Jimi does it just! Alphaville put up a good fight and had a good cup run.
Forever Young 17 - 19 The Wind Cries Mary
It really is a special song and though I was a literal kid (6 or 7) when I first heard S&Gs Greatest Hits, so many of those tunes have stuck with me all my life — this one most of all.No doubt in my mind that The Boxer when all things are considered that are good in music is the best song left in this competition.
Que a Pretenders vote win in this round.
Outside an ending that is just a little long and repetitive ala Hey Jude it is almost the perfect record and song and story even though its not my favourite Tom and Jerry song its pretty close.
This one is the first of the real big clashes IMO almost worthy of a Final may the best song win as they say but it should be The Boxer.
I won't be crass enough to suggest that S&G didn't make some incredible music together and that the music in this particular track is anything other than great. However the lyric and his motivation for writing it simply reminds me of what a self-serving, self-pitying dickhead Paul Simon appears to have been over the course of his career. In fairness this isn't one of the songs where Simon's 'creative process' meant he could get away without crediting others but still if I wanted to listen to a pop star blather on about how hard done by they are I can listen to some of Lennon's early solo work.
I can think of multiple Pretenders songs better than Back on the Chain Gang but on the basis it doesn't wind me up listening to it, it'll get my vote. I think The Boxer might easily win the whole thing but I'd prefer it was one of their others tbf.
It's a shame because Paul Simon was talented and successful enough that he could have been the (figuratively) bigger man at various points in his career but seemingly too insecure to do so.
Great song, but I still prefer America, as an epic and Only Living Boy in New York for it’s simplicity.It really is a special song and though I was a literal kid (6 or 7) when I first heard S&Gs Greatest Hits, so many of those tunes have stuck with me all my life — this one most of all.
Personally I expect the Manc contingent to fight for their local heroes and A Day In The Life is still lurking too, so some big (and legitimate) battles to come between titans.
Afternoon Art how's it going?