My mom loved Paul Simon. She passed away unexpectedly 3 weeks ago. I finally got the courage to listen to some of his songs and oh boy the tears are flowing. Remembering our long road trips with Paul Simon on repeat. Love you mom ❤

@kennethbrady

9 ай бұрын

My sincere condolences. Hold tight to those nice road trip memories, and Momma will be close by:)

@michaelgapple1894

8 ай бұрын

My Mom’s favorite song was The 59th St Bridge Song. Right there with ya. Heavy Sigh…🍎💋❤️🎼

@joebauers6196

8 ай бұрын

Love your story

@spotwms8768

8 ай бұрын

Sorry for your loss. 🙏🏿

@bernardsoliz4976

8 ай бұрын

My condolences to you her family and friends.

I chose this for the Mother/Groom dance at my son's upcoming wedding May 6, 2023. 😍 I hope we do it justice.🤞🏼😁

@blainem2258

Жыл бұрын

How’d it go??

@gordocarbo

7 ай бұрын

Wow...talk about a good choice!

@michaelkirkland6573

3 ай бұрын

Just sent it to my Mom for approval for our dance!

@memdy7452

3 ай бұрын

@@blainem2258 It was a blast, thanks for asking!

@sallyweinreich5769

24 күн бұрын

How sweet I only had daughters I should’ve raised dogs instead 😢

Paul always had top-notch backing musicians. Listen to how the bass and kick drum work together!

@MikeHarmanos

Жыл бұрын

Roger Hawkins on drums, David Hood on bass

This is when music was music 🎶

@miapretti

25 күн бұрын

and the rest is Come on tell yacht generationer only your generation knew music which btw preach against that attitude

The only song that has ever made me want to dance with my momma... serious. Thank you, Paul Simon.

My adult daughter just sent me a video of her listening to this on the radio with tears in her eyes. She said, “I thought you made this song up.” I sang it to my kids & puppies all the time (except I said “she loves you.”)🤗💗

@user-yt7gh8ir8j

Жыл бұрын

That story brings tears to my eyes

@Nick-ty3dg

Жыл бұрын

thats awesome lol

@tonil5960

Жыл бұрын

That is so darling ❤ 😊 What a cute story! Your mama DOES love you!

@KoolHandJuke

Жыл бұрын

Beautiful that you shared that. #Memories ❤️🙏

@lisakucera5537

Жыл бұрын

I always sang this to my babies ❤

HMMMMM🎵🎵 The Gospel Group the Dixie Hummingbirds makes this song ROCK. One of my favorites by the GREAT PAUL SIMON. 🗣♊️👤Rising

The day my son dedicated me this song, I cried for so long. I am proud of raising such a good man.

@saltysunflower

Жыл бұрын

This song tells how I love my own son. I consider it my theme song lol.

@JessieI

5 ай бұрын

Good Job Mama ♥♥♥!

Reminds me of High School when I played this song ad nauseum on 8-track on my old Soundesign stereo. I was in Heaven! Was a great song 50+ years ago, and is still a great song today! Those perfect soulful background vocals make this song so great. Paul Simon is one of the top songwriters of all time.

It is 2021 and my mama is no longer with me, but she loved me like a rock. I miss mama, thank you God for blessing me with my mama. I miss her so much.

One of my all time favorite albums from the 70's. Awesome songwriter and performer.

@grant_7261

5 жыл бұрын

This album is only challenged (70's) by only by bridge over troubled waters and let it be

@jimrauh3584

2 жыл бұрын

@@grant_7261 Let It Be? That is one of the weakest Beatles albums and has so many average tracks that it's not even Beatlesesque (new spelling!). A couple of starters: Sticky Fingers and Exile by the Stones, debut album by Bad Co, Late for the Sky, Pretender by Jackson Browne, Souvenirs by Dan Fogelberg, the list is endless.

@polytheneprentiss1534

10 ай бұрын

@@jimrauh3584Let it Be, LAWW, Get Back, DLMD, Two of Us are not weak! Sheesh! 🤦🏻‍♀️

@jimrauh3584

10 ай бұрын

@@polytheneprentiss1534 You apparently didn't read what I wrote. It is one of the weakest Beatles albums, put together at a point when the band was breaking up and Paul was desperately trying to keep it together. Yes there are strong songs but the entirety of it is a weak effort.

I dedicate this song to my son Paul. 💖💖💖 Yes, he was named after Paul Simon!

Paul simon tapped into the American experience like no one else imo

@user-pc7sh9td2i

20 күн бұрын

Absolutely. As a result, his songs are timeless.

This is a most wonderful song that will make you look back on some of the greatest times in life.

A #2 hit for Paul Simon in the Fall of 1973. It went to #1 on the Adult Contemporary charts and in Canada. It went to #19 in Australia, #27 in The Netherlands, and to #39 in the United Kingdom.

When I think of the greatist song writers of all time, Paul Simon would place in the Top 5. This masterpiece is proof the man was a genius. Thank you Paul for all your talent you gave to the world. Thank you for the great upload.

@user-pc7sh9td2i

20 күн бұрын

Agree with you 100%. His songs never get old and they will endure.

Love this song. Have to admit though, I've never heard the devil call my name, but I was in the chapel choirs at my boarding schools for 10 years.

Anytime there was a Simon and Garfunkel song or just Paul Simon,on the radio,it was one of the best songs playing.

@jameschapman3607

2 жыл бұрын

Simon and GarFarkel, Laugh-in with Goidie Hawn, circa 1969=70=Rowan and Martin

70s we're fun....music crossing all racial barriers...

Zathura me trajo aquí 😎🤘

Reminds me of the summer of '73. Getting up at 5:30 am to deliver the Newark star ledger and hearing this on 77 WABC while getting ready

@teddibearsworld

5 жыл бұрын

Musicradio77 WABC.. a moment of silence. For so may years.. the sound of the Tri-State area!

@Anonymous_Rhinoceros

4 жыл бұрын

That’s a cool part of music history. Thanks for sharing

@sweetblaqcoffey962

3 жыл бұрын

I have memories of hearing this on WABC in New York City as a preteen. Great music, good times.

@jaydemo5792

2 жыл бұрын

77 WABC is better than ever... Especially on the weekends

@jaydemo5792

2 жыл бұрын

Cousin Brucie pumping out the same songs from the 60's & 70's as if we actually were back in that era.......Hey , I was a Little kid listening to WABC & all of those songs & by me tuning in on the weekends to hear this music , it brings me back to my early youth & there ain't nothin' wrong with that..........

Zathura managed to bring this to new generations like mine 30 years later. Amazing song. Great work, Paul Simon :)

Paul Simon, Thank you. Blessings.

@kenperkins7921

Жыл бұрын

Paul's mama didn't raise no dummy. He took off for Sheffield Alabama to get that special grease that Aretha Franklin said yu could only get in Muscle Shoals!

Thanks Paul! You're a credit to G/D human race! Love this song Like A Rock! Learning and singing now! 👍

The second release from "There Goes Rhymin' Simon"-It peaked at # 2 in October 1973-Love the gospel feel of this song!

Greatest Mom Ever... Priceless!

When I was a little boy (When I was just a boy) And the Devil called my name (When I was just a boy) I'd say, "Now who do (who) Who do you think you're fooling?" (When I was just a boy) I'm a consecrated boy (When I was just a boy) Singer in a Sunday choir Oh, my mama loves me, she loves me She get down on her knees and hug me Oh, she loves me like a rock She rock me like the rock of ages And loves me She love me, love me, love me, love me When I was grown to be a man (Grown to be a man) And the Devil would call my name (Grown to be a man) I'd say "now who do (who) Who do you think you're fooling?" (Grown to be a man) I'm a consummated man (Grown to be a man) I can snatch a little purity My mama loves me, she loves me She get down on her knees and hug me Oh, she loves me like a rock She rock me like the rock of ages And loves me She love me, love me, love me, love me And if I was President (Was the president) The minute the Congress called my name (Was the president) I'd say "now who do (who) Who do you think you're fooling?" (Who do you think you're fooling?) I've got the presidential seal (Was the president) I'm up on the presidential podium My mama loves me, she loves me She get down on her knees and hug me Oh, and she loves me like a rock She rock me like the rock of ages And love me She love me, love me, love me, love me (Loves me like a rock) She love me, love me, love me, love me (Loves me like a rock) She love me, love me, love me, love me (Loves me like a rock) (Loves me like a rock) (Loves me like a rock, oh baby) (Loves me like a rock) (Loves me like a rock) (Loves me like a rock, oh baby) (Loves me like a rock) (Loves me like a rock) (Loves me like a rock, oh baby) (Loves me like a rock) (Loves me like a rock) (Loves me like a rock, oh baby) (Loves me like a rock) (Loves me like a rock) (Loves me like a rock, oh baby) (Loves me like a rock) (Loves me like a rock) (Loves me like a rock, oh baby) (Loves me like a rock) (Loves me like a rock) (Loves me like a rock, oh baby)

Dancing and singing! Love this song Paul!

Funny I been waking up in the morning and I start singing Paul Simon songs haven't heard them since I was a child this song,sound of silence don't know why except been thinking of Jesus lately I didn't know Paul was spiritual I been looking up the lyrics profound lyrics, guess I was singing them wrong as a kid 😁

Great song 🎵 and the backup singers too!!

Perfection...

I dedicate this to my Mother(and to all Mom’s)Who Loved like a Rock..As I just lost her..Miss you already 💔

@OBESGORILLAZ69

Жыл бұрын

You'll always be together silly♡

@robertmcwhinney4596

Жыл бұрын

Just lost MINE July 7th 5:45 am Missing Very Much! They say time heals, Still Hasn't!😪🙏

@cheddarcheese7928

Жыл бұрын

@@robertmcwhinney4596 So sorry,.Hope you’re doing well..And I really hope you see her again..

@kevinallmond7335

Жыл бұрын

sorry for your loss

@geoffreyhhill

Жыл бұрын

I am sorry for your loss, and all of those in the comments who have experienced great loss as well. Blessings and love

Zathura A Space Adventure brought me here in 2006. I miss 6th grade year so much, please take me back!!

The Muscle Shoals Rhythm section: Barry Beckett on piano and organ, little David Hood on bass, Jimmy Johnson on rhythm, Pete Carr on lead guitar and legendary drummer Roger Hawkins.

@TonyWud

5 жыл бұрын

Good call. Ken Perk. And The Dixie Hummingbirds.

@mkl62

4 жыл бұрын

Lynyrd Skynyrd pays tribute to them in Sweet Home Alabama.

@pfaessel1

4 жыл бұрын

@@mkl62 The Swampers

@wadefare3792

3 жыл бұрын

Jerry Masters; recording engineer.

@isabelcruz7845

2 жыл бұрын

No wonder this song is so soulful. Thanks for the information.

This came out in 1973, nine years before I was born. But, isn't every Paul Simon song a "feel good song?" There's absolutely nothing wrong with that either.

This is a song I Put A play on Mother's Day for all of us who love our mothers who are the top rockers of Our Lives we love you Mama

I love this 1973 Paul Simon hit, which peaked @ #2 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart!!! Bravo, Paul Simon & the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section!!!

Love that bass line!

One of his best

Iconic masterpiece

A heck of a good song writer,and one I always liked listening to.

Those backing vocals, though. Sheesh. Flawless.

@roysmith543

Жыл бұрын

They were the famous Dixie hummingbirds backing Paul Simon. They made their own version with the permission of Paul Simon and won a Grammy

@xavierchampion3835

7 күн бұрын

The Dixie Hummingbirds

Not Forgotten. We are Legendary ❤🕊💙✌

Living thru Covid-19, April 2020 ...Whos with me ?

@jacklyn6253

4 жыл бұрын

LIVING here

@bradley9128

4 жыл бұрын

@@jacklyn6253 -Stay Safe My Friend !

@nobodybetter9175

4 жыл бұрын

Live'n live like I always have. 98% survival rate. This'll all be dust in the wind right after the election. It's the biggest scam ever played on humanity. Trump 2020

@momsher1

3 жыл бұрын

This was one of the songs I requested during my radiation treatments for breast cancer.

@momsher1

3 жыл бұрын

wow!

Another one of those songs back in my high school days, 1975-76 or so, what a great time in life... Except, we didn't know it then..!!😐

Awesome

This man should get much more credit then he does.a true legend but sometimes a bit forgotten..

@brundige47

4 жыл бұрын

What’s Garfunkel done but go bald?

@raesmith-baker2857

4 жыл бұрын

@Gabe BW bb8n

@KoolHandJuke

4 жыл бұрын

@Gabe BW Trust me, Gabe. Those that know of him definitely appreciate him, my friend!

@KoolHandJuke

4 жыл бұрын

@@brundige47 He's done a lot, but he lacks Paul's appeal/talent.

@hbsama

4 жыл бұрын

He's certainly not. Not quite yet. And least not among musicians who value him.

Listening to all the great Paul Simon songs on youtube. It is taking a while.

When this song played at the end of "Zathura", it really captures the mood of the movie. Zathura was the devil, the boys were Danny and Walter, and the man was the Astronaut. Calling their names. And the mama part sung in the song was Walter and Daddy's parents.

A legendary Song

Thanks for playing this to the last second of the fade!! I wish that radio (especially with today's technology) would play songs until the end of the fade (being increased in volume enough to hear) and would play song intros without DJ voiceovers!! And, YES, there can still be (unfortunately) plenty of time for advertising, plugs, trailers, etc. in between!!

@jeatig

7 жыл бұрын

The fades also should be played without voiceovers!!

@michaelre3781

4 жыл бұрын

I hear you. That was how the artist intended it to be released & heard. I'm glad I'm not the only music buff that notices those intricate details in songs.

@SweetbJames

4 жыл бұрын

What's a radio? 😜

@excrono

3 ай бұрын

Every detail, including the fade is put there for a reason by the artists, some make their final lyrical points in those last few seconds. Would you cross fade out the last sentences of a novel?

First time I heard this song was October 9, 1973...It was the day I got my drivers license (I was 16 and my birthday)...after dropped my mom at home while going to school this was the first song I heard on the radio and finally driving all by myself. I had the world by the A** well at least that's what I thought.

@melonsharkgaming3585

Ай бұрын

Great memory Bro!

Im must say i love the early 70s

Takes me back love it

@12KMare

6 жыл бұрын

Very special song for me.

I started listening to Simon & Garfunkel when I was a kid. 🥰 Paul Simon is one of the best, most stellar musicians of all time.

Love love love this song what a great one! Thank you for this!

The Dixie Hummingbirds. Look 'em up. Paul on guitars, too.

@kenperkins7921

Жыл бұрын

Paul put his faith in the Muscle Shoals guys to the point where he could just turn them loose!

Played this at my moms funeral. I can smile & cry at the same time when i hear it. Its a beautiful song.

Watching the Tribute to Paul Simon on TV tonight. WOW!!! ❤Icon...

This brings me way back in a day. I love all of his songs.

I love this song because it's soulful catchy and quite memorable

I'd love to hear the isolation track of only the "Dixie Hummingbirds" on this song. These guys were perfect.

@byronwashington3759

4 жыл бұрын

Right, the model male quartet!!

@cuttycolyar7991

4 жыл бұрын

THEY HAVE RECORDINGS MY FRIEND. LEARNED THAT IN 1974.

@sweetblaqcoffey962

3 жыл бұрын

They did record it. That's how I first heard it.

@kenperkins7921

Жыл бұрын

Around the same time, the Swampers were giving us Il take you there with the wonderful Staple singers!!

@kenperkins7921

Жыл бұрын

Tthats the world famous SWAMPERS AT WORK WITH PAUL SIMON. THEY WERE A PERFECT FIT TOGETHER!

Jam !

Damn...love this tune. Sing along Every time.

The Best Song Ever!

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!

Aunt & Uncless played this on thier 8 tracks as a young kid. Still gets ya going today at 55 Thanks Paul...wrote some great music. Love a good ballad.

Love the background vocals by The Dixie Hummingbirds. 🎼🎼🎼😎

Many people think the third verse was about Watergate. But Paul wrote this in 1971, a full year before Watergate happened. However at that time, many Democrats in Congress contended that President Nixon wasn't being forthcoming about his Vietnam policies, accusing Nixon of hiding behind the "Presidential seal and podium".

I love him!

Man Oh Man''. The smooth backup vocals of the "Mills Brothers is on the chain not off the chain. Paul knows how to put talent together.

@Maldoror200

10 ай бұрын

@wadeenglish8658..💀..✌️😉.., That's the "Mills Bros"..??.you .sure..??

@darrinbaker00

10 ай бұрын

The Dixie Hummingbirds backed Paul up on this track, not the Mills Brothers.

@Maldoror200

10 ай бұрын

@darrinbaker00 ..Greatly appreciate thee clarification..!! 😄👌

I first heard this whilst sitting on a rock overlòoking the town of Kirchheim in Germany as a 19 year old would be engineering student working in a glider factory (but being Australian) I had just bought s pocket radio ("transistor" then) and turned it on to for the first time and found US forces radio - and 'love me like a rock' heard for the first time. Magic times the Jacksons were touring Germany then also. I never understood the lyric though ...i think it means stedfast but not like you might fall in love with a stone 😅

I regret not discovering this song earlier, makes me feel so happy!

@lloydkline7245

5 жыл бұрын

stevecho816 i remember when it first came out yes i old,

@jmc7504

4 жыл бұрын

i heard it from the knicks pacers documentary lol

Love it!

@kenperkins7921

Жыл бұрын

Wo, that s wy Simon made 3 or 4 trips all the way from New York to the tiny town of Shefield Alabama to get what you just heard.!

Yes

I luv this song ok

@lloydkline7245

5 жыл бұрын

meowcatsification my favorite Paul Simon song

Most of us know this song I still 🧡💛🌟do

The Dixie Hummingbirds were the perfect backup singers for this masterpiece!

@hbsama

4 жыл бұрын

The Dixie hummingbirds you say. Thanks for the insight!

@JorgeTorres-oc2nc

3 жыл бұрын

@@hbsamai

@sweetblaqcoffey962

3 жыл бұрын

@@hbsama Yep. When I first heard this song it was the Dixie Hummingbirds singing it on a morning gospel radio show. Imagine how surprised I was when Paul "covered" it!

@notchuckproductions5029

3 жыл бұрын

@@sweetblaqcoffey962 actually It’s the other way around, Paul wrote it, and asked the Dixie hummingbirds for backup,and they liked to song so much that they covered it them selves As a side note how have the Dixie hummingbirds not been inducted in to the Rock N roll hall of fame as an early influence? That seems like an obvious choice

@sweetblaqcoffey962

3 жыл бұрын

@@notchuckproductions5029 Now that's a good question, except the Hummingbirds identified most as a gospel group.

Such a clean recording

@wadefare3792

3 жыл бұрын

Recording engineer was Jerry Masters.

✌️💀..ZATHURA !!!

@Omega-2077

11 ай бұрын

my childhood✌

Yahoo !!!! 😃

@andrejohnson6439

5 жыл бұрын

Yes

Mmhmm. That's that, that's that groove.

When music/songs had a beat, melody and actually told some kind of story you could actually understand. Oh I do lament and wonder have we really evolved? Whilst not perfect the 1970s had more going for it than society today.

Great song 🎵 👌

No one is above the law.

That's that groove. Mmhmm.

Still enjoying this time in 2022! Shout out to The Dixie Hummingbirds for that awesome🎵 background🎶 harmony!🎵

@Maldoror200

10 ай бұрын

@deniseandrews..The "Dixie Hummingbirds"..??! Someone said 'twas, The Mills Bros"..?!

@deniseandrews113

10 ай бұрын

@Maldoror200 The Mills Brothers may have done a version of this song, but the Dixie Hummingbirds did background vocals for Paul. Google it!

@JayJay-hx8nc

7 күн бұрын

Hummingbirds most definitely ​@@Maldoror200

Looooovvvv my boy❤❤❤❤ Hope he understands his Momas love....

I loved this song as kid. Probably a bit too much cause when I left home at 17...I took the vinyl album with me & I've still got it. It was my mum's.

@corkandi

Жыл бұрын

@@artinnevada Yep! I've got the gatefold style vinyl album and you're right. Vinyl sounds richer, deeper and more authentic (scratches & hisses) than other forms of music. I wonder how much it's worth?

@chaplainmattsanders4884

Жыл бұрын

😂

@Maldoror200

10 ай бұрын

💀..Hmmm.., (sighh..). If 'twas me, I would've returned it to my Mom, instead of braggin' about it, to "strangers"..but, whateva.., none o' my biz..(lol..)smfh)

@corkandi

10 ай бұрын

@@Maldoror200 I fear one doesn't have a sense of humour or understand 'tongue in cheek'. As kids we'd sing & dance to this album most Sundays before & after church. Out of us five kids, one of us had to have it. And I got it before my siblings did. My mother doesn't care... cos 'she loves me like a rock!

@nodoubtsafetyservices2253

10 ай бұрын

I still feel guilty; I left a place with ZZ Top one foot in the blues!

Loves me Like a Rock

Dis some real fucking music neva 2 b seen again

I've been looking for that song for years thank you very much and I couldn't remember the name of it and I finally found it thank you so much

How does this not have more views?

To be able to pass from the sound of silence to this sound you must be Paul Simon.

@gordocarbo

7 ай бұрын

Or in my case have bad gas in the morning.

Everytime I hear this song I wanna get up and do something

@angel1329us

7 жыл бұрын

I truly love this comment.

@jasoncavitt2043

7 жыл бұрын

The best thing about wanting to get up and do something is that you don't actually have to get up and do anything.

@chrisrushlau

6 жыл бұрын

"Don't just do something: stand there."

@lloydkline7245

6 жыл бұрын

Monty Mcintyre lovei this super seventies hit song love the beginning of the song

@lloydkline7245

5 жыл бұрын

Monty Mcintyre my favorite paul Simon song he has many great one

Underrated musician.. Lot of memories in his music.

I sure do miss the 70s

@user-iv9er3nr6z

3 ай бұрын

Greatest music era ever 1970s

I use to sing this song to my son who was 5 or 6 and he's never forgot it. Hes now 45

I’m sure someone’s mama loved him like a rock & so do I !😉😊😍😘🤗

❤️🎶🎶🎶❤