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Paul Simon — I Know What I Know
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kcar
Posted: May 18, 2013 - 12:56
 
 kdarwish wrote:
Woooof, grated, honestly the end of that was a real relief. Please enlighten if have missed something REALLY subtle. Finding it very hard to believe Paul Simon "made" that. Perhaps at gunpoint, hence the frenetic quality. :)

 
Usually I like this song but it was definitely PSD material today. 

kdarwish
(Turku, Finland)
Posted: Apr 17, 2013 - 05:29
 
Woooof, grated, honestly the end of that was a real relief. Please enlighten if have missed something REALLY subtle. Finding it very hard to believe Paul Simon "made" that. Perhaps at gunpoint, hence the frenetic quality. :)

Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: Feb 13, 2013 - 09:46
 

brilliant song from a great album...  love it...

Hippostar
(Portland, OR)
Posted: Feb 13, 2013 - 09:40
 
 MrGreg wrote:


"Hey! Wanna hear the most annoying sound in the world?"

 
{#Lol}

JHZ
(between Clark and Hilldale)
Posted: Nov 11, 2012 - 07:34
 
 GuiltyFeat wrote:
Don't I know you from the cinematographer's party?

Bonus points, surely, for using the word "cinematographer" in a song. I think it's one of those one off lyrical mentions - like "Belsize Park" in Kayleigh.

If anyone else can name a song that mentions either cinematography or Belsize Park or both in a lyric, I'd be happy to hear about it. 
 
Actually there is a song by Palace Brothers (aka Will Oldham) called "I am a cinematographer" which mentions that one a lot. There is also a version of that song on the Bonnie Prince Billy (aka Will Oldham) album Sings greates Palace Music.

waleed
Posted: Nov 11, 2012 - 07:34
 
 xkolibuul wrote:

Leave the hyperbole at home please.  
 
Actually, bindi's right. It sounds like the woman's singing while juggling hot coals.

xkolibuul
(Chuckanut sandstone)
Posted: Oct 10, 2012 - 22:52
 
 bindi wrote:
Cool tune from an amazing album, but that lady in the background with the insanely irritating voice makes it suck, . . .more than anything has ever sucked before.
 
Leave the hyperbole at home please.  

Moak
(Reading, PA)
Posted: Sep 09, 2012 - 09:23
 
This record is a masterpiece.  It made my life better  {#Cheers}

fstohl
(Madison, WI)
Posted: Aug 08, 2012 - 22:11
 
Apartheid is over . . .woop woop woop woop woop

Kaisersosay
(Mighty Mighty Bostown)
Posted: Jun 06, 2012 - 18:12
 
Can't stand it

leafmold
Posted: Jun 06, 2012 - 18:11
 
Generally like this album, but the background singers on this song are hard to listen to.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jun 06, 2012 - 18:08
 
 d-don wrote:

Dancing with you and the hotel room people, RT.

 
Yes, this song is magnificent, from one of the best albums in infinity...  we be dancing...

 

GuiltyFeat
(Ra'anana)
Posted: Apr 04, 2012 - 07:18
 
Don't I know you from the cinematographer's party?

Bonus points, surely, for using the word "cinematographer" in a song. I think it's one of those one off lyrical mentions - like "Belsize Park" in Kayleigh.

If anyone else can name a song that mentions either cinematography or Belsize Park or both in a lyric, I'd be happy to hear about it. 

bindi
(North Carolina)
Posted: Mar 03, 2012 - 15:06
 
Cool tune from an amazing album, but that lady in the background with the insanely irritating voice makes it suck, . . .more than anything has ever sucked before.

vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .)
Posted: Nov 29, 2011 - 10:24
 
 treatment_bound wrote:

I'm pretty sure Paul is Jewish, so you're going to have to pick an alternative "Higher God" to lodge your complaint with on this one...
 
Jehovah, this is awful. . . is that better? 
 

jhorton
Posted: Nov 29, 2011 - 10:24
 
Orrible I say, just Orrible!

d-don
(Oregon)
Posted: Nov 29, 2011 - 10:23
 
 romeotuma wrote:

Everybody in my hotel room be dancing...


 
 
Dancing with you and the hotel room people, RT.


(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Oct 28, 2011 - 20:00
 

Everybody in my hotel room be dancing...


 

sonofsun
Posted: Sep 27, 2011 - 03:13
 
Paul Simon, you would think he was African. Seems to have lost the ability to write a song that does not plagiarise the African continent.



Limpopoking
(The Parish of St. Alfonzo)
Posted: Sep 27, 2011 - 03:12
 
 lsfeder wrote:
Back up singers sound like neutered hyenas... god awful.  
 
Who neutered the hyenas?... Chuck?


(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Aug 26, 2011 - 18:06
 


We be dancing...  love it...


(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jun 24, 2011 - 21:04
 


846 people are dancing here right now...  love it...



V-bro
Posted: May 24, 2011 - 05:30
 
Like this song, only can't help finding the bass is a bit off tune...

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Apr 22, 2011 - 16:16
 


Time flies when we're having fun...  love this song...




Dave_Mack
(Still hangin' in the Twilight Zone)
Posted: Apr 22, 2011 - 16:15
 
Gonna see Paul on Monday at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco — w00t!!

mmoyer
(Silicon Valley)
Posted: Feb 18, 2011 - 17:09
 
Reminds me of this South African guy I dated the summer this album came out.

treatment_bound
(Duluth to Madison)
Posted: Feb 14, 2011 - 13:49
 
 gshrieves wrote:
Christ, this is awful. 
 
I'm pretty sure Paul is Jewish, so you're going to have to pick an alternative "Higher God" to lodge your complaint with on this one...



MJdub
(California)
Posted: Jan 18, 2011 - 11:51
 
Great song....but the backup vocals absolutely kill it.  Those high notes are completely unnecessary; they contribute nothing to the harmonies.  Would probably be tolerable if they were lower in the mix (much lower).

socalhol
(Seattle)
Posted: Jan 18, 2011 - 11:49
 
Mute worthy........

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jan 18, 2011 - 11:48
 


"We come and we go.  That's a thing that I keep in the back of my head."

How profound...  can't believe 1986 is so far behind us...  happy new year to all...


 

xkolibuul
(Chuckanut sandstone)
Posted: Jan 14, 2011 - 22:25
 
Classic.  I never get tired of hearing anything off Graceland.  A brilliant, timeless masterpiece of an album.  

chiguy
Posted: Dec 14, 2010 - 11:46
 
The first time I've ever had to turn the volume all the way down on RP. This is brutal.

neuticle
(fog fog fog)
Posted: Dec 14, 2010 - 11:45
 
fail!

lsfeder
(At the wheel of a Benzo)
Posted: Dec 14, 2010 - 11:44
 
Back up singers sound like neutered hyenas... god awful.  

nalle
(Malmo, Sweden)
Posted: Dec 14, 2010 - 11:43
 
Overrated?

scraig
(Santa Barbara, CA)
Posted: Dec 14, 2010 - 11:43
 
 ick wrote:
I find the caterwauling that is supposed to be back-up singing on this to be really annoying.
 
somebody just tell Yoko to shut up already

gshrieves
(Colorado, USA)
Posted: Nov 16, 2010 - 08:26
 
Christ, this is awful. 

xtalman
(What dimension?)
Posted: Nov 16, 2010 - 08:25
 
Fun....{#Dancingbanana_2}

Papernapkin
(Mountain View, CA)
Posted: Nov 16, 2010 - 08:24
 
 mirland wrote:
Terrible!
 
Agreed

mirland
(Denmark)
Posted: Oct 12, 2010 - 00:54
 
Terrible!

ick
(S.E. La Jolla)
Posted: Sep 10, 2010 - 06:31
 
I find the caterwauling that is supposed to be back-up singing on this to be really annoying.

Hannio
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Aug 09, 2010 - 05:58
 
 crockydile wrote:

{#Think} You clearly live in some parallel dimension. I consider this one of his best.

 

Or maybe a perpendicular dimension (which you never hear about, what up with that?) 

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Jun 10, 2010 - 02:57
 
 katherinenz wrote:
She looked me over
And I guess she thought
I was all right
All right in a sort of a limited way
For an off-night

How the hell is this only a 6.5?  


 
As examples of the songwriter's art goes, it's not up there in the pantheon of greats, I'd have thought. Hardly Dylan or Neil Young territory. For lyrics like that 6.5 is way too good ;-|


zjustme
Posted: Apr 07, 2010 - 16:06
 
This has been one of my favorite PS songs since the first time I heard it.  Comming on the heals of "Bwambwa (feat. Ete)" was a nice suprprise. 



glassbuteo
(home)
Posted: Apr 07, 2010 - 16:05
 
great song to dance along with parrots!
{#Dancingbanana}

crockydile
(Outer Spiral Arm, Milky Way)
Posted: Mar 03, 2010 - 12:20
 
 joanie wrote:
I love Paul Simon, but this is the worst of all Paul Simon songs.
 
{#Think} You clearly live in some parallel dimension. I consider this one of his best.


DanFHiggins
(Mid Maryland)
Posted: Mar 03, 2010 - 12:08
 
I'm there - dancing with everyone in the studio- singing along

lmic
(Harmless Little Bunny)
Posted: Mar 03, 2010 - 12:06
 
 marko86 wrote:
Not the best song on the album, but ok.
 
Funny how tastes differ - this is by far my favorite track on Graceland.


maryte
(Blinding You With Library Science!)
Posted: Mar 03, 2010 - 12:05
 
 katherinenz wrote:
She looked me over
And I guess she thought
I was all right
All right in a sort of a limited way
For an off-night

How the hell is this only a 6.5?  


 

Exactly what I was thinking!

marko86
(Plano, TX)
Posted: Feb 03, 2010 - 13:13
 
Not the best song on the album, but ok. I remember when the whole album was controverial for violating the boycott due to apartheid. Times have changed and I think it is fair to say cultural boycotts are stupid.