Glass Houses Promo Talk

Lyrics

[Instrumental] [PHIL RAMONE, spoken] Hey You know what, uh I think you should be proud of it y'know? W-w-we — they've asked us to do this thing, uh For you to talk to the salespeople And the people who've helped make your record And I think Maybe you should let them, y'know You should be proud! That this is the first album made for twenty-three hundred dollars [BILLY JOEL, spoken] Is it that much? [PHIL RAMONE, spoken] Well I mean the fact that you cut out the whole band They know that you care The branch managers, all those people I mean If it wasn't for them we wouldn't have a record Well, maybe if you sang a song for them Give 'em an example of what this album's really about [BILLY JOEL, spoken] Uh, which — like what kind of thing? [PHIL RAMONE, spoken] Well y'know the one where you — where you just sing the "ooh" and the "ah" for three and a half minutes [BILLY JOEL, spoken] Oh! Uh... uh I could do like The background things (sung) Oh-oh-oh-oh [PHIL RAMONE, spoken] Yeah [BILLY JOEL] Oh-oh-oh-oh [PHIL RAMONE, spoken] Yeah [BILLY JOEL, spoken] Do it-do something like that? [PHIL RAMONE, spoken] Uh-huh [BILLY JOEL, spoken] Yeah it's, uh [PHIL RAMONE, spoken] Hi guys— And maybe you have to start it [BILLY JOEL, spoken] Uh l-like do it Like a thing Like, uh Hey! Uh, I have a song, uh Uh, uh Called "Sometimes a Fantasy" And it's really got a great melody And there's a part of it that goes (sung) Oh-oh-oh-oh [PHIL RAMONE, spoken] Yeah [BILLY JOEL, spoken] Like that? Think that'll work? [PHIL RAMONE, spoken] Yeah Y'know there are a lot of women in these branches and-and They probably would understand better about that line Than-than the guys [BILLY JOEL, spoken] Right, but Y'know, I want to be subtle about that, y'know? [PHIL RAMONE, spoken] Okay [BILLY JOEL, spoken] I don't wanna come off like, mhm Y'know macho, hey [PHIL RAMONE, spoken] Hmm I understand I understand [BILLY JOEL, spoken] I'm gonna be touring I'm gonna go out on the road [PHIL RAMONE, spoken] Oh, really? [BILLY JOEL, spoken] I'm gonna be seeing all these guys [PHIL RAMONE, spoken] Wow [BILLY JOEL, spoken] We're gonna be playing this stuff [PHIL RAMONE, spoken] Mm-hm [BILLY JOEL, spoken] Uh, when's the album coming out? [PHIL RAMONE, spoken] Which album? [BILLY JOEL, spoken] Uh, Glass Houses [PHIL RAMONE, spoken] Soon to be released [BILLY JOEL, spoken] Yeah When is it coming out? [PHIL RAMONE, spoken] Uh— [BILLY JOEL, spoken] Uh, March...? [PHIL RAMONE, spoken] I hope [BILLY JOEL, spoken] What is that? The two've, ten, whatever — however they do it? [PHIL RAMONE, spoken] Two — whatever those magic numbers are because You and I have to go on We're supposed to go on And have a little good time [BILLY JOEL, spoken] Right, but uh They're just— they keep comin' up with things to Suggestions about how I should Y'know, aid in the promotion of it And I really don't know what to do about Glass Houses And how to promote it and We've kept The budget way down And all that stuff [PHIL RAMONE, spoken] The twenty-four hundred dollars [BILLY JOEL, spoken] Right [PHIL RAMONE, spoken] It's 'cause this damn thing's costing us at least a hundred [laughs] [BILLY JOEL, spoken] I mean There they are [?] Guy's sitting in Sheboygan, right? [PHIL RAMONE, spoken] Right [BILLY JOEL, spoken] He's in his office [PHIL RAMONE, spoken] Right [BILLY JOEL, spoken] Right He's got— He just got the new stack o' records What does he get? He ge— uh The uh, the Flit... blacks [PHIL RAMONE, spoken] Uh huh [BILLY JOEL, spoken] Right With their new single [PHIL RAMONE, spoken] Okay [BILLY JOEL, spoken] "I'm Bored, I'm Crazy, I'm Gonna Shoot My Father" Right? And then the new album From, uh The uh Jingbangs [PHIL RAMONE, spoken] Yeah [BILLY JOEL, spoken] Right? [PHIL RAMONE, spoken] My favorite group [BILLY JOEL, spoken] Guy's got a rough time He's got it going He's sittin' in this office, right? Got a little overhead fan Just goes around Doesn't get air conditioning [PHIL RAMONE, spoken] Uh huh [BILLY JOEL, spoken] Wants his record to come through What What can I, Billy Joel, do To help promote this thing? For them, right? [PHIL RAMONE, spoken] Yeah I guess maybe you should, uh, think of a way Without being obnoxious To uh Want to thank those people for their help And encourage them to hopefully listen to the record The new album [BILLY JOEL, spoken] [burps] Yeah [PHIL RAMONE, spoken] The one— [laughs] That you wanna make