Artist: Paul Simon Album: Paul Simon Year: 1972 Genre: Singer-Songrwriter/Folk-Rock Review: If any musical justification were needed for the breakup of Simon & Garfunkel, it could be found on this striking collection, Paul Simon’s post-split debut.
From the opening cut, “Mother and Child Reunion” (a Top Ten hit), Simon, who had snuck several subtle musical explorations into the generally conservative S&G sound, broke free, heralding the rise of reggae with an exuberant track recorded in Jamaica for a song about death. From there, it was off to Paris for a track in South American style and a rambling story of a fisherman’s son, “Duncan” (which made the singles chart). But most of the album had a low-key feel, with Simon on acoustic guitar backed by only a few trusted associates (among them Joe Osborn, Larry Knechtel, David Spinozza, Mike Manieri, Ron Carter, and Hal Blaine, along with such guests as Stefan Grossman, Airto Moreira, and Stephane Grappelli), singing a group of informal, intimate, funny, and closely observed songs (among them the lively Top 40 hit “Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard”). It was miles removed from the big, stately ballad style of Bridge Over Troubled Water and signaled that Simon was a versatile songwriter as well as an expressive singer with a much broader range of musical interests than he had previously demonstrated. You didn’t miss Art Garfunkel on Paul Simon, not only because Simon didn’t write Garfunkel-like showcases for himself, but …
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TheYuvalstav says:
January 14, 2012 at 1:45 pm (UTC 0)
My dog is called Julio, so i always imagine some kid taking a dog for a walk. Then I read that Paul Simon said it was something? sexual… 0_0
psychopathiification says:
January 14, 2012 at 2:00 pm (UTC 0)
@KantorekBaumerB14? haha got it
KantorekBaumerB14 says:
January 14, 2012 at 2:59 pm (UTC 0)
@psychopathiification I’m? sorry, perhaps he was having intercourse with Rosie?
psychopathiification says:
January 14, 2012 at 3:06 pm (UTC 0)
@KantorekBaumerB14 …fucking rosie..? is fucking an adjective? or a verb there…?
KantorekBaumerB14 says:
January 14, 2012 at 3:44 pm (UTC 0)
@JohnathenParadox or fucking? rosie?
awashbilly says:
January 14, 2012 at 4:10 pm (UTC 0)
this? song is obviously about Julio Jones performance against the Colts
crackE262 says:
January 14, 2012 at 4:52 pm (UTC 0)
Idk its him and another dude down by the school yard…maybe Julio is riding more then just the teeter? totter cghghrrr
kRichForty says:
January 14, 2012 at 4:58 pm (UTC 0)
nice? song
JohnathenParadox says:
January 14, 2012 at 5:29 pm (UTC 0)
anyone else think the crime was maybe just smokin’ a? j?
dolfanlinda says:
January 14, 2012 at 6:02 pm (UTC 0)
LOVE LOVE LOVE this song! Happy Birthday Paul Simon 70 and? still singing!
tennesseejed69 says:
January 14, 2012 at 6:40 pm (UTC 0)
@chimmister Oh dude such negative? thoughts…Everything in this world is built on past occurances (butterfly effect). If Art was not part of the duo, Paul Simon MAY never have made it.
chimmister says:
January 14, 2012 at 7:06 pm (UTC 0)
@tennesseejed69 Well… He’s dead? to me O.O
tennesseejed69 says:
January 14, 2012 at 7:57 pm (UTC 0)
@chimmister who told you such nonsense. Art Garfunkel is alive and well, or is that his ghost on tour?? ;o).
mattheweshultz says:
January 14, 2012 at 8:43 pm (UTC 0)
@MelikeFoW Actually Paul Simon has stated “I have no idea what it is… ” When asked “What the Mama Pajama? saw” Its up to the individual to determine the crime.
cooldylanVEVO says:
January 14, 2012 at 9:28 pm (UTC 0)
The beginnings of multiculturalism?? maybe not beginnings …Love the song, not? matter what the politics can’t help but love the reality they put to joy and rhythm.
jdhj25 says:
January 14, 2012 at 9:47 pm (UTC 0)
I call everyone Julio Because of this? song.
chimmister says:
January 14, 2012 at 9:47 pm (UTC 0)
@BrianaAsWorld Garfunkel died long? ago :/
BrianaAsWorld says:
January 14, 2012 at 10:23 pm (UTC 0)
i thought this was simon and? garfunkel? just paul simon?
Krzyzosiakinator says:
January 14, 2012 at 10:52 pm (UTC 0)
Rumour has? it that Julio was a dog.
museack says:
January 14, 2012 at 11:38 pm (UTC 0)
@melikeFoW
What? a perv.
GordonMorrice says:
January 14, 2012 at 11:55 pm (UTC 0)
How awesome it must be to be Paul? Simon. Or Art Garfunkel for that matter!
DinosaurM1911 says:
January 15, 2012 at 12:07 am (UTC 0)
@melikeFoW Yes. Yes it is. The sad thing for you? is how AWESOMELY homosexual it was. We all know.
melikeFoW says:
January 15, 2012 at 12:46 am (UTC 0)
Its? about a homosexual experience julio had