The song describes the often disorienting, yet liberating journey into New York City’s bustling subway system. Le Tigre perfectly encapsulates that childlike thrill with a more rebellious twist in their 1999 song “My My Metrocard.” The vibrant power-punk guitar repetition punctuated by the infectious tambourines brought an edgy twist to the beloved girl groups of the ’60s with Kathleen Hanna’s iconic yelping vocals. Getting your first Metrocard is an exhilarating rite of passage, and it’s even better when you finally get to ride alone. What’s the conspiracy, exactly? If you believe the speaker in the chorus, the goal is no less than world domination. There’s an air of espionage in the tune somehow (reinforced later in the record by the outlandish “Jazz Police”) and Cohen’s booming baritone makes the listener feel like a conspirator. This track is thrilling because it opens I’m Your Man in a mode in which we’ve never heard Cohen before, as a kind of cosmopolitan thrill-seeker and provocateur. Double props to this song for being as anti-cellphone as it is indifferent towards New York. Or imagine having to operate in the miserable New York music scene, which the Gotobeds mock at the start of “New York’s Alright.” New York’s okay, but you can also do cool stuff in whatever town you’re in-and that town needs it more. Also living there can be brutal you know how sometimes being around a lot of people only makes you feel even more alone than you already did? Imagine living that every minute of your life.
Yeah, its old paintings are probably more famous than your town’s old paintings, but it also doesn’t have your favorite bar or BBQ joint. It’s got some good things to do, but it can also be a huge drag. The Gotobeds: “New York’s Alright (If You Like Sex & Phones)” Listen to our Best NYC Songs playlist on Spotify right here.Ģ4. We hope they inspire a little of that NYC strength and spirit in you. There were a bunch to sift through, and we undoubtedly left off a few of your favorites, but these are the NYC songs that mean the most to our staff and writers. In honor of this strong, beautiful city, we rounded up 25 of the best songs ever written about New York. As one of the worst coronavirus hotspots in the U.S., New Yorkers have been forced to show up by hunkering down, isolating in tiny apartments, town homes and studio flats and avoiding the sacred public spaces that normally serve as ad hoc living rooms, kitchens, gathering spaces and homes away from home when actual home is a 900-square-foot closet shared with two other people. New York has had a lot thrown at it, especially this year. It’s not for everyone-the squash of crowds, sweaty subways and street noise can be overwhelming for some. That doesn’t mean it’s as shiny and wonderful as you’ve been led to believe in every romantic comedy and rock album ever made, but it is one of the most resilient cities we’ve got.
If you're not deeply touched by AUTUMN IN NEW YORK, then you are not really alive.New York is easily the most romanticized American city in movies, music and TV. Frank gently caresses a lyric as if in the act of lovemaking, and the sublime arrangements complement his voice perfectly.
Tom Henneberry (below) put it so well (four years ago) ". This arrangement sounds like Nelson Riddle, but this lovely strings orchestration was by Billy May - for Sinatra's 1958 classic COME FLY WITH ME album. Vernon Duke's lyricists included many of the greats (Johnny Mercer, Ogden Nash and Sammy Cahn) his best known melodies were given words by John Latouche (TAKING A CHANCE ON LOVE) Yip Harburg (APRIL IN PARIS) and Ira Gershwin (I CAN'T GET STARTED). Recorded by so many artists but Sinatra's was the only version to achieve chart success ( No. The only one of his hit songs for which composer Vernon Duke wrote the words as well as the tune.
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