A really old album, with some of the best and most loved Simon songs in the… Read Full Bio ↴A really old album, with some of the best and most loved Simon songs in their first incarnation.
It must be remembered that this was released in the heat of the Folk boom, so there are a few tracks that have not weathered too well.
However, the classic tracks are here presented with just Paul and his guitar, which gives a far different sound to the later rather "pop" arrangements that were released with Artie.
"I am a Rock" is a bleak arrangement, infinitely more sensitive than the later arrangement, which is similar to the "unreleased" version.
"Sounds of Silence" is almost a whole other song, the mood and phrasing are so different from the later versions with their lush productions. In context to the music, this version is truer to the lyric.
"Patterns" is a fascinating yet dark view of a life lived without choices.
"Flowers and "Kathy's Song" are young writer's lyrics, pretty but without lasting merit.
Overall, an excellent album, worth a listen.
It must be remembered that this was released in the heat of the Folk boom, so there are a few tracks that have not weathered too well.
However, the classic tracks are here presented with just Paul and his guitar, which gives a far different sound to the later rather "pop" arrangements that were released with Artie.
"I am a Rock" is a bleak arrangement, infinitely more sensitive than the later arrangement, which is similar to the "unreleased" version.
"Sounds of Silence" is almost a whole other song, the mood and phrasing are so different from the later versions with their lush productions. In context to the music, this version is truer to the lyric.
"Patterns" is a fascinating yet dark view of a life lived without choices.
"Flowers and "Kathy's Song" are young writer's lyrics, pretty but without lasting merit.
Overall, an excellent album, worth a listen.
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The Paul Simon Songbook
Paul Simon Lyrics
A Church Is Burning A church is burning The flames rise higher Like hands that a…
A Most Peculiar Man He was a most peculiar man That's what Mrs. Reardon says…
A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara'd Into Submission) I been Norman Mailered, Maxwell Taylored. I been John O'Hara…
April Come She Will April, come she will When streams are ripe and swelled…
Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall Through the corridors of sleep Past the shadows dark and dee…
He Was My Brother He was my brother Five years older than I He was my…
I Am a Rock A winter's day In a deep and dark December I am alone Gazing…
Kathy's Song I hear the drizzle of the rain Like a memory it…
Leaves That Are Green I was 21 years when I wrote this song I'm 22…
Patterns The night sets softly With the hush of falling leaves, Casti…
The Side of a Hill On the side of a hill in a land called…
The Sound of Silence Hello darkness, my old friend I've come to talk with you…