Flutterby™! : Billy Joel & Michael Pollack play together

There's a lot of hate out there for Billy Joel, and I understand it. Hating on '70s popular music is a full-time sport, there's no question that he deliberately pandered to popularity in his musical and artistic styles, he did not leave at the top of his game, and ditching the long-time wife to run off with Christie Brinkley shortly after putting out "Just The Way You Are"... no matter what the underlying reasons, seems kinda tacky.

And then there's the Vegas show.

But if you're gonna spend your aging rockstar years doing stuff like this, there's a lot of slack I'll cut:

Billy Joel was doing a Q&A at Vanderbilt University, and student Michael Pollack asked if they could play "New York State of Mind" (YouTube). Note particularly how both of their styles evolve as they get comfortable with each other over the course of the song.

Via MeFi.

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