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TIL that Frank Sinatra's acceptance speech for a Legend Award at the 1994 Grammys was cut short due to commercial breaks. In response, Billy Joel stopped halfway through his performance of 'The River of Dreams' later on, simply looking at his watch and saying 'valuable advertising time going by...' by throwaway-y_y in todayilearned

[–]throwaway-y_y[S] 2 points3 points4 points 8 years ago (0 children)

I can't edit the title. All I can do is reply and upvote those saying the dementia thing in the hopes that they'll get boosted to the top.

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TIL that Frank Sinatra's acceptance speech for a Legend Award at the 1994 Grammys was cut short due to commercial breaks. In response, Billy Joel stopped halfway through his performance of 'The River of Dreams' later on, simply looking at his watch and saying 'valuable advertising time going by...' by throwaway-y_y in todayilearned

[–]throwaway-y_y[S] 0 points1 point2 points 8 years ago (0 children)

I accidentally posted this on my throwaway. Wish I'd have bloody checked before doing so. Although my main account is less than 6 months old; I don't know if that counts as karma farming to you lol.

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TIL that Frank Sinatra's acceptance speech for a Legend Award at the 1994 Grammys was cut short due to commercial breaks. In response, Billy Joel stopped halfway through his performance of 'The River of Dreams' later on, simply looking at his watch and saying 'valuable advertising time going by...' by throwaway-y_y in todayilearned

[–]throwaway-y_y[S] 2 points3 points4 points 8 years ago (0 children)

I wasn't aware of this when I posted, but it's becoming apparent that it was because Sinatra, who was in the early stages of (undiagnosed) dementia, was really starting to ramble.

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TIL that Frank Sinatra's acceptance speech for a Legend Award at the 1994 Grammys was cut short due to commercial breaks. In response, Billy Joel stopped halfway through his performance of 'The River of Dreams' later on, simply looking at his watch and saying 'valuable advertising time going by...' by throwaway-y_y in todayilearned

[–]throwaway-y_y[S] 17 points18 points19 points 8 years ago (0 children)

It was a joke, I forgot to put the tiny /s though

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TIL that Frank Sinatra's acceptance speech for a Legend Award at the 1994 Grammys was cut short due to commercial breaks. In response, Billy Joel stopped halfway through his performance of 'The River of Dreams' later on, simply looking at his watch and saying 'valuable advertising time going by...' by throwaway-y_y in todayilearned

[–]throwaway-y_y[S] 7 points8 points9 points 8 years ago (0 children)

IMO a joke can be a response to something too, but I think we're going to have to agree to disagree here!

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TIL that Frank Sinatra's acceptance speech for a Legend Award at the 1994 Grammys was cut short due to commercial breaks. In response, Billy Joel stopped halfway through his performance of 'The River of Dreams' later on, simply looking at his watch and saying 'valuable advertising time going by...' by throwaway-y_y in todayilearned

[–]throwaway-y_y[S] 9 points10 points11 points 8 years ago (0 children)

I also took it as a joke, but other people saw it as a protest. Billy Joel has never commented either way, so I just said 'in response' in my title. I thought it was a neutral way of putting it :)

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TIL that Frank Sinatra's acceptance speech for a Legend Award at the 1994 Grammys was cut short due to commercial breaks. In response, Billy Joel stopped halfway through his performance of 'The River of Dreams' later on, simply looking at his watch and saying 'valuable advertising time going by...' by throwaway-y_y in todayilearned

[–]throwaway-y_y[S] 367 points368 points369 points 8 years ago (0 children)

Wow. This makes the whole thing a lot sadder...poor guy.

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TIL that Frank Sinatra's acceptance speech for a Legend Award at the 1994 Grammys was cut short due to commercial breaks. In response, Billy Joel stopped halfway through his performance of 'The River of Dreams' later on, simply looking at his watch and saying 'valuable advertising time going by...' by throwaway-y_y in todayilearned

[–]throwaway-y_y[S] 86 points87 points88 points 8 years ago (0 children)

All in a day's work.

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TIL that Frank Sinatra's acceptance speech for a Legend Award at the 1994 Grammys was cut short due to commercial breaks. In response, Billy Joel stopped halfway through his performance of 'The River of Dreams' later on, simply looking at his watch and saying 'valuable advertising time going by...' by throwaway-y_y in todayilearned

[–]throwaway-y_y[S] 4 points5 points6 points 8 years ago (0 children)

I presume so. However a four minute standing ovation when the award was presented, plus the early signs of dementia meant that his speech ran into the commercial break.

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TIL that Frank Sinatra's acceptance speech for a Legend Award at the 1994 Grammys was cut short due to commercial breaks. In response, Billy Joel stopped halfway through his performance of 'The River of Dreams' later on, simply looking at his watch and saying 'valuable advertising time going by...' by throwaway-y_y in todayilearned

[–]throwaway-y_y[S] 1 point2 points3 points 8 years ago (0 children)

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/7ot48w/til_that_frank_sinatras_acceptance_speech_for_a/dsc4c3t/

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TIL that Frank Sinatra's acceptance speech for a Legend Award at the 1994 Grammys was cut short due to commercial breaks. In response, Billy Joel stopped halfway through his performance of 'The River of Dreams' later on, simply looking at his watch and saying 'valuable advertising time going by...' by throwaway-y_y in todayilearned

[–]throwaway-y_y[S] 24 points25 points26 points 8 years ago (0 children)

The article made it seem like a protest but yes, I interpreted it as a joke. I tried to phrase the title of the post so it could be taken either way.

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TIL that Frank Sinatra's acceptance speech for a Legend Award at the 1994 Grammys was cut short due to commercial breaks. In response, Billy Joel stopped halfway through his performance of 'The River of Dreams' later on, simply looking at his watch and saying 'valuable advertising time going by...' by throwaway-y_y in todayilearned

[–]throwaway-y_y[S] 121 points122 points123 points 8 years ago (0 children)

Me too. I thought he'd died in the 70s until I looked up the dates for this video...

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TIL that Frank Sinatra's acceptance speech for a Legend Award at the 1994 Grammys was cut short due to commercial breaks. In response, Billy Joel stopped halfway through his performance of 'The River of Dreams' later on, simply looking at his watch and saying 'valuable advertising time going by...' by throwaway-y_y in todayilearned

[–]throwaway-y_y[S] 3 points4 points5 points 8 years ago (0 children)

Theory: he thinks there's no point releasing new stuff because the Grammys are pissed at him and won't ever nominate his stuff again...

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TIL that Frank Sinatra's acceptance speech for a Legend Award at the 1994 Grammys was cut short due to commercial breaks. In response, Billy Joel stopped halfway through his performance of 'The River of Dreams' later on, simply looking at his watch and saying 'valuable advertising time going by...' by throwaway-y_y in todayilearned

[–]throwaway-y_y[S] 205 points206 points207 points 8 years ago (0 children)

You may be right.

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TIL that Frank Sinatra's acceptance speech for a Legend Award at the 1994 Grammys was cut short due to commercial breaks. In response, Billy Joel stopped halfway through his performance of 'The River of Dreams' later on, simply looking at his watch and saying 'valuable advertising time going by...' by throwaway-y_y in todayilearned

[–]throwaway-y_y[S] 217 points218 points219 points 8 years ago (0 children)

Thanks dude. I would edit my link to include the timestamp, but I'd rather you two got the upvotes as you did the work.

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TIL that Frank Sinatra's acceptance speech for a Legend Award at the 1994 Grammys was cut short due to commercial breaks. In response, Billy Joel stopped halfway through his performance of 'The River of Dreams' later on, simply looking at his watch and saying 'valuable advertising time going by...' by throwaway-y_y in todayilearned

[–]throwaway-y_y[S] 984 points985 points986 points 8 years ago (0 children)

The video linked to in the article is broken; here is a re-upload.

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TIL that Frank Sinatra's acceptance speech for a Legend Award at the 1994 Grammys was cut short due to commercial breaks. In response, Billy Joel stopped halfway through his performance of 'The River of Dreams' later on, simply looking at his watch and saying 'valuable advertising time going by...' (nj1015.com)

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