Understanding Uptown Girl

There's been a lot of words written about "simple" pop, and Billy Joel has long been a posterboy for that debate, but honestly, it takes a lot of skill to make good music that still sounds good, and Joel is a perfect example of that. While the end result is clean and easy to follow, a peek beneath the surface reveals a lot of moving parts, expertly woven together to make something fun, accessible, and seemingly effortless. From the adventurous use of harmony vocals to the four (four!) different keys, it's a deceptively complex song that, I think, deserves a second look. Patreon:   / 12tonevideos   Merch: http://standard.tv/12tone Discord:   / discord   Mailing List: http://eepurl.com/bCTDaj Facebook:   / 12tonevideos   Twitter:   / 12tonevideos   Instagram:   / 12tonevideos   Email: [email protected] Last:    • The 7 Levels Of Vocal Harmony (feat. A Cap...   (The vocal harmonies one) Exochord video:    • The Furthest Distance Between Two Chords   Script: https://tinyurl.com/y2keoraf Huge thanks to our Elephant of the Month Club members: Susan Jones Jill Jones Duck Howard Levine Ron Jones Brian Etheredge Khristofor Saraga Paul Ward Len Lanphar Ken Arnold William (Bill) Boston Anton Smyk Chris Prentice Jack Carlson Christopher Lucas Dov Zazkis Hendrik Payer Thomas Morley Jacob Helwig Tyler Leite Davis Sprague Alex Knauth Braum Meakes Hendrik Stüwe Dan Bonelli Kevin Boyce Jaapyse Allyson And thanks as well to Henry Reich, Gabi Ghita, Owen Campbell-Moore, Gene Lushtak, Eugene Bulkin, Logan Jones, James Treacy Bagshaw, Oliver, Anna Work, Abram Thiessen, Adam Neely, nico, Rick Lees, Dave Mayer, Paul Quine, CodenaCrow, Nikolay Semyonov, Favrion The Man, Skylar J Eckdahl, Arnas, Caroline Simpson, Michael Alan Dorman, Dmitry Jemerov, Michael McCormick, Blake Boyd, Luke Rihn, Charles Gaskell, Ian Seymour, Trevor, Tom Evans, Elliot Jay O'Neill, Chris Borland, Elliot Winkler, Alex Atanasyan, Elliot Burke, Max Wanderman, Tim S., Elias Simon, Jerry D. Brown, JH, David Conrad, Ohad Lutzky, James A. Thornton, Benjamin Cooper, Ken Bauso, Chris Chapin, Brian Dinger, Jake Lizzio, Stefan Strohmaier, Shadow Kat, Adam Wurstmann, Kelsey Freese, Angela Flierman, Richard T. Anderson, Lee Rennie, Lamadesbois, Mark Feaver, Kevin Johnson, Stephan Broek, David Christensen, Todd Davidson, Roger Grosse, Ryan, Matthew Kallend, Rodrigo Roman, John July, Jeremy Zolner, Patrick Callier, Danny, Francois LaPlante, Volker Wegert, Joshua Gleitze, Britt Ratliff, ml cohen, Darzzr, Paul Guziewski, Charles Hill, Alexey Fedotov, Joshua La Macchia, Alex Keeny, Emilio Assteves, Valentin Lupachev, John Bejarano, Greg Hodgdon, DSM, Niko Albertus, Gary Butterfield, Peter Leventis, Steve Brand, Rene Miklas, Connor Shannon, max thomas, Aaron Epstein, Blake White, Phillip N, Chris Connett, Scott Frazer, Jamie Price, Kennedy Morrison, Red Uncle, Doug Nottingham, Kenneth Kousen, James, W. Dennis Sorrell, Nicholas Wolf, Scott Howarth, Melvin Martis, Professor Elliot, Jozef Paffen, Robert Beach, ZagOnEm, Roming 22, Carsten Lechte, Tuna, Hexa Midine, Mathew Wolak, Aaron Zhu Freedman, Andrew Engel, T, Lincoln Mendell, Vincent Engler, Luke, Sam Rezek, Matt McKegg, Beth Martyn, Lucas Augusto, Marcus Doyle, Caitlin Olsen, Peter Brinkman, Thomas McCarthy-Ward, Sarah Sutton, NoticeMK, Anna, Hikaru Katayamma, Evan Satinsky, James Little, RaptorCat, Dennis Fahlesson, leftaroundabout, Jens Schäfer, Mikely Whiplash, room34, Austin Amberg, Francisco Rodrigues, Elizabeth, Michael Tsuk, James A McCormick, Naomi Ostriker, Alex Mole, Jasmine Fellows, David Van der Linden, Carter Stoddard, Carolyn Priest-Dorman, Robert McIntosh, Brandon Legawiec, Brx, John, Max Cohen, Valmiki (Miki) Rao, Kaisai Morihito, Khalid AlQassimi, Mark Lauer, Jim Hayes, Evgeni Kunev, Betsy, Stephen Jones, Tonya Custis, Mike Lin, Dave Shapiro, Jacopo Cascioli, Alon Kellner, Özgür Kesim, Rob Hardy, Patrick Chieppe, Eric Stark, Jon Prudhomme, David Haughn, Gordon Dell, Fernando Gonzalez, CoryC, Rafael Martinez Salas, Walther, Byron DeLaBarre, Matty Crocker, Ethan Pister, anemamata, Brian Miller, Lee-orr Orbach, Eric Plume, Kevin Pierce, Jon Hancock, Caleb Meyer, Graeme Lewis, Jake Sand, Kayla Sparks, Max Glass, Jason Peterson, Peggy Youell, and boozhwaa! Your support helps make 12tone even better! Also, thanks to Jareth Arnold for proofreading the script to make sure this all makes sense hopefully!