![]() ![]() It’s probably the best thing Billy Joel has ever written. Their love of ‘Vienna’ thrills me, because this is one of my own favorite songs of all time. They can’t get enough of this nearly 40-year-old song. Since we watched the movie, ‘Vienna’ has been playing non-stop on our car stereos, phones and computers. What I did not suspect was that both girls would fall head over heels for Billy Joel’s ‘Vienna,’ which plays in full during one poignant scene. My 9-year-old is the most smitten, watching the film on both DVD and through YouTube clips pretty much on repeat. But they loved it even more than I’d hoped. Its depiction of middle school drama is particularly relevant to my own 12-going-on-13 daughter. I suspected my daughters would like the movie. It’s a “young kid in a grown-up body” movie starring Jennifer Garner and Mark Ruffalo, and in my opinion the best of its genre, topping even Tom Hanks’ Big. B en Platt also sang Vienna on an episode of The Politician.Īnd here is a short article on what "Vienna" meant to fashion industry CEO Sophia Amuroso after her divorce, from The Wall Street Journal (2016).You never know what your kids will latch on to.Ī few weeks back, we had a family movie night and watched 13 Going On 30, an under seen and underrated 2004 film. "Vienna" was also the main song for the 2004 movie 13 Going On 30 (YouTube fan video), and seems to have become a favorite of emo teenage girls and there are many covers on YouTube. You can read a good article about the Taxi episode by Noel Murray on AV Club, here. The song was used in an episode of the popular 1970s television series Taxi (YouTube fan video) in a seminal episode of the series. Īfter 1978, Billy rarely played the song live in concert, until resurrecting it in the 2000's. You can tell that she really feels it, her phrasing and tone is spot on for the message of the song. Recently, I saw that Grace VanderWaal also covers "Vienna" in concert, and she does a great job with the song. It is better than the somewhat bombastic version by Arianna Grande which lacks nuance and subtlety. Eugenie uses some unique phrasing and gives the song a new perspective. "Vienna" has been covered by many amateur and some professional singers, but the only version I really like is this understated cover by Eugenie Thompson (or go to Videos page and scroll down) (Update: see also this great ukelele cover by Hannah Mac at the Videos page that I posted several years ago). ![]() When will you realize.Vienna waits for you. Why don't you realize.Vienna waits for you It's alright you can afford to lose a day or two You know you can't always see when you're right, you're rightīut don't you know that only fools are satisfied?ĭream on but don't imagine they'll all come trueĪnd take the phone off the hook and disappear for a while You can't be everything you want to be before your timeĪlthough it's so romantic on the borderline tonight, tonight When will you realize.Vienna waits for you You're gonna kick off before you even get halfway through You better cool it off before you burn it out ![]() Where's the fire, what's the hurry about? Only The Good Die Young (alternate version) ![]()
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