It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes The MTA To Make You Cry

Here's a few songs for the New Yorkers among us to listen to on your ipod while you are cursing the MTA this weekend.

Download:

"Subway Train" mp3
by The New York Dolls, 1973.
available on New York Dolls

"Coney Island Steeplechase" mp3
by The Velvet Underground, 1969.
available on Another View

"Bled White" mp3
by Elliot Smith, 1998.
available on XO

"Downtown Train" mp3
by Tom Waits, 1985.
available on Rain Dogs

" 'A' Train Lady" mp3
by Mink DeVille, 1978.
available on Cabretta/Return to Magenta

"New York City Serenade" (no strings) mp3
by Bruce Springsteen, 1973.
available on The Geunine Tracks
bootleg

"It Take A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry" mp3
By Bob Dylan, 1965.
Newport Folk Festival
bootleg

all photos: © Ted Barron, 2008.