Billy Joel - Scenes from an Italian Restaurant (Official Music Video)
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- Official Video for "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" by Billy Joel
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Lyrics:
A bottle of white, a bottle of red
Perhaps a bottle of rosé instead
We'll get a table near the street
In our old familiar place
You and I, face to face, mmm
A bottle of red, a bottle of white
It all depends upon your appetite
I'll meet you any time you want
In our Italian restaurant
Produced by Steve Cohen
Creative Concept by Lightborne
Ryan McAllister, Director
Lauren Bentle, Producer
Neil Smith, Senior Designer an Animator
Kurt Koch, Senour Designer, animator, Illustrator
Kevin Gaultraud, Senior Animator
#BillyJoel #ScenesfromanItalianRestaurant #50YearsOfBilly #OfficialVideo 
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Eagles have Hotel California, Queen has Bohemian Rapsody, Zepplin has Stairway to Heaven ….. and Billy has Scenes
The song that Billy Joel ranked as his #1 song of his.
Piano Man may have been his most recognizable song by many, but Scenes from an Italian Restaurant is where Billy's musical genius was shown. It wasn't just a song. It was an anthology.
It's about time such a phenomenal song gets its own music video, and what an insanely well-made and fantastic music video it is! Well done to everyone involved in it. Most of all, thank you to Mr. Billy Joel for creating such a musical masterpiece.
There’s an excellent video on this channel of his performance of this song at Jazz Fest in New Orleans in (I think) 2013. It’s great with the NoLA jazz band!
its alright
This is true
It surely is the best Billy Joel song.
His favourite song of all of his tunes and mine too.
thank you for so many timeless masterpieces, Billy Joel :))
ikr
I'd be honored if some Billy Joel fans would take a listen to my acoustic piano & vocal cover interpretations of ALLENTOWN and VIENNA ruclips.net/video/XiiHzoeYVIA/видео.html on my YT channel in tribute to 2 great classics from his golden era of the late 70s/early 80s. Live acoustic with no autotune, backing tracks, or digital editing. Peace and stay safe.
When i think of bridge 4 i always think of goodnight saigon
Billy is one-of-a-kind.
A 7 1/2 minute masterpiece!
Eddie in his VW Microbus and Brenda in her Plymouth Volare wagon!
Totally brilliant song from a fantastic album, The Stranger 😊In my humble opinion Billy's greatest ever album!
デビューから50年、この曲にも素晴らしいミュージックビデオが出来ましたね。これからも期待しています。
Epic songwriting. Everything about this song is perfect. The Stranger is still one of my all-time favourite albums.
A MARCHING BAND FULL OF TROMBONES IM IN LOVE!!!
Reference to be new Orleans preservation hall band?
Well that was just incredible! Amazing work from the artists who really captured the essence of this song.
This is excellent. Just excellent.
Second only to Captain Jack, , wish it was still the 70s,,, hearing all these songs for the very first time,,, the best
The restaurant that inspired the song is now closed, but was called the Fontana di Trevi. It was located just across from Carnegie Hall. It is the restaurant that inspired a masterpiece.
The waiter actually said "A bottle of red, a bottle of white. Whatever kind of mood your in tonight"
underrated song
one of my fave ones, just PERFECT !!!
i love his music
A perfect song and a wonderful video!
I would like to see the masterful artistry expressed in this video given similar treatment for "The Stranger" - make THAT lyrical masterpiece into a visual and I think it will blow everybody's mind. Is something like that out there for THAT iconic song? I'd love to see it -or- see it be done.
These singular artists (BJoel, Tom Petty, etc) forged their sound thru radio airplay - AOR stations - and live performance - but now that we have 21 century video technology, that could, and have been, woven around these classics we grew up listening to - if applied, would give these timeless classics a whole new take - AND - introduce 30, 40, 50 year old timeless classics to a whole new generation that grew up on video. Wouldn't that be the bomb?
this is so awesome
You knew Brenda and Eddie wouldn't turn out well when they were cruising in a convertible Christine (Plymouth Fury).
Thanks for the love and support
I decided to take out time today out of my busy schedule to get close and I came across you through my official RUclips channel
Big hug from me. ❤️🩹❤️🩹 Are you one of my great honest fans out there.
If you like this song or video, you would like the movie mr. Church, they have a similar beauty to them.
(2:48)
Ed, Edd, n Eddy were the popular steadys and the kings and the queens of the prom.
Riding around with the car top down and the radio on.
Nobody looked any finer or was more of a hit at the Parkway Diner.
We never knew we could want more than that out of life.
Surely Ed, Edd, n Eddy would always know how to survive.
Ed, Edd, n Eddy were still going steady in the summer of '75
When they decided the marriage would be at the end of July.
Everyone said they were crazy "Ed, you know you're much too lazy and
Eddy could never afford to live that kind of life."
But there we were wavin' Ed, Edd, n Eddy goodbye.
Well, they got an apartment with deep pile carpet and a couple of paintings from Sears.
A big waterbed that they bought with the bread they had saved for a couple of years.
They started to fight when the money got tight and they just didn't count on the tears.
They lived for a while in a very nice style but it's always the same in the end.
They got a divorce as a matter of course, and they parted the closest of friends.
Then the kings and the queens went back to the green but you can never go back there again.
Ed, Edd, n Eddy had had it already by the summer of '75
From the high to the low to the end of the show for the rest of their lives.
They couldn't go back to the greasers.
The best they could do was pick up their pieces.
We always knew they would both find a way to get by.
That's all I heard about Ed, Edd, n Eddy.
Can't tell you more 'cause I told you already.
And here we are wavin' Ed, Edd, n Eddy goodbye.
Wow I just noticed the Trade Center is in it
This is not just a song, its 3 songs put in one masterpiece.
3
3
Thats what I thought 1st time i heard it... Then it brought me back to the bottle of wine. 🤣
Billy's "A Day in the Life"
He once said he structured it after side 2 of Abbey Road.
His magnum opus in my opinion. There’s no skipping tracks on that “The Stranger” album.
My thoughts exactly
You’re right, but I like 52nd Street even more!
I think of the twists of fate that bring us the Billy Joel’s. Knowing full well there are likely other geniuses out there that missed their one moment in time when the ship sailed one day before.
I'm a lifelong Beatles fan, and it's hard not to compare this song to some of the Beatles finest work and I mean that as a compliment.
Or 52 nd street! Two of the truly great recordings ever made.
Ah, so the Italian Restaurant is "Mister Cacciatore's down on Sullivan Street". Nice touch.
And the jazz club downtown is "Zanzibar."
Yes! I thought the same thing. A very nice touch indeed.
Movin' Out(Anthony's Song) should get this treatment, too. Maybe a long form video of The Stranger album in its entirety done in this style.
Across from the medical center...😉
Did you notice? The lights went out on Broadway too. Just past 42nd Street...
It’s about time that scenes got a music video, in my opinion it’s one of his all time best songs. It’s rare that I hear a song and feel as good as I do while I listen to this song. This song will live on forever as one of the best pieces of music in history
well lookie what we have here
Ditto!
Totally agree!!
Es una de las mejores canciones de la historia, de acuerdo.
Can you kind of give a synopsis of the story? I can’t make sense of the end…
Billy Joel managed to put a 30 minute broadway musical into 7 minutes and 32 seconds, if that's not a legendary musician, I give up
Don't forget that Weird Al captured the first three "Star Wars" prequels in "The Saga Begins".
@@spaceflight1019No he didn't - that's all about Episode I: The Phantom Menace. He even paid a lot to go to early screenings to get the lyrics and story refined, so it could be released very close to the film's premiere. Weird Al is life.
Scenes from an Italien restaurant
Lyrics:
A bottle of white, a bottle of red
Perhaps a bottle of rosé instead
We'll get a table near the street
In our old familiar place
You and I, face to face, mmm
A bottle of red, a bottle of white
It all depends upon your appetite
I'll meet you any time you want
In our Italian restaurant
✨
Things are okay with me these days
Got a good job, got a good office
Got a new wife, got a new life
And the family's fine
We lost touch long ago
You lost weight, I did not know
You could ever look so nice
after so much time
Do you remember those days hanging out at the village green
Engineer boots, leather jackets and tight blue jeans
Drop a dime in the box play the song about
New Orleans
Cold beer, hot lights
My sweet romantic teenage nights
✨
Brenda and Eddie were the popular steadies
And the king and the queen of the prom
Riding around with the car top down and the radio on
Nobody looked any finer
or was more of a hit at the Parkway Diner
We never knew we could want more than that out of life
Surely Brenda and Eddie would always know how to survive
Brenda and Eddie were still going steady in the summer of '75
When they decided the marriage would be at the end of July
Everyone said they were crazy
"Brenda you know that you're much too lazy
Eddie could never afford to live that kind of life"
But there we were waving Brenda and Eddie goodbye
Well they got an apartment with deep pile carpet
And a couple of paintings from Sears
A big waterbed that they bought with the bread
they had saved for a couple of years
They started to fight
when the money got tight
And they just didn't count on the tears
Well they lived for a while
in a very nice style
But it's always the same in the end
They got a divorce as a matter of course
And they parted the closest of friends
Then the king and the queen went back to the green
But you can never go back there again
Brenda and Eddie had had it already by the summer of '75
From the high to the low to the end of the show
For the rest of their lives
They couldn't go back to the greasers
The best they could do was to pick up the pieces
We always know they would both find a way to get by
That's all I heard about Brenda and Eddie
Can't tell you more 'cause I told you already
And here we are waving Brenda and Eddie goodbye
✨
A bottle of red, a bottle of white
Whatever kind of mood you're in tonight
I'll meet you anytime you want in our Italian restaurant 🌆
Some pixels of red, some pixels of blue
Make the Mario of today’s tech crew
What a change that he’s gone through
He has irises and gloves, and you can make out his face
Some pixels of red, some pixels of white
Make the classic Fire Flower sprite
Nintendo’s come pretty far
With their Italian Superstar…
Gaming has improved these days
Got more blocks, they got a new engine
Got a new look, Wiimote is shook
And the Wi-Fi is fine.
Not just scrolling side to side.
Screens are now a bit more wide.
Those graphics look so nice after so much time.
You remember those days being shocked by the color scheme?
Nowadays 2D seems more like a faded dream.
Ah, You’re not impressed unless it has an realistic gleam.
Shadows, bright flames
Remember gameplay makes the games
Jumpman was famous as he rescued his dame
By dodging barrels thrown by Donkey Kong.
Then they decided that being a carpenter was simply wrong.
Shigeru made him a plumber
Some people thought that could not be dumber
And also they named Mario after a landlord.
Oh, But now Mario has the #1 score on the board.
Oh (repeated)
Their next arcade game wasn’t worthy of shame
Because Luigi was made player 2.
Then they moved on to Pipes, Mushrooms, Flagpoles, and Podoboos.
Had an adventure in Subcon, showed off Toad’s superhuman brawn
Then defeated Tatanga and all of his strange enemies.
Oh, And following that he entered combat overseas.
Well, the Koopalings struck and the kings out of luck
Until Mario came to assist.
And on Yoshi’s Isle they were equally hostile but Mario had to persist.
Wario conquered at least from what we heard.
So Mario reclenched his fist.
Yeah, they’re on a roll!
(Underground Theme Plays along with Normal Theme)
They moved on to 3D and made the game we know
is just wonderful to replay.
They went in to sports and a few other
sorts of games that gamers still favor today.
A game for Luigi was just too easy.
But why launch the Gamecube that way?
Sunshine with FLUDD was very far from a dud
But was a small slip in the trilogy
Oh, they kept going strong with Yoshi, Donkey Kong, a few RPGs.
Remade a game that was ageless
Super Smash Bros. was all the rage
This was certainly a sturdy time for this super franchise.
Oh, and Galaxy wowed and astounded the masses.
Everyone says that the game really passes
the standards that we have come to adore and admire.
Some pixels of red, ooh some pixels of white
Make the current Super Mushroom sprite
Nintendo’s come very far
With their Italian Superstar…
Knows this man how wonderful he is in putting words to music??
@@mariongaul246 It's the opposite to him first music then lyrix 🙃😃
Pm mo
Waiter: "A bottle of white, a bottle of red or a bottle of rose instead?"
Billy: 💥⚡Heureka!!!
Recently had my own "Scene from an Italian Restaurant."
Got back in touch with an old friend. We had not seen each other in over 30 years, since the day we graduated high school. We went to different colleges, my family moved to another city, and he eventually moved out of state. He was back in town to help look after his father; he was recovering from surgery. We decided to meet at an Italian place, about halfway between where we both were. Time had changed how we look some, but not so much we didn't know each other when we saw each other. We talked about everything, anything, and nothing, the way men talk to each other. We parted ways, much like we had all those years ago. I don't think I'll ever see him again, but I also don't think I'll ever stop thinking of him as my friend.
just had a couple of those in the last year (buddies I had known years ago). Time moves fast!
I only hope to have something like this someday. I still have plenty of growing up to do, but think about the friends of my teens from time to time.
Billy Joel is the best. Who else has so many hits throughout the decades? I will choose my future wife on how much they like Billy Joel.
Agree. Agree. Take care with that!
I'm not a picky guy but if she doesn't like Billy Joel than I'm out
Elton John also had many hits throughout the 70s
While Billy Joel isn’t one of my top music artists, he has such amazing songs and albums. Happy 50 years to him! Love this music video!
Thanks for a such a great comment. I appreciate the love and support ❤
@@billyjoel4332 get a life or something man
Chat live on Thursday with Steve Cohen, Creative Director of "Scenes From An Italian Restaurant" Music Video
Tell Billy I love him and he's my idol please and thank you:)
It's your best song by far Billy
We NEED a piano tutorial!!!!
Thank you
Time chat starts?
(We’re in MST, over here btw!)
Mighty sweet surprise..gratitude!!
“Scenes from an Italian Restaurant” could have been 3 separate good songs that probably all would have been hits on their own but Billy masterfully blended them together into one amazing masterpiece that is unforgettable. One of his best songs and one of the most creative songs of all time.
Exactly! Changing up the mood because he is “speaking” with fluctuating emotions changing moods and tones expressing how he feels.
Brenda and Eddie would agree!
no one writes better lyrics
Won't get an argument from me.
Jason Isbel
@@chadvalliere8697 Who the hell is that?
I agree. “Vienna”, for example, is as good as Dylan’s “Tangled Up in Blue”: and as moving as Leonard Cohen” Hallelujah.
@@sergio_zurita Vienna is incompareable.
I'm actually a lot more excited for this than I thought I would be.
Same.
I know right?!
@@matthewdaub Ljubljana no one is the only one who is one who by the U of thew
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I'm 25 years old. Everybody knows "Piano Man", "We Didn't Start The Fire." But I never really got into Billy Joel. I picked up "The Stranger" on vinyl for a couple bucks. An absolute masterpiece. Beautiful music I look forward to cherishing for the rest of my life.
Got into Billy Joel with The Stranger as well when I was 22.
It’s really a great album and timeless. It tells stories and brings forth so much emotion.
Being 25 and knowing who Billy Joel is is an achievement in and of itself. I'm extremely happy you listen to this golden age of music!!
Josh, welcome to the club. Now start finding some other albums. Try Turnstiles or 52nd Street. They're all great.
Well done buddy. Always keep your mind open to different music. Never know what you may discover.
Keep that vinyl spinning @Josh Lewis
It's ironic that the album is called The Stranger because listening to it feels like someone else knows what it's like to live inside my head.
I remember on one of the few times I saw Billy live, he stopped between songs to mention that whenever he forgot the words to any songs when he was gigging, he only had to look at the faithful at the front, mouthing the words... So true...
And the teleprompter hidden in his piano.
This is my favorite Billy Joel song, absolute masterpiece. Thank you for everything you given us.
Man the artistry in the video is stunning! Bravo:)
No one writes songs like this anymore.
Thanks for the love great fan ❤
Yes, they do, it's sad that radio has no interest in well crafted songs anymore. That's why you don't hear them.
Nobody but Billy Joel ever did. A few other songwriters wrote slices of life, and they are often worth listening to, but his are unique, and not to be equalled anywhere else in the american songbook.
No one wrote songs like this ever! The best writers of all time are Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, and Billy Joel.
@@kathconserv John Lennon was better than all the people you mentioned put together FACT🎸🎤🎹✌️✌️✌️✌️
This song is art in it's purest form.
This song is Billy's personal bohemian rhapsody.
Thanks god that he sent you to earth to become the future Beethoven.😉
This song is over 7 minutes and very storytelling with Billy’s Love. Bohemian Rhapsody is 6 minutes with Freddie’s Love. Both great original songs, one and only in USA and UK. But I have Billy’s T-shirts more, have gone to his concerts more, and have all his 12 Albums, so this time I want to give a Gold Medal to Billy! Thank you Billy, our Mr. Piano Man 😎🎹🎶
And his Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding to keep the analogies going.
@@mami4big467i feel like it would be hard to go to a freddie mercury concert
I've heard this song over thousands of times. I've learned to play this song, every note, on piano and have learned to perform it. I shouldn't have a huge emotional reaction over it. And yet I was moved to tears watching this. Thank you so much for sharing this, and letting these visuals tell the story that the song so beautifully does.
Me too, I think I worked out the album, but teenager years
So with you.
Damn classic!
The ballad of Brenda and Eddie still gets me every time.
me too. brings back memories of a previous life. tears rolling down my cheeks as I write. never thought this song could be improved - turns out it can with this video. masterpiece.
And there we were wavin' Brenda and Eddie goodbye...
Classic.
"Brender"... Gotta love when Bill's regional accent slips through!
That part threw me off, Brenda and Eddie were the people at the restaurant all along? Or that's just like a choice for this animated video?
I can't tell you more 'cause I told you already
The lady and gentleman in the restaurant are two schoolmates of Brenda and Eddie reminiscing.
It confuses me a bit because it goes into first person from presumably Eddie’s perspective “Things are okay for me these days”
Interesting bit of trivia:
"After years of speculation about exactly which restaurant inspired the song, Joel stated in an interview included on 2008's The Stranger 30th Anniversary Edition DVD that the song was written about Fontana di Trevi, a restaurant across from Carnegie Hall, which he frequented during a series of June 1977 concerts. The song's signature line: "A bottle of red, a bottle of white, whatever kind of mood you're in tonight" was actually spoken to him by a waiter at Fontana di Trevi while Joel ordered. He has further stated that the restaurant in the story has more than one real-life counterpart; however, Fontana di Trevi was on his mind while he was writing the song.
Oh thats amazing😊
Being a part of RUclips history by watching, liking and leaving a comment for a great man I grew up listening to. Thanks, Billy Joel 👏👏❤️🎶
I'm 58 years old, and been a Billy Joel fan my entire life. And I just realized this weekend that this song--which I always thought was just three mini-songs strung together--is actually just different parts of the same story, and are all about the same two people. Brenda and Eddie are the two people meeting in the Italian Restaurant ("they parted as the closest of friends..."), and Eddie is the one who's "got a good job, got a good office, got a new wife..."
My respect for Billy Joel's song-writing and story telling skills--which were already huge--just got a little bigger, if that is even possible...
same, except I am one decade younger lol
@@jr-km2rd Ah yes, insulting and belittling people for making realizations in a positive comment about how much they love the song.
We all have our blind spots. I'm sure there's plenty that you should be far more ashamed of for not knowing
If it’s Brenda and Eddie at the Italian restaurant, why would Eddie say “That’s all I heard about Brenda and Eddie”? I think it’s a different couple.
I'm wondering why it took you so long to realize that 😆 🤣
No they are not at the restaurant, the 2 people are gossiping about them. Listen carefully!
One of the greatest songs ever written. If you have never seen Billy do this live, you are truly missing out.
OMG I can't believe it, my favorite song!!! Ballad, jazz and rock at the same time, the perfect combination, I look forward to it
No one writes music like this anymore, not because the style is out dated, it's because no one else is at this level of masterclass, not even close. You won't see anyone like Billy Joel in another 50 years
The animation is worthy of this song. Really just added an amazing visual and made this song even more moving to me.
I’ll meet you anytime you want … In our Italian restaurant :,)
This is such a clever song seamlessly moving from one style to another.
What a wonderful music video!!! Congratulations Billy!!! I am so happy to see it. Finally story told in video made the song much more realistic. Fantastic Piano Man! Can’t wait to see you again in concert! For 4th time
My favorite album was always The Stanger
いつのまにこんな最高なオフィシャルビデオが投稿されていたんだ！！！！！永遠に愛しています。どうかまた日本へ。
Thanks for the great love ❤️ and support you show me as a special fan of mine😍, I hope you won't stop listening to tracks , and thanks for your sincere
Compliment and love towards my tracks ❤️may God bless you.
The greatest song ever written 👌🎹
It is definately pretty bloody amazing.
I’m glad artists like Billy don’t do dances while performing.
This should be a real comic. I’d buy it in a heartbeat.
Also I love the references to other songs like how the restaurant is Mister Cacciatore’s (down on Sullivan street).
😍🤩❤️👍😊👌👏😁
The club in an early frame was Zanzibar, a great old deep track.
@@vandergod 👍
@@vandergod it rang a bell, I knew it meant something, but I couldn't place it. Thanks!
Across from the medical center.🏥
I remember singing this as a freshman in high school. in Australia...... One of my ALL TIME Favorite songs of all time. This is Billy Joel's Bohemian Rhapsody. A classic!! About time Scenes from an Italian restaurant had a music video!! Well Done Billy Joel!! You are an Absolute legend!! We love you!
Oh my goodness, I had LITERALLY just thought to myself: "This song is like Billy Joel's 'Bohemian Rhapsody'" Then I saw your comment! 😂 GORGEOUS piece of music (like Bo-Rhap, of course!)! ♥
I love listening to his song as it’s a great artist… He’s talented as I can say I spend most time listening to their song
I’m glad to be from Long Island, just like Billy. One of the all time greats, hands down.
True talent lasts for decades!
My absolute favourite song and I'm glad that it's finally confirmed for all eternity that Brenda and Eddie are actually the two people meeting up at the restaurant. Everything else would have made the song worse but there were always people claiming that they are just random people talking about Brenda and Eddie their childhood acquaintances.
Some times waiting 40+ years for something is worth it, this is one of those times
Did you see the Beatles "I'm only sleeping" video?
Glad I grew up in a time when you could here Billy Joel, Harry Chapin, and Jim Croce weave their musical story telling magic on the radio.
It was a great time (childhood and pre-teen for me).
* hear *.
自分が中１の13歳時にAlbum ストレンジャーを聴いて直ぐにきにいりました
もう56歳ですが聴くと中坊のテンションになります
まだまだガンガン行くぜー
The restaurant this is based on actually went out of business approximately 2014.
Billy Joel’s best song. Period.
I grew up with billy Joel- born in 1993. My dad showed me this and all we heard was the sax, and the beautiful story through the music. It just fades into one thing, then takes a turn, and lands directly back at the start with nothing but soul the whole way. Absolutely my favorite my song through his whole career ❤️🙏🏼
A song so good, even Paul McCartney is jealous!
Love from Japan 🇯🇵🖤🤍
Billy Joel truly is the best. His music always has a different way about it. He's a genius. It's about time Scenes got a music video, what a great concept this one was. If you need me, I'll be watching this on repeat.
I'd be honored if some Billy Joel fans would take a listen to my acoustic piano & vocal cover interpretations of ALLENTOWN and VIENNA ruclips.net/video/XiiHzoeYVIA/видео.html on my YT channel in tribute to 2 great classics from his golden era of the late 70s/early 80s. Live acoustic with no autotune, backing tracks, or digital editing. Peace and stay safe.
Thanks for the love and support my great fan ❤
Just saw him last week at the Garden. Still sounds great.. and he can joke about himself too..not being able to hit the high notes during Innocent Man. Got to love someone that can make fun of themselves.
Interesting to see another interpretation of this masterpiece. For me Brenda and Eddie were just a side topic of a talk between old school friends meeting at the restaurant - the video suggests it's Brenda and Eddie meeting up for dinner.
Here's my full interpretation (if it's of anyone's interest haha).
Meeting at the Italian restaurant stands for thinking about younger, more nostalgic times. The first narrator of the song arguably the waiter, describes different types of wine. They stand for the life choices you take after you finish school. The second narration really is just a talk between some old school friends meeting up at the restaurant - although the words are more platonic than deep. One of the friends tells the others about the fate of Brenda and Eddie, a popular couple - the classic football player / cheerleader duo. It turns out their future wasn't bright at all, although everyone expected the opposite. After all the story is not that of a big deal for the dinner party, because everyone moved on and stopped thinking about the popular kids. In the end the waiter again tells the listener about the different types of wine. For me it's both about nostalgia and that your social status back in high school isn't that important.
This is how I interpreted the song for a long time as well; though I do like the music video's interpretation, it feels more wizened in a way, a story of two people looking back on their story from the outside and appreciating it for what it was.
It's so long and non-repetitive, beautifully produced in a constantly changing musical atmosphere, that by the time that it finishes, I want to hear the start again.
The Italian Restaurant was Fontana Di Trevi on 57th Street. A waiter would actually ask him “Billy, A bottle of red or a bottle of white, whatever kind of mood you're in tonight" so he incorporated it in obv. He would go there a lot after performing in 1977 specifically.
All these years and that song is as good now, as it was the first time I heard it.
Billy, I was born in 1971, and I`m part of the original MTV Generation. This Music Video should nominated for Music Video Of The Year! Sincerely, George Edward Scales. I love your music! The video blew my mind!
No way! Sending love from the BJLT community!!!
Will this be done to other songs? I really like having something new along with the older songs I still listen too all the time. My favorite point was 6:03 with the bridge and billy joel in the sky. So cool!
This is a great video to accompany the story of Brenda and Eddie!
Brender and Eddie. 😆
Even though he released this song in 1977, just a mere two years after the marriage of the characters in his song in 1975, it was a very forward vision of the future he had to imagine that quite a few years had gone by before their reunion at the restaurant. They married in 75, saved for a couple of years to get a waterbed, living for "a while in a very nice style", then getting divorced. And then at some point Eddie gets a great job, a new wife and a family. I think what makes the song especially immortal is that it could have been any number of years after 1975.. it could even be now, in 2023, that the reunion happens... thus the song seems immortal, nostalgic and applicable to so many who hear it, regardless of time.
Do you remember those days hanging out at the Village Green? Yes... yes I do.
BIlly Joel is truly the BEST musician ever
What a fantastic video. Nobody can write lyrics like Billy Joel. He is a great writer. I would love a Graphic Novel of this video and song. I have seen Billy twice in Concert. And loved him every time.
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Big hug from me. ❤️🩹❤️🩹 Are you one of my great honest fans out there.
Billy Joel, a musical shaman, right?
..his art brings forth all the emotions and impacts my brain just as massively as it did when I first came across him back in the mid-eighties.
This song always had an accompanying “self-derived video” in my head..my senses drafted visual counterpoints while traveling into Billy’s lyrics, melodies, vocals, rhythms, stories, but to have a reflection of music and storytelling in visual form from BJ is truly the cherry on top. Thank you for this unexpected gift to enjoy and share. Gratitude!
Yep, couldn't agree more Jennifer. My first encounter was when I was in Canada on holiday, and a relative gave me the newly released Glass Houses (1980) for my birthday. I hadn't heard of him before, but from that moment I was lucky enough to have a fairly extensive back catalogue to discover, and bore witness to his constant re-invention. Which, of course, generated 'self-derived' videos in my young head and heart. His impact on me since then has been constant. Amazing contemporary storyteller who genuinely weaves that magic. 👍🏴
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Lovely response..and funny too seeing as I’m laughing at myself once I recognize I’m filling each cell of my old school film running in my mind with instantaneous visions of you in an 80’s setting (jean bottoms tucked and rolled tight, maybe..then there’s the Drakkar cologne that never fails in announcing arrivals and departures ‘cuz the longer shards of teenage hair lightly glazed with Dep Gel swing across the back of your neck pronouncing this 80’s signature scent so ideally..oh and then there’s the Swatch watch and possibly a pair of slip-on Vans or high top Reebok’s with Champion socks and a backpack full of heavy books, erasable pens, a few quarters, maybe even the highly sought after Sony Yellow Walkman with Tom Tom Club or Yaz inside; or something like that, right?) as you’re devouring this newest gift, the gift of music, musicality, manliness, might and magic unlike the other rock stars, unlike other stars, unlike others, the musical manifestations of a virtuoso artist in the making, the one, the only, Mr. Joel, Mr. Billy Joel..the storytelling legend with all the good stuff it takes to endlessly impact his decades of loyal listeners…
Shizzz, I really just wanted to provide you with a generous and genuine response in kind because I really got a kick out of yours…loquacious, yes I’ve been but hopefully the intent will be enough to raise your vibrations as you go about the remainder of your day! I could be really corny and suggest you’re just trying to be a BIG SHOT with your effortless goodness but I would rather keep the corny, ditch the seriously silly suggestion that you’re being pompous (total joke, btw even tho it lacks of any funniness🥴) and lasso this elongated monologue by saying this: agreeing is so damn fun and energizing when unexpected and void of any false contrivance. Yes, loquacious I know…had time to spare while I wait to pick up my son, a college Sophomore studying Vocal Jazz (as in he sings..from a musical family, my dear Glasgow Gallus) and killing it!! Ciao Bella! jT in AZ
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Thank you so much for your continuous support from the starting of my career till date you’ve been the an amazing fan
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I LOVE this song! 👍 This is one of my favorites in Billy’s songs, Maybe next to New York State of Mind. Great storytelling, good melody, uplifting and Mark’s great saxophone 🎷 Don’t forget that! Very talented, Great musician, humble, funny, he knows how to make fans enjoy his music and at concerts as well. And himself and his band members enjoy also. Go Billy Joel!🎹. I want to see you again at MSG soon!🗽. I love you Billy ♥️and Arigato from Japan! 😎🎶⭐️💕
To the insignificant people who disliked this
The rest of us “DON’T TAKE ANY SHIT FROM ANYBODY”
Billy Joel is awesome 👍👍👍
I don't like it and I'm not going to do anything negative to anyone
By saying “I don’t like it” you have done something negative !
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I really, really liked this video. I didn't think that this brilliant song needed a video visualisation, but this works without question. Awesome work to those involved 👌👌👌
When asked once, "What is the best advice you have ever gotten from a song?" My answer was not to peak in high school like Brenda and Eddie.
This man is such a legend… I saw him in concert in 2009 and he is the most incredible talent I’ve ever seen. He didn’t skimp on anything… and he had to be 60 years old at the time!
I love this song, but damn! This music video’s style is absolutely fantastic!
After 44 years, it finally gets a music video! MTV's got nothin' on this one. 😍🙌🏽
nice to meet you I have been observing some comments lately and I find you very interesting and also clever, I never got the chance to say Hello 👋
Then again, MTV Has nothing on music in general nowadays.
Favorite Billy Joel songs:
1. Just the Way You Are
2. Scenes from an Italian Restaurant
3. New York State of Mind
4. Allentown
5. She's Got a Way
I've only seen four artists live more than 3x and he is one of them. I have loved his shoes especially when he performs this song live. So talented. I love this video!!!
Thanks for the love my great fan
Thank you so much for your continuous support from the starting of my career till date you’ve been the an amazing fan
I’m using this medium to say thank you and God bless you 🌹
Great choices! His concerts are always so fun to see. He really does know how to put on a good show
Don't forget "Miami 2017", "Goodnight Saigon", "Downeaster Alexa", "And So it Goes " and "Lullaby".
All in all is about New York City. Billy' s hometowon, especiallly the Italian alientown & its whereabouts.
DING DING DING WE HAVE THE GREATEST LOVE SONG EVER COMPOSED!!!! this is the kind of emotion billy joels songs make us feel. In past 30 mins ive seriously experienced every emotion we can just sitting in my garage rocking a legend…we need to give flowers to legends while their here with us not when its to late…Thank you Billy Joel im 44 and your genius has been part of my life since i was 10-12 yrs old…just wanted to let you know you truely changed millions of lives because of what you do n come to wildwood nj to play a summertime beach concert. IT WOULD BE LEGENDARY AND I PROMISE WILDWOOD WILL SHOW YOU NOTHING BUT SOUTH JERSEY LOVE!!!!!!
Billy is forever top tier in the music world. He's sold out at Madison square garden and many more places countless times. Forever a masterpiece of a career he has created
Best song ever written - HANDS DOWN!
I can’t believe there’s a video now, that’s awesome!!! 😊😊😊😊
This is Billy Joel's greatest song. A masterpiece.
Seconded on that.
I'm happy to say that Billy himself also puts it as his best.
Great minds think alike.
My favorite song by my favorite artist. "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" is Billy Joel's masterpiece, which is truly amazing given the sheer volume of incredible songs Billy gave us over the decades.
An epic song in all senses of the word. Indeed, they don't write songs like this anymore. In fact does anyone play the piano on recordings anymore?
I recently just saw Billy live in Cincinnati and it was by far the greatest concert I've ever experienced. The goosebumps on my arms stayed for the entire duration of the concert. However, the second the first chord of scenes from an Italian restaurant rang out I felt tears fill my eyes as my all time favorite song was preformed by my all time favorite artist.
Thank you Billy Joel
This song reflects how life sometimes is. So this is quite a masterpiece.