Joel's idea of these crossroads of a choice to be who you are, when you are there, is what helped him pair music and the meaning behind these lyrics. It’s a place of intercourse, of exchange – it’s the place where cultures co-mingle." So the metaphor of Vienna has the meaning of a crossroad. During the Cold War, between the Easternīloc, the Warsaw Pact nations and the NATO countries was the city of Vienna… Vienna was always the crossroads – between the Ottoman Empire and the Holy Roman Empire. "Vienna for a long time was the crossroads. Billy Joel encompasses the history in an interview with the New York Times
To fully grasp Joel's goal of this song, the listener needs to first understand the city of Vienna.
His father replied saying “She’s got a job, she feels useful, she’s happy, she’s making the street clean, she’s not put out to pasture." Throughout the remainder of his time in Vienna with his father Joel thought heavily about how the United States treats their elderly and he expanded this idea into the romanticized heavier meaning the song holds now. While on a tour of the area with his father, he asked why anyone would let an old woman tend to her yard and rather not have someone younger do it. During his visit, Joel began to realize the elderly population was treated similarly to all other age groups surrounding them, as many still had public jobs, did yard work, went to cafes, etc. However, the song "Vienna" was inspired by a trip he took to Vienna, Austria, to see his father who had left him in the states after his mother and father separated. So we often see his work written slightly differently from his original story or theme because he's centering the lyrics around the music itself. On this album, the B side begins with the song " Vienna." The writing of the song is the first characteristic that sets "Vienna" apart from his usual works Billy Joel has often in interviews explained how he can't understand how people write poetry and then fit it into music, because he'd rather "be freer than that, express myself". Ramone has worked on dozens of Platinum albums, ranging from works by Paul McCartney to Simon and Garfunkel. Poetry needs to rhyme." - Opinionated 10 year old I'm currently babysitting.īilly Joel's most commercially successful album, The Stranger, features nine songs that were produced by the famous Phil Ramone. "I can already tell you this isn't poetry because it doesn't rhyme.
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