I was surprised when, in reviewing the lyrics to Paul Simon’s “50 Ways To Leave Your Lover,” I counted them up and discovered that he’d really provided only 6. These include 1) Slipping out the back (Jack,) 2) Making a new plan (Stan,) 3) Hopping on the bus (Gus,) 4) Not being coy (Roy,) and ...
Paul Simon, 65, was born on October 13, 1941 in Newark, New Jersey. Simon has won 12 Grammy Awards, is a two-time inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – once for the Simon and Garfunkel duo and again as a solo artist. He is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame ...
10. Wartime Prayers This song is from his new album, “Surprise,” and it is very touching. I think that the line, “But when the wounds are deep enough, and it’s all that we can bear, We wrap ourselves in prayer,” very accurately reflects the fact that ever since 9/11 our society has really turned more ...
Most of us have favorite songs – sometimes it’s the beat, the melody, or the singer – and sometimes it’s the lyrics that get us. Probably more often, it’s a combination of these. But there are songs that stand out lyrically and tell a story. What I’m looking at here is what happens when we ...
Paul Simon was born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1941 and was raised in Queens, New York. Arthur Ira Garfunkel was born in Queens, New York in 1942. Fate happened in 1953 when Paul and Art met in elementary school and continued their friendship into high school. By their junior year, they had formed the ...
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