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Re: Because deep down, I'm just a dumb fan

Posted by **maclen909** on Sep 28, 2013 at 7:15:37 PM:
In Reply to: Because deep down, I'm just a dumb fan posted by **fishamaphone** on Sep 28, 2013 at 6:35:00 PM:

*I think it's common knowledge on here that I'm a huge Billy Joel dork. I follow both him and his daughter, Alexa Ray Joel, on Facebook, and recently Alexa's been featured in a GAP ad campaign where she covers "Just the Way You Are," which has always been one of my favorites from way back when I first heard it being sung to Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street.
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*Until today, all that you could hear of her version without paying was the 30-second clip from the commercial, but apparently she performed the whole thing on Katie Couric's show, and someone uploaded the bit. Alexa posted the video to her fanpage.
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*Now I've been working on that particular song lately on guitar, so I've been thinking a lot about it, and hearing this particular rendition was like hearing someone else play what was going on in my head. So I posted under the video on her page, not those thoughts exactly, but something inspired by them.
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*And she replied to me. To *me.* She tagged my name and everything. So far, it's the only reply she's given in the thread. And it made my day. I'm just absolutely geeking out. I don't know what to do with all of this excess energy, it's after midnight over here. I started making strange noises, and my roommate asked if I was okay.
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*Because in the end, even if it's minor celebrity, or celebrity once-removed, this is still a person I admire. And whether that admiration is misplaced, or whether there's someone else who deserves it more, it doesn't matter. She replied to me. She replied to me. And suddenly I'm a goddamn schoolgirl.
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