San Valentino per New York è un po’ come il Carnevale per Venezia. Ogni 14 febbraio un’ondata di romanticismo pervade i cinque boroughs e conferisce alla Grande Mela quell’inconfondibile alone di romanticismo che ne fa, a tutti gli effetti, la capitale americana dell’amore.
E allora quale miglior modo di festeggiare San Valentino se non ascoltando le più belle canzoni d’amore scritte da artisti newyorkesi?
Ecco la specialissima top 10 scelta dalla nostra redazione, con una sorpresa finale…
10) She’s Got a Way – Billy Joel (1971)
She comes to me when I’m feelin’ down
Inspires me without a sound
She touches me and I get turned around
She’s got a way of showin’, mmh
How I make her feel
9) Time After Time – Cyndi Lauper (1984)
If you’re lost you can look and you will find me
Time after time
If you fall, I will catch you, I’ll be waiting
Time after time
8) Shallow – Lady Gaga e Bradley Cooper (2018)
I’m off the deep end, watch as I dive in
I’ll never meet the ground
Crash through the surface, where they can’t hurt us
We’re far from the shallow now
7) Fallin’ – Alicia Keys (2001)
I keep on fallin’ in and out
Of love with you
I never loved someone
The way that I love you
6) I Want to Know What Love Is – Foreigner (1984)
I wanna know what love is
I want you to show me
I wanna feel what love is
I know you can show me
5) Mandy – Barry Manilow (1974)
Oh, Mandy
Well, you kissed me
And stopped me from shaking
And I need you today
4) Somethin’ Stupid – Frank Sinatra e Nancy Sinatra (1967)
The time is right, your perfume fills my head
The stars get red, and, oh, the night’s so blue
And then I go and spoil it all
By saying somethin’ stupid like, “I love you”
3) Woman in Love – Barbra Streisand (1980)
I am a woman in love
And I do anything
To get you into my world
And hold you within
It’s a right I defend
Over and over again
2) Bridge Over Troubled Water – Simon & Garfunkel (1970)
When you’re down and out
When you’re on the street
When evening falls so hard
I will comfort you
I’ll take your part
Oh, when darkness comes
And pain is all around
1) Strangers In The Night – Frank Sinatra (1980)
We were strangers in the night
Up to the moment when we said our first hello
Little did we know
Love was just a glance away, a warm embracing dance away
And ever since that night
We’ve been together
Lovers at first sight
In love forever
It turned out so right
For strangers in the night
Bonus track: Can’t Take My Eyes Off You – Frankie Valli (1967)
I love you, baby
And if it’s quite alright
I need you, baby
To warm the lonely night
I love you, baby
Trust in me when I say
Certo, a questo punto i più attenti obietteranno che tanto Frank Sinatra quanto Frankie Valli sono nati in New Jersey (pur avendo lavorato e vissuto a New York). Tuttavia, escluderli dalla lista era una responsabilità troppo grossa: i lettori ci perdoneranno di questo strappo alla regola.
Buon ascolto!
