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chained_bear commented on the word tin pan alley
An article about saving this historic block can be seen here.
November 10, 2008
bilby commented on the word tin pan alley
Just the name itself, Tin Pan Alley, makes me weak-kneed.
"It's a noisy neighborhood, with trucks beeping as they back up amid street hawkers selling bootleg movies and knockoff perfumes. A century ago, the windows of music companies broadcast a cacophony of competing piano sounds that earned the area the nickname Tin Pan Alley, to describe what one journalist said sounded like pounding on tin pans."
- Associated Press, 'Tin Pan Alley, birthplace of 'God Bless America,' under threat', cnn.com, 10 Nov 2008.
November 11, 2008
tankhughes commented on the word tin pan alley
It's not a metaphorical place only, but some cool work by song pluggers got done there. https://youtu.be/S659j_PdSt0
April 29, 2022