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Naked Lunch

Matt Nathanson on Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen & Other Musical Obsessions with the Sklar Brothers!

Naked Lunch

Straw Hut Media

Tv & Film, Society & Culture, Arts

4.8889 Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Only The Good Die Young, so grab a bottle of red, a bottle of white & enjoy this "Naked Lunch" with five music geeks going to extremes into the Billy Joel hole to discuss the enduring greatness of The Piano Man. Inspired by Matt's excellent new EP of Billy Joel songs wonderfully titled "Songs In the (M)attic, Phil, David, Matt and the Sklar Brothers talk all about Billy Joel, the frequent comparisons to Billy's contemporary Bruce Springsteen, plus the Beatles, Brian Wilson and other musical obsessions. For more on Matt, his music and tour dates, go to https://mattnathanson.com. This is a great episode to listen to when you are Sleeping With The Television On. To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at ⁠⁠philrosenthalworld.com⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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dot UK slash podcast to learn more. We're forming a little supergroup. Rock history is marked

0:30.7

with supergroup. So for this episode, we're going to be talking about an artist that means a lot

0:37.4

to me, who I have some stories about. And we're going to be talking about an artist that means a lot to me, who I have some stories about,

0:40.4

and we're going to talk about it with a unique group, starting with a great singer-songwriter

0:45.6

who I got to know at least like 15 years ago or something like that, who I feel close to

0:52.9

and I love his work.

0:53.9

And he recently played a Billy Joel tribute in March. who I feel close to and I love his work.

0:59.9

And he recently played a Billy Joel tribute in March at Carnegie Hall,

1:04.3

a place of some significance in Billy Joel's story in my life.

1:05.4

I think still in your life.

1:05.7

Yep.

1:19.9

And he is now recorded a new EP called Songs in the Maddock, which is such a great and terrible pun because Songs in the Attic is one of my favorite.

1:21.3

I don't like live albums.

1:23.1

I listen to almost none.

1:26.7

And it's one of the, along with like very, very few.

1:28.4

It's a great, great live album.

1:29.3

Incredible live album.

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