Monday Melody

For some reason, the NTRA and NYRA thought it would be so cool and hip to dump “New York, New York” prior to the running of the Belmont Stakes Saturday and have a 14-year-old S&M-bedecked child sing a Jay-Z song. Not only was the song so bad that ABC dumped it to run a few commercials, the performance actually upset the horses. It was really sad, particularly since the replacement for “New York, New York” had none of the class “NY, NY” does. Of course, “New York, New York” replaced “Sidewalks of New York” in 1997 or so, but again, both songs have style and class. What we half-heard Saturday? Not so much.

Therefore, I’ll play both songs for those who missed them. Hit it, Frank!

“Sidewalks of New York” (full lyrics):

By the way, sorry there was no Friday photo. Our internet was out, and to be frank, my poor computer is running on overload with all of the Route 66 photos I’m working on!