want somebody telling you
The way to stay in someone’s soul
You’re a big boy now
You’ll never let her go
But that’s just the kind of thing
She ought to know
Tell her about it
Tell her everything you feel
Give her every reason to accept
That you’re for real
Tell her about it
Tell her all your crazy dreams
Let her know you need her
Let her know how much she means
Listen boy
It’s not automatically a certain guarantee
To insure yourself
You’ve got to provide communication constantly
When you love someone
You’re always insecure
And there’s only one good way
To reassure
Tell her about it
Let her know how much you care
When she can’t be with you
Tell her you wish you were there
Tell her about it
Every day before you leave
Pay her some attention
Give her something to believe
‘Cause now and then
She’ll get to worrying
Just because you haven’t spoken
For so long
Though you may not have done anything
Will that be a consolation when she’s gone
Listen boy
It’s good information from a man
Who’s made mistakes
Just a word or two that she gets from you
Could be the difference that it makes
She’s a trusting soul
She’s put her trust in you
But a girl like that won’t tell you
What you should do
Tell her about it
Tell her everything you feel
Give her every reason
To accept that you’re for real
Tell her about it
Tell her all your crazy dreams
Let her know you need her
Let her know how much she means
Tell her about it
Tell her how you feel right now
Tell her about it
The girl don’t want to wait too long
You got to tell her about it
Tell her now and you won’t go wrong
You got to tell her about it
Before it gets too late
You got to tell her about it
You know the girl don’t want
To wait, you got to
Tell her about it
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Billy Joel
Tell Her About It lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Love this one. My oldest daughter and I used to sing along to Billy Joel’s album in the car. This one almost caused several fender benders. Thanks
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Ha ha ha … I can only imagine! Yep, I nearly got a few speeding tickets for certain songs … seems the pedal just goes down to the metal easier when the music is loud and fast!
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Jill, John, this would describe my wife’s driving, especially with Bon Jovi on the radio. Keith
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Ha ha ha … and you are sitting white-knuckled in the passenger’s seat muttering a silent prayer, yes?
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Our favorite was “Pressure.” Great song by Billy.
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That one isn’t ringing a bell, but then some days my own name doesn’t ring a bell. I’ll check it out!
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Here you go https://youtu.be/Iyv905Q2omU
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Thanks, John! No, I can say for certain I never heard that one before. I can definitely see that being 90mph music cruising down the highway!!! Heck, it speeded up my heart rate! Probably not a bad thing!
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Always a good thing, Jill. 😁
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One of his best. Definitely a big improvement on yesterday’s offering 😉
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Heh heh … I had a feeling you’d think so. Rawgod, on the other hand … As the saying goes, you can please all of the people some of the time, and some of the people all of the time, but you can’t please all of the people all of the time!
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I thought he was joking when I read that!
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Rawgod? Joke? 🤣🤣
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I don’t know him or his musical tastes well enough to comment 😉
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He’s a good guy, cares about all life forms, but he’s dead serious except when he’s playing with his kitties.
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Ah, right. Good to know you have good, caring people in your network.
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Great upbeat song!
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I’m glad you liked it!
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This takes me back…I’m dancing around now!!
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Great!!! Is Kevin dancing with you? The kitties probably think you’ve lost your marbles, but that’s okay!
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I fully agree to Keith’ comment. Thank you, Jill Another great choice! xx Michael
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Just one more page in your music knowledge! 😉 xx
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Thanks, Michael!!!
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Great song and life lesson for infatuated lovers of all persuasions and ages.
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Glad you liked it!!!
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Definitely bouncy. I preferred yesterday’s offering.
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