Here are the results of a poll conducted on alt.music.billy-joel a few months ago. Thanks to: Erich Hurst for conducting this poll and allowing me to post the results here at "And So It Goes" - The Billy Joel Scrapbook.
Demographics
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Number of responses 33
Age group
18 - 21 14
22 - 30 12
31 - 40 1
Gender
Male 15
Female 12
Profession
Student 22
Non-Student 5
1. Favorite Album
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Interestingly, no one album came out clearly on top. It was
very close all the way around. Apparently, though, PIANO
MAN is noone's favorite album!
52nd Street 8
Greatest Hits Volume 1,2 8
KOHUEPT* 8
Turnstiles 8
Glass Houses 8
Songs in the Attic 8
The Stranger 7
The Bridge 7
An Innocent Man 5
Storm Front 5
Cold Spring Harbor 4
River Of Dreams 4
The Nylon Curtain 3
Streetlife Serenade 2
Piano Man 0
*as one response pointed out, this is not an accurate
spelling of the album name. The title of the album is the
Russian equivalent of "Concert" spelled with cyrillic
letters. But this is the spelling used in the FAQ, so I use
it here.
2. Favorite Song from an Album (Studio Mix)
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"Scenes..." was the clear winner here. "AYM" and "S,HF" did
a decent showing in second and third place, though. The
sheer number of songs voted for was interesting, though --
38 songs!!
Scenes From An Italian Restaurant 13
Angry Young Man 6
Summer Highland Falls 6
Honesty 4
Pressure 4
Lullabye 4
Piano Man 3
New York State Of Mind 3
Only The Good Die Young 3
Vienna 3
This Night 3
A Matter Of Trust 3
Two (2) votes each:
She's Got A Way Miami 2017 My Life Until The Night
It's Still Rock N Roll To Me Allentown
One (1) vote each:
Ballad Of Billy The Kid Root Beer Rag She's Always A Woman
Stilletto All For Leyna Close To The Borderline Sometimes A Fantasy
You May Be Right Goodnight Saigon For The Longest Time
Keeping The Faith Leave A Tender Moment Alone Uptown Girl
Getting Closer Temptation And So It Goes I Go To Extremes
Famous Last Words The River Of Dreams Shades Of Grey
Two Thousand Years
3. Favorite Song from an Album (Live Mix)
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Two clear winners here, "Miami 2017" and "Angry Young Man."
Again, "SHF" made a decent showing.
Miami 2017 11
Angry Young Man 10
Summer, Highland Falls 6
You're My Home 4
Ballad Of Billy The Kid 3
She's Got A Way 3
Back In The USSR 3
Honesty 3
Sometimes A Fantasy 3
Two (2) votes each:
Everybody Loves You Now I've Loved These Days Allentown
Baby Grand Big Shot
One (1) vote each:
Los Angelenos Say Goodbye To Hollywood Big Man On Mulberry Street
Goodnight Saigon An Innocent Man It's Still Rock N Roll To Me
Only The Good Die Young Pressure Stilletto
The Times They Are A Changin'
4. Favorite Song In Concert (or would like to hear in concert)
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A big difference here between the two winners -- "Piano Man"
and "Angry Young Man" -- and the rest of the field, making
this category one of the surest bets.
Piano Man 14
Angry Young Man 13
Scenes From An Italian Restaurant 5
Pressure 5
Only The Good Die Young 4
Big Shot 3
The River Of Dreams 3
Summer Highland Falls 2
One (1) vote each:
Allentown An Innocent Man And So It Goes Ballad Of Billy The Kid
Big Man On Mulberry Street Goodnight Saigon
It's Still Rock n Roll To Me Leningrad Lullabye Miami 2017
My Life Root Beer Rag Stilleto We Didn't Start The Fire
You May Be Right Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
5. Favorite Concert Tour
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This one may not have been very fair. A lot of people voted
for "the only concert I've been to." I like the last one,
though.
River of Dreams 13
Face to Face 10
Storm Front 8
Innocent Man 2
Heart and Soul 1
The Bridge 1
The Nylon Curtain 1
When he opened for 1
Loggins and Messina
just after the release
of Piano Man
6. Favorite Single Video
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Not a lot of votes in this one (only 42 votes, compared to
84 and 87 votes for Album and Song) and they were all over
the place. But enough votes separate the first and second
vote-getters to call "Pressure" the winner here.
Pressure 9
A Matter Of Trust 5
Uptown Girl 5
We Didn't Start The Fire 5
Angry Young Man (Live from 2
Leningrad)
The River of Dreams 2
You're Only Human 2
One (1) vote each:
Allentown The Longest Time The Longest Time (Live from Leningrad)
Honesty Keeping The Faith Leningrad Piano Man
Piano Man (Live from Yankee Stadium)
Scandinavian Skies (Live from Long Island)
Scenes From An Italian Restaurant (Live from Long Island)
Tell Her About It Two Thousand Years (Shades Of Grey video)
We Didn't Start The Fire (1990 Grammy's performance)
7. Favorite Documentary/Concert Video
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Like Album, no one clear winner here. We seem to like all
of them.
A Matter Of Trust 10
Live From Yankee Stadium 9
Shades Of Grey 8
Live From Long Island 7
Live From Leningrad, USSR 3
8. Favorite Cover Art/Photo
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Well, even though a lot of people don't like Christie
Brinkley these days, they still seem to like her artwork.
"ROD" was the clear winner here.
The River Of Dreams - front 10
Glass Houses - front 5
Bridge - back 5
Storm Front - front 5
The Stranger - front 4
Greatest Hits - front 4
Bridge - front 3
Two (2) votes each:
52nd Street - front The Nylon Curtain - back An Innocent Man - front
Storm Front - back
One (1) vote each:
Piano Man - front Songs In The Attic - front The Stranger - back
Glass Houses - back The Nylon Curtain - front
..and one vote for WORST album cover to Piano Man...
9. Favorite Band Member (sans Billy)
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Can you say "landslide?" Hands down, Liberty is our man.
And even though Crystal wasn't listed (I just took the names
of the "mainstays" from the FAQ) she got more votes than
Mark. If she had been listed as an option, I wonder how
close this category would have been...?
Liberty DeVitto 25
Crystal Taliafero 8
Mark Rivera 7
David Brown 1
Richard Cannata 1
In Closing
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Well, hope you guys all had fun participating in the survey.
I know I did. Will there be another survey in the future?
Time will tell....