Talk:Scenes from an Italian Restaurant

Restaurant
There seems to be some consistency issues with the actual restaurant that is the topic of the song. On this page, it says the song is about Domenico's, but in the Billy Joel article, it says that Angelo's is the subject. I believe there's a quote by him saying it is not about any one restaurant, but this needs cited either way --WallaWalla23 00:43, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

The reference of Christiano's in Syosset, NY is probably because on the Juke Box, there is a version of the song where he dedicates the song to CHristiano's. My impression is that it is probably not about one singular place,Bsmanton (talk) 21:27, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

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Setting
I disagree that the song is about two lovers. From what I get from the lyrics, it's about two old classmates/friends catching up at an... Italian Restaurant. So I changed the text a little.Sanjayhari (talk) 18:48, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Hmmm... Toughy... There is a definite thing of romance in the song if you read the lyrics of the entire song. As I read it, they were high school lovers who eventually got married and had a family. They then divorced, but are now seeing each other in the Italian restaurant and catching up as 2 friends. I think the confusion comes from the structure of the song... It reads as the piano ballad phase as the current event, but then goes into a nostalgia section of their high school courtship (the jazz-influenced middle part). Finally, you get the part where things have turned sour and they divorce (the end rock and roll section). I guess there is a 4th part which is the closing outro return to the initial piano ballad which returns to the current day.Nrms (talk) 10:28, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I see what you mean here. But I disagree that Brenda and Eddie are the ones who are catching up at the restaurant.  Rather, it might be two unnamed classmates reminiscing about Brenda and Eddie's romance and collapse.  I say this because the lyrics switch from first/second person (upbeat intro) to third person (jazz part).Sanjayhari (talk) 18:48, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Agreed, the song appears to be about two former classmates recalling events that occurred between Brenda and Eddie.--67.86.113.242 (talk) 01:04, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Brenda and Eddie get remarried
I saw something online about Brenda and Eddie being real people from Joel's childhood and adolescence and that they married again in 1980 after divorcing in 1977. But, I can find no other source about this. So, I suspect it was wishful thinking? Also, one person referenced it as part of this main page about the song, but I can't find the edit that either added that bit or removed it. Puzzled. Anyone have anything on this?There can be only one...TheKurgan (talk) 17:10, 29 July 2022 (UTC)


 * Wishful thinking. The lyrics does not imply or explicitly indicate that the two remarried. Septembertank (talk) 12:12, 21 August 2023 (UTC)