Billy Joel: The Garden II - The VIP Experience ("VIP at MSG", October 21st, 2015)

• published: 25 Oct 2015
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So for those of you who don't know, though some might argue that you "oughta know by now", Citi Bank hosted a contest on Twitter over the summer giving away tickets for the Billy Joel VIP Experience... The prize being 2 tickets to one of three shows that Billy would be performing at Madison Square Garden, access to the VIP lounge, which would include drinks, hor d'oeuvres and such, and in my opinion, the best part of the whole deal, the tickets would be floor seats! Now, of course, I entered, not thinking I would ever win, since they would only be picking three winners and the chances were slim to none, but I figured I might as well enter just in case... You could probably imagine my surprise and absolute delight after receiving a direct message from @CitiPrivatePass saying that I was a potential winner of the sweepstakes! I'll never forget that moment for the rest of my life because I also happened to be playing a Billy song on the piano when I received the notification on my phone! Anyway, once it was official that I would be receiving two tickets to the October 21st show, I was excited out of my mind, as any normal human being would be... I also knew from the start that I would have to document the entire thing, after 10,000 people watched my other concert film...Thank you by the way to all of you out there that watched it! :) This film, unlike my previous one, not only includes video that I took from my amazing eleventh row seats, but I also included some footage that other people took, specifically my mother (who filmed all the VIP stuff before the show and part of "Scenes"), Jen Lapinski (whose YouTube channel is SomewhereInJersey75 and her footage takes up a good portion of the show!) and Sandi Lippel (I accidentally credited her as Rob Shanberg in the credits haha, but her channel is bigshotlola and I used her footage of "The Stranger")... All of the audio from the film however is all mine (minus "And So It Goes" in the credits) As you'll see in the beginning of the film, the VIP experience turned out to be better than I could have ever dreamed of, as although I wasn't originally going to be allowed to go into the VIP lounge since I'm underage and they would be serving alcohol, they let me in anyway, and thanks to some very helpful people on the Billy Joel: Completely Retold Facebook group (which you should join if you aren't already a member!), I was able to meet Crystal Taliefero and Mike Delguidice from Billy's band before the show!! So without further ado, I hope you enjoy the film, as it did take me a good while to make it, and please like, share, comment and/or subscribe if you do enjoy it! :) You can find me on the following social networks: Twitter - @Christian0515 Facebook - Christian Collazo Instagram - @cac0515 Setlist: 0:00 - Introduction/VIP Footage 6:28 - The Natural (Photo Montage) 9:21 - A Matter Of Trust 14:00 - Pressure 19:34 - The Stranger 24:36 - Leningrad 29:10 - The Entertainer 33:19 - This Is The Time (with John Mayer) 40:06 - Allentown 44:36 - New York State Of Mind 52:40 - The Joker (with Steve Miller) 57:15 - Sometimes A Fantasy 1:01:18 - My Life 1:06:28 - Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) 1:10:18 - Miami 2017 1:15:14 - Don't Ask Me Why 1:18:57 - She's Always A Woman 1:23:25 - We Didn't Start The Fire 1:28:38 - The River Of Dreams 1:34:16 - Scenes From An Italian Restaurant 1:42:20 - Piano Man 1:49:24 - Uptown Girl 1:52:38 - It's Still Rock And Roll To Me 1:56:16 - Big Shot 2:00:59 - You May Be Right/Crossroads 2:07:25 - Only The Good Die Young 2:12:46 - End Credits (NOTE: "Rob Shanberg" should be "Sandi Lippel"!)