September 06, 2011 11:53:37 PM
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"Plenty of music" New York Dolls One day...

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My wife & I (lifelong New Yorkers) were on our way moving from Philadelphia, where we lived for 15 months, back home, to Brooklyn. We bought "One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This" By The New York Dolls a couple of weeks before we left in August 2006; it was our welcome back home drive music. Hearing it that first time it had a vibe that we agreed had a September 11th feel to it & we associated it as such.
In June of 2000 my wife & I, both lifelong Brooklynites, moved downtown (we called it Trinity) to Greenwich & Carlisle Streets & took advantage of all that the neighborhood had to offer, especially the "River to River" festival: salsa bands and NRBQ in the Tobin Plaza & a show in Clinton Castle with David Johansen who was performing his Harry Smith material. After a song, he paused and took out a camera (probably a new digital) and he took a photo. I turned around to see what might be in his view finder & saw the twin towers. I later read he was a downtown resident. I don't know what was on his or Sylvain's (his writing partner) mind, but to me “Plenty of Music is a September 11 song.

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george 110 greenwich street