WonderLizard wrote: 
Leonard Cohen may not have done the "off in search of Canada" thing, but lots of other Canadian performers have, including Neil Young, Gordon Lightfoot, Sam Roberts, Stompin' Tom Connors and Ian Tyson. (Mostly without the wistfulness of S&G's song, of course. "Helpless" being a major exception.) I'm sure those songs have not been heard in the States because FM radio programers don't want to play songs about the prairie and how damn cold it is. 

For what it's worth, I do not know whether Stompin' Tom ever mentioned Lightfoot or Young by name, but he was disdainful of those Canadian performers who went south of the border to seek larger fame and dollars. He felt they should have been truer to their Canadian heritage. To my knowledge, Stompin' Tom performed on American television only once. 

Take care.  

"Kathy I'm lost" I said, though I knew she was sleeping
I'm empty and aching and I don't know why."
I give this song a '10' for that line if nothing else. Spoke to me when I was a teenager, and still hits me all these years later.

Everybody in my church loves this song...
 

"Gabardine suits and bow ties" notwithstanding, America is one of Paul Simon's finest songs and places him among the very best of American music poets.

Featured on Bookends, which is my favorite and possibly Simon & Garfunkel's most underrated effort, I find myself revisiting this album every few years to appreciate just how good it really is.  

 eswiley2 wrote: 
I think Jimi had a 9.2 yesterday, Little Wing.

Average rating 9.. . I think that's the highest average rating I've seen on RP.

A timeless classic.  Written by a kid.  A kid who also gave us Sounds of Silence and Bridge Over Troubled Water.

Is Justin Bieber going to hold up after 40 years like this?   I'm thinking no.

 Art_Carnage wrote: 
I think tthis song holds up really well even taking into account that it was written in a very different era, I think the story works today...young people trying to find out who they are and trying to find America while they're at it.

 Art_Carnage wrote: 
I disagree.  But that doesn't mean that I think you are a bad person or anything.

 WonderLizard wrote:Good point. 

Me loves it that Bill is playing more S&G lately.  They (together and solo) are incredibly good musicians and poets, and they spoke to an entire generation.  In fact, I hear them still...

And just look at that ratings distribution chart!

SNL-Joe Piscapo
I'm from Jersey.....You from Jersey?
What exit?
(I'm from exit 9......don't count the cars...there's too many!)    

 coding_to_music wrote: 
Eleven it is. This song is amazing in the visuals

 spindrift wrote: 
Don't blink. Magazines and of scenery of open fields are next...

Does it say something about us as a culture that a song about lost youth has become a touchstone of sorts? I mean, you don't have Leonard Cohen crooning, "We're off in search of Canada..."

 coding_to_music wrote: 

Eleven

Love

There's so much in this song of a bygone era.  How many gabardine suits and bowties are on inter city busses nowadays?  Let alone smoking...

It was groovy, back in the day. But it comes off as way too twee and precious now. Definitely lesser S&G.

 Proclivities wrote: 
And the Houston Zoo!  

Love this so much!

Everybody in my hotel room loves this song...


 

 jadewahoo wrote: 
Yes I feel it too...

mythical
mystical
michigan
saginaw

That was a slice, thanks so much for playing it. I have not heard this since Moby Dick was a guppy. Loved it then, love it still.

 xtalman wrote:  
Yes, it probably was The Bronx Zoo - on channels 5, 9, and/or 11 in the pre-cable days. 

One of their best songs on their best album.

Sounds still great!