And So It Goes
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"And So It Goes" is a ballad written by Billy Joel in 1983, though it wasn't released until six years later. It appeared as the tenth and final track of his megahit album Storm Front. The original 1983 demo was released on the 2005 box set My Lives. Joel wrote the song at the close of his relationship with Elle Macpherson, and expressed a great longing to be with one deeply loved person, while knowing that the relationship may at any time come to an end. In the original, Joel sings the melody simply and almost humbly, accompanied by a simple piano backdrop. It has been covered by many subsequent artists, including Carmen Rasmusen, the King's Singers, and others.
[edit] See also
- In the 1969 novel Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut used the phrase "So it goes" as a transitional phrase to another subject, as a reminder, and as comic relief. Generally the phrase was used after every time someone’s (or somethings) death is described or mentioned in the novel.
- From 1982 to 1983, NBC News produced NBC News Overnight with anchors Linda Ellerbee, Lloyd Dobyns. They used the phrase 'And so it goes' to transit from one news story to the next.
[edit] Pop Culture
This song was featured in the 2007 episode of Boston Legal "Son of The Defender"
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