Rides in Cadillac cars, fast lifts up to executive suites, suits by Ralph Lauren. This is still a popular sound in Europe, we call it Powerdisco.
Try this classic:
YouTube - Lalo Schifrin Escape from tomorrow.
...that reminds us of this New York City big band sound (like in Sinatra's New York, New York). One disco track I know of that fits this description is David Shire's Manhattan Skyline.
Rides in Cadillac cars, fast lifts up to executive suites, suits by Ralph Lauren. This is still a popular sound in Europe, we call it Powerdisco.
Try this classic:
YouTube - Lalo Schifrin Escape from tomorrow.
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You might pursue drama and action TV show themes from the time -
DALLAS for example is both big (ish) city and brassy:
brassy cruisers of the big city :
CHIPS
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Baby, take me
high upon a hillside
high up where the stallion
meets the sun
Paul Cacia Band - Saved By Your Love. Brassy and bold!
"I come from a world where there's nothing you can live for, except when day turns into night, I'm a star in neon lights..."
And M.F.S.B "k-gee"
"I come from a world where there's nothing you can live for, except when day turns into night, I'm a star in neon lights..."
Get me in the back seat of that Cadillac bitch!
...ya gotta beat the street......
Holy mackrel! How could THIS song not be the first to come to everyone's mind!
Which, I remember reading somewhere, was based directly on Sinatra's "New York, New York" song (as inspiration, or a tribute).
that buildup and that vamp in native new yorker. amazing.
"I come from a world where there's nothing you can live for, except when day turns into night, I'm a star in neon lights..."
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I could see a hectic NYC street scene of a tightly outfitted Bette Midler struttin' down Fifth Avenue, a pair of leashed poodles in tow , darting between shops bound for Bloomingdale's
set to this one :
*****
Baby, take me
high upon a hillside
high up where the stallion
meets the sun
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