tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post5362164656496129811..comments2024-03-21T18:54:06.548-07:00Comments on Old Enough to Know Better: A Bridge Too FarSteve Perryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-48013441689628503762011-07-01T16:28:36.081-07:002011-07-01T16:28:36.081-07:00Read Simon's songwriting creds, you come acros...Read Simon's songwriting creds, you come across some interesting ones, including a co-writing credit on "Red Rubber Ball," first recorded by The Cyrkle (written with Bruce Woodley,)<br /><br />A two-hit wonder group, "Red Rubber Ball," and "It's a Turn Down Day," the Cyrkle opened for the Beatles at Dodger Stadium in August, 1966. <br /><br />"The mornin' sun is shinin' like a red rubber ball ..."Steve Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-29764829051216599592011-07-01T15:48:16.704-07:002011-07-01T15:48:16.704-07:00Interesting article on Paul Simon in a recent Roll...Interesting article on Paul Simon in a recent Rolling Stone. Like most big stars, he's got some major issues including control problems (and not talking incontinence). <br /><br />Couldn't find it online to link to it, though. <br /><br />"Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes" is probably a top-100 song for me.Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138545573425777067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-6102265855426641582011-06-30T10:55:25.756-07:002011-06-30T10:55:25.756-07:00Paul's done okay for himself. Supposedly the n...Paul's done okay for himself. Supposedly the new album is the best since Graceland, which had some nice cuts.<br /><br />Last I heard, Simon offered to do a tour with Garfunkel, but Artie's been having vocal cord problems and that might not happen -- that cut their previous tour short.<br /><br />I saw them in Portland, and the atmosphere wasn't happy between them. And they had the Everly Brothers as special guests. Don and Phil didn't get along after they split up, either ...Steve Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-2955297458391079782011-06-30T09:41:48.383-07:002011-06-30T09:41:48.383-07:00I loved the old S&G stuff from their old album...I loved the old S&G stuff from their old albums.<br />Not so much the later Paul Simon pop-beats.<br />In fact, he kinda sold out...Dojo Rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12057645566330892415noreply@blogger.com