It was relased on the 52nd Street album by Columbia in He wouldn't have even met Christie Brinkley let alone be married to her at that time. But good guess. He'd mimic his friends and wife, often in front of them, utterly oblivious to any pain caused by his atrocious renditions. The song is a parody of Mick Jagger mocking his associates.
Joel sends up Mick when he performs the song. Apparently the sight of Mick mocking his own wife at a dinner party was too much for others to bear watching, and Joel decided to rip-off Mick ripping off everyone else. When asked, Joel couldn't bring himself to mention Mick's name he probably didn't think Mick deserved any more of the "spotlight" , and instead attributed the song in sympathy to Mick's long-suffering wife Bianca who Mick drunkenly ridiculed at a party once while off his face.
The "honey" was Mick, who did a dreadful camp imitation of a lady wearing a Halston dress at Elaine's. Basically Mick was an arsehole when out-of-it or when he had a hang-over which was quite a lot of the time. Mick's mouth was legendary, and to those who suffered his "friendship" so were his mouthy imitations of peers. The big shot wasn't Bianca, it was Mick who hypocritical parodied a high-society lady at dinner. It's a mimicry of Mick mimicking a "friend".
General Comment Unless he is a cross dresser they were all impressed with your Halston dress , its not about him.
He did say he wanted to write a hang-over song, but this does seem to be directed at a date with a woman I'll give you on ehint honey who acted like a jerk I also heard it was Jagger around this time when his 1st marriage was in the toilet. The lyrics are a transcription of an argument between at least two parties, who appear to know each other too well, both having a "bitch" about each other's poor behaviour the night before. One accuses the other of being too macho and not knowing when to go home , the other in return mimics the one's "Halston dress".
Both accuse each in the chorus of being a "big shot". Joel probably drew on experiences in falling out with various partners he cheated on his music partner and eventually divorced at least one wife. Judging from the lyrics, I'd say it didn't go well. Ferthuko on April 10, Link. Term » Definition.
Word in Definition. Princeton's WordNet 0. Wiktionary 0. Freebase 0. Matched Categories Important Person. How to pronounce big shot? Alex US English. David US English. Mark US English. Daniel British. Libby British. Mia British. Karen Australian. Hayley Australian. Natasha Australian.
Veena Indian. Priya Indian. Neerja Indian. Zira US English. Oliver British. What's interesting is that Billy Joel wrote the hit from what he imagined as Mick Jagger's perspective! Further, he was thinking about HOW Mick would sing the song The "52nd Street" album title is a reference to one of NYC's jazz centers at the time.
The recording studio was also on 52nd Street! The album was produced by Phil Ramone, who was presented the award. Upon Ramone's death, the Grammy was passed on to Billy Joel. The album, of which "Big Shot" is a big part is notable for being the first album released commercially in the compact disc format! It debuted on CD in Japan on October 1, I have my copy!
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