Side B

After a long string of top-selling pop albums, Billy Joel says he is tired of rock music. “When I got to be 13, this hot seductress in shredded fishnet stockings swept me away: I had a passionate affair with rock ’n’ roll,” Joel says, noting he’s ready to go back to his first love, classical music. “The boomers are out of the pop field right now. They don’t like what they’re hearing, and they’re not buying it.” (AP) ...Everybody’s talkin’ ’bout the new sound / Funny but it’s still rock ’n’ roll to me.