Who is Billy Joel from Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto and what is their importance?

Billy Joel is a musician who was popular in the 70's and 80's. Klosterman believes Joel was cool because he didn't try to be. His music was often about loneliness and boredom, and as a result, was easy to identify with for a wide range of audiences. Joel's more popular songs, Klosterman believes, were manufactured by the record companies to sell more records, but his truly great songs are those that are personal, raw, and meaningful. Joel did not seek to dress for the masses, or sing for the masses, but rather, to be himself, and Klosterman finds that cool. He believes Joel represents the truly cool of generation X musical influences.