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I used to love Billy Joel and then my sister told me he is “rock music for musical theater people” which is so funny and accurate, but made me embarrassed to listen to him for a long time. I put on The Stranger album in the car for the first time in years and all these memories came back of listening to it on vinyl, going to see him in Wisconsin with my college best friends, and playing this album through my shitty computer speakers on my first date with my husband. It makes me so sad that I was denying myself something I love because of the fear of cringe 😢

@ktstern

May 31, 2025

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@verycoolallison

listened to this album for the first time on a road trip with my dad when i was in high school, it’s his favorite & therefore mine. gonna invert your sister’s claim and say he’s “musical theater for rock music people” which feels much more true to my lived reality

May 31, 2025

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