Back in 1989 Dion put out a wonderful album titled Yo Frankie.  My favorite track from it was the song Written on the Subway Walls.  I never knew that there was a video for the song until yesterday, when I found this.  Not only will you find Dion here, but look closely and you’ll see Lou Reed, Paul Simon, Dave Edmunds and Joan Jett.  The video was filmed in a 42nd Street subway station (it looks like Time Square).

And there’s a Park Slope connection to this as well.  According to one of the Fiumefreddo brothers at The Park Slope Barber ( I forget if it was Angelo, Vito or John who told me), back in the 60s, the woman who was in charge of Dion’s fan club lived on 3rd Street off of 7th Avenue, and Dion was in the neighborhood to see her frequently.

The video itself is waiting for you at Now I’ve Heard Everything, just click here to see it.

–Eliot Wagner