One Final Serenade: Songs of Billy Joel
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Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway)
(Songs In The Attic) (1981) |
Music video for "Miami 2017" a live performance shot in A&R Studios in 1981.
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They burned the churches up in Harlem Miami 2017
(Seen The Lights Go Out on Broadway) (Recorded June 1980, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY Turnstiles) 1975 -- New York Daily News Headline -- "Ford to New York - Drop Dead"! Remember Madrid -- No Pasaran? More science fiction now than then. A legacy for my unborn grandchildren. (From Songs In Attic liner notes) 
New York Daily News headline that inspired "Miami 2017" and prompted Billy to return to New York from California.
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I've seen the lights go out on Broadway
I saw the Empire State laid low And life went on beyond the Palisades They all bought Cadillacs And left there long ago We held a concert out in Brooklyn To watch the Island bridges blow They turned our power down And drove us underground But we went right on with the show I've seen the lights go out on Broadway I saw the ruins at my feet You know we almost didn't notice it We'd seen it all the time on 42nd Street They burned the churches up in Harlem Like in that Spanish Civil War The flames were everywhere But no one really cared It always burned up there before I've seen the rats lied down on Broadway I watched the mighty skyline fall. The boats were waiting at the Battery The union went on strike They never sailed at all They sent a carrier out from Norfolk And picked the Yankees up for free They said that Queens could stay They blew the Bronx away And sank Manhattan out at sea You know those lights were bright on Broadway But that was so many years ago Before we all lived here in Florida Before the Mafia took over Mexico There are not many who remember They say a handful still survive To tell the world about The way the lights went out And keep the memory alive This is a nicely done fan video of "Miami 2017"
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