It was a Billy Joel state of mind at the opening night of the Tribeca Film Festival.

The world premiere of the Piano Man’s documentary “Billy Joel: And So It Goes” kicked off the 24th edition of the festival at the Beacon Theatre on Wednesday night.

Although the 76-year-old music legend was absent from his big night after revealing his shocking brain disorder diagnosis two weeks ago, Joel’s presence was still very much felt as the audience watched the first half of the two-part doc that will premiere on HBO and HBO Max later this summer. 9

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Here, we break down some of the biggest revelations of Part 1:

He wanted to be a heavy-metal rocker

While we always think of Joel as the ultimate piano balladeer, he actually wanted to get his Led Zeppelin on with an early band.

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