Paul Simon - One Trick Pony, C or D

why is this not on netflix?

vastly unpopular?

I mean come on there's tons of stuff that isn't on netflix

this has hit streaming services so I watched it again and lol Simon is such a vacuum as an actor, even when he's got good dialogue to work with he delivers it like a (very short) inexpressive statue. also lol that he wrote THREE sex scenes with three different actresses for himself.

The best stuff about this movie is in the margins, all the cameos and tossed off jokes and incidental musical performances. The rest of it is just kinda saggy.

been keeping this album in rotation lately... all the super smooth, melancholy late-70s Sad Singer Songwriter stuff really works imho, both musically and lyrically. some tracks try to raise the energy level, with wildly mixed results - Late in the Evening is a monster; Ace in the Hole feels forced and cheesy, despite feeling more of a piece with the rest in terms of players/arrangement. as in the ballot poll thread, I must hopelessly rep for "Oh Marion," "That's Why God Made the Movies," and "God Bless the Absentee," all basically forgotten, lovely songs.

'How the Heart Approaches What it Yearns" also belongs in that category but i can't shake my syntactical discomfort with the title.

listening to this album for the first time & i find it so lush & beautiful, and just v warm-sounding. “soft parachutes” is incredible.

never seen the movie, may seek it out