Billy Joel - Vienna (Audio) (Official Audio)

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  • 게시일 2013. 03. 21.
  • In 1977, Billy Joel released his legendary album titled The Stranger. Listen to Billy Joel perform 'Vienna'.
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    Lyrics:
    Where's the fire, what's the hurry about?
    You better cool it off before you burn it out
    You got so much to do and only
    So many hours in a day (Ay)
    But you know that when the truth is told
    That you can get what you want
    Or you can just get old
    You're gonna kick off before you even get halfway through (Oooh)
    When will you realize... Vienna waits for you?
    Billy Joel's official KRplus channel features music videos, live performances, interviews, TV appearances and more. Best known for his first hit song, 'Piano Man', in 1973, Billy has written and recorded thirty- three Top 40 hits in the United States. He is a six-time Grammy Award winner, a 23-time Grammy nominee and one of the world's best-selling artists of all time, having sold over 150 million records worldwide. Billy Joel is the sixth-best-selling recording artist and the third-best-selling solo artist in the United States.
    #BillyJoel #Vienna #SingerSongwriter
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  • @SochSumeet
    @SochSumeet 3 년 전 +24557

    If you're watching this in 2024, I love you and you're not alone.
    Edit 1: 2022
    Edit 2: 2023
    Edit 3: 2024

    • @arvarvanwar
      @arvarvanwar 3 년 전 +234

      I just watched it in 2020, only eight minutes left until 2021! Clearly a song for all times.

    • @mikedip76
      @mikedip76 3 년 전 +149

      Vienna will wait for you

    • @stalemeat69
      @stalemeat69 3 년 전 +105

      i always see you commenting today :) i saw u on led zeppelin earlier and now this:)) you’re so sweet and u r loved

    • @jamesbailey4304
      @jamesbailey4304 3 년 전 +46

      I already don't know if I'll make it

    • @janethechampagne
      @janethechampagne 3 년 전 +37

      I love you too

  • @loverofthings6760
    @loverofthings6760 3 년 전 +7570

    Joel probably has no clue how many people he has helped with this song

    • @dardenbuck
      @dardenbuck 3 년 전 +206

      He does.....he told David Letterman this was in his personal top 5 songs of his. Dont forget his daughter attempted suicide as teen.

    • @loverofthings6760
      @loverofthings6760 3 년 전 +32

      Oh wow I did not know that

    • @timothybirtley8742
      @timothybirtley8742 3 년 전 +37

      Course he realizes how much his music touches people people this is the ( piano man) classic. I am thankful as a long islander we have it solo good and a ultimate gift we got Billy Joel thank you Mr.joel

    • @adamsinger123
      @adamsinger123 3 년 전 +30

      hahahaha yeahh seriously. There is NEVER a bad time
      to siddown, deep breath, and listen to this song

    • @willritter4076
      @willritter4076 3 년 전 +6

      too bad he didn't help himself with it, he didn't take his own advice to "slow down you crazy child"... I'd be honored if some Billy Joel fans would take a quick listen to my acoustic piano & vocal interpretations of VIENNA and ALLENTOWN on my YT channel in tribute to the master. No autotune or digital editing. Peace and stay safe.

  • @nicnacsocials
    @nicnacsocials 년 전 +3396

    This song really says “slow down” for all of us crazy ambitious children who always pressure ourselves to achieve one goal after another.

  • @denislavdochev3783
    @denislavdochev3783 7 개월 전 +358

    "You'd better cool it off before you burn it out", "Take the phone off the hook and disappear for a while" - Billy Joel was so ahead of his time!

    • @fernmann7
      @fernmann7 개월 전 +6

      If he really was, he'd know that phones in the future wouldn't have a hook

    • @Ron-hm2jx
      @Ron-hm2jx 9 일 전 +3

      ​@@fernmann7 may not have one but surely we're all hooked to them

    • @heylookalicia
      @heylookalicia 10 시간 전

      @@Ron-hm2jxyou get it fr.

  • @hattieshon4159
    @hattieshon4159 3 년 전 +13645

    This song hits the kids who try’s so hard to be everything everyone wants them to be but never enough for themselves. Alone, tired, and disappointed

    • @hoagiefh
      @hoagiefh 3 년 전 +203

      it isn’t possible to describe it better than you did sir

    • @RafaelXd23
      @RafaelXd23 3 년 전 +94

      I’m broken.... don’t know if I can do this anymore

    • @marcelloz1230
      @marcelloz1230 3 년 전 +167

      @@RafaelXd23 when will you realize Vienna waits for you? When you’re young you always think every smallest mistake is the end of the world when in reality you have time and everything will set into place when it’s time to.

    • @memeologyman9576
      @memeologyman9576 2 년 전 +13

      Oh that's me, except I'm not alone

    • @coralroberts7795
      @coralroberts7795 2 년 전 +19

      It’s true I’m the kid

  • @rae4837
    @rae4837 7 년 전 +17746

    This has got to be one of the most criminally underrated songs ever...

  • @SoftRockMusic83
    @SoftRockMusic83 개월 전 +219

    To anybody reading this, I pray that whatever is hurting you or whatever you are constantly stressing about gets better. May the dark thoughts, the overthinking, and the doubt exit your mind may clarity replace confusion. may peace and calmness fill your life.

  • @phlyers13
    @phlyers13 2 개월 전 +131

    The most poetic way anyone has ever said “stop and smell the roses”

  • @nemanjatamindzija58
    @nemanjatamindzija58 3 년 전 +4214

    this song is like a mom's hug

  • @caroh3158
    @caroh3158 년 전 +7186

    The song for those of us who rush through life thinking we’re always two steps behind.

    • @Glowstone_Guy
      @Glowstone_Guy 년 전 +33

      @@billyjoel2064 fake

    • @James-if3kc
      @James-if3kc 년 전 +56

      Right, right..."take your time, don't rush, relax". But then before you know it, you're 40 years old and you haven't done anything with your life. Like me.

    • @vladdracula9041
      @vladdracula9041 년 전 +16

      True I feel so anxious coz I'm late to catch up with everything
      But listening to his voice and this song nake me appreciate everything and just have a solid second without feeling like my heart is going to stop thank you for this amazing work ❤️

    • @catherinepowell8170
      @catherinepowell8170 년 전 +1

      ​@@Glowstone_Guy atopy and I'm

    • @katlynbeninati8524
      @katlynbeninati8524 년 전 +6

      Time sure slips away from us. One day we're rushing to find the answer. The next, much of that time is in the review mirror.

  • @carl2707
    @carl2707 15 일 전 +42

    If you're also listening to this in 1977 right now, you are not alone.

  • @haysllamoreira1728
    @haysllamoreira1728 11 개월 전 +1154

    A song ahead of its time. It never gets old. It's just mind-blowing how this song can be a slap on our faces and, at the same time, it can calm our minds.

    • @creative45630
      @creative45630 10 개월 전 +7

      That’s the bittersweet quality of grief

    • @archangelmichael8209
      @archangelmichael8209 8 개월 전

      if you know songs like this can you please reply to me the names of such songs ? thanks

    • @nedleyolpal
      @nedleyolpal 7 개월 전 +6

      @@archangelmichael8209Summer Highland Falls From Songs in The Attic Billy Joel, different style but every bit as good lyrically.

    • @archangelmichael8209
      @archangelmichael8209 7 개월 전 +2

      @@nedleyolpal thanks

    • @petewajda3083
      @petewajda3083 7 개월 전

      @@archangelmichael8209Mona Lisa’s and Madhatters by Elton John

  • @vochan515
    @vochan515 3 년 전 +6056

    This song hits different when you're depressed, lonely, and disappointed

  • @Stephanie-ml5eo
    @Stephanie-ml5eo 3 년 전 +5192

    as a person who struggles with anxiety, this song is a godsend to me.

    • @cleigh8753
      @cleigh8753 3 년 전 +111

      I too struggle with severe anxiety disorder, living on the edge of a non stop panic attack is no fun. People dont realize how serious and debilitating it is. Everything snowballs, then you become unable to deal with, cope or focus in the smallest ways.

    • @Stephanie-ml5eo
      @Stephanie-ml5eo 3 년 전 +28

      C Leigh ah i am so sorry! i have never been diagnosed, but i try my best to cope with what i feel. therapy and good friends have been a godsend for me. i do agree with you that most people do not understand how hard it is

    • @cleigh8753
      @cleigh8753 3 년 전 +16

      @@Stephanie-ml5eo Mine started 4 months before I was diagnosed with MS 20 years ago. My anxiety and inner non stop shaking, migraines,eye pain along with some fine motor skills glitches in hands then tripping over words lead to Dr then Neurologist. These symptoms began and were triggered by a huge emotional/psychological trauma of the sick betrayal of my husband being involved and engaging in hard core internet porn. It eventually destroyed me and our marriage after 32 years, to find out 6-7 years later after the first big blow, he hadnt stopped, but was only deeper and more involved. Paid sex solicitation and video porn memberships, sex and porn profiles of himself,.. I discovered a porn video he made of himself. He conned others, friends and family that he was squeaky clean and he was no longer doing it. I had a 3 year legal battle, which only took a huge toll on me mentally and physically. No one wanted to believe he or it was that bad. I had to be over reacting, he just "wasnt that kind of guy" Here's the kicker, 2 months after I was diagnosed, and needed him the most for support, he did a huge career change within the same company, went from working on the Union side for 23 years to taking a job as company management into Human Resources. Which that was what he became obsessed with and for his whole life. He threw away vacation time he always took, worked much longer hours to be a company suck up and had no time or availability for me being newly diagnosed with MS or family. The big IRONY, is now the porn whore is a top Senior HR Manager, for this large company. He is now remarried, and is still in full swing of his sick addiction also is into "cash services" All of this is going on right under the new little woman's nose, she is clueless about his spending because they dont share any banking or credit card accounts,..( its her 4th marriage and she finally landed her cash cow) During our whole marriage I managed all of finances for absolutely everything and we had all shared accounts, in both of our names, When I separated from him a year before, to shake a turd out of him, wake him up, that he was destroying our marriage and loosing me,.. It hit him finally about a month later that he HAD lost his wife, that he needed to get help and make changes, he needed to earn my love and trust back. But it was short lived and all a show and a facade, and the "New him" lasted about 4 months, Then came the betrayal of him tangling up with another woman who thought "he was single" that blinded sided me since we were supposedly working on out marriage, she discovered that I was still very much in the picture and confronted him, of Why is you wife still here?" He threw it in my face about her, and that she saw him for "the wonderful person he was", ,.. sadly I reached a breaking point,.. couldnt take any more betrayals deciet and lies,..became suicidal. I had family abandoned me, friends were not there, it was like I had the plague,.. I was deemed the broken one and he was still the good guy, ( but they didnt know or care to know what all it entailed) less than a year later the legal process had to start, to end it with him,.. It was discovering how more in-depth his addiction and engagement was, was finding charges on a credit card I gave him to use separate from the one I used (both names were on his card as users) thats when some masked charges appeared, when questioned of course he lied, I started doing some serious digging into all of it, and unraveled everything that brought it to me ultimately calling him out and confronting him, saying,.. He was a sick bastard, more than I ever could imagine,.. He then started calling me every name in the book, UNTIL I called him by his PORN USER NAME. Oh he shut up, FAST, backtracked, saying "Hun, can we talk about this?" I said hell NO! WE ARE DONE. But my life has never been the same, friends who should have been there for me werent and even had betrayals by them. I have had to take him back to court 2 times in last 7 years, which was debilitating. And NOW just 4 months ago, on Mar. 20th, 2020,.. I was in a serious car accident, a guy speeding, running a red light, T-boned me totaling my car, my body and a mess. I was in the hospital on trauma floor for 10 days then a rehab/ nursing facility for another 11. I suffered cervical fracture, a severe concussion syndrome, migraines, nausea, injuries to my ribs, (more injury to an already degenerative bad hip) and a meniscus tear in knee. I wear a cervical collar most of the day, and am on a walker, I cant take more than a couple (painful) steps on my own. I live alone and dont have family or outside help let alone any real human contact, other than when delivery people from restaurants that show up. I am so stranded, I now have no car (it was totaled, had to hire an attorney to deal with insurance companies) so I have been a stress mess. I have a long road ahead of recovery, or if i will recover fully which is highly doubtful being 64. The isolation has been terrible, my first steps out of the house in 4 months was going to hospital for xrays and neurosurgeon appt. I come to You Yube to escape and watch music video that I lpve and enjoy... Im sorry, I have rattled on and vented so much,.. I didnt mean to,.. I guess I needed to though. Im glad Stephanie you have good support, because as from the experiences of not having any of that,.. It is HELL!. You take care of yourself, my thoughts are with you!

    • @ellie-pt7mg
      @ellie-pt7mg 3 년 전 +4

      word, it’s fucking amazing

    • @carddu
      @carddu 3 년 전 +14

      @C Leigh Sayjng this isn’t much, but I hope you’re alright. Stay strong. I suffer from anxiety too, just know that you aren’t alone in this world. People care about you and are willing to help. You’ve got this.

  • @tanzibwasif475
    @tanzibwasif475 3 개월 전 +153

    Now I'm on the way to Vienna and listening to this. Life is anything but predictable. Things may not seem perfect right now, but it all works out somehow in the end. And if it doesn't, it's not the end. Looking forward to a memorable 2024.

    • @Jrod7018
      @Jrod7018 3 개월 전 +4

      This hit so deep and I hope you have a very safe trip and great life stranger

    • @cisandra9904
      @cisandra9904 2 개월 전 +2

      this is deeeep Jesus loves you pal have a good one :)

    • @DaRealKakarroto
      @DaRealKakarroto 개월 전 +1

      Hope you had (or have?) a pleasant stay. And some chill visits in our coffee houses.

    • @edmundlaurensius6850
      @edmundlaurensius6850 5 일 전 +2

      Thank you so much, I'm in really bad times, but reading your comments is like a breeze of cold fresh air.

  • @johnalexander2690
    @johnalexander2690 10 개월 전 +644

    Vienna
    Billy Joel
    Slow down, you crazy child
    You're so ambitious for a juvenile
    But then if you're so smart
    Tell me why are you still so afraid?
    Where's the fire?
    What's the hurry about?
    You better cool it off before you burn it out
    You got so much to do and only so many hours in a day
    Ayy
    But you know that when the truth is told
    That you can get what you want or you can just get old
    You're gonna kick off before you even get halfway through
    When will you realize
    Vienna waits for you?
    Slow down, you're doing fine
    You can't be everything you wanna be before your time
    Although it's so romantic on the borderline tonight
    Tonight
    Too bad, but it's the life you lead
    You're so ahead of yourself that you forgot what you need
    Though you can see when you're wrong
    You know, you can't always see when you're right
    You're right
    You've got your passion, you've got your pride
    But don't you know that only fools are satisfied?
    Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true
    When will you realize
    Vienna waits for you?
    Slow down, you crazy child
    And take the phone off the hook and disappear for a while
    It's all right, you can afford to lose a day or two
    When will you realize
    Vienna waits for you?
    You know that when the truth is told
    That you can get what you want or you can just get old
    You're gonna kick off before you even get halfway through
    Why don't you realize
    Vienna waits for you?
    When will you realize
    Vienna waits for you?

  • @samiirajama4296
    @samiirajama4296 3 년 전 +1660

    this had me realize that im thinking about my future too much

    • @alexabrackett5052
      @alexabrackett5052 3 년 전 +2

      I know right mee too

    • @tejetski
      @tejetski 3 년 전 +9

      Did you, umm, maybe, umm, START THE FIRE

    • @alexabrackett5052
      @alexabrackett5052 3 년 전

      @@tejetski what does that mean

    • @tejetski
      @tejetski 3 년 전 +3

      @@alexabrackett5052 Im referencing a song

    • @jos4248
      @jos4248 3 년 전 +4

      it's difficult not to atm since there's very little good happening in the present

  • @JustusTubes
    @JustusTubes 10 년 전 +2576

    "Don't you know that only fools are satisfied"

    • @JustusTubes
      @JustusTubes 10 년 전 +10

      (: THIS ALBUM THOUGH

    • @raffaelmuench
      @raffaelmuench 6 년 전 +1

      Dr. Heinrich Faust

    • @Friendship1nmillion
      @Friendship1nmillion 6 년 전 +12

      JustusTubes I have my own interpretation of what that line means as *I'm sure* you do too. I'd just love to hear what Billy Joel meant by that line. 😕🔞🛫💳🗯🛏

    • @kylekraft9202
      @kylekraft9202 5 년 전 +42

      That’s my new favorite quote, alongside “intelligence is hitting the marks no one else can hit, while genius is hitting the marks which no one can even see.”

    • @justincruz5720
      @justincruz5720 4 년 전 +5

      That was literally the one line that really stuck with me. Guess we think alike.

  • @obaloluwa.
    @obaloluwa. 23 일 전 +115

    It's 2024. Anyone still listening?

  • @joflynn242
    @joflynn242 3 개월 전 +39

    60 years. I am FINALLY going to Vienna. Wished I would have embraced this song years ago. ♡

  • @sanjanakashyap2133
    @sanjanakashyap2133 3 년 전 +2011

    So many young peeps here stressing out so much. It breaks my heart. You have time. Everything will be OK just hang in there and I love you.

  • @fielderxei
    @fielderxei 4 년 전 +5209

    I'm brazilian. I'm 24 years old and I've worked my ass off for the past 7 years trying to pay and finish my flying course. Now , thaks to God, I just finished it. Timing couldn't be worse. Aviation, during corona days, can't get any worse.
    I have no job, no other expertise other than flying and here I am, as anxious as any man can get. So I decided to light up a cigarette (I know, i must stop), and watch the sunset.
    Then I remembered, out of nowhere, this song that my dad used to listen during my childhood roadtrips. God. I feel like brand new. The lyrics touched my hearth like the boost I needed to keep on going, like I always did. Thank you, Billy Joel, you might not have changed the world around me, but you sure did change my day.

    • @juliarussell3126
      @juliarussell3126 3 년 전 +52

      wholesome, I hope all turn out well for you!!!!!!

    • @nycholasgr8112
      @nycholasgr8112 3 년 전 +37

      Boa cara

    • @JuniorSouza-fv8ut
      @JuniorSouza-fv8ut 3 년 전 +89

      Esse é o poder da arte! Como diria o grande Ferreira Gullar: a arte existe porque a vida em si não basta! Abração e boa sorte...

    • @wattpwn
      @wattpwn 3 년 전 +64

      Fly high, brother. Someday I may join you in those clear skies. Keep your head up and you'll soon fly free.

    • @VictoriaCuervo
      @VictoriaCuervo 3 년 전 +24

      You're strong. We all need to keep going. Soon we'll see the sun rising again.

  • @Paulitica
    @Paulitica 개월 전 +5

    The song our generation needs to listen from time to time.

  • @ifa6516
    @ifa6516 2 개월 전 +84

    Whos in 2024? 🤚🏻

  • @ishika8396
    @ishika8396 3 년 전 +3144

    I wish I could meet everyone listening to this song.
    Edit: the replies are so heart warming. Sending love to you guys.

  • @WallysGirl123
    @WallysGirl123 2 년 전 +3268

    It’s 2am…I just turned 31 two hours ago. Feeling a little lost these days. Can’t sleep so I started silently praying for guidance, then mid prayer this song pops into my head. He knew what I needed.

  • @djm2459
    @djm2459 9 개월 전 +22

    I‘m 16 years old. One thing I love about phones and the internet is that I can find such songs. I‘d probably never ever have heard such bangers.
    Love you all

  • @dahuterschuter
    @dahuterschuter 년 전 +474

    I'm a songwriter and I'm routinely frustrated I will never write anything as poignant as this or most of Billy Joel's tunes. Truly a legend who is somehow both immensely celebrated yet still underrated.

    • @justheretowatchvideos123
      @justheretowatchvideos123 년 전 +3

      I want to learn how to write music, but it seems so hard because of the melodies already used

    • @rustic_dweller
      @rustic_dweller 11 개월 전 +18

      ​@@justheretowatchvideos123 doesn't matter, not everything has to be original, in fact most things aren't original. So don't worry about if it's already been done, create a version of yourself in it

    • @kevinzhang6623
      @kevinzhang6623 9 개월 전 +9

      He once said writing songs is like pulling teeth. It's nothing less than hard work put in.

    • @PaulAllPro
      @PaulAllPro 9 개월 전

      😮‍💨

    • @nedleyolpal
      @nedleyolpal 7 개월 전 +2

      @@justheretowatchvideos123try singing your own lyrics to an existing tune then write your own melody, then you have a new song, that’s how a lot of songwriters do it, or even the other way round, known lyrics over your own tune. Works for me even though I’ve never released a song ha ha

  • @AM-bq9fp
    @AM-bq9fp 3 년 전 +12111

    Ah, it seems all of the gifted kid burnouts are having a meeting

  • @chrispaul1326
    @chrispaul1326 년 전 +2456

    I played this song for my daughter many years ago. She was so ambitious, so full of conviction. All grown up now. She is the purpose in my life, a love I was completely disarmed by the first time I held her in my arms as a newborn. I fear to imagine what could have been had it not been for her mother and her, so long ago, saving me from what surely would have been a miserable existence. This will be our father daughter dance song at her wedding this Saturday.

    • @tracyseymour6059
      @tracyseymour6059 년 전 +12

      Lovely

    • @tracyseymour6059
      @tracyseymour6059 년 전 +3

      @James What???

    • @mirian9251
      @mirian9251 년 전 +26

      that’s so sweet!! i hope the wedding and the father-daughter dance was amazing n special ❤️

    • @mirian9251
      @mirian9251 년 전 +6

      @James i don’t even need to read your full comment to know you really need healing and prayers, i wish the best for you James

    • @James-if3kc
      @James-if3kc 년 전 +2

      @@chrispaul1326 I'm back. What you wanna say to me now, Chris? Huh?

  • @samzelman3153
    @samzelman3153 5 개월 전 +163

    My friend was just killed in Israel, she loved this song, and I really felt the reason the first time she showed it to me. She was the most joyful and cheerful person that I ever knew, and she is exactly the girl who the song is about… She was the first girl I fell in love with, her aura was something special. This song is forever in my heart with her face in front of my eyes every time I listen to it…

    • @HelpIDontHaveAName
      @HelpIDontHaveAName 5 개월 전 +5

      I am so sorry, all the strength to you and all those effected.
      Its a beautiful song, RIP to her and the others and peace to those who suffer from the war.

    • @theprowlersattack6504
      @theprowlersattack6504 5 개월 전 +1

      I'm so sorry for your loss!

    • @cricketbug7390
      @cricketbug7390 5 개월 전 +6

      Oh honey, I'm so sorry for your loss! Thank you for sharing her memory with us. Do try to think of her passing, more of a graduation. She's completed her mission here and is lovingly watching you from the other side. She's still in your heart space. Get to a quiet place and feel. Sending hugs! I know it's hard. 💖✨✨✨✨

    • @Ben-qo6fx
      @Ben-qo6fx 5 개월 전 +11

      Rip to all the innocent Palestinian children

    • @dave4342
      @dave4342 5 개월 전

      @@Ben-qo6fxpiss off would you

  • @esmeraldadewit6492
    @esmeraldadewit6492 2 개월 전 +12

    Listening while holding my 6 week old daughter that I had after having a traumatic life thinking Id never have this. Crying😭

  • @tanmitadas9667
    @tanmitadas9667 3 년 전 +368

    Maaaaan this is the perfect song for everyone who has been chasing some really big dream and hates themselves.

  • @augustvirgo26
    @augustvirgo26 3 년 전 +469

    “You can afford to lose a day or two” I’ve been really trying to give myself a break these days, at 18 I should not be stressing this much

    • @Liana-ku1vb
      @Liana-ku1vb 2 년 전 +8

      I am 17 and also trying to remind myself that sometimes I should just give myself a break of worring over life this much.

    • @vanya5643
      @vanya5643 2 년 전 +4

      even tho I'm giving myself enough breaks, i never feel not tired

  • @user-of4jv3bx3x
    @user-of4jv3bx3x 5 일 전 +1

    As an adult, I listen to this and it reminds me of my younger self. Knowing all I know now.. so many parts of this song make me cry. It’s an amazing song ❤️

  • @juckimal
    @juckimal 8 개월 전 +23

    this is the first album that i purchased with my own money. I was 11 and i still have it.

  • @ErklePianoGirl
    @ErklePianoGirl 3 년 전 +2743

    As a girl who's nearly 17 and still doesn't have a clue what they want to do for a career and everyone is constantly asking you about college and such, this is such a comforting song. Especially the second verse. It makes me feel better about everything :))) I love Billy Joel

    • @cindytesto9614
      @cindytesto9614 3 년 전 +139

      You seriously don't know how lucky you are! Youth is King. You have your whole life in front of you. What I wouldn't give to be 17 again. Enjoy every minute of it sweetie, you will be just fine. God bless and Good luck, you got this.

    • @aadithigopalakrishnan2406
      @aadithigopalakrishnan2406 3 년 전 +58

      Chill I'm 24 and feel the same way. It's always a new struggle or path to face

    • @lauaracarrillo
      @lauaracarrillo 3 년 전 +49

      It's ok to feel that way, my advice would be don't take rushed decisions, you are pretty young and maybe you see a lot of people aroud you that already knows what they want, but it´s different for everybody; hey maybe there are others just like you but they are to afraid to show it ,but in the inside they are really lost, some of them would feel the way you feel now latter. Just berathe, take your time, and if pople keep asking say the true but in way that tells people it's not because you don't care but rather because you know how importat this decision is, maybe you found someone that feels or felt the same way and can talk about that

    • @SneakECoyote
      @SneakECoyote 3 년 전 +42

      It's alright, you can afford to lose a day or two. When will you realize? Vienna waits for you.
      Don't worry about rushing stuff. Enjoy the journey and your life will go just fine. Don't live by anybody else's metrics of what you should be doing or should've done. You've got this.

    • @gotribe8333
      @gotribe8333 3 년 전 +27

      Enjoy being young. You don't get it back. I'm 30 and glad I had fun when I was young. I feel bad you have to be young in 2020 with all the cancel culture.

  • @atikahdwifaulina5650
    @atikahdwifaulina5650 3 년 전 +2915

    Slow down, you crazy child
    You're so ambitious for a juvenile
    But then if you're so smart, then tell me
    Why are you still so afraid?
    Where's the fire, what's the hurry about?
    You'd better cool it off before you burn it out
    You've got so much to do
    And only so many hours in a day
    But you know that when the truth is told
    That you can get what you want or you get old
    You're gonna kick off before you even
    Get halfway through
    When will you realize, Vienna waits for you
    Slow down, you're doing fine
    You can't be everything you want to be
    Before your time
    Although it's so romantic on the borderline tonight
    Tonight,
    Too bad but it's the life you lead
    You're so ahead of yourself that you forgot what you need
    Though you can see when you're wrong, you know
    You can't always see when you're right. you're right
    You've got your passion, you've got your pride
    But don't you know that only fools are satisfied?
    Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true
    When will you realize, Vienna waits for you?
    Slow down, you crazy child
    And take the phone off the hook and disappear for awhile
    It's all right, you can afford to lose a day or two
    When will you realize, Vienna waits for you?
    And you know that when the truth is told
    That you can get what you want or you can just get old
    You're gonna kick off before you even get half through
    Why don't you realize, Vienna waits for you
    When will you realize, Vienna waits for you?

  • @nothingelsematters335
    @nothingelsematters335 2 개월 전 +3

    this song feels like an invisible hug 🥹

  • @ryanssongrs
    @ryanssongrs 15 일 전 +4

    I just realized I was never alone.. 🙏

  • @jeancarlossilvadesouza5832

    I'm fucking crying righ now. I'm 27 years old, I used to have so many dreams, I used to think I could do everthing. But somehow, this hope desappear, I can't see a step towards, I'm unployeed over 6 month, I cant find a way to go on, I feel like my life just end. This song hit me so strong that I cant stop crying and I'm not sure if its bad or good, I justa wanna cry as much as I can.

    • @brunogigliotti4216
      @brunogigliotti4216 3 년 전 +47

      Everything will get better dude

    • @RockinRobb01
      @RockinRobb01 3 년 전 +32

      You got this, keep your chin up.

    • @Ty-os6cq
      @Ty-os6cq 3 년 전 +31

      “Don’t ever give up on something you can’t go a day without thinking about” - Winston Churchill
      Wish you the best. Remember no one improves feeling sorry for themselves. Keep your head up and don’t ever quit.

    • @preethikavilikatta7260
      @preethikavilikatta7260 3 년 전 +9

      Hope you are okay now. God bless

    • @connorbates2756
      @connorbates2756 3 년 전 +2

      Everythings gonna be fine dude just be patient

  • @stephanniesosa3230
    @stephanniesosa3230 년 전 +3738

    This song is my own personal therapy. When I feel overwhelmed about all the things I think I’m not getting, I just put this on repeat, start crying and let the music heal my heart. Works every time!
    ***Edit- Thanks for the likes, I want you to know that I went to Vienna, my dream since I was 10 yrs old finally came true ❤❤ I cried a lot! Please, don’t stop chasing your dreams. “It's alright, you can afford to lose a day or two (oooh)
    When will you realize, Vienna waits for you? 🥹😭

    • @helenateixeira5866
      @helenateixeira5866 년 전 +23

      I do the same. It works like magic to my heart

    • @joymay7934
      @joymay7934 년 전 +5

      I couldn't understand the words, and check out the words, there have Picture sense

    • @KabooM1067
      @KabooM1067 년 전 +4

      oh my god this is exactly how I feel right now. Such an amazing song, touches me so deeply for some reason. I love it.

    • @Richashr
      @Richashr 년 전 +5

      Same. This song is therapy! ❤

    • @nosakharevictory390
      @nosakharevictory390 년 전 +2

      This song is so powerful ❤️

  • @isaiahbasaldua924
    @isaiahbasaldua924 7 개월 전 +8

    a song to slow down too and remember everything will work out in it's own time

  • @hadleyvaughn106
    @hadleyvaughn106 10 개월 전 +38

    This song makes me feel like that it’s okay to take time for yourself

  • @shannon_not_found
    @shannon_not_found 3 년 전 +1625

    "Slow down, you're doing fine. You can't be everything you want to be before your time."
    I think I really needed to hear that right now.
    EDIT: So...two years later, I've just been diagnosed with depression and anxiety, and I find myself returning to this song. I'm not sure exactly where to go from here, and I don't know how my life will change after this, if it will change at all, but this makes me feel comfortable in a time where I feel very lost and confused. Like I said, I'm not sure where to go from here, but I hope I can let myself take everything one step at a time. And I hope to have this song with me, wherever I go.

  • @Fed-np9ez
    @Fed-np9ez 3 년 전 +7427

    Finally an anthem for the high functioning anxiety kids

    • @ultrainstinctsongoku6372
      @ultrainstinctsongoku6372 3 년 전 +209

      ....written in the 70's....

    • @albietide
      @albietide 3 년 전 +77

      Yeah, those who struggled with that and got mistaken for criminal elements. Been there, done that. Billy may have been there, too, once upon a time.

    • @tonywarner4056
      @tonywarner4056 3 년 전 +28

      Describes living with it perfectly

    • @bugxa
      @bugxa 3 년 전 +7

      I was the 1,000th like!

    • @buggjuicee
      @buggjuicee 3 년 전 +6

      Amen 🙏

  • @harveygoldstein6944

    I'm about to turn 70 and this song still speaks to me. And I still don't know how to show down and take the phone off the hook for a while. But it gives me hope

    • @harveygoldstein6944
      @harveygoldstein6944 9 개월 전 +6

      It really is an honor to get this reply even if it is just a computer response. In 1978 I represented a radio station for sale. One of the family members became a DJ at one of the local radio stations who get me free 6th row center tickets to your concert here in Milwaukee. Quite the thrill and the best concert in my long life. Your music has added beauty to this world

    • @OliverDMitchell
      @OliverDMitchell 2 개월 전

      *slow

  • @isabellaoliveira8970
    @isabellaoliveira8970 7 개월 전 +48

    Sou a única Brasileira que ama essa música ??? Minha música preferida 🥹

    • @denisemchy3015
      @denisemchy3015 7 개월 전 +5

      Eu amo também!!

    • @keniacunha4496
      @keniacunha4496 7 개월 전 +3

      Tem outros tbm !!! Tem o famoso finado jessy e seu cachorro shurastey tbm amava está musica

  • @alicjasoltyss
    @alicjasoltyss 2 년 전 +2556

    I wish more teens would listen to these types of songs. This song specifically is so beautiful and the meaning behind it is so huge.

    • @jacobsecker1212
      @jacobsecker1212 2 년 전 +31

      Honestly all kids listen to is stuff about hurting people this is real music

    • @pous3r
      @pous3r 2 년 전 +64

      @@jacobsecker1212 I'm 16 and I love this song

    • @antdkjebdubwysuqbwkj
      @antdkjebdubwysuqbwkj 2 년 전 +14

      I discovered Billy when I was 12, him and his lyrics have helped me a lot. I treasure this album, I can’t express how much I appreciate it.

    • @josevladimirboeirasasso5356
      @josevladimirboeirasasso5356 2 년 전 +1

      Linda musica

    • @corridefazio
      @corridefazio 2 년 전 +14

      15 year old here :)

  • @oZZZcar98
    @oZZZcar98 4 년 전 +137

    You ever go for a drive with tears in your eyes?

  • @nuggetz760
    @nuggetz760 년 전 +167

    I'm 15 and i love this song very dearly, it holds an important place in my heart, makes me feel at peace and reminds me it's okay to take some time for myself and to slow down sometimes :)

  • @elvirabergquist8774
    @elvirabergquist8774 7 개월 전 +59

    this song helped me so much mentally when i graduated. still cry every time i listen to it, it just hits home. the way he’s addressing this to “you” makes it feel like it’s truly meant for me, even if it’s obviously not. nonetheless it’s comforting to hear the words you’ve always wished someone would tell you.

    • @EleanoraEverett-hs2mv
      @EleanoraEverett-hs2mv 7 개월 전 +1

      I was singing it when I Read it

    • @carguy3460
      @carguy3460 3 개월 전 +1

      The “You” is the younger version of ourselves, it’s future you talking to child you. The “You” is all of us!

  • @ElClaw
    @ElClaw 3 년 전 +295

    Looking at the comments makes me see how we all on the same boat dealing with real life shit. Thanks

  • @beatriz0231
    @beatriz0231 2 년 전 +1490

    I just passed my law exam and here I am to thank this song that helped me so much when I had anxiety during my studies for it and having doubts if I could make it.... BUT I DID! I MADE IT!!!! I am a lawyer now!!!!!! SO HAPPY!!!

    • @nurulaqilah9643
      @nurulaqilah9643 2 년 전 +24

      Congratulations for passing! That must be a hell to get through. I'm proud of you for that. I still have remaining 3 years till I'll start practicing 😊

    • @danielhkhk7283
      @danielhkhk7283 2 년 전 +20

      Gratulations! I'm a laywer too. In Vienna. 😊

    • @beatriz0231
      @beatriz0231 2 년 전 +8

      @@nurulaqilah9643 I am sure you will do very good in it! Everyone has their own time 🎉 Study, have faith, relax and trust yourself! It will happen in the right time just like it did to me ❤️

    • @beatriz0231
      @beatriz0231 2 년 전 +4

      @@danielhkhk7283 that's so cool! Do you know if they have jobs for foreigners lawyers there? 😂 That would be a dream! But unfortunately law is a difficult area to work outside of my country

    • @nurulaqilah9643
      @nurulaqilah9643 2 년 전 +3

      @@beatriz0231 thank you for your words ❤ I'll keep that in mind!

  • @panmacabre9895
    @panmacabre9895 개월 전 +9

    i wish one day, i can feel safe

  • @AmaduKanu-bw4gq
    @AmaduKanu-bw4gq 16 일 전 +3

    Thank God for his guidance upon our life's ❤
    See you in 2030 also 😢

  • @brookegarner8191
    @brookegarner8191 4 년 전 +818

    My mom unexpectedly passed March 19th and she told her 5 daughters this was her song to us.. I cry every time.. miss you mommy 🧡

    • @BUN5i5t3r
      @BUN5i5t3r 4 년 전 +18

      I am sorry for your loss. My prayers are with you and your family❤

    • @ThePsychedelicCinema
      @ThePsychedelicCinema 4 년 전 +11

      So so sorry 😔
      Take time to heal and be there for each other ❤

    • @HollyWasion
      @HollyWasion 4 년 전 +13

      My dad passed away at the end of January and this was the sone we danced to at my wedding. I feel you!!

    • @etherdeef4303
      @etherdeef4303 4 년 전 +3

      eugh now your making me cry, I’m sorry for what happened and I hope you guys have a good and fun life ahead!

    • @bobsi_04
      @bobsi_04 3 년 전 +4

  • @OGcornchipgirl
    @OGcornchipgirl 2 년 전 +1875

    13 going on 30. I was 10 when it came out in 2004.
    I’m 28 now and this song actually means something to me.

    • @Schoolgirl325
      @Schoolgirl325 2 년 전 +20

      I’m 26 going on 27, and that’s where I first heard this song, too. I love that movie and this song.

    • @evethompson1
      @evethompson1 2 년 전 +9

      I was 16 when the movie came out and thats where I first heard it too.

    • @Amanda-vn1hy
      @Amanda-vn1hy 2 년 전 +5

      I'm the same age and that movie is the first time I heard this song ❤

    • @breannathiessen2391
      @breannathiessen2391 2 년 전 +3

      ya holy time flies by im 12 but this song is something :)

    • @happinesshotel5375
      @happinesshotel5375 2 년 전 +5

      We’re the same age! I seen a beautiful girl listening to this song and I just wanted to scream over her music but my light changed. I turned left, she was going straight. Once again I’m stuck in the middle while Everyone is going forward with their lives.

  • @zicozico9792
    @zicozico9792 2 개월 전 +2

    Show down "....makes me feel myself again!

  • @heidyfigueroa8972
    @heidyfigueroa8972 년 전 +8

    It's crazy to think how life changes

  • @quinnchipman5570
    @quinnchipman5570 4 년 전 +323

    I cry every time I hear this song. I get this strange feeling that is all-consuming that it makes me cry. Anyone else?

    • @adriancutillas
      @adriancutillas 4 년 전 +5

      this song is too much. It's a bunch of found-feelings. I totally understand you.

    • @aj3198
      @aj3198 4 년 전 +7

      Quinn Chipman it gives you the same feeling as when you see a video or something of when you were younger. Inexplainable

    • @juliarussell3126
      @juliarussell3126 3 년 전

      @@aj3198 this is so factual

    • @brucebaxter5782
      @brucebaxter5782 3 년 전 +3

      Yes. I've always loved this song and listened dozens plus of times but I here it now it brings tears to my eyes. When I was in my 20s I was offered a scholarship in England and a couple years later a job teaching in Kenya and turned them them down because I didn't want to "slow down and put down the phone for awhile " wish I could I have heard this great song first. Masterpiece of song

    • @arianbarton4475
      @arianbarton4475 3 년 전 +1

      Yeah, Elton John songs do that to me too

  • @prisonmike6871
    @prisonmike6871 3 년 전 +436

    this is seriously my favorite song ever. it instantly makes me feel so much better about myself when i’m feeling down

    • @tommyrogers5298
      @tommyrogers5298 3 년 전 +24

      The worst thing about prison is the dementors

    • @bjsiv5249
      @bjsiv5249 3 년 전 +19

      Thanks prison mike

    • @giuliamazzucchetti6918
      @giuliamazzucchetti6918 3 년 전 +5

      I've always wanted to meet you, Prison Mike! Glad it happened in this comment section 💞

    • @annam.7305
      @annam.7305 3 년 전

      same I found it just recently and i listen to it almost everyday

    • @jahbozo3231
      @jahbozo3231 3 년 전 +1

      My nigga prison mike🤝

  • @Drujayms
    @Drujayms 10 개월 전 +11

    This song is for the talented kids and teens who rushed life and are now rotting in their 20s rediscovering their beauty

  • @rota_083
    @rota_083 년 전 +9

    If you’re watching this in 2023, I love you and you’re not alone!

  • @beek.4860
    @beek.4860 3 년 전 +1504

    Honestly, these lyrics sound like they were written for me. Really, weren’t they written for everyone, though?

    • @estebanumiglia1187
      @estebanumiglia1187 3 년 전 +11

      What? You too?

    • @amishaamisha8282
      @amishaamisha8282 3 년 전 +6

      Yes

    • @lindseyya2677
      @lindseyya2677 3 년 전 +2

      Yea

    • @geanpaul1
      @geanpaul1 3 년 전 +1

      Happen to me too

    • @xRisK_Flash
      @xRisK_Flash 3 년 전 +27

      They were written for basically everyone because of the nature of capitalism, and how you have to be productive all day everyday, always doing something, or else you're going to say behind and have a miserable life

  • @ellenbrown9220
    @ellenbrown9220 3 년 전 +1150

    Reading Billy's autobiography, he explains who he wrote this song about and I was shocked a bit. He wrote it for his father who left his mother and went back to live in....Vienna.....after they had come here to get out of Europe years ago. He did visit his father in Vienna although they didn't really reconcile. He resented his father leaving his mother especially going back to a place that held bad memories for his ancestors. The song is so beautiful, and I used to tell my daughter it reminded me of her since she was always burning the candle at both ends....always doing, doing, doing. So much to do and only so many hours in a day.

    • @kni9ne600
      @kni9ne600 3 년 전 +6

      One of the best I have heard

    • @annajoelynn7336
      @annajoelynn7336 2 년 전 +25

      His daughter was actually the same I think. Im pretty sure she tried to kill herself and that’s why this is one of his favorite songs he’s ever made

    • @Alex-rx2cm
      @Alex-rx2cm 2 년 전 +1

      @@kni9ne600 ❤️❤️

    • @datastheory1934
      @datastheory1934 2 년 전

      no because we have the exact same name-

    • @bls5160
      @bls5160 2 년 전 +3

      My daughter is exactly the same as yours. And now she has heart disease. I tried to tell her to slow down but she has the fear of missing out syndrome.

  • @monsterhunter6486
    @monsterhunter6486 5 개월 전 +21

    This song is a piece of art, all the people who give everything for everyone else and wanna impress everyone but don’t care how bad it hurts you, you just wanna make everyone happy. The people like that really understands this song. This song is the most amazing piece of art ever.

  • @milltary64vs5
    @milltary64vs5 6 개월 전 +11

    I always come to this song whenever i feel the pressure of life, telling me to keep doing more, keep moving through these problems... its a nice reminder to just breathe and relax... Rome wasn't built in a day, a niether will be my success if i keep going so hard. just slow down, and take it one day at a time.

  • @nivesje
    @nivesje 년 전 +1511

    In 10 minutes I’ll be turning 19. This is my favourite song. It’s comforting, even tho I feel like I’m wasting my youth away. I always feel like some place is waiting for me, far away from here.

    • @felipesaad9275
      @felipesaad9275 년 전 +45

      happy birthday friend! hope you find your Vienna

    • @nivesje
      @nivesje 년 전 +9

      @@felipesaad9275 thank you so much! Same to you

    • @OskarFCB
      @OskarFCB 년 전 +22

      Happy belated Birthday!
      Best wishes from another 19-year old from Vienna 🫶🏻🇦🇹

    • @nivesje
      @nivesje 년 전 +3

      @@OskarFCB Thank you so much!

    • @cnahill_5717
      @cnahill_5717 년 전 +3

      Happy late birthday

  • @zakomurabito4361
    @zakomurabito4361 4 년 전 +148

    A few lines in this song turned out to be so relatable that I went, "OH SHIT" out loud.

    • @user-uc5yc2ch4g
      @user-uc5yc2ch4g 4 년 전 +2

      absolutely true like i stopped everything and just sat for a while, listening and digesting the lyrics

  • @sawdustlee556
    @sawdustlee556 11 일 전 +1

    Why do i feel like im running out of time when im still so young

  • @JohnVogel561
    @JohnVogel561 8 개월 전 +17

    This song is about Billy Joel finally meeting the other half of his family. His father lives in Vienna where he is a famous concert pianist. ( Imagine that) I also think that he finds out during this trp that his half brother is a surgeon. The song has great meaning. Billy always thought that he had no time or place to fit these people into his life, until he met them.

  • @mariaisabelle6846
    @mariaisabelle6846 4 년 전 +547

    Slow down, you crazy child
    You're so ambitious for a juvenile
    But then if you're so smart, tell me why are you still so afraid?
    Where's the fire? What's the hurry about?
    You better cool it off before you burn it out
    You got so much to do and only so many hours in a day
    Don't you know that when the truth is told
    That you can get what you want or you can just get old?
    You're gonna kick off before you even get halfway through
    When will you realize? Vienna waits for you
    Slow down, you're doing fine
    You can't be everything you wanna be before your time
    Although it's so romantic on the borderline tonight, tonight
    Too bad, but it's the life you lead
    You're so ahead of yourself that you forgot what you need
    Though you can see when you're wrong
    You know, you can't always see when you're right, you're right
    You've got your passion. You've got your pride
    But don't you know that only fools are satisfied?
    Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true
    When will you realize? Vienna waits for you
    Slow down, you crazy child
    Take the phone off the hook and disappear for a while
    It's all right you can afford to lose a day or two
    When will you realize? Vienna waits for you
    Don't you know that when the truth is told
    That you can get what you want or you can just get old?
    You're gonna kick off before you even get halfway through
    Why don't you realize? Vienna waits for you
    When will you realize? Vienna waits for you

  • @majapeklenik170
    @majapeklenik170 6 년 전 +209

    Currently on a bus to Vienna and this song came on shuffle

  • @LonelyHiker
    @LonelyHiker 9 개월 전 +10

    This song has probably saved my life, more than once.
    I suspect I'm not the only one.

  • @enriquecendoem2.0
    @enriquecendoem2.0 3 개월 전 +17

    Como assim.. tenho 27 anos e Nunca tinha ouvida essa música, uma obra de arte. Vir um corte no tiktok e vim correndo achar ela completa aqui.

  • @katrinae5422
    @katrinae5422 3 년 전 +392

    It’s 3am and you know you can’t trust your thoughts at this time -all your worries and anxieties will start to creep in. Somehow listening to this song just comforts me that everything’s gonna be okay. Thank you Billy Joel.

    • @mangohallucinates
      @mangohallucinates 3 년 전 +2

      stay strong you can do this

    • @maticcdrmn
      @maticcdrmn 3 년 전 +2

      Keep on, please, things will get better if you keep pushing on believe me. I know this is 2 months old i just saw your comment i hope you are doing at least 1% beter than 2 months ago.

    • @azra1485
      @azra1485 3 년 전

      lmaoo i cry more when i listen to this because no one told me stuff like this

  • @joyart4405
    @joyart4405 2 년 전 +433

    Lyrics:
    Slow down you crazy child
    You're so ambitious for a juvenile
    But then if you're so smart tell me,
    Why are you still so afraid? (mmmmm)
    Where's the fire, what's the hurry about?
    You better cool it off before you burn it out
    You got so much to do and only
    So many hours in a day (Ay)
    But you know that when the truth is told
    That you can get what you want
    Or you can just get old
    You're gonna kick off before you even get halfway through (Oooh)
    When will you realize... Vienna waits for you?
    Slow down you're doing fine
    You can't be everything you want to be before your time
    Although it's so romantic on the borderline tonight (tonight)
    Too bad, but it's the life you lead
    You're so ahead of yourself that you forgot what you need
    Though you can see when you're wrong
    You know you can't always see when you're right (you're right)
    You got your passion, you got your pride
    But don't you know that only fools are satisfied?
    Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true (Oooh)
    When will you realize... Vienna waits for you?
    Slow down you crazy child
    Take the phone off the hook and disappear for a while
    It's alright, you can afford to lose a day or two (oooh)
    When will you realize... Vienna waits for you?
    And you know that when the truth is told
    That you can get what you want or you can just get old
    You're gonna kick off before you even get halfway through (oooh)
    Why don't you realize... Vienna waits for you?
    When will you realize... Vienna waits for you?

  • @_Hipamerican_
    @_Hipamerican_ 년 전 +13

    As a nursing school student, I needed to hear this tonight. It can get overwhelming sometimes for sure.

    • @madisonramirez9267
      @madisonramirez9267 6 개월 전 +1

      Well, I am very proud of you. You are doing it! You are going to change so many lives ❤️ never give up on your dreams. “Slow Down, you’re doing fine. You can’t be everything you want to be before your time.”

  • @Pedrohenrique.35
    @Pedrohenrique.35 4 개월 전 +101

    Fui descobrir essa bela música agora, que música boa! 🇧🇷

  • @test-yi8hs
    @test-yi8hs 3 년 전 +396

    1:40 the lyrics
    You've got your passion, you've got your pride
    But don't you know that only fools are satisfied
    Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true

  • @caitlins7107
    @caitlins7107 2 년 전 +288

    Hello everyone, welcome to the meeting of the traumatized children all grown up now realizing how much of their young years were lost to terribly coping with said trauma now that you're an adult you might be a little better than before and you're crying realizing "omg I was so young when that happened" bc you had to grow up so fast so soon and you were also the gifted kid at some point with some topic and you felt like you burned out at some point amidst all the tragedy but never truly loosing ur talent and your finally finding some joy in life bc life did get better (ifykyk) but now you're reflecting
    How are you all? Got ur stuffed animals? Got ur water? Snacks good now let's all proceed with our together crying sesh

    • @cactushiatus4118
      @cactushiatus4118 2 년 전 +19

      This comment made me extremely happy, it's nice to see people are going through the same things that you are going through, in the day and age it's extremely hard to feel connected to people but I'm glad that there are moments like this that people can bond of their hard ships in life, so thank you for this :)

    • @tess824471
      @tess824471 2 년 전 +4

      Wow never been so heard

    • @miasanwick9827
      @miasanwick9827 2 년 전

      Bestie I’m thirteen and raised right

    • @caitlins7107
      @caitlins7107 2 년 전 +1

      @@miasanwick9827 bestie I said the same thing I was raised by a military brat
      Good luck in life seriously ur young you got a whole ass life ahead of you

    • @beatricefox937
      @beatricefox937 2 년 전 +1

      Teddy bear at the ready

  • @michaelquinn8291
    @michaelquinn8291 24 일 전 +3

    " Though you can see when you're wrong, you know you can't always see when you're right."
    Classic line, best line in the song.

  • @jazminramirez4183
    @jazminramirez4183 9 개월 전 +6

    I was such a try hard growing up. Always going above and beyond every day to become everything my dad wanted me to be. My plan was always to go straight to Uni right after high school like he always wanted, but it wasn’t until I was a Senior that I realized I had no idea what I wanted to do once I got there. So I took a gap year. One of the hardest years of my life, mentally. It was the first time ever that I just stopped and I constantly felt like I was stuck, watching everyone around me live the life I was suppose to be living. It’s been hard, but now as my gap year is coming to an end I’ve realized that this year was a blessing in disguise. I’ve never slowed down, I never realized how burnt out I was until I no longer was. I would’ve never realized how fast I was going if I hadn’t stopped. This song just makes me believe everything works out in the end.

  • @julia4551
    @julia4551 2 년 전 +3429

    i'm 17 years old and this song comforts me SO MUCH, the pandemic came and my adolescence passed in the blink of an eye and this year I'll be 18. i was so sure about life at 15 and now it's all an uncertainty after the pandemic (which we're still). The pressure of being 18 torments me every single day, the pressure of being an adult and acting like one..i don't know if I'm going to live an unhappy life in a job I don't like with superficial loves and bad friendships or a life totally the opposite of that. I hate feeling like an adult at just 17 (18 in a few months)… i'm scared, very scared to have grown up so fast, I just want to be held by my parents again, sleep on the couch and wake up in bed... growing up sucks and to make it worse I'm in this process totally lonely :(
    edit: i want to thank everyone who took the time to write me these beautiful and sincere words, i'm reading everything and keeping it in my heart... 💗 i really appreciate your story.
    and for those who are asking, my birthday is already on the 18th of august, i'm sad to arrive so fast but even more because i have little time left of ABBA's dancing queen hahaha idk many cool songs about eighteen so i accept suggestions

    • @probsnooneyouknowtbh3712
      @probsnooneyouknowtbh3712 2 년 전 +111

      Oh man I feel you. I am also a young adult and the pandemic brought my life to a halt for far too long and continues to limit me a lot now, and I feel like I'm behind on everything and struggling to catch up and be an adult like I'm supposed to be. But hey. It sounds like you are too. So it's not just me. And it's not just you. Good luck stranger. I really do believe Vienna waits for us.

    • @floydfanboy2948
      @floydfanboy2948 2 년 전 +136

      We were all scared growing up because inside we still feel like a kid. Don't worry too much though, eventually you will figure it out. Find a good companion to share your life with and don't be too hard on yourself when you screw up sometimes. We all do :-) I am pushing 50 by the way, so I learned a little along the way

    • @roberttimpane9791
      @roberttimpane9791 2 년 전 +54

      Hang in there, don't let negative people into your life, and shoot for the stars. Oh and be humble, you will be fine.

    • @LucasTCaceres4253
      @LucasTCaceres4253 2 년 전 +69

      @@floydfanboy2948 you’re 18 with 32 years of experience.

    • @AG-rz3ez
      @AG-rz3ez 2 년 전 +80

      22 in 2 months and I remember how I felt the same way turning 18. Life goes by quick it feels like just a year ago I was 15. Anyways I’m doing what I love, making middle class wage doing it, taking care of my mental and physical health, have my own place and found the girl I want to marry. I still have time to be a child. Hell just the other day I went to the trampoline park and went ham. Everyone was looking at me and my girl like we were crazy because we’re the only 2 adults jumping. Time goes by quick but it’s about the choices you make and what you’re doing to still embrace your inner child.

  • @tinocerha1157
    @tinocerha1157 2 년 전 +385

    Whoever you are, whatever is going on in your life, no matter how you feel, in the name of all inhabitants of Vienna we love you and we're waiting for you

    • @29kearl
      @29kearl 2 년 전 +3

      On my way

    • @anonymous-gw7ke
      @anonymous-gw7ke 2 년 전

      ♥️

    • @zandithshloper2005
      @zandithshloper2005 2 년 전 +1

      you know what I say, don't say things like that. You never know if a rapist or dog fuckers gonna read it and not pull the trigger cause of your cheesy fluff. Just joking but still

    • @averyprather2966
      @averyprather2966 2 년 전 +3

      @@zandithshloper2005 geez dude

    • @zandithshloper2005
      @zandithshloper2005 2 년 전

      @@averyprather2966 sorry comments like that on youtube and facebook were always a pet peeve of mine cause of how mindless it is to blindly say everyone has pure worth. but yeah I agree with ur sentimant

  • @rosemary444
    @rosemary444 년 전 +5

    When you realize you’re getting older and have so much you want to do but no idea if it will end up working out in the end. It feels like time is running out. I just want to make u proud.

  • @alylmao
    @alylmao 13 일 전 +3

    As a 13 year old girl who always cries about low grades and just over thinks everything. This song comforts me more then anything

    • @fastgreatt
      @fastgreatt 12 일 전

      Low grades

    • @Mr.Robert1
      @Mr.Robert1 11 일 전 +3

      Don't worry about it it'll all work out find someone in school that is successful a good friend a real friend not a phony

    • @alylmao
      @alylmao 11 일 전

      @@Mr.Robert1 tysm

  • @efeklau6502
    @efeklau6502 2 년 전 +1303

    To me this song is about how we want to see ourselves “making it” in the future… but there is so much self-doubt, fear and both external (and internal) pressure on the path to it.
    I have a keychain that says “vienna” to remind me that, even though I’m not always 100% sure of what I’m doing, I’m determined and I will do anything to live the life I deserve. I’ll get to my personal Vienna one day.

    • @niamhw8853
      @niamhw8853 2 년 전 +15

      I love this. Such a good way to look at life. I needed to hear this today, thank you

    • @efeklau6502
      @efeklau6502 2 년 전 +5

      @@niamhw8853 my pleasure ❤️

    • @davidofergals6947
      @davidofergals6947 2 년 전 +1

      No one cares what you think.

    • @davidofergals6947
      @davidofergals6947 2 년 전 +1

      @@efeklau6502 shut up.

    • @octaviasparks1076
      @octaviasparks1076 2 년 전 +5

      Thank you for this message, right now I'm not 100% sure about what I'm doing, but this comment makes me feel less alone.

  • @nathanknight2472
    @nathanknight2472 3 년 전 +223

    I knew this song before I had discovered it. If that makes any sense... the kinda song you hear when you’re younger and fades away with time, But then you’re reintroduced years later. And now realizing what the words actually are. I needed this.

    • @JavieraCS_99
      @JavieraCS_99 3 년 전 +4

      i have the exact same feeling, i don't really know if i heard this song before, it just feels like that

    • @blakedml7456
      @blakedml7456 3 년 전 +2

      @@JavieraCS_99 You probably heard it from 13 going on 30 this song played in the movie.

  • @richardknight2078
    @richardknight2078 2 개월 전 +3

    My 17-year-old granddaughter's fav. Thanks, Billy, for all the years of wonderful music

  • @eufalkao
    @eufalkao 5 개월 전 +35

    This song... ah, this song! It talks to me in a really deep way. I come here every once in a while to remind myself of all these lyrics. Thank you for this masterpiece, Billy.

  • @pedroguckert5061
    @pedroguckert5061 3 년 전 +159

    I'm 14 and I've never listened to a single Billy's song before, I've only came here cuz a friend told me that this song is amazing and, mate, I couldn't agree more

    • @Kdubs22
      @Kdubs22 3 년 전 +8

      I’ve known him for 7 of my 12 years here and now I have a love hate relationship with piano man cus it was played at a very close family member’s funeral

  • @steamyboy69
    @steamyboy69 7 년 전 +1345

    JENNA in 13 going 30 Train scene. gets me everytime.

  • @kjilardo7665
    @kjilardo7665 4 개월 전 +2

    Im 52yrs old and finally slowed down and Vienna the city of music is closer than ever.

  • @AM-lf4mp
    @AM-lf4mp 개월 전 +4

    This song changed my life....20 years ago...I was taking a greyhound bus to visit my family in Tennessee to escape what I was going through....it made me stronger.... it's amazing

  • @tee_savy100
    @tee_savy100 8 년 전 +366

    I want this song played at my funeral

  • @fabs226
    @fabs226 5 년 전 +280

    Depression was knocking at my door and this song made me feel so much better. It always does.

    • @AbbyNormal777
      @AbbyNormal777 4 년 전 +1

      Are you okay now?

    • @whitegriffin3772
      @whitegriffin3772 4 년 전 +2

      Same. I’m very depressed but music (mostly oldies and not modern shitty music) makes me feel happy. It fills me with purpose

    • @rbuccin
      @rbuccin 4 년 전 +1

      yeah me too.

    • @captainredan5339
      @captainredan5339 4 년 전

      Did you open the door when it came to your house? Or did it just wait?

    • @c.s.s.1723
      @c.s.s.1723 4 년 전

      ...I cry....I don’t know...

  • @aubreshabass2708
    @aubreshabass2708 10 일 전 +1

    Classic ❤🎶

  • @bridgetm4711
    @bridgetm4711 4 개월 전 +3

    B. Joel, an American Treasure. At every stage of life people are prone to ambition, "pride", striving for that next step/promotion, never quite learning to cool it off, before they burn it out.