Uptown Girl

[Fiction Writer]

Posted: 8/12/06 at 6:46am

Shes been living in her uptown world
I bet she never had a back street guy
I bet her mama never told her why

*continues to jam

[iHeartMyGeek]

Posted: 8/12/06 at 9:43am

i'm gonna try for an uptown girl...

I'm so proud of you and your billy joelishness!

[Parks]

Posted: 8/12/06 at 9:55am

Had never really heard this song until Tuesday night, which I heard it off an 80's CD I bought at Best Buy for 10 dollars. I then realized that it wasn't the original artists singing the song. Let me tell you--I was PISSED.

However--I did like the song. It was catchy.

[Fiction Writer]

Posted: 8/12/06 at 12:09pm

Parks:

I found this for you.
It's the Billy Joel "Complete Hits Collection 1973-1997: Limited Edition"
51 of his original songs on 4 discs.
Only $40 bucks from Barnes and Noble.
http://music.barnesandnoble.com/search/product.asp?z=y&EAN=696998566620&ITM=4

[Unknown User]

Posted: 8/12/06 at 12:53pm

Guess he struck out with both Uptown Girl (Christie Brinkley) AND Just the Way You Are (Elizabeth Weber).

[iHeartMyGeek]

Posted: 8/12/06 at 12:58pm

Just The Way You Are was going to be Chris' and my wedding song...*cries*

I think I bought the same thing as you, Parks. I cnan't remember what it was called, but it was a like 4-disc set for like six bucks and it had all these '80s songs on it that were synthesized and sung by some crappy group...

[Fiction Writer]

Posted: 8/12/06 at 1:11pm

Well, now you can change it because your next boyfriend will be a lot better.

Someone has to say it.

Right now I'm listening to Jennifer Love Hewitt. What? Don't look at me like that. The song "Me and Bobby McGee" cracks me up.

[neddyfrank2]

Posted: 8/12/06 at 2:43pm

I really actually love this song.

[vmlinnie]

Posted: 8/12/06 at 3:01pm

To continue the song;

Uptown Girl,
You know I can't afford to buy her pearls,
But maybe someday when my ship comes in,
She'll understand what kind of guy I am...

I'm a huge Joel fan, but I don't like what he himself calls his 'mushy-mushy' section. I was at his concert here two weeks ago and he said just the way you are was bull because he wrote it for his first ex-wife!

You just have to like Scenes from an Italian Restaurant and Miami 2017.

[iHeartMyGeek]

Posted: 8/12/06 at 3:03pm

Loooove Scene From An Italian Restaurant.

[ckeaton]

Posted: 8/12/06 at 3:27pm

Ew. You guys had a wedding song already?

[iHeartMyGeek]

Posted: 8/12/06 at 3:36pm

Puhleez. We had a whole Cd. I can give you the track listing, if you like.

[ckeaton]

Posted: 8/12/06 at 3:36pm

Blech.

[iHeartMyGeek]

Posted: 8/12/06 at 3:38pm

L-O-V-E by Nat King Cole (He likes The Parent Trap...ewww.)
You Can't Hurry Love by Phil Collins
If I Ever Lose My Faith In You by Sting
The Nearness Of You by Norah Jones
Your Song by elton John.

Need I continue?

[ckeaton]

Posted: 8/12/06 at 3:39pm

Um...
So there wasn't anything about showering or not being a dork?

[Unknown User]

Posted: 8/12/06 at 3:39pm

I'm a huge Joel fan, but I don't like what he himself calls his 'mushy-mushy' section. I was at his concert here two weeks ago and he said just the way you are was bull because he wrote it for his first ex-wife!

Did he then proceed to play it? I remember reading a quote from him about how he'd just think of what he was going to eat after the concert while singing Just the Way You Are. It really is quite sad considering it's such a beautiful love song.

[Fiction Writer]

Posted: 8/12/06 at 3:41pm

Me and Ivan only have one song picked out. It's "Lullaby" from the Dixie Chicks.

I love "Your Song" but I don't think I'd play it my wedding.

I think we'd both love it if the Chicks came and performed at our wedding, but I bet that's a big "NO!" Unless we pay enough, of course.

[iHeartMyGeek]

Posted: 8/12/06 at 4:10pm

I think the normal going rate for clebrities singing at weddings/birthdays/anniversaries etc. is about sixty grand.

[ckeaton]

Posted: 8/12/06 at 4:34pm

You can get b-listers for about 20k.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 8/12/06 at 4:41pm

ha ha, this song has been stuck in my head since i read the title about an hour ago so i finally opened it, and its still stuck in my head, ha ha.

[neddyfrank2]

Posted: 8/12/06 at 4:59pm

AGH this song is stuck in my head, it has been on repeat for about 30 minutes now!

[Fiction Writer]

Posted: 8/12/06 at 5:12pm

Sorry for the song getting stuck in your heads.

I wonder, since I'm from Texas, that, um, they'll reconsider their going price.

You think?

[iHeartMyGeek]

Posted: 8/12/06 at 5:24pm

FW, I'll have to screen you, uh, preliminarily...

[Fiction Writer]

Posted: 8/12/06 at 6:16pm

What?

[iHeartMyGeek]

Posted: 8/12/06 at 6:24pm

...wow, is my inuendo really THAT bad?