No sports this week for me…except maybe a furtive glance at the Fed-Ex Championship leaderboard here and there. We’re going to be in Greenwood Village just south of Denver hanging out with the grandkids and the fam. If Shai can use use ‘fam’ then MJ needs to be using it more as well.
I love Billy J. He’s a tough Long Island kid who never tried to be something he isn’t, and I think his music reflects that point. I actually coached hockey with Mike McEwen who played for the Islanders, and McEwen swears on a stack of bibles he and Billy were tight. So tight in fact…. Billy played at Mike’s wedding to Miss Rhode Island (Diane) during the Islander’s glory years in the early ’80s. Small world.
I liked the fact each one of his new albums showed some nuanced change in the flow of his songs. He doesn’t really write music in the conventional method…it’s all done in bis head.
I’m not sure which Billy J song is a\my clearcut favorite…but there’s a possibility Only the Good Die Young could be it.
Or given the fact I’m a little bit Italian it could be this one below.. There’s so many great Bill J songs… its tough to even settle in on a Top 10, let alone– a definitive No. 1.
In fact, when Billy J and MJ were both young with plenty of hair…you could say we looked like brothers. I got that all the time in my younger days.
Anyway…I’m loving the music this week as I get refreshed for the start of the college football season.
Peace.
MJ