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I WISH I HAD THE KEY TO GRAMERCY PARK

 Thursday, April 1st, 2010 at 2:00pm by

Yesterday I walked by Gramercy Park for the first time in a long while. For those not familiar, Gramercy Park is an NYC park — duh — that takes up a small city block. It’s right in the center of the very prestigious Gramercy neighborhood where a lot of celebrities live (like Mike Piazza!! omgz!!!) and is lined by some of the oldest, best-kept, most-beautifullest brownstone houses in the city. But here’s the thing; it’s private. Only the very rich folks who live on the blocks adjacent to the park have the key to get inside of it. I’ve lived in this city for a long while and have never been beyond those wrought iron gates, let alone even know anyone who has. Some day when MetalSucks overtakes Gawker as the most ridiculous blog on the Interwebs maybe Mayor Mike will take us on a tour.

Anyway, this all reminded me of the song “The Key to Gramercy Park” by Deadsy, the band fronted by the son of Cher and Gregg Allman, Elijah Blue Allman (stagename: P. Exeter Blue I). When this video came out I kinda liked the song, but recognized (as did most everyone else) that the band’s nu-metal flavor made them a bit behind the times. For chrissakes Jonathan Davis lent his vocals to the song and Fred fucking Durst directed the video. But watching it now, I can’t help but think Deadsy were actually ahead of the times in some ways — those new-wavey synth sounds? Dude, those things would make the entirety of Bedford Avenue splooge their pants these days. And the medical zombie shtick is so Williamsburg. It’s funny how trends evolve.

I wonder if Mr. Blue ever actually did go inside Gramercy Park?

-VN

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  • SourDeez

    Holy shit, I haven’t heard this song in about 8 years. I liked Deadsy during my nu-metal days, then sort of grew out of that shit, but listening to it now this song is pretty sick. I used to get it stuck in my head every time I walked by Gramercy park on the way to school. I’ve never been in there either, although I have drunkenly urinated through the gates a few times.

  • Blarrg

    It’s like Orgy fucked Coal Chamber and had a baby.

    • Oden

      orgy was good shit in moderation.

  • Seer

    damn, i used to really love this song.

  • crapmcpoopin

    These are some of the more eloquently written lyrics from the nu-metal generation.

  • Genial Gentile

    Nope, still sucks. This is what happens when when you grow up rich and surround yourself with sycophants and d-bags who won’t tell you when something is a bad idea.

  • kelfro

    All of the various facial expressions in the video are cringe-inducing, very typical of that era.

  • Anthony

    Really good song, but this and the Tom Sawyer cover are the only good songs on that album. Phantasmagore is much better overall. Shame they were only able to land on Korn or friends-of-Korn tours.

  • Aaron R A

    Deadsy is still fucking awesome.

  • McWeen

    I still enjoy Deadsy once in awhile. Videos look a bit silly but I think the music has aged better than most stuff that came out about the same time.

  • DannyJD

    wish you would’ve given a heads up on the walk. gramercy park is a block an a half from my office….near blender theater.

  • Nick

    I remember being into this band way before anything was ever released. I read an article on them years and years ago and I got interested. The only place to find any of their must was on a gary newman tribute cd and the song sucked. I was lucky to get a copy of their never released self titled album way back in the day before they ever had anything released to the public. They were always cheesy and they kinda sucked, but I liked them.

  • Factor

    I think about that song every time I walk by there. It was a nice refresh.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Deven-Marie-Laney/674055234 Deven Marie Laney

    Oh, yeah. Stephen Baldwin did dress up as Rainbow Bright and have a band there for a while.
    Keep up the nostalgic nu-metal atrocity posts. Or make a seperate website dedicated to them.

  • Diesel Computer

    I still rock this Deadsy record in my car sometimes. I always dug the guitar tones.

  • Tonberry

    Haha, to this day, I can’t get anywhere near Gramercy Park without somebody going “I’VE GOT THE KEY KEY TO GRAMERCY PARK”.

  • chris

    I’m going to presume this is an April Fool’s joke, because this is the worst shit I’ve ever seen. What’s with that guy drooling foam 5 seconds in??? Are you fucking serious???

    • Nick

      Are you like 18 years old or did you live in a cave your entire life? HOw is this the first time you heard this song?

  • http://thenumberoftheblog.com/ groverXIII

    This was pretty much their only decent song. The rest of their album, with the exception of the ‘Tom Sawyer’ cover, was horrendously boring.

    • http://hookinmouth.net Hookinmouth.net

      I dug the Tom Sawyer cover too, but that was about it.

  • Discipleofthewatch

    I remember that fucking song! I believe I heard it live once, and it was the best one they played!

  • stu1

    Great song. That and the Tom Sawyer cover were great. Really don’t remember much about the rest of the record, which, I think I MIGHT still own.

  • g man

    Some day when MetalSucks overtakes Gawker as the most ridiculous blog on the Interwebs maybe Mayor Mike will take us on a tour. – Mike will no longer be mayor , unless he crowns himself mayor forever, which could still happen.

  • austin mandrell`

    ahhahaha ahhhh mannnn i have not heard this song since i last played atv offroad fury 2 hahahahha which was like ten years agoooo

  • cosk

    i actually like this song, idk why…

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Nick-Baird/700536478 Nick Baird

    Saw this band on Family Values Tour with Korn and the Deftones in i think 06? Band was so boring, minus this and the cover.