STEPHENIE SATURDAY: STEPHENIE’S PLAYLISTS – ‘LULLABYE (GOODNIGHT, MY ANGEL)’
Happy Saturday! We’ve got another installment of “Stephenie’s Playlist” coming your way this morning, and this week we’re highlighting the very last song for you from Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight book playlist. For this week’s playlist highlight, TA Staffer Rebecca brings us a video for the song “Lullaby (Goodnight, My Angel)†by Billy Joel. In addition to the video, Rebecca gives us a little background information on the artist, his music, and how exactly he fits into the Twilight universe. As always with Stephenie Saturday, Rebecca has added some questions for consideration for you to think about and respond to.
Questions:
- Where do you think this song fits into ‘Twilight’?
- Are you a fan of Billy Joel? If so, were you a fan before Stephenie included them on her playlist for ‘Twilight’, or did you become one after?
- Why do you think Stephenie included “Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)†on her playlist?
- What’s your favourite Billy Joel song?
About Billy Joel:
Billy Joel was born on 9th May 1949 in Bronx, New York, USA. His birth name is William Martin Joel. Billy began learning to play piano at aged 8 when his mother insisted he did. At an early age Billy was bullied at school for his interest in music rather than sport.
After seeing The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964 Billy decided to pursue as full time musical career and set out to find a band to join in Long Island. He eventually found a band named Echoes and they became a popular New York attraction. At this time he was still in High School aged 14. Billy left the Echoes in 1867 that had changed their name to Emeralds. He left the band to join another Long Island band named The Hassles, they released two albums and 4 singles none doing very well commercially. Following the bands break up in 1969he formed a doe with The Hassles drummer Jon Small.
Billy Joel got his first solo record contract with Family Productions and recorded his first solo album named Cold Spring Harbour (1971).
Albums Include:
- Cold Spring Harbor (1971)
- Piano Man (1973)
- Streetlife Serenade (1974)
- Turnstiles(1976)
- The Stranger (1977)
- 52nd Street (1978)
- Glass Houses (1980)
- The Nylon Curtain (1982)
- An Innocent Man (1983)
- The Bridge (1986)
- Storm Front (1989)
- River of Dreams (1993)
- Fantasies & Delusions (2001)
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