wow! didnt expect duncan this high, but happy abt it
― just sayin, Friday, 23 March 2012 19:39 (twelve years ago) link
if i had voted, America and American Tune might've been my 1-2.
http://www.angelfire.com/al2/diggers/images/americanflag.gif
― JIM THOMETHEUS (zachlyon), Friday, 23 March 2012 19:39 (twelve years ago) link
Hearing the demo, how it's virtually a different song, is so strange.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 23 March 2012 19:40 (twelve years ago) link
Duncan also real good, didn't expect to see it at this point
― JIM THOMETHEUS (zachlyon), Friday, 23 March 2012 19:41 (twelve years ago) link
... communists and fags, mm-hm desecrate the flag, just across the Canadian border ...
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 23 March 2012 19:44 (twelve years ago) link
america's great, glad to see it place so high. love it without question from "let us be lovers...", the way an almost angry passion blooms out at "it took me four days to hitchhike from saginaw, i've...", then recedes almost immediately. love so many things, the precision of observation and invention, wide-eyed naivete struggling for world-weary wisdom, "the man in the gabardine suit was a spy", "though i knew she was sleeping", the sense of being lost in youth, an almost impossible vastness of possibility
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Friday, 23 March 2012 19:45 (twelve years ago) link
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee366/lamp11/03MeJulio.jpg#03 ME AND JULIO DOWN BY THE SCHOOLYARD1972491 points/19 votes/1 #1 votehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46Cfrl7hMoQ
― Lamp, Friday, 23 March 2012 19:48 (twelve years ago) link
Woah, I thought Julio was the certain winner.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 23 March 2012 19:49 (twelve years ago) link
Duncan was my no.1
― Ismael Klata
Mine too. Love it to pieces.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 23 March 2012 19:50 (twelve years ago) link
all the top ten solo simon thus far was also in my top ten, obvious child was num1, graceland and mrs robinson yet to come no
― lag∞n, Friday, 23 March 2012 19:55 (twelve years ago) link
This makes a really surprising top two imo
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 23 March 2012 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
Mrs. Robinson already placed I thought
― the sir edmund hillary of sitting through pauly shore films (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 23 March 2012 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
It did
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 23 March 2012 19:57 (twelve years ago) link
my bad
― lag∞n, Friday, 23 March 2012 19:57 (twelve years ago) link
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee366/lamp11/02Only2.jpg#02 THE ONLY LIVING BOY IN NEW YORK1970 507 points/19 votes/4 #1 voteshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IwYQ1Vqf_4
― Lamp, Friday, 23 March 2012 19:58 (twelve years ago) link
Beautiful song. What's it about?
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 23 March 2012 19:59 (twelve years ago) link
New York
― Euler, Friday, 23 March 2012 19:59 (twelve years ago) link
i think its supposed to be about simon feeling abandoned and frustrated after garfunkel went to mexico to shoot a movie but to me its sorta about insignificance and hope
― Lamp, Friday, 23 March 2012 20:01 (twelve years ago) link
It's about the "aaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh"s iirc
― Euler, Friday, 23 March 2012 20:02 (twelve years ago) link
It's great because it's abandoned and frustrated while also recognizing that the other person SHOULD go, this is what they need to do for them, etc. Sort of a "if you love someone, let them go" kind of song, but conveying how aching and scary and alone it is for the person doing the letting-go.
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 23 March 2012 20:03 (twelve years ago) link
lol i get the image on this one!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKMeflQn7uQ
― tylerw, Friday, 23 March 2012 20:04 (twelve years ago) link
And then sort of whistling in the dark (the wordless syllables, do-dilly-da!), coming home at night on the streets of NYC and the lonesomeness somehow deflates itself - hey, I'm doing okay for myself here. I get the news I need on the weather report.
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 23 March 2012 20:05 (twelve years ago) link
http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTgwNjgwNTU4N15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwNDIzMDQ2._V1._SX420_SY276_.jpg
Wow, didn't realize Marcel Dalio was the old man in Catch-22.
― Mike Love Costume Jewelry on Etsy (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 23 March 2012 20:08 (twelve years ago) link
Song also reminds me a lot of moments when I've been traveling on my own or something like that, walking around an unfamiliar city by yourself - - it's sort of stressful on the one hand but when you really roll into it, it can be really therapeutic like - Hey. I'm surviving. I'm this atomized, independent person and I can go where I feel like going today. Some major, huge life decisions have crystallized for me on days like that, you sort of sweep away the junk of other stuff that weighs you down (jobs you think you have to take, places you think you have to live) and just feel alive. The only living boy in New York.
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 23 March 2012 20:08 (twelve years ago) link
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee366/lamp11/01Graceland.jpg#01 GRACELAND1986677 points/24 votes/4 #1 voteshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvliMzAFWHM
― Lamp, Friday, 23 March 2012 20:09 (twelve years ago) link
haha
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 23 March 2012 20:10 (twelve years ago) link
yeesssssss
― the sir edmund hillary of sitting through pauly shore films (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 23 March 2012 20:10 (twelve years ago) link
Only Living Boy was my #1 but this was close
Some legitimate surprises in the top 5. Great poll!
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 23 March 2012 20:11 (twelve years ago) link
Best Line in "Graceland"
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Friday, 23 March 2012 20:12 (twelve years ago) link
Paul will approve of this placing. Inexplicably I didn't vote for it, god knows why as it's sublime. If you can check out the 'Classic albums' doc on this just so you can hear the Everly Brothers backing vox unadorned.
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Friday, 23 March 2012 20:12 (twelve years ago) link
challops: You Can POLL Me, Al: Paul Simon's "Graceland"
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Friday, 23 March 2012 20:13 (twelve years ago) link
Bravo and hooray for Lamp and for this poll! This is gonna be a thread worth reading back over, and the Spotify playlist makes about as good of a Simon "best-of" as you could ask for.
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 23 March 2012 20:14 (twelve years ago) link
the TOP 40 as voted on by you, ilx:
#40 - FAKIN' IT#39 - THE LATE GREAT JOHNNY ACE#38 - THE 59th STREET BRIDGE SONG (FEELIN' GROOVY)#37 - AT THE ZOO#36 - KEEP THE CUSTOMER SATISFIED#35 - MY LITTLE TOWN#34 - TRAIN IN THE DISTANCE#33 - STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS#32 - SO LONG, FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT#31 - GUMBOOTS
#30 - SCARBOROUGH FAIR/CANTICLE#29 - HOMEWARD BOUND#29 - BORN AT THE RIGHT TIME#27 - AMERICAN TUNE#25 - A HAZY SHADE OF WINTER#25 - THE COOL, COOL RIVER#24 - PEACE LIKE A RIVER#23 - I KNOW WHAT I KNOW#22 - SLIP SLIDIN' AWAY#21 - RENE & GEORGETTE MAGRITTE WITH THEIR DOG AFTER THE WAR
#20 - THE SOUND OF SILENCE#19 - I AM A ROCK#18 - YOU CAN CALL ME AL#17 - BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER#16 - MRS. ROBINSON#15 - LATE IN THE EVENING#14 - HEARTS AND BONES#13 - KODACHROME#12 - 50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER#11 - MOTHER AND CHILD REUNION
#10 - THE BOXER#09 - THE BOY IN THE BUBBLE#08 - DIAMONDS ON THE SOLES OF HER SHOES#07 - CECILIA#06 - THE OBVIOUS CHILD
#05 - AMERICA#04 - DUNCAN#03 - ME AND JULIO DOWN BY THE SCHOOLYARD#02 - THE ONLY LIVING BOY IN NEW YORK#01 - GRACELAND
― Lamp, Friday, 23 March 2012 20:15 (twelve years ago) link
YAY!!!!
― lag∞n, Friday, 23 March 2012 20:17 (twelve years ago) link
It won by a mile. It's brilliant, true, but then so is everything else.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 23 March 2012 20:19 (twelve years ago) link
Great poll! "Only Living Boy" at #2 is a huge surprise for me. Thanks, Lamp, well run!
― any major prude will tell you (WmC), Friday, 23 March 2012 20:20 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah great work lamp, thanks.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 23 March 2012 20:20 (twelve years ago) link
i didnt vote for 'graceland' but its p undeniable i have a bunch of sentimental faves from that album that i voted for instead but its a wonderful song. it was also on like 3/4 of the ballots i got
as much as i was hoping for a slightly broader spectrum of simon's career i really like this list and the pre-folkie stuff and the most recent album are probably p marginal compared to the stuff itl.
― Lamp, Friday, 23 March 2012 20:21 (twelve years ago) link
my #1 was #1. thanks for the poll, lamp! nicely done.
here's my ballot. can't believe i didn't put julio there. but i guess it had plenty of votes.
1. Graceland2. Hearts and Bones3. Homeward Bound4. Mother and child reunion5. Duncan6. Peace like a river7. Dazzling Blue8. Slip Slidin Away9. So Long Frank Lloyd Wright10. Only Living Boy in New York11. Rene & Georgette Magritte12. You Can Call Me Al13. Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes14. Boy in the Bubble15. Obvious Child16. Duncan17. Train in the Distance18. Late In The Evening19. Kodachrome20. Born at the Right Time
― tylerw, Friday, 23 March 2012 20:21 (twelve years ago) link
1. The Only Living Boy in New York2. Graceland3. Still Crazy After All These Years4. Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard5. Mrs. Robinson6. Late in the Evening7. The Boxer8. At the Zoo9. Save the Life of My Child10. Mother and Child Reunion11. 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover12. So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright13. I Am A Rock14. The Myth of Fingerprints15. America16. Gumboots17. Cloudy18. Crazylove Vol219. Punky's Dilemma20. Slip Slidin' Away
― the sir edmund hillary of sitting through pauly shore films (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 23 March 2012 20:23 (twelve years ago) link
My ballot:
1. Duncan2. The Obvious Child3. Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard4. 50 Way To Leave Your Lover5. A Hazy Shade Of Winter6. The Boy In The Bubble7. Graceland8. A Poem On The Underground Wall9. Can't Run But10. Gumboots
11. Bleecker Street12. A Simple Desultory Phillippic13. I Am A Rock14. The Only Living Boy In New York15. Somewhere They Can't Find Me16. American Tune17. Born In Puerto Rico18. I Know What I Know19. El Condor Pasa20. Darling Lorraine
The things I had to leave off... I shoulda had Think Too Much, Crazy Love and a few more later cuts on there, but I ain't complaining.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 23 March 2012 20:23 (twelve years ago) link
1 The Only Living Boy in New York2 Bridge over Troubled Water3 The Boy in the Bubble4 The Sound of Silence5 Father and Daughter6 I am a Rock7 America8 Homeward Bound9 Late in the Evening10 The 59th Street Bridge Song11 A Hazy Shade of Winter12 You Can Call Me Al13 Getting Ready For Christmas day14 Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard15 Rene and George Magritte with Their Dog After The War16 The Late Great Johnny Ace17 Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes18 The Obvious Child19 Old Friends20 The Boxer
As said above, I should've voted for 'Graceland' otherwise a very enjoyable poll. Cheers, Lamps.
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Friday, 23 March 2012 20:27 (twelve years ago) link
1. Rene and Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After The War 2. Still Crazy After All These Years 3. Mother And Child Reunion 4. Train In The Distance 5. Kodachrome 6. 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover 7. The Late Great Johnny Ace 8. Loves Me Like A Rock 9. American Tune 10. So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright 11. Homeward Bound 12. Can I Forgive Him 13. The Boxer 14. Bridge Over Troubled Water 15. Duncan 16. America 17. Slip Slidin' Away 18. Hearts And Bones 19. Graceland 20. Under African Skies
― any major prude will tell you (WmC), Friday, 23 March 2012 20:28 (twelve years ago) link
1. America2. Hearts and Bones3. Adios Hermanos4. Bridge Over Troubled Water5. Born at the Right Time6 .Graceland7. The Obvious Child8. The Cool, Cool River9. Train in the Distance10. Long Long Day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd8ePfu7_pg
11. Darling Lorraine12. Feelin' Groovy13. 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover14. Old15. Gumboots16. Slip Slidin' Away17. Late in the Evening18. One Trick Pony19. Boy in the Bubble20. Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes
― "Flashy...hip" (Eazy), Friday, 23 March 2012 20:31 (twelve years ago) link
i made my ballot into a p sweet itunes playlist that ive jamming for a couple of weeks.
01 diamonds on the soles of her shoes02 lone teen ranger03 only living boy in new york04 50 ways to leave your lover 05 the cool, cool river06 dazzling blue 07 peace like a river 08 i am a rock09 the myth of fingerprints10 duncan 11 darling lorraine 12 anji13 the obvious child14 one man's ceiling is another man's floor15 lisa 16 think too much (a)17 play me a sad song 18 kodachrome 19 red rubber ball 20 cecilia
― Lamp, Friday, 23 March 2012 20:32 (twelve years ago) link
My ballot. Bold didn't place:
1. Duncan 2. For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her 3. Leaves That Are Green 4. American Tune 5. Armistace Day 6. The Sound Of Silence 7. So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright 8. The Only Living Boy In New York 9. Something So Right 10. Old Friends 11. Paranoia Blues 12. Fakin' It 13. The Boxer 14. 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover 15. Cecelia 16. Mother And Child Reunion 17. Kodachrome 18. One Man's Ceiling Is Another Man's Floor 19. Still Crazy After All These Years 20. The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 23 March 2012 20:36 (twelve years ago) link
not even going to post my ballot i hate it so much right now
― max, Friday, 23 March 2012 20:36 (twelve years ago) link
Question: could the winner in any other artist poll be a track made 30 years into their career?
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 23 March 2012 20:37 (twelve years ago) link
1. Hearts and Bones2. Paranoid Blues3. Duncan4. I Know What I Know5. The Boy in the Bubble6. Kodachrome7. Run That Body Down8. The Cool Cool River9. Graceland10. Song About the Moon11. Congratulations12. Something So Right13. Can't Run But14. That Was Your Mother15. American Tune16. Late in the Evening17. Further to Fly18. Dazzling Blue19. Father and Daughter20. Train in the Distance
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 23 March 2012 20:38 (twelve years ago) link