my ballot was like 80% S&G or Graceland, hate all you want but a) diehard-only polls are lame and b) i promise i will someday be better acquainted with PS's catalog
― some dude, Tuesday, March 20, 2012 3:07 PM (4 minutes ago)
i think its just that paul simon threads can count on the same reliable posters and you get used to a certain consensus and its a little disorienting to be reminded that there are people out there that have some notion that hazy shade of winter is a better song than gumboots for eg.
― judith, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:14 (twelve years ago) link
my ballot was 5% s&g
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:16 (twelve years ago) link
its weird i didnt know they were so popular relative to solo simon
^^^
― judith, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:16 (twelve years ago) link
i don't have any problem with people voting for a lot of graceland btw; it compensates for me brutally slashing graceland from my ballot, about which i still feel guilty
xp because of people's parents! and how they're in all the movies!
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:17 (twelve years ago) link
i actually had more s&g than graceland
― judith, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:18 (twelve years ago) link
more psyched than usual to see everyone's ballots
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:19 (twelve years ago) link
my ballot was 40% graceland B-)
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:19 (twelve years ago) link
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme is a good album dudes
― some dude, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:19 (twelve years ago) link
okay but someone explain "scarborough fair" to me
In my anecdotal observation of a very small sample group, solo Simon resonates more with Gen X demographic than with millenials (who are more likely to have the S&G best-of or even Concert in Central Park than Negotiations, eg).
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:20 (twelve years ago) link
are plax + Lamp millenials?
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:21 (twelve years ago) link
i didn't vote for "scarborough fair" but i don't think i can explain even the S&G songs i like
― some dude, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:22 (twelve years ago) link
his s/t is 25% of my ballot when i thought that would be rhythm of the saints. i guess i always forget how much ground he covers w/ it because its his most pared back instrumentally, but on graceland its like a couple of tracks will do in terms of standing in for the whole project, same with rhythm of the saints. whereas Paul Simon and Hearts and Bones subtly move out of these different moods and sounds in a way that's crucial to understanding what the project is about.
― judith, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:25 (twelve years ago) link
i really did want to vote for most of the s/t but i restrained myself
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:27 (twelve years ago) link
honestly i think my inability to grok 'scarborough fair" is same as the rest of s&g. garfunkel's voice freezes everything in amber or something; it gives it this museum-like quality that makes me care less about it.
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:29 (twelve years ago) link
i just voted for what i was most into
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:29 (twelve years ago) link
i'm not into the whole "sound of silence"/"scarborough fair" vibe in general
― some dude, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:30 (twelve years ago) link
the s&g earnest dork vibe is tough to take
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:31 (twelve years ago) link
it's hilarious imo
― some dude, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:33 (twelve years ago) link
it is, in theory
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:34 (twelve years ago) link
im sort of a sucker for the sentimental.
― judith, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:39 (twelve years ago) link
i find the world weary sentimentality of his solo works so much more affecting
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:40 (twelve years ago) link
im not so discerning
― judith, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:41 (twelve years ago) link
wait r u switching to the s&g camp what happening here noooooooooo
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:42 (twelve years ago) link
i can totally understand not liking scarborough fair; between its englishness and its old-ness its not very simony at all
― max, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:45 (twelve years ago) link
garfunkel's voice freezes everything in amber or something; it gives it this museum-like quality that makes me care less about it.
That's part of my issue with BOTW. It's gorgeous and all, but inert.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:45 (twelve years ago) link
― max, Tuesday, March 20, 2012 11:45 AM (46 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yes i want my simon frontloaded. all simon all the time! sad eyes happy face! shouldering little kids out of the way when they step on his spotlight!
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:47 (twelve years ago) link
its a little disorienting to be reminded that there are people out there that have some notion that hazy shade of winter is a better song than gumboots for eg.
o but it is
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:47 (twelve years ago) link
lol have you ever seen that video of him playing anji w his brother on some show?
― judith, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:47 (twelve years ago) link
i mean scarborough fair is one of not many songs from simon that has a sense of history beyond the beginning of the 20th cent. i voted high partly because i am a sucker for that oldness tho
― max, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:48 (twelve years ago) link
u like museums
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:49 (twelve years ago) link
i find it endearing, actually. and the solo simon diffident hipster vibe can be similarly grating.
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:50 (twelve years ago) link
i think its kind of cool/amazing that s&g were able to take this centuries-old song and make it into a fairly big hit, and even somewhat 'relevant' w/ the addition of 'canticle' (which is a little on-the-nose). also its gorgeous! i mean its so beautiful! its dorky but
― max, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:50 (twelve years ago) link
haha i LOVE museums. i wish i had been a history major.
― max, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:51 (twelve years ago) link
diffident hipster 4 lyfe
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:51 (twelve years ago) link
s&g can feel so academic whereas simon solo has a cheeky passion for gaudiness. his solo work often has this weirdly subtle approach to garish sound palettes.
― judith, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:52 (twelve years ago) link
some very strange #1 choices so far imho
― the sir edmund hillary of sitting through pauly shore films (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:52 (twelve years ago) link
i really wish 'u like museums' had been intended as a diss
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:52 (twelve years ago) link
it was more of a connection between art garfunkel's museumy voice and max
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:53 (twelve years ago) link
now i am regretting voting for it just because ive convinced myself that its not really paul simon-like at all, so ancient and oblique
― max, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:53 (twelve years ago) link
i never know what to do with myself in museums tbrr. i like history, though! i'm a fan. history's cool.
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:54 (twelve years ago) link
lol i figured 'u like museums' was indeed a diss but its a diss im willing to embrace
― max, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:54 (twelve years ago) link
it wouldve made a wonderful zing
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:54 (twelve years ago) link
hey horseshoe i think in museums you walk around and look at things but idk its been a while
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:55 (twelve years ago) link
s&g sold a lotta records for feelin' so academic
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:56 (twelve years ago) link
i don't think s&g feels academic; those songs feel like they're remote.
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:57 (twelve years ago) link
neway in retrospect i shdve made cool cool river my #2, or possibly even my #1
― max, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:57 (twelve years ago) link
except i'm lying because i like a lot of them and also don't know most of them
cool cool river was my #2. you're a good kid, max.
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:58 (twelve years ago) link