have you ever experienced a period of gracewhen your brain just takes a seat behind your face
― horseshoe, Thursday, 22 March 2012 15:29 (twelve years ago) link
I like the subtitles on this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5--Sje98jI
― "Flashy...hip" (Eazy), Thursday, 22 March 2012 17:50 (twelve years ago) link
I was thinking a little more about the awesomeness of "50 Ways" this morning and how darkly hilarious it is -- by far his funniest song for me. Narrator is a pulling a total dick move, cheating on his girlfriend and dithering over whether to break up with her or not, but not really whether but how. In order not to have to think about what a creep he's being to her, he and the girl he's cheating with are laying it out so genteel-ly -- "it grieves me so to see you in such pain" instead of "christ, this bitch is total dead weight, dump her already". But the mask of delicate rhymes and instrumentation slips during the chorus and we see that this is just a cheating schmuck and the next-girlfriend figuring out how to dump the last-girlfriend.
Also, if Simon had never written it, it surely would have shown up on ILX by now: "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover: A List Thread"
― any major prude will tell you (WmC), Thursday, March 22, 2012 10:08 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
excellent post, it's a really funny song!
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 22 March 2012 17:58 (twelve years ago) link
Hey thanks to this thread I just bought the five albums Bookends through Still Crazy. Thanks, thread.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Friday, 23 March 2012 10:17 (twelve years ago) link
Get in the que, 'shoe
― "Flashy...hip" (Eazy), Friday, 23 March 2012 14:25 (twelve years ago) link
queue
Greg, do those come with the extra tracks still?
― "Flashy...hip" (Eazy), Friday, 23 March 2012 14:26 (twelve years ago) link
Looks like the versions I bought have about 2-4 bonus tracks on them, mostly demo versions of tracks on the album.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Friday, 23 March 2012 14:37 (twelve years ago) link
It sounds like the same editions as on spotify. Those demos are some of my favourite versions.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 23 March 2012 14:51 (twelve years ago) link
just heard "rewrite" on the radio of all places. you could say he's just reworking "slip slidin'" but damn these lines kill me.
I’ll eliminate the pagesWhere the father has a breakdownAnd he has to leave the familyBut he really meant no harmGonna substitute a car chaseAnd a race across the rooftopsWhen the father saves the childrenAnd he holds them in his arms
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Friday, 23 March 2012 18:09 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, ridiculously moving lines. they definitely sneak up on you.
― tylerw, Friday, 23 March 2012 18:17 (twelve years ago) link
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee366/lamp11/10TheBOxer.jpg#10 THE BOXER1969389 points/17 votes/0 #1 votes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdKjEHfHINQ
― Lamp, Friday, 23 March 2012 18:17 (twelve years ago) link
HI LAMP!
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 23 March 2012 18:18 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, knew that would make it! how could it not? lie la lie.
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Friday, 23 March 2012 18:21 (twelve years ago) link
I love wondering how those kinds of choruses come about, like if they just had it as a placeholder til they got some words to fit it and decided that it sounded really good that way
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 23 March 2012 18:23 (twelve years ago) link
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee366/lamp11/09TheBoy.jpg#09 THE BOY IN THE BUBBLE1986430 points/17 votes/1 #1 votehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1ki3AbK8tM
― Lamp, Friday, 23 March 2012 18:28 (twelve years ago) link
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Friday, March 23, 2012 2:09 PM (22 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah i love this one. feels like it wouldn't be out of place on still crazy or something. voted for it, probably too low.
― horseshoe, Friday, 23 March 2012 18:33 (twelve years ago) link
also love the whole vietnam-vet-working-at-the-carwash premise
― horseshoe, Friday, 23 March 2012 18:34 (twelve years ago) link
Slow down! (I thought Bubble'd be higher)
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 23 March 2012 18:35 (twelve years ago) link
this poll is staccato signals of constant information
― horseshoe, Friday, 23 March 2012 18:36 (twelve years ago) link
probably not a loose affiliation of millionaires and billionares, though
meh, bubble
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Friday, 23 March 2012 18:36 (twelve years ago) link
>:[
― horseshoe, Friday, 23 March 2012 18:37 (twelve years ago) link
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee366/lamp11/08Diamonds.jpg#08 DIAMONDS ON THE SOLES OF HER SHOES1986446 points/22 votes/1 #1 votehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf4YyXVoWeA
― Lamp, Friday, 23 March 2012 18:37 (twelve years ago) link
so i vowed to cut all graceland tracks from my ballot so it wasn't 75 songs long but when i tried to cut "diamonds on the soles of her shoes" i heard a high-pitched yelp of protest, which was me. i could say ooo-oooo-oooo and everybody here would know just what i was talking about.
― horseshoe, Friday, 23 March 2012 18:38 (twelve years ago) link
also love that image for it, Lamp!
I placed Diamonds pretty high, it's a great song.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 23 March 2012 18:39 (twelve years ago) link
it is the beautifulest
― horseshoe, Friday, 23 March 2012 18:39 (twelve years ago) link
Kicking myself for not making "Diamonds" #1 - it's just too perfect and hits all the key Simon notes - gentle observation, well-chosen details, little scenes of life where really big important things seem to be at stake, great melody, wistful overtone, humor, and memorable turns of phrase where I'm not entirely sure what it means but I know what it means. Beautiful song.
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 23 March 2012 18:39 (twelve years ago) link
"diamonds on the soles of her shoes" otoh, is one of the greatest songs simon (or whoever) ever wrote, so fuck yes.
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Friday, 23 March 2012 18:40 (twelve years ago) link
Simon has some of the best imagery in his songwriting, fuckin love this guy for real
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 23 March 2012 18:41 (twelve years ago) link
Love 'Boy in the Bubble', it's such a strange sounding record, the way it lumbers into life and then becomes a slinky, sinuous beast never fails to thrill.
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Friday, 23 March 2012 18:42 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i'd see no shame in placing boy in the bubble and graceland 1/2 tbh.
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Friday, 23 March 2012 18:47 (twelve years ago) link
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee366/lamp11/07Cecelia.jpg#07 CECILIA1970453 points/18 votes/1 #1 votehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5_QV97eYqM
― Lamp, Friday, 23 March 2012 18:47 (twelve years ago) link
i dropped diamonds from my ballot b/c it is so good and i used to be so obsessed w/ it and it was like, i cant, i dont want to even think about it, anyway i hate my ballot, what a stupid ballot
― max, Friday, 23 March 2012 18:48 (twelve years ago) link
aw it is an impossible poll, max!
― horseshoe, Friday, 23 March 2012 18:48 (twelve years ago) link
I didn't think cecilia would place. Lovely pop song, but it's got to be more than that to be classic Paullie
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 23 March 2012 18:49 (twelve years ago) link
people looooooove cecilia, though. it does sound pretty amazing. i didn't vote for it.
― horseshoe, Friday, 23 March 2012 18:50 (twelve years ago) link
can't believe i have to go to work in the middle of the top ten, such an indignity
i will say this for cecilia: it doesn't sound like a museum
― horseshoe, Friday, 23 March 2012 18:51 (twelve years ago) link
i was the first place vote for 'diamonds' and 'cecilia' was, coincidentally, my 20th place vote. 'diamonds' was the first paul simon song i really loved its soft and sad and perfect the way the first minute or so wistfully lays out the premise, the ta-na-nas coming out almost resigned, and then the terrific insight of 'you're taking me for granted because i please you' and then the song starts to expand and brighten but stays a little forlorn 'putting on aftershave' the fantastic horns and the ooh-oohs its just such a perfect song
― Lamp, Friday, 23 March 2012 18:53 (twelve years ago) link
My perception may be coloured by first knowing it through Suggs' version.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 23 March 2012 18:54 (twelve years ago) link
yeah the beginning of "diamonds" i will never get sick of
xp
― horseshoe, Friday, 23 March 2012 18:54 (twelve years ago) link
also the second verse
by the bodegas and the lights on upper broadway
― tylerw, Friday, 23 March 2012 18:57 (twelve years ago) link
Cecilia!!!! Lamp that pic is perfection
I love everything about this song, AND IT HAS HANDCLAPS.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 23 March 2012 18:57 (twelve years ago) link
jubilaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaation
surprised by "cecilia" tbh -- just always sounded throwaway to me. not, like, casually-tossed-off greatness but actual throwaway.
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Friday, 23 March 2012 18:58 (twelve years ago) link
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee366/lamp11/06TheObvious.jpg#06 THE OBVIOUS CHILD1990459 points/19 votes/2 #1 voteshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HKNAhAxMAk&ob=av2e
― Lamp, Friday, 23 March 2012 18:58 (twelve years ago) link
xpost whut
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 23 March 2012 18:58 (twelve years ago) link
man these results are really interesting.
Love Obvious Child, love love love love
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 23 March 2012 18:59 (twelve years ago) link