I'm not quite sure why, but the last time they repeat the lyric, "His path was marked by the stars in the southern hemisphere, and he walked the length of his days under african skies" in that song, it absolutely crushes me every time, nearly 27 years and 1,000 listens in.  Basically, that song rules and you are a…

Thanks for posting this, Lemon of Troy.  Makes me love Paul Simon even more to hear how cool he was about it.

Thanks for posting this, Lemon of Troy.  Makes me love Paul Simon even more to hear how cool he was about it.

C.D. is right - I don't think that Simon "took it upon himself to overrule" the ANC.  He disobeyed their boycott by extending an invitation to South African musicians to share their music with the rest of the world and they, individually, accepted.

C.D. is right - I don't think that Simon "took it upon himself to overrule" the ANC.  He disobeyed their boycott by extending an invitation to South African musicians to share their music with the rest of the world and they, individually, accepted.

Yeah, I mentioned this above but they appear in that documentary Noel talks about.  They're undoubtedly fans.

Yeah, I mentioned this above but they appear in that documentary Noel talks about.  They're undoubtedly fans.

hate to be that guy, but it's:
"She moved so easily all I could think of was sunlight."  Still, a great lyric…

hate to be that guy, but it's:
"She moved so easily all I could think of was sunlight."  Still, a great lyric…

Or:

Or:

So impossible with this album, changes daily.  For this moment I'll say:

So impossible with this album, changes daily.  For this moment I'll say:

I honestly find it incredible that so many people have not only an abiding love for this album, but based largely on the same experience with it: buying the tape as a little kid, then wearing it out in every possible scenario, but most often on family car trips.  When I was a little guy we used to drive from Chicago…

I honestly find it incredible that so many people have not only an abiding love for this album, but based largely on the same experience with it: buying the tape as a little kid, then wearing it out in every possible scenario, but most often on family car trips.  When I was a little guy we used to drive from Chicago…

That's one of my favorite throwaway/not often quoted lines in that movie.  I also love the montage following the manager, Ian Faith's line that "in the topsy turvy world of rock and roll, it pays to have a good piece of lumber in your hand": him randomly walking through a crowded living room in the middle of a…

That's one of my favorite throwaway/not often quoted lines in that movie.  I also love the montage following the manager, Ian Faith's line that "in the topsy turvy world of rock and roll, it pays to have a good piece of lumber in your hand": him randomly walking through a crowded living room in the middle of a…

Hell yes!  Bob kills it in that. "I'm not paying to cool the out of doors!"

Hell yes!  Bob kills it in that. "I'm not paying to cool the out of doors!"

I just snorted diet coke out of my nostrils when I read this.  I love this god damn movie so much.