Paul Simon

This weekend I visited my friends Meghan and Ross. They live a good distance away so it gave me plenty of time to listen to CDs in the car. There was one CD that Mike had left in the van - just the CD, not the case - that was by Paul Simon. I've never been a Paul Simon fan outside a couple songs that I like, so I was pleasantly surprised at how good the CD was. When I got home Philo sat on my lap while I looked over Amazon listings for the CD. There was one song at the beginning that I loved but I couldn't figure out the title. Since the CD had so many good songs I assumed that it was a Greatest Hits, or Best Of, or whatever. But looking at the Amazon listings none of the track lineups seemed familiar.

When Mike got home I asked him what CD it was.

"Graceland," he replied.

I blinked. "Seriously? It's not a greatest hits CD?"

"Nope," he replied.

"Wow," I said. "That's a lot of really good songs for one CD."

"Well, yeah," Mike said. "That's why it's considered one of the 100 greatest albums of all time."

"Huh," I said. "Man, I spent my youth listening to crappy music like Matchbox Twenty and Third Eye Blind. Where was Graceland all my life?"

"Probably in the record store," he replied. "Filed under S. For Simon."

Yeah. Thanks.

Anyway, here's the song I liked so much.



Philo was interested in my YouTube adventures so I played a few songs for him too. We listened while we danced in the chair. This was his favorite by far.



I hope he grows up with better musical taste than I did.