That New York sound.?

[bubinga5]

Any recommendations I can discover.?   Think Christopher Cross etc. 

 

Edited May 16, 2020 by bubinga5

[Dad3353]

 

[DaveFry]

New York Rock & Soul Revue . 👍

[chris_b]

3 hours ago, DaveFry said:

New York Rock & Soul Revue . 👍

Excellent album. . . . . . . . and the "follow up" Dukes Of September, featuring the wonderful Freddie Washington.

[la bam]

That Christopher cross song always reminds me of the same style (kind of melodic but sad) as the Theme from Cheers. I know that was Boston, but similar feel.

Edited May 17, 2020 by la bam

[Kiwi]

Came here hoping to see a chat about Gene Perez and Louis Benedetti.  

[lowdown]

I thought Christopher Cross is now labelled under the term 'Yacht Rock', along with a bunch of West Coast groups and artists.? Dan, Boz Scaggs, Doobie Brothers and Michael McDonald. 

[Sandypjb]

He is and they are unfortunately. Some classy music consigned to the bin by sniffy music journalists and Spotify listers. 😒

Always thought of the Crusaders as 'New-York' sounding.

Edited May 17, 2020 by Sandypjb

[casapete]

New York always makes me think of these bands / artists -

Lou Reed, Velvet Underground, Television, New York Dolls, Blondie, The Ramones, all the Brill Building stuff (Carole King, Neil Sedaka etc), Neil Diamond, Billy Joel, Nile Rogers and a lot of the Phil Spector stuff (Ronettes, The Crystals etc). Not sure if they were all NYC born and bred but certainly earned their reputation there.  

[lowdown]

22 minutes ago, Sandypjb said:

He is and they are unfortunately. Some classy music consigned to the bin by sniffy music journalists and Spotify listers. 😒

Always thought of the Crusaders as 'New-York' sounding.

 

There was a BBC documentary about 'Yacht Rock' a few months ago, and of course, chock full of great music. Unfortunately, it's not on iPlayer at present. Which is a shame.

 

[skidder652003]

5 hours ago, lowdown said:

 

There was a BBC documentary about 'Yacht Rock' a few months ago, and of course, chock full of great music. Unfortunately, it's not on iPlayer at present. Which is a shame.

 

it's me and Mrs Skidders secret guilty pleasure..shhh..

[gjones]

11 hours ago, chris_b said:

Excellent album. . . . . . . . and the "follow up" Dukes Of September, featuring the wonderful Freddie Washington.

Smooooooth....... 

 

[Happy Jack]

Traffic mainly, horns honking (usually a taxi), distant sound of a siren, occasional outbursts of yelling.

The New York sound hasn't changed in the 45 years that I've been going there.

 

[SICbass]

21 hours ago, la bam said:

That Christopher cross song always reminds me of the same style (kind of melodic but sad) as the Theme from Cheers. I know that was Boston, but similar feel.

According to Wikipedia, Gary Portnoy and Judy Hart Angelo - the composers of that theme are New Yorkers, so your theory would seem to hold true.

[TrevorR]

16 hours ago, Sandypjb said:

He is and they are unfortunately. Some classy music consigned to the bin by sniffy music journalists and Spotify listers. 😒

Always thought of the Crusaders as 'New-York' sounding.

Nah, Yacht Rock is GREAT! Long live Yacht Rock! Did you see the BBC4 documentary that Katie Puckrick did on it? Well worth a listen- though ironically it barely gives a mention to the fabulous YouTube comedy skits that cemented the term itself. 

[Leonard Smalls]

When someone mentions "New York Sound" I always think of either Studio 54 disco, or the late 70s early 80s No Wave scene like Pre-Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, The Bush Tetras or James Chance/James White:

 

[Jus Lukin]

-

Edited March 4, 2022 by Jus Lukin

[ClassicVibes]

17 hours ago, Happy Jack said:

Traffic mainly, horns honking (usually a taxi), distant sound of a siren, occasional outbursts of yelling.

The New York sound hasn't changed in the 45 years that I've been going there.

 

You get my post of the day. Long time since I have genuinely laughed out loud from a post on here.