I'm sorry but Paul Simon is so overrated

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.

I never identify songs with the singer but that's me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsQtndswJbc

I never identify songs with the singer but that's me.

yeah I don't either, Joe Strummer and other people referring to Paul's "songs about his kids" however....

The walrus was Paul Simon.

Simonon?

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

The intelligence and melodic flair with which he's approached said topics is quite enough – and furious enough.

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

also I'm reacting to simon's own eval of his career as second-best to dylan

Alfred otm.

paul simon is fine for what he is, drum intro to 50 ways is all time and much better than a novelty song deserves

'how can you live in the North-East'?

I don't know 'slip sliding away'

PS does seem to relate a bit to Wes Anderson
that's relatively OK by me

500 new answers on paul simon! good god.

I love how refreshingly un-hammy and free of drama Paul Simon is.

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!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHRBLvSq3qE

50 ways is not a novelty song!!

get a new steez deej, I got 50 ways to troll yr thread

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

Youre outta your head, ed

get a new steez, jeez

ok here it is, love simon's look @ 11:34

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Lf7FQfE0mw

and yeah that's mare winningham

One Trick Pony is a great movie, so many priceless moments

how did i reveal i was a woman itt?

Lou Reed's New Yawk accent vs Paul Simon's.

'how can you live in the North-East'?

I don't know 'slip sliding away'

PS does seem to relate a bit to Wes Anderson
that's relatively OK by me
--the pinefox

i've noticed recently that every time i hear paul simon i think approvingly of horseshoe, so far she has commandeered paul simon and mark ruffalo.

― estela, Monday, August 8, 2011 12:36 AM (16 hours ago)

???

i paid particular attn to this post

haha okay

You said you didn't like crepey gas station chatups, horseshoe.

its true guys love those

such a giveaway

slip slidin' away does sound like a children's song. a lot of paul simon does.

xp ha

itt i reveal i am a child

I like crepes wherever I can get them

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, August 8, 2011 10:54 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

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papa hobo is a good one

Just trying to reverse engineer teh mind of the pinefox

I didn't think the gas station exchange proved anything about Horseshoe

I'm just going on someone calling him / her 'her'

maybe they were wrong and Horsehoe is not female at all.

Yes, I know that Royal Ts scene, it makes the point.

Did PS and Lou Reed really appear in a film together?

i am female, pinefox!

I like that idea, about engineering, thanks

I remember Horseshoe from an ILB thread about a very overrated book which he / she was very keen on -- he / she was quite friendly, respectful and positive about things

good schtick

[xp: change he / she to he]

haha you jerk i still love that book!

a film Simon wrote and starred in, pinefox

also features Rip Torn as Simon's manager, Tiny Tim in a suit made out of newspaper comic strips, the B-52s, and Steve Gadd

I mean, change he / she to she

I'm not surprised you still like that very disappointing book.

I have heard of that film and always heard it was a surprise flop or something -- but it's now sounding like vital viewing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyRunLCpoT4

drum intro to 50 ways is all time and much better than a novelty song deserves

well yeah that's Steve Gadd isn't it? that dude's a fucking monster

'He's been playing us an exciting new song'

this film looks classic !! one of the great pop films!?

can't believe steve gadd let paul simon colonialize him

it wasn't surprising that one trick pony was a flop - it's all inside baseball - but def required
viewing for an ILMer

(xp)
You're confusing him with Jim Gordon