--- If he's going to start with “Take Me Out to the Ball Game,” he should have gotten me to sing it! Total lost opportunity. ;)
--- Yay, personalized elements: attempts the Boston-themed "Down by the River," references Bucky Dent (without ducking), and dedicates "My Life" to a Boston friend.
--- Yay, I called "Pressure" three seconds in even though this was just the third time I heard the song!
--- “‘Big Man on Mulberry St’ is not a big hit, so if you need to go to the bathroom, now would be a good time.” HA! K says, “I'm really loving the brass.” Apparently K and both played the trumpet in school -- who knew?
--- References “some politician” in the intro to “The Entertainer.” Can’t imagine who.
--- “I haven't had a hit in 23 years, yet you guys are coming and selling out for me at 67. Crazy.”
--- Hahaha, he has a flyswatter on stage, ready to put bugs in their place.
--- Gives the audience a choice between some song and “Vienna.” Never seen a performer give an audience a choice like that before!
--- Awww, brings out a local Boston kid in a tux vest to play piano! Sounds like a old West tavern song. High point of the night!!! 13-year-old Bradley Bartlett has a future.
--- “Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)” manages to be about NYC yet not elicit Boston boos.
--- “New York State of Mind”! So smooth. I yelp approval at the Greyhound part. The Brooklyn sax, the high note at “Hudson River Line,” and the bass voice at “state of” are awesome.
--- “The Downeaster Alexa” is for the downtrodden fisherman. I like the pacing / mood. K was given this song in a mix by a Terrapin. [It took on greater meaning months later when I heard Mike Hess sang it with his fishermen friends at the end of his wedding. Such a powerful moment.]
--- The best part of "Movin' Out": heart attack-ack-ack-ack.
--- “And So it Goes.” His intro: “This is a hard song to do in a stadium, but I'm going to do it anyway.” Good for him!! It's frustrating when quiet songs are abandoned in big venues.
--- “Allentown.” Technically, it's a Springsteen-esque message song. Personally, it brings me to Dorney Park! (Wildwater Kingdom too.)
--- “Always a Woman to Me.” Smooth. HA at K referencing "Wisconsin bangs" when the hair of a woman is shown on the monitor.
--- Hahaha at Billy rocking the flyswatter drumstick during “Heat Wave”!!
--- The guy who sang “Sweet Caroline” is back for an opera solo in all Italian! Bravo. (I had somehow never known that they sing that at every Red Sox game at Fenway. And to think I liked the song...)
--- In “Scenes from an Italian Restaurant,” the sax reigns supreme. Every time, the sax makes me think of Clarence Clemons -- tear.
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--- HA at Billy Joel's half-second pause/sigh before launching into “Piano Man.” HAHA at the return of the swatter halfway through.
--- Whoa, Billy Joel plays guitar. The “We Didn't Start the Fire” tongue twister loses a bit live, but it's still cool.
--- Heh at his dance moves during "Uptown Girl" and him spinning the mic stand before “It's Still Rock and Roll to Me.”
--- “Only the Good Die Young”! Whoa, the sweat is *pouring* off him. Nice falsetto on ‘good’ near the end.
--- “You May Be Right”!! Thanks to a steady build and the opera singer's sick vocals, this song is the underdog champ of the night.
Grade: B+
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