Tracks
- Mother and Child Reunion
- Duncan
- Everything Put Together Falls Apart
- Run That Body Down
- Armistice Day
- Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard
- Peace Like a River
- Papa Hobo
- Hobo's Blues
- Paranoia Blues
- Congratulations
Paul Simon is an inane album. The music is folk rock. It's Paul Simon, minus Art Garfunkel, singing along to some nice melodies.
Paul Simon should drop the pretence of being both a folk musician and a serious social commentator. He's neither. How can anyone take Mother and Child Reunion seriously? How about Hobo's Blues? Or Paranoia Blues? And the socially-conscious ones like Armistice Day and Peace Like a River are lost amidst all the nonsense. Rather it seems he wants to be a storytelling singer-songwriter. Except I don't believe him or I don't care or both. It's just clever shtick to me. He'd rather rhyme than make sense.
Most of the music is nice though. I'll leave it at that.
The songs I enjoy musically are: Mother and Child Reunion, Duncan, Armistice Day, Peace Like a River and Hobo's Blues.
★★★★★★☆☆☆☆
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