An uptown lady was seen in her uptown world.
Effectively, technically it was the middle of town.
Billy Joel's ex-wife Christie Brinkley was seen at Madison Sq. Backyard through the Piano Man live performance on Friday, dancing to the track based mostly on it.
The 70-year-old mannequin appeared on the video board through the track as she danced and smiled within the crowd. A fan captured the second on video and posted it on TikTok with the caption: “40 years later and your ex continues to be smiling at you want that whereas she sings the track she wrote about how wealthy and attractive you might be?”
Brinkley posted a montage of movies from the live performance, together with a clip of her and her daughter Sailor Brinkley Cook dinner singing “Uptown Woman.”
The hit track was launched in 1983, and the unique supply of inspiration for the track is usually debated. When Joel first wrote the track, he was courting mannequin Elle MacPherson and titled the track “Uptown Ladies” in honor of all of the Manhattan fashions. Joel mentioned on “The Howard Stern Present” in 2010 that when he began courting Brinkley, he made the track distinctive.
“I contacted Christie later, after Elle and I ended courting,” Joel advised Stern. “Then I began courting Christie, and as a substitute of it being about all these completely different ladies, she turned the uptown lady. I began writing it about one particular person.”
Brinkley starred within the “Uptown Woman” music video alongside Joel. The 2 married in 1985 and divorced in 1994.
His daughter, Alexa Ray Joel, 38, additionally attended the live performance. She appeared on stage along with her father in a duet, singing “Say Goodbye to Hollywood” and “To Sir With Love.”
Joel, 74, was performing the 101st present of his month-to-month residency at Madison Sq. Backyard, the place he has carried out sold-out concert events as soon as a month since 2014. The ultimate present of his month-to-month residency is scheduled for July 26 .
Many stars have made cameos through the residency, with Jerry Seinfeld and Sting showing onstage on the 100th present in March.
This time, a woman from uptown got here to see a person from downtown.
Brinkley talked about being referred to as the track's most important character with Yahoo in 2019.
“Being the 'Uptown Woman' was quite a lot of enjoyable and it's nonetheless quite a lot of enjoyable to have a theme track,” Brinkley advised Yahoo. “You recognize, you go to tennis they usually play it. You go right here otherwise you go to a chat present they usually play it on the best way out. It's so enjoyable to have a theme track, you realize? What number of (folks) get to have that?”
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