Billy Joel's Piano Man and other super heroes, super egos and unconvincing bar scenes

<p>It's a listener-driven episode, as Jennifer raises Billy Joel's hit from the early 70s and recalls the uncomfortable "raw sexuality" of his stage performance. Dave's scientific background comes to the fore as he prepares a drink they call "loneliness" and we explore the ultimately tragic or heroic backstory to the song. It's completely wrong in every regard but understanding Piano Man is like climbing Everest and our thoughts are like the first frozen corpses you come across before you've even left base camp.</p> <p>Would you like to appear (well, vocally) on the show? Do you have a pop song or ear-worm from the SMOOTH FM genre that’s infested your mind and needs to be investigated? Visit this page <a href="https://anchor.fm/peter-davis6" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">anchor.fm/peter-davis6</a> and press the message button to record me your own voicemail hot-take on your specific smooth song of suckiness. You can be on a future episode! (you can always email sound files or text your thoughts to <a href="http://poidadavis@gmail.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">poidadavis@gmail.com</a> if that's easier). Cheers!</p>