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The song is named The Downeaster "Alexa".
The song is sung in the persona of an impoverished fisherman in the Outer Lands and the surrounding waters who, like many of his fellow men, is finding it increasingly hard to make ends meet and keep ownership of his boat. The fisherman sings about the depletion of the fish stocks ("I know there's fish out there, but where God only knows") and the environmental regulations ("Since they told me I can't sell no stripers") which make it hard for men like him to survive, especially with the conversion of his home island into an expensive summer colony for the affluent ("There ain't no island left for islanders like me"). The lyrics reference Block Island Sound, Montauk, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, and Gardiners Bay, amongst other locations.
Alexa, the name of the fishing boat in the song, is the name of Billy Joel's daughter, Alexa Ray Joel. Joel does in fact own a Downeaster lobster/swordfish hybrid boat by the name "Alexa", built on a Maine lobster boat hull. The "Alexa", along with Joel's other boats, call Sag Harbor, Long Island, home.
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Who is in the Billy Joel video 'Downeaster Alexa'?
Billy Joel and his band appear in the video. The crew of the fishing vessel are unidentified, but are true Suffolk fishermen. Joel grew up on the Long Island Sound.
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Vienna - Billy Joel song - was created in 1977.
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Who is in the Billy Joel video 'Downeaster Alexa'?
Billy Joel and his band appear in the video. The crew of the fishing vessel are unidentified, but are true Suffolk fishermen. Joel grew up on the Long Island Sound.
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When was Vienna - Billy Joel song - created?
Vienna - Billy Joel song - was created in 1977.
Is Billy the Exterminator still married?
Billy Joel has one child, his daughter Alexa Ray. She was the inspiration of Billy Joel's hit Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel). In the song Downeaster Alexa the fishing boat is named after Alexa. Alexa is a musician.
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Just the Way You Are - Billy Joel song - was created in 1977-09.
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The Night Is Still Young - Billy Joel song - was created in 1985.
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Billy Joel himself (:
Song with this lyric You may be wrong you may be right?
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