New York Was Great

The Raveonettes are a Danish indie rock duo, consisting of Sune Rose Wagner (born 1973, Sønderborg, Denmark) on guitar, instruments, and vocals, and Sharin Foo (born 12 December 1979, Emmelev, Denmark) on bass, guitar and vocals. Their music is characterized by close two-part vocal harmonies inspired by The Everly Brothers coupled with hard-edged electric guitar overlaid with liberal doses of noise, very similar to The Jesus and Mary Chain. Their songs juxtapose the structural and chordal simplicity of '50s and '60s rock with intense electric instrumentation, driving beats, and often dark lyrical content (e.g., crime, drugs, murder, suicide, love, lust, and betrayal), similar to another of the band's influences, The Velvet Underground. more »

Year:: 2003
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And New York was great and we loved it all 
And New York was great and we loved it all 
But time was riding fast upon my shoulders 
What a shame 
What a shame 
What a shame 

The nighttime was painted black with fun 
The nighttime was painted black with fun 
But all the time the light shone it through it all 
What a drag 
What a drag 
What a drag 

And in bars drunk we knew it all 
And promises we spilled out in the night 
And promises we spilled out in the night 
What a trip 
What a trip 
What a trip 

And the stars we plucked from great black skies 
And the stars we plucked from new york skies 
We placed them all in front of us and laughed 
What a trip 
What a trip 
What a trip

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Written by: Sune Rose Wagner

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