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Simon & Garfunkel — America
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Grammarcop
(A mitten surrounded by water)
Posted: May 18, 2013 - 09:59
 
 WonderLizard wrote:
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..."

 
Leonard Cohen may not have done the "off in search of Canada" thing, but lots of other Canadian performers have, including Gordon Lightfoot, Stompin' Tom Connors and Ian Tyson. For what it's worth, I do not know whether Stompin' Tom ever mentioned Lightfoot by name, but he was disdainful of those Canadian singers/songwriters who went south of the border to seek fame and dollars. He felt they were not true Canadians. 

Take care.  

expatlar
(Michoacan, Mexico)
Posted: May 18, 2013 - 09:37
 
"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.

Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: May 18, 2013 - 09:26
 

Everybody in my church loves this song...
 

medoras
(Anastasia Island)
Posted: Feb 13, 2013 - 06:08
 
"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.  

BazH
(www)
Posted: Feb 13, 2013 - 06:02
 
 eswiley2 wrote:
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.
 
I think Jimi had a 9.2 yesterday, Little Wing.

eswiley2
Posted: Feb 13, 2013 - 05:57
 
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.

jim1964
(1379 miles to Wall Drug)
Posted: Jan 12, 2013 - 22:05
 
 Art_Carnage wrote:
It was groovy, back in the day. But it comes off as way too twee and precious now. Definitely lesser S&G.
 
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.

philbertr
(Roch New York)
Posted: Jan 12, 2013 - 21:49
 
 Art_Carnage wrote:
It was groovy, back in the day. But it comes off as way too twee and precious now. Definitely lesser S&G.
 
I disagree.  But that doesn't mean that I think you are a bad person or anything.

ScottN
(Condo in Gaza needs remodeling. Still, I Thank TFSM I saw the divot where the landmine was placed.)
Posted: Jan 12, 2013 - 21:47
 
 WonderLizard wrote:
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..."
Good point. 



philbertr
(Roch New York)
Posted: Jan 12, 2013 - 21:47
 
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!

boober
(KC,Mo)
Posted: Dec 12, 2012 - 12:51
 
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!)    

oldsaxon
(Wales via Vancouver, BC.)
Posted: Dec 12, 2012 - 12:49
 
 coding_to_music wrote:
Eleven
 
Eleven it is. This song is amazing in the visuals

Cleavose
Posted: Aug 08, 2012 - 18:23
 
 spindrift wrote:
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...
 
Don't blink. Magazines and of scenery of open fields are next...

WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Jun 06, 2012 - 14:32
 
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..."

MsJudi
(Houston, TX)
Posted: Jun 06, 2012 - 14:26
 
 coding_to_music wrote:
Eleven
 
{#Yes}

coding_to_music
(Beantown)
Posted: Jun 06, 2012 - 14:25
 
Eleven

TJS
(Bradley, Il)
Posted: Jun 06, 2012 - 14:23
 
Love

spindrift
(Philadelphia PA)
Posted: May 05, 2012 - 20:25
 
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...

Art_Carnage
(DeepintheheartofTexas)
Posted: May 05, 2012 - 20:24
 
It was groovy, back in the day. But it comes off as way too twee and precious now. Definitely lesser S&G.

LizK
(Houston, Texas)
Posted: Mar 03, 2012 - 11:18
 
 Proclivities wrote:

If I recall correctly, one of the zoos in NYC (Central Park or Bronx Zoo, perhaps) used that tune as background music in some TV spots in the late 1960's or early 70's.

 
And the Houston Zoo!  

Purple_Turtle
(Hamburg, Germany)
Posted: Mar 03, 2012 - 11:16
 
Love this so much!

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jan 31, 2012 - 19:00
 


Everybody in my hotel room loves this song...


 

musickat
(Lake of the Ozarks)
Posted: Jan 31, 2012 - 18:59
 
 jadewahoo wrote:
The haunting pathos that this song expresses is alive and questing within me still...
 
Yes I feel it too...


musickat
(Lake of the Ozarks)
Posted: Oct 28, 2011 - 16:23
 
A GREAT BIG  1 0 

MiracleDrug
(Earth)
Posted: Oct 28, 2011 - 16:20
 
{#Sleep}

coy
(san antonio)
Posted: Aug 26, 2011 - 14:22
 
mythical
mystical
michigan
saginaw

Tamster
(Thousand Islands Canada)
Posted: Jun 24, 2011 - 17:20
 
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.

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Apr 22, 2011 - 12:35
 
 xtalman wrote:
 I think it was the Bronx Zoo.  They use to advertise pretty heavily on the independent stations before the advent of nationwide cable.  At least I remember them when I was a kid back then in Jersey.
 
Yes, it probably was The Bronx Zoo - on channels 5, 9, and/or 11 in the pre-cable days.  {#Yes}


scmerriam
(Moscow, Idaho, USA)
Posted: Apr 22, 2011 - 12:26
 
One of their best songs on their best album.


helgigermany
(Germany)
Posted: Apr 22, 2011 - 12:24
 
Sounds still great!

xtalman
(What dimension?)
Posted: Apr 22, 2011 - 12:23
 
 Proclivities wrote:

If I recall correctly, one of the zoos in NYC (Central Park or Bronx Zoo, perhaps) used that tune as background music in some TV spots in the late 1960's or early 70's.

 I think it was the Bronx Zoo.  They use to advertise pretty heavily on the independent stations before the advent of nationwide cable.

At least I remember them when I was a kid back then in Jersey.




Zapmedia
(New York City and New Jersey)
Posted: Apr 22, 2011 - 12:22
 
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Dave_Mack
(Still hangin' in the Twilight Zone)
Posted: Apr 22, 2011 - 12:20
 
Amazing song.  So poetic without rhyming at all.

isometric
(Baltimore, Maryland)
Posted: Jan 18, 2011 - 08:05
 
From a Michigan news website:

"In The Margins: Guerrilla art causes us look for Saginaw medium of some of those lyrical messages, not so much"

http://www.mlive.com/opinion/saginaw/index.ssf/2010/12/in_the_margins_guerilla_art_ca.html#incart_mrt

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Oct 15, 2010 - 12:38
 
 jim1964 wrote:

I'll second that, "At the Zoo" is worth another listen, a song that I always thought the parks department should have adopted that as an official song.

 
If I recall correctly, one of the zoos in NYC (Central Park or Bronx Zoo, perhaps) used that tune as background music in some TV spots in the late 1960's or early 70's.


WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Oct 15, 2010 - 12:30
 
 linzie wrote:
This and The Boxer...my favorites...
...makes me want to go out and look for America..
kinda corny, but I can picture it while this is playing...
..shit, I'm getting old...(though I didn't appreciate this then!!)
 
Second that. This, "The Boxer," and "Mrs. Robinson" are Simon at his aphoristic best.


Mandible
Posted: Oct 15, 2010 - 12:29
 

Has anyone read Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher?  Quite a few funny stories about Paul SImon in there. They were a couple for a while...



linzie
Posted: Aug 12, 2010 - 17:07
 
This and The Boxer...my favorites...
...makes me want to go out and look for America..
kinda corny, but I can picture it while this is playing...
..shit, I'm getting old...(though I didn't appreciate this then!!)

jim1964
(british columbia, but use to ride the IRT to work)
Posted: Jul 11, 2010 - 20:04
 
 kurtster wrote:

Thanks for that thought.  I think I will do just that.  The whole album is a 10.
 
I'll second that, "At the Zoo" is worth another listen, a song that I always thought the parks department should have adopted that as an official song.


kurtster
(Area code 216)
Posted: Jul 11, 2010 - 19:47
 
 medoras wrote:
For those S & G fans who first heard America 40 years ago, it's time to revisit Bookends.

It's quite possibly one of Simon & Garfunkel's finest and most underrated albums. 

 
Thanks for that thought.  I think I will do just that.  The whole album is a 10.



On_The_Beach
(Vancouver BC, Bud)
Posted: Jul 11, 2010 - 19:40
 
 gatorade wrote:
Changed my world. A 10.
 
{#Yes}


gatorade
(Ocean Park, WA)
Posted: Jul 11, 2010 - 19:32
 
Changed my world. A 10.

jadewahoo
(Beautiful Earth)
Posted: Jun 09, 2010 - 22:57
 
The haunting pathos that this song expresses is alive and questing within me still...

calypsus_1
Posted: May 25, 2010 - 20:48
 

Huomatkaa Paulin ilme by ~Kissa21
©2007-2010 ~Kissa21


medoras
(Anastasia Island)
Posted: May 09, 2010 - 05:11
 
For those S & G fans who first heard America 40 years ago, it's time to revisit Bookends.

It's quite possibly one of Simon & Garfunkel's finest and most underrated albums. 


kaybee
(Lost in the Wilds of Toronto)
Posted: Feb 03, 2010 - 14:55
 
 damienmc wrote:
"Kathy, I'm lost," I said, though I knew she was sleeping. I'm empty and aching and I don't know why"- Has always killed me...in a beautiful way.

 
{#Yes}


CyberCoyote
(Central Cali Coast)
Posted: Jan 02, 2010 - 22:29
 
Love this song.. lived it with my GF (now wife){#Dancingbanana}

ceviche
(Lima, Peru)
Posted: Dec 02, 2009 - 14:02
 
Last saturday I was driving with friends up in the Andes here in Peru. My friend (driving) was looking for this song as we drove up to the trailhead to hike to a glacier. Looking for another part of America.   {#Motor}

osbyec
Posted: Dec 02, 2009 - 14:01
 
Haunting.  One of my all time favorites.

damienmc
Posted: Dec 02, 2009 - 14:00
 
"Kathy, I'm lost," I said, though I knew she was sleeping. I'm empty and aching and I don't know why"- Has always killed me...in a beautiful way.