My family and I are travelling to New York from Toronto at the end of the summer. What are some songs you would recommend to get us into the mood on the drive there?

Some examples I thought of are:
-Party in the USA
-New York, New York
-No Sleep till Brooklyn

33 comments

  1. Crooklyn – Crooklyn Dodgers

    Brooklyn – Mos Def

    Deja Vu – Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz

    53rd and 3rd – The Ramones

    Cavern – Liquid Liquid

    NY State of Mind – Nas

  6. Arthur’s Theme – Christopher Cross

    I Like Me Better – Lauv

    Coney Island – Death Cab for Cutie

    Edit because I forgot America – Neil Diamond

  10. Empire State of Mind
    An Open Letter to New York
    Manhattan
    New York State of Mind
    Why Should I Worry?
    No Better Place

  11. Electronic Relaxation – A Tribe Called Quest

    Harlem – Mansionair

    Satellite – Thundercat ft Louis Cole & Genevieve

  12. New York:

    – 212 – Azealia Banks
    – I Love New York – Madonna
    – Manhattan – Ella Fitzgerald
    – Brooklyn Baby – Lana Del Rey
    – I Like Me Better – Lauv
    – Diet Mountain Dew – Lana Del Rey
    – Daylight – Matt & Kim (very new york feeling)

    USA in General:

    – American Teenager – Ethel Cain
    – American – Lana Del Rey
    – National Anthem – Lana Del Rey
    – American Girl – Bonnie Mckee
    – God Bless The USA – Lee Greenwood
    (if you go to the 9/11 memorial. this was THE post-9/11 song. i feel like every american has the childhood memory of “standing up” to the song at their school)

  17. Might want the soundtrack from “Last of the Mohicans” you will be driving through some scenic areas.

  18. Beastie Boys ‘No Sleep…’ is great!

    Even though it has nothing to do with NY and Pittsburgh particularly
    ‘Black and Yellow’

    That’s all I got…well more but I have written enough.

  23. New York City’s Like A Graveyard – The Moldy Peaches

    New York City – They Might Be Giants

    New York I Love You, But You’re Brining Me Down – LCD Soundsystem

    Empire State of Mind – Jay Z ft. Alicia Keys

    No Sleep Till Brooklyn – Beastie Boys

    Harlem Roulette – The Mountain Goats

  25. I decided to spend this past weekend walking around Manhattan and the number of times I heard Jay Z – Empire State of Mind playing on the street was ridiculous. So you can add that to your playlist.

  28. “America” by Simon and Garfunkel. In fact the entire *Bookends* album.

    “In a New York Minute” by Don Henley

  29. Chicago (Demo version) by Sufjan Stevens. It sounds like I’m joking but he literally sings about driving to New York

  30. Empire State of Mind by Alicia Keys and Jay-Z (New York specifically)

    American Girl by Tom Petty

    Jack and Diane by John Mellencamp

    Where the Streets Have no Name by U2

    Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen

    That is all I can currently think of (might also be apparent what kind of music I generally like to listen to haha)

  31. Two that come to mind:

    * Living in America – James Brown
    * America – Neil Diamond

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