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Christopher's line "The highway's jammed with broken heroes on a last chance power drive" is from Bruce Springsteen's song "Born to Run," a pop culture reference made more apropos by the presence of Steven Van Zandt (as Silvio Dante), longtime guitarist in Springsteen's E Street Band. Van Zandt also sings backing vocals on the "Born To Run" track.
Silvio Manfred Dante is a fictional character on the HBO TV series The Sopranos, portrayed by Steven Van Zandt. He is the consigliere and right-hand man to Tony Soprano in the DiMeo crime family . John Magaro portrays a young Silvio Dante in the 2021 prequel film, The Many Saints of Newark .
The song "Love Is Strange" by Mickey & Sylvia is playing in the background when Davey goes to Artie's restaurant seeking a loan from him. The song " Tequila Sunrise " by Eagles is playing in the store when Tony goes to collect his first payment from Davey.
Adriana then turns up the Bon Jovi song "You Give Love a Bad Name" as "paisan pride." When Adriana asks what "experts" Christopher discussed the Visiting Day demo with, he names Hesh and also Silvio, who he says used to own "rock clubs in Asbury". Steven Van Zandt is a Springsteen side-man and a key figure in the Asbury music scene.
Tony mentions Sammy Gravano when Silvio says he does not believe Pussy would fear prison enough to betray his friends. Tony brings Mario Lanza CDs for Livia. A.J. mentions President Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky. Paulie's Cadillac is customized with a car horn tuned to play The Godfather musical theme, "Speak Softly, Love".
Steven Van Zandt as Silvio Dante; Tony Sirico as Paulie Gualtieri * Jamie-Lynn Sigler as Meadow Soprano; Robert Iler as Anthony Soprano, Jr. * Drea de Matteo as Adriana La Cerva * Aida Turturro as Janice Soprano * Federico Castelluccio as Furio Giunta; Robert Funaro as Eugene Pontecorvo; Joe Pantoliano as Ralph Cifaretto * = credit only
Furio breaks the owner's arm and shoots him in the kneecap, then hits and spits on his wife. With Furio's arrival, Tony promotes Paulie and Silvio Dante, but refuses to promote Pussy. Pussy sees this as a betrayal and complains to Agent Lipari, who feels he has been passed over in his job as well. Sympathizing with each other, each complains ...
This also marks the first recast appearances of Angie Bonpensiero (Pussy's wife) and Gabriella Dante (Silvio's wife). Previously, both of these characters (although only implied as their wives) appeared very briefly in the season one episodes " The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti " and " Nobody Knows Anything ", played by different actresses.