# Billy Joel's Piano Man

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** music\
**Created:** [February 9, 2000, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-joels-piano-man/7084 "2000-02-09T20:30:00Z")\
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> [@Coriolanus](#):
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> “1, 2, 3… 1, 2, 3”. Of course it is and you can’t unhear it as such. There are a surprising number of “rock songs” that have the same time signature. Paul Simon’s 'America;,Allman Brothers ‘Dreams’ etc…

joe cocker’s “with a little helpf from my friends”, also comes to mind, as opposed to the beatle’s version which was 4/4

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