jefferson street
Sep-05-2004, 21:57 GMT
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USA - United Staates America
 | Wow, what an incredible album. this album has some of my all time favorite Paul Simon songs. Still Crazy After All These Years is one of my all-time favorites. i Love how near the end of this song it turns into a generational song by saying that he wouldnt be convicted by a jury of his peers because they are still crazy after all these years, like him. i love that. it makes the song so much bigger and wonderful. I Do It For Your Love is a pretty love song and the lyrics are so personal and descriptive, it takes you there. 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover is a classic. geniusly written. Gone At Last is such a great gospel tune and it is fun to hear paul sing about hope and happiness while Some Folks Lives Role Easy would have gone better before Gone at Last (chronologically speaking), but it is such a soulful song that i have always loved it (not to mention the incredible chord progression). Have A Good Time is another happy song with a tinge of depression, makign it a song that is good to listen to wether you are happy or sad ... a hard thing to accomplish. You´re Kind is a song that i could walk around singing for days and it has a clever message, a great pop song. and last but not least, Silent Eyes it an inspirational and humbling spiritual tune that stands out from the album because it is so different from the rest of the album. some parts of this song are much more direct than paul usually writes, but others are incredibly symbolic and beautiful.
the only song that i left out is Night Game and that is because it is the only song on the album that i almost always skip over. ive read his description of what the song means and it interested me more, but i still cant get a real hold on it.
sorry that this is such a long review, but this great album calls for it.
DISCUSS! :^)
Track Listing:
Still Crazy After All These Years
My Little Town
I do it for Your Love
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
Night Game
Gone At Last
Some Folks Lives Role Easy
Have a Good Time
You´re Kind
Silent Eyes |