Comments on: Scenes from an Italian Restaurant http://fireballsandtsunami.com/wordpress/2006/02/18/scenes-from-an-italian-restaurant/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:49:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on Scenes from an Italian Restaurant by: Brandy http://fireballsandtsunami.com/wordpress/2006/02/18/scenes-from-an-italian-restaurant/#comment-243 Mon, 27 Feb 2006 22:58:59 +0000 http://fireballsandtsunami.com/wordpress/2006/02/18/scenes-from-an-italian-restaurant/#comment-243 You know, I loved it. BUT- I caught it halfway thru by complete channel scan accident and had no intention of even caring. I got suckered in by the banquet scene. And then I had to see it. I feel like that whole part- the dinner- is really its own mini-movie and I am always waiting for that part to begin when I see it now- it sort of takes off for me at that part. Also it makes me so, SO hungry. You know, I loved it. BUT- I caught it halfway thru by complete channel scan accident and had no intention of even caring. I got suckered in by the banquet scene. And then I had to see it. I feel like that whole part- the dinner- is really its own mini-movie and I am always waiting for that part to begin when I see it now- it sort of takes off for me at that part. Also it makes me so, SO hungry.

]]> Comment on Scenes from an Italian Restaurant by: eric http://fireballsandtsunami.com/wordpress/2006/02/18/scenes-from-an-italian-restaurant/#comment-242 Mon, 27 Feb 2006 18:51:34 +0000 http://fireballsandtsunami.com/wordpress/2006/02/18/scenes-from-an-italian-restaurant/#comment-242 hey, it's a switch to hear a positive comment about billy joel these days. one does have to wonder why such a great tune is bookended that way. hey, it’s a switch to hear a positive comment about billy joel these days. one does have to wonder why such a great tune is bookended that way.

]]> Comment on Scenes from an Italian Restaurant by: Jenny http://fireballsandtsunami.com/wordpress/2006/02/18/scenes-from-an-italian-restaurant/#comment-232 Mon, 20 Feb 2006 23:53:29 +0000 http://fireballsandtsunami.com/wordpress/2006/02/18/scenes-from-an-italian-restaurant/#comment-232 Seriously, Joel could have easily lopped off the first minute and a half of Scenes from an Italian Restaurant. And just blow right into "THINGS ARE OKAY WITH ME THESE DAYS / GOT A GOOD JOB / GOT A GOOD OFFICE!!!" It could be like in Eric Clapton's "It's in the Way That You Use It" from the Color of Money soundtrack where it just STARTS and shocks the hell out of the listener (at least that's the way I remember Clapton's tune starting). "Pressure" is absolutely one of Joel's most underrated tunes. Catchy beat, scathing message, and hands down one of the most creative, and scary, music videos ever. The part that freaked me out was when I heard, for the first time, the "I'll tell you what it means" during the breakdown. For whatever reason, it wasn't on my version of the exact same album. It's also one of the few Joel tunes that doesn't mention Catholic guilt, pianos, or crazy family members! All your life is Channel 13 / Sesame Street / What does it mean? I'LL TELL YOU WHAT IT MEANS! Seriously, Joel could have easily lopped off the first minute and a half of Scenes from an Italian Restaurant. And just blow right into “THINGS ARE OKAY WITH ME THESE DAYS / GOT A GOOD JOB / GOT A GOOD OFFICE!!!” It could be like in Eric Clapton’s “It’s in the Way That You Use It” from the Color of Money soundtrack where it just STARTS and shocks the hell out of the listener (at least that’s the way I remember Clapton’s tune starting).

“Pressure” is absolutely one of Joel’s most underrated tunes. Catchy beat, scathing message, and hands down one of the most creative, and scary, music videos ever. The part that freaked me out was when I heard, for the first time, the “I’ll tell you what it means” during the breakdown. For whatever reason, it wasn’t on my version of the exact same album. It’s also one of the few Joel tunes that doesn’t mention Catholic guilt, pianos, or crazy family members!

All your life is Channel 13 / Sesame Street / What does it mean? I’LL TELL YOU WHAT IT MEANS!

]]> Comment on Scenes from an Italian Restaurant by: sandie http://fireballsandtsunami.com/wordpress/2006/02/18/scenes-from-an-italian-restaurant/#comment-231 Mon, 20 Feb 2006 21:23:45 +0000 http://fireballsandtsunami.com/wordpress/2006/02/18/scenes-from-an-italian-restaurant/#comment-231 Yes! On my tape there was "more" to the song than on your CD! I think maybe there was an extra Joel aside to the listeners which totally freaked you out, as you had never heard it before every other time you heard the song! Yes! On my tape there was “more” to the song than on your CD! I think maybe there was an extra Joel aside to the listeners which totally freaked you out, as you had never heard it before every other time you heard the song!

]]> Comment on Scenes from an Italian Restaurant by: Jenny http://fireballsandtsunami.com/wordpress/2006/02/18/scenes-from-an-italian-restaurant/#comment-230 Mon, 20 Feb 2006 20:58:53 +0000 http://fireballsandtsunami.com/wordpress/2006/02/18/scenes-from-an-italian-restaurant/#comment-230 Do you also remember we were driving around one night (what else is new?), flipping through the radio, and we heard the very last 6 seconds of "Changes" by Bowie, and we both had Bowie-amnesia and couldn't remember what song it was? And we convinced ourselves it was a Billy Joel song (it has that jazzy sound, our mistake was understandable) and we proceeded to fast forward through all of the A-sides -- and B-sides -- on your Billy Joel tape to figure out what song it was. P.S. I also vaguely remember discovering some mono/stereo type discrepancy on your Billy Joel tape -- our tape with the song "Pressure" included some kind of hidden message that I had never heard on my CD. What was that all about? Crazy talk! Do you also remember we were driving around one night (what else is new?), flipping through the radio, and we heard the very last 6 seconds of “Changes” by Bowie, and we both had Bowie-amnesia and couldn’t remember what song it was? And we convinced ourselves it was a Billy Joel song (it has that jazzy sound, our mistake was understandable) and we proceeded to fast forward through all of the A-sides — and B-sides — on your Billy Joel tape to figure out what song it was.

P.S. I also vaguely remember discovering some mono/stereo type discrepancy on your Billy Joel tape — our tape with the song “Pressure” included some kind of hidden message that I had never heard on my CD. What was that all about? Crazy talk!

]]> Comment on Scenes from an Italian Restaurant by: sandie http://fireballsandtsunami.com/wordpress/2006/02/18/scenes-from-an-italian-restaurant/#comment-229 Mon, 20 Feb 2006 15:15:17 +0000 http://fireballsandtsunami.com/wordpress/2006/02/18/scenes-from-an-italian-restaurant/#comment-229 I pretty much still hate the sappy slow intro of Scenes from an Italian Restaurant, while loving the rest of the song. PRESSURE! That is hands down THE BEST SONG EVER IN THE UNIVERSE! Water pressure, blood pressure, pressure washers... it can have so many meanings. ...you cannot handle PRESSURE!!!! Must go look buy on itunes and re-live the good old days! I pretty much still hate the sappy slow intro of Scenes from an Italian Restaurant, while loving the rest of the song.

PRESSURE! That is hands down THE BEST SONG EVER IN THE UNIVERSE! Water pressure, blood pressure, pressure washers… it can have so many meanings.

…you cannot handle PRESSURE!!!!

Must go look buy on itunes and re-live the good old days!

]]> Comment on Scenes from an Italian Restaurant by: Jenny http://fireballsandtsunami.com/wordpress/2006/02/18/scenes-from-an-italian-restaurant/#comment-226 Mon, 20 Feb 2006 03:16:58 +0000 http://fireballsandtsunami.com/wordpress/2006/02/18/scenes-from-an-italian-restaurant/#comment-226 I don't have cable, but I could definitely see Bravo showing this movie ad nauseam. If you find yourself becoming incredibly hungry while watching, it's definitely Big Night! "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" was an acquired taste for me. It used to annoy the hell out of me, but its deceptively slow intro/turnaround finally hooked me! Oh Sandie, sweet Sandie, do you remember how we used to drive around during high school BLARING "Pressure" by Billy Joel? And we would lean out of the window and scream "PRESSURE!" at everyone we saw (especially suburbanites holding garden hoses). I think one time, after creeping the hell out of about a dozen passersby, we laughed so hard we had to pull over. Those were the fucking days. PRESSURE! I don’t have cable, but I could definitely see Bravo showing this movie ad nauseam. If you find yourself becoming incredibly hungry while watching, it’s definitely Big Night!

“Scenes from an Italian Restaurant” was an acquired taste for me. It used to annoy the hell out of me, but its deceptively slow intro/turnaround finally hooked me!

Oh Sandie, sweet Sandie, do you remember how we used to drive around during high school BLARING “Pressure” by Billy Joel? And we would lean out of the window and scream “PRESSURE!” at everyone we saw (especially suburbanites holding garden hoses). I think one time, after creeping the hell out of about a dozen passersby, we laughed so hard we had to pull over. Those were the fucking days. PRESSURE!

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