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Contents:
- BILLY JOEL'S PIANO MAN WORKED AT A GAY BAR....
- LKS: GAY WCH, PIANO MAN, & MORE
- LAST CALL: BEHD THE TERRIFYG UNTOLD STORY OF NEW YORK'S GAY BAR KILLER
- BILL’S GAY NETI PIANO MAN IS BACK THE SWG
- AFTER 58 YEARS, ’S LAST LL FOR THE CALIPH, ONE OF SAN DIEGO’S LONGT-NNG GAY BARS
BILLY JOEL'S PIANO MAN WORKED AT A GAY BAR....
[bold].... but didn't know.[/bold]Per the lyrics, the bar seems to be exclively occupied by dly prsed gay men but Billy is obliv. He jt thks they "never had time for a wife" or will ... * piano man theory gay bar *
[/bold]Per the lyrics, the bar seems to be exclively occupied by dly prsed gay men but Billy is obliv. Maybe Billy Joel went th a gay stage when Anonymoreply 1September 13, 2021 2:03 AM.
In shockg turn of events, men who hang out piano bars turn out to be gay!
I've heard ctomers at piano bars pay the piano player not to play Piano Man when someone requts , ually a dnk tourist thkg that she's beg woke and trendy and ol by gog to a gay Anonymoreply 12December 28, 2021 11:21 AM. I don't rell them beg noticeably gay but as wh many bars, they were pick-up plac. Elrgays will remember "All the Sad Young Men.
LKS: GAY WCH, PIANO MAN, & MORE
My almost 16 year old has a theory about Billy Joel's "Piano Man." She says that he's playg at a gay bar and every character the song is gay except Billy Joel, who hasn't figured out yet. What do the Hive thk? * piano man theory gay bar *
The were not gay bars, they were jt lol plac Nass County, often a buildg that ran parallel to the Long Island Rail Road. I never got a gay vibe om the song at Anonymoreply 18December 28, 2021 5:31 PM.
" She says that he's playg at a gay bar and every character the song is gay except Billy Joel, who hasn't figured out yet. Whether 's a gay bar or not, I thk we ll all agree that the novelist who never had time for a wife and is chattg up the navy guy is DEFINITELY gay. I've always thought the novelist / navy guy were a uple, but I didn't assume the whole place was a gay bar.
I like Billy Joel, and I like this song, and I don't re if is a gay I am havg a hard time believg the song was meant to be THAT ep. Nah, if were a gay bar and the bartenr was givg him drks, Billy Joel would be too dnk to play. I have never been a gay bar where the drks were not ultra high tt.
LAST CALL: BEHD THE TERRIFYG UNTOLD STORY OF NEW YORK'S GAY BAR KILLER
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” He remembers a time when Silver Lake was home to dozens of gay bars. Much of the film is dited to memori of LA’s gay nightlife history, when so-lled gentleman’s bars were monplace.
BILL’S GAY NETI PIANO MAN IS BACK THE SWG
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Both Cantillon and a number of men terviewed the film blame the ath of the piano bar—and the vast gap between piano bars and morn gay bars—on the missg generatn of men who were lost the AIDS epimic. Ltle ced Akbar, the Sunset Boulevard spot that is paratively young at 22 but is now nsired Silver Lake’s last historic gay bar.
“After that gets younger, and there are lots of women—not gay women—and straight men, too. He’s secretly gay, which is tragic bee he’s wag until his parents die to e out of the closet. Here’s our ever-evolvg list of NYC gay-iendly plac where the pianist will, to paraphrase Smash, “Let you be their star.
AFTER 58 YEARS, ’S LAST LL FOR THE CALIPH, ONE OF SAN DIEGO’S LONGT-NNG GAY BARS
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