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Billy Joel tells Bill Maher he’s over what ‘woke’ people think of him

Billy Joel is over “woke” people and what they think of him or his music.

The legendary musician spoke with comedian and HBO host Bill Maher on a recent “Club Random” podcast, where they spoke of his hit songs and what he thinks of leftists who are critical of him or his work.

“I’m tipping over sacred cows, all my life,” Joel said at one point, referring to pushing boundaries with his material.

(Video Credit: Club Random)

Maher brought up Joel’s hit song, “Angry Young Man,” reciting some of the lyrics with the 76-year-old rocker.

“I believe I’ve passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage. I found that just surviving was a noble fight,” Joel sings in the 1976 track.  “I once believed in causes, too. I had my pointless point of view, and life went on no matter who was wrong or right.”

“I feel like that is the message of the age, even though some people will hear that and say, ‘Look at these two a——-!’” Maher quipped, and Joel chimed in, “Boomers!”

Maher went on to describe the left’s anger when everyone doesn’t agree that “Trump’s the worst.”

Maher brought up Joel’s Vietnam War-era song, “Goodnight Saigon,” which featured lyrics, “And who was wrong? And who was right? It didn’t matter in the thick of the fight.”

“Do you still feel that way?” he asked.

“Yes,” Joel responded.

“And you don’t care what they say about you – the woke?” Maher pressed.

“At this point, no,” the singer replied. “I’m inured to it.”

“On the other hand, I’m always trying to find out the other point of view. What’s, you know, not my point of view – somebody else’s point of view. Okay, I’d like to understand why they think that way,” Joel continued.

“It’s so difficult in this day and age,” Maher lamented.

“I mean, it is what I am always trying to do on my show. It is, look, this is one safe space for everybody, and I will take the heat from either – both sides,” he continued.  “I mean I do feel like the left, who, ironically, I’m more actually aligned with, is more snippy about it, and has a worse attitude about it, and makes me viscerally not like them more sometimes.”

The men also spoke about social media and the boldness it gives people to “express this hatred” online that they may otherwise not share in person.

“People say things all the time on [social media] they would never say if they had to say it to your face,” Maher said.

“It just always surprises me how people, they express this hatred,” Joel agreed. “It’s like, you hate a musician because he wrote something?”

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