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A Quartet of Billy Joels From Throughout Time Sing ‘Turn the Lights Back On’ in New Video

Billy Joel sings "Turn the Lights Back On" in his new video, which used AI technology to depict him from throughout time.

The clip uses AI technology to transition from early Seventies Piano Man Joel, all bushy-haired and befogged with cigarettes, to late Eighties Storm Front Joel, who was probably more concerned with pleading his innocence from starting fires than whether he’d forgotten to flick a light switch at home. And then there’s River of Dreams Joel from the early Nineties, who wore sunglasses inside and probably didn’t even think about the lights, especially since he sang so gaily about walking in his sleep in the middle of the night. All this, of course, leads to present-day Joel, who looks rightly pleased with recording a great song worthy of his legacy a few months before he turns 75.

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