Scenes at an Italian Restaurant - which album ?
Jan Vermaak
I heard an old song of BJ a few days ago on radio "Scenes from an Italian
Restaurant" - anybody know which album this comes from ?
Any info would be appreciated.
Please E-mail to Jan.V...@up.ac.za if possible.
Thanks
Jan
Cheryl A. Bellucci
"Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" can be found on
"The Stranger" album.
Billy dedicates this song to his aunt who lives in Dayton
everytime he plays Cincy. I wish she would talk hime into
coming to Dayton!
"SFAIR" also mentions that unknown woman, Brenda Rinetti. :)
(My husband is from Long Island, and that's how he
pronounces it, too!)
Cheryl
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Richard George Dolle
CottonPup
Vermaak) writes:
>I heard an old song of BJ a few days ago on radio "Scenes from an Italian
>Restaurant" - anybody know which album this comes from ?
I'm sure all you fans out there know this is from The Stranger.
How about a trivia question for you:
What restaurant is pictured on the back of the album, and where is it?
The food there is quite delicious!
maureen
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Cheryl A. Bellucci
The restaurant on the back cover of "The Stranger" wouldn't happen
to be Mamma Leone's, would it? A reporter in our local paper did
a column on it a few weeks back and mentioned it was a favorite
haunt of Billy Joel. Unfortunately, the reason the article was
written is because the place is closing down.
Jarrod M. Jenzano
On a bootleg I have from C.W. Post College in early 1977, Billy
dedicates the song to Cristiano's Restaurant. Is that it? I assume
it's on Long Island or somewhere in the City.
-Jarrod
Todd A. Barnash
Bellucci) wrote:
>
> "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" can be found on
> "The Stranger" album.
>
> Billy dedicates this song to his aunt who lives in Dayton
> everytime he plays Cincy. I wish she would talk hime into
> coming to Dayton!
>
> "SFAIR" also mentions that unknown woman, Brenda Rinetti. :)
> (My husband is from Long Island, and that's how he
> pronounces it, too!)
If I am correct, you have the pronunciation slightly wrong. The lyrics
should be: "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"
Please correct me if I am wrong here. I'm trying to sing it to myself
while sitting here at work. :)
Todd
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Rand Evan Sacks
Jarrod, I would be interested in getting a copy of that bootleg if
possible. Send info. to Re...@dolphin.upenn.edu
Thanks
Jim Kasprzak
with No Man's Land, it's a Long Island suburb about an hour from NYC.)
I ate there once, back in '89, and I thought the food was good but
overpriced. Then again, I'm used to upstate restaurant prices...
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Chris Frederick
(Todd A. Barnash) writes:
>> "SFAIR" also mentions that unknown woman, Brenda Rinetti. :)
> If I am correct, you have the pronunciation slightly wrong. The lyrics
>should be: "Brenda and Eddie were the popular steadies and the King and
> Please correct me if I am wrong here. I'm trying to sing it to myself
>while sitting here at work. :)
No, you're right, although possibly humor-impaired. :) The original poster,
I am sure, is aware of the intended lyrics. However, if you listen to the
song, it sounds like Billy starts "Brenda Rinetti", or at least "Brender
and Eddie". This is a common feature of a New York City dialect, putting
an "r" sound onto the end of a word where it doesn't belong. That's the
point she was trying to make, as she goes on to say that her husband is
from NYC and pronounces it the same way.
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CottonPup
<bil...@CMU.EDU> writes:
>>What restaurant is pictured on the back of the album, and where is it?
>
>On a bootleg I have from C.W. Post College in early 1977, Billy
>dedicates the song to Cristiano's Restaurant. Is that it? I assume
>it's on Long Island or somewhere in the City.
>
>
>-Jarrod
That's not what I heard. I can understand him dedicating that song to a
restaurant on Long Island while he's singing at a concert there. My
understanding is that the photo on the back of the album is part of the Supreme
Macaroni Co., and the restaurant is actually called Guido's Restaurant. It's on
9th Ave. in Manhattan, at the between 37th and 38th streets. I work a few
blocks down, and we've eaten there a few times.
David Staschover
: >What restaurant is pictured on the back of the album, and where is it?
: On a bootleg I have from C.W. Post College in early 1977, Billy
: dedicates the song to Cristiano's Restaurant. Is that it? I assume
: it's on Long Island or somewhere in the City.
Christiano's is a restaurant that Billy used to frequent a lot in the
70's. It's in Syosset, Long Island. I used to go there often too when I
lived there. After he dedicated the song at the CW post concert, the
managers there ran out and put Italian Restaurant on the jukebox. The song
is still on the jukebox to date. (over it a signed picture of Billy saying
something, though I forgot what it said).
It's probably not the reason for the song, but he definitly likes saying
stuff like "Hempstead Turnpike! YEA!!!!", so that the Long
Islanders jump up and down and say "yay!".
Dave
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Peter Beaupre
> That's not what I heard. I can understand him dedicating that song to a
> restaurant on Long Island while he's singing at a concert there. My
> understanding is that the photo on the back of the album is part of the Supreme
> Macaroni Co., and the restaurant is actually called Guido's Restaurant. It's on
> 9th Ave. in Manhattan, at the between 37th and 38th streets. I work a few
> blocks down, and we've eaten there a few times.
On the back of the Stranger album, who are the people with Billy? The tall
one standing looks like Liberty, and the guy sitting on the left looks like
one of the guitarists. Is the tall guy sitting Richie Cannata? And who's
the guy in the Yankee shirt?
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Claire Caterer
Seated, left to right: Doug Stegmeyer (bass), RIchie Cannata (sax), BJ.
STanding: Phil Ramone (producer), Liberty DeVitto (drummer). Actually, I
think it's printed there on the album cover--at least on mine it is (maybe
not on the CD). Speaking of which, does anyone have the CD of PIANO MAN that
includes the credits? Mine didn't list them. Luckily I have the album LP
too. My copy of the CD was made back when they were just churning these
things out, and I wonder if more recent copies included that missing info.
Claire
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Rand Evan Sacks
>Jarrod M. Jenzano (bil...@CMU.EDU) wrote:
>: >What restaurant is pictured on the back of the album, and where is it?
>
>: On a bootleg I have from C.W. Post College in early 1977, Billy
>: dedicates the song to Cristiano's Restaurant. Is that it? I assume
>: it's on Long Island or somewhere in the City.
>
>Christiano's is a restaurant that Billy used to frequent a lot in the
>70's. It's in Syosset, Long Island. I used to go there often too when I
>lived there. After he dedicated the song at the CW post concert, the
>managers there ran out and put Italian Restaurant on the jukebox. The song
>is still on the jukebox to date. (over it a signed picture of Billy saying
>something, though I forgot what it said).
>
>It's probably not the reason for the song, but he definitly likes saying
>stuff like "Hempstead Turnpike! YEA!!!!", so that the Long
>Islanders jump up and down and say "yay!".
>
>
>Dave
Anyone have a copy of the bootleg from C.W. Post? I'd love to get a copy.
Send info. to Re...@dolphin.upenn.edu Thanks!!
Kevin Eric Rice
>Thanks
I would too, Jarrod. Could you send me some info also. I would appreciate
it. kr0...@uhura.cc.rochester.edu
Thanks,
Kevin
Only The Good Die Young
I don't know which restaurant is on the back of the album, but I
do know that everytime he plays in Worcester, MA, he dedicates the
song to some friends of his who own a restaurant in the North End of
Boston. So, I'm guessing that he dedicates it to a favorite place
in each city, and that way he keeps everyone happy. Except, of course,
for those avid fans who just MUST KNOW.
Betsy