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06-03-02, 07:06 PM | #1 |
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Songs with New York in them
ok last city thread.
previously mentioned: Grateful Dead - Trukin Martha and the V's - Dancin' in the Street Im going back to New York City I do believe Iv'e had enough Bob Dylan - Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues The same sample is also on Check your Head by the Beastie Boys - finga lickin' good yall Frank Sinatra - New York, New York |
06-03-02, 07:59 PM | #2 |
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Billy Joel - "New York state of mind"
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06-03-02, 08:12 PM | #3 |
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I just saw the movie Midnight Cowboy and one of the songs on the CD was I Guess The Lord Must Be In New York City.
A great disco song called Native New Yorker |
06-03-02, 10:01 PM | #4 |
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The Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Woman
I met a gin-soaked barroom queen in Memphis, She tried to take me upstairs for a ride. She had to heave me right across her shoulder, Cause I just can't seem to drink you off my mind. It's the honky tonk women, That gimme, gimme, gimme the honky tonk blues. I laid a divorcee in New York City, I had to put up some kind of a fight. The lady, then she covered me in roses, She blew my nose and then she blew my mind. It's the honky tonk women, That gimme, gimme, gimme the honky tonk blues. It's the honky tonk women, That gimme, gimme, gimme the honky tonk blues. It's the honky tonk women, That gimme, gimme, gimme the honky tonk blues. |
07-03-02, 12:59 AM | #5 |
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Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway - Back in NYC
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See Faces And Traces Of Home Back in New York City So You think I'm a tough kid? Is that what you heard? Yeah well I like to see some action And it gets into my blood. They call me The trail blazer Rael Electric razor I'm the pitcher In the chain gang We don't believe in pain 'Cause we're only As strong Yes we're only as strong as the weakest link In the chain Let me out of Pontiac When I was just Seventeen I Had To Get It Out Of Me If you know What I mean What I mean You say I must be crazy 'Cause I don't care who I hit Who I hit But I know it's me that's hitting out And I'm I'm not full of shit I don't care who I hurt I don't care who I do wrong This is your mess I'm stuck in I really don't belong When I take out my bottle filled up high with gasoline You can tell by the night fires Where Rael Has been Has been P.S. I like this series of posts, I was waiting for you to do my hometown, which is mentioned in about 30 or so great songs I can think of off the top of my head. (ok, some not so great) ...but don't stop now! |
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Daddy Dont Live in That New York City No More - Steely Dan |
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The Police in New York City
Chased a boy right thru the park In a case of mistaken identity they shoved a broomstick up his ass Heartbreaker - Rolling Stones also by the Stones http://www.napsterites.net/undergrou...&threadid=9054 Manhatten and Big Apple are mentioned |
08-03-02, 05:02 AM | #8 |
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Solid State - New York
R.O.M. Feat Marko Von Schoenberg - New York 2001
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09-03-02, 11:43 AM | #9 |
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Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side
Simon and Garfunkel - The Boxer David Bowie - Jean Genie Kate Bush - Moments of Pleasure |
09-03-02, 11:54 AM | #10 |
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An imitation from New York
you're made in Japan from cheese and chalk you're hippy tarts hero cos you put on a bad show you put on a bad show oh don't it show Still... out on those pills Oh do you remenber... Think it's swell playing Max's Kansas you're looking bored and you're acting flash with nothing in your gut you better keep your month shut you better keep your month shut you're in a rut Still... out on those pills Oh do the sambo... You're four years on you still look the same I think it's about time you changed you brain you're just a pile of SHIT you're coming to this ya poor little FAGGOT You're sealed with a kiss Kiss me... Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Think it's swell playing in Japan when everybody know Japan is a dishpan you're just a pile of SHIT you're coming to this You poor little FAGGOT You're sealed with a kiss... Pills cheap thrills Anadins Aspros anything you're condemned to eternal bullshit you're sealed with a kiss Kiss me... A kiss a kiss you're sealed with a kiss A looking for a kiss you're coming to this I wanna kiss... You do just about anything Oh kiss this Eh boy New York (Jones/Cook/Rotten/Matlock) |
09-03-02, 11:55 AM | #11 |
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LIGHTNING STRIKES (NOT ONCE BUT TWICE)
(THE CLASH) Now lightning strikes in old New York It may be dark but I wanna talk It might rain, it might snow Too many things I got to know If this is spring than it's time to sing Never mind the l'il birdies wing Look out, look out, old New York New York's coming an' New York talks Hey! Strike! Not once... Strike! But twice! Get out your money - peel a slab Roll some notes an' hail a cab Drive in church drive in back Drive down Seventh in a tank Take in the sights, feel the breeze See New York's one and only tree It can be found in Garbage park But don't inspect it after dark Strike! New York! Lightning! Not once but twice. Accidental hike in the transit strike Roller skate or ride a bike Three to a car, Brooklyn Bridge You won't get far if you're privileged Graffiti Jack sprays in black An Englishman can he read it back? Deli Joe he ought to know He runs the gang on Pastrami Row Strike! Lightning strike! Because glass to glass, street to street Buildings touch St. Peter's feet From car to bar, prez to shah Everything is in the jar The 4 winds blow cos the 4 winds know Takes a special hustle to make a roll Honey girl on her feet I wish everything to make her sweet Strike! Twice! OK so roll! From Harlem! Strike one! Harlem slum to penthouse block On every door I already knocked There wasn't anybody that I didn't leave alone Somebody lying under every stone Everything that a man could need In a bag down by my knee That looks good, this ain't got seeds Cheaper than booze down in the bowery Lightning strike! Old New York! Everything's light! Strike! Hey ho such a night I'll see y'all when the lightning strike A polaroid caught in the act You're married too and that's a fact But I won't peek and I won't squeek Down by the trucks on Christopher Street It's Cuban Day - Oi Vey Chinese New Year let's call it a day Tootsie! Hey Chi man! That melody is Puerto Rican Hey Chi man is what he's speaking An' there's the road down into London Town Where many cars get broken down It's the Westway from Ladbroke Grove Runs down to Old Hounslow Just thought I'd mention the new extention That run's down the 59th street intersection Did you hear the news y'all? London Town on the Broadway! |
09-03-02, 12:00 PM | #12 |
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"New York, New York" by Ryan Adams
Well, I shuffled through the city on the 4th of July I had a firecracker waiting to blow Breakin' like a rocket who makin' its way To the cities of Mexico Lived in an apartment out on Avenue A I had a tar-hut on the corner of 10th Had myself a lover who was finer than gold But I've broken up and busted up since And love don't play any games with me Anymore like she did before The world won't wait, so I better shake That thing right out there through the door Hell, I still love you, New York Found myself a picture that would fit in the folds Of my wallet and it stayed pretty good Still amazed I didn't lose it on the roof of the place When I was drunk and I was thinking of you Every day the children they were singing their tune Out on the streets and you could hear from inside Used to take the subway up to Houston and 3rd I would wait for you and I'd try to hide And love won't play any games with me Anymore if you don't want it to The world won't wait and I watched you shake But honey, I don't blame you Hell, I still love you, New York Hell, I still love you, New York New York I remember Christmas in the blistering cold In a church on the upper west side Babe, I stood their singing, I was holding your arm You were holding my trust like a child Found a lot of trouble out on Avenue B But I tried to keep the overhead low Farewell to the city and the love of my life At least we left before we had to go And love won't play any games with you Anymore if you want 'em to So we better shake this old thing out the door I'll always be thinkin' of you I'll always love you though New York I'll always love you though New York, New York, New York |
09-03-02, 12:02 PM | #13 |
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New York, London, Paris, Munich Everybodys talking bout pop music
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09-03-02, 12:36 PM | #14 |
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ooo wah ooo wah
Ad Libs - Boy From New York City (1965)
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09-03-02, 02:01 PM | #15 |
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Englishman in Newyork by Sting
and these lyricas i don remember...but...take my word for it? and... Trial Of tears by Dream Theater It's raining, raining, On the streets of New York City It's raining, raining, raining deep in heaven Raining deep in heaven |
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Ruben Blades "Pedro Navaja"
"Ocho millones de historias tiene la ciudad de Nueva York" Bronxie must know this one!! theflaco |
10-03-02, 12:56 AM | #17 |
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New York
Simon and Garfunkel: The Only Living Boy in New York
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10-03-02, 01:04 AM | #18 |
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Eagles: New York Minute
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10-03-02, 07:52 PM | #19 |
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I think its Sam Cooke but I heard it in Animal House - Twisting the Night Away
somewhere up the New York way where the people are so gay twistin the night away Huey Lewis and the News - Heart of Rock and Roll New York New York is everything the say and No place that i'd rather be where else can you do a haslf a million things all at a quarter to three |
10-03-02, 11:39 PM | #20 |
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3 songs long
I my favorite nyc songs with specific references inside nyc, probably since it's where i live...
People Who Died By Jim Carroll Teddy sniffing glue he was 12 years old Fell from the roof on East Two-nine Cathy was 11 when she pulled the plug On 26 reds and a bottle of wine Bobby got leukemia, 14 years old He looked like 65 when he died He was a friend of mine Refrain: Those are people who died, died Those are people who died, died Those are people who died, died Those are people who died, died They were all my friends, and they died G-berg and Georgie let their gimmicks go rotten So they died of hepatitis in upper Manhattan Sly in Vietnam took a bullet in the head Bobby OD'd on Drano on the night that he was wed They were two more friends of mine Two more friends that died / I miss 'em--they died Repeat Refrain Mary took a dry dive from a hotel room Bobby hung himself from a cell in the tombs Judy jumped in front of a subway train Eddie got slit in the jugular vein And Eddie, I miss you more than all the others, And I salute you brother/ This song is for you my brother Repeat Refrain Herbie pushed Tony from the Boys' Club roof Tony thought that his rage was just some goof But Herbie sure gave Tony some bitchen proof "Hey," Herbie said, "Tony, can you fly?" But Tony couldn't fly . . . Tony died Repeat Refrain: Brian got busted on a narco rap He beat the rap by rattin' on some bikers He said, hey, I know it's dangerous, but it sure beats Riker's But the next day he got offed by the very same bikers Repeat Refrain; repeat song to Eddie ---------------------------------------------------------- famous blue raincoat by Leonard Cohen It's four in the morning, the end of December I'm writing you now just to see if you're better New York is cold, but I like where I'm living There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening. I hear that you're building your little house deep in the desert You're living for nothing now, I hope you're keeping some kind of record. Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair She said that you gave it to her That night that you planned to go clear Did you ever go clear? Ah, the last time we saw you you looked so much older Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder You'd been to the station to meet every train And you came home without Lili Marlene And you treated my woman to a flake of your life And when she came back she was nobody's wife. Well I see you there with the rose in your teeth One more thin gypsy thief Well I see Jane's awake -- She sends her regards. And what can I tell you my brother, my killer What can I possibly say? I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you I'm glad you stood in my way. If you ever come by here, for Jane or for me Your enemy is sleeping, and his woman is free. Yes, and thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyes I thought it was there for good so I never tried. And Jane came by with a lock of your hair She said that you gave it to her That night that you planned to go clear -- Sincerely, L Cohen -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 53rd & 3rd Dee Dee Ramone If you think you can, well come on man I was a Green Beret in Vietnam No more of your fairy stories 'Cause I got my other worries 53rd and 3rd Standing on the street 53rd and 3rd I'm tryin' to turn a trick 53rd and 3rd You're the one they never pick 53rd and 3rd Don't it make you feel sick? Then I took out my razor blade Then I did what God forbade Now the cops are after me But I proved that I'm no sissy ------------------------------------------------------------------- "People Who Died" is just a great Jim Carroll song and a fun "gritty nyc song." The kind of song that scares people about NY which is why it's so much fun. "Famous Blue Raincoat" is just a fucking great poem by itself; forget about the song or New York. Even though NY isn't so much a principle character, the idea of place is. Him being in NYC in the winter and his friend now being in the desert creates a nice stark contrast in landscape from the beginning of how seperate and far away they are now; both physically and emotionally by his actions. "53rd and 3rd" is no longer a street for male prostitutes at all. That seedy element of NYC is pretty much gone now. However it was when Dee Dee Ramone was a teenager and allegedly he did try standing out there turning tricks for $$. Whether he was ever picked up or not is up for debate; but it's pretty certain even though he was known for always carrying a knife; he never actually stabbed anyone. Then again, I guess one never knows. Still, reading the lyrics to "53rd and 3rd" still gives me a chill.
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