[Instrumental]

[PHIL RAMONE, spoken]
Hey
You know what, uh
I think you should be proud of it y'know?
W-w-we — they've asked us to do this thing, uh
For you to talk to the salespeople
And the people who've helped make your record
And I think
Maybe you should let them, y'know
You should be proud!
That this is the first album made for twenty-three hundred dollars

[BILLY JOEL, spoken]
Is it that much?

[PHIL RAMONE, spoken]
Well
I mean the fact that you cut out the whole band
They know that you care
The branch managers, all those people
I mean
If it wasn't for them we wouldn't have a record
Well, maybe if you sang a song for them
Give 'em an example of what this album's really about
[BILLY JOEL, spoken]
Uh, which — like what kind of thing?

[PHIL RAMONE, spoken]
Well y'know the one where you — where you just sing the "ooh" and the "ah" for three and a half minutes

[BILLY JOEL, spoken]
Oh! Uh... uh
I could do like
The background things

(sung)
Oh-oh-oh-oh

[PHIL RAMONE, spoken]
Yeah

[BILLY JOEL]
Oh-oh-oh-oh

[PHIL RAMONE, spoken]
Yeah

[BILLY JOEL, spoken]
Do it-do something like that?
[PHIL RAMONE, spoken]
Uh-huh

[BILLY JOEL, spoken]
Yeah it's, uh

[PHIL RAMONE, spoken]
Hi guys—
And maybe you have to start it

[BILLY JOEL, spoken]
Uh l-like do it
Like a thing
Like, uh
Hey!
Uh, I have a song, uh
Uh, uh
Called "Sometimes a Fantasy"
And it's really got a great melody
And there's a part of it that goes

(sung)
Oh-oh-oh-oh

[PHIL RAMONE, spoken]
Yeah
[BILLY JOEL, spoken]
Like that?
Think that'll work?

[PHIL RAMONE, spoken]
Yeah
Y'know there are a lot of women in these branches and-and
They probably would understand better about that line
Than-than the guys

[BILLY JOEL, spoken]
Right, but
Y'know, I want to be subtle about that, y'know?

[PHIL RAMONE, spoken]
Okay

[BILLY JOEL, spoken]
I don't wanna come off like, mhm
Y'know macho, hey

[PHIL RAMONE, spoken]
Hmm
I understand
I understand

[BILLY JOEL, spoken]
I'm gonna be touring
I'm gonna go out on the road

[PHIL RAMONE, spoken]
Oh, really?

[BILLY JOEL, spoken]
I'm gonna be seeing all these guys

[PHIL RAMONE, spoken]
Wow

[BILLY JOEL, spoken]
We're gonna be playing this stuff

[PHIL RAMONE, spoken]
Mm-hm

[BILLY JOEL, spoken]
Uh, when's the album coming out?

[PHIL RAMONE, spoken]
Which album?

[BILLY JOEL, spoken]
Uh, Glass Houses

[PHIL RAMONE, spoken]
Soon to be released

[BILLY JOEL, spoken]
Yeah
When is it coming out?

[PHIL RAMONE, spoken]
Uh—

[BILLY JOEL, spoken]
Uh, March...?

[PHIL RAMONE, spoken]
I hope

[BILLY JOEL, spoken]
What is that?
The two've, ten, whatever — however they do it?

[PHIL RAMONE, spoken]
Two — whatever those magic numbers are because
You and I have to go on
We're supposed to go on
And have a little good time

[BILLY JOEL, spoken]
Right, but uh
They're just— they keep comin' up with things to
Suggestions about how I should
Y'know, aid in the promotion of it
And
I really don't know what to do about Glass Houses
And how to promote it and
We've kept
The budget way down
And all that stuff

[PHIL RAMONE, spoken]
The twenty-four hundred dollars

[BILLY JOEL, spoken]
Right

[PHIL RAMONE, spoken]
It's 'cause this damn thing's costing us at least a hundred

[laughs]

[BILLY JOEL, spoken]
I mean
There they are [?]
Guy's sitting in Sheboygan, right?

[PHIL RAMONE, spoken]
Right

[BILLY JOEL, spoken]
He's in his office

[PHIL RAMONE, spoken]
Right

[BILLY JOEL, spoken]
Right
He's got—
He just got the new stack o' records
What does he get?
He ge— uh
The uh, the Flit... blacks

[PHIL RAMONE, spoken]
Uh huh

[BILLY JOEL, spoken]
Right
With their new single

[PHIL RAMONE, spoken]
Okay

[BILLY JOEL, spoken]
"I'm Bored, I'm Crazy, I'm Gonna Shoot My Father"
Right?
And then the new album
From, uh
The uh
Jingbangs

[PHIL RAMONE, spoken]
Yeah

[BILLY JOEL, spoken]
Right?

[PHIL RAMONE, spoken]
My favorite group

[BILLY JOEL, spoken]
Guy's got a rough time
He's got it going
He's sittin' in this office, right?
Got a little overhead fan
Just goes around
Doesn't get air conditioning

[PHIL RAMONE, spoken]
Uh huh

[BILLY JOEL, spoken]
Wants his record to come through
What
What can I, Billy Joel, do
To help promote this thing?
For them, right?

[PHIL RAMONE, spoken]
Yeah
I guess maybe you should, uh, think of a way
Without being obnoxious
To uh
Want to thank those people for their help
And encourage them to hopefully listen to the record
The new album

[BILLY JOEL, spoken]
[burps]
Yeah

[PHIL RAMONE, spoken]
The one—
[laughs]
That you wanna make