a moment in "hearts and bones" that i love is "his hands rolling down her hair"
xp yeah "i am a rock" is great; its placement on my own ballot is sort of arbitrary but i love it. my sister was listening to it the other day and pointedly asked me if i identified it. offense taken.
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 06:08 (twelve years ago) link
identified with it. paul simon evidently renders me unable to type.
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 06:09 (twelve years ago) link
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee366/lamp11/13kodachrome.jpg#13 KODACHROME 1972/1973 (single)373 points/17 votes/1 #1 votehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLsDxvAErTU
― Lamp, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 06:10 (twelve years ago) link
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee366/lamp11/1250Ways.jpg#12 50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER1975386 points/15 votes/0 #1 voteshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=298nld4Yfds
― Lamp, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 06:11 (twelve years ago) link
"50 ways to leave your lover" is so fun. guys, it's really not better than "peace like a river."
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 06:12 (twelve years ago) link
hop on the bus, gusyou don't need to discuss muuuuuuuuch
haha not sure what happened there? anyway one of the only songs where i feel like it really is too low. im not even that huge a fan of '50 ways' but it just feels like such an important ~paul simon song~ that im kinda bummed it missed the top ten
― Lamp, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 06:13 (twelve years ago) link
i said "i appreciate that" and could you please explaaaaaainabout the 50 ways...
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 06:15 (twelve years ago) link
oh holy shit, guys, "kodachrome" (my #1!) and "50 ways to leave your lover" both waaaaaay too low. what church will you not burn?
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 06:15 (twelve years ago) link
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee366/lamp11/11Mother.jpg#11 MOTHER AND CHILD REUNION1972388 points/15 votes/0 #1 voteshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pa5H_4lBXs
― Lamp, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 06:17 (twelve years ago) link
on the first three solo albums i didn't vote for any of the big singles so i could have room for beloved album tracks. this is a big lie, especially in the case of "me and julio" but look this poll was way too hard and i needed to take desperate measures.
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 06:17 (twelve years ago) link
a couple years ago a good friend lost her (wonderful) mother and when i got in the car to go to her funeral, this song popped on. that day never really had a chance anyway but i was a mess.
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 06:18 (twelve years ago) link
"me and julio" was my #2, and i really had to struggle between that and "kodachrome". could not deny those two. saved space for "mother and child reunion" at the end, but it's one of the choices i half want to 2nd guess in retrospect.
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 06:19 (twelve years ago) link
loving the photo selections, btw, lamp
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 06:21 (twelve years ago) link
haha despite the fact that only voted for 2 of these 10 songs i think theyre a pretty unfuckable with collection of total jamz, like every one of them has something remarkable about them, they are a testament
― Lamp, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 06:24 (twelve years ago) link
i didnt vote cos I dont know enough solo paul simon...
I always assumed "Punky's Dilemma" was beloved on ILM.
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 06:26 (twelve years ago) link
I guess my two SBoSW jams won't make it.
― Mike Love Costume Jewelry on Etsy (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 06:48 (twelve years ago) link
and
one of the only songs where i feel like it really is too low
go for me too. All permutations I could come up with for these results had 50 Ways top three.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 07:01 (twelve years ago) link
Not enough said about "I Know What I Know", so I'll say two things:
1. it's my favorite song on Graceland because it sounds like a real collaboration; it doesn't feel like he's either Paul Simon-ing all over a good backing track or trying and failing to sing in another idiom. "Mother and Child Reunion" is like that for me too -- his song fits with a way huge backing track that comes outside of Simon's cultural word, and something cool comes out of it.
2. Good Lord the video editing on that live Graceland video is SLOPPY. Watch for the bass player, Bakithi Kumalo: he's playing a fretless Washburn -- no wait, a fretted Fender -- no, the Washburn -- all inside a matter of seconds.
― Three Word Username, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 10:14 (twelve years ago) link
I know "Mrs. Robinson" belongs to that category of oppressively overplayed radio songs, but the Joe Dimaggio verse will never not amaze me. I think you have to place it in the context of its moment, and in the context of the rest of the song--the way it comes out of nowhere--to appreciate fully what I don't hesitate to call a flash of genius. "Mother and Child Reunion" is one of many songs from my favourite year, 1972--"Let's Stay Together," "Hello It's Me," "You Wear It Well," etc.--where nostalgia cuts very deep for me. Loved it on the radio then (I was 11), still do. (Unlike "Kodachrome," which I loved then and am indifferent to now.) Pretty sure I did not know what reggae music was in 1972.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 11:16 (twelve years ago) link
Kinda stunned BOTW is no higher than #17. Was my all too predictable #1 (I've been under its spell of late).
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 11:44 (twelve years ago) link
"Al" was my #1. It's a fab ringtone---those horns! But yeah, the last verse, I live that feeling. The poll with it & "Once in a Lifetime" is one of my fav ILM things.
― Euler, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 11:56 (twelve years ago) link
BOTW was my senior class song. It's rubbed me wrong ever since.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 11:59 (twelve years ago) link
Similar thing here. It was the only pop song my school choir was allowed to sing.
― And I have been called "The Appetite" (DL), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 12:05 (twelve years ago) link
xxxxp
Mother and Child Reunion, Let's Stay Together, Hello It's Me and You Wear It Well are all among my favorites too. cheers!
― gospodin simmel, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 12:58 (twelve years ago) link
"Al" was my #1 obv
"50 Ways" is the only big canonical Simon hit that i straight up don't get at all, i always want it to be better than it is
― some dude, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 12:59 (twelve years ago) link
it just feels like a novelty song, even with Simon's lyrics
"You Can Call Me Al" is kind of a brainier "Hot Hot Hot" (not in a bad way!).
Also, Simon mentioned in an interview (Songwriters on Songwriting) that "Mother and Child Reunion" as a title comes from a menu item featuring chicken and scrambled eggs.
Also, I completely forgot about "Mrs. Robinson"!
― "Flashy...hip" (Eazy), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 13:05 (twelve years ago) link
Chevy Chase should've done a "serious" Paul Simon video at some point, maybe as a Graham Greene-type guy in "The Cool, Cool River."
― "Flashy...hip" (Eazy), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 13:08 (twelve years ago) link
"50 Ways" was my #5, at least half because of Steve Gadd. Love that shuffle so much.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZZLLYEzKE8
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 13:27 (twelve years ago) link
yeah steve gadd absolutely kills that track
― max, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 13:28 (twelve years ago) link
i posted this on the other thread so i assume everyone who cares has heard it but i love this edit that removes the goofy chorus and adds a nice bass line
http://soundcloud.com/aordisco/50-ways-to-leave-your-lover-pollyns-re-edit-remix-paul-simon
― max, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 13:31 (twelve years ago) link
ha, that's interesting - but I for one welcome the goofy chorus. It's fun!
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 13:40 (twelve years ago) link
Lose the chorus and you lose the way he hits "discuuuuuss muuuch," which would make me sad.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 13:47 (twelve years ago) link
Simon mentioned in an interview (Songwriters on Songwriting) that "Mother and Child Reunion" as a title comes from a menu item featuring chicken and scrambled eggs.
...and "Yesterday" was originally called "Scrambled Eggs." The secret history of pop music coming into focus.
http://sp.life123.com/bm.pix/scrambled-eggs1---eggs-on-plate.s600x600.jpg
― clemenza, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 13:49 (twelve years ago) link
xpost:
Plus I think the goofy chorus is kind of the point of the song, which is a ribbing of '70s touchy-feeliness and therapy talk.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 13:50 (twelve years ago) link
xpost Few people know that "And I Will Always Love You" was originally titled "And I Will Always Love Juice," until Dolly Parton's conservative Southern management insisted it was too evocative of OJ Simpson and therefore of an interracial relationship.
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 13:52 (twelve years ago) link
The more you know
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 13:53 (twelve years ago) link
Also, goofy chorus is part of this ongoing thing we see where all this "adult" "grown-up" stuff paired with stuff that any kid is going to love singing along to.
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 13:53 (twelve years ago) link
I really like the 50 Ways edit - it's like a completely different song without the chorus.
'Lounge' is the mantra though - I can well imagine lounging, in a lounge, to that cut.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 13:56 (twelve years ago) link
Never seen that whole AOR Disco site before, what riches it promises.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 13:58 (twelve years ago) link
gdamn "50 ways" without the chorus is like christmas without presents or something
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 14:03 (twelve years ago) link
xxxxp More eggy Simon weirdness: "I Am The Walrus"' juxtaposition of eggmen/Humpty Dumpty and "coo coo ca-choo" ("Mrs. Robinson")
― Race Against Rockism (Myonga Vön Bontee), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 14:07 (twelve years ago) link
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, March 21, 2012 10:03 AM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
no dog its like christmas without church
― max, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 14:11 (twelve years ago) link
Church of the Bus Gus
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 14:13 (twelve years ago) link
Pastor Coy Roy officiating.
Don't need to repent, Kent.
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 14:36 (twelve years ago) link
no no you guys this one's pretty easy
"I look outside my window and I watch the Cars" - Paul is in London where Roy Thomas Baker is producing their debut, he sees them arriving at the studio daily for tracking"I fear I'll do some damage one fine day" - he is thinking of covering one of their songs in his own style"but I would not be found guilty by a jury of my peers" - old hippies will love my Cars cover no matter what it sounds like"still crazy after all these years" - I am an axe murderer
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, August 30, 2011 12:57 PM (6 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i think of this post every time it's "Paul Simon" time
― mom in the woods (Ówen P.), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 14:38 (twelve years ago) link
50 ways chorus prob most epitomizes the aspect of ps that i cant really deal with
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 14:47 (twelve years ago) link
xpost Ditto, I have cracked myself up to that whole sequence so many times.
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 14:48 (twelve years ago) link
lol yes, that post has given me a deep deep new appreciation of "still crazy."
― tylerw, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 14:56 (twelve years ago) link