You Can Call Me Paul
You can now bid on lunch at Gramercy Tavern with Paul Simon and Chevy Chase (sorry, Ladysmith Black Mambazo will be out of town). Current bid is $1,400 but it's estimated at $25,000. I wonder what the estimation is without Paul.
The coolest part of midlife-crisiseriffic "You Can Call Me Al" is that bass riff in the middle: it's the same backwards and forwards. A musical palindrome, like the guitar solo of "What's The Frequency, Kenneth?" I wish I had a third example, 'cause things go better in threes. Anyone?
The best ever "Call Me Al" cover version is of course "You Will Call Me Kompressor." Colin turned me on to Kompressor about five years ago. Scary.
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The Stone Roses' "Waterfall" is the same as "Don't Stop" backwards. Does that count?
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No, i don't think two songs would count...but yah, sorry about that bad call on "Too Drunk to Fuck" yesterday, im just still a tad bit obsessed with that compilation. But yah I appreciate the new freindship Jello, it was rather comforting.
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'Rain' by The Beatles, and that's only because the first line sung is played backwards at the end of the song.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go listen to my R.E.M. 'Monster' CD.
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hey... chevy chase is funny. kind of. i'd have dinner with him!
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Ufo Tofu by Bela Fleck is a musical palindrome.
great site! thanks for the tunes! Grab what I have on my site if you'd like.
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Kompressor is the answer to all of your problems. Be sure to check out "Vitamins Are Good" as his site.
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Cibo Matto did a palindrome video.
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Isn't Chevy Chase supposed to be a huge prick
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No that's Milton Berle... no wait, Milton Berle had a huge prick... I think your right... carry on.
Satan oscillate my metallic sonatas
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The second verse of ODB's "Shimmy Shimmy Ya" is a reverse recording of the first verse. That's why you can't understand it, not the massive amount of mind numbing drugs that Big Baby Jesus was on.
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who picks up the tab for lunch ?
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Weird Al's song 'bob' is a smorgasboard of palindromes (not musical, i know, i'm lame) done in the style of Subterranean Homesick Blues.
go hang a salami i'm a lasagna hog!
(BTW my sister sat front row at a weird al show and came away with a bigtime crush on him. a sexy man in person, she says.)
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Can someone post a link to an mp3 of Kompressor's "cover", You Will Call Me Kompressor?
I haven't heard that one before, and it's not on Kompressor's website.
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'son, i am able,' she said, though you scare me. 'watch,' said i. beloved, i said, 'watch me scare you, though.' said she: 'able am i, son.'
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In the EP version of the Fiery Furnaces "Tropical Iceland" the chorus is played backwards against the frontwards singing!! yeahh!!
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WHEN YOU ALREADY START READING THIS DONT STOP OR ELSE SUMTHIN BAD WILL HAPPEN ..... MY NAME IS SUMMER...I AM 15 YEARS OLD WITH BLONDE HAIR AND SCARY EYES. I HAVE NO NOSE OR EARS. I AM DEAD. IF U DO NOT REPOST THIS IN THE NEXT 5 MIN., I WILL APPEAR TONIGHT BY YOUR BED WITH A KNIFE AND KILL YOU. THIS IS NO JOKE SOMETHING GOOD WILL HAPPEN TO U TONIGHT AT 10:22. SOMEONE WILL CALL U OR TALK TO U ONLINE AND SAY I LOVE YOU. DONT BREAK IT......
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WHEN U ALREADY START READING THIS DONT STOP OR ELSE SUMTHIN BAD WILL
>> > >HAPPEN
>> > ..... MY NAME IS TEDDY...I AM 7 YEARS OLD WITH BLONDE HAIR AND SCARY
>> >EYES. I HAVE NO NOSE OR EARS. I AM DEAD. IF U DO NOT SEND THIS TO 15PPL
>>IN
>> >THE NEXT 5 MIN., I WILL APPEAR TONIGHT BY YOUR BED WITH A KNIFE AND KILL
>> >YOU THIS IS NO JOKE SOMETHING GOOD WILL HAPPEN TO U TONIGHT AT 10:22.
>> >SOMEONE WILL CALL U OR TALK TO U ONLINE AND SAY I LOVE YOU. DONT BRAEK
>>IT
i got this one.....kinda scary innit?
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