“New York City, Center of the Universe”

Abbie Findley, Short Story Editor|May 12, 2014

  • New York City is make it or break it, and there’s no way out once you’re there. The city gets into your veins, and the songs invade your brain.

    Abbie Findley

  • Times Square is the biggest and brightest of all. Billboards fly stories above the people, and inspire music to come from the heart and soul.

    Abbie Findley
Navigate Left
Navigate Right

Times Square is the biggest and brightest of all. Billboards fly stories above the people, and inspire music to come from the heart and soul.
New York City, New York: place of commerce and business, hope and remembrance, life and death. The home that this city boasts isn’t about a particular race or religion. It’s about diversity and embracing differences. This playlist, much like the city, is organized to remind everyone of the way this place comes together with all of the beauty and all of the tragedy inside of it.

1. Empire State of Mind — Jay-Z
2. New York, New York — Frank Sinatra
3. New York — Ed Sheeran
4. Another Hundred People — Stephen Sondheim
5. The Boxer — Simon and Garfunkel
6. Brooklyn Bound — The Black Keys
7. Cab — Train
8. Walking on Thin Ice — Yoko Ono & John Lennon
9. Imagine — John Lennon
10. New York State of Mind — Billy Joel
11. Daddy Don’t Live in That New York City No More — Steely Dan
12. New York City Serenade — Bruce Springsteen