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Posted: Oct 20th 2010 5:44PM Burnflare said

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This is strangely awesome to me.

Posted: Oct 20th 2010 5:44PM xJimmeh said

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Lmfao! Brilliant. Granted in the Office episode, they called it Billy Joel Rock Band so...is he getting his own game?

Posted: Oct 20th 2010 5:46PM False said

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Does that really work?

Uh...yeah, God forbid they should ever make a Led Zeppelin Rock Band game! That would NEVER work!

I would also like a nod every time Robert Plant gets a check.

Posted: Oct 20th 2010 10:53PM Dizazter said

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@False

F YES!
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Posted: Oct 21st 2010 2:19AM SneezyPond said

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Haha Robert Plant is the nice guy, Paige is the one with the rights to the Zeppelin songs, but hes an asshole so we probably wont see any Zeppelin song, unless they went for like 5 dollars a pop or some shyt like that :\
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Posted: Oct 20th 2010 5:46PM Halwende said

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Would laugh if the critic had kids and one of them was buying the Billy Joel DLC / game as he walked into the room, imagine the "nooooooooooooo!"

Posted: Oct 21st 2010 1:01AM Aerospeed said

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@imadogg
That's probably the most fitting use of that GIF I've ever seen.
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Posted: Oct 20th 2010 5:47PM iluvalima said

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I wish I could do that. brah!

Posted: Oct 20th 2010 7:01PM Bushman311 said

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@iluvalima

Can we touch each other's tra la la's?
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Posted: Oct 20th 2010 10:44PM iluvalima said

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@Bushman311 You mean my ding ding dong?
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Posted: Oct 20th 2010 5:48PM Ellimem said

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You guys should use the, "the-idol-of-his-age" tag, more often.

Posted: Oct 20th 2010 5:48PM PSBuckshot said

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Wow, at a quick glance I thought that was Stallone.

Posted: Oct 20th 2010 5:49PM lonecow said

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What critic would insult Billy Joel. The man is awesome.

Posted: Oct 20th 2010 5:50PM Oily Taint said

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I think I actually like Billy Joel now, whereas before I only pretended to enjoy "Piano Man" because chicks have horrible taste in music and I wanted to get laid.

Posted: Oct 20th 2010 5:50PM doc j said

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Billy Joel is such a *big shot*

Posted: Oct 20th 2010 5:52PM Faceless Troll said

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There's just no way you could make this any more awesomely smug.

Posted: Oct 20th 2010 5:55PM Double J said

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EFF OFF DAD!

Posted: Oct 20th 2010 5:57PM Shadowbender said

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Imagine playing Piano Man with the new keyboard peripheral.

I see that smile on your face.

Posted: Oct 20th 2010 6:05PM TheDarkWayne said

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@Shadowbender i wasnt smiling at first but i did after you said i was
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Posted: Oct 20th 2010 6:21PM Shadowbender said

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@TheDarkWayne

In your case, I should've said "Let's put a smile on that face!".
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Posted: Oct 21st 2010 10:09AM SonoTori said

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@Shadowbender
Now, John at the bar is a friend of mine.
Says he wants to get Rock Band 3.
Says "It ain't a joke
Billy Joel is good folk
And he'll be in it as DLC."

He says "Man, I believe this is killing me," as the smile ran away from his face.
"They'll be here in mid-December, but I don't think I can stand the wait."

Oh, la la-la diddy da...
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Posted: Oct 20th 2010 5:59PM The Harbinger of Pie said

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Weather they do include him or not...

..it's still rock and roll to me :P

Posted: Oct 20th 2010 6:00PM Courtney said

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Billy Joel just became that much more awesome.

Posted: Oct 20th 2010 6:02PM glemtvapen said

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"Down on your knees I'm the Piano GOD!" remix would be awesome.

Posted: Oct 20th 2010 6:13PM mairondil said

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Odd, Billy Joel's had a few songs on Sing Star for a while now.

Posted: Oct 20th 2010 6:57PM topdogg069 said

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@mairondil i was gonna say the same thing. i have had piano man on singstar for awhile now
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Posted: Oct 21st 2010 1:00AM evilpotatoguy said

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@topdogg069 yeah, uptown girl is on singstar 80s for ps2 as well
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Posted: Oct 20th 2010 6:23PM Petebot330 said

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My requests are Big Shot, Only the Good Die Young, and that one song that's reallyu good but I can't think of it right nowww....looked itup...YOU MAY BE RIGHT.

Posted: Oct 20th 2010 6:23PM tabicat said

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My wife's a decent piano player, but she has a hard time playing his songs. And since I grew up on Long Island, I've always been a Billy Joel fan. This will be awesome!

Posted: Oct 20th 2010 6:24PM tabicat said

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Also, I hope "All For Leyna" is one of the songs.

Posted: Oct 20th 2010 6:26PM Fullmetal Salchemist said

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At least it's Billy Joel getting into Rock Band and not Pink Floyd. It would suck if Pink Floyd were in Rock Band.

QUICK, send this article to Dave Gilmour!

Posted: Oct 20th 2010 8:05PM Zoot Suit Jedi Grammar Hammer En said

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@Fullmetal Salchemist

I see wut u did thar

...and I wholly endorse it!
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Posted: Oct 20th 2010 6:36PM Private Awesome said

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Forget the innovating new instruments and how Rock Band 3 will forever change the music game genre.... Billy Joel just single-handedly ensured that I will be buying this game.

Posted: Oct 20th 2010 6:41PM Chomp said

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Scenes From an Italian Restaurant please.

Posted: Oct 21st 2010 1:43AM davek said

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@Chomp
What a great song! I second the request.
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Posted: Oct 20th 2010 6:53PM Doctor Otis said

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Billy Joel is kind of a prick :x
I don't see why these people wouldn't want more fans in music games.

Posted: Oct 20th 2010 7:08PM Nook said

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hahaha - dude got owned hardcore, man that's funny.

on bidnuss side of things, this is good. I look forward to playing some of his stuff on RB3.

Posted: Oct 20th 2010 7:09PM killdash9 said

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Billy's one of the giants out there in the canyons.

Posted: Oct 20th 2010 7:25PM Coldplay619 said

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''Beginning Dec. 14, some of Billy Joel’s most-loved songs including “Big Shot,” “Captain Jack,” “It’s Still Rock N Roll to Me,” “Movin’ Out,” “Only The Good Die Young,” “Piano Man,” “Pressure,” “Say Goodbye to Hollywood,” “The Entertainer,” and “The Stranger” will be available as Rock Band 3 downloadable content and will include Keys and Pro Keys parts.''

Straight from the horses mouth.

http://www.rockband.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4104055#post4104055

Posted: Oct 20th 2010 7:42PM def PD said

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JFK BLOWN AWAY! WHAT ELSE DO I HAVE TO SAY?!

Posted: Oct 20th 2010 8:04PM Assmar said

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Hah, they need to strip Springsteen of his nickname, because Billy Joel is on Rock Band LIKE A BOSS!

Billy Joel is kind of a G.

Posted: Oct 20th 2010 8:21PM davebo said

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What I'd like to know is did Harmonix already try to get his songs as dlc or included in Rock Band 3 and were rejected? It's great that this critic prompted Joel to get pro-active, but I want to make sure asshole managers aren't getting requests from Harmonix and then just deleting the e-mail without even mentioning it to the artist. Take this shit seriously, we will give you our money! I cannot tell you how many dlc songs I've bought from artists whose cd's I have no interest in purchasing to listen to in my car.

Posted: Oct 20th 2010 8:56PM gatotsu911 said

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DAMN.

I said this word out loud while reading the article.

Posted: Oct 20th 2010 9:50PM evan742 said

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Uptown Girl was in Karaoke Revolution party, and Piano Man and Just the Way You Are were in Karaoke Revolution presents American Idol. Or are those not video games?

Aside from that... Billy Joel in Rock Band!!! Awesome! Been hoping for this from the beginning, and even moreso since the announcement of the keyboard peripheral.

Posted: Oct 20th 2010 10:39PM jrr said

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I don't care for Billy Joel's music, but he is now one of my heroes. Right there with Jerry Springfield's character when he tried returning a jacket a for spite. Nice to see that spite actually prevailed this time.

Posted: Oct 20th 2010 11:39PM Zorque said

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Spite rules, we need more of it.

Posted: Oct 21st 2010 2:37AM HissingNewt said

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Only one I see missing that they really need is You May Be Right.

Posted: Oct 21st 2010 2:44AM xnowimcoolx said

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Spite is a good enough reason to do anything!!!

Posted: Oct 21st 2010 3:31AM leemahi said

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I think im gonna have a heart attack-ack-ack-ack-ack-ack-ack-ack with this amazing news.

Posted: Oct 21st 2010 3:37AM leemahi said

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All I want to do is learn to play the piano. According to my hopes and wishes, 3 hours a day for 3 month and I'll be writing symphonies.

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