Paul Simon - One Trick Pony, C or D

oh i'm just kidding around -- i love paul. it's just that clip shakey posted above is kinda hilarious.

"I know what a hook is"

haha. in general i just have a fascination with writer/director/stars who cast themselves in the role of the totally righteous person, while everyone else in the film is a complete idiot. except for the foxy blonde chick who sees your inner soulfulness. and knows who albert schweitzer is.

cocaine's a helluva drug

http://thedreamerofmusic.com/PICTURE/04%20Paul%20Simon%201980%20-%201985/1982%20with%20Carrie%20Fisher.jpg

Edie Brickell = second-rate Carrie Fisher knockoff

ouch!

hey, may we all be married to second-rate Princess Leia knockoffs.

amen

perhaps that is what will be written on Paul's tombstone ...

This was really great! Thanks cheapie MGM DVD reissue series. I knew this would be good when he got blown off the stage by the B-52s within the first 10 minutes. Also, Steve Gadd drum faces.

also Tiny Tim and his comic book-panel jacket!! This was kinda worth watching just for the cameos alone. Also lolz about his anti-war song not being included on the soundtrack

since there's no general Paul Simon thread I'll just put this here...

this dude sure has a lot of songs about Jesus/salvation for a Jewish guy

why is this not on netflix?

vastly unpopular?

I mean come on there's tons of stuff that isn't on netflix

this has hit streaming services so I watched it again and lol Simon is such a vacuum as an actor, even when he's got good dialogue to work with he delivers it like a (very short) inexpressive statue. also lol that he wrote THREE sex scenes with three different actresses for himself.

The best stuff about this movie is in the margins, all the cameos and tossed off jokes and incidental musical performances. The rest of it is just kinda saggy.

been keeping this album in rotation lately... all the super smooth, melancholy late-70s Sad Singer Songwriter stuff really works imho, both musically and lyrically. some tracks try to raise the energy level, with wildly mixed results - Late in the Evening is a monster; Ace in the Hole feels forced and cheesy, despite feeling more of a piece with the rest in terms of players/arrangement. as in the ballot poll thread, I must hopelessly rep for "Oh Marion," "That's Why God Made the Movies," and "God Bless the Absentee," all basically forgotten, lovely songs.

'How the Heart Approaches What it Yearns" also belongs in that category but i can't shake my syntactical discomfort with the title.

listening to this album for the first time & i find it so lush & beautiful, and just v warm-sounding. “soft parachutes” is incredible.

never seen the movie, may seek it out