West Side Rag
  • TOP NEWS
  • OPEN/CLOSED
  • FOOD
  • SCHOOLS
  • OUTDOORS
  • REAL ESTATE
  • ART
  • POLITICS
  • COLUMNS
  • CRIME
  • HISTORY
  • ABSURDITY
  • CONTACT
West Side Rag
No Result
View All Result

Get WSR FREE in your inbox

Search the site

No Result
View All Result

Get WSR FREE in your inbox

AVAILABLE NOW!


HERE

The Upper East Side Gets a Hip Hop Anthem, and We Get…Kate McKinnon and Her Cat

January 30, 2019 | 9:14 AM
in ABSURDITY
21

Leslie Jones blessed the Upper East Side with a new anthem over the weekend: “The U.E.S.”

“Y’all say it’s boring. Y’all say it’s homogeneous. But y’all don’t know it like I do. This is the Upper East Side, bitches!”

Jones celebrates all the finest moments on the Upper East Side, like when “white men in khakis line up at Fairway.” She shows all the finest institutions on the UES: the Met, the Q train, an overpriced bakery.

And then she calls Kate McKinnon on the UWS to come have fun. But McKinnon would rather “stay home with my cat.”


Photo montage by Kate Koza.

Which feels about right.

Okay, so who’s going to write the UWS anthem?

Watch the whole video below.

Share this article:
guest

guest

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

21 Comments
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments
jd
jd
4 years ago

You can keep the UES. I’d rather be like Kate Mckinnon. I heard they finally got another subway line. Don’t get me started on the crosstown buses.

0
Reply
UWSer
UWSer
4 years ago

I’d rather stay home with my (non-existent) cat too over going to the Upper East Side.

0
Reply
Kate
Kate
4 years ago

we don’t need an anthem about the UWS. We know we are better, we have Riverside Park, Central Park, Zabar’s and Columbia. Plus we have the original Fairway and Citarella. They have women in $5,000 yoga outfits and maids who get stuck in private elevators for the weekend.

Just sayin’, the West Side is the Best Side. The East Side is the Least Side.

0
Reply
Mark P
Mark P
4 years ago

I’ve always said the best way to watch SNL is to let others watch it and tell you the best parts. This is funny and cute, thanks for letting me know about it!

0
Reply
UWSHebrew
UWSHebrew
4 years ago

Leslie Jones is the most unfunny “comic” I have ever seen. Screaming with your eyes bulging out does not equal humor. I miss Eddie Murphy.

0
Reply
Nancy
Nancy
4 years ago
Reply to  UWSHebrew

Amen to that. I turn off the program when she is featured. She’s a loud mouth, nothing more.

0
Reply
Lady Loo
Lady Loo
4 years ago

I got that patagonia gear from my head to my feet
With an uppababy stroller i run these streets
My crew is keto, vegetarian and gluten free
Is there dairy in that? Then it’s not for me

0
Reply
D Abernathy
D Abernathy
4 years ago
Reply to  Lady Loo

I LOVE IT !!!

0
Reply
sailgirl
sailgirl
4 years ago
Reply to  Lady Loo

That is spot on! Nicely done.

0
Reply
S. Hayes
S. Hayes
4 years ago

UWS is a special place for those who illuminate but don’t discriminate, because we teach diversity – shout out Columbia University and museums where it ain’t a mystery just spend the night in Teddy’s Natural History…and to you Park Avenue renters who get culture on 92nd Street, come on by Lincoln Center, to the Philharmonic, Ballet and Opera… SWEET! Do you have a concert hall or use an Armory to our Carnegie? If it’s play you want we’ve still got the Vivian Beaumont.
Sure you’ve got Paul, but we had John. Even Yoko stayed on and on and on. You’ve got corporate raiders and junk stock traders and we’ve got authors, actors, and activists but few haters. You can have your Q, we’ll keep A & C and while we’re at it the 1, 2 and 3! You have the embassies but we have the people who hang at The Beacon, Zabar’s, Lavain, and Columbus Circle, Broadway, Columbus and Central Park West…compare that to 1st, 2nd and 3rd, now who’s best? We both have brownstones, but you lost the Whitney, Gwenyth went to Spence but MacEnroe to Trinity, the UWS could drop more names from here to infinity. The Majestic, Dakota, and San Remo will always reside with angels in the architecture on the Upper West Side!

0
Reply
Sally Martell
Sally Martell
4 years ago
Reply to  S. Hayes

That is terrific!

0
Reply
Sarah Angello
Sarah Angello
4 years ago
Reply to  S. Hayes

Loved it!

0
Reply
Lois
Lois
4 years ago
Reply to  S. Hayes

Bravo!

0
Reply
Ekwoman
Ekwoman
4 years ago

I’m pretty sure Kate live on the UES side, too. I don’t live in NYC, so I’m not going to weigh in otherwise…but I saw Kate McKinnon and cat and clicked.

0
Reply
Morgan
Morgan
4 years ago
Reply to  Ekwoman

Yeah, Kate lives on the UES and that’s not even her cat. I think Leslie lives further north too – east Harlem? It’s all just played for laughs, anyway.

0
Reply
Seth
Seth
4 years ago

Isn’t The Met technically on the UWS since it is west of 5th Ave? That being said Central Park is also completely in our ‘hood.

0
Reply
Max
Max
4 years ago

I think the representation of the UWS side is spot on, haha. No complaints here!

0
Reply
Bill Raudenbush
Bill Raudenbush
4 years ago

The UWS doesn’t need to flex, West Side=best side

0
Reply
Knowitall
Knowitall
4 years ago

Here’s a bit of social history to throw into the mix. Why does the UWS tend to be more Jewish and the UES more goyish? It’s because the UWS is served by a subway line to the Garment District, where many Jews worked, whereas the UES has a subway line that goes to Wall street, where many goyim worked. Those work and residential patterns are no longer as strong as they once were, but that’s the history.

0
Reply
George
George
4 years ago

It’s too bad Orwasher’s got such rough treatment in this — it’s certainly not overpriced for a NYC bakery, and I can both appreciate the original UES location and the bigger, newer one we have here on the UWS.

0
Reply
92nd Street
92nd Street
4 years ago

They are both great, quiet, family neighborhoods filled with Celebs and Wealthy people.

If thee is any difference, I’d say the UWS is a bit more generic and the UES is a bit quieter.

The UWS has more diversity and the UES has more Museums.

The UWS has more Subway lines and the UES better shopping

The difference between any Manhattan neighborhood?

Very little for a savvy New Yorker.

0
Reply

YOU MIGHT LIKE...

Stormy Daniels Gets More Yuks Than Yucks at Local Comedy Club
ABSURDITY

From Our Archives: WSR’s Coverage of Stormy Daniels’ 2019 UWS Standup Debut

March 20, 2023 | 12:59 PM
‘Back in the Hi-Life Again’!
ABSURDITY

‘Back in the Hi-Life Again’!

January 27, 2023 | 7:13 PM - Updated on January 28, 2023 | 10:46 PM
Previous Post

Tree-Couch Becomes Citywide Celebrity Just Before It Is Removed Forever

Next Post

Arrested UWS Teen Admits Painting Swastikas in Riverside Park Train Car, Police Say

this week's events image

Explore Your Favorite Subject

20th precinct 24th precinct american museum of natural history animals art bicycling bulletin central park closings columns community board 7 coronavirus crash crime development dogs events fdny fire food gale brewer helen rosenthal history jcc lincoln center monday bulletin morning bulletin nypd openings pedestrian safety photography photos politics public schools pupper west side real estate restaurants retail riverside park silver stars fitness snow sponsored subway upper west side uws

CITY NEWS

Brick Underground
City Limits
Eater
Gothamist
NY Daily News
NY Post
NY Times

LOCAL RESOURCES

Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group
Central Park Conservancy
CB7
Community Education Council 3
Assembly District 67
The New York Historical Society
Riverside Park
West End Preservation

UWS Blogs

Bloomingdale History Central Park Blogger
North River Notes

Next Post
Arrested UWS Teen Admits Painting Swastikas in Riverside Park Train Car, Police Say

Arrested UWS Teen Admits Painting Swastikas in Riverside Park Train Car, Police Say

West 79th Street Rotunda in Riverside Park to Get A Refresh

City Reconsidering Plans to Close Baseball Fields for Rotunda Reconstruction; Bike Lanes Also An Issue

Judge Imposes Partial Restraining Order on Relocated City Homeless Shelter

Two Important Meetings Thursday: Public Safety Near New Shelter and Historic Climate Change Lawsuit

  • ABOUT US
  • CONTACT US
  • NEWSLETTER
  • WSR MERCH!
  • ADVERTISE
  • EVENTS
  • PRIVACY POLICY
  • TERMS OF USE
  • SITE MAP
Site design by RLDGROUP

© 2023 West Side Rag | All rights reserved.

No Result
View All Result
  • TOP NEWS
  • THIS WEEK’S EVENTS
  • OPEN/CLOSED
  • FOOD
  • SCHOOLS
  • OUTDOORS
  • REAL ESTATE
  • ART
  • POLITICS
  • COLUMNS
  • CRIME
  • HISTORY
  • ABSURDITY
  • CONTACT US
  • WSR SHOP

© 2023 West Side Rag | All rights reserved.