#travelin' prayer

[crispyflowerblaze]

don't know if this is too niche but i was watching the trudy's surprise wheel thing on neopets spin around and i was listening to travelin' prayer by billy joel and it was at the really really fast music and it just lined up so well with the wheel, it was a great moment

[harpyreborn]

One could see a tiefling in full paladin armor being tossed out of a tavern like a sack of potatoes, the tiefling hitting the ground with a thud and a grunt. At the tavern door were three burly human men, one responsible for carrying the tiefling outside, the other two tossing out steaming hot soup in an attempt to burn the tiefling. However, he'd blocked the projectile soup with a shield before it could hit him.

The man in front said, "Maybe next time you'll learn where you're not wanted, tail-swisher." After the men scoffed and swore at him, they headed back into the tavern, shutting the door behind them and locking it.

Heterochromatic eyes widen as the scene before her is played out. Rage bubbling in her belly as she witnesses the poor treatment of the…demon? Shes not quite sure what they are but that didn’t matter. No one, and she meant no one deserved to be treated so poorly. Thrown owt? Sure! But thrown out and SCALDED? That was taking it too damn far! Now Phenexis could have EASILY kicked the door in, drug the men out and beat the BLOOD out of them for the way they just treated that man. And by the gods she wanted too, but, his safety was her first priority. He may have blocked the soup, but being tossed put was rude and who knew what had happened inside the Tavern.

The five foot two tall, dark skinned young woman stooped down next to the tiefling and offered her hand.

“You ok dude? You hurt? My name’s Phenexis, I’m a healer and Apothecary.” She flashes him her signature friendly toothy smile. Its wide and bright and lights up her soft, round, freckled face.

[krispyweiss]

Album Review: Billy Strings - Highway Prayers

Folks coming to Billy Strings via Highway Prayers will finish the LP having no idea they’ve just heard one of today’s most-electrifying live performers, the premier acoustic guitarist of his generation and bluegrass’ key to the future.

Which isn’t to say the eclectic, 20-cut, 75-minute LP is weak. It is not.

But, even though Strings is a bluegrass musician, Highway Prayers is not a bluegrass record, despite such bluegrass tracks as “Leaning on a Travelin’ Song” and “Gone a Long Time.” It also features instrumentation - drums, piano, harmonica, cello, Dobro, revving car engine and lighter and bubbling bong - not typically part of bluegrass or Strings’ onstage presentation.

Surrounded by his core band of Jarrod Walker (mandolin), Royal Masat (bass), Billy Failing (banjo) and Alex Hargreaves (fiddle), Strings also received support from Lindsay Lou, Matt Chamberlain, Jerry Douglas, Jason Carter and others to create a hybrid of atmospheric folk (“Stratosphere Blues/I Believe in You”), talkin’ blues (“Catch and Release”), novelties (“MORBUD4ME”), rip-snortin’ instrumentals like “Escanaba” and “Malfunction Junction” and a cappella barbershop singing as on the closing “Richard Petty.”

It makes for a wild ride full of detours and unexpected U-turns. And while Strings has still not yet managed to capture his live sound in the studio, Highway Prayers suggests he’s not interested in that anyway.

Grade card: Billy Strings - Highway Prayers - B

11/21/24

[tboy-boone]

also Ain't No Crime!!! i really like that song too

Boy I wish I listened to Travelin' Prayer sooner. I am loving everything about this song

[thebreakfastgenie]

[karleenscreativeworld]

The only song on this list that I really kinda dislike is When in Rome but I still listen to it sometimes.

[scriberated]

10 Cents & A Prayer

Read on Ao3 Summary: Celebrían has loved Ereinion Gil-galad since she was ten years old. Now eighteen, and with war looming on the horizon, she's tired of waiting for him to notice and decides to take matters into her own hands. Rating: Explicit Warnings: Major Character Death Ships: Celebrían/Ereinion Gil-galad, Celebrían/Glorfindel (brief), Celebrían/Elrond Peredhel Tags: Modern Middle-earth, Modern Middle Earth, Celebrían/Glorfindel is brief, I write HEA's not Tragedies, Why Did I Write This?, This is a tragedy, Canonical Character Death, Bittersweet, Eventual Happy Ending, For Celebrían & Elrond Peredhel, Vaginal Sex, Vaginal Fingering, Cunnilingus, Car Sex, Possessive Behavior, Ever heard the song Travelin Soldier by the Chicks? this is loosely based on that

For @thrillofhope for her birthday - happy birthday!! (and i'm sorry this isn't complete... in my defense, it's going to be longer?)

[heartsoulrocknroll]

Piano Man Live

This is my favorite way to experience the Piano Man album. The 1977 Greenvale show at CW Post may be my favorite Billy concert I've ever heard with my absolute dream Pre-Stranger set list. I am obsessed with those versions of Travelin' Prayer, Ain't No Crime, Worse Comes to Worst, and Somewhere Along the Line. That show also includes excellent performances of Ballad of Billy the Kid, You're My Home, and Captain Jack, but I think I like the ones from the 1976 Connecticut University show slightly more. This performance of If I Only Had the Words is the only true live performance I've ever been able to find, but I think it's phenomenal.

Travelin' Prayer

Piano Man

Ain't No Crime

You're My Home

The Ballad of Billy the Kid

Worse Comes to Worst

Stop in Nevada

If I Only Had the Words (To Tell You)

Somewhere Along the Line

Captain Jack

[billy-joel-ultimate-song-bracket]

Round 2 Poll 31

Please listen to both songs before voting!

Propaganda is allowed!

[valeroyeaux]

“travelin’ prayer” is an underrated billy joel song. imo. which counts for nothing.

[nwalthall]

New York City

© 2024 ned walthall

Livin' in a city of immigrants I don't need to go travelin' Open my door and the world walks in Livin' in a city of immigrants Livin' in a city that never sleeps My heart keepin' time to a thousand beats Singin' in languages I don't speak Livin' in a city of immigrants

City of black City of white City of light City of innocents City of sweat City of tears City of prayers City of immigrants

--Steve Earle, City of Immigrants

[crispyflowerblaze]

my ranking of Piano Man by Billy Joel, just how i feel right now

1) Piano Man: yeah i mean i adore this song, it's so great, and it's one of the Billy Joel songs i've known the longest

2) Captain Jack: man i freaking love this song, it's so cool, and like the music part leading up to the chorus, holy shit, and the chorus is so amazing too

3) Somewhere Along the Line: this one is just a bop, i have a lot of fun with it

4) The Ballad of Billy the Kid: i really like this song, the instrumental parts are so great and yeah i dunno i just really really like it

5) Worse Comes to Worst: really not too sure about this placement, honestly this and the next two could've gone either way but this felt the most right, yeah this one's really fun

6) Stop in Nevada: again, not too sure on the placement, but it's also really fun

7) Ain't No Crime: ditto, i just have to dock points cus the one line that's like "but you won't want him every day" and that doesn't rhyme but if he said night it would've rhymed! lol does anyone else agree with this

8) If I Only Had the Words (To Tell You): i really like some parts of this but personally it just doesn't stick out in my mind too much

9) Travelin' Prayer: same, has some really nice parts but doesn't stick out too much

10) You're My Home: very sweet but again, just doesn't stick out in my mind very much

[movietonight]

My favourite lyrics on Piano man

inspired by @thebreakfastgenie

Travelin' Prayer

Said now, would ya guide her on the roads and make them softer for her feet

Piano Man

He says, “Son, can you play me a memory? I'm not really sure how it goes But it's sad, and it's sweet, and I knew it complete When I wore a younger man's clothes”

Ain't No Crime

Well now you tell me you love somebody And you'll love 'em forever You may love 'em forever But you won't like 'em all of the time

You're My Home

Home is just another word for you

The Ballad of Billy the Kid

But he finally found a home Underneath the boot hill grave That bears his name

Worse Comes To Worst

I'll do my writing on my road guitar And make a living at a piano bar

Stop in Nevada

And she doesn't know what's comin' But she sure knows what she's leavin' behind

If I Only Had the Words (To Tell You)

When the simple lines have all been taken And the radio repeats them every day

Somewhere Along the Line

Well, it's a rainy night in Paris and I'm sitting by the Seine It's a pleasure to be soaking in the European rain

Captain Jack

So, you've got everything, ah, but nothing's cool They just found your father in the swimming pool And you guess you won't be goin' back to school Anymore

[thebreakfastgenie]

What Your Favorite Song On Piano Man Says About You

Travelin' Prayer: you don't mind your partner having a life without you

Piano Man: get out of here

Ain't No Crime: you just want to be left alone

You're My Home: you're a hopeless romantic

The Ballad of Billy the Kid: you love history but also movies and you will point out the inaccuracies in movies but not to be a jerk it's just fun for you

Worse Comes to Worst: you have a backup plan

Stop in Nevada: you love divorce

If I Only Had the Words: you are terrible at communicating. do better.

Somewhere Along the Line: you're happy but you are ignoring something

Captain Jack: you know a lot of middle class white kids

[karleenscreativeworld]

Piano Man

1973

These songs were surprisingly easy for me to pick my favorite lines from.

Travelin’ Prayer

Hey lord would you look out for her tonight

And make sure all her dreams are sweet

Piano Man

And the piano sounds like a carnival

And the microphone smells like a beer

Ain’t No Crime

The grass keeps growin’ gotta keep goin’

And the lord have mercy on your soul

You’re My Home

It always comes as a surprise

When I feel my withered roots start to grow

The Ballad of Billy the Kid

And he never had a sweetheart

And he never had a home

Worse Comes to Worst

Fun ain’t easy if it ain’t free

Too many people got a hold on me

Stop in Nevada

Oh, and now she’s headin’ out to California

With some money in her pocket, she’s a rocket on the Fourth of July

If I Only Had the Words (To Tell You)

When the simple lines are taken

And the radio repeats them everyday

Somewhere Along the Line

Sweet Virginia cigarette burnin’ in my hand

Well, you used to be a friend of mine but now I understand

You’ve been eating up inside me for some time

Captain Jack

You’re tired of livin’ in your one horse town

You’d like to find a little hole in the ground for a while

[macjaket]

travelin prayer

by billy joel

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(one of my all time fav billy joel songs. guess why)

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