Globally successful American singer-songwriter, born in 1949. Owing to his popularity among Knightmare fans, lyrics to a number of Billy Joel's songs have been rewritten by by Knightmare.com Forum members as themed parodies, or filks. These include:

We Didn't Start the Fire (1989)
Parodied by Drassil (David) as We Didn't Stop the Knightmare, about Knightmare as a whole.

It's Still Rock and Roll To Me (1980)
Parodied by Mashibinbin (Robin) to be about dungeoneering. Includes references to Nightsight, Fireball Brandy and DANCE.

Allentown (1982)
Parodied by Drassil to be about Knightmare series by series from 1 to 8. Changes included 'Second World War' to 'fecund old bore' in reference to Merlin and '...USO | Asked them to dance, danced with them slow' to 'CSO | Vastly advanced by David Rowe', referring to the interaction of the bluescreen and Dungeon artwork.

Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) (1977)
Parodied by Drassil to be about various Series 2 dungeoneers. 'Anthony works in the grocery store' was changed to 'Anthony walks on the chromakey floor', referring to Team 11 of Series 2; 'Heart attack-ack-ack-ack-ack-ack' was changed to 'ice pack-ack-ack-ack-ak-Akash', in reference to Team 6 of Series 2, to positive reactions from fellow forum users.

Captain Jack (1973)
Parodied by Drassil to be about Snapper Jack and his encounters with dungeoneers in Series 8. The phrase 'in your new English clothes' was retained from the original.

Piano Man (1973)
Parodied by Drassil to be about various aspects of Knightmare and the general experiences of dungeoneers and watchers. Written to mark the tenth anniversary of his involvement with Knightmare song parodies.

Leningrad (1989)
Parodied by Drassil to be about the conflict between Lord Fear and Treguard, leading to a meeting at Marblehead.

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