Talk:Only the Good Die Young

Please try to remember that while a good show Andy Griffith is not Catholic and thus is not a good base of reference. A good place to start is to look up the Catholic church. I hope that that clarifies that for you!

• Note: if you need to learn more tell me as I am Catholic and can say a thing or two. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.244.187.85 (talk) 10:09, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

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Due to its Catholic references, the song met resistance on certain radio stations, but the attention helped album sales.(already sourced in lead) When the song was banned at Seton Hall University (Sourced to Bordowitz via Performing Songwriter magazine) Joel wrote a letter to the president of the university thanking him for the notoriety and asking him to ban the rest of his songs. In the late 1970s, while planning a trip to the University of Notre Dame, Joel signed a contract with the university stating that the only song he would not be allowed to play was "Only the Good Die Young". Consequently, Billy Joel played the song six times in a row, and changed the lyrics to include references to "Notre Dame and Saint Mary's Girls." As a result, Joel was banned from playing at the University Joel also reportedly received death threats if he played the song at a concert in St. Louis - he responded by playing the song twice.

What I really wanted to know is...where did the saying come from. The bit about Billy Joels' song is nice, but the saying was already there in history. So...who said that and why do we more or less agree that this must be true. For example, God in His all knowing position would never take someone away from us incorrectly. Therefor you could not die young unless God thought it was the very best thing that could happen. Anyway I was watching Andy Griffith and He used the saying so I believe this episode I'm wathcing came before Billy Joel. 204.116.223.232 (talk) 23:55, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

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