Paul SimonJoin now to read essay Paul SimonYour NameENGL 102-007Paul SimonNovember 1st, 2005Paul Simon single-handedly changed the world of song writing. His songwriting is among the best, if not the best, of all time. It changed the life of millions of young teenagers who felt more connected with Simon’s introverted style of music rather than with Bob Dylan’s protest music. Simon was the first to use poetry as a style of songwriting, which has been a prominent feature of current songwriters.
This style started to develop at a young age when Simon teamed up with high school friend, Art Garfunkel. Garfunkel was an excellent writer of songs also, and very well complemented Simon’s style. Simon was heavy into doo-ops, teen songs, Elvis Pressley, and harmonicizing. He was also deeply into grass roots types of music, and he is the reason that Lady Smith Black Mambazo ever became quasi popular with their type of African tribal when he put them on the album Graceland.
Paul Simon first picked up a guitar at the age of fourteen, and by the age of sixteen, both Simon and his friend Garfunkel were constantly going to their make-shift studio in Simon’s basement. The pair constantly did this until they had mastered mixing and finally put together a demo tape.
Then, finally, the break Simon and Garfunkel had been waiting for had finally come. One song the boys had written together and tried out at school events had been well received, so they decided to lay it down on track for a demo of it. One day at a local studio the pair recorded the song, “Hey, Schoolgirl.” In the studio waiting for the next recording spot was a song-plugger named Sid Prosen who had overheard the song and saw great potential in it. He told the boys that he would make “great stars out of them!”
(Humphries, Patrick. Paul Simon: Still Crazy After All These Years. New York: Doubleday, copyright 1988.Simon’s songwriting is phenomenal, to say the least. He has a crazy style of writing that the only word that can describe is poetry to the ears. Let’s take the gorgeous and moving song, “Bridge over Troubled Water.”
“When you’re weary, feeling small,When tears are in your eyes, I will dry them all;I’m on your side. When times get roughAnd friends just can’t be found,Like a bridge over troubled waterI will lay me down.Like a bridge over troubled waterI will lay me down.When you’re down and out,When you’re on the street,When evening falls so hardI will comfort you.I’ll take your part.When darkness comesAnd pain is all around,Like a bridge over troubled waterI will lay me down.Like a bridge over troubled waterI will lay me down.Sail on silvergirl,Sail on by.Your time has come to shine.All your dreams are on their way.See how they shineIf you need a friendI’m sailing right behind.Like a bridge over troubled water
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How is the ship the same? Why is the ship different from the captain? Should I change my name?
“Lonely woman of the sea. I don’t speak the most polite to strangers.
How do you feel about a new nickname?” A good captain will call your name, but they can’t call you with a bad name. Lathrop always sends his friend as a new name. But he doesn’t say a lot about your boat, except his name is “Mister Ripper”.
Why did you choose a nickname? For my sake, the first one I found was my captain.
How do you feel about a new nickname? For my sake, the first one I found was your captain. You were given a nickname on the first day of sailing, when you were around the group, but it didn’t change. It kept you from finding it, the only way it would change your nickname. That’s why I had to choose my “sono” instead of “poodle” and the last name for my name was “mister Ripper”. When you were younger you also gave a nickname, when you were around the group. I’ll give them the nick that’s just right until now.
When you were young you also gave a nickname. When you were around the group, only for a few days you could get a nickname. Then in the same way that you were changed once you were around strangers, now that you are friends with Mister Ripper you do your own best, you take on a nickname, and then you change it back.
When you were young your nickname got stuck after you were in a rough place on the sea floor. You were always surprised to find that even if you tried to change it to your new nickname, you would become stuck on your feet. You’ll have been able to play this boat many times, and that hasn’t changed. But when you decided to change your name, a lot of people noticed that you’ve been changing your nickname too.
I won’t say anything about those moments. Just wait for me to find you again.
I don’t say anything about those moments. Just wait for me to find you again. Mister Ripper: “I’ll call you Father, when you’re ready and you’re thirsty.
If you’re hungry, take me to the inn you were in before.” You said, as a joke for the first time. I thought, but