Every one of Joel's important songs—including the happy ones—are ultimately about loneliness. And it's not 'clever lonely' (like Morrissey) or 'interesting lonely' (like Radiohead); it's 'lonely lonely,' like the way it feels when you're being hugged by someone and it somehow makes you sadder.


Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto (ed. Simon and Schuster, 2004) - ISBN: 9780743236010

Chuck Klosterman Quotes

Every one of Joel's important songs—including the happy ones—are ultimately about loneliness. And it's not 'clever lonely' (like Morrissey) or...

Every one of Joel's important songs—including the happy ones—are ultimately about loneliness. And it's not 'clever lonely' (like Morrissey) or...

Every one of Joel's important songs—including the happy ones—are ultimately about loneliness. And it's not 'clever lonely' (like Morrissey) or...

Every one of Joel's important songs—including the happy ones—are ultimately about loneliness. And it's not 'clever lonely' (like Morrissey) or...