I would like to start off by saying that I am pretty sure that I do more theoretical blog posts in my head than actual ones. Is that a little weird? Don't really care, or not too much anyway, just I think about great stuff to say and arrange it just so in my head, but fail to at any point in time write those beautiful thoughts down on paper, so they just get lost into the ether of my mind. Maybe its good that way, maybe I should make a conscious effort to write some of this stuff down, well I try, but its hard sometimes.
In other news, I don't think anyone ever really informed me until this year how great Paul Simon is solo. I was driving home from work one evening, one of my mixes in the car's stereo, and the song "You Can Call Me Al" as covered by Noah and the Whale came on. I have to tell you, I had no idea this was a cover until this point in time, I thought it was just a quirky song that had just been thought up and put on a set of b-sides. My Dad listening, remarked "oh a Paul Simon cover, good song", which left me a bit befuddled. I did some mental math and figured it out. I didn't really even realise that Paul Simon had a career outside of Simon and Garfunkel. So tonight I am giving Paul Simon's Graceland a full listen. Wow. Just wow, it is good. Sometimes I am really glad of these little revelations and discoveries I have every once in awhile, otherwise I would know about these things already and they would not be nice surprises.
And to top things off, there's a video for the song, which features Chevy Chase with Paul Simon, and its just Great. This is the kind of stuff that summer is about. I implore any and everyone to enjoy-
Paul Simon
You Can Call Me Al
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