Songs about New York

[HejiraNYC]

Originally Posted by mylittledemon

Try this for NEW YORK songs:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of..._New_York_City

What kind of a **** list is this?? It doesn't even list the best New York song, evah: "Let the River Run" - Carly Simon.

[Ghost_Tracker]

Originally Posted by mylittledemon

Try this for NEW YORK songs:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of..._New_York_City

Well THAT was just effing brilliant.
You get the "Ledge Researcher of the Month" award.

[DavidMn]

Big Shot-Billy Joel great song!

[Amlyn]

The Only Living Boy In New York - Simon & Garfunkel -- Not necessarily about NYC, but Paul wrote it while feeling lonely in NY.


Actually, a lot of S&G songs are about or inspired by NY. Here are another two:

At the Zoo
The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)

[gldstwmn]

Empire State of Mind:

http://www.mtv.com/videos/misc/43568...tml#id=1620604

[GypsySorcerer]

Well, you'll definitely want to avoid Madonna's song "I Love New York." That song has some of the worst lyrics EVER.

[petep9000]

Don't laugh. But I saw Barry Manilow not too long after 9/11, and he dedicated 'New York City Rhythm' to the audience and to NYC, and got a big cheer. Of course, Lou Reed's 'Take a Walk on The Wild Side' is a depiction of a seedier, edgier, long-gone New York City. And here are two ancient disco nuggets:

'Native New Yorker' by Odyssey
and
'I Love America' by Patrick Juvet (which is about a European coming to NYC, (among other places) presumably to go dance in the discos)

[Cornflake Girl]

Originally Posted by Amlyn

The Only Living Boy In New York - Simon & Garfunkel -- Not necessarily about NYC, but Paul wrote it while feeling lonely in NY.


Actually, a lot of S&G songs are about or inspired by NY. Here are another two:

At the Zoo
The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)

Brilliant songs, I love S&G. I think 'Bleeker Street' and 'The Boxer' would count too. Also, Lou Reed has an album called 'New York; word of warning, it is not a positive account of the city.

[GODDESS6]

Originally Posted by DavidMn

Big Shot-Billy Joel great song!

so is 'new york state of mind' by him too~

[AgeOldDesire]

New York Groove - Ace Frehley

New York, New York - Nina Hagen

[petep9000]

The theme to 'Green Acres':

"Noo Yawk iz vhere I vant to be!"

[HejiraNYC]

Originally Posted by petep9000

The theme to 'Green Acres':

"Noo Yawk iz vhere I vant to be!"

"Dahling, I love you, but give me Park Avenue."

[HejiraNYC]

[Cornflake Girl]

Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

God, I love Marianne. This is brilliant.

[Dodfather]

New York Is A Woman - Suzanne Vega.

It's from Beauty and Crime, a criminally underrated (see what I did there?!) album for a couple of years ago.

Of course, Tom's Diner is about a diner in New York as well.