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Is it just me, or does it seem like every male singer from the ’70s is getting a biopic, like Bob Dylan, Elton John, Queen, and Bruce Springsteen? Well, now we can add Billy Joel to the list. However, you can’t add BJ’s music to Billy & Me.
The Piano Man’s rep told Variety, “Since 2021, the parties involved have been officially notified that they do not possess Billy Joel’s life rights and will not be able to secure the music rights required for this project. Billy Joel has not authorized or supported this project in any capacity, and any attempt to move forward without it would be both legally and professionally misguided.”
The movie is being told from the perspectives of his first manager, Irwin Mazur, and his drummer, friend, and the man who was married to his first wife, Jon Small.
It will tell the story of his early days, before the hits. So it can be done without his music. But then, why would you do it?
And if it is as bad as most biopics, why even waste everyone’s time, especially since Joel’s documentary, And So It Goes, was so informative? What more do we need?
