44. "All For Leyna" by Billy Joel [Video: All For Leyna.]
It's an angry song from an angry young man!
I've never met Leyna, but I know a few things about her. She's pretty mean. She's pretty selfish. (She didn't tell him there were rocks under the waves right off the shore.) She gave him a night. (That's all it was.) She may drop over to say she's changed her mind. (But she probably won't.)
This is a good, angry, growling, sing-along song. Plus, it's got one of those recurring moments that makes me spasm involuntarily. There's the one piano bit that, whenever it comes up, I feel the need to spastically move my hands as if playing the air piano. There aren't many songs that can make me move involuntarily like that. (Drums in "In the Air Tonight;" opening guitar in "Just What I Needed;" and that one weird sound in "Owner of a Lonely Heart" to name a few.)
Why do I have this Billy Joel song rated higher than "Root Beer Rag" and "Prelude/Angry Young Man?" A lot of it has to do with the sing-along-ability of "All For Leyna." It's great:
"I'm failing in school
Losing my friends
Making my family lose their minds.
I don't wanna eat
I don't wanna sleep
I only want Leyna one more time!"
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