oh man I'll praise Simon when he's good but I hate me some "Slip Slidin Away"
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, August 8, 2011 12:31 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark
whoa what
― call all destroyer, Monday, 8 August 2011 12:21 (twelve years ago) link
Not scurrying away, just working, sleeping, etc.
― Alamac, Monday, 8 August 2011 12:46 (twelve years ago) link
I didn't know Horseshoe was a woman till a minute ago― the pinefox, Monday, August 8, 2011 9:24 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark
― the pinefox, Monday, August 8, 2011 9:24 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark
whoa me too
― sarahel hath no fury (history mayne), Monday, 8 August 2011 12:56 (twelve years ago) link
thats some sixth sense shit huh
― max, Monday, 8 August 2011 13:13 (twelve years ago) link
love slip slidin away
*nears destination*
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Monday, 8 August 2011 13:52 (twelve years ago) link
Reminds me, gotta go over to that Jazz album poll and campaign for Destination... Out!
― Scharlach Sometimes (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 8 August 2011 14:03 (twelve years ago) link
no offense john but people who hate slip slidin away are just not worth my time *shuts door on friendship*
― max, Monday, 8 August 2011 14:09 (twelve years ago) link
I'll wear my passion for our lost love like a thorny crown, max
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 8 August 2011 14:40 (twelve years ago) link
seriously if I wanted that kinda prematurely world-weary hip-you-to-my-wisdom shit I'd listen to Jewel
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 8 August 2011 14:46 (twelve years ago) link
peace like a river gumboots hearts and bones spirit voices born at the right time father and daughter diamonds on the souls of her shoes papa hobo me and julio down by the schoolyard think too much late in the evening under african skies how the heart approaches what it yearns graceland run that body down
― ℗⎣▲✘ (ico), Monday, 8 August 2011 14:54 (twelve years ago) link
i just made it through about 20 seconds of slip sliding away. it sounds like a children's song.
― surm, Monday, 8 August 2011 14:55 (twelve years ago) link
lol surm if anyone else was posting this stuff i would be hating on them but i am srsly just loving you more
― ℗⎣▲✘ (ico), Monday, 8 August 2011 14:57 (twelve years ago) link
prematurely world-weary
He was 36 when the song came out -- what is the age when the cosmic egg-timer dings and it's ok to be world weary?
― L.P. Hovercraft (WmC), Monday, 8 August 2011 14:57 (twelve years ago) link
I'm 36 and ILM weary.
― livin in my own private Biden hole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 8 August 2011 14:57 (twelve years ago) link
xxp phew ok good, i was a little worried
― surm, Monday, 8 August 2011 14:57 (twelve years ago) link
well there's nothing wrong with a children's song! "slip sliding"'s music is pleasant enough. the lyric is the kinda thing that if it weren't beloved Paul S everybody'd be "thanks dad for the preachy information, can't make it out to the house this weekend but I'll be sure to write" about
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 8 August 2011 14:58 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i'm not a huge fan of slip sliding away either
― a chaos of crevasses at cape crozier (gbx), Monday, 8 August 2011 14:58 (twelve years ago) link
when you've retired from writing pop songs
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 8 August 2011 14:59 (twelve years ago) link
for me hearts and bones is his number one best song, i also love born at the right time and peace like a river
― ℗⎣▲✘ (ico), Monday, 8 August 2011 14:59 (twelve years ago) link
It's not a favorite but it's on my short list of Good Songs Recorded for Compilations. Plus, I love that part after the chorus where he sticks in a couple of faster acoustic strums.
― livin in my own private Biden hole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 8 August 2011 15:00 (twelve years ago) link
sometimes i listen to hearts and bones and i am amazed
― ℗⎣▲✘ (ico), Monday, 8 August 2011 15:00 (twelve years ago) link
c'mon aero, dude was about 23 or 24 when he wrote "Richard Cory," you know well that most lyricists hit their stride mid-30s.
― satan club sandwich (Dr Morbius), Monday, 8 August 2011 15:01 (twelve years ago) link
also i love those strums
― ℗⎣▲✘ (ico), Monday, 8 August 2011 15:01 (twelve years ago) link
(xp)Yes, the list of Not So Good Songs Recorded for Compilations is a lot longer.
He was 36 when the song came out -- what is the age when the cosmic egg-timer dings and it's ok to be world weary?― L.P. Hovercraft (WmC), Monday, August 8, 2011 10:57 AM (1 minute ago)]
― L.P. Hovercraft (WmC), Monday, August 8, 2011 10:57 AM (1 minute ago)]
― Scharlach Sometimes (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 8 August 2011 15:02 (twelve years ago) link
most of the S&G stuff, esp early, is way too coffeehouse earnest
― satan club sandwich (Dr Morbius), Monday, 8 August 2011 15:02 (twelve years ago) link
sometimes i listen to hearts and bones and i am amazed― ℗⎣▲✘ (ico), Monday, August 8, 2011 10:00 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark
― ℗⎣▲✘ (ico), Monday, August 8, 2011 10:00 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark
<3 u
― a chaos of crevasses at cape crozier (gbx), Monday, 8 August 2011 15:04 (twelve years ago) link
― satan club sandwich (Dr Morbius), Monday, August 8, 2011 11:01 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
this is what im saying--leonard cohen didnt start singing till he was in his mid 30s
― max, Monday, 8 August 2011 15:04 (twelve years ago) link
Suggest Ban Permalinkpeace like a river gumboots hearts and bones spirit voices born at the right time father and daughter diamonds on the souls of her shoes papa hobo me and julio down by the schoolyard think too much late in the evening under african skies how the heart approaches what it yearns graceland run that body down― ℗⎣▲✘ (ico), Monday, August 8, 2011 10:54 AM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark
― ℗⎣▲✘ (ico), Monday, August 8, 2011 10:54 AM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark
^^
― the goon with the braggin tattoo (Pillbox), Monday, 8 August 2011 15:08 (twelve years ago) link
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lfZqH9J07J0/TNnH2cicGKI/AAAAAAAAATc/yGYgY9SRnsc/s1600/royal-tenenbaums-560.jpgI'm talking about taking it out and chopping it up
― Scharlach Sometimes (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 8 August 2011 15:11 (twelve years ago) link
sheesh, btwn some of the opinions expressed on this thread, the OUTRAGE over the john maus non-controversy, and someone saying that Caroline No's lyrics are misogynistic, and someone else saying that Don't Worry Baby is mostly about some guy and his car i have never been smdh so much reading ilm as i have in the past couple of days
― dell (del), Monday, 8 August 2011 15:22 (twelve years ago) link
when people are praising the lyrics to "That Was Your Mother" upthread (incl Joe Strummer, I guess)... are they agreeing with the sentiments expressed? Cuz narrator of that song seems like a total asshole to me.
― Richard Nixon's Field of Warmth (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 8 August 2011 15:52 (twelve years ago) link
I never identify songs with the singer but that's me.
― livin in my own private Biden hole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 8 August 2011 15:53 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsQtndswJbc
― chief content officer (m coleman), Monday, 8 August 2011 15:59 (twelve years ago) link
yeah I don't either, Joe Strummer and other people referring to Paul's "songs about his kids" however....
― Richard Nixon's Field of Warmth (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 8 August 2011 16:02 (twelve years ago) link
The walrus was Paul Simon.
― Scharlach Sometimes (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 8 August 2011 16:12 (twelve years ago) link
Simonon?
― Scharlach Sometimes (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 8 August 2011 16:13 (twelve years ago) link
not to throw another log on the bonofire here but if simon wanted to be taken more seriously maybe he should've figured out a way to lean into a topic w/ some fury, that's what separates him from dylan/cohen/young etc imo
― big triffid in my backyard (Edward III), Monday, 8 August 2011 16:15 (twelve years ago) link
The intelligence and melodic flair with which he's approached said topics is quite enough – and furious enough.
― livin in my own private Biden hole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 8 August 2011 16:16 (twelve years ago) link
and by fury I don't mean yelling into the microphone, sometimes a quiet song can be smoke signals from a fire in its belly
― big triffid in my backyard (Edward III), Monday, 8 August 2011 16:17 (twelve years ago) link
also I'm reacting to simon's own eval of his career as second-best to dylan
Alfred otm.
― Scharlach Sometimes (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 8 August 2011 16:18 (twelve years ago) link
paul simon is fine for what he is, drum intro to 50 ways is all time and much better than a novelty song deserves
― big triffid in my backyard (Edward III), Monday, 8 August 2011 16:20 (twelve years ago) link
'how can you live in the North-East'?
I don't know 'slip sliding away'
PS does seem to relate a bit to Wes Andersonthat's relatively OK by me
― the pinefox, Monday, 8 August 2011 16:28 (twelve years ago) link
500 new answers on paul simon! good god.
― thomp, Monday, 8 August 2011 16:30 (twelve years ago) link
I love how refreshingly un-hammy and free of drama Paul Simon is.
― ReRecorded, ReMastered (Mount Cleaners), Monday, 8 August 2011 16:31 (twelve years ago) link
i don't think "that was your mother" is directly autobiographical, no (don't think paul simon used to be a traveling salesman, for example) but i don't think the sentiment of the song is that jerky. it's a little tongue-in-cheek!
― horseshoe, Monday, 8 August 2011 16:32 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHRBLvSq3qE
― livin in my own private Biden hole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 8 August 2011 16:32 (twelve years ago) link
50 ways is not a novelty song!!
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Monday, 8 August 2011 16:33 (twelve years ago) link
get a new steez deej, I got 50 ways to troll yr thread
― big triffid in my backyard (Edward III), Monday, 8 August 2011 16:34 (twelve years ago) link
I love the scene in one trick pony where he opens for the b-52s, wish it was on youtube but you have to settle for lou reed as his producer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDRjsKcFC9g
― big triffid in my backyard (Edward III), Monday, 8 August 2011 16:35 (twelve years ago) link