Paul Simon – Graceland

Now this is an album. My ratings for individual songs are all over the board. From one to five stars, one song will cause me to erupt into impromptu dance and another will send me spinning into a rage. And yet it seems like once a month I think that I ought to listen to [...]

Posted by Leslie on 2010.12.28 to Reviews | No Comments »  

Paul Simon Song Analysis: You Can Call Me Al

I bought the album for this song. I love this song. I love the fake synthesized trumpets, I love the bass line, I love the music video.
The lyrics: consistently cryptic. After much sleuthing, here are several purported meanings of this song:
1) It’s about a man having a mid-life crisis. Seems pretty reasonable, though doesn’t explain [...]

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We’re back online: Now with more 80s!

Within the past few months, I found myself graduating from college, moving across country, and adopting a dog. While the last one is arguably the most awesome of the three, all of them left me scrambling for free time and internet access, in that order.
Things are settling down, though, which leaves me time to go [...]

Posted by Leslie on 2010.07.27 to Commentary | No Comments »