Paul Simon – “Wristband”
This is just brilliant IMHO. Paul Simon keeps getting better and better, and as we’ve often discussed here, not many of his generation do. Randy Newman (c’mon Randy where’s that new album?), Tom Waits, and depending on which university you went to maybe Bob Dylan, even Paul McCartney. And others.
But to my ears this is just great, and I’m basically a music not words person. It’s kind of a one chord old white man rap. The lyrics are brilliant, witty, clever and the musicians get a great feel happening. The bass player especially is wonderful.
Right arrow pointy thing (how do you do that on a Mac??)…
I don’t use a Mac, but looking at a picture of the keyboard, all the same keys are there to do the arrow.
It’s two or three (lower case) — dashes next to the zero on the top line followed by an (upper case) > two keys along from the M.
Nice. Same basic song structure as Nilsson’s Coconut built around a solitary C 7th chord
But do you know what make, model, and year of guitar it’s played on?
Not without a picture
isn’t this it >?
2 keys to the right from M and 2 keys to the left from the shift key.
Yes, but I use a few dashes as well to complete the picture —>
That’s brilliant, thanks
The old goat has still got it, hasn’t he. Unusually light-hearted for PS.
Caught M.Ward on the radio last week, in session on R6. Most of his new songs sound like Paul Simon. Uncanny.
Carrie Fisher said Paul is never funnier than when he’s goofing on how he takes himself really seriously
While we’re on the subject of Saturday Night Live, here’s Paul in 2011… With added Lindsey Buckingham.
I initially thought it was slight, but now think it’s an amazing song. Extending an anecdote I to a metaphor for inequality and privilege. Extraordinary writing.
Yep, he’s a genius.