He was perhaps the most unusual casting choice in crime drama history. Yet he managed to own the role of Silvio.

@clayton7993

3 жыл бұрын

What's even more unusual was he was originally offered the part of Tony Soprano

@cabezadepija7318

3 жыл бұрын

@@clayton7993 wow really? i never heard that but it more or less makes sense

@danrichardson5760

2 жыл бұрын

@@clayton7993 I think that the role of Silvio was perfect for him. He did kind a play a version of Tony in Lylihammer though. a boss.

@josephblanchard6248

2 жыл бұрын

And he never even had ever acted before though either, he was actually casted and discovered by a hall of fame speech that he gave back in the day

@antoniotoma8801

2 жыл бұрын

For me they took him in that role of "The Sopranos" because younger he looked so much like Al Pacino.

"Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in"

@gjmarkjesse1324

2 жыл бұрын

MICHAEL!!!! IS IT TRUE?!

@polyna_devi

3 ай бұрын

🤣 😂 😅

Steven is so thin before the gabagoo

@paulcooper5748

5 жыл бұрын

Lol tony and paulie too.

@marioguti9887

5 жыл бұрын

Lol

@walaacademy7292

5 жыл бұрын

GABAGOO??????????? OVAAAAAAAAH HIEEEEEEER

@Jackzay90

5 жыл бұрын

before all the fine wine and goomah's

@PeachBeef

4 жыл бұрын

GABAGOO!

This dude will one day be Silvio Dante. Mindblowing.

@masteroutlaw100

Жыл бұрын

And only 13 years after this interview, damn

I'm losing my bawls ova hereee

@adriancubilla2106

3 жыл бұрын

this morons playin hazel?

@Muffinman-t4p

3 жыл бұрын

Hahahahaha leave the fuckin cheese over here. I stuff cheese in my socks at night to remind me of your sister! Damn im dead hahahaha

@Gandolfini666

3 жыл бұрын

@@Muffinman-t4p sisters crotch ****

@Muffinman-t4p

3 жыл бұрын

@@Gandolfini666 yessss lol

@Gandolfini666

3 жыл бұрын

@@Muffinman-t4p lmao

I don't think many people realize how much of a genius Stevie is

Steven couldn’t make this interview so Michael Imperioli filled one for him.

@joeydevito2772

3 жыл бұрын

I thought he looked just like Christopher too😂

@danpena10565

Жыл бұрын

Crap Michael could play Silvio when Tony is in his late 20’s early 30’s

man he looks like chris from sopranos

@vessela84

8 жыл бұрын

+John Spry and Silvio

@jewgirl952

7 жыл бұрын

I think he recognized that, but he was just commenting on how, when he was that young, there was a resemblance.

@soopahsoopah

6 жыл бұрын

damn bro he sure does!

@Biblicalgiants

6 жыл бұрын

John Spry yes..it's Chrissy dude.

@EbonyBunny1

6 жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing. He looked just like Chris, from the Sopranos, when I first saw this.

Lillyhammer is extraordinary!!!!!! Van Zandt is simply gifted beyond words!!!! DAMN!!!

@bean-nighe

7 жыл бұрын

flirtwd The Sopranos is much better but Lillhammer wasn't bad, sad it got cancelled.

@EportChris

3 жыл бұрын

Both were epic. Stevie was incredible in lillihammer. Definitely deserved his own spin off 😂

@kennykluge9912

2 жыл бұрын

So disappointing it didn't go further

Get his book and listen to the audio version. Absolutely spellbinding listening to his voice, his life, his beliefs. Brilliant.

My brother met him and his wife and they were very nice and polite. I LOVE his eyes!!!!!!

Those eyes, wow ! Just love those New Jersey Italian guys !

he really always has put his head down and looked up.

Al Pacino and Anthony Kiedis had a love child

@xwarx1000

4 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣

@lilyofthevalley5586

3 жыл бұрын

WELL, AL Pacino is Italian as well. That might me the reason. Lol

@GrannySan-v9l

3 жыл бұрын

hahahaha

@anonymousanonymous7593

3 жыл бұрын

Funny, but SVZ has gotta be older than Anthony Keidus I'd guess

@anonymousanonymous7593

3 жыл бұрын

I was wrong! Anthony Kiedus is indeed older than SVZ. My apologies

So this is Silvio before he became made

@remisan7214

3 жыл бұрын

That's good, double on tundra

@davidedavidification

3 жыл бұрын

Ahahahahahahahah

Bruh that intense stare never changed

Portrait of the artist as a young goomba! If there's such a thing as having a pure rock n roll heart, then it beats inside Stevie. Keeper of the flame for us all...and 'this thing of ours.'

0:04 Silvio's "Leave the fuckin' cheese alone" look, perfected pre-Soprano's. He knew he was going to give that cheese speech even back then, look how prepared he is for it already.

Wow he was 35 here. Looks much younger.

@isasecret

3 жыл бұрын

No way he looks like 18 haha

@garnetnard4284

3 жыл бұрын

Wow that crazy. I thought maybe mid-20’s.

@hannibalburgers477

3 жыл бұрын

looks in late 20's

@RawOne911

2 жыл бұрын

This is how you should look at 35 lol. It's still young enough. Most of these dudes look 45 or 50 at 35.

@philliplandry4139

Жыл бұрын

@@RawOne911 Not in those days especially musicians. Back in the 70's to 1992, people that were in their late 20's to 35 looked like someone 45 to 50 years old. For example, I had a picture of my mom from 1980 and she was 33 but looked 40. It wasn't until the mid-90's that people started to aged 10 years younger. Plus Steve looks great for 35 at the time when age was moving forward a bit quicker than now.

His work with Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes was phenomenal, as was his solo albums. "Voice Of America", his politically charged album, was ahead of it's time.

@Paul47Tat

8 жыл бұрын

Especially if you've never heard of the Clash.

I have been in love with this guy's since I was 17. 40 yrs later I love him even more. Always sexy.

@pistos5253

5 жыл бұрын

Did you get paid to advertise that??

@davidpfeifer9489

5 жыл бұрын

Roberto Ortiz shut ur hole

@Anne--Marie

3 жыл бұрын

I'm with you!

@TheJubanne1

9 ай бұрын

In love with gabagool?

He looks like a Sacha Baron Cohen character.

@joshludwick8645

2 жыл бұрын

Ya took the words right outta my mouth

@amrak5028

Жыл бұрын

Sacha who? Timeline is SBC adapted to history.

@TheJubanne1

9 ай бұрын

Lmao

Stuck between teenager and gangster....I love Steve in this timeframe. :)

He is a role model for many youth. A positive model of a hard working band with amazingly music that still lives today. After 40 years the lyrics are more appropriate. I AM A PATRIOT, SOLIDARITY.. LOVE HIM TODAY AND YESTERDAY.

He looks 22 here he was actually 35. Sopranos is only roughly 12 years away from this video. He aged a lot in 12 years. Silvio wasn’t old.. but he wasn’t the kid in this video.

@paulgordon6949

3 жыл бұрын

I know. I'm starting to get a little worried, cos I'm mid thirties now, and I still look really young, but I'm only just starting to look, and feel, my age, after years of abusing my body. Seeing how much this guy changed I'm a little over a decade, makes me wonder what on earth will happen to me! I mean stevie still looks great as an older man, so I can only hope I'm at least half as lucky!

@coreyslevin8561

3 жыл бұрын

@@paulgordon6949 he was nearly 50 when Sopranos started. So nearly 15 years after this interview, so I wouldn’t worry just yet mate.

@joshludwick8645

2 жыл бұрын

@@paulgordon6949 what's there to wonder about where you're going? The grave obviously!

@amrak5028

Жыл бұрын

@@paulgordon6949 Look at an Old man's eye's and see him as 18 years old. That's the trick to life. Look back to 18 and think forward. Be 18 forever.

@dorseylr

8 күн бұрын

Wow, how handsome! ❤

LONG LIVE SILVIO !!! BADASS !

@DCFixxer

8 жыл бұрын

+Shirley D Silvio is dead. Long live Johnny!

@bean-nighe

7 жыл бұрын

DC Fixx Silvios' death was never confirmed actually, they just showed him in a coma. That's probably the one thing that pissed me off about The Sopranos, Silvio was the most level headed guy in Tony's crew there was actually even a moment where Tony said to Sil quote unquote "I count on you to be my most level headed guy" how the fuck could they not confirm whether or not such an important character that has been in the show since the fucking pilot had died, not to mention he's a common fan favorite. I don't know exactly what David Chase was thinking there but oh well it was still the greatest television series ever made to this day in my opinion.

Steven is awesome!

Frank Tagliano AKA Johnny Henriksen of Lilyhammer (you gotta watch it on Netflix)!

@lewiscranston881

9 жыл бұрын

Ok.. I've seen Lilyhammer, but he's more famous for the Sopranos and the E-Street Band.

@karenricci3712

5 жыл бұрын

omg i love that show.. worth watching

@hesh.hesh.2051

3 жыл бұрын

Silvio Dante

@apopalz1918

3 жыл бұрын

On the NAV then Flamingo Club

Fell in love with Steven and Lilyhammer…watching it for the second time.❤

You can tell his upbringing with the 60s British invasion really impacted the way he speaks and goes about himself

when stevie was a young kid, he couldve been pacino's twin

His eyes are so intense. Had such a a crush on him in the 80s. It's the Italian in him

Steven, he is so interesting and wonderful; really love this guy...

Funny looking back at this. I remember it all so well, but it seems like a million years ago now. Steve, Southside, David Sancious, Mad Dog.. Big man, were all part of the scene on Cookman, Kingsley and Ocean Aves. Sometimes they would just be hanging out at Mrs Jay's having a beer and onion rings, just like everyone else. Who knew...

Glad Steve took his qualude before the interview.

@kaiserdooder

7 жыл бұрын

Jck747 this was a hysterical comment. And completely accurate.

@USMC-es4yy

4 жыл бұрын

Dang..it sure looks like he did!

@lilyofthevalley5586

3 жыл бұрын

Can the man talk any slower?

@cabezadepija7318

3 жыл бұрын

@@lilyofthevalley5586 not as slow as melfi

@kakameng2612

2 жыл бұрын

From ashbury PARK NJ ! Just like bam bam biggalow!!

Never lost his style still wearing it today lol

He's just letting us know how he is being Perceived!! God works in mysterious ways!! One moment he's rocking out, and the next he's a underboss!!

I love his eyes 😘

Just when I thought I was in, they push me back out!!

I REALLY hope I get to meet this man & collaborate w/him someday. I like everything about him: his mind, his skin color, the way he plays w/his hands, the fact that he's from NJ, his style, his demeanor, his style, his intelligence, oh MAN! Please God, let us meet each other someday.

@wocrimsonbladee

4 жыл бұрын

Adrienne collaborat??? 🤔 yeah sure 😉 lol

@wocrimsonbladee

4 жыл бұрын

He's married lol

@RockyMountainOyster

Жыл бұрын

Wtf 😂😂😂😂

@westbayk2156

Жыл бұрын

When you say.......collaborate......

@jaybeebee9288

Жыл бұрын

@@wocrimsonbladee His wife is an old woman now, so Adrienne has a very good chance, depending on her age :)

If you look closely you can see paulie walnuts in the background winning a chin up contest.

Glad he dressed up for the interview.

Steve und Bruce sind ein perfektes Team und beide tolle Künstler mit super Stimmen 🙋‍♀️😀🙏😍🇺🇸🇺🇸

Who knew that Sil worked in a half a billion dollar industry devoted to the blues: the music industry! You know “Tears on my Pillow”…😅

Just when I thought I was out... They pull me back in!

He is a handsome dude!!

"For this shit I missed the Jets first home game!" Funniest line in the Sopranos

If you haven't yet, I strongly suggest you watch his show "Lillyhammer", not sopranos quality but definitely a fun quick watch. Especially if you want more Silvio

Wow, I've never seen him this young before, mind blowing to see where he went after this. He almost looked like Paul Stanley here.

Damn Little Stevie looks just as great today as he did then!! Those sexy brooding eyes!!! I'm melting!!!

Holy fuck. Do you know how many fuckin years ive been watching steven van zandt on tv bfore i found out he was a rockstar

Tears on my pillow…..classic

i thank him very much for introducing me to the chesterfield kings

Makes me wish I grew up in New Jersey.

Lilyhammer brought me here 💫

How come every video you watch on here with little steven, the top comment is always the quote of him quoting godfather? Every single time :)

Can't believe after 15 years next at this time, he was role for The Sopranos with a new look.

Jesus Christ this man was born to play Silvio Dante

"our true enemy is yet to reveal himself"

Just when I thought I was out they pull me back in

I’m trying to imagine him as a young Silvio Dante.

When you join the mafia, you must gain 100lbs!

@guilcarr802

3 жыл бұрын

Apparently 🤣🤣

Just watching lily Hammer … it’s brilliant… he an interesting man … 🤗

Wow!! This is crazy to watch

That guy owns the Bing now.

Ova heaaa

@zachwaters7677

3 жыл бұрын

Gabagool?

I wouldn't have recognized him So young

WOW, he was hot!

This was during the South Africa apartheid protests..I had no idea how much he was involved in that.

I can't help but see Silvio Dante.

Anybody notice that he looks a LOT like Silvio from the sopranos?

"When I came in to open up one morning, there you were with your head half in the toilet, your hair was in the toilet water. Disgusting"

@sweengeppetto1915

3 ай бұрын

I said my piece, Chrissy

I said my peace Chrissy

He looks even more similar to Al Pacino

Weird guy but a musical genius. Be is one hell of a songwriter. Only steve can write a twist( soul power twist) 40 years after the twist is over. He put the asbury jukes together. Inhave had the opportunity of meeting him in greenwich village a few times and always had time to chat.

I can hear Paulie in the background saying: "Dis guy killed 16 Czechoslovakians. He's sum kind'a intehriah decuhratah".

You can see the future Soprano in him. Not a poser.

Hey, I'm watching this in 1987, weird right? we got youtube workin on a TV, who else is in 1987?

You sure this is from '85?. The original recording of this interview was preserved so well prior to the digital conversion.

@B1SCOOP

3 жыл бұрын

This video is most likely coming from U-matic tape, used by at the time by TV studios. Much higher quality compared to VHS.

Brilliant man..Sad he lost his hair and scarred in a serious car accident.

@bean-nighe

7 жыл бұрын

Didi Aw they weren't just "nut jobs" they were hitmen sent by Philly Leotardo.

@westbayk2156

Жыл бұрын

Irrelevant.

He looks like he could have played as Al Pacino’s evil twin

Looks like Silvio used to have the makings of a varsity athlete

Wow he's from Middletown, NJ, that's like 15 minutes from me

Damn! Now I know why they call him "Little Steven"

LONG before he said his piece.

@Twig963

3 жыл бұрын

"I said my piece, Christopher"

This is Al Pacino. ;)

@TurboTheTerrier

5 жыл бұрын

Watch lillehammer on Netflix. He's the lead role. Plays an Al Pacino type role. Pretty awesome

@Schcarraffone

5 жыл бұрын

no but he is of italian ancestry as well ...

@unclepalo

4 жыл бұрын

“Our true enemy has yet to reveal himself”

Wow at this age and look he could play Christopher and it would be awesome too

@asdf2593

Жыл бұрын

agreed but he hasnt got the schnozz to play christopher

Born talent

He actually talks like he's in the Surpranos or The Godfather. It's kinda cool.

Really cute here

That nose, it's like a natural canopy. Ever notice he's the only person that can smoke a cigarette in the rain with his hands behind his back?

He’s hilarious on Lilyhammer

@LiuLoki

4 жыл бұрын

my favorite Netflix show

He looks like a young version of Silvio from the Sopranos.

he looks like young andy garcia in godfather 3

Why does he look like Christopher?

He became gigantic by the time he played Silvio. Face became a lot more menacing and ogre-like too.

Look of a man who just missed out on millions

He still leans his head down

You take that up with Frankie Valli when you talk to him!

@matiaslargo9977

5 жыл бұрын

He was gay Gary cooper?

@susanmotto3214

4 жыл бұрын

i haven’t talked to Frankie in years

Well damn.