YouTube Clip of the Week: Billy Joel “You May Be Right”
Last time, we talked about whether or not depression could be considered insanity. That got me to thinking about love, because what is love if not insanity? And that got me to thinking about great pop hits from the 1980’s. (The perfect soundtrack to any crazy love affair.) And then I remembered Billy Joel’s “You May Be Right”, which contains the chorus:
You may be right
I may be crazy
But it just may be a lunatic you’re lookin’ for
So then I went to YouTube to find “You May Be Right”. And, as it turns out, all the embedding code is disabled at the request of Billy Joel’s record company. I guess I could have given up there, but now I had the bit and my teeth and I had hit full gallop.
So, I found the next best thing I could to the official video (which really ain’t that great, so you’re not missing much). I found someone who made a karoke video of the lyrics while having a really decent audio recording of the song. Instead of following the bouncing ball, we follow the light blue highlight. Because Billy Joel is such a hard singer to understand (excuse me here as I pause to roll my eyes skyward).
Even though depression does not equal insanity, the lines can get pretty blurred. One of the best things you can do to get some release from this blur is to crank a jammin’ tune up to full blast and spin around the room until you collide with the furniture.
November 11th, 2009 at 1:26 am
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