185. Billy Joel – Where’s The Orchestra?

Found On: The Nylon Curtain (1982)

Chuck Klosterman, Spin writer and pop culture guru wrote, “there has never been a point in my life… when this song didn’t seem like the single most accurate depiction of my feelings toward the entire world.” How’s that for an endorsement? Over a simple musical accompaniment, Mr. Joel metaphorically expresses the often yawning gap between expectation and reality.