Kim and I headed down to the Pepsi Center last night for the rescheduled Billy Joel and Elton John show.  The “Face To Face” show was originally scheduled for November 22nd, but it was later rescheduled.  We bough some of the cheapest tickets in the arena, which were still $50, and we were pleasantly surprised when we found our seats.  We were slightly behind the stage, but felt the view must have been better than from the far side of the arena.  We could easily see both performers and their entire bands and only really missed out on the large video screen across the top of the stage setup.

The show started with both performers trading verses on Elton John’s “Your Song.”  They then moved through “Just the Way You Are,” “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me,” and “My Life” in the same manner.  It was neat to hear each sing on the others songs.  And their voices actually complimented each other really well.  From there, Elton John’s backing band arose from the stage trap-doors to accompany him in an hour-long set of hits.  I had honestly forgotten how many hits he had.  Some of the songs in the set included “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road,” “Crocodile Rock,” “Tiny Dancer,” “Levon,” and “Rocket Man.”

From there, the backing bands switched spots, and it was Billy Joel’s turn to run through some of his hits.  Kim has always been a huge fan of his music, and has helped introduce me to more songs than just the hits.  However he stuck to mostly the hits in his hour-long set, which included “Allentown,” “Don’t Ask Me Why,” “She’s Always a Woman,” “Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song),” “Scenes from an Italian Restaurant” (Kim’s personal favorite), and “It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me.”  Though Elton John appeared a little reserved in his performance, Billy Joel was up dancing and even grabbed the guitar for “We Didn’t Start the Fire.”

Rather than taking a drawn-out encore break, Elton John simply joined Billy Joel up on stage at the end of his set for another round of duets.  This medley of songs was especially good, including “I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues,” “Uptown Girl,” “Bennie and the Jets,” “Candle in the Wind” and “Piano Man.”  Every one knew “Piano Man” was going to end the show, but it was still a perfect ending to a great three-hour night of music.