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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: James Ford on June 11, 2013, 08:28:02 am
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I'm heading to NYC this weekend. Thinking it would be fun to stick to only listening to New York music enroute and coming home. Help me out by posting your top 10 NYC music acts of all time.
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Is Lou Reed a New Yorker? Regardless, I would listen to New York
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I'd highly recommend this album.
Played the hell out of this years ago, so good.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00009OYSE
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He and his New Liver live in New Jersey, I think.
Great album (and I'm not even a Lou Reed fan), but no way would my wife tolerate that on the ride (and I think I only have it on LP). Would any woman?. Should have specified "chick-friendly". (Actually I once had a female friend who disowned me because I told her the VU was overrated, but that's a lifetime ago.)
Is Lou Reed a New Yorker? Regardless, I would listen to New York
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Soul Jazz does indeed put out some great compilation records, but that one sounds too loud!
I'd highly recommend this album.
Played the hell out of this years ago, so good.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00009OYSE
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1. Run DMC
2. Lana Del Ray
3. Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4. The National
5. Matt & Kim
6. Interpol
7. Rapture
8. Sonic Youth
9. Vivian Girls
10. Lydia Lunch
11. Beastie Boys
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Ok pitchfork
;D
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Soul Jazz does indeed put out some great compilation records, but that one sounds too loud!
I'd highly recommend this album.
Played the hell out of this years ago, so good.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00009OYSE
hahaha... it is a tad loud.
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Lou Reed
VU
Ramones
Television
Cop Shoot Cop
Galaxie 500
Simon and Garfunkle
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Asobi Seksu
Quicksand
Swans
Sonic Youth
the Strokes
Beastie Boys
DIIV
TV on the Radio
Wu Tang Clan
School of Seven Bells
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He and his New Liver live in New Jersey, I think.
Well he was born in Brooklyn, if that counts for anything.
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Galaxie 500
Pretty sure they're a Boston band.
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Asobi Seksu
Quicksand
Swans
Sonic Youth
the Strokes
Beastie Boys
DIIV
TV on the Radio
Wu Tang Clan
School of Seven Bells
Asobi Seksu is a good one.
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Yes they are. Though I couldnt imagine Sawyer's Wife liking them. They get a bit too noisy at times, and their Pretty, soft parts wouldnt make up for it.
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Its so hard to pick just 10 with all the choices.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Singers_from_New_York_City
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Galaxie 500
Pretty sure they're a Boston band.
eh. always thought they were from ny
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New York Dolls
Ramones
Beastie Boys
Interpol
Patti Smith
Grandmaster Flash
Talking Heads
Sonic Youth
Chic
Television
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Phew.. all-time is rough, but here's 10 I've listened to in the past week or so, that i quite like.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Liturgy
Agnostic Front
the Lunachicks
the Bouncing Souls
Parts and Labor
Exitmusic
Love as Laughter
Biggie Smalls
the Jim Carroll Band
wow, that list is all over the place. I also listened to two Kid'n'Play songs.
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Galaxie 500
Pretty sure they're a Boston band.
eh. always thought they were from ny
I was bored and curious enough to wiki that shit. I guess you're both right?
"Guitarist Dean Wareham, drummer Damon Krukowski and bassist Naomi Yang had met at the Dalton School in New York City in 1981, but began playing together during their time as students at Harvard University. Wareham and Krukowski had formed a series of punk-influenced student bands, before Wareham returned to New York.[4] When he returned in 1987 he and Krukowski formed a new band, with Yang joining the group on bass guitar, the new group deciding on the name Galaxie 500, after a friend's car (a Ford car of the 1960s, the Ford Galaxie 500).[1][4] In their early years, Krukowski didn't own a drum kit, so he borrowed one from his Harvard classmate Conan O'Brien, who'd bought a kit but had recently given up playing it. This drum kit can be heard on many of Galaxie 500's early recordings."
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Played a little Type O Negative and Unsane on my drive home from NYC yesterday.
Rained like hell for three hours so I needed something loud.
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I listen to Dylan's "Hard Times in New York Town" every time I go into NYC.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_lM_ePgwlM
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At one point does an artist get to claim they are a "New York artist"? Is Ryan Adams a New York artist ?(I'm assuming he still lives there)
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I will never think of Duke Ellington as a New York artist even if he moved there young and made it there...
Frank Sinatra is a New York artist...even if he moved to LA
Galaxie 500 are Boston through and through even if they cut their albums in New York with Kramer..
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Neil Diamond is NYC, even though:
"LA's fine, sunshine most of the time
The feeling is laid back
Palm trees grow and the rents are low
But you know I keep thinking about
Making my way back
Well, I'm New York City born and raised
But nowadays, I'm lost between two shores
LA's fine, but it ain't home
New York's home but it ain't mine no more"
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Neil Diamond is NYC, even though:
"LA's fine, sunshine most of the time
The feeling is laid back
Palm trees grow and the rents are low
But you know I keep thinking about
Making my way back
Well, I'm New York City born and raised
But nowadays, I'm lost between two shores
LA's fine, but it ain't home
New York's home but it ain't mine no more"
Oh Neil Diamond and Frank Sinatra? Didn't think of them... I should remake my list. As you can't have a list in which those two are eligible and not put them on there.
As for Television I think they are the most over-rated band of all time. Case of all the press being in NYC so they overrate the bands fro NYC.
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As for Television I think they are the most over-rated band of all time. Case of all the press being in NYC so they overrate the bands fro NYC.
they really are... i mean arguably one great album side (the first one on the first lp)..
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At one point does an artist get to claim they are a "New York artist"? Is Ryan Adams a New York artist ?(I'm assuming he still lives there)
I guess if they make it big in NYC they are a new york artist? Patti Smith isn't from NYC. But that is where she made it.
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At one point does an artist get to claim they are a "New York artist"? Is Ryan Adams a New York artist ?(I'm assuming he still lives there)
I guess if they make it big in NYC they are a new york artist? Patti Smith isn't from NYC. But that is where she made it.
well by that rationale Duke Ellington is a NYC artist... that is hard to swallow...
Marvin Gaye is a Detroit artist?
Patti Smith, though, is definitely a NYC artist... she spent many years in NYC before even getting into making music..
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of course Sinatra, like Yo La Tengo, was from Hoboken and I believe got his start singing in New Jersey dives in his teens... but I think he's the consummate New York City artist..
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the Velvet Underground would absolutely have to be on any list..
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Ok, somebody had to do it .............. Billy Joel
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i dont understand the point of this thread
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Ok, somebody had to do it .............. Billy Joel
Wow Billy Joel is from NYC. THey seem to have a lot of hit makers. Why do people focus on the the 70's heroin addicts staying at the Chelsea hotel and playing at CGBG's when they actually have superstars? What about Madonna? She made it from NYC right?
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Ok, somebody had to do it .............. Billy Joel
Wow Billy Joel is from NYC. THey seem to have a lot of hit makers. Why do people focus on the the 70's heroin addicts staying at the Chelsea hotel and playing at CGBG's when they actually have superstars? What about Madonna? She made it from NYC right?
Michigan.
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To me the Velvets belong entirely on their own list, just as the Stooges do too. And really the Ramones as well. Some bands just don't contribute to the musical landscape; they invent an entirely new language.
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Madonna Louise Ciccone[1] (/tʃɪˈkoʊneɪ/ chi-KOH-nay; born August 16, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter, actress, director, dancer, and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance and performed in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy. In 1982, Madonna signed to Sire Records (an affiliate of Warner Bros. Records) and released her self-titled debut album the following year.
Ok, somebody had to do it .............. Billy Joel
Wow Billy Joel is from NYC. THey seem to have a lot of hit makers. Why do people focus on the the 70's heroin addicts staying at the Chelsea hotel and playing at CGBG's when they actually have superstars? What about Madonna? She made it from NYC right?
Michigan.
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Madonna Louise Ciccone[1] (/tʃɪˈkoʊneɪ/ chi-KOH-nay; born August 16, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter, actress, director, dancer, and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance and performed in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy. In 1982, Madonna signed to Sire Records (an affiliate of Warner Bros. Records) and released her self-titled debut album the following year.
Ok, somebody had to do it .............. Billy Joel
Wow Billy Joel is from NYC. THey seem to have a lot of hit makers. Why do people focus on the the 70's heroin addicts staying at the Chelsea hotel and playing at CGBG's when they actually have superstars? What about Madonna? She made it from NYC right?
Michigan.
So then you could say she is a NYC act since she didn't make it until 1984.
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At one point does an artist get to claim they are a "New York artist"? Is Ryan Adams a New York artist ?(I'm assuming he still lives there)
he lives in LA now....but my favorite stretch (Cold Roses, Jacksonville City Nights, 29) comes from his NYC years, so, yknow...
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At one point does an artist get to claim they are a "New York artist"? Is Ryan Adams a New York artist ?(I'm assuming he still lives there)
he lives in LA now....but my favorite stretch (Cold Roses, Jacksonville City Nights, 29) comes from his NYC years, so, yknow...
Interesting, first person ever I've heard consider those albums their favorite of his catalog.
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As for Television I think they are the most over-rated band of all time. Case of all the press being in NYC so they overrate the bands fro NYC.
they really are... i mean arguably one great album side (the first one on the first lp)..
I'd actually agree on their output, but side one of Marquee moon is so great. And they get so many bonus points for impact and style in my book.
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As for Television I think they are the most over-rated band of all time. Case of all the press being in NYC so they overrate the bands fro NYC.
they really are... i mean arguably one great album side (the first one on the first lp)..
I'd actually agree on their output, but side one of Marquee moon is so great. And they get so many bonus points for impact and style in my book.
Funny thing about a band like Television...they don't sound so revolutionary now because people copied them and probably did a better job expanding on what they started doing. But for the time they came out, their music was so different and like a breath of fresh air. Amazing guitar playing. If you've heard "Marquee Moon" on a rainy Saturday at 3am, it's perfect music. It has its place, but it's not something you need to hear all the time.
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Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
Menahan Street Band
Ikebe Shakedown
Television
Kid Creole and the Coconuts
Talking Heads
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Y'all have mentioned most of the "classic" NYC bands and artists. Here's a few that merit mention.
KISS
Magnetic Fields
Silos
Fleshtones
Steely Dan
Dirty Projectors
Pete Seeger
Anthrax
Public Enemy
Liars
Helmet
Blonde Redhead
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To me the Velvets belong entirely on their own list, just as the Stooges do too. And really the Ramones as well. Some bands just don't contribute to the musical landscape; they invent an entirely new language.
huh? they are new york bands who could arguably only have come from new york. ... that is what the poster was asking...
I would add New York Dolls to my list... very NYC...
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No love for LCD Soundsystem?
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WU TANG!
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Y'all have mentioned most of the "classic" NYC bands and artists. Here's a few that merit mention.
KISS
Magnetic Fields
Silos
Fleshtones
Steely Dan
Dirty Projectors
Pete Seeger
Anthrax
Public Enemy
Liars
Helmet
Blonde Redhead
I guess I really don't know who comes from NYC. Magnetic Fields would be my number 1 and Pete Seeger should be on lists as well. I will have to do a new one.
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Blondie
Cyndi Lauper
Richard Hell
Johnny Thunders' Heartbreakers
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My new list with update information about who is from NYC
1. Magnetic Fields
2. Billy Joel
3. Madonna
4. FranK Sinatra
5. Run DMC
6. Yeah Yeah Yeahs
7. The National
8. Beastie Boys
9. Sonic Youth
10. Vivivan GIrls
11. Pete Seeger
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i still . . . dont understand the point of this thread.
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i still . . . dont understand the point of this thread.
Rhett wants to be in a New York State of Mind for his drive up to the big apple and wanted suggestions on essential NY acts for the soundtrack to accompany is trip. I think?
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Yeah, that's basically it.
Of course my selection is limited to the 10,000 or so songs I have on my ipod.
i still . . . dont understand the point of this thread.
Rhett wants to be in a New York State of Mind for his drive up to the big apple and wanted suggestions on essential NY acts for the soundtrack to accompany is trip. I think?
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ahh . . . well then, thats cool. i thought this was some other, "look at what i know" thread. wait, im guilty of those types of threads all the time. i need a soda pop.
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i still . . . dont understand the point of this thread.
Rhett wants to be in a New York State of Mind for his drive up to the big apple and wanted suggestions on essential NY acts for the soundtrack to accompany is trip. I think?
Just select Frank Sinatra and Neil Diamond and alternate.
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Yeah, that's basically it.
Of course my selection is limited to the 10,000 or so songs I have on my ipod.
i still . . . dont understand the point of this thread.
Rhett wants to be in a New York State of Mind for his drive up to the big apple and wanted suggestions on essential NY acts for the soundtrack to accompany is trip. I think?
Cop Shoot Cop. Celeste will love it.
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Carole King is from NYC? Well that solves it. Put "Tapestry" on repeat and enjoy your ride.
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If by "love" it you mean she will insist that I turn the car around and drive straight home, you are correct.
Neil Diamond and Frank Sinatra would be likely to evoke similiar responses. Though I actually did play Neil Diamond on a beach trip a couple years ago, and actually managed to hear a few songs over the top of her bitching about how much it sucked.
Yeah, that's basically it.
Of course my selection is limited to the 10,000 or so songs I have on my ipod.
i still . . . dont understand the point of this thread.
Rhett wants to be in a New York State of Mind for his drive up to the big apple and wanted suggestions on essential NY acts for the soundtrack to accompany is trip. I think?
Cop Shoot Cop. Celeste will love it.
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If by "love" it you mean she will insist that I turn the car around and drive straight home, you are correct.
Neil Diamond and Frank Sinatra would be likely to evoke similiar responses. Though I actually did play Neil Diamond on a beach trip a couple years ago, and actually managed to hear a few songs over the top of her bitching about how much it sucked.
Yeah, that's basically it.
Of course my selection is limited to the 10,000 or so songs I have on my ipod.
i still . . . dont understand the point of this thread.
Rhett wants to be in a New York State of Mind for his drive up to the big apple and wanted suggestions on essential NY acts for the soundtrack to accompany is trip. I think?
Cop Shoot Cop. Celeste will love it.
Frank Sinatra and Neil Diamond are nowhere comparable.
Bitching about Neil Diamond I could see but Sinatra? ... Those 50s Capitol records were cut by the creme de la creme of jazz musicians, feature the best of the American Songbook, and were arranged by the very best (Riddle, May, etc.)...
Hopefully you're just selling your wife short... I can't imagine many women listening to Frank Sinatra and complaining. Of course if all you know of Frank is New York New York because you heard it after a baseball game..well, that would explain your ignorance.
I mean who the fuck doesn't like the Sinatra-Jobim record or Swingin' Lovers?
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one word for all of them . . . barf.
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If by "love" it you mean she will insist that I turn the car around and drive straight home, you are correct.
Neil Diamond and Frank Sinatra would be likely to evoke similiar responses. Though I actually did play Neil Diamond on a beach trip a couple years ago, and actually managed to hear a few songs over the top of her bitching about how much it sucked.
Yeah, that's basically it.
Of course my selection is limited to the 10,000 or so songs I have on my ipod.
i still . . . dont understand the point of this thread.
Rhett wants to be in a New York State of Mind for his drive up to the big apple and wanted suggestions on essential NY acts for the soundtrack to accompany is trip. I think?
Cop Shoot Cop. Celeste will love it.
Frank Sinatra and Neil Diamond are nowhere comparable.
Bitching about Neil Diamond I could see but Sinatra? ... Those 50s Capitol records were cut by the creme de la creme of jazz musicians, feature the best of the American Songbook, and were arranged by the very best (Riddle, May, etc.)...
Hopefully you're just selling your wife short... I can't imagine many women listening to Frank Sinatra and complaining. Of course if all you know of Frank is New York New York because you heard it after a baseball game..well, that would explain your ignorance.
I mean who the fuck doesn't like the Sinatra-Jobim record or Swingin' Lovers?
Don't sell Neil Diamond short. He wrote a ton of great songs. I mean the Monkees and UB 40 had hits covering him. I went to a show at 930 club a few years back and there was a dj opener and he played Neil Diamond songs and all the kids were singing along. Frank is good as well and I always do a Frank song when I do Karaoke.
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Beastie Boys
Blondie
Miles Davis
De La Soul
Bob Dylan
Ella Fitzgerald
Billie Holliday
Jay-Z
LCD Soundsystem
The Magnetic Fields (Why do we still live here / In this repulsive town? / All our friends are in New York)
Nas
The Notorious B.I.G.
Ramones
Paul Simon
Frank Sinatra
Sonic Youth
The Strokes
Talking Heads
A Tribe Called Quest
Vampire Weekend
The Velvet Underground
The Walkmen
The Wu-Tang Clan
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Nice list. I could probably pick ten off that list and have enough there to keep borh my wife and myself satisfied musically.
Beastie Boys
Blondie
Miles Davis
De La Soul
Bob Dylan
Ella Fitzgerald
Billie Holliday
Jay-Z
LCD Soundsystem
The Magnetic Fields (Why do we still live here / In this repulsive town? / All our friends are in New York)
Nas
The Notorious B.I.G.
Ramones
Paul Simon
Frank Sinatra
Sonic Youth
The Strokes
Talking Heads
A Tribe Called Quest
Vampire Weekend
The Velvet Underground
The Walkmen
The Wu-Tang Clan
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I don't think anybody ever mentioned my wife's favorite NYC band, Nada Surf.
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I don't think anybody ever mentioned my wife's favorite NYC band, Nada Surf.
That is because people only know one song by them and.that song sucks.
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NYC Roadtrip Playlist 2013:
Northbound:
Liberation Music: Spiritual Jazz and the Art of Protest on Flying Dutchman Records 1969-1974
Paul Simon: Negotiations
Vampire Weekend: Contra
The Ramones: Anthology
The National: High Violet
Nada Surf: Let Go
Southbound:
The Strokes: Is This It?
The Walkmen: Heaven
The Velvet Underground&Nico
The Toasters: Ska-Boom
The Talking Heads: 77
Etta James: At Last
I realize the last one doesn't have specific NYC connotations, but screw it, it sounded good.