Billy Joel covers "Ethan Frome" and (sigh) lives to tell about it.

jamison · Jan 26, 2003

And Sonny Bono and Michael Kennedy (as far as human woodpeckers), but anyway.

Oops, right into a tree.

Nice going.

SAG HARBOR, New York (AP) -- "Piano Man" Billy Joel was hospitalized for several hours early Sunday after smashing his car into a tree along a highway on far eastern Long Island.

A hospital spokesman confirmed that the singer was released Sunday morning but would not comment on Joel's injuries.

The 53-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Famer had swerved into the tree as he was driving his Mercedes Benz in Sag Harbor late Saturday, said Sag Harbor Village Police Chief Thomas Fabiano.

No summonses were issued and Joel was not given a Breathalyzer test, police Officer Hugh Caulfield said Sunday.
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Full article.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Music/01/26/joel.accident.ap/index.html

Last summer, he voluntarily checked into a substance abuse and psychiatric center at New Canaan, Connecticut, reportedly after becoming "very depressed" when a respiratory infection forced him to cut short a tour with fellow piano player Elton John.

He told People magazine in July that he had begun "what I ultimately realized was a prolonged period of overindulgence. I don't want to get any more specific."
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Guess that second paragraph explains the River of Dreams cd. In that honor, I would like to offer the following:

In the middle of the night,
I go driving into trees,
cause I can no longer hit,
models like Brinkley,
In the middle of the night.

Well, just a first draft.

MikeLastort2 · Jan 26, 2003

The last good song he had was "Piano Man."

Michael K. · Jan 26, 2003

The piece on him in the NYT Magazine over the summer was one of the most depressing celeb profiles I've read lately. The accompanying picture alone sent me off to Google, in search of black market Zoloft.

metrocorazon · Jan 26, 2003

He sucks. He's only one rhinestone away to being as gey as Elton John.

dearprudence · Jan 27, 2003

You don't have to be a psychiatrist to figure out that he was trying to commit suicide.

KDdidit · Jan 29, 2003

Well he should have used the sled, a la Ethan Frome, instead of his Mercedes if he wanted to off himself.