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Old 10-13-2009, 07:47 PM
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What kind of a **** list is this?? It doesn't even list the best New York song, evah: "Let the River Run" - Carly Simon.
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Well THAT was just effing brilliant.
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Big Shot-Billy Joel great song!
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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)
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Empire State of Mind:

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Well, you'll definitely want to avoid Madonna's song "I Love New York." That song has some of the worst lyrics EVER.
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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
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'I Love America' by Patrick Juvet (which is about a European coming to NYC, (among other places) presumably to go dance in the discos)
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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.
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Big Shot-Billy Joel great song!
so is 'new york state of mind' by him too~
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New York Groove - Ace Frehley

New York, New York - Nina Hagen
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The theme to 'Green Acres':

"Noo Yawk iz vhere I vant to be!"
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The theme to 'Green Acres':

"Noo Yawk iz vhere I vant to be!"
"Dahling, I love you, but give me Park Avenue."
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God, I love Marianne. This is brilliant.
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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.
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