Wow, what can I say about this song that isn't total praise? Every time I think I can't love it anymore, I re-find it and fall in love all over again. The use of the background vocal in this song could serve as a guideline to all who want to write music. They create the mood, they elevate and alleviate the mood like a beautiful woman. The chord structure is as simple as it gets yet the song seems to express complex ranges in human emotion. The dynamics are absolutely on fucking point and the bass line is almost a co-narrator with the lead vocals, taking you along on a journey. Not to mention the surreal and attack-less organ noise that calmly massages you to sleep.
And the lyrics, amazing. They represent so many parts of being human which are so universal and complex. From feeling alone (only living boy in New York), to feeling completely free (I've got nothing to do today but smile), I mean this song is the ultimate combination of utter joy and alienation. He loves being the only one and "gathering all his news on the weather report" but at the same time you can feel the loneliness which is best represented by the background vocals and organs total melancholy of tone and reverb.
This song delivers every time, learn it, live it, love it......want some more of it.
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Paul Simon writes the soundtrack to 20-something life.
I always took the term "living" to mean "aware" in the song's context; "Here I am" is the self discovery. But he still doesn't know what he's doing, and he's knows it.
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