We’re listening to songs about America’s “city of record,” New York. I like it a lot more than Los Angeles! Send your song recommendations to symposiumofsongs@gmail.com.
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Ryan Adams, “New York, New York” (Gold, 2001)
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6:30
Billy Joel, “Big Shot” (52nd Street, 1978)
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10:17
Curtis Fuller Quintet, “Five Spot After Dark” (Blues-Ette, 1960)
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15:50
Reading: John Updike, “Snowing in Greenwich Village”
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19:37
Simon and Garfunkel, “Bleecker Street” (Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M., 1964)
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22:16
Laura Cantrell, “14th Street” (Humming by the Flowered Vine, 2005)
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27:44
Reading: Hart Crane, “The Tunnel”
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31:05
The Velvet Underground, “I’m Waiting for the Man” (The Velvet Underground and Nico, 1967)
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35:38
Corinne Bailey Rae, “New York Transit Queen” (Black Rainbows, 2023)
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37:18
The Strokes, “Hard to Explain” (Is This It, 2001)
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41:50
Reading: Allen Ginsberg, “My Sad Self”
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44:23
St. Vincent, “New York” (Masseduction, 2017)
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46:55
Ray LaMontagne and The Pariah Dogs, “New York City Is Killing Me” (God Willing and the Creek Don’t Rise, 2010)
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55:47
Elton John, “Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters” (Honky Chateau, 1972)
