New Paul Simon Video - "Outrageous"

I love Paul Simon, but has any artist gone down the tubes as suddenly as he has? His ability to write melodies has simply disappeared. His lyrics are still okay, but there's just no tunes behind them anymore. His last two albums aren't even listenable, and believe me, I've tried hard...

Posted by: Stereogum Fan at 10/27/06 11:55 AM | Reply
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There are some great cuts on the new Paul Simon Album, which was produced by Brian Eno - 'Outrageous' isn't one of 'em

Posted by: dudeasincool at 10/27/06 12:02 PM | Reply
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Destroying your indie cred is, like, so...indie.

Posted by: Helen at 10/27/06 1:31 PM | Reply
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i think the fact that half of your posts are now just youtube videos with one sentence intros is what's killing your cred.

Posted by: nick at 10/27/06 1:38 PM | Reply
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What, no My Chem news today?

Posted by: j. at 10/27/06 1:59 PM | Reply
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> What, no My Chem news today?

Day's not over yet. ;)

Posted by: scott at 10/27/06 2:00 PM | Reply
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Oops, I kinda like this song. His performance on SNL was enjoyable, too. "How Could You Live in the Northeast?" is much better, though.

I suppose it's not very indie to talk about Paul's later and lesser output, but indie snobs better respect Graceland.

Posted by: fearlessweaver at 10/27/06 2:28 PM | Reply
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Good song, fair video, awesome album. Man, you guys are losing more and more Me Cred everyday. Geez.

Posted by: Matthew at 10/27/06 3:43 PM | Reply
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Ev'rything is tem-po-rar-YYYYY, so it seems.

Posted by: mattS at 10/27/06 4:00 PM | Reply
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This song and Paul Simon both fucking pwn. I saw the man in concert last month and it was great. three encores. i actually wish he'd played MORE stuff from the new album.

Posted by: arya at 10/27/06 4:58 PM | Reply
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"Indie snobs better respect Graceland"? Uh, yeah, Chevy Chase and cultural appropriation from the man who did fundraisers for Ed Koch and refused to participate in "Sun City"? Gotta love it!

(and yes, I'm not being fair to the man, but come on... there was a lot more going on in the '80s - just ask VH1!)

Posted by: Darwin at 10/27/06 5:18 PM | Reply
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Edie is okay, for a one-hit wonder. Rhymin' Simon is aiight. Dawg. My Chemical Romance plain sucks.

Posted by: Memememe at 10/27/06 7:22 PM | Reply
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I think Surprise is Paul Simon's strongest work since Graceland, and "Outrageous" is one of many decent tracks. Bringing Brian Eno in to help add some nice ambience to the tracks helped. Rag all you want to about Rhythm of the Saints but Paul Simon has scored with this one.

AC

Posted by: Andrew at 10/28/06 1:29 PM | Reply
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indies de mierda tienen caca en los oídos

Posted by: mimosin at 04/14/07 3:04 PM | Reply
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