lazylemming wrote:

I have to agree. I was able to appreciate it when it came out, but two years later I'm starting to enjoy it.

otto63 wrote:

A descending funeral? Hmmmm??? Works for me.

i love the stylistic change of the song once he receives "a letter from home". the buzz disappears and the acoustic guitar levels rise. it took me some time to appreciate this song, but once i did i really liked it.

edwardsprague wrote:

I'm with you, Edward. I'm old enough to have enjoyed his entire body of work. He keeps evolving, experimenting. How many 60-year-old songwriters can say that?

Paul Simon continues to be one of our best songwriters. I know it is a far cry from graceland but trying to recapture that sound would just be getting stuck in the past.

zipper wrote:
what? you really like everything about the song except for the "bzz" so it gets a 2? i wonder what you'd rate something you absolutely hate

I really like this song.

...but as a general rule, any song that has lyrics that rhyme "life" with "strife" annoys me- way over done in way too many songs.

I'm one of the biggest proponents of artists evolving. But somehow, for some reason, this just doesn't work for me. I'm not trying to force Simon into a life of nothing but Graceland, but this line of music doesn't suit him well, from my perspective. Acceptable at best.

themotion wrote:

Suckiness.

Great artist, Great song. If you can't appriciate that fact. I don't know what you possiblly can.

skdenfeld wrote:

Steve McQueen is dead. Paul Simon lives but his music is now dead. I wonder if there has been a descent funeral.

If Steve McQueen was a singer/songwriter, he'd be Paul Simon; effortless cool is exuded on every song.

Before anyone jumps on me... yes, "it's me".

But honestly I understand that Paul Simon is a good artist and all, but he is a tad overrated.

6 for me.

jonshan wrote:
Yep, my dad had Mel Torme, the velvet fog, we get Paul. Not bad.

"Nothing is different, but everything's changed." Such is life. 8 9

drekar wrote:

Maybe because he's been the preeminent American songwriter of the past forty plus years??

Viv515 wrote:

ignorance

Monkeysdad wrote:

He decided take a risk

Remember when his stuff was unquestionably good?! I do.

What happened?

I've grown to really like everything about this song except for that annoying bzz bzz bzz b-bzz bzz bzz noise. WTF IS THAT?! bumped from a 1 to a 2.

This album is a genuine surprise. The songs take unexpected turns and are embroidered with beautiful detail.

Why do I like Paul Simon SO much? If someone explained his music/ vocal style to me I would swear that I would dislike it...

so boring. . .

same old paul simon, nothing is different and nothing has changed. . .

Gorgeous, but I find all the electronical biddly boop unnecessary and distracting in this case.

Nice electronic groove, and with the melodic songwriting of Paul Simon, how could this song possibly fail? Wonderful stuff. And his skill at writing lyrics is still going strong:

"It's a dead end job, and you gets tired of sitting
And it's like a nicotine habit you're always thinking about quitting"

Spot on!

MtnGoat wrote:

We are fortunate indeed! and may equal benefits rain down on all!

coloradojohn wrote:

I'm still being surprised by the whole album. I seem to drag it out once a month, pop it in the car player and play it a few times and then stow it. And then repeat, but each time playing it a few more times.

We are lucky!

Boy, he sounds like that Francis Dunnery on this.
8.

toker wrote:

Agreed! So what's up with a 6.4 rating?????