They both swank out a song that is a great ode to the city. Sinatra was the Jay Z of his day basically. Theme from New York, New York, by Frank SinatraĪnother quintessential NYC song, this one makes you feel like you can accomplish anything. I can make it anywhere, yea, they love me everywhereĢ. I’m the new Sinatra, and, since I made it here Also the Adventure Time bacon pancakes mashup version is pretty choice. Liz Lemon’s version is my personal favorite.
It’s probably most well known for the misheard lyrics. This song just makes me feel awesome and I wold like to play when I finally get to go to NYC. I tried to sing this to my students before we started chapter 8 since that’s when Holden decided to go into the city. I feel like Holden would enjoy this song. No NYC themed playlist would be complete without this song. Empire State of Mind, by JAY Z and Alicia Keys.This time of year also seems to be when I listen to a lot of Vampire Weekend and Beach Boys, particularly the Pet Sounds album. Every season has a feeling and now that February is breezing by, spring will come soon. The feeling of the end of winter and the beginning of spring is here. And there are plenty of magical things to love about winter. I’m normally pretty ok with winter, having lived in Michigan my whole life I have to be. I think it’s also heavily influenced by my need for spring to come. I’m eight chapters deep into teaching The Catcher in the Rye to high school juniors this week and this has spilled over into the songs I’ve been listening to and thus I made a playlist heavily influenced by New York City (and Hamilton).