Streetlife Serenade
- 艺人
- Billy Joel
- 语种
- 英语
- 厂牌
- Columbia Records
- 发行时间
- 1974年10月01日
- 专辑类别
- 录音室专辑
专辑介绍
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Billy Joel hit a bit of a slump with Streetlife Serenade, his third album. Stylistically, it was a reiteration of its predecessor's Tumbleweed Connection obsessions, spiked with, of all things, Rockford Files synthesizers and ragtimes pulled from The Sting. That isn't a facetious reference, either -- it's no coincidence that the record's single and best song, &The Entertainer,& shares a title with the Scott Joplin rag that provided The Sting with a main theme. Joel is attempting a grand Americana lyrical vision, stretching from the Wild West through the Depression to &Los Angelenos& and &The Great Suburban Showdown.& It doesn't work, not only because of his shortcomings as a writer, but because he didn't have the time to pull it all together. There are no less than two instrumentals, and even if &Root Beer Rag& (yet another sign of The Sting's influence) is admittedly enjoyable, they're undeniably fillers, as is much of the second side. Since he has skills, he's able to turn out a few winners -- &Roberta,& a love song in the vein of Cold Spring Harbor, the mournful &Streetlife Serenader,& and the stomping &Los Angelenos& -- but it was the astonishingly bitter &The Entertainer,& where he not only disparages his own role but is filled with venom over &Piano Man& being released in a single edit, that made the subtext clear: he had enough with California, enough with the music industry, enough with being a sensitive singer-songwriter. It was time for Billy to say goodbye to Hollywood and head back home to New York.
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