Eddie
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Eddie is a character in Billy Joel’s song “Scenes from an Italian Restaurant,” representing one half of the nostalgic, ultimately troubled couple Brenda and Eddie.
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
song character ⓘ |
| appearsInWork |
Scenes from an Italian Restaurant
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Stranger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Italian restaurant setting ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalSetting |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdBy | Billy Joel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuredInAlbum | The Stranger GENERATED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDateOfWorkAppearedIn | 1977 ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkAppearedIn |
piano rock
ⓘ
rock ⓘ |
| hasFictionalOccupation | unspecified blue-collar or ordinary job ⓘ |
| hasSpouse | Brenda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkAppearedIn | English ⓘ |
| mediumOfAppearance | song ⓘ |
| mentionedInLyric |
Brenda and Eddie were the popular steadies
ⓘ
They got an apartment with deep pile carpet ⓘ They started to fight when the money got tight ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | central character in nostalgic storyline ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
disillusionment
ⓘ
marital trouble ⓘ young love ⓘ |
| partOfCouple | Brenda and Eddie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
former high school popular kid
ⓘ
working-class American male ⓘ |
| recordedBy | Billy Joel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabelOfWorkAppearedIn | Columbia Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relationshipStatus | married then divorced ⓘ |
| relationshipWithBrenda |
divorced couple
GENERATED
ⓘ
high school sweethearts GENERATED ⓘ married couple GENERATED ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
faded youthful dreams
ⓘ
suburban disillusionment ⓘ |
| timeOfFictionalEvents | 1960s and 1970s ⓘ |
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