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Its Still Rock And Roll To Me Lyrics

Artist: Billy Joel

What's the matter with the clothes I'm wearing?
"Can't you tell that your tie's too wide?"
Maybe I should buy some old tab collars?
"Welcome back to the age of jive.
Where have you been hidin' out lately, honey?
You can't dress trashy till you spend a lot of money."
Everybody's talkin' 'bout the new sound
Funny, but it's still rock and roll to me

What's the matter with the car I'm driving?
"Can't you tell that it's out of style?"
Should I get a set of while wall tires?
"Are you gonna cruise the miracle mile?
Nowadays you can't be too sentimental
Your best bet's a true baby blue Continental."
Hot funk, cool punk, even if it's old junk
It's still rock and roll to me

Oh, it doesn't matter what they say in the papers
'Cause it's always been the same old scene.
There's a new band in town
But you can't get the sound from a story in a magazine...
Aimed at your average teen

How about a pair of pink sidewinders
And a bright orange pair of pants?
"You could really be a Beau Brummel baby
If you just give it half a chance.
Don't waste your money on a new set of speakers,
You get more mileage from a cheap pair of sneakers."
Next phase, new wave, dance craze, anyways
It's still rock and roll to me

What's the matter with the crowd I'm seeing?
"Don't you know that they're out of touch?"
Should I try to be a straight `A' student?
"If you are then you think too much.
Don't you know about the new fashion honey?
All you need are looks and a whole lotta money."
It's the next phase, new wave, dance craze, anyways
It's still rock and roll to me

Everybody's talkin' 'bout the new sound
Funny, but it's still rock and roll to me

Comments/Interpretations

by alexandra lounsbury on 5/20/2008 10:39pm
haha i fcuking love this song (love)
by sabrina on 5/23/2008 7:40am
I LOVE BILLY!<3
by Taylor on 5/23/2008 6:12pm
When the song says "Should I get a set of while wall tires" That is wrong it is " Should I get a set of white wall tires. I will never go to this website again. It SUCKS
by roflcopters on 5/29/2008 9:04pm
sick song, doing it for my music audish:)
by D Schneid on 5/30/2008 3:56pm
Great song, I wish everyone could hear it
by tuesday on 7/17/2008 3:28pm
taylor..it's a spelling error moron.

great song!!
++
by Talia on 7/22/2008 2:01pm
I love this song and i am like 14 , i think that this is a song anybody can like . It is defintily a feel good song !!!!
I love it
by peafu on 8/21/2008 2:42pm
I friggen love this song!!!!! :)
by Rachel on 8/21/2008 7:32pm
Love Love Love Billy Joel. Im 14 also and ive tried to get my friends to listent to this stuff but they arent that into it. Billy Joel is truely amazing<3 people need to give old stuff a chance
by pallwall on 9/28/2008 1:02pm
its "white wall tires" duh...
by Chris on 10/10/2008 6:54pm
this song is sick, like who wouldnt love it haha, and im only like 15
by Sheri on 11/5/2008 12:01pm
I'm not a huge billy Joel fan but I love this song.. I like the suttle yet upbeat tempo...
by david on 11/15/2008 9:19am
this is my favorite song in the world keep it going billy.
by ggina on 11/15/2008 10:56pm
OMG i have been listening to this song and singing along to it like 8 times now I love it!
I even called my sister so i can tell her my new fav. song!
by reid on 12/14/2008 6:58pm
same..im 14, and tylor its just spelling. realax u spaz..BEST SONG EVER...diong it for concert
by Dan on 1/9/2009 3:38pm
I'm thirteen love this song but lyrics are messed up. "It's the next phase, new wave, dance craze, anyways" new wave should be new ways. taylor pointed one out already. THIS SONG IS GREATNESS.

by debzville333 on 1/14/2009 11:47am
It IS new wave. New wave was a sub form of punk in 80's.
I was there :-)
by miriam on 1/24/2009 7:11am
this song rox!I'm singing in my school band.
by Hollie on 2/8/2009 10:01am
Taylor... it is a spelling mistake this song is the best it is on my phone and i listened to it every morning on my CD player. so get real Taylor!
by Stacey on 2/8/2009 10:13am
taylor you are such a twirp its a spelling mistake
by amy on 2/8/2009 10:20am
Get real taylor its a spelling mistaake relax you moron
by liam on 2/8/2009 10:22am
taylor.... spelling mistake put them together and ahhhh its a moron
by Holly67 on 2/8/2009 11:03am
the best ever
by chantel on 2/8/2009 1:44pm
the sox fucking rocks
by Rochelle on 2/23/2009 11:11pm
I love this song it's the story of my freakin life.
by Kasi on 4/12/2009 3:11pm
I LOVE THIS SONG. It's on my myspace, and I'm 15, I love old music. Billy Joel, Elton John, Stone Temple Pilots, Zeppelin, Journey, Sonic Youth... I could go on forever!

Too bad I don't have enough money to go to the Billy Joel/Elton John concert. :(
by Cara O'brien on 5/2/2009 2:41pm
I LOVE THIS SONG. It's my favourite song ever!
by ............. on 11/15/2009 2:21am
billy d real rocker..........fuckingly love it
by Chris on 3/13/2010 8:29pm
U Suck Taylor and who cares,this song is awesome!!!
by Billy Joel Fan on 6/5/2010 9:46pm
Hey guys, everyone knows that message by Taylor is over 2 years old right? Anyway, Billy Joel FTW!!!
by Tate on 11/16/2010 8:36pm
I Love this song I Listen to it every day!
by Ann on 1/23/2011 3:25pm
<3 this song soooo much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by Lisaaay on 3/10/2011 4:17pm
love this song truly a work of art
by Tarah on 4/17/2011 12:13pm
I love this song so much! im thirteen and I dont like the music now, so im im glad that the oldies were so good!
by Haily on 4/21/2011 1:02pm
Yea totally. I'm a 15 year old musician, and i only like old music. the newer music sucks!
I LOVE BILLY JOEL!!!!
by Justin on 5/27/2011 1:11am
Who the f*** cares how old you ppl are? As long as you like the song.. Grow a sack
by Payton on 8/18/2011 8:29pm
I heard it when searching Billy Joel. These Lyrics where helpful.
by Morgan on 12/31/2011 3:56am
i love dancing like a retard to this song when one of my family members are in some trouble or are feelin down cuz it makes them laugh and feel better and i enjoy doin it. :)
woo billy joel!
by Miles on 1/26/2012 8:25pm
I'm 17 years old (and a mixed African-American mind you) and I love this song. It described how I feel about my generation nowadays. Please note, this came from a 17 year old.
by A GUY on 2/10/2012 11:32pm
Stop referencing your age. No one cares, and none of us are going to be "umg ur so culturally literate for lieking old musik ur so kewl im posting on my fb status now that ur so kewl" or whatever you hope. Good day.
by hungfun on 2/23/2012 9:40pm
to "A Guy"

who's calling the kettle black?
punk.
by nycresim on 3/21/2012 12:34am
I love this frakkin song and im only 11. but i love his song like we didnt start the fire and piano man whoever doesnt love..... thats their prob.this is 1 of the best songs it should be in the history books.
by crh on 3/28/2012 6:36pm
I LOVE all of the older music! Its wayyyyyy better than the junk thats on the radio right now. I grew up with all of this stuff and I'm only in high school. But that's because my parents know how to pick great songs with words other than "Baaaabbbyyyy!" and stuff like that.
by Tammy on 6/3/2012 4:16pm
Such a beat snappy tune!,,
by Doolaa on 6/4/2012 9:37am
Mommy! They are saying bad words! I a 10 year old dancer, in competition, and I love this song! I didn't even know what this song was, let alone know who Billy Joel was until a chorus program! It's one of my favorite songs, I really enjoy singing it!
by Kourtney on 6/17/2012 12:03pm
I love this song so much!!!! my band is learnin it right now :)
by Michael N. on 8/21/2012 12:34pm
Somebody explain something I've always wondered about. I love this song, absolutely one of my all-time favorites, but in the lyrics I never could get the connection between the chiding the cool second person is saying to the nerdy first person, and the final reference to all the song genres concluding "it's still rock and roll to me". What does the first part (the chiding) have to do with the second part (the music comparisons)?
by Realist on 9/4/2012 10:53am
simple ass lyrics, sounds outdated, horribly overrated junk
by facepalm on 12/23/2012 6:16am
@realist, what modern music isn't?
by Rocker Chick on 2/2/2013 11:17pm
Love this song! Billy Joel is super cool!
I sound like a total fangirl...
Oh, and @Realist...
Go fuck yourself.
by Pshh...THAT KID. on 2/9/2013 3:04am
I absulutely freak'n love this song. I got so into singing it in my head and dancing in algebra today I tipped backwards out of my chair and knocked over a computer table.
by Zaner on 2/27/2013 10:49pm
@Michael N. He's saying that everybody is talking about how you have to have the new thing to be cool and then he gets made fun of when he suggests getting the "wrong" new thing, therefor the chiding voice calls him a nerd. Still rock and roll to me means that comparing a bunch of different things that are the same in the end (I.E., tires,) is pointless, because it's still just tires. He's saying everybody is talking about the "newest pairs of tires" but he's sick of it and he says that they are making it all too complicated and its till just plain and simple to me. hoped this helped :)
by robyn from da hood on 5/20/2013 6:09pm
I absolutely LUV billy joel!! he's just so darn awesome!!! billy joel forever <3
by stahp on 6/26/2013 6:46pm
I ain't even born yet and I love this song.
by evanDove on 5/12/2014 10:39am
from a guy that was around when Billy Joel was coming up - He's got a lot of really good stuff. I first tuned in in 1977 when I heard "Just the Way You Are" for the 3rd time on the radio, and I was absolutely hooked - it's a BEAUTIFUL song! Off the album, "The Stranger", which you should ABSOLUTELY listen to! aloha








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