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Paul Simon — Love & Blessings
Album: So Beautiful or So What
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Released: 2011
Length: 4:14
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Love and blessings
Simple kindness
Fell like rain on thirsty land
Fields and gardens
Long abandoned
Came to life in dust and sand

Lover's lips sweet as honey
Touched as if old love was new
Banker's pockets overflowing with gold and money
Prophesies of wealth come true

Bop-bop-a-whoa
Ain't no song like an old song, Charlie
Bop-bop-a-whoa
There ain't no song like an old song,
Bop-bop-a-whoa
There ain't no time like a good time Charlie
Bop-bop-a-whoa
Ain't no times like the good times, Charlie
Bop-bop-a-whoa
Whoa

Bop-bop-a-whoa
Bop-bop-a-whoa

Everywhere you look anywhere you go
Everybody working for the
Bop-bop-a-whoa
Bop-bop-a-whoa
Bop-bop-a-whoa
Can't get enough of the
Bop-bop-a-whoa
Bop-bop-a-whoa
Bop-bop-a-whoa

If the summer kept a secret
It was heaven's lack of rain
Golden days and amber sunsets
Let the scientists complain
Came the autumn, drained of color
Ghosts in the water beg for more
Maple trees just a little bit duller
Than the memory of the year before

In a word, or in an image
Something called me from my sleep
Love and blessings
Simple kindness
Ours to hold but not to keep
Comments (71)add comment
I bow down to this artist who has been a constant part of my life for 57 years. 
Posted 7 months ago by surfool    [ Reply ]
Posted 9 months ago by TallCreative1    [ Reply ]
 BCarn wrote:

Well I like it!




I Agree! Me Too!  EXCELLENT!!  Thanx RP!  
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
He's still at it. Growing. He doesn't make a type of music that forces him to be stunted, stranded at a certain age, or in a certain age.
Posted 1 year ago by jim15    [ Reply ]
 seven7 wrote:

Always interesting and good music from Paul. A national treasure.




I Agree!  Thanx RP!   
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Give the guy a break. He's given us so many gems over the years. 
Posted 2 years ago by smartn1    [ Reply ]
 haresfur wrote:

Give that guy  a testosterone shot

(with a due respect to women, trans, intersex, and all other performers who have more rock and soul than he will ever have. It's just the only thing I could think of that might help his wilted lettuce performance)



yeah but he married edie brickell; well played there
Posted 3 years ago by scoots_mcgoo    [ Reply ]
 dwhayslett wrote:

You seem livelier than most dead people.


marginally
Posted 3 years ago by scoots_mcgoo    [ Reply ]
had to look and see if this was Paul Simon or Daniel Lanois - prefer their earlier albums but they are still working. Hey, he is 79 and this isn't bad.
Posted 3 years ago by xcranky_yankee    [ Reply ]
Well I like it!
Posted 5 years ago by BCarn    [ Reply ]
 AhhtheMusic wrote:
He bores me TO DEATH! 

You seem livelier than most dead people.
Posted 6 years ago by dwhayslett    [ Reply ]
Give that guy  a testosterone shot

(with a due respect to women, trans, intersex, and all other performers who have more rock and soul than he will ever have. It's just the only thing I could think of that might help his wilted lettuce performance)
Posted 6 years ago by haresfur    [ Reply ]
 gjeeg wrote:
Listeners often do not evolve along with their favorite artists.
This man masters profundity, melody, arrangement, complexity, lyric, message, style, sound, atmosphere with interwoven purity.
 

 
Ooo! Maybe there is hope for me yet - maybe I, too, am evolving ... 2 —> 3
 
Posted 8 years ago by colt4x5    [ Reply ]

To me, every song that he has put out since his classic Graceland album seems to be an attempt to duplicate that masterpiece and is a huge fail.  He bores me TO DEATH!  Paul, do something organic rather than a resurrected remix of the same old song.  There has to be more in that creative soul of yours, we have seen it!


Posted 9 years ago by AhhtheMusic    [ Reply ]
{#Yawn} meh...
Posted 9 years ago by planet_lizard    [ Reply ]

just the sort of silly, derivative Paul Simon stuff I can not stand

Enjoy!


Posted 9 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
 run4more wrote:
Who are you and what have you done with romeotuma?
 
I be the holy ghost of big stud romeotuma...  yuck... this song sux...

hope life be grand for you these days, run4more... 
Posted 10 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
I never will get over the snubbing he gave Gardunkle.  On TV years ago, when asked if they might ever get back together to do something Garfunkle said yes; Paul said no he didn't think so! What an arrogant little prick. 
Posted 10 years ago by Xstar    [ Reply ]
Listeners often do not evolve along with their favorite artists.
This man masters profundity, melody, arrangement, complexity, lyric, message, style, sound, atmosphere with interwoven purity.
 
Posted 10 years ago by gjeeg    [ Reply ]
I feel Paul Simon discovered early on that rhythm is key, and much of his work after S&G can be seen as an exploration of rhythm. This song can be seen along those lines - he plays around with variations on a rhythmic theme - that's what ties the song together.
Posted 10 years ago by Sweet_Virginia    [ Reply ]
Technically great , but it leaves me with nothing to remember it by. It's like 5 songs mixed together. 
Posted 10 years ago by Gazraman    [ Reply ]
 hayduke2 wrote:
I'm on the fence with this piece, loving then critical along the way...Thank you all for voicing the many ways it affects you, it is an enrichment reading through them

 
this is a good comment, and more should be like it. this is a good song, and more should be like it.
Posted 10 years ago by k8ling1114    [ Reply ]
Yes, and on that Something/Anything LP, Todd played all instuments by himself. He also did all the writing, singing, engineering and producing. A true wizard/real star.

 xtalman wrote:

The music on this album is pretty bland at best and mostly recycled from his older albums but don't disparage recording in his living room.  One of Todd Rundgrens better albums was recorded in a hotel room.  It is not were it was recorded but what was recorded.



 


Posted 10 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
I do believe Paul was born to rock  {#Dance}
Posted 11 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]
Give that boy a testosterone shot.
Posted 11 years ago by haresfur    [ Reply ]
 aspicer wrote:
This is truly a wonderful album!  It really grew on me with several listens - as is often the case with innovative and provocative music!.  I suggest to any RP listener (given you are already cream of the crop) that you give it a chance.
 

Bravo!
Posted 11 years ago by funkyalfonso    [ Reply ]
 seven7 wrote:
Always interesting and good music from Paul. A national treasure.
 
Yep, stick him in a airtight glass soundproofed box in a museum somewhere.
Posted 11 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
This album is a grower.{#Daisy}
Posted 11 years ago by Ferox    [ Reply ]
I'm on the fence with this piece, loving then critical along the way...Thank you all for voicing the many ways it affects you, it is an enrichment reading through them
Posted 12 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
This is truly a wonderful album!  It really grew on me with several listens - as is often the case with innovative and provocative music!.  I suggest to any RP listener (given you are already cream of the crop) that you give it a chance.
Posted 12 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
Sorry Paul, you were great. This annoying.
Posted 12 years ago by Blastcat900    [ Reply ]
Always interesting and good music from Paul. A national treasure.
Posted 12 years ago by seven7    [ Reply ]
crazy excellent bass: guitar intro...and those sneaky, quiet drums...just what I'd expect of Paul Simon in 2011
 
Posted 12 years ago by fatcatjb    [ Reply ]
Deluxe Limited Boredom
Posted 13 years ago by PeteyGreens    [ Reply ]
   What ? # 3
Posted 13 years ago by HazzeSwede    [ Reply ]
 sonofsun wrote:
I really despise this song, it sounds like a 5 year old wrote it. The lyrics are absolutely dreadful.

If you can't do better than this please retire Paul.


 


Funny, a month ago you wrote it sounded like a 3-year old. Perhaps in a few more months you'll grow up enough to realize it's a song for grown-ups.
Posted 13 years ago by maxgruv    [ Reply ]
At this point, the only thing that Paul Simon has to compete with is his younger self. And this doesn't really match up.
Posted 13 years ago by Shimmer    [ Reply ]
I really despise this song, it sounds like a 5 year old wrote it. The lyrics are absolutely dreadful.

If you can't do better than this please retire Paul.


Posted 13 years ago by sonofsun    [ Reply ]
I like it!
Posted 13 years ago by patrick30    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:
That has to be the most insipid and tired "ba-bap-ba-woo" I've ever heard. If I ever suffer from insomnia I'll put this album on loop in my bedroom and I'll soon be claimed by the arms of Morpheus {#Sleep}
 

Yea, it's a shame too because other than that irritating chorus, I kinda like this song.
Posted 13 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
So What, indeed!

Posted 13 years ago by sieversfam    [ Reply ]
This is a flat on the face failure for me.
Posted 13 years ago by Byronape    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:
That has to be the most insipid and tired "ba-bap-ba-woo" I've ever heard. If I ever suffer from insomnia I'll put this album on loop in my bedroom and I'll soon be claimed by the arms of Morpheus {#Sleep}
 
I think this is too annoying to put me to sleep; it's more like a mosquito buzzing around or a faucet dripping when you're trying to go to sleep.  He's written so many great songs that I guess there have to be some clunkers now and then.
Posted 13 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
or so what for me
Posted 13 years ago by martinc    [ Reply ]
 idavido wrote:
Paul Simon has written many of my favorite songs - this is not one of them.
 
  there are better album covers out there - and this isn't one of them.

Posted 13 years ago by cohifi    [ Reply ]
Paul Simon has written many of my favorite songs - this is not one of them.
Posted 13 years ago by idavido    [ Reply ]
I think I'm in the "so what" group. . . 
Posted 13 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
This song gets more annoying the more I hear it. Hopefully some of the other songs on this album are better as I generally like Paul Simon's music a lot.
Posted 13 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
 unclelonghair wrote:
I have always found it somewhat incongruous and funny that ones of the whitest white dudes in music tries to draw from African, African-American, and roots music.
 

I have always foung wonderful the fact that music goes behond frontiers or skin color
Posted 13 years ago by manonfortini    [ Reply ]
 unclelonghair wrote:
I have always found it somewhat incongruous and funny that ones of the whitest white dudes in music tries to draw from African, African-American, and roots music.
 
Tries?????????
Posted 13 years ago by funkyalfonso    [ Reply ]
 unclelonghair wrote:
I have always found it somewhat incongruous and funny that ones of the whitest white dudes in music tries to draw from African, African-American, and roots music.
The successful pairing of Judaic and African creative backgrounds has a long, productive history. Jazz owes as much to Klezmer as it does African tribal tradition. A good study on the early days of soul music here, and an interesting radio piece on the same subject here.

Posted 13 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]
 unclelonghair wrote:
I have always found it somewhat incongruous and funny that ones of the whitest white dudes in music tries to draw from African, African-American, and roots music.
 

Just read in the paper today that Paul Simon advocated against the Grammy Awards' deletion of many of its ethnic and world music categories. So he walks his talk.
Posted 13 years ago by linden    [ Reply ]
Not his best song but still a very good song and the sound of his voice just makes me happy.
Posted 13 years ago by Sloggydog    [ Reply ]
A "Ho-Hum" song if there ever was one.
Posted 13 years ago by black321    [ Reply ]
Lowering this by yet another point. I like the way it starts off with some promise of a good song but when that faux do wap whatever kicks in, yuck...Sounds like a car battery going dead while turning the starter...

Posted 13 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
That has to be the most insipid and tired "ba-bap-ba-woo" I've ever heard. If I ever suffer from insomnia I'll put this album on loop in my bedroom and I'll soon be claimed by the arms of Morpheus {#Sleep}
Posted 13 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
He doesn’t try he does.
He is a musician who has always had clear influences from percussionists around the world.
So is David Byrne and others.
Their compositions are the richer for it.
And we are fortunate to have them in our world.

unclelonghair wrote:
I have always found it somewhat incongruous and funny that ones of the whitest white dudes in music tries to draw from African, African-American, and roots music.
 


Posted 13 years ago by dookie    [ Reply ]
 romeotuma wrote:


I have reached my conclusion... yuck... this song sux...

 
 
Who are you and what have you done with romeotuma?

Posted 13 years ago by run4more    [ Reply ]
 romeotuma wrote:


The lyrics make for an interesting poem— some profundity and some beautiful concrete images...  but the music is tepid, and yes, it sounds like it was recorded in the studio in his living room...

I am not going to rate it yet...  but I am not passing any absolute judgement yet...  it is interesting... 
 
Wow.. I'm really impressed Romeo. I'll await judgement as well. But the title song is definitly a winner!!.


Posted 13 years ago by Huey    [ Reply ]
 romeotuma wrote:


 but the music is tepid, and yes, it sounds like it was recorded in the studio in his living room...


 
The music on this album is pretty bland at best and mostly recycled from his older albums but don't disparage recording in his living room.  One of Todd Rundgrens better albums was recorded in a hotel room.  It is not were it was recorded but what was recorded.


Posted 13 years ago by xtalman    [ Reply ]
I have always found it somewhat incongruous and funny that ones of the whitest white dudes in music tries to draw from African, African-American, and roots music.
Posted 13 years ago by unclelonghair    [ Reply ]
This album and Adele 21 are the best albums of 2011 so far.
Posted 13 years ago by jmsmy    [ Reply ]
Just got this album and love it.  Paul Simon is truly an American treasure and one of the greatest song writers of all time.  Treat yourself to this musical gem. ;o)
Posted 13 years ago by dalebryan    [ Reply ]
I haven't heard the typewriter played that well since Cheap Thrills!
Posted 13 years ago by ch83575    [ Reply ]
Just picked this CD up - great variety of guitar plucking... sweet!

Thanks for being, Paul...

{#Cowboy}
Posted 13 years ago by DJac    [ Reply ]
Me, too. Music man-crush.
Posted 13 years ago by derekd    [ Reply ]
Paul, I love you man.

Posted 13 years ago by ch83575    [ Reply ]