Billy Joel in Concert (1978)
*** (out of 4)
Billy Joel performs on the British TV show "The Old Grey Whistle Test" to promote his album The Stranger. Fans of the artist or just the album will get a special kick out of this concert as it's always nice to hear someone play a lot of songs off one album. 'Miami 2017', 'Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)', 'Just the Way You Are', 'New York State of Mind', 'The Entertainer' and 'Only the Good Die Young' are among the songs played so you can tell that there are a lot of hits. The concert itself is very good with Joel being quite animated in his singing and you certainly can't take away from his piano skills. The band he's with are also quite good in staying in the background and keeping the main focus on Joel. The biggest problem I had with the film was its direction, which is all over the place and in my opinion he never really gets a good vibe going on. This is certainly just my opinion but I never really enjoyed how these Whistle Test concerts were shot.