Piano Man es un tema original de Billy Joel que fue compuesto en 1973 para su disco homónimo.
Este tema, Piano Man, es tal vez el tema más conocido de su discografía pero pasó desapercibido hasta que Billy Joel ganó dos Grammy en 1977 con su disco The Stranger, entonces se comenzó a redescubrir toda su discografía y Piano Man fue el tema más reconocido.
Se trata de un tema cuya tensión va ascendiendo a ritmo de piano, harmónica y voz.
Después se han hecho numerosas versiones como por ejemplo la de Ana Belen.
Ween 2001
String Quartet Tribute Series 2005
Ari Koivunen 2007
Wolfgang Haffner 2015
https://youtu.be/X18JDK4WwQQ
It’s nine o’clock on a Saturday
The regular crowd shuffles in
There’s an old man sitting next to me
Makin’ love to his tonic and gin
He says, «Son, can you play me a memory
I’m not really sure how it goes
But it’s sad and it’s sweet and I knew it complete
When I wore a younger man’s clothes.»
La la la, di da da
La la, di da da da dum
Sing us a song, you’re the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well, we’re all in the mood for a melody
And you’ve got us feelin’ alright
Now John at the bar is a friend of mine
He gets me my drinks for free
And he’s quick with a joke or to light up your smoke
But there’s someplace that he’d rather be
He says, «Bill, I believe this is killing me.»
As the smile ran away from his face
«Well I’m sure that I could be a movie star
If I could get out of this place»
Oh, la la la, di da da
La la, di da da da dum
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
And the waitress is practicing politics
As the businessmen slowly get stoned
Yes, they’re sharing a drink they call loneliness
But it’s better than drinkin’ alone
Sing us a song you’re the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well we’re all in the mood for a melody
And you got us feeling alright
It’s a pretty good crowd for a Saturday
And the manager gives me a smile
‘Cause he knows that it’s me they’ve been comin’ to see
To forget about life for a while
And the piano, it sounds like a carnival
And the microphone smells like a beer
And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar
And say, «Man, what are you doin’ here?»
Oh, la la la, di da da
La la, di da da da dum
Sing us a song you’re the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well we’re all in the mood for a melody
And you got us feeling alright
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