Weird contradiction:

What is "I hope to Christ he was being tongue-in-cheek"?

It's a big hat…it's funny.

A few notes:
- since when does anyone being qualified for anything concern Lenny?
- the prostitute being the only one to take a photo of the Young Pope screams "Mary Magdalene".
- I predict we'll see a moment at some point where Mary and Voiello do a "double-switch" and she's condemning him while Voiello defends him.
-…

Can I please be the first to make a "Twin Popes" reference?

Look, you're not willing to back up your own point. I appreciate that.

Lazy answer. Telling answer.

Give me a date and/or body count on that one.

Totally agree with your analysis of the title matches- they were both fantastic.

The Tweet on this article had a picture of The Young Pope…and said "Viva La Young Pope".

Never knew that- good stuff!

Famous Last Words…interesting choice!

Haha!
…wait…oh shit…

I've never even seen Uptown Girl on any of those lists.

1. Scenes
2. Downeaster Alexa
3. Miami 2017 (hey, it's 2017!)
4. Angry Young Man
5. Billy the Kid

That is fascinating. Thank you!

Tremendously well said.
Maybe Tom Petty? But Petty has a bit of a persona that doesn't quite read like Billy Joel somehow. Not sure how to phrase it.

I'm not sure what you mean. That line is from The Entertainer. It's on Streetlife Serenade.

I know that through the various eras of music, Billy Joel has been looked at (by the snobbier music types, mostly) as a goof or inauthentic, but the fact is that his catalogue has aged as well as any artist's alive today and now that he's in his fifth decade of performing, he's actually drawing bigger crowds than when…

As great as it is, it's about 7 minutes long, and as a wise bard once said if it's too long, they'll "cut it down to 3:05".