msymmes
(Toronto, CA) | | Posted: May 15, 2013 - 17:22 | |
I might get tired of hearing this song some day.
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grant
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A brilliant album - originally released in January, 1970, not 1969 as indicated above.
This is the last album they recorded together before splitting up. What a way to go out - in a brilliant flash of pure musical genius.
One of the reasons this album sounds so good is that many of the instruments were played by four members of the famous "Wrecking Crew" - Hal Blaine, Larry Knechtel, Joe Osborn and Gary Coleman.
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paradisepig
(Inverness-Scotland) | | Posted: May 01, 2013 - 05:30 | |
Has to be a 10 ...it just has ...don't argue...  |
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cactusjo
(NZ) | | Posted: Apr 15, 2013 - 03:58 | |
ziakut wrote:I absolutely love, love, love the folksy innocence of the beginning...leading into the la la la...part...and then the accompaniment becomes ominous and eerie all the while...keeping the happy "la la la la" at the end....then it returns to innocence again at the end....just *sigh* perfect!!! From an "8" to a rare...."10".
Yep......me too. Is in my top 10's |
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ziakut
(Slightly North of Obvlivion) | | Posted: Apr 14, 2013 - 10:15 | |
I absolutely love, love, love the folksy innocence of the beginning...leading into the la la la...part...and then the accompaniment becomes ominous and eerie all the while...keeping the happy "la la la la" at the end....then it returns to innocence again at the end....just *sigh* perfect!!! From an "8" to a rare...."10".
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d-don
(Oregon) | | Posted: Feb 27, 2013 - 15:23 | |
"A man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest." Strikes some truth in the words on music from RP listeners. What a classic. Easy 10.
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Proclivities
(Paris of the Piedmont) | | Posted: Feb 26, 2013 - 12:48 | |
rdo wrote:
Yeah, isn't it funny how you can have great power in a song without thunderous bass, huge amps, big hair, and screeching guitars?
On second thought, I may have to reconsider the part about big hair.
Apparently , Paul and Art eventually reconsidered their hair options too.
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triskele
(a strange land) | | Posted: Feb 10, 2013 - 14:56 | |
handyrae wrote:Nick Drake's Cello Song, followed by the Indigo Girls' Galileo, followed by S&G's The Boxer. Is Bill trying to prove just how pedestrian the Indigo Girls really are? interesting....the same mix just played today  |
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triskele
(a strange land) | | Posted: Feb 10, 2013 - 14:55 | |
this was the first record album that i ever bought with my own money. i know every note of every song to this day... love it.
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joelbb
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slieve wrote:This is one of the songs that made millions of people sit up and listen to music This cut is a contender for "Best Folk Song Ever Recorded". It would be a hands-down winner if Simon had resisted the over-orchestrated and far, far too long ending. Still a terrific cut, some of Simon's best lyrics. |
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slieve
(Strabane Co Tyrone N Ireland United Kingdom) | | Posted: Jan 10, 2013 - 07:31 | |
This is one of the songs that made millions of people sit up and listen to music
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handyrae
(Zero Point Field) | | Posted: Jan 10, 2013 - 06:47 | |
Nick Drake's Cello Song, followed by the Indigo Girls' Galileo, followed by S&G's The Boxer. Is Bill trying to prove just how pedestrian the Indigo Girls really are?
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On_The_Beach
(The Blue Planet) | | Posted: Dec 09, 2012 - 22:02 | |
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CurrentlyKelli
(Minnesota) | | Posted: Dec 09, 2012 - 21:42 | |
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rascal
(Toronto) | | Posted: Dec 09, 2012 - 21:42 | |
arserocket wrote:God they were good dig it |
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rdo
(DC) | | Posted: Nov 25, 2012 - 15:02 | |
lily34 wrote:i adore this. so powerful. Yeah, isn't it funny how you can have great power in a song without thunderous bass, huge amps, big hair, and screeching guitars? On second thought, I may have to reconsider the part about big hair. |
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misterbearbaby
(Marina del Rey, California) | | Posted: Nov 08, 2012 - 13:15 | |
nagsheadlocal wrote:Takes me back to high school, sitting at my desk late at night, listening to the NYC stations. One of the songs that convinced me that there was a big, wide world out there. Me too. Now that I'm old and live in California I can see that my vision about the 'wide world' was pretty much bulls*it. But the sun will come out later and the pretty young girls will promenade and it will all seem to make sense and somehow be OK. |
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misterbearbaby
(Marina del Rey, California) | | Posted: Nov 08, 2012 - 13:09 | |
I'm having a Simon & Garfunkle sort of day. Hope it picks up a little — maybe to a 'Paul Simon sort of day' would be good.
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photolew
| | Posted: Nov 08, 2012 - 13:08 | |
One of the alltime classics!
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dwlangham
(Nowhere to be found) | | Posted: Nov 08, 2012 - 13:07 | |
Flipmode wrote:did you all hear the cover of this song by Mumford & Sons? not bad - but I prefer this version You mean did I hear it after I punched a hole into the PSD button? No, I didn't hear it. |
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HearsayDave
(a mysterious seaside village with Number Six) | | Posted: Nov 08, 2012 - 13:06 | |
The 15 "1" votes must be jokes. If not, please stand and be recognized and EXPLAIN YOURSELVES!
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nagsheadlocal
(North Carolina, the new New Jersey) | | Posted: Oct 25, 2012 - 06:36 | |
Takes me back to high school, sitting at my desk late at night, listening to the NYC stations. One of the songs that convinced me that there was a big, wide world out there.
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Flipmode
(Spartanburg, SC) | | Posted: Oct 25, 2012 - 06:36 | |
did you all hear the cover of this song by Mumford & Sons? not bad - but I prefer this version
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Zep
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ycb661
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I love the chorus, rifle blast included
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arserocket
(S.O.B in an S.U.V) | | Posted: Aug 23, 2012 - 06:05 | |
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(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Jul 22, 2012 - 20:06 | |
Snoopy2 wrote:Yup  |
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4merdj
(donde el viento se devuelve) | | Posted: Jul 05, 2012 - 16:29 | |
"I am leaving, I am leaving
but the fight still remains!"
knot in my throat ...
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Snoopy2
(Radio Paradise) | | Posted: Jun 21, 2012 - 08:53 | |
ziakut wrote:Great tune! I have always liked the la, la, la di da part. Same here |
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ziakut
(Right Here) | | Posted: Jun 21, 2012 - 08:51 | |
Great tune! I have always liked the la, la, la di da part.
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