honestly i think my inability to grok 'scarborough fair" is same as the rest of s&g. garfunkel's voice freezes everything in amber or something; it gives it this museum-like quality that makes me care less about it.
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:29 (twelve years ago) link
i just voted for what i was most into
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:29 (twelve years ago) link
i'm not into the whole "sound of silence"/"scarborough fair" vibe in general
― some dude, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:30 (twelve years ago) link
the s&g earnest dork vibe is tough to take
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:31 (twelve years ago) link
it's hilarious imo
― some dude, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:33 (twelve years ago) link
it is, in theory
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:34 (twelve years ago) link
im sort of a sucker for the sentimental.
― judith, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:39 (twelve years ago) link
i find the world weary sentimentality of his solo works so much more affecting
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:40 (twelve years ago) link
im not so discerning
― judith, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:41 (twelve years ago) link
wait r u switching to the s&g camp what happening here noooooooooo
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:42 (twelve years ago) link
i can totally understand not liking scarborough fair; between its englishness and its old-ness its not very simony at all
― max, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:45 (twelve years ago) link
garfunkel's voice freezes everything in amber or something; it gives it this museum-like quality that makes me care less about it.
That's part of my issue with BOTW. It's gorgeous and all, but inert.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:45 (twelve years ago) link
― max, Tuesday, March 20, 2012 11:45 AM (46 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yes i want my simon frontloaded. all simon all the time! sad eyes happy face! shouldering little kids out of the way when they step on his spotlight!
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:47 (twelve years ago) link
its a little disorienting to be reminded that there are people out there that have some notion that hazy shade of winter is a better song than gumboots for eg.
o but it is
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:47 (twelve years ago) link
lol have you ever seen that video of him playing anji w his brother on some show?
― judith, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:47 (twelve years ago) link
i mean scarborough fair is one of not many songs from simon that has a sense of history beyond the beginning of the 20th cent. i voted high partly because i am a sucker for that oldness tho
― max, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:48 (twelve years ago) link
u like museums
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:49 (twelve years ago) link
i find it endearing, actually. and the solo simon diffident hipster vibe can be similarly grating.
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:50 (twelve years ago) link
i think its kind of cool/amazing that s&g were able to take this centuries-old song and make it into a fairly big hit, and even somewhat 'relevant' w/ the addition of 'canticle' (which is a little on-the-nose). also its gorgeous! i mean its so beautiful! its dorky but
― max, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:50 (twelve years ago) link
haha i LOVE museums. i wish i had been a history major.
― max, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:51 (twelve years ago) link
diffident hipster 4 lyfe
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:51 (twelve years ago) link
s&g can feel so academic whereas simon solo has a cheeky passion for gaudiness. his solo work often has this weirdly subtle approach to garish sound palettes.
― judith, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:52 (twelve years ago) link
some very strange #1 choices so far imho
― the sir edmund hillary of sitting through pauly shore films (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:52 (twelve years ago) link
i really wish 'u like museums' had been intended as a diss
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:52 (twelve years ago) link
it was more of a connection between art garfunkel's museumy voice and max
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:53 (twelve years ago) link
now i am regretting voting for it just because ive convinced myself that its not really paul simon-like at all, so ancient and oblique
― max, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:53 (twelve years ago) link
i never know what to do with myself in museums tbrr. i like history, though! i'm a fan. history's cool.
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:54 (twelve years ago) link
lol i figured 'u like museums' was indeed a diss but its a diss im willing to embrace
― max, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:54 (twelve years ago) link
it wouldve made a wonderful zing
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:54 (twelve years ago) link
hey horseshoe i think in museums you walk around and look at things but idk its been a while
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:55 (twelve years ago) link
s&g sold a lotta records for feelin' so academic
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:56 (twelve years ago) link
i don't think s&g feels academic; those songs feel like they're remote.
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:57 (twelve years ago) link
neway in retrospect i shdve made cool cool river my #2, or possibly even my #1
― max, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:57 (twelve years ago) link
except i'm lying because i like a lot of them and also don't know most of them
cool cool river was my #2. you're a good kid, max.
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:58 (twelve years ago) link
"the pressure of language" -- what a phrase!
― max, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:58 (twelve years ago) link
oh hmm lyrics sites are telling me its "the crusher of language"
― max, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:59 (twelve years ago) link
i am going to ignore jho's impugning of my museum etiquette; it's not like i go to museums and get up on tables and yell or touch all the artifacts with my greasy living fingers or anything
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:59 (twelve years ago) link
no it's definitely "the pressure of language" lyrics sites are so dumm
the whole folk music revival bleeker st w/e scene birthed some of the most disingenuous vibes in all history is basically what it comes down to
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 15:59 (twelve years ago) link
those vibes should be put in a museum
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 16:00 (twelve years ago) link
i mean academic like "this is how you write a good harmony" and "this is a metaphor" there's a dryness in the approach, musty and academic. bridge over troubled water is great bc of how often it seems so frayed and frazzled but PSRT canticle my ass iirc.
― judith, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 16:01 (twelve years ago) link
HS you should check out the met when you visit next week
― max, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 16:02 (twelve years ago) link
plenty to gawk at there
― judith, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 16:02 (twelve years ago) link
i also love scarborough fair because the refrain is so funny, just reciting herbs i mean
― max, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 16:03 (twelve years ago) link
"Rene & Georgette" was my #1.
― any major prude will tell you (WmC), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 16:03 (twelve years ago) link
wikipedia: "One common theory is that they are the ingredients for stuffing used in many baked poultry dishes.[3]"
interesting theory, wikipedia
listened some more to the Late Great Johnny Ace... the lyric is pretty good but man I don't get the appeal of this song, really. the melody is a bit of a mess, slides around all these awkward chord changes, there's no hook, etc.
― the sir edmund hillary of sitting through pauly shore films (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 16:04 (twelve years ago) link
i think it's the reciting of herbs thing that always got me. we had to sing "scarborough fair" in the s&g medley in middle school and i was like, really?
xp haha i saw that wikipedia "theory"
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 16:04 (twelve years ago) link