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Go New York Go New York Go!

At the risk of posting things way too often, I come bearing wonderful news: The Knicks are once again embracing their mid-90's anthem, "Go New York Go New York Go", and have apparantly filmed a music video which will probably be debuted at their home opener wednesday. For those of you in need of a refresher, here is a 2004 edition of the song. One view should convince you that it's among the best songs of all time.

This song is one of the many things which our recent teams have lacked. Instead, we were subjected to that "Take Me Home" song. In a major improvement from "Take Me Home", which featured the underwhelming presence of Doug E. Fresh the Knicks have gotten Q-Tip to be the latest rapper to grace "Go New York Go New York Go" - a song which was once very briefly my ringtone, before it got overwhelmingly annoying - with his velvety tones. Let's revisit Mr. Fresh's verse on "Take Me Home":

"TO MY WEST SIDE CREW, MY EAST SIDE CREW, TRUE NEW YORKERS WEAR ORANGE AND BLUE" - Doug E. Fresh

If you're familiar with Q-Tip's work at all, you know he can do better than that. For those of you not familiar with A Tribe Called Quest, but who have seen the skit Knee High Park from Chappelle's Show, you're probably thinking, "oh, that's why that guy is famous", and you probably aren't very interesting. If you're familiar with neither of these things, we will never get along.

If you follow the very first link at the top, you'll see that Q-Tip stood in front of a green screen besides a few Knicks. The photos are amazing and make me eagerly await the video.

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Cool!

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Slightly Awkward!

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Jersey-popping!

 

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Gangsta smile! I can almost hear Mardy thinking "I'm too sophisticated for this rap shit, man."

I think every other player should be green screened in front of, like highlights of basketball, or like a court, or like New York landmarks, except they should greenscreen Mardy Collins in front of like a weather map tracking a high pressure front over North Dakota.

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Cuttable! Consider that video I posted yesterday my statement that the Knicks messed up by cutting Junior - I hope he at least gets in the Go New York Go New York Go video, at the least, because I don't think Malik Rose and Jerome James will fill in for him very well in music video form.

Does Danilo Gallinari not have armpit hair?

Vote in the poll, y'all.

 

 

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In your opinion, what's the best song of all time?
"Go New York Go New York Go"
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I cannot wait.

Incidentally, I’m thinking that Mardy Collins is somehow the next Frank Lucas.

by Seth on Oct 27, 2008 7:00 PM EDT reply actions  

Tribe

RESPECT.

Ewing with the step...YES! and the foul!

by Anthony Masons Haircut on Oct 27, 2008 9:47 PM EDT reply actions  

Exciting shit.

Though I don’t really mind the Doug E song for what it is. He’s one of the orginals, and remains ill.

"I'll probably go get lifted right now with Greg. Hey, and come back tomorrow and try to get another win."

-Renaldo

by solanumbrella on Oct 27, 2008 11:27 PM EDT reply actions  

can anyone find

the real OG “go new york go new york go” version from like 1994/5? i’m talking starks, derek harper, etc. i remember writing all the lyrics down in like 3rd grade. something about “we’re the knicks and you know we’re amazing/check out all the action on the number one station”

by SamH on Oct 28, 2008 2:03 PM EDT reply actions  

i have it on cd

somewhere at home. it’s a journey for the ears.

by Seth on Oct 28, 2008 4:51 PM EDT up reply actions  

Same here

Got a CD in the NBA Store a couple of years ago. All Knicks related songs and talk, some useless, some awesome, including the 94 and 96 versions of Go New York Go New York Go.

jeterchrist.blogspot.com

by Dachs on Oct 30, 2008 3:37 PM EDT up reply actions  

god

That Take me Home song was awful.

You all did love him once. - The New York Knicks.

by THEWILLY on Oct 29, 2008 8:48 AM EDT reply actions  

hey man.

true new yorkers wear orange and blue.

by Seth on Oct 29, 2008 9:44 AM EDT up reply actions  

well

If they dropped his verse somehow within the Go New York Go New York beat it’d be fine, but the whole take me home shit? If i was taken home I’d be 45 minutes away from the Garden, what the fuck does it have to do with wearing orange and blue and actually winning games.

I guess the point is I get goose bumps when I listen to the Go New York Songs, and when I hear Take me Home it just reminds me of how terrible the last two years have been.

You all did love him once. - The New York Knicks.

by THEWILLY on Oct 29, 2008 12:49 PM EDT up reply actions  

if i were creative director

m.o.p. would be paid handsomely to make our anthem.

by stingy d on Oct 29, 2008 3:49 PM EDT reply actions  

Disappointing

Was at the game last night, and the debut of the new song, while better than take me home, is just a tremendous disappointment. Go New York Go New York Go. Why is that so damn hard? Go Neewwww Yorrrkkk is just not even close to as good.

jeterchrist.blogspot.com

by Dachs on Oct 30, 2008 3:49 PM EDT reply actions  

busta rhymes

he did that new york song… just flip it into a knicky thing… problem solved

i think mop would sitll be perfect. busta is more widely ok’ed

by stingy d on Oct 30, 2008 4:35 PM EDT reply actions  

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