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Paul Simon (Ft. The Gaza Sisters & General MD Shirinda) – I Know What I Know
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Inspired by a South African song that describes how “the women take care of themselves,” in “I Know What I Know” Simon describes his interactions with an attractive woman at a New
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Paul Simon (Ft. Boyoyo Boys) – Gumboots
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On track 4 of Paul Simon’s Graceland we are treated to three scenes where the main character finds himself socializing with three people and not making a good impression on himself
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Simon & Garfunkel – Mrs. Robinson
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During the filming of the 1967 film The Graduate, director Mike Nichols, who had become a fan of Simon & Garfunkel’s work, asked for permission to use their music in the soundtrack
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Middle Class Rut – I Need To Know
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“I Need To Know” is a cover of the 1978 song by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers. It is one of two bonus tracks that can be found on the vinyl and digital download editions of Pick Up
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Paul Simon – Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard
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“Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard” is the second single from Paul Simon’s self-titled album. It reached #22 in the US in the spring of 1972. It was also a top 40 hit in
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Paul Simon – Graceland
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Watch Emory professor Walt Reed deliver his own 17-minute exegesis of “Graceland”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqQ_umy1lYQ
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Simon & Garfunkel – America
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“America”, written by Paul Simon, is a song recorded by Simon & Garfunkel. It was included in their album Bookends, released on 3 April 1968, and is notable as one of the few rock
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Paul Simon – Slip Slidin' Away
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This gem from 1977 reached No. 5 in the charts, one of the very few to succeed without being introduced first in an album, nor included later in a studio one, but only in a
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Simon & Garfunkel – The Only Living Boy in New York
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This is a fairly opaque message from Paul Simon to Art Garfunkel, detailing his loneliness when Garfunkel went to Mexico to act in the film Catch-22.
Peter Ames Carlin writes in
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Paul Simon – You Can Call Me Al
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The lead single off of Paul Simon’s album Graceland, “You Can Call Me Al” was a hit in the UK in September 1986. In the US, the song originally found only moderate success, peaking
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Paul Simon (Ft. Richard Tee) – Ace in the Hole
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Some people say Jesus that's the ace in the hole / But I never met the man so I don't really know / Maybe some Christmas if I'm sick and alone / He will look up my number, call me
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Band Aid – Do They Know It's Christmas?
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Written to raise money to help relief efforts for the famine raging in Ethiopia in the mid 80s, “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”, sung by supergroup ‘Band Aid’, broke several chart
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Paul Simon – Paranoia Blues
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I got some so-called friends / They’ll smile right to my face / But, when my back is turned / They’d like to stick to me / Yes, they would / Oh no, no / Oh no no / There’s only one
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Paul Simon – Slip Sliding Away
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Slip sliding away, slip sliding away / You know the nearer your destination / The more you're slip sliding away / I know a man he came from my home town / He wore his passion for
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Paul Simon – American Tune
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“American Tune” was the third single released from There Goes Rhymin' Simon in 1973. It was the album’s third consecutive top 40, reaching #35 in early 1974.
The song’s melody is
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Paul Simon – Quality
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[Verse 1] / The way you move / It's got quality / Come on baby, let's go downtown / Little girl, you sure look good to me / The way you move / It's got quality / Come on baby now
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Paul Simon – Proof
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As in the opening track of the album, “The Obvious Child,” the narrator of “Proof” wrestles with the tension between belief and certainty, with some religious undertones.
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Simon & Garfunkel – You Don’t Know Where Your Intrest Lies (Live)
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You don’t know that you love me / You don’t know, but I know that you do / You may think that you’re above me, yeah / What you think isn’t always true / Don’t try to debate me
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Simon & Garfunkel – You Don't Know Where Your Interest Lies
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You don't know that you love me / You don't know but I know that you do / You may think you're above me, yeah / What you think isn't always true / Don't try to debate me / You
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Paul Simon (Ft. Ladysmith Black Mambazo) – Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes
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Track 5 of Graceland features some great, inventive bass guitar work, brass, steady percussion and, of course, Ladysmith Black Mambazo providing fantastic background vocals to
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boygenius – Cool About It
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[Verse 1: Baker] / Met you at the dive bar to go shoot some pool / And make fun of the cowboys with the neck tattoos / Ask you easy questions about work and school / [Chorus: Baker
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Simon & Garfunkel – Kathy's Song
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The song is named after Kathleen Chitty, Paul Simon’s girlfriend at the time. Simon also refers to her in “America” and (indirectly) “The Late Great Johnny Ace”, and a photo of the
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Paul Simon – The Only Living Boy In New York
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Tom, get your plane right on time / I know your part'll go fine / Fly down to Mexico / Doh-n-doh-de-doh-n-doh / And here I am / The only living boy in New York / I get the news I
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Simon & Garfunkel – The Boxer
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“The Boxer” is considered one of Paul Simon’s masterpieces, telling the story of a young boy who laments his poverty and then turning to that of a boxer.
It was first suggested
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Paul Simon – Look at That
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Look at That captures the arc of the early stages of a relationship and the sense of blind luck and potential that lies within it. There is a frenzy with the back-and-forth “look
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Paul Simon – Duncan
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[Verse 1] / Couple in the next room bound to win a prize / They've been going at it all night long / Well, I'm trying to get some sleep / But these motel walls are cheap / Lincoln
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Paul Simon (Ft. Clap! Clap!) – The Werewolf
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“The Werewolf” is the opening track on Paul Simon’s thirteenth solo release, Stranger to Stranger. The song’s various characters concern themselves with the fleeting pleasures of
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Paul Simon (Ft. Los Lobos) – All Around the World or the Myth of Fingerprints
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[Verse 1] / Over the mountain, down in the valley / Lives a former talk-show host / Everybody knows his name / He said, "There's no doubt about it / It was the myth of fingerprints
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Paul Simon – I Don't Believe
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[Verse 1] / Acts of kindness, like breadcrumbs in a fairytale forest / Lead us past dangers as light melts the darkness / But I don't believe and I'm not consoled / I lean closer
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Simon & Garfunkel – Slip Slidin' Away
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Slip sliding away, slip sliding away / You know the nearer your destination, the more you slip sliding away / Whoah and I know a man, he came from my hometown / He wore his passion
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Paul Simon – Something So Right
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[Verse 1] / You've got the cool water when the fever runs high / You've got the look of lovelight in your eyes / And I was in crazy motion 'til you calmed me down / It took a
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Paul Simon – Love Is Eternal Sacred Light
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[Chorus] / Love is eternal sacred light / Free from the shackles of time / Evil is darkness, sight without sight / A demon that feeds on the mind / [Verse 1] / How did it all begin
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Paul Simon – Paranoia Blues (Unreleased Version) - Previously Unissued
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I got some so-called friends / They'll smile right to my face / Oh, when my back is turned / They'd like to stick it to me / Yes they would / Oh no no, oh no no / There's only one
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Paul Simon – Jonah
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Half an hour, change your strings and tune up / Sizing the room up, checking the bar / Local girls, unspoken conversation / Misinformation plays guitar / [Chorus] / They say Jonah
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