To all my loyal readers....I have just landed a job with a wonderful little PR firm in Manhattan, so I will be moving to the Big Apple very shortly. I'm not sure how much time I will have to blog, but I will certainly try my best to update with some frequency.
In honor of the new job and in lieu of "What's in BeckEye's Ear", here is a list of my favorite NYC-related songs (in no particular order):
New York, New York - Ryan Adams
New York City - They Might Be Giants
No Sleep 'Til Brooklyn - Beastie Boys
You Said Something - PJ Harvey
Leaving New York - REM
New York State of Mind - Billy Joel
Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters - Elton John
I Love NYC - Andrew WK
Nights on Broadway - Bee Gees
New York Groove - Ace Frehley
The Williamsburg Strangler - Vic Thrill + The Saturn Missile
City of Love - Knockout Drops
Midnight in Chelsea - Jon Bon Jovi
Coney Island Girls - Fun Lovin' Criminals
A Fairytale of New York - The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl
Positively 4th Street - Bob Dylan
Rockaway Beach - The Ramones
Sixth Avenue Heartache - The Wallflowers
New York, New York - Leonard Bernstein
Jungleland - Bruce Springsteen....now this may actually be about Jersey. But, he mentions the NY Rangers and Harlem, so it fits. Besides, this is one of my favorite songs ever.
I was never a big fan of the Frank Sinatra "New York, New York". I guess it's just played out. Still, if I can make it there, I'll make it anywhere.
Comments
Somewhere out, in, jungleland!
Kick their butts!
I'll be in NY in 2 weeks for the first time ever and I can't wait.
What will you be doing for them?
Justin - That it does.
Neo - Thank you. Maybe someday I will be....The...Apprentice.
Heather - Thanks. NY is a great place, you'll love it. Don't believe the hype about people being rude. New Yorkers are some of the coolest people I've ever met. My job in an entry level PR deal, so I'll be helping out with making calls to the media, etc and then once I learn all the tricks of the trade I can try to sign up new biz. That's where the big $$ is.
Lee ann - Yep, exciting! Of course, i don't have any weird romanticized view of NYC. I don't even have a permanent place to live yet!
Bonanza - I just hope I don't turn out like Samantha. No, worse...like Charlotte. Ha ha. But I'm looking forward to the smorgasboard of men. As my best friend said, "you could pick up a man going to get a slushee".
Zombie - Thanks!
Teri - Yes, the music scene is definitely a big draw. Actually, the person most responsible for getting me this opportunity is a friend of mine who's in a band.
Melanie - Well, I'll always be a Steel Town girl at heart. And I'll always be a Stillers fan!
Kate - Ohhhh noooooo....that is one of my least favorite U2 songs. Yuck! Heh heh, sorry. I'd rather listen to Angel of Harlem, and I'm not even super keen on that one. Dig the horns though.
and I LOVE jungleland too..
"Leaving NY's never easy...."
But it will always be the worlds greatest city; it just happens to my home town so that clouds it a bit
:)
tonight....in....jungle....laaaaaaaaaaaaaand
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I wouldn't say "New York" is that bad.