歌詞でいうと、2番の『Now Paul is a real estate novelist Who never had time for a wife And he's talkin' with Davy, who's still in the navy And probably will be for life』(ポールは小説家志望の不動産屋。妻に構う時間もなくて、海軍を抜け損ねたデイヴィーと話してる。きっと一生そんな感じなんだろう。)
Thirty-eight years ago, Billy Joel shot a video for "Piano Man" at one of Long Island's most leg-endary clubs 12 years after the song was released. Joel, who was promoting his "Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II, filmed the video during a 26-hour shoot at Malibu in Lido Beach in 1985.
"This was like a movie production with trucks hauling equipment and buses filled with cast mem-bers for the bar scene," says club co-owner Charlie Greco. They even had full-blown catering."
The room, known as Charlie's Piano Bar, was 4,500 square feet holding up to 1.000 people where a piano sat in an alcove behind the bar.
"They even changed the look of the club to make it an intimate bar," says club co-owner Tony Greco.
"Billy's popularity at the time was at an all-time high and it was also the heyday of the club. We were happy they chose Malibu as the filming location"
Tom Dana, 62, of Dix Hills got to witness the shoot as his brother Mike was a cam-eraman who put him to work.
"I was asked to sit at the piano so they could do some camera focusing and test the lighting to see how everything looked before Billy arrived," says Dana. "There was an entire cast that created a full bar crowd."
One of the cast members was none other than Academy Award winning actor Tommy Lee Jones who portrayed Paul the real estate novelist "who never had time for a wife." But the main star was Joel who arrived quietly.
"Billy drove over in an old station wagon because he didn't want to be noticed,"
says Dana "He came off like a regular guy who was very humble.
The club closed down and hired extra security to protect Joel and the crew
"Everything was buttoned down and locked up" says Tony Greco "Billy would play some songs in between to entertain the crew. He was gracious and affable."
The piano used in the video currently sits in the living room of Joe Carmen, 38, of Oceanside, who purchased it five years ago after seeing an ad in a local paper.
"The original owner had acquired the piano from the Malibu auction," says Carmen. "He was moving from Lido Beach and couldn't take it with him."
The Baldwin Baby Grand on wheels gets played every day by Carmen, who teaches music. "Billy's a blue collar guy.
There's something very raw about his music. He says whatever is on his mind and I connect with that," says Carmen. "When I sit at the keys I try to think, " What would Billy Joel do? I have a dream that one day he will play it again.” - DAVID J CHELEZ
Oceanside's Joe Carmen bought the piano Joel played in the 1985 video for "Piano Man."
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【Deep L翻訳】
マリブがビリーのものだった頃
今から38年前、ビリー・ジョエルはこの曲がリリースされてから12年後、ロングアイランドで最も脚光を浴びているクラブで「Piano Man」のビデオを撮影した。Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II』のプロモーション中だったジョエルは、1985年にリド・ビーチのMalibuで26時間かけてビデオを撮影した。
