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The Billy Joel song "Zanzibar"...was it written about the sportsbar "Zanzibar on the Waterfront" at 700 Water Street SW, Wash, DC?
Posted by: Questioner. ()
Date: August 03, 2014 10:49PM

Well?

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Re: The Billy Joel song "Zanzibar"...was it written about the sportsbar "Zanzibar on the Waterfront" at 700 Water Street SW, Wash, DC?
Posted by: Christy Brinkley ()
Date: August 03, 2014 11:18PM

Sure, let's go with that.

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Re: The Billy Joel song "Zanzibar"...was it written about the sportsbar "Zanzibar on the Waterfront" at 700 Water Street SW, Wash, DC?
Posted by: Piano Man ()
Date: August 03, 2014 11:26PM

Been there lately? Everything torn down and ready for re-development.

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Re: The Billy Joel song "Zanzibar"...was it written about the sportsbar "Zanzibar on the Waterfront" at 700 Water Street SW, Wash, DC?
Posted by: Questioner. ()
Date: August 03, 2014 11:29PM

Stupid bitch...can't even spell her own name.

Yeah, I know it's been closed now. For years...but, I used to hang out there and just heard about the song recently.

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Re: The Billy Joel song "Zanzibar"...was it written about the sportsbar "Zanzibar on the Waterfront" at 700 Water Street SW, Wash, DC?
Posted by: Brian May ()
Date: August 04, 2014 07:51AM

Freddie Mercury's birthplace.

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Re: The Billy Joel song "Zanzibar"...was it written about the sportsbar "Zanzibar on the Waterfront" at 700 Water Street SW, Wash, DC?
Posted by: 63CYW ()
Date: August 04, 2014 03:21PM

No, it was written for the battle that Solid Snake talks about in the game Metal Gear Solid.

"Argh, don't remind me about Zanzibar, Hal."

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Re: The Billy Joel song "Zanzibar"...was it written about the sportsbar "Zanzibar on the Waterfront" at 700 Water Street SW, Wash, DC?
Posted by: Fester ()
Date: March 16, 2016 07:22PM

I love bill cosby

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Re: The Billy Joel song "Zanzibar"...was it written about the sportsbar "Zanzibar on the Waterfront" at 700 Water Street SW, Wash, DC?
Posted by: Tommy Curtis ()
Date: March 16, 2016 07:48PM

It was his take on the Bethesda Yacht Club which set him up with one and only true love.

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Re: The Billy Joel song "Zanzibar"...was it written about the sportsbar "Zanzibar on the Waterfront" at 700 Water Street SW, Wash, DC?
Posted by: Nice Guy Eddie ()
Date: March 16, 2016 07:57PM

Since all his songs seem to be about Long Island, it is highly doubtful.

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Re: The Billy Joel song "Zanzibar"...was it written about the sportsbar "Zanzibar on the Waterfront" at 700 Water Street SW, Wash, DC?
Posted by: Pontiac 1 ()
Date: March 16, 2016 10:55PM

How that bug-eyed freak ever made 10ยข from selling music is beyond me.

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Re: The Billy Joel song "Zanzibar"...was it written about the sportsbar "Zanzibar on the Waterfront" at 700 Water Street SW, Wash, DC?
Posted by: Gerry the fairy ()
Date: March 16, 2016 10:58PM

Gerry seems like a Billy Joel kind of fruitcake.

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Re: The Billy Joel song "Zanzibar"...was it written about the sportsbar "Zanzibar on the Waterfront" at 700 Water Street SW, Wash, DC?
Posted by: Popcorn Sutton ()
Date: March 17, 2016 03:44PM

No, the Billy Joel song was written in 1978.

The DC club Zanzibar on the Waterfront didn't open until 1992.
It also wasn't a 'sportsbar'.

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Re: The Billy Joel song "Zanzibar"...was it written about the sportsbar "Zanzibar on the Waterfront" at 700 Water Street SW, Wash, DC?
Posted by: Twisted Thought ()
Date: March 20, 2016 09:59AM

The song was actually about one of his sexual fantasies, and having a threesome with Christie Brinkley, and Big Bird from Sesame Street.

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Re: The Billy Joel song "Zanzibar"...was it written about the sportsbar "Zanzibar on the Waterfront" at 700 Water Street SW, Wash, DC?
Posted by: Greybeard ()
Date: March 20, 2016 03:23PM

I always assumed it was about the legendary strip club on Yonge street in Toronto.

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Re: The Billy Joel song "Zanzibar"...was it written about the sportsbar "Zanzibar on the Waterfront" at 700 Water Street SW, Wash, DC?
Posted by: Wee Tu Low ()
Date: March 20, 2016 05:44PM

"Afternoon Delight" was written about a lunchtime special at Clyde's in Georgetown.

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Re: The Billy Joel song "Zanzibar"...was it written about the sportsbar "Zanzibar on the Waterfront" at 700 Water Street SW, Wash, DC?
Posted by: The Captain ()
Date: March 20, 2016 06:49PM

Wee Tu Low Wrote:
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> "Afternoon Delight" was written about a lunchtime
> special at Clyde's in Georgetown.


No, That was "Muskrat Love"

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Re: The Billy Joel song "Zanzibar"...was it written about the sportsbar "Zanzibar on the Waterfront" at 700 Water Street SW, Wash, DC?
Posted by: Spider John ()
Date: March 20, 2016 07:04PM

The Captain Wrote:
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> Wee Tu Low Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > "Afternoon Delight" was written about a
> lunchtime
> > special at Clyde's in Georgetown.
>
>
> No, That was "Muskrat Love"


No, that was written by Willis Alan Ramsey in Texas.

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