Episode 014 · (approx.) · 39 tracks
NY State of Mind
42 tracks that walk every block of the five boroughs — from the Bronx to Brooklyn, Harlem to the Lower East Side, with TV theme medleys and subway songs in between. If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere.
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Playlist
- Ace Frehley New York Groove
- They Might Be Giants New York City
- — medley — Taylor Swift Welcome to New York / St. Vincent – New York / Bad Bunny – NUEVAYoL
- Billy Joel Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
- — medley — Lou Reed Dirty Blvd. / Joni Mitchell – Chelsea Morning / Leonard Cohen – Chelsea Hotel #2
- R.E.M. First We Take Manhattan
- James Brown Down and Out in New York City
- — medley — TV Themes: All in the Family, The Jeffersons, Taxi, Seinfeld, SNL
- Felice Brothers Penn Station
- Justin Townes Earle Harlem River Blues
- Ramones Rockaway Beach
- — teaser — Leonard Bernstein West Side Story
- Neil Young On Broadway
- Genesis The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
- The Magnetic Fields The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side
- Doobie Bros. 8th Avenue Shuffle
- Bob Dylan Hard Times in New York Town
- Bruce Springsteen Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street?
- Eddie Vedder My City of Ruins
- Bobby Womack Across 110th Street
- U2 Angel of Harlem
- Paul Simon Late in the Evening (live from Central Park)
- Al Kooper New York City (You're a Woman)
- Jesse Malin Riding on the Subway
- Shinehead Chain Gang Rap
- The Washington Squares D Train
- NY Dolls Subway Train
- Bob Seger Downtown Train
- Beastie Boys No Sleep Til Brooklyn
- Sharon Van Etten Seventeen
- Grateful Dead Ramble on Rose
- Ryan Adams New York, New York
- Jay-Z and Alicia Keys Empire State of Mind
- The Rolling Stones Shattered
- Black 47 Funky Ceili (Bridie's Song)
- The Velvet Underground I'm Waiting for the Man
- Marshall Crenshaw Rockin' Around NYC
- Jim Croce New York's Not My Home
- Frank Sinatra New York, New York
Appendix
Books
- Love Goes to Buildings on Fire – Will Hermes
- Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx is on Fire – Jonathan Mahler
- The Power Broker – Robert Caro
Movies
- The Godfather trilogy
- Scorsese, Woody Allen, Spike Lee, Paul Simon
- The French Connection
- Across 110th St.
- Dog Day Afternoon
- Midnight Cowboy
- Working Girl
- Saturday Night Fever
TV
- The Deuce
- Norman Lear
- SNL