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Soundtrack music from the first silent forward. If it was written for the moving image, we'll play it. Library music included; popcorn optional.

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Favoriting February 12, 2019: JONATHAN HERTZBERG (Dirty Old New York aka Fun City II)
Jonathan Hertzberg is back for a fifth installment (the second employing his exhaustive knowledge of John Lindsay and Ed Koch-era New York City portrayed in film which can be experienced through his "Dirty Old New York aka Fun City" video series). Whether it's the subway, Twin Towers, baseball, punk vs. disco or crooked cops off in the distance, a long-gone NYC is undeniably in the foreground, preserved in all of its glory, as is the music from this era. Check out Jonathan's first Morricone Island-curated show of music from films featuring NYC preserved in all of its glory on 7/21/15, and subsequent appearances on 12/15/15 (Coming Of Age Films), 1/17/17 (Films of 1981) and 11/21/17 (Source Music).

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Artist Track Album Label Year Comments Images Approx. start time
Michel Legrand/Jacques Wilson  Cops And Robbers Main Title   Favoriting COPS AND ROBBERS  Kritzerland  1973  Grady Tate & Joe Spinell (vocals) 
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Cy Coleman/Sheldon Harnick  Theme from The Heartbreak   Favoriting THE HEARTBREAK KID  Columbia  1972  Bill Dean (vocal) 
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Jose Feliciano/Janna Merlyn Feliciano  Angela   Favoriting AARON LOVES ANGELA  Private Stock  1975   
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Lee Holdridge  Dating Montage   Favoriting JEREMY  United Artists  1973   
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John Williams  Clark Loses His Nerve   Favoriting SUPERMAN  Film Score Monthly  1978   
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Metamorphosis Blues Dave Grusin TOOTSIE 1982 WB/Film Score Monthly 

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TOOTSIE 

Film Score Monthly 

1982 

 

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Dave Grusin  Flight Of The Condor   Favoriting 3 DAYS OF THE CONDOR  Capitol  1975   
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Roy Budd  Main Titles   Favoriting THE STONE KILLER  Castle  1973   
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Paolo Vasile  Controrapina, Pt. 3   Favoriting THE SQUEEZE  Cinevox  1978   
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Mikis Theodorakis  Meeting in the Park   Favoriting SERPICO  Paramount  1973   
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Jerry Goldsmith  Shamus Visits the Future Site of Whole Foods   Favoriting SHAMUS  Columbia Pictures  1973   
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David Shire/Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb  How Deep is Your Love (Instrumental)   Favoriting SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER  Paramount   1977   
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Music behind DJ:
David Shire 

End Title   Favoriting

THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123 

Retrograde 

1974 

 

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Music behind DJ:
Bill Conti 

Main Title   Favoriting

I, THE JURY 

La La Land 

1982 

 

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Thomas Newman  New York City by Day   Favoriting DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN  Varese Sarabande  1985   
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Roberto Donati  NYC Main Title   Favoriting CANNIBAL FEROX  One Way Static  1981   
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Barry De Vorzon  Skater / Men's Room (edit)   Favoriting THE WARRIORS  La-La Land  1979   
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Curtis Mayfield  Eddie You Should Know Better (instrumental)   Favoriting SUPER FLY  Curtom / Rhino  1972   
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Michael Small  Jewelry Market Pt. 1   Favoriting MARATHON MAN  Film Score Monthly  1976   
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Bill Conti  Aftermath   Favoriting GLORIA  Varese Sarabande  1980   
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Music behind DJ:
Joe Delia 

Ms. 45 Dance Party   Favoriting

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Death Waltz 

1981 

 

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Jay Chattaway  Main Title   Favoriting VIGILANTE  Blue Underground  1982   
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Keith Emerson  Main Title   Favoriting NIGHTHAWKS  Backstreet / MCA  1981   
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Nico Fidenco  Make Love on the Wing (instrumental)   Favoriting EMANUELLE AND THE LAST CANNIBALS  Beat / Severin  1977   
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Don Ellis  End Credits   Favoriting THE SEVEN-UPS  Intrada  1973   
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Listener comments!

Avatar 7:01pm
Linda Lee:

Jonathan Hertzberg! fantastic! good evening!
Avatar 7:02pm
Linda Lee:

his work is all about my home town & my years growing up there. fabulous.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:03pm
dale:

hello. this has a room 222 vibe that's kind of feel-good.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:03pm
Webhamster Henry:

I only go back to the 60 cent subway fare.
Avatar 7:04pm
Linda Lee:

i started riding by myself at .35.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:05pm
dale:

jose feliciano?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:05pm
melinda:

@dale I was just thinking this is feel-good music.
Avatar 7:06pm
Linda Lee:

if you haven't seen Mr. Hertzberg's video series 'Dirty Old New York', i strongly recommend it. Dirty Ol' New York as dynamic, versatile movie star!
Avatar 7:07pm
Linda Lee:

definitely Jose' Feliciano.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:07pm
dale:

right melinda? could you see karen valentine too?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:09pm
dale:

is this series online or streaming somewhere?
Avatar 7:10pm
Linda Lee:

let's find a link..
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:10pm
common:

The good stuff
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:10pm
melinda:

@dale I see her now.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:11pm
dale:

google search shows it on vimeo. easy peasy.
Avatar 7:11pm
Linda Lee:

gothamist.com... ~ it's a series. be sure to see them all!
Avatar 7:11pm
Buddha of Suburbia:

Hi Devon E. Levins! Hello, my children! Oops, sorru! All this feel good music made me say 'Hello, my children'. Hello, young adults!
Avatar 7:12pm
Linda Lee:

i saw them all on vimeo. there are at least 4.
Avatar 7:12pm
Buddha of Suburbia:

I love the tunes in Woody Allen movies.
Avatar 7:12pm
Linda Lee:

Buddha, you're in time to hear one of my true heroes on air! this man's work is tremendous.
Avatar 7:13pm
Buddha of Suburbia:

Linda Lee! Hello!
Avatar 7:14pm
Buddha of Suburbia:

Tom went to bed in a huff. And I couldn't find anything on TV, so, I decided that instead trolling you, I would just come on here and say, "Hi"!
Avatar 7:14pm
Linda Lee:

i'm so pleased we're listening. you're about to hear a bit of my new york adolescence :-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:15pm
dale:

hi boods. no farting or vomiting sfx in this show. sorry in advance.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:15pm
melinda:

I watched Prince of the City for the first time not long ago, and it featured the moody urban saxophone which was once common but you don't hear anymore in movies. It made it seem sort of dated but not in a bad way.
Avatar 7:15pm
Linda Lee:

that's what we love. dated in a good way. :-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:17pm
dale:

i'm not a fan of saxamaphone - just too romcommish for me.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:17pm
melinda:

I remember the actor in that photo from All That Jazz, one of my first favorite NYC movies.
Avatar 7:17pm
Buddha of Suburbia:

Dale, actually I'm fine with that. This sounds like really classy 70's porn music.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:18pm
dale:

classy and 70s porn?i know of no such pairing.
Avatar 7:19pm
Linda Lee:

what's cool is that visions of new york we saw in film & on tv informed & mirrored our experience of the place, not unrealistically.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:19pm
Tommy in Neversink:

LL totally
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:20pm
dale:

saw a commercial for tootsie coming to broadway.
Avatar 7:20pm
Linda Lee:

hey there Tommy! :-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:20pm
melinda:

@Linda that is interesting. This is the music of my childhood TV-movie watching life.
  7:20pm
JakeGould:

@LindaLee: I know what you mean. Just finished watching the Netflix series, “Russian Doll.” I liked it, but there was a lot of fauxthentic/cartoonish takes on New York.
Avatar 7:20pm
Buddha of Suburbia:

Seriously, Dale?
Avatar 7:21pm
Linda Lee:

oh dear. can't stand that tendency now.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:21pm
Tommy in Neversink:

HI LL
  7:21pm
JakeGould:

Yup! en.wikipedia.org...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:21pm
melinda:

Tootsie also featured moody urban saxophone. I must have watched it on cable a dozen times after seeing it in the theater.
Avatar 7:22pm
Linda Lee:

that's a great word: fauxthentic. pefect.
  7:22pm
JakeGould:

@LindaLee: Kinda like the way “30 Rock” is fauxthentic. Watching Natasha Lyonne drop casual Yiddish was cool tho.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:22pm
dale:

yes. it was a proven movie so why not a proven play? lazy, but it'll do well no doubt.
  7:23pm
JakeGould:

91.1FM seems to be dropping out sporadically. Like pure static at times. Up now.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:23pm
ultradamno:

On Russian Doll: Groundhog Day plot devices should have been retired after Lola Rennt. It's a pet peeve of mine.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:24pm
melinda:

I tried watching 30 Rock and was thoroughly unimpressed.
  7:24pm
JakeGould:

@ultradamno: That said, I would have liked “Russian Doll” as a 2 hour movie. Not 4 hours of the thing.
Avatar 7:24pm
Snortley:

91.1 signal has dropped out.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:25pm
ultradamno:

Mostly because every TV show seems to feel obligated to do one, it's threatening to overtake Christmas Carol as the most overused trope.
  7:26pm
Your Ace From Exchange Place:

Just lost 91.1.
Avatar 7:27pm
Linda Lee:

i like the term esp. because it's actually descriptive of most commodified experience.
Avatar 7:28pm
Buddha of Suburbia:

I feel like I should be dressed in a big hat and bell bottoms for this program.
Avatar 7:29pm
Linda Lee:

you know it, love.
check out Mr. Hertzberg's video series on vimeo. it's very cool.
  7:32pm
herb.nyc:

Yep, no 91.1fm in Manhattan
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:32pm
dale:

haven't seen pelham 123 in ages. soooooo good.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:33pm
dale:

this sounds like a tom petty tune.
Avatar 7:33pm
Buddha of Suburbia:

Isn't this from Pretty in Pink?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:33pm
dale:

well, at the beginning.....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:33pm
melinda:

Dave Grusin did the Goodbye Girl music, another one of my favorites.
Avatar 7:33pm
Linda Lee:

1985 ~ the era shifts under Reagan (& isn't very happy with the position).
  7:34pm
Ven:

check out the bogdanovich documentary around the making of "they all laughed" ... some view it as the last movie about '70s nyc
Avatar 7:34pm
Linda Lee:

the tropes .. the tropes!! :-D
Avatar 7:34pm
Buddha of Suburbia:

You guys are so smart. You're like wizards.
Avatar 7:34pm
Linda Lee:

stick with us, Kid. we won't steer ya wrong.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:36pm
Webhamster Henry:

You can sing "careless whisper" to these chord changes.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:36pm
ultradamno:

DSS: Richard Hell's big break.
Avatar 7:36pm
Linda Lee:

wasn't that "Smithereens"?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:37pm
melinda:

I gotta see The Warriors again. I don't think I've watched the whole thing.
Avatar 7:37pm
Linda Lee:

a much better picture of the LES at the tie, if ya ask me. then there's the famed flic 'Downtown 81', with Basquiat.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:38pm
melinda:

When I was young I thought it was supposed to be an accurate reflection of street gangs and their style.
  7:39pm
JakeGould:

@melinda: The only gang in the film that comes close to realness is “The Orphans.” I felt like I grew up with everyone in that gang.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:42pm
ultradamno:

Wait, there weren't roving bands of greasepainted baseball team gangs?
  7:43pm
Ven:

gena rowlands
Avatar 7:43pm
Buddha of Suburbia:

what a beautiful rendition. Lovely.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:43pm
ultradamno:

...and the rollerskating gang. That's got to be impractical in a rumble.
Avatar 7:44pm
Buddha of Suburbia:

Used to live in Washington Heights. Congrats! TDK60 lives around there.
  7:45pm
Ven:

i attended a tommy tedesco guitar clinic when i was 14!
  7:45pm
JakeGould:

Rollerskating in matching overalls in NYC. I mean, maybe in Chelsea… And not one of those “stabby” gangs.
  7:46pm
Peter from Dover NJ:

great show. I've had to go to the mobile app because some upstate NY radio station has horned in on your frequency.

Lo g live WFMU.
  7:46pm
yipster times:

iceskating too
Avatar 7:48pm
Buddha of Suburbia:

Do I need to call the COAST GUARD? Where's Dale? I need a dose of dale-isms! That kid comes up with the best zingers.
Avatar 7:49pm
Linda Lee:

knifeinthehead.blogspot.com
Avatar 7:53pm
Buddha of Suburbia:

Love this.
Avatar 7:53pm
aq:

fabulous, no?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:55pm
Webhamster Henry:

This is emersonian alrighty!
Avatar 7:55pm
LInda Lee:

(aq is me. Mr Feet changed my name!)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:56pm
Webhamster Henry:

Devon should do an all Cannibal show!
Avatar 7:57pm
Linda Lee:

@Webhamster Henry ~ delicious idea!
Avatar 7:59pm
Linda Lee:

just a fabulous show. thank you gentlemen!
Avatar 8:00pm
Buddha of Suburbia:

Bye everyone! Good tunes!
  8:00pm
Ven:

thanks! wonderful show.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:06pm
Webhamster Henry:

Now I have to do some movie searching! Thanks!
Avatar 10:08am
Ned Merrill:

Thanks everyone for listening and commenting! Means a lot!
  5:09pm
Bill Teck:

What great comments! Of course Hertzberg would inspire that. He’s great - had the pleasure of interviewing him for the Bogdanovich/ They All Laughed doc I directed One Day Since Yesterday, and I was sohappy to see it get a mention here! Thanks @Ven for that! I also interviewed Jon about his Dirty Old New York / Fun City series here https://vimeo.com/90324260 great show and great comments!
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