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Non-Film Discussion => Real-Life Soundtracks => Topic started by: sickfins on August 17, 2003, 11:22:50 PM

Title: i am basking in paul simon....
Post by: sickfins on August 17, 2003, 11:22:50 PM
it is bliss.  disregard your notions of the music from whence it was produced and listen

blackman shares my sentinments, anyone else i hope?

selections

there is a girl in new york city who calls herself the human trampoline....

a man walks down the street,
he says why am i soft in the middle
the rest of my life is so hard
i need a photo opportunity
i want a shot at redepmtion
don't wanna end up a cartoon
in a cartoon graveyard
Title: i am basking in paul simon....
Post by: aclockworkjj on August 17, 2003, 11:55:36 PM
"Asking only workman's wages
I come looking for a job,
But I get no offers.

Just a come-on from the whores
On Seventh Avenue
I do declare,
There were times when I was so lonesome
I took some comfort there.
Lie-la-lie . . . "
Title: i am basking in paul simon....
Post by: SoNowThen on August 18, 2003, 09:01:26 AM
re: a woman who was a wife

these are the very words she uses to describe her life, she says "a good day ain't got no rain", she says "a bad day's when I lie in bed and think of things that might have been"...
Title: i am basking in paul simon....
Post by: Sigur Rós on August 18, 2003, 01:07:15 PM
I've grown up with the Graceland album in the background. So you might say it's a natural part of me.
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Post by: Redlum on August 18, 2003, 02:00:23 PM
Only heard the Simon & Garfunkel but I love the music. He did an awesome version of Surfer Girl at the Brian Wilson tribute.
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Post by: Jeremy Blackman on August 18, 2003, 02:22:29 PM
I'm accustomed to a smooth ride
Or maybe I'm a dog who's lost it's bite
I don't expect to be treated like a fool no more
I don't expect to sleep through the night
Some people say a lie's a lie's a lie
But I say why
Why deny the obvious child?
Why deny the obvious child?
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Post by: SoNowThen on August 18, 2003, 02:30:32 PM
we had a lot of fun, we had a lot of money.
we had a little son, we thought we'd call him sonny.
sonny gets married and moves away.
sonny has a baby and bills to pay
sonny gets sunnier day by day by day...
Title: i am basking in paul simon....
Post by: chainsmoking insomniac on August 18, 2003, 02:32:46 PM
ah........
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Post by: Jeremy Blackman on August 18, 2003, 02:39:47 PM
I can't run but
I can walk much faster than this
Can't run but
I can't run but
I can walk much faster than this
Can't run but

A winding river
Gets wound around a heart. Pull it
Tighter and tighter
Until the muddy waters part
Down by the river bank
A blues band arrives
The music suffers
The music business thrives
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Post by: ©brad on August 18, 2003, 03:28:08 PM
good happy/sad music.

Hello darkness, my old friend,
I've come to talk with you again,
Because a vision softly creeping,
Left its seeds while I was sleeping,
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence.
In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone,
'Neath the halo of a street lamp,
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence.
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Post by: SoNowThen on August 18, 2003, 03:31:52 PM
Quote from: Jeremy BlackmanThe music suffers
The music business thrives

Fucking haunting line, eh? It's always kinda chilled me.
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Post by: aclockworkjj on August 18, 2003, 04:07:32 PM
"Ev'ry day's an endless stream
Of cigarettes and magazines
And each town looks the same to me
The movies and the factories
And ev'ry stranger's face I see
Remind me that I long to be
Homeward bound..."
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Post by: SoNowThen on August 18, 2003, 04:12:39 PM
tell me why
why don't you love me for who I am, where I am...
she said "cos that's not the way the world works, baby"
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Post by: chainsmoking insomniac on August 18, 2003, 04:13:31 PM
Goddammit I forgot that line.
Whew.  Could he be any more on the mark lyrically?  Jesus.......
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Post by: AlguienEstolamiPantalones on August 18, 2003, 04:18:08 PM
ohh yeah ohh yeah wellll dont forget about this man

http://www.xixax.com/viewtopic.php?t=1924&highlight=garfunkel
Title: i am basking in paul simon....
Post by: SoNowThen on August 20, 2003, 11:21:15 AM
Quote from: SoNowThentell me why
why don't you love me for who I am, where I am...
she said "cos that's not the way the world works, baby"

Y'know what? After posting this, I went home and listened to this song, and realized I fucked up the lyric. Damn do I feel stupid. Still is a good line, but definitely doesn't mean the same. Here's the proper lyrics:

And tell me why
Why won't you love me
For who I am
Where I am
He said:
'Cause that's not the way the world is baby

Many apologies for mis-representing Paul
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Post by: SoNowThen on November 28, 2003, 12:21:35 PM
buuuuump


A man walks down the street
He says why am I short of attention
Got a short little span of attention
And why are my nights are so long
Where's my wife and family
What if I die here
Who'll be my role-model
Now that my role-model is
Gone Gone
He ducked back down the alley
With some roly-poly little bat-faced girl
All along along
There were incidents and accidents
There were hints and allegations

If you'll be my bodyguard
I can be your long lost pal
I can call you Betty
And Betty when you call me
You can call me Al
Call me Al