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"Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" by Billy Joel

Strong Songs

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The Heartbeat of Brenda and Eddie

The human heart is really kind of the center of how humans feel rhythm it's sort of the rhythmic center of all music since it's our rhythmic chord. DeVito and Stegmire are just this quickened heartbeat so even without the vocals it's just it's really a pulse pounding groove. The 1975 rock epic provides some good musical context for what Billy Joel would do a couple of years later in scenes from an Italian restaurant.

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