I'm sorry but Paul Simon is so overrated

xxp phew ok good, i was a little worried

well there's nothing wrong with a children's song! "slip sliding"'s music is pleasant enough. the lyric is the kinda thing that if it weren't beloved Paul S everybody'd be "thanks dad for the preachy information, can't make it out to the house this weekend but I'll be sure to write" about

yeah i'm not a huge fan of slip sliding away either

He was 36 when the song came out -- what is the age when the cosmic egg-timer dings and it's ok to be world weary?

when you've retired from writing pop songs

for me hearts and bones is his number one best song, i also love born at the right time and peace like a river

It's not a favorite but it's on my short list of Good Songs Recorded for Compilations. Plus, I love that part after the chorus where he sticks in a couple of faster acoustic strums.

sometimes i listen to hearts and bones and i am amazed

c'mon aero, dude was about 23 or 24 when he wrote "Richard Cory," you know well that most lyricists hit their stride mid-30s.

also i love those strums

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Yes, the list of Not So Good Songs Recorded for Compilations is a lot longer.

He was 36 when the song came out -- what is the age when the cosmic egg-timer dings and it's ok to be world weary?

― L.P. Hovercraft (WmC), Monday, August 8, 2011 10:57 AM (1 minute ago)]

most of the S&G stuff, esp early, is way too coffeehouse earnest

sometimes i listen to hearts and bones and i am amazed

― ℗⎣▲✘ (ico), Monday, August 8, 2011 10:00 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

<3 u

c'mon aero, dude was about 23 or 24 when he wrote "Richard Cory," you know well that most lyricists hit their stride mid-30s.

― satan club sandwich (Dr Morbius), Monday, August 8, 2011 11:01 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

this is what im saying--leonard cohen didnt start singing till he was in his mid 30s

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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 (13 minutes ago) Bookmark

^^

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lfZqH9J07J0/TNnH2cicGKI/AAAAAAAAATc/yGYgY9SRnsc/s1600/royal-tenenbaums-560.jpg
I'm talking about taking it out and chopping it up

sheesh, btwn some of the opinions expressed on this thread, the OUTRAGE over the john maus non-controversy, and someone saying that Caroline No's lyrics are misogynistic, and someone else saying that Don't Worry Baby is mostly about some guy and his car i have never been smdh so much reading ilm as i have in the past couple of days

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