Your top 10 all time New York music acts

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

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 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..

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"

killsaly wrote:
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. 

atomicfront wrote:


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)..

James wrote:
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. 

atomicfront wrote:

James wrote:
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..

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..

the Velvet Underground would absolutely have to be on any list..

Ok, somebody had to do it …………..  Billy Joel

i dont understand the point of this thread

Bagley wrote:
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? 

atomicfront wrote:

Bagley wrote:
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.

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.

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.

Yada wrote:

atomicfront wrote:

Bagley wrote:
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.

James wrote:
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.

Yada wrote:

atomicfront wrote:

Bagley wrote:
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. 

James wrote:
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…

reggie wrote:

James wrote:
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.

hutch wrote:

atomicfront wrote:


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.