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Billy Joel's "The Last Play At Shea"

metirish Aug 13 2010 04:56 PM

Newsday just emailed me that I won four tickets to the "Biggest outdoor movie premiere since 1919". Gotta go to Melville to pick them up.I'm assuming they will be good seats , probably being naive though.

themetfairy Aug 13 2010 05:14 PM Re: Billy Joel's "The Last Play At Shea"

Cool - have fun! It's not the biggest outdoor premier since 1919, though, as much as they're claiming that it will be. We were at the premier of Pocahontas in Central Park in 1994 or 1995, and that had something like 100,000 people.

metirish Aug 13 2010 05:17 PM Re: Billy Joel's "The Last Play At Shea"

great, thanks for bursting my bubble....lol

themetfairy Aug 13 2010 05:18 PM Re: Billy Joel's "The Last Play At Shea"

Hey - I still think it'll be a lot of fun. I was at the first concert, and it was electric!

Zvon Aug 13 2010 06:02 PM Re: Billy Joel's "The Last Play At Shea"

metirish wrote: Newsday just emailed me that I won four tickets to the "Biggest outdoor movie premiere since 1919". Gotta go to Melville to pick them up.I'm assuming they will be good seats , probably being naive though. I'd have to think no way those tickets could suck. I mean, they are inside the theater, right? Gradz and enjoy that premiere.

metirish Aug 13 2010 06:05 PM Re: Billy Joel's "The Last Play At Shea"

Theater , what theater? I'm trying to envision where the move will be shown, on the scoreboard?

Gwreck Aug 13 2010 09:19 PM Re: Billy Joel's "The Last Play At Shea"

Yes, it will be shown on both scoreboards. We picked up tickets for the hell of it. Seems like it could be fun.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 29 2010 09:54 AM Re: Billy Joel's "The Last Play At Shea"

Very positive review in the Times today for this flick. [url]http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/29/movies/29last.html

metirish Oct 29 2010 10:11 AM Re: Billy Joel's "The Last Play At Shea"

Of course I didn't go to this at all......timing was all wrong.... It's getting rave reviews.....

Kong76 Oct 29 2010 11:04 AM Re: Billy Joel's "The Last Play At Shea"

I would definitely go see this if Billy Joel wasn't in it.

Edgy DC Oct 29 2010 11:31 AM Re: Billy Joel's "The Last Play At Shea"

Lefty Specialist Oct 29 2010 02:51 PM Re: Billy Joel's "The Last Play At Shea"

It annoys me that Billy Joel, a lifelong Yankee fan, got to play the last concert at Shea.

Fman99 Oct 29 2010 03:22 PM Re: Billy Joel's "The Last Play At Shea"

Edgy DC wrote: We have that one. Too Yankee-centric for my tastes.

seawolf17 Oct 29 2010 07:39 PM Re: Billy Joel's "The Last Play At Shea"

Fman99 wrote: We have that one. Too Yankee-centric for my tastes. This one, however, is pretty well done. [url]http://www.amazon.com/Love-Mets----z-Primer/dp/1600782043

Benjamin Grimm Oct 30 2010 04:23 AM Re: Billy Joel's "The Last Play At Shea"

Who's that between Wright (?) and Keith? Is it one of the Village People?

Ashie62 Oct 30 2010 05:29 AM Re: Billy Joel's "The Last Play At Shea"

Lefty Specialist wrote: It annoys me that Billy Joel, a lifelong Yankee fan, got to play the last concert at Shea. Did Billy Crystal open for him?

themetfairy Oct 30 2010 06:22 AM Re: Billy Joel's "The Last Play At Shea"

D-Dad and I saw the movie last night. It was terrific. I get the feeling that Billy Joel isn't much of a baseball fan in general. But he was certainly a part of the 1986 season (even singing the National Anthem at Shea), and I've never observed any anti-Mets sentiment from him. As for the documentary, if you're going to pre-judge it negatively and decide not to see it, it's your prerogative. But it's also your loss. This film is a love letter to Shea, and has footage that I've never seen anywhere else. It's worth it just to hear Pete Flynn talk about the Beatles playing Shea, and later hearing about it from Paul McCartney's perspective. Oh, and seeing G-Fafif's uncredited appearance (as well as his name in the film's credits) was also way cool. Other people who are interviewed in the film include Tom Seaver, Mike Piazza, and Keith and Ron but a lot more of Gary. This was a documentary crafted by people who obviously have a deep love of Shea Stadium. If you claim to love Shea, you can't help but appreciate how it's portrayed in this film.

seawolf17 Oct 30 2010 06:24 AM Re: Billy Joel's "The Last Play At Shea"

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Who's that between Wright (?) and Keith? Is it one of the Village People? It's Carlos Beltran, "patrolling" center field. I'd have made a few replacements on some of the letters (they mailed it in on Q and Z, as so many primer writers do), but for the most part, it's excellent, and the artwork is cool.

Kong76 Oct 30 2010 07:47 AM Re: Billy Joel's "The Last Play At Shea"

When's the dvd coming out? You'd think they'd get it out there for the holidays? Billy is a rung or two below Derek to me on the annoying New Yorker's ladder, but I'd like to see what all the hub bub is about and will rent it or buy it when available. If anyone wants some laughs, google [hate Billy Joel] ... there's some funny stuff out there.

Ashie62 Oct 30 2010 09:49 AM Re: Billy Joel's "The Last Play At Shea"

Kong76 wrote: When's the dvd coming out? You'd think they'd get it out there for the holidays? Billy is a rung or two below Derek to me on the annoying New Yorker's ladder, but I'd like to see what all the hub bub is about and will rent it or buy it when available. If anyone wants some laughs, google [hate Billy Joel] ... there's some funny stuff out there. You are soo right..This is hilarious.. [url]http://www.youaredumb.net/node/115

metsguyinmichigan Oct 30 2010 10:02 AM Re: Billy Joel's "The Last Play At Shea"

I like Billy Joel. I take comfort that the box cover for the Yankee Stadium VHS is a drawing, indicating that they couldn't find a photo of him wearing that outlandish and tacky garb. That's my story, and I'm sticking with it. There's another Billy VHS out there, called either "Live from Long Island" or "Live from the Nassau Coliseum," that was shot during the Nylon Curtain tour. I was in attendance!

metsguyinmichigan Oct 30 2010 10:04 AM Re: Billy Joel's "The Last Play At Shea"

seawolf17 wrote: Benjamin Grimm wrote: Who's that between Wright (?) and Keith? Is it one of the Village People? It's Carlos Beltran, "patrolling" center field. I'd have made a few replacements on some of the letters (they mailed it in on Q and Z, as so many primer writers do), but for the most part, it's excellent, and the artwork is cool. I bet that we, as a collective group, could write a kick-ass Mets A to Z primer! And Zvon could illustrate and our favorite photog from Milford could shoot the photos!

Ashie62 Oct 30 2010 05:28 PM Re: Billy Joel's "The Last Play At Shea"

metsguyinmichigan wrote: seawolf17 wrote: Benjamin Grimm wrote: Who's that between Wright (?) and Keith? Is it one of the Village People? It's Carlos Beltran, "patrolling" center field. I'd have made a few replacements on some of the letters (they mailed it in on Q and Z, as so many primer writers do), but for the most part, it's excellent, and the artwork is cool. I bet that we, as a collective group, could write a kick-ass Mets A to Z primer! And Zvon could illustrate and our favorite photog from Milford could shoot the photos! I really think Fman should do the illustration.

G-Fafif Oct 30 2010 05:50 PM Re: Billy Joel's "The Last Play At Shea"

DVD of the movie out in Feb, DVD of the concert out in March. More here.