Billy Joel aka The Piano Man hasn’t released a new pop album since 1993’s “River Of Dreams” (which is a killer album, btw) but will he ever release a new album of pop songs? It seems that Billy Joel has retired from releasing new music but he hasn’t retired from performing live though. The guy still does a lot of touring (gotta make a living somehow, right?). Even though he continues to play all of his biggest hits at his concerts, he refuses to make new pop songs. He’s still writing music all the time, though, he says he’s not writing pop songs but other genres.

He’s not sure whether or not his new songs he’s been writing lately will get heard or not but he probably just continues to write ’cause well, he’s a musician. They all continue to play like the rest of us.

More here:

http://www.billyjoel.com/news/billy-joel-reflects-his-career-and-breaking-records-today-entertainment-weekly

Well, I think Billy Joel should release a new studio album. It’s understandable how he no longer wants to write pop songs ’cause he’s been doing that since the 70’s so he must be sick of it! I think he should give us one more pop album for the fans, though. I think he is capable of giving us one more killer pop album. He should give us one more. People has been begging him for one more pop album for a long time now and he keeps saying no but “never say never”. Even Elton John urged him to make more pop music so who knows? Maybe one day Billy will one day change his mind and will give us one more? We just gotta get enough fans to get onto him about it.

I am a pretty big Billy Joel fan, though. Always has been!

Kev

I love Billy Joel and all. He’s been a favorite of mine for years and he’s a hero & inspiration but I also think the dude is kind of a douche and a bit greedy. Why can’t the man write a new record of pop songs for us like he’s good at? I’ve read interviews with him online and Billy says he’s not writing pop songs ’cause he’s simply tired of it. I hear him, though. Billy’s been writing pop songs since the 70’s and he is probably tired of it and wants to try different things. He says he’s done writing pop songs but not done making music completely. He says he’s been making classical music and plans on putting out a classical album at some point. He hasn’t written a new pop song in many years ’cause he simply doesn’t want to.

What I don’t get about him is he claims he’s done writing pop songs but he still tours on a regular basis and still plays all of his older songs live. What’s wrong with that picture? I think Billy is still capable of writing pop music… he’s just being a whiny baby.

Billy Joel is touring again this year. Set to return to the MGM Grand and set for several shows at Madison Square Garden. I think he still tours for the money obviously ’cause his ticket pricing sales are so high. His ticket pricing can go way up to $200. Pretty ridiculous. He’s got a make a living somehow, right?

I think he’s capable of putting out one more good pop album for all of us. I wish he would do that for the fans who still care about him. While I love Billy Joel, I can’t deny that he is greedy sometimes. He canceled out the Elton John concert in Albany (I’ll never forget it) and he canceled out his memoir book that he planned on publishing.

Want a new album by Billy Joel? Don’t expect one anytime soon. He’s planning to release re-issues of his older albums so that’s as far as you’ll get. It would be nice if he would give us an album of unreleased songs over the years — that’ll be better than nothing. I loved his last album, “River of Dreams” which was released in the early 90’s. I wish he would give us one more pop album. I’m sure a lot of his fans want him to do one more as well.

Kev

Billy Joel, recently had a new interview with VH1 Radio, and he revealed that he is still writing new rock n’ roll songs daily but he won’t release them. Billy says he still writes new original songs because he’s still learning how to be a musician.

Read what he has to say, here.

Even though he is a retired musician, of course, he’s still making music. He’s a musician, that’s what musicians do. He’s probably sick of the music industry of today so he just makes music just for himself. It would be nice if he made a big comeback though. Never say never though. Maybe he will come out of retirement and release a new album, someday. All we can do is cross our fingers. Billy Joel has been a favorite of mine for years.

On a side note, I’m pretty sure Billy is very flattered that Lindsay Lohan got Billy’s lyrics tattoo’ed on her. I’m sure he is happy about that.

Kev