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Sending a Pop Star Flowers

Like at a bar?

August 8, 202514:09David
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Jason13:56
He's living there. He's making albums. He signs all his publishing away. The albums aren't selling. He's got no money. No money. He has to go get a job as a piano guy. Okay.
David14:07
Oh, wow.
Jason14:08
So he goes to—
David14:09
Like at a bar?
Jason14:09
He goes to the Executive Club on Hollywood Boulevard, which might still be there. And he says, my name is Bill Martin. And they go, okay. And they're hiring a piano player.
David14:18
Is that his real name?
Jason14:19
It might be, I don't know. He's like, I'm— so he's like, he's like, I can't perform as Billy Joel, I have to perform as Bill Martin because people know me as Billy Joel. So he goes in and he starts playing every night, and people are like, this guy's fucking…