(Book). Billy Joel: The Life and Times of an Angry Young Man is a look at the superstar's entire career, including his troubled youth as a gang member; the controversy surrounding his first hit, 'Captain Jack'; his legal problems; his storied marriage with Christie Brinkley; and his continued artistic frustration. 'The Beatles did 'Michelle' and 'Yesterday,'' he has said. 'They also did 'Revolution' and 'Helter Skelter' and they weren't pegged as balladeers. But because I had hit singles that we