BILLY JOEL : LIVE AT SHEA STADIUM - THE CONCERT

 

Disc One (71:48)

  1. Prelude / Angry Man
  2. My Life
  3. Summer, Highland Falls
  4. Everybody Loves You Now
  5. Zanzibar
  6. New York State of Mind (with Tony Bennett)
  7. Allentown
  8. The Ballad of Billy the Kid
  9. She's Always a Woman
  10. Goodnight Saigon
  11. Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)
  12. Shameless (with Garth Brooks)
  13. This Is the Time (with John Mayer)
  14. Keeping the Faith

Disc Two (56:46)

  1. Captain Jack
  2. Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)
  3. The River of Dreams / A Hard Day's Night
  4. We Didn't Start the Fire
  5. You May Be Right
  6. Scenes from an Italian Restaurant
  7. Only the Good Die Young
  8. I Saw Her Standing There (Paul McCartney)
  9. Take Me Out to the Ballgame
  10. Piano Man
  11. Let It Be (Paul McCartney)

Label : Columbia

Venue : Shea Stadium, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Recording Date : July 16 & 18, 2008

Release Date : March 8, 2011

Review (AllMusic) : To commemorate the close of the New York Mets’ historic Shea Stadium, the powers that be brought in the one local superstar who could pay tribute to this quintessential New York landmark: the one and only Billy Joel. He assembled a killer lineup of guest stars topped by Sir Paul McCartney, whose Beatles performed a legendary show at Shea in 1965, an event echoed by a rollicking encore where Macca duets on “I Saw Her Standing There,” then draws the show to a close with “Let It Be.” Prior to that, Billy goes through a set list that is remarkably similar to 2006’s 12 Gardens Live, a show that contains the same opening pair of “Prelude/Angry Young Man” and “My Life,” then follows roughly the same pattern through the conclusion of “Piano Man.” Apart from Tony Bennett sitting in on “New York State of Mind,” Garth Brooks sharing “Shameless,” John Mayer playing on “This Is the Time,” “The River of Dreams” turned into a medley with “A Hard Day’s Night,” and the introduction of a snippet of “Yankee Doodle Dandy” into “My Life,” there are no surprises in execution or song selection. It’s a thoroughly professional and entertaining set, perhaps somewhat diminished by its lack of freshness - it would seem that a historic event like this would contain some spark - but enjoyable all the same.