Speaking of Paul Simon, have you heard his new song "Outrageous"?

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It's kinda cool. Which I hope carries over to the rest of the new album. You know...kinda coolness.

― Justin Shumaker (shueytexas), Friday, 21 April 2006 12:44 (twenty years ago)

Didn't know he had something coming out, and I've completely skipped the last two albums, but this post intrigues me. Will try and track it down...

― Doctor Casino (Doctor Casino), Friday, 21 April 2006 15:28 (twenty years ago)

this is from the eno record?

― kyle (akmonday), Friday, 21 April 2006 15:32 (twenty years ago)

i preordered the album on amazon because they had it cheap and caught me at a moment of weakness. i wasn't keen on the last one, felt too much like a fallback position. i got the feeling he was looking for soft landing after his broadway fiasco. maybe this time he'll have a little more on his mind.

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Friday, 21 April 2006 15:35 (twenty years ago)

also re the broadway fiasco, i actually liked the capeman album a lot more than you're the one.

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Friday, 21 April 2006 15:38 (twenty years ago)

I haven't been able to track the song down...I heard it on Sirius Disorder.

It's ostensibly about growing older, which seemed to be a theme last time around. The song has an odd refrain - "Who's gonna love you when your looks are gone?" - repeated over and over.

I just caught it once, but I think it's atmospheric, rhythmic...which makes sense.

― Justin Shumaker (shueytexas), Friday, 21 April 2006 15:39 (twenty years ago)

haven't heard the tune yet, but man that album cover is terrrrrrible, does not bode well

― bangelo (bangelo), Friday, 21 April 2006 15:43 (twenty years ago)

Lionel Richie sez: "THAT SLOGAN WAS ALL MINE, BITCHEZ!

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― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Friday, 21 April 2006 15:47 (twenty years ago)

I heard "How Can You Live In The Northeast," the album opener, on the radio last night. It was a pretty good song, very straight-forward, slightly-faster-than-mid-tempo, guitar-centric rock. Someone was doing electric guitar solos. The lyrics were basically anodyne one-worldism: with everything that challenges and threatens humanity, why do you define yourself by your region/race/religion, etc. Reasonably clever, lots of Simonisms, but not very vivid. Preachy. It sounded just like him, though, except for the rockiness of it.

It didn't make me want to run out and order the album. I did like it better than anything he's done in the last, say, 15 years, and I thought it was an interesting choice of style to bite: classic rock.

― Vornado, Friday, 21 April 2006 16:18 (twenty years ago)

when i saw him a few months ago, he was pretty guitar-oriented. it was interesting.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Friday, 21 April 2006 17:02 (twenty years ago)

Lionel Richie, that is

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Friday, 21 April 2006 17:33 (twenty years ago)

I can't believe it took 7 posts for someone to mention The Lionel.

― Dan (ILM Is Slipping) Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 21 April 2006 17:35 (twenty years ago)

Spencer Chow R.I.P.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 21 April 2006 17:38 (twenty years ago)

Why the F did he keep saying "OUT RAGEOUS" on whatever award show that was?

Oh, I forgot. That was still pre-irony. People probably looked at each other and smiled, fully charmed by the stupid repetition.

Amiright?

― Justin Shumaker (shueytexas), Friday, 21 April 2006 17:50 (twenty years ago)

Cuz he was wearing a silver rhinestone jacket, Justin!

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Friday, 21 April 2006 18:16 (twenty years ago)

i'm nervous. 'you're the one' was awful.

― derrick (derrick), Saturday, 22 April 2006 05:11 (twenty years ago)

God, I hope he hasn't been affected by whatever disease John Cale seems to be suffering from...

― Jay Watts III (jaywatts), Monday, 24 April 2006 00:11 (twenty years ago)

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