Poll: What is your pick for the song with the COOLEST Drum part from the Rock era?

@TerrickTerran

23 күн бұрын

Wipeout

@Lam_3-22-23

23 күн бұрын

Come Together

@christineml1476

23 күн бұрын

Toto "Roseanna"

@catherine6653

23 күн бұрын

Crossroads, Tracy Chapman.

@petercena9497

23 күн бұрын

Tomorrow Never Knows - The Beatles

Can you imagine needing a tutor in math & Art Garfunkel shows up at your door? Only way to top that is Brian May tutoring you in Astrophysics!

@ProfessorofRock

23 күн бұрын

No kidding!

@AnnaTrail-xp8pr

23 күн бұрын

🤣

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

22 күн бұрын

I wonder if he is a lecturer for college students

@Ceelle2

22 күн бұрын

​@marktait2371 Punctuation is your friend, friend.

@cheriem432

17 күн бұрын

There is a *tremendously* strong correlation between music and mathematics that I doubt the general public realizes, so Art and Brian being heavily into math makes sense to me! 😇

Mentioning the book, "Catch 22" reminded me of one of my favorite anecdotes about famous authors. The late novelist Kurt Vonnegut informed his pal, Joseph Heller, that their host (at the fancy party they were attending), a hedge fund manager, had made more money in a single day than Heller had earned from his wildly popular novel Catch-22 over its whole history. Heller responded - “Yes, but I have something he will never have . . . enough.” May all of you have... ENOUGH!

@williamsanders2439

23 күн бұрын

@LazyIRanch actually got to see Mr Vonnegut speak in person years ago. One of the highlights of my college years!

@ProfessorofRock

23 күн бұрын

Thanks!

@LazyIRanch

23 күн бұрын

@@williamsanders2439 WOW! I'm envious! I love Vonnegut, and so does my son. I have found some audiobook recordings on KZread of Vonnegut reading his own works, but I would have loved to have heard him in person.

@babygerald4645

22 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing this. Catch-22 is one of my favorite books of all time. I don't usually do this, particularly with music, but this book just hits me on every level. The movie is underrated but nothing close to the book. Given the amount of material to work with in the book, I think it did an admirable job capturing the idiocy and contradictions of war and all the insane characters involved.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

22 күн бұрын

I love it!

Paul Simon is what I describe as one of the world’s great wordsmiths. they are few and far between.

@gregorymoore2877

6 күн бұрын

He has his books and his poetry to protect him. He is shielded in his armor. 😉

Art Garfunkel has one of the most beautiful voices I’ve ever heard

You can Call Me Al is one of those songs that always makes me smile and involves crazy antics! Such a fun song 🤪

@ProfessorofRock

23 күн бұрын

For sure!

@t_cheating8239

19 күн бұрын

I did a dance back in the days with my friend for this song.

@cheriem432

12 күн бұрын

Are you referring to the video by Paul and Chevy Chase? I enjoyed it too.

It never occurred to me that it was a silly song. It always struck me as pretty serious....and get yourself free, indeed. A year later, he'd release the heart wrenching "Slip Sliding Away." Always thought of it as a follow up to "Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover."

Phoebe Snow fact: Billy Joel had a song that he was hesitant to put on his next album, thinking it was too sappy. When Phoebe Snow and Linda Ronstadt heard the song, they told Joel that he MUST include it on the album. The song - Just the Way You Are. The rest is history.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

22 күн бұрын

This is an amazing fact!

@gailabert7976

22 күн бұрын

Yeah, nice song but then didn’t he divorce the idea for that song?

@allrequiredfields

22 күн бұрын

​@@gailabert7976What does that have to do with anything?

@HalfDeadGeezers

19 күн бұрын

I believe everything Billy Joel touched was overly sappy. Except for Uptown Girl and it's video. That is some bad ass stuff!!!!!

@yorkiemom6144

19 күн бұрын

If you think that you've not listened to Billy's entire catalog. It's incredibly extensive. For instance, "We Didn't Start the Fire' and " Angry Young Man" were hardly bubble gum, lol. Go down the Billy Joel rabbit hole one day and listen to his more obscure stuff. He's truly a genius storyteller. ☺️

I think Paul Simon will go down as one of the greatest American Poet from the 20th Century.

Paul Simon is just timeless his music has spanned generations and whether you're a fan or just a casual listener Paul's music will definitely brighten your day

@ProfessorofRock

23 күн бұрын

Amen!

@earlgrey691

23 күн бұрын

A one man Lennon & Mcartney.Best of the best.

@jimsmith9301

23 күн бұрын

Just hop on the bus Gus! Don't need to be coy Roy. Make a new plan Stan and get yourself free!! GBY. Jim

@georgemathie8123

23 күн бұрын

@@jimsmith9301 love it

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

22 күн бұрын

He’s a master songwriter

I watched Paul Simon’s recent interview by Colbert on the Late Show. He said he wasn’t a perfectionist, he just got a song to where he didn’t hate it. that’s the standard of brilliance. He’s got a very interesting life story.

I remember Donnie & Marie Osmond had a variety show back in the 70's very similar to the Sonny & Cher show and they would do a little monologue with some bantering back and forth and when Donnie said one particular joke to Marie she replied that she would like to talk about the Fifty ways to leave your *BROTHER* which I thought was a cute line. Cheers from Ottawa, Canada🍁

@cheriem432

12 күн бұрын

It was. The whole show was designed to be wholesome and cute.

@arfriedman4577

4 күн бұрын

I was young when i saw donny and marie. I just remember singing and talking.

Simon and Garfunkel made the most beautiful harmony that I’ve ever known. I can’t help but sing with them when I hear their music.

S & G sounded so great together even after the breakup but I can understand Simon's frustration with Art.

Fav Paul Simon tune ... "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes". The SNL performance was/is amazing too.

In 1999 Paul Simon and Bob Dylan came to St. Louis together.. I loved Bob Dylan and still do. But Paul Simon had everyone singing along with nearly every song. Simon has written the sound track of a lot of people's lives.

@LQOTW

21 күн бұрын

Well put! That is so true.

@taraspage

15 күн бұрын

I saw them in Memphis Tennessee around the same time. Very memorable time.

Simon and Garfunckel are genuine American treasures.

@ProfessorofRock

23 күн бұрын

No question!

Love the "Wake Me Up Before You GoGo" shirt. I used to sing this to my infant daughter back when as we danced in her room. We got in trouble when my wife came home while we were rocking as she switched the (loud) radio off. Busted!

I think it's easy to lose sight of how brilliant Art Garfunkel is. I mean, in the shadow of Paul Simon. If he couldn't sing, Art might have been a math professor at Columbia U. Real bright guy.

Paul Simon's _Graceland_ is absolutely sublime. I've been listening to that quite a bit lately.

@ProfessorofRock

23 күн бұрын

I agree! Great record!

@daBEAGLE1017

23 күн бұрын

I remember my mom playing that album when it came out. Love that album.

@Magnum3144

23 күн бұрын

One of the BEST. Diamonds on the soles of her shoes!!!!! A-wa A-wa

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

22 күн бұрын

One of the best albums ever.

@HotRod12667

22 күн бұрын

That's one of my favorites.

My first favorite song as a little kid was “Cecelia” by Simon and Garfunkel, I just loved the percussion. Still a fan of Paul Simon after all these years. Such a talented artist!

One of the saddest songs of all time was Art's "Bright Eyes" from Watership Down.

@gregorymoore2877

6 күн бұрын

A beautiful song from an animated movie that runs on nightmare fuel.

I have sang "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" as a kid, to my kids and now to my grandkids. Absolutely love it. When we need to run an errand and we don't want the grandkids to know what we're doing we just say "I'm gonna slip out the back jack" 🤣🤣

@ProfessorofRock

23 күн бұрын

Thanks!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

22 күн бұрын

Haha!

@stephenhanft1226

22 күн бұрын

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 I always had a lot fun singing "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover" with the great rhyming. I still remember the words to the main chorus. "Just slip out the back, Jack. Make a new plan, Stan. You don't need to be coy, Roy. Just get yourself free. Hop on the bus, Gus. Don't need to discuss much. Just drop off the key, Lee. And get yourself free." I always considered it a fun, novelty song.

@cheriem432

17 күн бұрын

Um, "I have *sung*"?

Carrie Fisher telling anyone else the problem was all inside their head is projection. Having said that, I absolutely adored both her and her mother.

Paul Simon became one of the greatest songwriters ever by keeping his eyes and ears open every waking minute for anything that could become a song, be it a Chinese restaurant menu (Mother And Child Reunion), or this great one.

@ProfessorofRock

23 күн бұрын

So true.

@Chapps1941

23 күн бұрын

A song about the colonic combination of the mother, chicken, and the child; the egg?

@beenaplumber8379

23 күн бұрын

I'd like to hear the rest of that story about the Chinese restaurant menu. (Did he have a chicken egg foo yong?) That's my favorite Paul Simon song... I think.

@mitchellbaker9434

23 күн бұрын

@@Chapps1941 You've got it

@mitchellbaker9434

23 күн бұрын

@@beenaplumber8379 It's in his bio. He was at a Chinese restaurant, perusing the menu for a dish to order, and came across one called "Mother and Child Reunion". And as our friend above deduced, it is indeed a chicken and egg dish.

The professor is a confessor , a supressor of stressors ...and a snappy dresser .....lol

@ProfessorofRock

23 күн бұрын

Ha ha! Thanks my friend!

Graceland is one of the greatest albums of all time.

As a kid growing up in the 70s, I always heard it as “don’t need to be corduroy”. Couldn’t understand what he had against corduroy - I loved my corduroy pants 😂 Also - check out Rick Beato’s interview with Steve Gadd. Phenomenal interview and they also touch on how he came up with that drum riff. Love your videos!

'Still Crazy' and 'Fifty Ways' are still my all-time favourite Paul Simon songs.

I remember the first time I heard this song. I had moved to a new home and had a long country bus ride to school (over an hour) and the bus driver had a radio hooked up in the bus. This song is the first song I really remember listening to on that bus ride. The rhyming structure caught my young ears (4th grade) and I used to sing along with it during those long bus rides. Thanks for bringing the memories back Professor.

@ProfessorofRock

23 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@LazyIRanch

23 күн бұрын

So Paul's toddler wasn't the only child who benefitted from his fun lesson in rhyming!💖 I made up a game to play with my son when he was in elementary school. My son loves Star Trek, and Mr. Spock and Data were his favorite characters. The game was, "How would Mr. Spock say it?" This encouraged him to expand his vocabulary. Example: Instead of saying "Birds of a feather flock together" Mr. Spock might say; "Avian animals with similar plumage tend to associate with those who most visually resemble themselves."

@patd.3368

22 күн бұрын

Great story!!!!

@allrequiredfields

22 күн бұрын

WHAT? You had a bus ride to school with music? That would have been fantastic.

@thebunter

22 күн бұрын

@@allrequiredfields Yeah, due to the length of the ride (most days it was over an hour long with some winter days approaching 2 hours) the bus driver added a stereo to the bus. It Wasn't the best but it sure made those long bus rides a bit more endurable.

LOVED this one Professor!!! I still get amazed at how you can play 3sec of a song and bring back a lifetime of memories and this one was full of them!!! Thanks, as always, for the memories…❤😊

As a teen with fresh Fifty Ways it helped me see relationships differently. Less panacea. Teaching rhymes makes sense, but under it all, I think Paul needed closure. Love the song. Thanks Adam! You are truly the Professor of Rock.

I love that song. Paul Simon is one of the best singer's in my opinion. He has so many great songs. Mother and child reunion is one of my favorites. Late in the evening from the movie one trick pony is one of my favorite songs. I love Phoebe snow's song poetry man another favorite of mine.

@ProfessorofRock

23 күн бұрын

Great lyricist!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

22 күн бұрын

All great songs.

I was in grad school when the track came out. The student newspaper published a list of the best places to drink off campus entitled "Fifty Ways to Lose Your Liver."

I didn't really know the English language yet when I first heard 50 ways to leave your lover. But even without understanding the lyrics, I loved everything about it. Still do. It's a tiny piece of exquisite art in a huge and often overly elaborate musical universe.

"let me explain." "That will take too long, let me sum up."

@cheriem432

12 күн бұрын

?

@gregorymoore2877

6 күн бұрын

Paul Simon could have gone to Fezzik for help with any rhymes. Fezzik has a wonderful gift for rhyme.

Another Paul Simon episode = GOLD! I was in a long running show with a live band and there was moment where I “beat up” the lead singer and the drummer would play a little beat. One night I asked him if he knew the opening of “50 Ways” and he started playing for me every night. This is one of my all time favorite songs and I have used it and referenced it a lot! And still, I didn’t know this story. Thanks, Adam!

My Dad's name was Roy, and we used to tease him with the "Don't need to be coy, Roy." lyric. He didn't like that, and always said he hated this song. On another Simon-related note, I used lyrics from *"Kodachrome"* as the quote on my Senior Page in the yearbook in 1999. My English teachers were not too pleased to see *"When I think on all the crap I learned in high school, it's wonder I can think at all. And, I know my lack of education hasn't hurt me none."* listed there, and I was stopped by all 4 of them individually, telling me I knew better than be using double negatives in a sentence. I guess, none of them noticed where I gave credit to the source. I just really loved the song.

@BearJwG

21 күн бұрын

10 bucks says they each knew! Being educators they got the last laugh making you only think about the grammar, and forever wondering if they actually knew where the quote was from. Educators are great like that. Cheers!

@iampoch01

6 күн бұрын

​@@BearJwG agreed.

@gregorymoore2877

6 күн бұрын

Glad to see you could read the writing on the wall. 😉

My Mom used to play this song a lot when I was growing up. I honestly never paid too much attention to it, wasn't one of my favorites. As I got older, I grew a deeper appreciation for it. Now, I really like it. Go figure.

@LazyIRanch

23 күн бұрын

I'm glad you lucked out and had a mom with great taste in music! Me too, and I miss her sumpthin' awful. I actually remember watching that Grammy Award ceremony with my mom, when Paul Simon thanked Stevie Wonder for NOT releasing an album that year. I also remember watching the Grammys the year before, when Stevie won several categories and my mom was squealing she was so happy for him! In the 90s, she and my dad were vacationing at a resort in Puerto Vallarta, and mom realized they were walking right behind Stevie Wonder and his wife on the grand staircase. She told me, "I could have reached out and touched him!" "Oh Momma, please tell me you didn't..." She didn't, but she wanted to! She also said, "Stevie's wife is absolutely gorgeous! Do you think he knows that?" Yeah, I'm sure he's aware.😂🤣 Dad had no idea who Stevie Wonder was.🙄Nerd!😏

@bartbluemusic

23 күн бұрын

@@LazyIRanch - what a great story! TY for sharing this. :)

One night many years ago I was up late trying to write a new song. I switched to bass from guitar trying to shake something loose from my brain. I hit what I thought was gold and I recorded it. The next day I played it back and my girlfriend was blown away. “You have something great here.” I said “Yes I do… it’s a definite hit song..” It was this song, shook from my brain.

@cheriem432

12 күн бұрын

I'm confused. Are you Paul Simon?

@ManUnhappy

12 күн бұрын

@@cheriem432 no the riff was stuck in my subconscious from when my dad used to spin the 45 when I was little. And it popped up out of the blue and I realized what I’d done the next day.

The song "My Little Town" is also on Art Garfunkel's 1975 "Breakaway". Art reunited again with Simon & also James Taylor to do the Sam Cooke classic "Wonderful World" (from Art's 1978 "Watermark" album).

Paul and Art were a great pop music duo of the 60's and 70's.🎤🎶🎸🎶🎹🎶🥁

@ProfessorofRock

23 күн бұрын

Amen!

@rogertemple7193

23 күн бұрын

@@ProfessorofRock I did like Art's singing a bit better than Paul's but I never really heard enough of Art singing solo since Paul did most of the lead vocals on their songs, Hall and Oates were like them with Daryl Hall doing the lead singing and John Oates was mainly backing vocals and guitar playing and solos Thank You Professor.

One of my favorite songs from Simon and Garfunkle is For Emily Whenever I May Find Her. "When I woke and felt you near, I kissed your honey hair with my grateful tears. I love you girl, oh how I love you." That has to be one of the most beautiful and romantic lyrics ever written. Paul Simon is a genius.

@deekang6244

14 күн бұрын

One of my favorites as well. Just the most beautiful lyrics and music.

I always used to sing this song with my mum, and we'd have fun listing the various different rhymes.

@ProfessorofRock

23 күн бұрын

So fun!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

22 күн бұрын

I used to use girls names for the rhymes.

What a great video. Love the song 50 ways to leave your lover.

Aah, ok.. I was expecting "Baby Shark.. doo doo doo doo.." 😂

As James Brown said, "give the drummer some!" The right drum part can make or break a song, and Gadd's part is...(chef's kiss).

Saw Paul Simon on the Graceland tour. It was one of the best concerts that I ever attended.

This brings a lot of memories, thanks!

There Goes Rhymin' Simon!💝

@ProfessorofRock

23 күн бұрын

Sucha good record!

@LazyIRanch

23 күн бұрын

@@ProfessorofRock One of my favorite albums. I really enjoyed this episode, thanks Adam!

Great story as usual. Thanks, bud!

Love Paul and Call Me Al is my favorite song! You can't hear it without feeling a mood lift. I can't hear it without picturing him and Chevy Chase, love that video.

As a kid, I remember everyone knowing the part where he starts naming ways to leave!! I remember a character using the rhyme to teach Mork something on Mork and Mindy! Paul Simon knew this song would form earworms in heads for years!!

One of my FAVORITES of Paul along with LOVE ME LIKE A ROCK 💟 GOAT among male singers song writers!! Great Job Professor!! Peace 🕊️☮️♾️😎

@ProfessorofRock

23 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching ALLEN!

@allengray5748

23 күн бұрын

@@ProfessorofRock You Da Mann!!

DEFINITELY one of the finest songwriters of our era! I remember listening to this song on the radio not long after it was released, and recognized it as an unusually good song lyrically, which is rather rare in popular music.

@ProfessorofRock

23 күн бұрын

AMen!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

22 күн бұрын

Because he can really write lyrics.

Simon and Garfunkel were my heros. Still love them! Thank You for sharing this history!

Great stuff !

Good morning Adam and music lovers. How cool os this. Paul Simon is national treasure.. Not only as part of Simon and Garfunkel, but his solo albums were masterpieces as well. His level of song mastery to me became obvious with the There Goes Rhymin' Simon album, with genius works like Kodachrome, Love Me Like A Rock, and American Tune. Later songs like 50 Ways jst cemented that legacy. Looking forward to this one. Thanks Adam.

@ProfessorofRock

23 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching my friend!

@jstnxprsn

23 күн бұрын

@@ProfessorofRock How could I not brother, after all the work you put in? Appreciation is an important part of life, and I greatly appreciate you, my friend.

@AnnaTrail-xp8pr

23 күн бұрын

Good morning.

Loved Phoebe Snow…divine voice!

I wasn't aware of this being his biggest solo hit, but it is a great one. Simon is one of the best songwriters of the rock era. Great episode, professor. My personal favorite is, You can call me Al.

@ProfessorofRock

23 күн бұрын

Same!

Paul Simon was a poet.

Or as Ralph on the Muppet Show called it "50 Ways to love your lever" 😊😊😊😊

@TerrickTerran

23 күн бұрын

that was my first exposure to the song. Rowlf by the way.

@djohnranch

23 күн бұрын

Beat me to wit

@ProfessorofRock

23 күн бұрын

Ha!

@ProfessorofRock

23 күн бұрын

I totally forgot about that! Thanks for reminding me!

@Whisper_292

23 күн бұрын

Thank you! I was trying to think of who did that!

My son really liked this song whenever I played because his nickname is used as one of the men's names. My favorite will always be "Scarborough Fair", but who doesn't love Paul & Chevy Chase in the video for, "You Can Call Me Al"?! My second favorite Paul Simon song. 🤠

Such cool drumming in this song.

@LazyIRanch

23 күн бұрын

IKR? I wonder why that doesn't get mentioned more often. The snare drum in the beginning is a whole mood, it gives it an almost military marching feel that to me seemed to symbolize glumly trudging towards one's destiny, until the funny lyrics kick in and we are let in on "the joke" and we are cheering the singer on in his quest to get himself free!😃❤‍🩹

@raymondm4441

23 күн бұрын

@@LazyIRanch It's great you picked up on the military feel as Steve Gadd played in the US Army Field Band.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

22 күн бұрын

The great Steve Gadd!

this song was everywhere for like two weeks when i was a child. it was back in the days when a song could get "played out" like the captian and tenile haha but this one in particular woudl get various cousins to groan. great channel thank you.

❤🎉 Paul Simon is an amazing artist. 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover, and You Can Call Me Al are two great silly songs that hit it big. Who would have thought Paul would produce a song like this after the classic compositions with Art Garfunkle? Thanks Professor! Great Wham! shirt.

@Sweet--Richard.4981

23 күн бұрын

❤❤

@thebunter

23 күн бұрын

I love 50 ways yet can't stand "You Can Call Me Al"

@AnnaTrail-xp8pr

23 күн бұрын

Can't always be serious 😉

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

22 күн бұрын

You Can Call Me Al is always such a joy!

Thanks for bringing up Phoebe Snow's music - I was a big fan of hers - LOVED her "Poetry Man"!🤗

Always loved this song and now I hear the backstory it makes sense! Haven't heard it for a while but now I'm watching this video it's playing in my head again.

One of my favorites, thanks Professor 👓

Always a delight to see Hermit of Mink Hollow lurking on the record shelf. XD

Apparently before Paul Simon showed this song to Steve Martin it was 47 Ways to Leave Your Lover 😂😂

Grew up with Simon and Garfunkle. Great back story. ❤❤

@ProfessorofRock

23 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Thanks Professor!! Such a talented artist! 🤘🔥

@ProfessorofRock

23 күн бұрын

Rock on!

I just started watching the intro. I’m singing it in my head! It’s a total ear worm. 😂

Hi Professor, nice to see the latest promotion of the multi-talented Paul Simon. I second a fan’s suggestion you feature Johnny Clegg, of whom Paul is a fan. I'm an Art Garfunkel fan, too. It seems you always mean single song when you refer to a hit, though writing does not specify it. But Paul Simon had two US #1 hits if one counts the album “Still Crazy After All These Years.” Marie Osmond told a joke about “50 ways to leave your brother.”

@LazyIRanch

23 күн бұрын

I love Johnny Clegg's music! For those not familiar: Johnny Clegg & Savuka, was a multi-racial South African band formed in 1986 by Johnny Clegg after the disbanding of Juluka. Savuka's music blended traditional Zulu musical influences with Celtic music and rock music that had a cross-racial appeal in South Africa. They had a pretty popular hit in the USA with their gorgeous song, "Dela" which was featured in the "George of the Jungle" movie with Brendan Fraser. Here's a link to that perfect love song, and one of my top "feel-good" songs to listen to when the world seems ugly and hate-filled: kzread.info/dash/bejne/q22EsdqSgsbdpsY.html I agree, an episode about Johnny Clegg would be fascinating. Sadly, Mr. Clegg passed from pancreatic cancer in 2019 so he's not available for interviews.

@shiroibasketshoes

23 күн бұрын

@@LazyIRanch Thanks very much for all that information on the late great Johnny Clegg, Lazy I Ranch. I’m a big fan of his work solo and with Juluka and Savuka and of course his and their dancing on stage was amazing. Of course the linked song is one of his best, along with “Scatterlings Of Africa,” “Fever,” “Asimbonanga,” “Kilimanjaro,” “Ring On Her Finger,” “Great Heart,” “Cruel, Crazy Beautiful World”…

Wow! Where to get all these amazing stories. Love these videos.

This was my favorite song when i was little. Im 52 now and i still love it.

Here's another song I didn't like as a child but do now. Still, my Paul Simon solo faves are Loves Me Like a Rock and Call Me Al (and that fantastic video! ).

I remember being confused about this as a kid, not knowing the emotional strain that can come from an overbearing partner. Now I get it.

Paul Simon, man what can I say that has not already been said, he influenced my younger years before I even knew his name, koda chrome reached deep so deep that I ended up writing a poem based off of it , I always miss heard the lyrics and thought he said " coat of chrome" lol😂😂. Well I may have heard it wrong for over a decade but it still inspired me. I place upon him a title that few artists in the music business ever let people hear. He was a true musician, questioning, answering, and always keeping it fresh

My mom played the "Still Crazy" album all the time. Those songs bring back memories. I love "My Little Town". That and Art's "All I Know" are on my playlist for work.

I like how Paul Simon can make fun of himself. I still remember him dressed up as a turkey on Saturday Night Live. 🦃

@r1l56me

22 күн бұрын

Still crazy after all these years… lol

50 ways was my 7 year old sons favorite song. Anytime it came on the radio he would be belting it out from the back seat. Paul Simon is truly a brilliant songwriter and singer!

Just by the photo and title, I KNEW what song this video was going to be about. 😄

It’s not a matter of which was better, the duo or Simon alone. Very few of this world can match Simon‘s ability to put words and music to our lives. But the early Simon wrote with the intention of knowing his long time friend Garfunkel would be lending his beautiful voice. Once that magic was gone, Simon couldn’t force what he couldn’t feel. Thank goodness he still could translate his feelings into a different kind of magic.

Fantastic album from a fantastic musician.

Love this channel. ❤❤❤I always find out such interesting tidbits about the backstory of a song, and the artists. Simon and Garfunkel made beautiful music together. It's a shame Art, didn't really put his soul into music. With his voice, he could have gone far. It's amazing how one artists work, influences another, in subtle ways. Coolest drum, Stairway to Heaven.

I always loved Paul Simon's songs. Like most people, with or without Art. I was young and knew a man who had just got married. I congratulated his wife on becoming Miss Robinson, she looked at me funny but I had not seen the movie that had just come out. Lol.... he always made such great music. Good show as usual.

@ProfessorofRock

23 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching!

My girl sings this song to me when she isn't happy with me, sometimes more seriously than others. Paul is such a great writer that he can write a song as kinda a goof and hit number 1, I remember my mom was upset when Simon and Garfunkel broke up but after hearing his solo album she was no longer upset. Paul is definitely one of the greatest American songwriters ever. Fantastic episode professor!!

@ProfessorofRock

23 күн бұрын

Thanks!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

22 күн бұрын

There really are 50 ways to leave your lover. Maybe even more than 50!

I knew what the song was as soon as i seen the title . Lol That's a pretty cool story , especially when you tell it P.O.R. !

This and Junk Food Junkie were my favorite songs of that year, always brings back great memories. I was 6 or 7 at the time.

Always makes me think of John Valby and his X rated version. Had never heard of him when friends said we had to go see him live. Place was packed and after a few beers, his show had everyone laughing.

@brianc9642

21 күн бұрын

“The Prince of Porn” is not forgotten!

I would absolutely love to hear you do a piece on Phoebe Snow. She has such a beautiful voice and I couldn't help singing along when her songs came on the radio. Her story needs to be told and you're the only one who could do it justice.

Love Paul Simon, another great vid POR. Thanks! Id heard art lives in the Dakota building and blocked Paul Simon’s application to buy there.

I used to love singing along to this when I was a kid.

@ProfessorofRock

23 күн бұрын

It's so fun!

@scottrobinson529

23 күн бұрын

@@ProfessorofRock it is. I think I was in the second grade. I got into trouble a couple years before for singing Celia at my grandma's house at a family dinner. I was walking down the hall singing "making love in the afternoon with Celia up in my bedroom" then I heard my dad say " what the hell are you singing. Funny thing is I heard it at home while he was playing the record.

Just noting that “Bright Eyes” sung by Art was a huge hit all around the word in 1979 - other than in the US.

I enjoyed the sorry I always like the song although it’s not top of my list and it’s not my go to type of music, but I’ve heard it enough and it’s kind of a fun song you can sing along too has a nice tune. I really love the storyabout him with his son and I’m glad he finally won Grammy. Thanks for sharing.

I love Simon and Garfunkel! I love Paul Simon! And I love Art Garfunkel! I was a young adult with 2 kids by 1976. I listened to and enjoyed it all. Classics!

I was born in 66, so this episode brought back a lot of great memories of my formative years, musically. I have a very eclectic taste in music because of my parents' collection, which included may of the records and artists you mentioned ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

This song and Todd’s onomatopoeia always make me smile . 🌼

@ProfessorofRock

23 күн бұрын

For sure!

@shiroibasketshoes

23 күн бұрын

@@ProfessorofRock Hi ProRo, does that mean you'll do a Todd Rundgren feature?