Now as alluded to earlier, Billy is indeed an opportunist. So he took advantage of the luck he experienced meeting these three beautiful ladies by initiating a relationship with Elle Macpherson. And considering that the tune is indeed named “Uptown Girl”, many people contend that it is actually about Macpherson. So anyway, they all approached Joel one day in the Caribbean while he was playing his piano. And this entire experience moved him in such a way that he wrote a song called “Uptown Girls” apparently about them, which later became “Uptown Girl”. But also interesting to note is that at the time Whitney was also an up-and-coming model, thus explaining why she would be chillin’ with Ella and Christie. Now with that being established, it is also said that this song is about a particular lady. Billy Joel conceived it upon simultaneously and unexpectedly meeting Elle Macpherson, Christie Brinkley and Whitney Houston (1963-2012). The first two personalities you may already recognize as being famous models. So this track isn’t necessarily a love song as in its lyrics, in their entirety, aren’t really about him adoring this lady. Rather they are more centered on the possibility of the two of them being together. Or all things considered, you can say that he is trying to convince the uptown girl to date him, considering he’s in love with her and all. And in realizing that she is actually searching for a guy like himself, he’s “gonna try” to get her. Or stated otherwise, he feels that he is exactly what she is looking for. She memorably waltzed with President Reagan, Clint Eastwood, Tom Selleck, and John Travolta at the White House that year.So Billy sees an opportunity. That is to say that he is attracted to this lady. In fact, "Uptown Girl" wasn't even her only famous performance in 1985. She also worked as a children's dance instructor before taking on a role as a kindergarten assistant.Īfter becoming a member of the royal family, she became the patron of the London City Ballet and took several other notable turns on the dance floor. While attending West Heath Girls' School in the '70s, she studied ballet and tap dancing. Like this season of The Crown shows, dance served a source of joy throughout her life. His disappointing response, when it leaked, was interpreted as frigid disapproval of Diana’s lapse in royal etiquette."ĭespite the prince's negative response, Diana loved performing, even from a young age.
"It was embarrassingly clear that he had not been ravished by the spectacle of his wife en pointe.
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"Afterward, when she and Sleep joined the Prince for a small reception, he behaved coolly, even distantly," biographer Tina Brown wrote in The Diana Chronicles. The reaction to their duet mirrors almost exactly what happened in The Crown, with Diana receiving thundering applause from the audience and glowering disappointment from Charles. Her response, apparently: "I’m not bowing to him.
"I remember thinking, 'Don’t drop the future Queen of England,'" he recalled.Īfter the music faded, he reportedly told her, "You have to bow to the royal box," meaning toward Charles.
At one point, Sleep even carried Diana across the stage.
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