A month before moving to New York in 1978 I flew in from Chicago where I was living to meet with my friend and her landlord about taking over her apartment. The airport bus from LaGuardia dropped me off in front of Grand Central and I started walking across 42nd Street. Greg Kihnâs song Madison Avenue had been on the radio a lot the summer before and I knew it well, especially that great extended guitar hook that opens it. As I turned up Madison Avenue it was playing in my head and I found myself walking in time to the beat. As I continued walking up with the music and lyrics playing in my head, I thought, âThis is how everyone should feel as they arrive in New York, like they belong here.â
Thank you, Greg, for all your music, but especially for this song which will always be a special favorite of mine.
I get the feeling he resented "Jeopardy" because it put him in a corner with Weird Al. But the checks probably made it all better. I only ever saw him as parts of other events, not in a sweaty nightclub. That would have been great because I had all of his Beserkley stuff at one point. Still have some oddball 7" B-sides etc.
My Greg Kihn story.
A month before moving to New York in 1978 I flew in from Chicago where I was living to meet with my friend and her landlord about taking over her apartment. The airport bus from LaGuardia dropped me off in front of Grand Central and I started walking across 42nd Street. Greg Kihnâs song Madison Avenue had been on the radio a lot the summer before and I knew it well, especially that great extended guitar hook that opens it. As I turned up Madison Avenue it was playing in my head and I found myself walking in time to the beat. As I continued walking up with the music and lyrics playing in my head, I thought, âThis is how everyone should feel as they arrive in New York, like they belong here.â
Thank you, Greg, for all your music, but especially for this song which will always be a special favorite of mine.
March 1982, while doing my required shift in the New Orleans morgue (really), I made this the cover of our school satire magazine. The NEW Hollywood Squares
I get the feeling he resented "Jeopardy" because it put him in a corner with Weird Al. But the checks probably made it all better. I only ever saw him as parts of other events, not in a sweaty nightclub. That would have been great because I had all of his Beserkley stuff at one point. Still have some oddball 7" B-sides etc.
Just went back to some of his songs on Apple Music. I liked a lot of them. Sorry he's gone.
I get the feeling he resented "Jeopardy" because it put him in a corner with Weird Al. But the checks probably made it all better. I only ever saw him as parts of other events, not in a sweaty nightclub. That would have been great because I had all of his Beserkley stuff at one point. Still have some oddball 7" B-sides etc.
