Billy Joel. 1982. “Scenes from an Italian Restaurant.” 

“Every one of Joel’s important songs—including the happy ones—are ultimately about loneliness. And it’s not ‘clever lonely’ (like Morrissey) or ‘interesting lonely’ (like Radiohead); it’s ‘lonely lonely,’ like the way it feels when you’re being hugged by someone and it somehow makes you sadder.”  -Chuck Klosterman, Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs


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  1. loriamb reblogged this from 34thandnow and added:
    this will always be a favorite.
  2. fliesonherownwings said: Digging the Klosterman kick you’re on.
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