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Originally Posted by Les
I've always imagined that he wrote these two songs at about the same time or maybe when he was in a very similar state of mind, because "Empire State" just seems like the continuation of the thought he started with his L.A. song. He indirectly quotes from his L.A. song in "Empire State" with the line about how life in N.Y. is "not like we do in L.A." I know I always associate the two when I play one or the other.
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I've always wondered if "Empire State" was inspired by his trip to New York to be the musical guest on SNL. Or is the timeline wrong for that?