Are they planning anything for the 10th anniversary of the Slanted & Enchanted 10th anniversary reissue?
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:44 (twelve years ago) link
hoffs looks more baked than blessed
― buzza, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:45 (twelve years ago) link
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee366/lamp11/20Sounds.jpg#20 THE SOUND OF SILENCE1964/1965 (single)255 points/11 votes/0 #1 voteshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YSh1-XuUKE
― Lamp, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 05:36 (twelve years ago) link
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee366/lamp11/19IAmARock.jpg#19 I AM A ROCK1965 (simon solo)/1966 (simon & garfunkel) 257 points/13 votes/0 #1 voteshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKY-smJ6aBQ
― Lamp, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 05:41 (twelve years ago) link
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee366/lamp11/18YouCanCall.jpg#18 YOU CAN CALL ME AL1986260 points/11 votes/3 #1 voteshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq-gYOrU8bA&ob=av2e
― Lamp, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 05:45 (twelve years ago) link
#20 THE SOUND OF SILENCE
woo! and we're back. fickin' love this song. sounds like a museum. (my highest vote yet to place: in @ #8)
also voted for "i am a rock", but seriously regret it in light of "peace like a river"
kind of hate "you can call me al", despite the angels in the architecture, angels, hallelujah!
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 05:46 (twelve years ago) link
must specify here that i voted "i am a rock" solo version
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 05:47 (twelve years ago) link
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee366/lamp11/17BridgeOver.jpg#17 BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER1970265 points/10 votes/1 #1 votehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_a46WJ1viA
― Lamp, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 05:50 (twelve years ago) link
I have a love hate relationship with You Can Call Me AL
<3 Bridge over Troubled Water though and goddamn I wish it was higher
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 05:51 (twelve years ago) link
whatever "you can call me al" is gr8 also look at lil paul simon in the video he cracks me up. i didn't vote for it btw :(
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 05:52 (twelve years ago) link
it just feels like a novelty song, even with Simon's lyrics
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 05:53 (twelve years ago) link
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee366/lamp11/16MrsRobinson.jpg#16 MRS. ROBINSON1967 (graduate soundtrack version)/1968 (album and single release)284 points/12 votes/0 #1 voteshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_jmDscGi7E
― Lamp, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 05:54 (twelve years ago) link
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee366/lamp11/15Latein.jpg#15 LATE IN THE EVENING 1980353 points/16 votes/1 #1 votehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57RIlznOpDM
― Lamp, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 05:58 (twelve years ago) link
"late in the evening" is a good song. not better than "peace like a river."
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 05:59 (twelve years ago) link
btw on the solo version of "i am a rock" simon sings it all raw and intense and kind of sounds like a serial killer.
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 06:00 (twelve years ago) link
oh, man, "mrs robinson". if i'm being brutally honest with myself, one of my favorite songs of all time, bar none. i freeze up and tune in every time i hear it, no matter where i am, no matter what i'm doing. even if it's the lemonheads cover. have loved that song desperately my whole life long, and i've never grown in the least bit tired of it. had it at #6, and i'm not sure i could bring myself to change that, which only shows how weirdly important S&G and paul are to me.
love "late in the evening", too, but nowhere near as much. cut "bridge over troubled water" at the last moment am at peace with that decision.
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 06:01 (twelve years ago) link
I'm sad that Late In The Evening is not even top 10, which makes me reallllly curious as to what's in store.
These results are really interesting!
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 06:02 (twelve years ago) link
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee366/lamp11/14Hearts.jpg#14 HEARTS AND BONES1983363 points/13 votes/3 #1 voteshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZ425RKCqco
― Lamp, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 06:03 (twelve years ago) link
fwiw hearts and bones had the highest average vote placement of any song with 2+ votes and for a long time had the most #1 votes of any track.
― Lamp, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 06:04 (twelve years ago) link
also fwiw 'i am a rock' was really high on my own ballot, i think its one of the best s&g tracks and the guitar playing is just incredibly satisfying. the song has a lot of momentum and feeling to it, its the sort of song that you find yourself singing along to with unexpected confidence and passion, and the chorus is simple but just deeply effective.
― Lamp, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 06:07 (twelve years ago) link
a moment in "hearts and bones" that i love is "his hands rolling down her hair"
xp yeah "i am a rock" is great; its placement on my own ballot is sort of arbitrary but i love it. my sister was listening to it the other day and pointedly asked me if i identified it. offense taken.
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 06:08 (twelve years ago) link
identified with it. paul simon evidently renders me unable to type.
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 06:09 (twelve years ago) link
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee366/lamp11/13kodachrome.jpg#13 KODACHROME 1972/1973 (single)373 points/17 votes/1 #1 votehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLsDxvAErTU
― Lamp, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 06:10 (twelve years ago) link
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee366/lamp11/1250Ways.jpg#12 50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER1975386 points/15 votes/0 #1 voteshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=298nld4Yfds
― Lamp, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 06:11 (twelve years ago) link
"50 ways to leave your lover" is so fun. guys, it's really not better than "peace like a river."
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 06:12 (twelve years ago) link
hop on the bus, gusyou don't need to discuss muuuuuuuuch
haha not sure what happened there? anyway one of the only songs where i feel like it really is too low. im not even that huge a fan of '50 ways' but it just feels like such an important ~paul simon song~ that im kinda bummed it missed the top ten
― Lamp, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 06:13 (twelve years ago) link
i said "i appreciate that" and could you please explaaaaaainabout the 50 ways...
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 06:15 (twelve years ago) link
oh holy shit, guys, "kodachrome" (my #1!) and "50 ways to leave your lover" both waaaaaay too low. what church will you not burn?
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 06:15 (twelve years ago) link
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee366/lamp11/11Mother.jpg#11 MOTHER AND CHILD REUNION1972388 points/15 votes/0 #1 voteshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pa5H_4lBXs
― Lamp, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 06:17 (twelve years ago) link
on the first three solo albums i didn't vote for any of the big singles so i could have room for beloved album tracks. this is a big lie, especially in the case of "me and julio" but look this poll was way too hard and i needed to take desperate measures.
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 06:17 (twelve years ago) link
a couple years ago a good friend lost her (wonderful) mother and when i got in the car to go to her funeral, this song popped on. that day never really had a chance anyway but i was a mess.
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 06:18 (twelve years ago) link
"me and julio" was my #2, and i really had to struggle between that and "kodachrome". could not deny those two. saved space for "mother and child reunion" at the end, but it's one of the choices i half want to 2nd guess in retrospect.
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 06:19 (twelve years ago) link
loving the photo selections, btw, lamp
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 06:21 (twelve years ago) link
haha despite the fact that only voted for 2 of these 10 songs i think theyre a pretty unfuckable with collection of total jamz, like every one of them has something remarkable about them, they are a testament
― Lamp, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 06:24 (twelve years ago) link
i didnt vote cos I dont know enough solo paul simon...
I always assumed "Punky's Dilemma" was beloved on ILM.
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 06:26 (twelve years ago) link
I guess my two SBoSW jams won't make it.
― Mike Love Costume Jewelry on Etsy (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 06:48 (twelve years ago) link
and
one of the only songs where i feel like it really is too low
go for me too. All permutations I could come up with for these results had 50 Ways top three.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 07:01 (twelve years ago) link
Not enough said about "I Know What I Know", so I'll say two things:
1. it's my favorite song on Graceland because it sounds like a real collaboration; it doesn't feel like he's either Paul Simon-ing all over a good backing track or trying and failing to sing in another idiom. "Mother and Child Reunion" is like that for me too -- his song fits with a way huge backing track that comes outside of Simon's cultural word, and something cool comes out of it.
2. Good Lord the video editing on that live Graceland video is SLOPPY. Watch for the bass player, Bakithi Kumalo: he's playing a fretless Washburn -- no wait, a fretted Fender -- no, the Washburn -- all inside a matter of seconds.
― Three Word Username, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 10:14 (twelve years ago) link
I know "Mrs. Robinson" belongs to that category of oppressively overplayed radio songs, but the Joe Dimaggio verse will never not amaze me. I think you have to place it in the context of its moment, and in the context of the rest of the song--the way it comes out of nowhere--to appreciate fully what I don't hesitate to call a flash of genius. "Mother and Child Reunion" is one of many songs from my favourite year, 1972--"Let's Stay Together," "Hello It's Me," "You Wear It Well," etc.--where nostalgia cuts very deep for me. Loved it on the radio then (I was 11), still do. (Unlike "Kodachrome," which I loved then and am indifferent to now.) Pretty sure I did not know what reggae music was in 1972.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 11:16 (twelve years ago) link
Kinda stunned BOTW is no higher than #17. Was my all too predictable #1 (I've been under its spell of late).
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 11:44 (twelve years ago) link
"Al" was my #1. It's a fab ringtone---those horns! But yeah, the last verse, I live that feeling. The poll with it & "Once in a Lifetime" is one of my fav ILM things.
― Euler, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 11:56 (twelve years ago) link
BOTW was my senior class song. It's rubbed me wrong ever since.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 11:59 (twelve years ago) link
Similar thing here. It was the only pop song my school choir was allowed to sing.
― And I have been called "The Appetite" (DL), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 12:05 (twelve years ago) link
xxxxp
Mother and Child Reunion, Let's Stay Together, Hello It's Me and You Wear It Well are all among my favorites too. cheers!
― gospodin simmel, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 12:58 (twelve years ago) link
"Al" was my #1 obv
"50 Ways" is the only big canonical Simon hit that i straight up don't get at all, i always want it to be better than it is
― some dude, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 12:59 (twelve years ago) link
"You Can Call Me Al" is kind of a brainier "Hot Hot Hot" (not in a bad way!).
Also, Simon mentioned in an interview (Songwriters on Songwriting) that "Mother and Child Reunion" as a title comes from a menu item featuring chicken and scrambled eggs.
Also, I completely forgot about "Mrs. Robinson"!
― "Flashy...hip" (Eazy), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 13:05 (twelve years ago) link
Chevy Chase should've done a "serious" Paul Simon video at some point, maybe as a Graham Greene-type guy in "The Cool, Cool River."
― "Flashy...hip" (Eazy), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 13:08 (twelve years ago) link
"50 Ways" was my #5, at least half because of Steve Gadd. Love that shuffle so much.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZZLLYEzKE8
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 13:27 (twelve years ago) link
yeah steve gadd absolutely kills that track
― max, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 13:28 (twelve years ago) link