Album · 1987
Концерт
by Billy Joel
Концерт is an album by Billy Joel, released in 1987, with 16 tracks.
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16 tracks · 73 min
Album · 1987
by Billy Joel
Концерт is an album by Billy Joel, released in 1987, with 16 tracks.
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16 tracks · 73 min
Not many rock artists had been allowed to visit the U.S.S.R., so Billy Joel's 1987 tour was a big deal. Joel took his task very seriously, embracing his role as musical and cultural ambassador from the West and acting solemnly throughout the tour. Besides the temper tantrum where he pushed his piano off stage, of course, but even that could be seen as a rock & roller taking his message to the people. If you're charitable, that is. That defining moment of the tour is captured at the end of Kohuept (sadly, it was trimmed for a subsequent CD reissue), a live double-album (single-disc) document of the Russian tour. At the time, it may have been a big event, and personally, it was a turning point for Joel, but musically, it wasn't much of anything. Supported by an augmented version of his touring band, Joel runs through a predictable selection of hits, drawing heavily from The Bridge, but making sure to hit such favorites as "Angry Young Man," "Stiletto," "Big Shot," and "Sometimes a Fantasy." For topicality's sake, he adds "Back in the U.S.S.R." and "The Times They Are A-Changin'" to his repertoire. All of it is professionally performed, but none of it makes much of an impression, espe…