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The Joel Hoel - Episode One (video)

🕑 Added 2021-06-21 23:02:35 +0000 UTC

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Okane84

If anyone knows anything about underground hip-hop, the artist Jel (co-founder of the label anticon) sampled that Hassles song vic played. I've never heard it anywhere else before now and didn't know where it came from.

Anima

I’m late to this party but enjoying the hole

Derek Bee

Excellent

Jim Schroeder

Finally getting around to to his… and damn it is good! Falling in the Joel Hoel…

Chris Sunberg

Mainly subbed for this, not disappointed fantastic history!

Dane

The greatest theme song of all time!

Jerahmaya

Finally found time to check this out. It's amazing. Great job, Vic and crew. Far and above any VH1 doc from the day.

Clay N. Ferno

This was awesome!

Edwin

I laughed as hard at 2:30-3:30 as I have at anything else that has happened on Office Hours.

skattishcattish

i didna read all the comments but songfacts . com says "In a 1987 interview with Q magazine, Joel explained: "I met a guy at an Echoes gig - was about 15 and he asked me if I wanted to play piano on a recording. So I go down to this little studio in a guy's basement in Levittown, Dynamic Studios, and they've got this sheet music down there. There's two songs, one's called 'Leader Of The Pack' and the other is called 'Remember (Walking In The Sand)' and this is pretty easy stuff to play and then Shadow comes in. He's a pretty strange guy, Shadow. He's wearing this big cape and dark glasses and he played the producer role to the hilt. I think he had a thing about Phil Spector. He wanted to be the Phil Spector of the East Coast. And he talked in these wild, dramatic, theatrical terms – he wanted more 'thunder' and he wanted more 'purple' in the record. He's waving his arms in the air saying 'give me more PURPLE'. And I'm sitting there kind a nervous – this is my first time ever in a recording studio – and I'm hissing to the other musicians, What does that mean? How do I play "purple"? And the guitar player leans over and say, Oh, just play louder, kid.""

DG Megadoodoo

We Didn’t Start The Fire was BJ’s nod to REM’s End of the World As We Know It but just years too late. You know someone “hipped” him to REM and he was like, “this the crap kids are listening to these days? I can do this.” And he did. And some kids loved it - me.

Marc D

Enjoyed this! I can't get over that early session work, amazing.

John Mee

New patron mat of here. Lifelong resident of Long Island so this is of great interest to me. (Ironically my sister now lives in Bethlehem so theres that too.) A former room mate of mine has one of the best BJ stories of all time. Looking forward to falling further down the hole.

Sarah Zatkovich

I become a patron to listen to this. ty for the content!

David Edwards

Phenomenal work! This first ep of JH is worth the price of Patreon all alone. Bravee, bravoo!

Matthew Crawford

Very well done! Thanks for the hard work. (Joel Hoel is especially helpful for making sense of growing up in the ‘80s.)

Ryan R Jones

I loved that

Boris Seagraves

I don't mind Vic's unconventional way of hosting that Tim seems to not like. It may have taken a few minutes to get used to at first but then Vic's authenticity, emotional intelligence and careful research began to outshine any awkwardness of his delivery. But Tim, please keep ripping him anyway. Also, anyone else got this theme song stuck in their head?

C R

Nice work, Vic! Looking forward to Joel Hole episode 2 and Doug's Hole Hole diving into the work of Courtney Love. Please consider also a Nat King Cole Hole. Thank you.

IHaveHemorrhoids

I have hemorrhoids and I endorse this hole.

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Title Sequence

creg

You got me in your Joel Hoel no doubt about it

Jimmy P

Still trying to find my way out of the Joel Hoel after that auspicious debut

Hannah

I fell into the Joel Hoel!!

Maclaine

Damn, I'm finally diving into this and Vic is dropping a mega truth bomb right in the beginning. Solo Lennon stinks! With the exception of a handful of songs here and there, it's all pretty uninspired. Thank you, T̶i̶m̶ Vic!

Geoffrey

Brilliant work Vic!

Blake Buesnel

love how JH is equal parts Joel survey, and examining how we listen to and appreciate the evolving music of a unique artist. I'll be back-ak-ak-ak for the next ep for sure

Rob Fletcher

Bill 🤌 Joel, billy joe Armstrong of Green’s Day 🤌, two dudes who really rock it! I’m a green’s day freak, but we must look to the past to see his influences come from men like Billy Joel. Would also give Doug’s idea five 👍’s for an episode on Courtney Love called Hole Hole

Stephen Shippee

Nice I got the 100th like

Tim Heidecker

https://vimeo.com/565722151/12c60089aa

Tim Heidecker

TH original!

Robert Franchini

Billy loudly sipping beer in the microphone. Young Billy could be an honorary Trinity member! https://youtu.be/ncbNmrgxamo

Jon Uleis

Loved this so much! For deep divers, the clips from Cold Spring Harbor in this episode aren't the original LP versions - some were attempted fixes by Artie Ripp in the early '80s for CD. Here's "She's Got a Way" as it sounded on vinyl in 1971 (higher pitched): https://youtu.be/gi3snA_uuKs

Julian

Great work Vic

Chase Pillon

This was incredible. Great content, Vic

T A

This was awesome! Thanks!

Pat Flanagan

Also heard a lot of Guess Who in that Atilla stuff- he really was just throwing everything at the wall! Very cool

Pat Flanagan

The theme song is killer! Does anyone know if it's based on an actual Joel tune I'm not familiar with or a TH orig?

DanBo

finally!!! not to say the last few months haven’t been worth their fee, but this is finally the Patreon kind of content that I subscribed for when I wanted to listen to Please Please Let It Be, keep up the great work. Much love and blessings and peace and well wishes and health and joy to all of you, office hours trinity/crew/friends/fam/and-fans alike! 🎼Here’s to episode one of Joel-Hole! ⚡️

Sean B

Giving this a shot even though I don't like Billy Joel at all.

Eric Brightwell

Interesting. I’ve never listened to Gordon Lightfoot despite working at record stores for years. Maybe that’s how Joel Hoel can help us... by pointing the way to artists listeners might not be familiar with. How many Joel Hoel heads just got turned on to Emmitt Rhodes?

Madison Daly

Vic's fashion has been so on point lately. Lovin it, Vic!!

Drew McDonald

Never been a Billy Joel fan, but always been interested in him because he is such a perplexing figure! Always thought, why did he get big? So, another perfect podcast from OHL network. Plus, fascinating to hear hidden gems from anyone's back catalog!

Tom F

Also would like an Oasis podcast called the Noel Hoel

Tom F

Is Doug’s pod Hole Hole or Hole Hoel?

Shempin Jack Flash

I’ve fallen into the Hole! Keep em comin

Spencer MacEachern

I want to cast this to my TV, any chance you can post the link so that I can open it with the Vimeo app?

Paul F. Meeker

After going down the Joel Hoel, can you come up the Phil Hill?? (Phil Collins)

Grant Peterson

This was phenomenal (and I don't really like BJ)

Paul Dye

In my opinion this might be the greatest thing you guys have done, it's so funny, interesting and heartfelt. It's great to hear Vic's awesome biographical information and Tim and Doug riffing on it sarcastically. Really great! Love this.

Phil Braun

Loved the 1st episode. I became a Joel-Head in college at some point (some how) and look forward to going deeper into the hoel!

Mars Hottentot

Doug - please do Hole Hole!!

Mertie

WOAH, Billy looks just like his dad, spitting image.

Mars Hottentot

Not much of Joel Hoeler - but I did bum a smoke off him in Portland, Maine once in the early 90s and he was nice in that fleeting exchange. I like that I'm not the only one who can't make it through my prepared notes without screwing it up 😂

Kevin Doyle

Our friend Bethan across the pond sent me this video link months ago when the Joel Hoel was first announced. Nice footage from 1990 NYC. https://youtu.be/I4v2_KPkcrs

Magnus Frederik Botoft

Good one Vic!

John Galantini

I literally know nothing about Billy Joel, but this was interesting and I’m looking forward to part 2.

Alex f_c

I loved Vic’s open but Tim cutting in fuckin hooked me big time.

Maclaine

Begone, Joel Haters. It's our time now.

Kevin Doyle

This was really enjoyable and made me miss Tim. 'You left me when I was a boy (and moved to Vienna!). Nice job, Vic. Looking forward to moving farther down the Joel Hoel. (Sung to the tune 'We Didn't Start the Fire'): 'Drinking red with spa-ghet-ti Crashed my car into a tree North Fork South Fork Mon-tauk of the town We didn't dig the Joel Hoel It was always there But very few did care We didn't dig the Joel Hoel Vic's the head spelunker Filming in Tim's bunker

Matt Vogels

This was a treat and beautifully put together. Would be interested to see Producer Matt host something like this

Kevin Doyle

Downeaster Alexa feels to me like Gordon Lightfoot, musically. It has the nautical connection with The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.

Strerve McAlvoy

I can’t get over Billy’s dad Howard. Who escapes the Holocaust, then fights the Nazis as an American soldier, only to move to Vienna (abandoning his family in the process) because he viewed America as a land of uneducated philistines?

Kal Peduzzi

I've been meaning to pull the trigger on the Patreon for a while now, but this is what finally got me in. If Billy Joel doesn't automatically disgust you like he does with some people, you'll find he's got a really solid track record, with very few bad songs

Goose

Loving this!

Jon Smith

The Most Downloaded Woman On The Internet Cindy MarJOELis

Jon Smith

Vic, Joel using the alias "William Martin" was probably a nod to Billy Martin, manager of the Yankees at that time

Alexander Connolly

Vic is a treasure

colindpratt

can tell Vic spent a lot of time on this. glad it's finally here, looking forward to more trips down the Hoel

faroutmilkyway

hilarious opening

JE

I support Vic's cold open

Eat Your Landlord

Doug please DO make a “Hole Hole” podcast

Dan Mulcahy

Loved diving into the Joel Hoel! It’s about time his story was toeld

Tim Stahl

This was like hearing my mother in law explain a new Netflix show to me.

Eric Brightwell

Billy Joel may not be a musical innovator, but he is an innovator of media, having released the first album on compact disc with 52nd Street, released in Japan on 1 October 1982. Also, who is he imitating on "Downeaster Alexa," because that's one song of his that I legitimately like. Stan Rogers?

Shawn McNulty

Shirley the Joelhole will swallow us all up

Dan Brenton

I dislike B Jhoel, but am looking forward to this and the possible resulting personal growth.

Brandon Martin

I find BJ insufferable and was dreading this day that I would be forced to listen to my 3 dads talk about him. That said, I am loving this 😂😂😂

Patreonguy

This is awesome. I do need to point out that Billy was almost certainly not on “Leader of the Pack” or that other Shangri-Las song. Billy only thinks that he might’ve played on some demos, but not the actual singles.

Kyle

“That’s not her style” is one of the greats!

Journe

that Hassles' jam in the jungle is hot!

Jenny Schmidt

a solstice treat. i’m ready to fall down the hole and never climb out

BrandonYoung82

To quote the great “Piano Man” himself, “I’m moving out” of my funny bone for this one! THIS IS THE BEST! Seriously fantastic, everything about it. The photos. Doug. Vic’s “cold open.” Cold Spring Harbor is a masterpiece and in fact he also visited Amherst MA once, Mister Joel did.

Jon Uleis

I'm 3 minutes in, but thank you Tim for stepping in about The Nylon Curtain (an excellent album that came LONG before "We Didn't Start the Fire"). Love ya though Vic!