The Yankees' decision to adopt "NY, NY" as their walk-off music after home wins clearly ratcheted the song up to a kind of unfortunate universality, and millions of people think they know it because they have sung along with it after a beer or three.
Ha! My friend and I decided one night that the Sinatra version was played after wins and the Liza Minelli version was the walk off after losses. One night Frank Sinatra Jr was there to sing the song at the old Yankee stadium and he sounded so much like his Dad that my friend and I were ... agog. This was in the old stadium. (And the team had its own *very* accomplished musician, Bernie Williams.)
Your anecdote is one of the all-time great ones. Thank you, Ethan.
I came here to add this exact comment. Hilarious!
haha thanks!
The Yankees' decision to adopt "NY, NY" as their walk-off music after home wins clearly ratcheted the song up to a kind of unfortunate universality, and millions of people think they know it because they have sung along with it after a beer or three.
Ha! My friend and I decided one night that the Sinatra version was played after wins and the Liza Minelli version was the walk off after losses. One night Frank Sinatra Jr was there to sing the song at the old Yankee stadium and he sounded so much like his Dad that my friend and I were ... agog. This was in the old stadium. (And the team had its own *very* accomplished musician, Bernie Williams.)
I started spreeeeaaaaading the news that the second paragraph of the text is an absolute masterpiece. Thanks again, Ethan!
Two thumbs up!
Thanks Ethan, thanks for sharing another great story !
Hi Riccardo and thanks!
Thanks!
"Theeee(add as many e's as you see fit)se little town blues" may be? (rather than spreadin') 😊
According to Wikipedia, Kander and Ebb wrote the song in anger after Robert DeNiro dismissed the first attempt as too weak.
Good thing they paid attention to DeNiro (if that story is true). The songwriters made a fortune from that song
Compared to the other entries, you come off as kinda crabby.
In other words, I come off like a New Yorker!