Monday, August 11, 2008

'Bookends'

If someone were to create an All-Hangers On band, Ringo Starr would be the drummer adn Art Garfunkel would be vocalist.

I don't know what to think of Simon and Garfunkel. As a kid, I fell in love with some of their melodies as some of the most beautiful songs ever written. As I grew and listened to them more and more, I grew tired of them. I fell out of love.

Frankly, I listen to "Bookends" and all I think about is the scene in "Almost Famous" when Frances McDormand catches Zooey Deschanel with a copy of the record underneath her coat and declares both Simon and Garfunkel as "high."

"America" is almost a perfect song.

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