Gothamist: Songs of New York

cinders

Wed, 12 Jul 2006 11:38:49 -0500

One more for the list! "Jamaican In New York" by Shinehead. A cover version of Sting's "Englishman In New York". One for all reggae music fans!

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Mon, 22 May 2006 18:38:06 -0500

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Herb

Wed, 12 Oct 2005 21:39:52 -0500

Here are a couple: ""New York's Alright If You Like Saxophones" by Fear (haters), "Fairytale of New York" by the Pogues (great song), "Alien Love Song" by Kenny Young and the Eggplants (poignant in retrospect).

mechanic

Tue, 11 Oct 2005 06:59:10 -0500

100 Guns - Boogie Down Productions "I got a hundred guns two hundred clips goin to New York, New York"

Shingo

Tue, 11 Oct 2005 04:15:33 -0500

- Harlem Blues - Cynda Williams - Ben E king - Spanish Harlem - Jennifer Warnes - Big Noise, New York (I walk from the river to West Broadway/Every stranger spoke your name/Every sign read 'yesterday') - Harry Nilsson - I Guess the Lord must be in New York City

Laura

Tue, 11 Oct 2005 00:40:43 -0500

Mark McAdam "The Bowery Song" (there are days I look straight up the Bowery) Lloyd Cole "What Do You Know About Love" (it's raining on Bleecker Street!)

your sister's gay boyfriend

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 20:38:24 -0500

Re: Bruce's "My City of Ruins" The song was actually written before 9/11 and was originally a lament about the decline of Asbury Park, NJ. Of course, it's now a major part of "The Rising", the definitive post-9/11 album.

vito

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 20:32:04 -0500

Madball's "New York City" is the ultimate NYC song that sums up the experience of the city better than any other (assuming you're a hardcore tough guy thug).

xq

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 19:03:03 -0500

BDP's answer to MC Shan's answer to "South Bronx:" "The Bridge Is Over"

jgo

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 18:17:32 -0500

Gotta love wikipedia

bucky

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 17:09:21 -0500

MC Shan's answer to BDP's South Bronx... The Bridge...

Happy Fun Lawyer

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 16:54:59 -0500

They forget Simon & Garfunkel's "At the Zoo," which is all about the Central Park Zoo. ("It's a light and tumble journey / From the East Side to the park / Just a fine and fancy ramble to the zoo / But you can take a crosstown bus / If it's raining or it's cold. . . .")

Carol A. Martucci

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 16:42:01 -0500

Token Back to Brooklyn -TMBG Marching Bands of Manhattan -Death Cab

uhoh

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 16:09:04 -0500

New York, New York-- The Dogg Pound feat. Snoop Dogg

uhoh

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 16:00:58 -0500

New York, New York-- The Dogg Pound feat. Snoop Dogg

Dfactor

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 15:18:47 -0500

Anybody yet mention.... The Strokes - NYC Cops Some Action - Some Action ("New York's dead, let's make some action!") Great f-----' song. John Miles - Manhattan Skyline (http://www.mmguide.musicmatch.com/album/album.cgi?ALBUMID=1084868)

rion

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 15:11:53 -0500

"the only living boy in new york" is the best. most of these are on the list, but some are not... a few to mention here: - Englishman in New York : Sting - Leaving New York : R.E.M. - My City of Ruins : Bruce Springsteen - Chelsea Morning : Joni Mitchell - Silver Manhattan : Jesse Malin - Chelsea : Counting Crows - 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) : Simon & Garfunkel - A Heart in New York : Art Garfunkel - Daddy Don't Live in That New York City No More : Steely Dan - Sunday in New York : Bobby Darrin - I Happen to Like New York : Catrina Valente - Manhattan Serenade : Catrina Valente - Good Old New York : Jelly Roll Morton - Manhattan : Bobby Short - Autumn in New York : Charlie Parker, or Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong ...(there are many more versions, of course, but these are two of my faves) Also, did no one mention - New York State of Mind by Billy Joel here?

Doctor Memory

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 14:55:02 -0500

Pish, you are all ignoring the greatest NYC song ever: "Ground Zero Brooklyn" by Carnivore.

Jon

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 14:03:31 -0500

Quicksand- East 3rd St.

Maynard

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 13:51:17 -0500

Autumn in New York

Snoopy

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 13:50:19 -0500

New York, New York by Ryan Adams

George

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 13:22:47 -0500

Springtime in New York - Jonathan Richman

MT

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 13:22:41 -0500

New York City Boy by Petshop boys. (You're a New York City boy, where 7th Avenue meets Broadway). C'mon all you fellow CNPers know you sing it when you walk through that front door!

Meredith

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 13:22:01 -0500

Also, that old standard, "Lullaby of Broadway" - I can't believe it's not on that list already.

Meredith

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 13:19:05 -0500

Ton of Soul Coughing and Mike Doughty songs that have to do with NYC.. to add to those above: - "I'm Living on Baby Food," Soul Coughing (Well, Long Island.. close enough?) - "Is Chicago, Is Not Chicago," Soul Coughing - "True Dreams of Wichita," Soul Coughing - "Sunken-Eyed Girl," Mike Doughty - "Down on the River by the Sugar Plant," Mike Doughty - "I Hear the Bells," Mike Doughty

Bobbi Steele

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 13:14:30 -0500

Rolling Stones "Waiting on a Friend" Song is real NYC and the video backs the fact, jack...

GateXC

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 13:07:11 -0500

How About You? - Bobby Darin

alesch

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 12:53:55 -0500

FEAR of course - " i dont care about you, fuck you......." something like that, its a great song. all about manhattan..." he died we stood there looking at em...aint he cute!" thats another line. Its about philly too so maybe its not only manhattan. i wish there was more punk rock kareoke.

Jimmy Legs

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 12:47:13 -0500

"F Train" by Babe the Blue Ox also i think "Let's Get Rid of New York" by The Randoms should be included on that list, even if it's a little negative. Yo La Tengo does a nice (if elongated) cover of it: http://www.sba.muohio.edu/plattgj/Audio/LetsGetRidofNY.mp3

Matty

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 12:26:22 -0500

Harlem River Drive by Bobbi Humphrey

sp

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 12:22:46 -0500

hehe, listening to "Incident on 57th Street" by le Boss right now

jk

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 12:12:43 -0500

My Apartment - Ben Kweller Back in N.Y.C. - Jeff Buckley version And another PJ Harvey: Good Fortune. Actually, the whole album "Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea" is appropriate.

joe

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 12:06:15 -0500

new york city serenade – bruce springsteen new york - the sex pistols new york - lou reed new york city – tmgb the boy from new york city - manhattan transfer the only living boy in new york – simon & garfunkel

Think twice

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 11:53:12 -0500

Rhapsody in Blue - George Gershwin

Offbalance

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 11:30:07 -0500

My My Metrocard - Le Tigre The Brooklynites - Soul Coughing 138th Street- The Walkmen Spring Street - Dar Williams Sullivan Street - Counting Crows Sixth Avenue Heartache- The Wallflowers On Broadway - the Drifters Easter Parade - Fred Astaire & Judy Garland Positively Fourth Street - Bob Dylan Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters - Elton John New York - U2 10th Avenue Freeze Out - Bruce Springsteen Manhattan Avenue - Nellie McKay

Coolfer

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 11:13:12 -0500

Velvet Underground's "Coney Island Steeplechase." Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips' "Park Slope."

polly

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 11:02:55 -0500

better pj harvey= "you said something." begins- "On a rooftop in Brooklyn/ at one in the morning/ watching the lights flash/ in Manhattan..."

JC

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 11:01:46 -0500

"NYC" by Interpol, and "Tiptoe" and "Cradle and All" by Ani DiFranco

kellyr

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 10:59:15 -0500

"Midsummer New York" by Yoko Ono

bfee

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 10:52:35 -0500

"Bedstuy Parade" and "Brooklyn" (etc etc) by Mos Def "Queens" by Pharoahe Monch "Waiting for the Man" by Velvet Underground

stan

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 10:29:05 -0500

pj harvey / thom yorke - this mess we're in m. doughty - thank you, lord, for sending me the f-train j-live - brooklyn public / the sidewalks / etc.

ian

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 10:12:32 -0500

while the kenny g number is sure to induce some head-scratching, what about the like-named suv by subaru. if 'tribeca' wasn't enough, they had to add 'b9' onto it? does that evoke something subway-like or is it supposed to??

Jeff

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 10:09:45 -0500

New York, New York - Frank Sinatra

xq

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 10:04:16 -0500

"South Bronx" by Boogie Down Productions "Respiration" by Mos Def & Talib Kweli and like twelve million others