a great genius, this album is his masterpiece, in my opinion.. writing a song like this or "i do it for your love" without being genius is impossible.. thanks to share!!
Paul Simon estava com um time de primeira nesta gravação, Davin Sanborn - Alto Sax Toots Thielemans - Guitar Richard Tee - Electric Piano Tony Levin - Bass Guitar Steve Gadd - Drums
I live in a small town in Japan. It is a town nothing. The old man walks around and walks around, there are few children! It is like the lyrics of this song. But even in such a city, it is my precious town.
Totally agree. 'Still Crazy' is Simon at his all time best to me: Ascerbic, wistfull and dark with amazing song structures, lyrics and performance. In my opinion 'My Little Town' tops most of the previous S & G canon. If only there'd been a live performance of it by them at the time.
Wow. A LIVE version. In real VHS - maybe even BETA! Gotta love vintage video. This was one of those tunes that slipped under the radar screen in the late 70's - and probably one of Simon's (actually, Simon AND Garfunkel, who did the backup vocals with Paul on his album "There Goes Rhymin' Simon" AFTER they broke up) best songs.
But it's not a touching song about smalltown life. It's a scathing indictment of smalltown life with a touching, beautiful melody: "Pledging allegiance to the wall." "My mom doing laundry, hanging our shirts in the dirty breeze" "All of the colors are black. It's not that the colors aren't there, It's just imagination they lack. Everything's the same back in my little town." These are not appreciative images. They're expressions of meaninglessness. That's the song's power.
I would love to find out which part of the UK the clips of the 'little town' are. I find it amazing to think that Paul used to busk around Britain in the early 60s. am I right in beleiving that homeward bound was written somewhere around Liverpool? or a seaside town in the North West of England?
@THE59TH Thanks for the post! Sad to hear about the other songs. Is there a chance that you could post them again and see, this time if they can be on RU-vid just for while? I would really like to see them! :-)
I'm itching like a finger on the trigger of a gun. Want out of my 'little town' because, truly, everything has died here. Yet, like so many, I can't sell the property so I am trapped.
@Hasslington yeah, the cartilage in your spine and all around the body doesn't go through mitosis (cell regeneration) so it wears away and we get short
So hauntingly enjoyable. Amazing arrangement but doesn't sound right without Artie. I feel like this song is about our "can't wait to leave / yet long to go back" to our home towns and the mixed memories we have of them.
Great Post, I have been looking for this video. Too bad Art is not there. Never seen this before. Thanks and God Bless! Seems like were I am at in FL and most of the world, we are living this song at this time.....UGH!
@@SimonDooker Finally... SOMETIMES things work out the way you hoped... I read from the person who testified and I was hoping it would stand as a appreciated confirmation...
A good song, but it's got to have Garfunkel on it. I'm sorry, but Paul's high, little voice strains to get up to the notes, but the band plays louder and fortunately comes along for the ride-- Thank God. They BOTH combined to make that record good. Good song, agreed, but this performance doesn't quite satisfy--and my opinion only.
A Berwyn Mountain Range Hit, tangled up in a wired web of Male role call. Demographic, who's who on top of ole smokey with cheese. Come on you guys, Brian is Brian and always be Brian not much else to say about this male. Hi Ya, Hi Wa, The miss piggy finale. Thanks been interesting, Brian Koller
My comments were taken out of context. when I said it was too bad about the Lyrics of this pretty song, I didn't want to infer it was a bad song because it's not really a bad song, not a really really bad song, well, not a really REALLY REALLY BAD Song. If you have earplugs in.
It is a nice tune, too bad about the lyrics. What does Simon know about little towns anyway. Someone should cover it and change all the words to have a happy song.
