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silversurfer250
Billy Joel did not grow up in Allentown - he grew up in Levittown, on Long Island. In an interview with James Lipton on Inside the Actors Studio, he compared Allentown with his hometown while he was growing up, noting the similarities. Joel stated that the original title was "Levittown," and the original lyrics seemed kind of bland, and he felt that they would possibly be considered boring to the listeners. Some of the original lyrics included lines like, "Well we're living here in Levittown. And there's really not much going down. I don't see much when I look around. The grass is green, the trees are brown. And we're living here in Levittown." So, during the time of the upcoming studio sessions for The Nylon Curtain, Billy took a trip to Pennsylvania. It was here that he came up with the idea for new lyrics...http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=3161
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lisabemine
Thisa one is a good song to sing and dance to. You no, one of those feel good songs.
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GigiNYC
Absolutely love this track -- I have family members who live in the Lehigh Valley, and I know that the lyrics of this song are in some respects just as true today (unfortunately) as they were back when it was written more than twenty years ago. I wish they would let us listen to the studio track instead of the concert track...
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dogboner2001
Eastern Pennsylvainia, USA., Rust Belt city hit hard in 1970's by industrial decline/overseas relocation of factories...very timely song for the current fiscal problems of the nation's economy.
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