damo
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Is trying to start a singing career. You can listen to her here:http://myspace.com/alexarayjoel
She sure looks like her dad!!!
She sure looks like her dad!!!
Alexa Ray Joel (daughter of Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley)
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Poohbear123
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Hope she doesn't drink like he does... 
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While she may not be as gorgeous as her Mother, I think she's a nice looking girl and is very talented.
Toby'sFriend
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Holy Crap - she's not pretty?
If she isn't pretty then I must be about sub-Troll.
If she isn't pretty then I must be about sub-Troll.
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Quinn222 said:
I totally disagree with that person. I think she's beautiful and I kinda like her sound.
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Even though she doesn't look like her mom I think she is pretty even if she is glammed up! Most of us would look a heck of alot better if we had a team of artists working on our makeup, hair and clothing too.
I thought she had a good sound too. She's young, give her a shot. And geez people, stop being so negative and mean. Would you want someone judging your kids so harshly?
I thought she had a good sound too. She's young, give her a shot. And geez people, stop being so negative and mean. Would you want someone judging your kids so harshly?
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I totally agree with that!Toby'sFriend said:
I went to her site and actually her pic looks much better blown up. It looks worse tiny. Not to make fun of her mom, but she was nothing "special" to me. A cute girl, pretty for sure, but nothing that I don't see around here. She was "cute" to me. Alexa has an "exotic" quality to her, that sets her apart. Though I see a lot of her mom and the "cute" look in the pics I saw of her singing.
As for her talent... she's great on piano that's for sure. I love the style, though not in love with her voice. Not a bad voice, but not entirely what *I* personally like.
Personally a catty comment like that makes me think that someone is jealous. Granted you may not like her style or her look (we all don't like the same), I think that sounded a bit too harsh.
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sounds like early Ricki Lee Jones to me. That's a good thing.
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I've always thought she is quite beautiful too - I always thought it was neat that she looked like her dad instead of her mom . She has a really nice voice too 
. She has a really nice voice too
damo
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Here is the article from my local paper, The Toronto Star, that caught my eye this morning.
A chip off Billy Joel block
Sure, she's the Piano Man's daughter, but Alexa Ray Joel is trying to do it her way
May 23, 2006. 01:00 AM
ASHANTE INFANTRY
ENTERTAINMENT REPORTER
She doesn't have a recording contract or a finished demo, but with the financial backing of her superstar parents, musician Billy Joel and supermodel Christie Brinkley, and a popular Web page (myspace.com/alexarayjoel), Alexa Ray Joel has embarked on a singing career.
With a complement of original songs, classified as pop/rock/soul, and a decent set of pipes, the 20-year-old performs in Toronto tomorrow at the Hard Rock Café. After doing shows here and there, the New York native is on her first extended tour, travelling by bus for a month with three musicians, a sound technician and a road manager.
She spoke to the Star by phone from an Arlington, Va., tour stop.
Q How's life on the road?
A It's great. I'm lucky enough to have a nice bus. We have a TV and lots of space and a big bed in the back.... It's like a slumber party, but a long one.
Q Why are you doing this mini tour?
A To prove to myself and others that I can play gigs. I don't really understand how so many people just do like one or two gigs, or gigs for like a month, and then get a record deal and then start right away with the promotion for it. I'd rather get as much experience as I can, because I'm my father's daughter I kind of have to prove myself more.
Q Are you concerned about people not taking you seriously?
A It's their choice. They can always write me off as Billy Joel's privileged daughter, but if they don't give the music a chance, then it's not a very good argument. So far I've been getting a really positive reaction.... The fact that I do write my own songs and that I've been staying in little motels and just playing local venues for months now gives people no reason to think I'm just some sugar-coated pop thing.
Q Are your parents funding your current endeavours?
A Yes. My dad always says, `Well, it's less expensive than paying for you to go to college.'
Q When did you decide to pursue a singing career?
A Just last summer. I was getting a little restless at NYU (New York University) and I really wanted to try something new. So I started to work with a vocal teacher, who told me, `You don't need voice lessons, you need to work with a band and get some stuff together.' So I started with these three guys who play bass, drums and guitar, and there was just a chemistry there and it felt so natural. After a few months of rehearsing my songs, we did the first show in December and it just took off right away.
Q What were you studying at NYU?
A Musical theatre. Songwriting was always in the back of my head and I'd always wanted to pursue it, but I was scared and almost just putting it off. I guess musical theatre was almost a diversion.
Q Was your father a big influence?
A I suppose so. Just watching my dad at the piano all the time, figuring out songs, gave me a peek into the whole process and the industry. We'd sing together and he'd play the piano. He was encouraging when I was learning the piano, but my mom was the one that really sat me down and made me practise.
Q What does he think about you following his path?
A He's very realistic about it and more cynical, which I think is a good thing. He says, "There's going to be a ton of people telling you to do all sorts of different things and throwing their opinions in your face. You really have to trust your opinion first, because your first instinct is a good one." And I'm learning this as I go, realizing how he's so right ...
Q What are your songs about?
A Some of it is classic teenage angst stuff and frustrations and insecurities, and some are just simple reflections on my life. In one, I'm angry about some guy; another is about how much in love I am; and another one ("The Revolution Song") is about wanting to start a revolution and being tired of the routines of society and school.
Q What's up with the use of the f-word in "Revolution"? Is your first album going to come with a parental advisory sticker?
A I really don't know. I realize that song has big potential as a single, because it's catchy and so many people like it. I have started to limit myself. We played a show a couple days ago in Nashville and the audience was an older crowd and seemed to be kind of religious, so the second I got up there, I thought, "I can't curse tonight." And when we played a Catholic college, I didn't. This is something that I'm really going to have to think about, because when I wrote that line and that song it was perfect for the song and it really expressed the anger I was feeling, and I would hate to have to take it out, but that might be the smart thing to do."
Q As a model's daughter, you must have given some thought to your image. What kind of look are you going for? Sophisticated? Collegiate? Eye candy?
A I just want to be as true to my style ... as possible. I have a very eclectic style and I love exotic jewellery. I'm very much not a girly girl. I can't see myself being on the covers of magazines in glitzy shiny dresses. I'm all for showing off your body and being a woman. But there's a difference (if you're) exploiting it.
Q Are you prepared for the rigours of living in the public eye?
A Once you get big enough, there's always going to be some bad press. My dad said he was flattered when there were rumours going around that he was gay, because that really meant he'd made it, because it was such an absurd thing to spread about him.
Q What does he say about your songs?
A My dad always gives me feedback on my stuff and I always value his opinion. But ... if he tries to get specific, I don't let him. Because then he'd be writing my songs for me and I don't want that.
Q Any chance of a Billy Joel duet on your debut album?
A There's no way I'd collaborate with him before I'm established. That would be ... as much as I'm influenced by him and would love to collaborate with him, right now I'm trying to separate myself and do my work.
A chip off Billy Joel block
Sure, she's the Piano Man's daughter, but Alexa Ray Joel is trying to do it her way
May 23, 2006. 01:00 AM
ASHANTE INFANTRY
ENTERTAINMENT REPORTER
She doesn't have a recording contract or a finished demo, but with the financial backing of her superstar parents, musician Billy Joel and supermodel Christie Brinkley, and a popular Web page (myspace.com/alexarayjoel), Alexa Ray Joel has embarked on a singing career.
With a complement of original songs, classified as pop/rock/soul, and a decent set of pipes, the 20-year-old performs in Toronto tomorrow at the Hard Rock Café. After doing shows here and there, the New York native is on her first extended tour, travelling by bus for a month with three musicians, a sound technician and a road manager.
She spoke to the Star by phone from an Arlington, Va., tour stop.
Q How's life on the road?
A It's great. I'm lucky enough to have a nice bus. We have a TV and lots of space and a big bed in the back.... It's like a slumber party, but a long one.
Q Why are you doing this mini tour?
A To prove to myself and others that I can play gigs. I don't really understand how so many people just do like one or two gigs, or gigs for like a month, and then get a record deal and then start right away with the promotion for it. I'd rather get as much experience as I can, because I'm my father's daughter I kind of have to prove myself more.
Q Are you concerned about people not taking you seriously?
A It's their choice. They can always write me off as Billy Joel's privileged daughter, but if they don't give the music a chance, then it's not a very good argument. So far I've been getting a really positive reaction.... The fact that I do write my own songs and that I've been staying in little motels and just playing local venues for months now gives people no reason to think I'm just some sugar-coated pop thing.
Q Are your parents funding your current endeavours?
A Yes. My dad always says, `Well, it's less expensive than paying for you to go to college.'
Q When did you decide to pursue a singing career?
A Just last summer. I was getting a little restless at NYU (New York University) and I really wanted to try something new. So I started to work with a vocal teacher, who told me, `You don't need voice lessons, you need to work with a band and get some stuff together.' So I started with these three guys who play bass, drums and guitar, and there was just a chemistry there and it felt so natural. After a few months of rehearsing my songs, we did the first show in December and it just took off right away.
Q What were you studying at NYU?
A Musical theatre. Songwriting was always in the back of my head and I'd always wanted to pursue it, but I was scared and almost just putting it off. I guess musical theatre was almost a diversion.
Q Was your father a big influence?
A I suppose so. Just watching my dad at the piano all the time, figuring out songs, gave me a peek into the whole process and the industry. We'd sing together and he'd play the piano. He was encouraging when I was learning the piano, but my mom was the one that really sat me down and made me practise.
Q What does he think about you following his path?
A He's very realistic about it and more cynical, which I think is a good thing. He says, "There's going to be a ton of people telling you to do all sorts of different things and throwing their opinions in your face. You really have to trust your opinion first, because your first instinct is a good one." And I'm learning this as I go, realizing how he's so right ...
Q What are your songs about?
A Some of it is classic teenage angst stuff and frustrations and insecurities, and some are just simple reflections on my life. In one, I'm angry about some guy; another is about how much in love I am; and another one ("The Revolution Song") is about wanting to start a revolution and being tired of the routines of society and school.
Q What's up with the use of the f-word in "Revolution"? Is your first album going to come with a parental advisory sticker?
A I really don't know. I realize that song has big potential as a single, because it's catchy and so many people like it. I have started to limit myself. We played a show a couple days ago in Nashville and the audience was an older crowd and seemed to be kind of religious, so the second I got up there, I thought, "I can't curse tonight." And when we played a Catholic college, I didn't. This is something that I'm really going to have to think about, because when I wrote that line and that song it was perfect for the song and it really expressed the anger I was feeling, and I would hate to have to take it out, but that might be the smart thing to do."
Q As a model's daughter, you must have given some thought to your image. What kind of look are you going for? Sophisticated? Collegiate? Eye candy?
A I just want to be as true to my style ... as possible. I have a very eclectic style and I love exotic jewellery. I'm very much not a girly girl. I can't see myself being on the covers of magazines in glitzy shiny dresses. I'm all for showing off your body and being a woman. But there's a difference (if you're) exploiting it.
Q Are you prepared for the rigours of living in the public eye?
A Once you get big enough, there's always going to be some bad press. My dad said he was flattered when there were rumours going around that he was gay, because that really meant he'd made it, because it was such an absurd thing to spread about him.
Q What does he say about your songs?
A My dad always gives me feedback on my stuff and I always value his opinion. But ... if he tries to get specific, I don't let him. Because then he'd be writing my songs for me and I don't want that.
Q Any chance of a Billy Joel duet on your debut album?
A There's no way I'd collaborate with him before I'm established. That would be ... as much as I'm influenced by him and would love to collaborate with him, right now I'm trying to separate myself and do my work.
CathrynRose
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Toby'sFriend said:
Thats what I was thinking.
Let me grab my paper bag, to put over my face, as I go through the rest of this thread.
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Over the years the tabloids have printed pictures of Mommy without makeup. 
Anybody who doesn't think that the super models are not "glammed up" is rather naive.
I almost feel sorry for Alexa. (not quite, but almost). She is a child of divorce, mommy is on her 3rd or 4th husband, she has three half siblings with different fathers, daddy is an alcoholic. If we described this home situation about a child without famous parents, everybody would assume the kid would be totally messed up.
And no matter how beautiful or how successful she is, she will always, always be compared to her parents.
I give her credit for riding around in a bus (albeit Daddy financed) doing small gigs, trying to make her own name.
At least she didn't do Idol like Paris and her famous clan.
Anybody who doesn't think that the super models are not "glammed up" is rather naive. I almost feel sorry for Alexa. (not quite, but almost). She is a child of divorce, mommy is on her 3rd or 4th husband, she has three half siblings with different fathers, daddy is an alcoholic. If we described this home situation about a child without famous parents, everybody would assume the kid would be totally messed up.
And no matter how beautiful or how successful she is, she will always, always be compared to her parents.
I give her credit for riding around in a bus (albeit Daddy financed) doing small gigs, trying to make her own name.
At least she didn't do Idol like Paris and her famous clan.
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