Posted On: Tuesday - May 21st 2019 7:11PM MST
In Topics: Music
Been writing comments on unz threads and having a fairly busy day. Even with lots of posts on deck and ever-accelerating stupidity in this world, I've not been in the mood ... [Well YOU GET IN THE MOOD! - Ed].
I've got more on economics coming, a month-old story (but an on-going problem) on the feminism of regret, and lots more. Just to get back onto the site, here is some obscure, but classic Simon & Garfunkel music. Peak Stupidity hasn't featured any of their music from their greatest hits (the most famous album) and other compilations. It seems that they are so familiar, that the songs aren't quite as good as fresh ones.
What I've learned on that is to give some songs a rest for a number of years. The trick is to not anticipate the tune in your head. Each next line or lick ought to feel new and not-completely expected, or the listening experience is not nearly as good.
Bleeker Street is from "Wednesday Morning. 3 AM"* in a New York City of the past ($30 a month rent? In Manhattan? Even in 1963, who had to die first?). Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel loved that city**, but it's not what is there today.
* That was Simon & Garfunkel's debut album, after their time as Tom and Jerry.
** See the bottom of that post for The Only Living Boy in New York, another obscure but great song by this duo. See also At the Zoo (not quite so obscure - on the 1999 Best of Simon & Garfunkel album - but that's not the much more ubiquitous Greatest Hits compilation from way back in 1972 with only the classics.)
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Moderator
Thursday - May 23rd 2019 7:13AM MST
PS: I'd heard everything off the classic Greatest Hits so many times, but "Only Living Boy ..." and this one are fresh to me.
Ganderson
Wednesday - May 22nd 2019 8:36PM MST
PS The only living boy in New York is a great song. It reminds me of my freshman year in high school, getting ready for inspection on Monday morning, shining my shoes, polishing my brass, and listening to I believe it was on Bridge over troubled waters.