Billy Joel - Scenes from an Italian Restaurant (Official Audio) 

I love the fact that when Billy Joel was asked why he didn't make more albums -- because he totally can -- he said that he feels that he's had his say, and I felt that. It's like we go through life and make our mark, say what we're born to say, and then go, and if we're lucky, be remembered. And Billy Joel will definitely be remembered.

I‘m 16 years old. One thing I love about phones and the internet is that I can find such songs. I‘d probably never ever have heard such bangers. Love you all

This entire album is a monster, there are no bad songs. I remember when The Stranger first came out and we found this gem. What a great song.

One of Billy's best. Also, very McCartney-esque with all the changes of melody within the song. Always loved this work, and Billy said it's his favorite!

I was at an Italian restaurant just now and it was the perfect time for me to listen to this song. Calling it a masterpiece would be a gross understatement.

He’s a music genius-composition, lyrics, arrangements, piano, AND VOICE! One of the greatest musicians of our time.

Top 5 as ranked by Billy himself: 5. Vienna 4. And so it goes 3. You may be right 2. She’s right on time 1. Scenes from an Italian restaurant

When I first met my ex-girlfeind of 11 years, we went into her bedroom and we sat down on her bed. She pulled out this album and played this song for me. This was in April, early May of 1993. I'll never forget. ❤ I'LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU JANET.

I’m Italian and I can say for sure, this song is 100% accurate to how romance is treated

This is one of the best songs ever written.

Dear Billy 'jewel' Joel. The lyrics lifts my spirits (and a bottle of wine), the Piano playing is simply Fantastico. 😉🎵🎹

One of his greatest, the arrangement, the lyrics, the musicianship, I love this song and, indeed, this entire album.

Went to my 40 year high school reunion about three weeks ago. Laughing, grinning, smiling, hugging, looking at the senior yearbook and cringing at the senior photo----oh yeah, Billy Joel captured the passage of youth, immaturity, hopes, dreams, middle-age ruefulness perfectly in a seven-minute ode.

This is a quote from Wikipedia "Joel attended Hicksville High School until 1967, but did not graduate with his class.[14] He was playing at a piano bar to help support himself, his mother and sister, and missed a crucial English exam after playing a late-night gig at a piano bar the evening before.[14] Although Joel was a comparatively strong student, at the end of his senior year he did not have enough credits to graduate. Rather than attend summer school to earn his diploma, Joel decided to begin a career in music: "I told them, 'To hell with it. If I'm not going to Columbia University, I'm going to Columbia Records, and you don't need a high school diploma over there'."[28] In 1992, he submitted essays to the school board in lieu of the missed exam. They were accepted, and he was awarded his diploma at Hicksville High's annual graduation ceremony 25 years after leaving.[29

Brenda and Eddie after buying a water bed and paintings: *we got no more money*

Still cranking this in 2020 during covid19 lockdown! Masterpiece

I went to my first proper bar last night, and it was a piano bar. These two guys were taking recommendations, so of course I had to put down Scenes. Well after some great songs, they start playing it, and mom and I nail every single word just like we do in the car! Then one of the piano guys, taking a break at the bar, said to my mom, "I'm so glad she knows all the words to this song. It warms my heart." Last night, singing songs and having a drink, was the happiest I have been in a long time. I'm glad this music is in my life!

This song man. It just... Is so much more. I love his music. So much.

I love this guy. It amazes me that I only live a couple of miles from him....pass through Cold Spring Harbor everyday. Have only run into him once over the years and he was with Christie then...keep hoping I will again....he rocks

I learned this song on the piano when I was 11 and it is the best song I’ve ever played. Billy Joel is amazing ❤❤❤❤

Brenda and Eddie, summer of 1975, here we are waving Brenda and Eddie goodbye, a bottle of red, a bottle of white, kind of mood you are in tonight.....dam!!! Thank you for the beautiful music, Mr. Joel!

One of my all time favorites of Billy Joel!

as i listened to this, then at 2:50 i went "whoa!" this man is gold!!!!

I believe that somewhere in the world, there are people who feel the same emotions that I feel when I listen to masterpieces like this song.

Masterpiece

Come on! You can’t get better song writing than this! Only true Billy Joel fans can appreciate this!

Total MASTERPIECE! My favorite Billy Joel song hands down!

I'm going to watch him tonight I hope he doesn't perform this I'm going to cry

This was my teenage years. He is a master of capturing time.

Greatest living talent in the world

Every time I hear this song I imagine coming home to my family restaurant, and catching up with everybody and everything that happened while I was gone.

MY Favorite Song, He Tells A Story

Thank you for your life. You captured the scenery perfectly.

My #1 Billy Joel song!!

It's beyond amazing.. one of my top 10 favorite songs ever recorded

At least for me, everyone has that Italian Restaurant. My grandparents had their first date at this one. Then my parents met at the same one, and now it seems it’s still a part of my life. I hope I can one day take a girl out there to keep this semi-tradition alive. Hope you all have that too

One of the greatest albums of all time 👍 😉

An Absolute Gem of songwriting skill. Simply amazing, great story, great music, great voice and storytelling.

...i dont care what anybody says...he's one of the greats..

I came here after seeing Billy name this as his favorite song. I had never heard it before. Wow. Really an epic. Other people have described it better than I can. Fantastic.

'The Stranger'. One of the 10 epic albums of my life. I'm 53. My daughter just walked out the door with her boyfriend, headed to Prom. She's part of the prom court. Brenda and Eddie immediately came to mind!

I love Billy joel' songs, he is one of the best, God bless him. 😘

Best song ever

I don’t think I’ve heard a more perfect song.

Amazing song!

Billy Forever.

Any songwriter could die happy knowing they wrote this. Absolute perfection.

Gosh this song is sooooo good. This style/era of rock in the 70s is probably my favorite. Its basically 3 incomplete songs strung together to make one long masterpiece. That style is also seen with songs like Jungleland, Band on the Run, Day in the Life, Bohemian Rhapsody, Funeral for a Friend, etc.

I get some emotional listening to his songs, so deep, and hits my heart, beautiful , my God just beautiful lyrics and music.

Happy birthday to a legendary artist, Mr. Billy Joel!

Sounds just as new as the day it came out. Those were the days. Memories to last a lifetime. Boy just to go back again ❤️❤️❤️❤️

This song has always reminded me of my cousin and her ex husband. They were together since they were kids, and have been divorced for DECADES. Despite that, the two of the have always remained BEST FRIENDS. I just found out that in their 50’s, the two of them just got REMARRIED!!! Surely Brenda and Eddie have both found a way to survive!!!! 🥰

A bottle of white, a bottle of red Perhaps a bottle of rose instead We'll get a table near the street In our old familiar place You and I, face to face 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 steadys 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 you're much too lazy Eddie could never afford to live that Kind of life But there we were wavin' Brenda and Eddie goodbye 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 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 Pick up the pieces We always knew they would both Find a way to get by That's all I heard about Brenda and Eddie Can't tell you more than I Told you already And here we are wavin' 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

What a great man Billy is I have listened to his songs most of my life now and as mentioned below he tells unique stories through his songs.

"That's all I know about Brenda (Brender-LOL!) & Eddie, can't tell you more, cause I told you already!" Much like "Captain Jack", this song is a snapshot of suburban life in our country, set during a particular time & set in a certain place. Brenda & Eddie are people we once knew, or do know, or, maybe we once were. Billy Joel created a musical masterpiece with his very American take of what he knew to be true, what he experienced, what he lived in his own neighborhood & the people living in it. Brilliànt observation that resonated with people everywhere, no matter where you spent your "sweet romantic teenage nights". His area-centric tale set in the NYC/Long Island environs, resonated with so many, proving that no matter where you hail from, as Americans, we're so much more alike than we are different.

"A song about New Orleans" 2:23 The Way the music turns into a song that would be playing in a random street of New Orleans just got me.

Truly epic !

Doesn't need to. He's proved he's the premier singer songwriter of his generation.

Billy said that he liked this song more than any other song that he ever made.

For my friend Randy Strother, Campisi's Egyptian Room in Dallas was our Italian restaurant.

He came up with the song in NYC , when the waiter asked him Mr. Joel red or white wine . Brilliant idea 💡.

This song still ROCKS 44 Years later Billy Joel will always be a Legend in the music business,

One of my faves of all time. I can’t help it. Irresistible. Wonderful

That piano! damn!

Billy stated THIS is his #1 favorite

Hands down best song billy Joel ever wrote.

Here from "The late show" where billy said this song is his #1 pick!!!

First song I learned front to back on the drums in 1978. Still can kill that song any day any time.

The song that decided I would learn the saxaphone and the accordion. Now at 55 I am going to dive into the piano soon. You have your whole life to learn anything you want to. I do ok I’m not trying to get on stage. Did that, wasn’t for me.

A masterpiece, one of the best songs of all time

In my opinion, he was the best song writer and vocalist of the 70’s 80’s. And since the 80’s was filled with queen and Elton John that is really saying something positive.

Brilliant Brilliant song. Love the Brenda and Eddie segment in the middle. ❤

Great stuff . I was in high school when this album came out . I remember buying the album .

I remember singing along with this song with what is now my ex-wife...

Well..just listend to that on headphones after last listening to it in 1979 when I was 17.I'm 61 now. Billiy's voice is just amazing!! He made me cry. Thank you Billy Joel.

Billy Joel had a lot of great songs, and what a true legend, put this song is personally my favorite of his music

Such a talent he is. My favorite Billy Joel song. I love the transitions and lyrics. This is real music. Big ups to my parents for playing his music constantly to my brother and I while we were kids.

This song is so great it brought me to tears. I can’t believe the talent of Billy Joel. He’s an amazing artist that God has gifted. I’m 62 and I love so many of Billy’s songs.

Learning this song. Painful, terrifying, worth it every time I get a note right

Brender and Eddie

Can not hear this for years and instantly know every second Wish everyone had the shag carpet van with a table blasting this in the back Bubble fish shaped window😂 The greatest ever and ever

my dad showed me this song when i was younger (im 19 now) i always liked it but i now appreciate it, just like all of billy joels songs you can put yourself in the place he is singing about and its magical.

Superb! I can feel every lyric, every note!

I love that whole album I listened to it over and over again flying from Atlanta to London many years ago, when my then husband told me he wanted a divorce, we are friends now but it reminds of that time in my life, back in the States now

I'm an oldies but goodies fan but oh my God this man has a part of my heart but I really appreciate!

Billy Joel’s piano in the mid section of this song is just out of hand. So great. Awesome song.

Ohh my..Long Island man. I am a LI girl. He has helped our LI bay men very much. Respect deserved.

Billy Joel is Hemingway in motion ❤❤❤

I had this album and wore it out listening to it.

I can barely strum a guitar and sing at the same time. I can’t imagine how much coordination it would take to do what Billy does…

Absolutely love this songs. Always puts me in a good mood. 👍

This my favorite Billy Joel song, shame it is not on many of the compilation CD's out there.

Always makes me think of the uncle who introduced me to this artist and old friend and an old friend / that friendship - bittersweet memories, but thank you Billy Joel!

I was the girl in this song who started life far too early. This man is a WIZARD! I love you so much.

I love Italian food and this song, my last name is Portuguese but people think it's Italian. Shhhh don't tell them 🙄😇

"Cold Beer, Hot Lights, My Sweet Romantic Teenage Nights" The police would like to know your location! 😂

fantastic showstopping incredible magnificent

I Love his music, a master story teller! And american treasure 👍👏!

I was born in the last years of the cold war... in a country that didn't belong to the western part of this conflict. So growing up, my exposure to Billy Joel's work was very limited. I knew a couple of his later songs, especially from the river of dreams album but I have come to discover and love most of his older songs only in recent years. And help but notice - while today's musicians mostly come from a starting point where they have a good idea for a song in form of a great beat, rhythm, a catchy tune, or a nice melody... in some cases, they have no lyrics at all and if they do, mostly they are throw-away lyrics... of course, there are exceptions where songs have good lyrics with a central important line or an underlying message. But with Billy Joel's songs, it feels like it's different... this man didn't make music and added lyrics to it - he had stories to tell and everything else (tempo, rhythm, melody, arrangement, etc.) came after and helped to tell his story in the best possible way - an art form that he was a master of and that sadly seems to be more and more lost to today's musicians. A loss to the world, that he decided so long ago not to write new songs anymore because he felt like he said what he wanted to say)

The song makes my eyes misty.😭