Enjoyed this, thanks.
1. “The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)” (40)2. “Mrs. Robinson” (36)3. “At the Zoo” (33)4. “April Come She Will” (30)5. “Mother and Child Reunion” (28)6. “The Only Living Boy in New York” (26)7. “Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard” (25)8. “Scarborough Fair/Canticle” (24)9. “Cecilia” (23)10. “America” (22)11. “Blues Run the Game” (21)12. “Fakin’ It” (20)
My "Blues Run the Game" vote was for the song more than the version--so good that it's able to withstand a real mismatch.
― clemenza, Sunday, 25 March 2012 03:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
From jaymc's private-room karaoke outing:
― (Dre) vs. (Eazy), Sunday, 25 March 2012 14:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
Haha awesome
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 25 March 2012 17:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
― (Dre) vs. (Eazy), Sunday, 25 March 2012 17:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Monday, 26 March 2012 02:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
So can we explain all the photos now?
#40 - FAKIN' IT
#39 - THE LATE GREAT JOHNNY ACE
#38 - THE 59th STREET BRIDGE SONG (FEELIN' GROOVY)
#37 - AT THE ZOO
#36 - KEEP THE CUSTOMER SATISFIED
#35 - MY LITTLE TOWN
#34 - TRAIN IN THE DISTANCE
#33 - STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS
#32 - SO LONG, FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
#31 - GUMBOOTS
#30 - SCARBOROUGH FAIR/CANTICLE
#29 - HOMEWARD BOUND
#28 - BORN AT THE RIGHT TIME
#27 - AMERICAN TUNE
#26 - A HAZY SHADE OF WINTER
#25 - THE COOL, COOL RIVER
#24 - PEACE LIKE A RIVER
#23 - I KNOW WHAT I KNOW
#22 - SLIP SLIDIN' AWAY
#21 - RENE & GEORGETTE MAGRITTE WITH THEIR DOG AFTER THE WAR
#20 - THE SOUND OF SILENCE
#19 - I AM A ROCK
#18 - YOU CAN CALL ME AL
#17 - BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER
#16 - MRS. ROBINSON
#15 - LATE IN THE EVENING
#14 - HEARTS AND BONES
#13 - KODACHROME
#12 - 50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER
#11 - MOTHER AND CHILD REUNION
#10 - THE BOXER
#09 - THE BOY IN THE BUBBLE
#08 - DIAMONDS ON THE SOLES OF HER SHOES
#07 - CECILIA
#06 - THE OBVIOUS CHILD
#05 - AMERICA
#04 - DUNCAN
#03 - ME AND JULIO DOWN BY THE SCHOOLYARD
#02 - THE ONLY LIVING BOY IN NEW YORK
#01 - GRACELAND
I'll start:
#40 - FAKIN' IT -
#39 - THE LATE GREAT JOHNNY ACE -
#38 - THE 59th STREET BRIDGE SONG (FEELIN' GROOVY) - Officially known as the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge, f.k.a. the Queensboro Bridge, f.k.a. the 59th St. Bridge, currently not called the Ed Koch Bridge by anyone except Ed Koch.
#37 - AT THE ZOO -
#36 - KEEP THE CUSTOMER SATISFIED -
#35 - MY LITTLE TOWN -
#34 - TRAIN IN THE DISTANCE -
#33 - STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS -
#32 - SO LONG, FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT - The Heller House
#31 - GUMBOOTS -
#30 - SCARBOROUGH FAIR/CANTICLE -
#29 - HOMEWARD BOUND -
#28 - BORN AT THE RIGHT TIME -
#27 - AMERICAN TUNE -
#26 - A HAZY SHADE OF WINTER -
#25 - THE COOL, COOL RIVER -
#24 - PEACE LIKE A RIVER -
#23 - I KNOW WHAT I KNOW -
#22 - SLIP SLIDIN' AWAY -
#21 - RENE & GEORGETTE MAGRITTE WITH THEIR DOG AFTER THE WAR -
#20 - THE SOUND OF SILENCE -
#19 - I AM A ROCK -
#18 - YOU CAN CALL ME AL -
#17 - BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER -
#16 - MRS. ROBINSON -
#15 - LATE IN THE EVENING -
#14 - HEARTS AND BONES -
#13 - KODACHROME -
#12 - 50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER -
#11 - MOTHER AND CHILD REUNION -
#10 - THE BOXER -
#09 - THE BOY IN THE BUBBLE -
#08 - DIAMONDS ON THE SOLES OF HER SHOES -
#07 - CECILIA -
#06 - THE OBVIOUS CHILD -
#05 - AMERICA -
#04 - DUNCAN -
#03 - ME AND JULIO DOWN BY THE SCHOOLYARD -
#02 - THE ONLY LIVING BOY IN NEW YORK -
#01 - GRACELAND -
― Hideous Lump, Monday, 26 March 2012 03:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
Oh, not allowed to post more than 10 photos at a time, eh? Hold on a minute...
― Hideous Lump, Monday, 26 March 2012 03:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
p sure theyre all just gis results
― lag∞n, Monday, 26 March 2012 03:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
Search terms: "museum" "wizard" "short" "drug lord"
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 26 March 2012 03:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
i don't think you need to do this, the pictures aren't hard to find
― JIM THOMETHEUS (zachlyon), Monday, 26 March 2012 03:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
the picture of 'my little town' is of a little town. it is in black and white.
the picture of 'train in the distance' is a train in the distance. it is in black and white.
― JIM THOMETHEUS (zachlyon), Monday, 26 March 2012 03:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Hideous Lump, Monday, 26 March 2012 03:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
'still crazy after all these years' is a young gerald ford.
'graceland' is the entrance to area 51, famous "x-files" hot spot
― JIM THOMETHEUS (zachlyon), Monday, 26 March 2012 03:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
'slip slidin' away' is the travolator, a notable slip 'n' slide
― JIM THOMETHEUS (zachlyon), Monday, 26 March 2012 03:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
'peace like a river' is the opening scene of the big chill
― JIM THOMETHEUS (zachlyon), Monday, 26 March 2012 03:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Hideous Lump, Monday, 26 March 2012 03:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
'i am a rock' is rock heberly, notable pianist
― JIM THOMETHEUS (zachlyon), Monday, 26 March 2012 03:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
'kodachrome' is a big ol butt
think that's all of them
― JIM THOMETHEUS (zachlyon), Monday, 26 March 2012 03:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Hideous Lump, Monday, 26 March 2012 03:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yes I do. I'm insufferably anal.
Thank you and good night.
― Hideous Lump, Monday, 26 March 2012 03:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
You can tell because Kevin Costner isn't in it.
― Hideous Lump, Monday, 26 March 2012 03:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
This thread got me listening to a bunch of Psul Simon (& Garfunkel) much to the elation of my husband, who'd been working on me for the last 7 years. I'm in love! I also feel like a ~genius~ because he put on April Come She Will and told me how sad it was and at the end I said 'ahhh, hurry to us summer!' and looked at him and he had this 'omg of course' look on his face. To be fair he heard most of these songs as a child. Still. Thanks for this thread guys!
Please don't call me Al though. Lex only!!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Monday, 26 March 2012 18:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
how many of these were about Carrie Fisher btw?
I read a recent interview with CF; it said they "saw" each other off and on for years after their marriage.
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Monday, 26 March 2012 20:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
really? wow...
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 26 March 2012 20:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
Great poll, too bad I forgot to vote in this. I've been listening to Paul Simon nonstop for the past couple of days and it's amazing how great he still sounds at age 70.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Friday, 30 March 2012 12:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol@ Bridge placing #17. ILM contrarianism rides again.
― Cunga, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 23:41 (11 months ago) Permalink
I guess I was a contrarian as a 10 yo then, cuz it has always been my least favorite song on the album. Bombast at the end is just too much.
― the alternate vision continues his vision quest! (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 23:42 (11 months ago) Permalink
Bombast at the end? Come on -- maybe--maybe--the orchestra climb to the final chord is over the top. But Artie's vocal climax is powerful as hell.
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 23:49 (11 months ago) Permalink
I'd think it'd be every single artist covering it at some point in the 70s that'd turn you off of it forever.
― Cunga, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 23:52 (11 months ago) Permalink
I started watching the Harmony Game documentary about the making of Bridge Over Troubled Water
Guh. The problem is that now that Simon & Garfunkel are two of the most celebrated singers in the universe and they know it and they kind of like it...listening to them talk about the process is GROSS because they can't do it without subtly referring to how awesome they are and Garfunkel is so FULL of himself and oh it was so depressing.
It reminded me of trying to watch the Classic Albums episode of Fleetwood Mac's Rumors -- I like the album so much I forgot 'oh wait they're kind of assholes now this is going to suck'
so I gave up. :(
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 15 July 2012 20:28 (11 months ago) Permalink
I guess I was a contrarian as a 10 yo then,Just a 10 year-old contrarian,Contrary as can be.My mama'd take me too the parkAnd try to buy me ice creamI said Mama, no, no ice cream for me.
― Odd Spice (Eazy), Sunday, 15 July 2012 21:57 (11 months ago) Permalink
Once I was down in ChinatownI was eatin' some Lin's Chow FunI happened to turn aroundAnd when I looked I seen my Chow Fun's gone
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 1 November 2012 02:04 (7 months ago) Permalink
I'm really surprised by the high regard for "Graceland." Always thought it was one of the weaker moments on the album, myself. Regardless, let it be said that Paul Simon is probably the greatest American songwriter of the past 50 years.
― Poliopolice, Thursday, 1 November 2012 03:16 (7 months ago) Permalink
I kind of agree -- and was really interested to see him say on that Classic Albums special that he believed it was the best thing he ever wrote. His discussion of the song is a great sequence on that.
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 1 November 2012 17:43 (7 months ago) Permalink
I didn't know there were enough Paul Simon die-hards on here to conduct a Paul Simon poll.
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Thursday, 1 November 2012 17:48 (7 months ago) Permalink
got some news for ya
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 1 November 2012 17:50 (7 months ago) Permalink
and wtf is Homeward Bound doing at 29. there's no fucking way DUNCAN beats that
― Poliopolice, Thursday, 1 November 2012 18:06 (7 months ago) Permalink
IIRC, "Duncan" doesn't sound like a museum.
― 50 Shades of Greil (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 1 November 2012 18:17 (7 months ago) Permalink
Homeward Bound almost made me cry on bus home to Toronto after SImon & Garfunkle (& Pulp)-laden NYC trip. <3
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Thursday, 1 November 2012 18:50 (7 months ago) Permalink
Duncan wasn't really bigged up that much on the voting thread either; I like the unexpected consensi that these polls throw up.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 1 November 2012 19:06 (7 months ago) Permalink