![]() Joel, Henley and Sting are performers who take themselves very seriously, and their appearance on one bill threatened to be a ponderous affair indeed. Joel may not be the most profound songwriter we have, but he's knows what makes rock and roll rock and roll.Īnd he seemed happy to be there. 'Piano Man', for instance, sounded as fresh as it ever did, as did 'New York State of Mind'. You don't have to be embarrassed, as Sting seems to be, by your older material. So was Sting.īut's let's stick to Joel, who demonstrated that even if you're a really big star you can still have fun playing your hits, as well as expanding their possibilities. Most of that credit should go to Billy Joel, though, who pretty much turned the Garden inside out. Regardless of how successful Henley turns out to be in his efforts to keep developer / publisher Zuckerman off of Henry David Thoreau's old stomping grounds (in Massachusetts), he certainly helped put on a good show Monday night. Not Mort Zuckerman's, maybe, but somebody's. ![]() Although the television announcers yesterday morning were talking about the concert for Walden Pond, and a broadcast Monday night misplaced Walden Woods in upstate New York, Don Henley probably raised somebody's consciousness about the place.
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