Lyrics 1964-2008
by Paul Simon
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Author: Paul SimonEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-11-11
ISBN: 141658692X
Number of pages: 408
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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Book Review: Snatch a little purity
Summary: 5 Stars
Here's a vote for Paul Simon being appointed Poet Laureate. It would be perfect: Under Barack Obama's tenure as president the Library of Congress chooses someone equally unusual and gifted to be the eloquent voice of this nation.
Lyrics 1964-2008 is just that: The lyrics to Simon's songs. The number of words here is staggering. You forget just how prolific he has been. More impressive is how many of these songs hit close to home. How many you know by heart.
There are a few bonuses. The album covers are reproduced (in black and white). A sprinkling of photographs include some with Art Garfunkel and some recent performance shots. Best of all, there are copies of the original hand-written lyrics to some of Simon's best songs: "Mother and Child Reunion," "Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard," "Kodachrome," "American Tune," "Loves Me Like a Rock," "Still Crazy After All These Years," "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover," "Slip Sliding Away," "Boy in the Bubble," "Graceland," "You Can Call Me Al," "Look at That." You can see Simon having trouble with the end of "American Tune" (he has erased some words, and finally puts a question mark next to the lyric). In the notes for "Graceland," you can see the mournful lines, unused: "For no logical reason, no explanation, something deep inside of me is going to Graceland."
There is something redemptive about Simon's work. This book says it all.
Here's the chapter list:
Foreword by Chuck Close
Introduction by David Remnick
1964-1971
Covers these albums:
Wednesday Morning, 3 AM
Sounds of Silence
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
Bookends
Bridge Over Troubled Water
1972-1977
Covers these albums:
Paul Simon
There Goes Rhymin' Simon
Still Crazy After All These Years
1978-1983
Covers these albums:
One-Trick Pony
Hearts and Bones
1984-1990
Covers these albums:
Graceland
The Rhythm of the Saints
1991-1998
Covers this album:
Songs from The Capeman
1999-2008
Covers these albums:
You're the One
Surprise
Summary of Lyrics 1964-2008
A landmark compilation of popular music, this collection contains Paul Simon's lyrics from his first album in 1964 to the present, now with 2011?s So Beautiful Or So What?Songbooks
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