New York, New York - This is a great, rockin’ track from Ryan from his debut album Gold, which has taken on far more cultural importance as the song was supposed to be released on September 11, 2001, but following the terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers, it was postponed to November 26.
Following the attacks, the song was seen by many as an inspirational anthem of healing for the city of New York.
It’s actually a love / breakup song and I think the words New York need to be substituted for the word Amy (“I still live you Amy” rather than “I Still Love You New York”) as Adams wrote the song about his ex-partner called Amy Lombardi from his brief time living in New York.
According to Wiki “After the attacks, Adams decided not to play the song live and requested that the song would not be licensed for media, because he did not want people to feel as if he was exploiting the tragedy for his own personal gain. He made exceptions for the New York Yankees, who played the song during games in the old Yankee Stadium, as well as the NYPD and the New York City Fire Department.”
I wasn’t aware of any of this at the time of first hearing the song, I just thought that it had a great hook and was a brilliant song. Knowing this now, the song resonates more with me that ever.
New York, New York - This is a great, rockin’ track from Ryan from his debut album Gold, which has taken on far more cultural importance as the song was supposed to be released on September 11, 2001, but following the terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers, it was postponed to November 26.
Following the attacks, the song was seen by many as an inspirational anthem of healing for the city of New York.
It’s actually a love / breakup song and I think the words New York need to be substituted for the word Amy (“I still live you Amy” rather than “I Still Love You New York”) as Adams wrote the song about his ex-partner called Amy Lombardi from his brief time living in New York.
According to Wiki “After the attacks, Adams decided not to play the song live and requested that the song would not be licensed for media, because he did not want people to feel as if he was exploiting the tragedy for his own personal gain. He made exceptions for the New York Yankees, who played the song during games in the old Yankee Stadium, as well as the NYPD and the New York City Fire Department.”
I wasn’t aware of any of this at the time of first hearing the song, I just thought that it had a great hook and was a brilliant song. Knowing this now, the song resonates more with me that ever.
Gold is actually his second album...Heartbreaker was a year earlier. I believe Heartbreaker is the better of the two.
In 2001, I was busy promoting my album on MP3.com. At that time, MP3 was a site where independent unsigned artists stood side by side with those who had record deals and radio play. A huge community, and we actually got paid for our music there. That's where I met the brief BEA legend Father Time (another story altogether). Gold came out the same week as my album, so I had a lot of exposure to it. "New York, New York" got all of the attention, but for me, it wasn't the strongest song on the album. I was a big fan of songs like 'When The Stars Go Blue", "Sylvia Plath" and "Answering Bell".
The center of Gold, for me, has always been "Harder Now That It's Over". It was written by Adams and Chris Stills (the son of Stephen Stills and Veronique Sanson). Stills had released 100 Year Thing in 1998, which is an amazing and criminally underrated album (if you haven't heard it...you should). He's all over Gold, and plays bass on "New York, New York".
It's a fine song. I think it got a bit too much attention because of 9/11, and that attention caused better songs on the record to be overlooked. _________________ I'm leaning on the threshold
Of her mystery
And crashing through the walls
Of dying history
New York, New York - This is a great, rockin’ track from Ryan from his debut album Gold, which has taken on far more cultural importance as the song was supposed to be released on September 11, 2001, but following the terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers, it was postponed to November 26.
Following the attacks, the song was seen by many as an inspirational anthem of healing for the city of New York.
It’s actually a love / breakup song and I think the words New York need to be substituted for the word Amy (“I still live you Amy” rather than “I Still Love You New York”) as Adams wrote the song about his ex-partner called Amy Lombardi from his brief time living in New York.
According to Wiki “After the attacks, Adams decided not to play the song live and requested that the song would not be licensed for media, because he did not want people to feel as if he was exploiting the tragedy for his own personal gain. He made exceptions for the New York Yankees, who played the song during games in the old Yankee Stadium, as well as the NYPD and the New York City Fire Department.”
I wasn’t aware of any of this at the time of first hearing the song, I just thought that it had a great hook and was a brilliant song. Knowing this now, the song resonates more with me that ever.
Gold is actually his second album...Heartbreaker was a year earlier. I believe Heartbreaker is the better of the two.
In 2001, I was busy promoting my album on MP3.com. At that time, MP3 was a site where independent unsigned artists stood side by side with those who had record deals and radio play. A huge community, and we actually got paid for our music there. That's where I met the brief BEA legend Father Time (another story altogether). Gold came out the same week as my album, so I had a lot of exposure to it. "New York, New York" got all of the attention, but for me, it wasn't the strongest song on the album. I was a big fan of songs like 'When The Stars Go Blue", "Sylvia Plath" and "Answering Bell".
The center of Gold, for me, has always been "Harder Now That It's Over". It was written by Adams and Chris Stills (the son of Stephen Stills and Veronique Sanson). Stills had released 100 Year Thing in 1998, which is an amazing and criminally underrated album (if you haven't heard it...you should). He's all over Gold, and plays bass on "New York, New York".
It's a fine song. I think it got a bit too much attention because of 9/11, and that attention caused better songs on the record to be overlooked.
Hi Romanelli. You're right it was Heartbreaker.
All of the tracks that you have mentioned from Gold are great, Sylvia Plath especially grabbed me, but NY, NY just resonated with me without necessarily appreciating the 9/11 connection. On this side of the Atlantic, I don't think that we really connected the two (the attack and the song) the same way that you folks would have done in the US.
I agree with what you say about 100 Year Thing. It's a lovely album.
You mentioned Veronique Sanson. I love this artist who is also criminally underrated on the site. I knew nothing of her until 23 years ago when I started dating my now wife, who is Swiss French who introduced me to a lot of French artists and I instantly gravitated towards Sanson.
De L'Autre Cote De Mon Reve, 7eme and the live album L'Olympia 1985 are all great listens.
This is the Stand out track on Sticky Fingers. According to Wiki, "The entire track was captured in one take, with the jam being a happy accident; the band had assumed the tape machine had been stopped, and were surprised to find the entire session had been captured. Originally they were going to end the song before the jam started, but were so pleased with the jam that they decided to keep it in."
Pretty much sums up why I love this track so much. I think that you generally get great much when it's more spontaneous rather than months or even years in the studio refining and refining and refining. Not always the case but here, most definitely.
Not to be confused with the Hollywood actress. This is Betty Davis, the singer, performer, a funk pioneer and a great songwriter.
She was also the wife of Miles Davis (I only mention this to make the following point). The fact that she was married to one of the greatest musicians of all time can often overshadow what a great artist she was in her own right which is extremely unfair.
This is one of her most well-known tracks from her 1973 self titled debut album.
It’s quintessential Betty Davis with her raw and sexually charged funk sound that she did so very well. It's a masterpiece of funk
This is one of those songs that I find it incredibly hard to quantify why I love it so much, but I'll try.
It's from my favourite Dream Syndicate album (Medicine Show) and, for me, is the standout track from an album packed with fantastic songs.
I think that the reason I love this track so much is because it translates to the live experience so well. It's a phenomenal live track. I've see Dream Syndicate live countless times and every time, this is the highlight of the evening so nothing deeper or profound than that I'm afraid.
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