Part Two of the Piano Man Deep Dive
We pick up right where we left off in the vinyl stacks for round two of the Billy Joel retrospective. Starting with the sleek, late-70s jazz-pop polish of 52nd Street and moving straight into the aggressive, leather-jacket new wave response of 1980’s Glass Houses, the momentum was holding steady. From there, we took a ride through the 1950s doo-wop and soul homage of An Innocent Man.
Then we hit a physical reality check in the studio crate: missing two records.
Rather than faking it with digital fillers, we played the hands we were dealt. Billy Joel’s catalog on tonight’s turntable officially wrapped up with 1986’s The Bridge.
Pivoting to Yellow Brick Road
With airtime remaining and two Joel albums unaccounted for in the analog stacks, we did what any sensible midnight DJ would do: pivoted to Sir Elton John.
We dropped the needle on Disc 2 of the Goodbye Yellow Brick Road hybrid SACD set, floating through deep cuts like "Sweet Painted Lady," "All The Young Girls Love Alice," and the classic "Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting." To top off the broadcast, we dug into a stack of rare bonus tracks and a previously unissued acoustic mix of "Candle In The Wind" to close out the shift.
Original Air Date: Tuesday, August 11, 2026 | 2:00 AM – 5:00 AM CST
ARTIST – SONG – ALBUM – LABEL
--- HOUR 1 ---
01. Billy Joel - Big Shot (04:00) [52nd Street] [Sony/Columbia]
02. Billy Joel - Honesty (03:50) [52nd Street] [Sony/Columbia]
03. Billy Joel - My Life (04:43) [52nd Street] [Sony/Columbia]
04. Billy Joel - Zanzibar (05:09) [52nd Street] [Sony/Columbia]
05. Billy Joel - Stiletto (04:38) [52nd Street] [Sony/Columbia]
06. Billy Joel - Rosalinda's Eyes (04:38) [52nd Street] [Sony/Columbia]
07. Billy Joel - Half A Mile Away (04:05) [52nd Street] [Sony/Columbia]
08. Billy Joel - Until The Night (06:32) [52nd Street] [Sony/Columbia]
09. Billy Joel - 52nd Street (02:21) [52nd Street] [Sony/Columbia]
10. Billy Joel - You May Be Right (04:12) [Glass Houses] [CBS]
11. Billy Joel - Sometimes A Fantasy (03:36) [Glass Houses] [CBS]
12. Billy Joel - Don't Ask Me Why (02:55) [Glass Houses] [CBS]
13. Billy Joel - It's Still Rock And Roll To Me (02:55) [Glass Houses] [CBS]
14. Billy Joel - All For Leyna (04:12) [Glass Houses] [CBS]
15. Billy Joel - I Don't Want To Be Alone (02:14) [Cutoff at 60:00 / Full length 03:53] [Glass Houses] [CBS]
--- HOUR 2 ---
ARTIST – SONG – ALBUM – LABEL
16. Billy Joel - Sleeping With The Television (03:00) [Glass Houses] [CBS]
17. Billy Joel - C'etait Toi (You Were The One) (03:22) [Glass Houses] [CBS]
18. Billy Joel - Close To The Borderline (03:44) [Glass Houses] [CBS]
19. Billy Joel - Through The Long Night (02:39) [Glass Houses] [CBS]
20. Billy Joel - Easy Money (04:01) [Innocent Man] [CBS]
21. Billy Joel - An Innocent Man (05:18) [Innocent Man] [CBS]
22. Billy Joel - The Longest Time (03:34) [Innocent Man] [CBS]
23. Billy Joel - This Night (04:15) [Innocent Man] [CBS]
24. Billy Joel - Tell Her About It (03:47) [Innocent Man] [CBS]
25. Billy Joel - Uptown Girl (03:13) [Innocent Man] [CBS]
26. Billy Joel - Careless Talk (03:44) [Innocent Man] [CBS]
27. Billy Joel - Christie Lee (03:26) [Innocent Man] [CBS]
28. Billy Joel - Leave A Tender Moment Alone (03:53) [Innocent Man] [CBS]
29. Billy Joel - Keeping The Faith (04:38) [Innocent Man] [CBS]
30. Billy Joel - Running On Ice (03:15) [Bridge] [Columbia]
31. Billy Joel - This Is The Time (04:11) [Cutoff at 60:00 / Full length 04:58] [Bridge] [Columbia]
--- HOUR 3 ---
ARTIST – SONG – ALBUM – LABEL
32. Billy Joel - A Matter Of Trust (04:08) [Bridge] [Columbia]
33. Billy Joel - Modern Woman (03:47) [Bridge] [Columbia]
34. Billy Joel - Baby Grand (04:03) [Bridge] [Columbia]
35. Billy Joel - Big Man On Mulberry Street (05:26) [Bridge] [Columbia]
36. Billy Joel - Temptation (04:12) [Bridge] [Columbia]
37. Billy Joel - Code Of Silence (05:13) [Bridge] [Columbia]
38. Billy Joel - Getting Closer (04:59) [Bridge] [Columbia]
39. Elton John - Sweet Painted Lady (03:55) [Goodbye Yellow Brick Road] [Mercury]
40. Elton John - The Ballad Of Danny Bailey (1909-1934) (04:24) [Goodbye Yellow Brick Road] [Mercury]
41. Elton John - Dirty Little Girl (05:02) [Goodbye Yellow Brick Road] [Mercury]
42. Elton John - All The Young Girls Love Alice (05:10) [Goodbye Yellow Brick Road] [Mercury]
43. Elton John - Your Sister Can't Twist (But She Can Rock 'N' Roll) (02:42) [Goodbye Yellow Brick Road] [Mercury]
44. Elton John - Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting (04:56) [Goodbye Yellow Brick Road] [Mercury]
45. Elton John - Roy Rogers (04:09) [Goodbye Yellow Brick Road] [Mercury]
46. Elton John - Social Disease (03:43) [Goodbye Yellow Brick Road] [Mercury]
47. Elton John - Harmony (02:49) [Goodbye Yellow Brick Road] [Mercury]
48. Elton John - Whenever You're Ready (We'll Go Steady) (02:52) [Goodbye Yellow Brick Road] [Mercury]
49. Elton John - Jack Rabbit (01:51) [Goodbye Yellow Brick Road] [Mercury]
50. Elton John - Screw You (Young Man's Blues) (04:42) [Goodbye Yellow Brick Road] [Mercury]
51. Elton John - Candle In The Wind (Acoustic Mix) (03:51) [Goodbye Yellow Brick Road] [Mercury]Rolling with Scissors airs live every Tuesday from 2–5 AM on 89.9 FM in Madison and streams at wortfm.org. Missed it? You can catch the episode for two weeks after broadcast at archive.wortfm.org or at rws.osmondtech.com/.
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