Paul Simon - Still Crazy After All These Years (Official Audio)

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  • @fayehoward3889
    @fayehoward3889 8 років тому +891

    In Memory of my husband;Happy Fathers Day Buddy Howard;Im still the same crazy girl youve loved for 43 years!missing you Baby

    • @davidpetty2549
      @davidpetty2549 6 років тому +19

      Faye Howard ..... Beautiful 🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻

    • @ShredCo
      @ShredCo 6 років тому +12

      Right on, Faye Howard

    • @kennethbrady
      @kennethbrady 6 років тому +11

      indeed, right on Faye:)

    • @MrT8T3R
      @MrT8T3R 5 років тому +11

      Big hugs to you from Texas!

    • @cynthiamartin4792
      @cynthiamartin4792 5 років тому +8

      Sending lots of love to you sister. Sorry for your loss honey.❤

  • @KingFish-n8y
    @KingFish-n8y Рік тому +109

    Heard this on curb your enthusiasm fell in love with it

  • @merg-vh5sx
    @merg-vh5sx Місяць тому +21

    Who adds a whole orchestra to a little pop song and it works.
    Paul Simon. That's who.

  • @tomster927
    @tomster927 6 років тому +280

    "I never worry. Why should I? Its all gonna fade." Timeless.

  • @premanadi
    @premanadi 4 роки тому +381

    The chord changes and modulations in this song are magical.

    • @writtenbyraymildo8557
      @writtenbyraymildo8557 2 роки тому +13

      Yup. Loneliness 💔🥺
      It's a beautiful and sad song.

    • @thestarsaligned
      @thestarsaligned 2 роки тому +4

      TRUEEEEEEE!!!!!

    • @brendanfromlongisland4139
      @brendanfromlongisland4139 2 роки тому +7

      It has a nice Gospel cadence in the Chorus and then the Jazz influenced break.

    • @ReiTulius
      @ReiTulius 2 роки тому +1

      Exactly I have an orgasm everytime i listen to thee harmony progression at 1:57

    • @premanadi
      @premanadi 2 роки тому +3

      @@ReiTulius I love 1:26. Also, 2:51.

  • @ScottCrozier
    @ScottCrozier 4 місяці тому +95

    I remember seeing Paul Simon receive a grammy for this album. In his acceptance speech, he thanked Stevie Wonder for not recording anything that year.

  • @tonyp2240
    @tonyp2240 9 місяців тому +41

    This song describes how I feel still at 74 and it feels great

  • @ShubhaChacko
    @ShubhaChacko 11 місяців тому +62

    Still beautiful after all these years!

  • @axelbiehl419
    @axelbiehl419 11 місяців тому +46

    This might just be Paul Simon's best song, and he wrote more than a few good ones.

  • @MasonBrooks-v2b
    @MasonBrooks-v2b 16 днів тому +3

    He's one of the greatest writers and singers of our time I grew up listening to him and I was criticized because I listened to him because i'm eclatic and black but really I don't care and the same people who criticized me are listening to him.

    • @herat2937
      @herat2937 5 днів тому +1

      I grew up with my parents playing Billy Holiday! and all the black Jazz greats! we are one human race!! Paul's singing here is exceptional, talent is talent, I might listen to Hendrix next! He was another great force of musical talent! Just a different style! x

  • @stewartvolk5156
    @stewartvolk5156 2 місяці тому +7

    Happy 83rd Birthday today, Paul

  • @misterarthur
    @misterarthur 7 років тому +246

    I find this to be a completely heartbreaking song. Brings me to tears every time I hear it.

    • @danger2374
      @danger2374 6 років тому +13

      No one does melancholy like Paul Simon!!!

    • @dr.doolittle5617
      @dr.doolittle5617 6 років тому +7

      Because you're not crazy. It's something else. If you were crazy, you wouldn't care.

    • @josh6402
      @josh6402 5 років тому +2

      @Subtle B3ast love this song but I'm with Arthur. It's a disturbing song

    • @cynthiamartin4792
      @cynthiamartin4792 5 років тому +7

      Me too darlin,without fail.. So many years..hard to look back,hurts like hell. Irresistibly beautiful,though.💔

    • @chrismaclaughlin9475
      @chrismaclaughlin9475 4 роки тому +1

      Me too

  • @annettemyers8479
    @annettemyers8479 5 років тому +129

    It's not the singing, or the orchestration , or the sax , it's the perfect combination of tone and irony, a song for the ages, never gets old! We love you Paul Simon for the soundtrack of our lives 😋😋😋

    • @kenperkins7921
      @kenperkins7921 Рік тому +1

      That's all Paul and the mighty MUSCLE SHOALS RHYTHM SECTION! Paul even took Muscle Shoals guitar Wizz, PETE CARR TO NEW YORK TO PLAY IN THE CENTRAL PARK GET TOGETHER OF A MILION PEOPLE.

    • @clivenaicker9010
      @clivenaicker9010 Рік тому

      Brilliant isn't it? Wow..

    • @chielienl
      @chielienl Рік тому

      Yes. That.

    • @woundedbuttocks
      @woundedbuttocks Рік тому

      Beautifully said.

  • @mondayrose4169
    @mondayrose4169 10 днів тому +2

    Greatest tenor solo ever recorded, Michael Brecker.

  • @marcussantucci4447
    @marcussantucci4447 9 місяців тому +15

    THANK YOU LARRY DAVID🙌🏻

  • @KaushikSarkarVer.1.0
    @KaushikSarkarVer.1.0 Рік тому +5

    No matter what we say, or the likes we vote… nothing nothing prepares you for the evanescent beauty of this song.
    Takes my breath away… yes, after all these years.

  • @IamtheLunchlady
    @IamtheLunchlady Рік тому +98

    What I appreciate about Paul's songs is that each one is literally a story. Each nuance he utilizes in every song, instruments, lyrics, vocals, it's really something.

  • @NothingMaster
    @NothingMaster Рік тому +22

    One of the most meaningful and sentimental songs ever written.

  • @patti2729
    @patti2729 9 років тому +212

    One of the most soulful sax solos in existence.

    • @internet123ism2
      @internet123ism2 8 років тому +7

      +Patti Geiger saw it live..one of the Brecker brothers and he brought the house down.

    • @tylerpauletti4265
      @tylerpauletti4265 5 років тому +15

      Beauty of Michael Brecker. The man could play some of the hardest lines. But at the same time, he could also play stuff super melodically and with such a passion. I have a huge amount of respect for him, what a musician he truely was...

    • @rightchordleadership
      @rightchordleadership 3 роки тому +2

      @@tylerpauletti4265 you got that right

    • @ellensolensky7959
      @ellensolensky7959 3 роки тому +3

      @@rightchordleadership Chills

    • @eugenekramer7845
      @eugenekramer7845 2 роки тому +2

      Can tear you up.

  • @illustrate100
    @illustrate100 8 років тому +335

    This will still be played on the radio one million years from now.

    • @SwitcherooU
      @SwitcherooU 8 років тому +11

      +illustrate100 Bold prediction.

    • @9ZenMedia
      @9ZenMedia 6 років тому +24

      Surely by then we will have evolved into seal like creatures who catch fish and are just happy.

    • @soofitnsexy
      @soofitnsexy 6 років тому +5

      @@9ZenMedia hahahaaaa awesome

    • @soofitnsexy
      @soofitnsexy 6 років тому +4

      well they dont play it now.......so....

    • @funeralbillii9172
      @funeralbillii9172 6 років тому +3

      Well, actually, there will be no "radio" in 1 million years, as we'll as a species will be LONG gone, but I get what you're saying.

  • @kalynlambert6889
    @kalynlambert6889 3 місяці тому +12

    My generation was blessed with the music world's two most gifted poets: Bob Dylan and Paul Simon. 💖💖 🙂 💋

    • @lynnschnekenburger7270
      @lynnschnekenburger7270 3 місяці тому +2

      I'm going to add if, you don't mind, Gordon Lightfoot.

    • @PeterLeslie
      @PeterLeslie 3 місяці тому +2

      Also Harry Chapin, Jim Croce, John Prine, Steve Goodman and Randy Newman.

  • @roberthealey7739
    @roberthealey7739 4 роки тому +78

    Marvin Gaye said this song is the soundtrack to his life

    • @billwilliamson5778
      @billwilliamson5778 6 місяців тому +5

      Spot on my brother.

    • @MsNevermore19
      @MsNevermore19 2 місяці тому +1

      Yet another reason *as if we needed one* to love Marvin Gaye.

  • @randylincoln3978
    @randylincoln3978 6 місяців тому +16

    Michael brecker on sax with an Iconic solo

  • @cur8239
    @cur8239 9 місяців тому +7

    what a great song after all these years...................................

  • @internet123ism2
    @internet123ism2 8 років тому +88

    he's one of those artists who make the best use of world-class musicians.

    • @soofitnsexy
      @soofitnsexy 6 років тому +6

      because he is one....

    • @bikermikevlx6008
      @bikermikevlx6008 3 роки тому +1

      Undoubtedly

    • @chuckgreenfield4484
      @chuckgreenfield4484 2 роки тому +1

      Yeah I love P.S. but to your point. He picked Steve Gadd to play drums in central park. Steve Gadd is the best session drummer, hell he's the best drummer around. It's a sign of respect that he came away from his other work to drum live with Paul.

    • @squirrelbutler2119
      @squirrelbutler2119 Рік тому +1

      @@chuckgreenfield4484 That's because Paul had Steve's baby locked in a drawer somewhere

  • @christopherkramer3656
    @christopherkramer3656 5 місяців тому +26

    Man this is one of the best of all time!!!!! Still crazy in 2024 at 46. Still think im 18 inside.

    • @RobertJDNairn
      @RobertJDNairn 5 місяців тому +6

      70 and crazy enough to think I’m 8 years old ! I will never stop playing just to watch 🎇

    • @fionngualaashworth8004
      @fionngualaashworth8004 5 місяців тому +3

      I am 63.... 😂

    • @patmac8039
      @patmac8039 3 місяці тому

      @@fionngualaashworth8004 68...and counting. Still crazy too!

    • @GazHogan
      @GazHogan 3 місяці тому

      Me too, and I'm 57. God bless ya buddy

  • @ourlittleisland
    @ourlittleisland 2 місяці тому +11

    Happy 83rd birthday, Paul Simon!

    • @ourlittleisland
      @ourlittleisland 2 місяці тому

      Still crazy after all these years!

    • @aliburns2150
      @aliburns2150 2 місяці тому

      ​@@ourlittleislandHe's still crazy even at his birthday! Happy birthday, Paul! 🎂🎂🎂

    • @merg-vh5sx
      @merg-vh5sx Місяць тому

      I just wanna give him a hug before he leaves us.

  • @andiirejino1210
    @andiirejino1210 7 років тому +113

    Paul Simon can tell a great story and write some of the most beautiful songs ever

    • @blackbird5634
      @blackbird5634 Рік тому

      Americans need a narrative in their songs. It's a throwback to cowboy/country and the blues.

    • @Ace-fy3yp
      @Ace-fy3yp Рік тому

      @@blackbird5634 I love Donovan and I was born here in the states. If you find the version of his song played on the movie "Rules of Attraction" that would be awesome. I saw him with Arlo Guthrie on the banjo, so may have been a rendition of that. You'd have to see the movie to know what I'm talking about

  • @jacquesmertens3369
    @jacquesmertens3369 2 місяці тому +3

    The craftsmanship that went into this song. Unimaginable. This was a labour of love.

  • @polkmusic
    @polkmusic 3 роки тому +44

    Something about this song always gets me. Its like an old friend you visit every few years. A true classic.

  • @tedl7538
    @tedl7538 3 роки тому +62

    Like so many Paul Simon pieces, this is an absolute master class in songwriting. Takes my breath away!

    • @kenperkins7921
      @kenperkins7921 Рік тому

      Paul simon and the Muscle Shoals Rhythm section, a match made in Heaven!

  • @dovesfan1
    @dovesfan1 7 місяців тому +30

    As a man of 45 who thinks he's still 18. Rings true this song.

  • @julienelson9408
    @julienelson9408 2 місяці тому +3

    In memory of my Mom, who shared Paul's birthday, and would have been 80 today. I miss you. I hope you are I'm a place where you're forever 32. ❤

    • @bls5160
      @bls5160 Місяць тому

      Sending sincere sympathy for the loss of your beloved mother. It's one of the hardest losses in life. Hold on to the memories and know you will be together again someday. I lost mine when I was thirty and still miss her all the time.

  • @johnsherman6718
    @johnsherman6718 10 місяців тому +3

    One of the first albums I bought while in high school. Played it in my bedroom on a BSR turn table with a Fisher reciever and speakers after school while laying on my single bed in dark navy corduroy bell bottoms with wide big buckled belt and white cotton big collared shirt after taking off my side zip brown boots with the high big heals...and fall asleep when the album was over. I was always very sleepy after school in my teens.
    😌Huh, such good memories.

  • @zateraliusmusicandgaming2015
    @zateraliusmusicandgaming2015 2 роки тому +4

    that sneaky modulation in the final chorus. you genius you

  • @andrewlaycock3269
    @andrewlaycock3269 Рік тому +4

    Loving Barry Beckett’s keyboard on this track. Just perfect to accompany Paul Simon’s soft vocal.

  • @cricjohnson
    @cricjohnson Рік тому +17

    Hadn't heard this one in a while. Wow. Just fantastic songwriting - really at the very top. Singing, arranging, the playing, the production values - all near perfect. It really doesn't get much better than this. Timeless.

  • @TomCoteTheTomCoteShow
    @TomCoteTheTomCoteShow 3 роки тому +2

    Why does this guy always make me cry? Stop it already dude.

  • @bullwinkle428
    @bullwinkle428 7 місяців тому +3

    The sound of the Fender Rhodes piano on this song just washes over you like the most beautiful of waves! Such a masterpiece.

    • @paulcalder2792
      @paulcalder2792 7 місяців тому +1

      The Fender Rhodes sound was everywhere in the 1970’s but then it seemed to just disappear from the soundscape. Like you, I love their sound and I miss hearing them except for these old gems from the 70’s.

    • @christianboyadjiev1738
      @christianboyadjiev1738 3 місяці тому

      Here is Barry Beckett on the Rhodes

  • @dxx7570
    @dxx7570 5 років тому +3

    If there was a Pulitzer Prize for song this definitely would win. Why?? Because of the depth and the varied plethora of facets that’s performed with such old country simplicity, then again that’s Paul Simon.

  • @thepoweredgent
    @thepoweredgent 8 місяців тому +4

    I first heard this song at 12, played to me from my dad via a cassette player after we'd moved across the globe. There are few times when you look up, listen to the silence of your own father listening to a track, them feeling those pangs of regret for having shown you, and having felt the weight of each word. Lyric after lyric, sang as if on a recorder on repeat in that man's mind, his whole life turned around having moved across the globe, bringing his family with him. Sometimes you get a real window into someone's soul and this was it, for me, for my dad, at the tender age of 11 or 12. I can't say what it fully meant to him, being kind, but I can understand why he was hesitant to show me it after a boozy port evening, and why it's stuck with me for so long

    • @willoughby1888
      @willoughby1888 8 місяців тому

      I liked reading that. A sad old man who enjoys recalling playing this song liked what you wrote. "Born unloved", life ruined "on purpose" by my family and my friends, I deserve to still be crazy after all these years. Yet, here I still am. "Maine" says "hello". Happy Earth Day tomorrow. I "celebrated" by removing 5 gallon buckets worth of plastic scraps from our Back Cove. Many people stopped on the walking trail to say "Thank you for doing that" to me. That left me happy. I was expecting to hear "The Sound of Silence"(another great Paul Simon song I grew up with. They didn't have to take the time to do what they did, and my efforts don't feel unappreciated one bit now.

  • @helenmassey3558
    @helenmassey3558 4 роки тому +33

    One of the most soulful sax solos in existence.
    Paul Simon can tell a great story and write some of the most beautiful songs ever

    • @pfaessel1
      @pfaessel1 4 роки тому +1

      Phil Woods played the Alto Sax solo.

    • @squirrelbutler2119
      @squirrelbutler2119 Рік тому +1

      @@pfaessel1 No, son, incorrect. But thanks for trying. Michael Brecker played the sax break on this song. Phil Woods played on Have a Good Time

  • @RYAN-zm8kr
    @RYAN-zm8kr Рік тому +1

    This fucking bridge is still crazy after all these years. One of the best bridges ever written

  • @doobiebro76
    @doobiebro76 5 років тому +5

    Thank's Paul Simon for your music of the days gone by.Your music of my younger days is still Beautiful.Thank you Cheri Johnson that worked at May Co. at the Tyler Mall in Riverside Calif in 75,76.

  • @AashishDMello
    @AashishDMello 5 років тому +26

    The orchestral arrangements are flawless. And the sax too.

  • @蜂-q4w
    @蜂-q4w Рік тому +6

    I saw this song mentioned in my favourite manga and I'm glad I searched it, it's magnificent.

  • @IamtheLunchlady
    @IamtheLunchlady Рік тому +11

    The jazzy piano throughout, the soulful sax solo and Paul's storytelling voice this song is a classic and one of the best songs ever written .

  • @roygunter3244
    @roygunter3244 8 років тому +94

    I will always remember Paul Simon signing this on Saturday Night Live wearing a turkey suit, it was a fine costume. It was near Thanksgiving as I remember it. I have no idea if the link is on UA-cam but it was amazing. BTW I love the song and the arrangement is flawless.

    • @ericjohnson7805
      @ericjohnson7805 6 років тому +2

      roy gunter you can watch him sing it on fire stick on snl season 1 episode 2

    • @dxx7570
      @dxx7570 5 років тому +4

      I remember that SNL too. I thought it was a chicken suit which is why I laughed so much. Are you sure it was a turkey suit? I guess it’s the same thing right ??

    • @cynthiamartin4792
      @cynthiamartin4792 5 років тому +2

      ME TOO!!😄😂😄😂

    • @premanadi
      @premanadi 4 роки тому

      @@dxx7570 Definitely turkey.

    • @tubesocksbrigade3031
      @tubesocksbrigade3031 4 роки тому +4

      @@premanadi correct. That was a Turkey suit he wore on that episode of SNL before Thanksgiving of 1976

  • @DrinkingStar
    @DrinkingStar 2 роки тому +8

    The song becomes more relevant as one gets older. This song describes me in some ways. Songs sing of your life. You only have to listen to the words to learn your future.

  • @ogrebattle22763
    @ogrebattle22763 4 роки тому +14

    That electric piano grabs you right from the start .... great song...

  • @RFToob
    @RFToob 2 роки тому +10

    I love the Rhodes piano intro. A glimpse of what’s to come later in the song. I always get goosebumps at that sax solo section. Love the lyrics. And oh what magnificent chords, and crazy key changes here. Unexpected…just like his meeting an old lover was likely unexpected. Tension and release. All expressed in under 3 and a half minutes. Paul’s’ simply a master story teller, arranger and a timeless artist. Grateful, yes very happy to be alive during the same time period that he is. This short story makes me want to know more/ Cheers.

  • @patmccarthy3106
    @patmccarthy3106 3 роки тому +6

    How this song can mean so much to me after 46 years is so precious and amazing...

  • @lummindnable
    @lummindnable 2 місяці тому

    My fifteen year old mom had just lived through the 60s, and had me in the summer of 70.
    I grew up listening to the greatest music ever written because of her.
    A few tunes, a few bong hits, and life goes on.
    She left this place last December, but I still have the songs and the memories

    • @williamtennent6882
      @williamtennent6882 2 місяці тому

      My condolences.Music is mans greatest invention.Best wishes from Australia.

  • @randykintzley5923
    @randykintzley5923 4 роки тому +5

    The sax solo that starts around @2:10 is maybe the most soulful thing I've ever heard.

    • @teddibearsworld
      @teddibearsworld 4 роки тому

      The late, great Michael Brecker.

    • @lynby6231
      @lynby6231 2 роки тому

      Yeah mellow lilting sax like this just soothes your soul

  • @evanstoney2168
    @evanstoney2168 Рік тому +2

    my high school girlfriend gave me this album, it was and still is a staple on my play list.this song especially! the sax just sends me back into her arms.And of course, I'm still crazy after all these YEARS!

  • @kevinlindsey6862
    @kevinlindsey6862 4 роки тому +33

    This music is for people present in life.

  • @JF-xq6fr
    @JF-xq6fr 3 роки тому +6

    "And we talked about some old times, and we drank ourselves some beers" My God its feels alive when I hear this... Complete mastery of storytelling put to a beautiful voice and music. Unique experience.

  • @brandonjohnson3002
    @brandonjohnson3002 8 років тому +245

    Paul Simon brought me here

  • @graytonw5238
    @graytonw5238 4 місяці тому +1

    Always loved this song. Even when I hit 60 I still felt like this. Now that I'm pushing 70, not so much. But it's nice to think back.

  • @maxdingotm
    @maxdingotm 8 років тому +153

    " im not the type of man who tends to socialize- i tend to lean on old familiar ways". me then me now

  • @zigenterprises
    @zigenterprises 2 роки тому +23

    I listened to this album for two years steady, sometime in the seventies when I was going through some very tough times in my life. I had this on an eight-track tape cartridge. Every time I got into my car I would play this from beginning to end. 😜🍾🥂☮

    • @mrdjr6544
      @mrdjr6544 2 роки тому +6

      And now you are ok and through the tough times? Mad how decades pass and people change. You've a story to tell 👌
      Best wishes brother.

  • @Steve-yo4ld
    @Steve-yo4ld Рік тому +47

    Who would have thought we'd be in 2023, 1975 seems like yesterday!😥
    Too all those amazing days we thought would last forever!💕

    • @johnsherman6718
      @johnsherman6718 10 місяців тому +3

      Oh yeah, you know it!😊

    • @carolbatiste94
      @carolbatiste94 9 місяців тому +3

      Amen, Brother.

    • @johnsherman6718
      @johnsherman6718 9 місяців тому

      Oh YES! WE Boomers STILL HAVE GOT IT! NO GENERATION WAS EVER SO VIBRANT, SO ENERGETIC, SO FULL OF LIFE and DREAMS!
      Let their generation hate us for what we are. Oh how they slam us constantly with their HATE and call us the worst names they can think up.
      Only...because they're
      empty, lifeless, bland and boring.
      They choose to be put out, pissy, and angry. What a waste!
      Now they can't pull out of what "they" put themselves into.
      They CHOSE Victimhood!
      Their self destructive hate will forever be their hallmark.
      They're spoiled and jealous!
      Shame on them!

  • @aqilakiah-el165
    @aqilakiah-el165 2 роки тому +6

    Such a beautiful song.11/23/22 Saturday Night Live throwback brought me here.This song is very nostalgic.I remember hearing this as a elementary aged kids.I haven't heard it in years.Thanks for posting👌🥰

  • @wintergarden7539
    @wintergarden7539 2 роки тому +2

    When I saw PS in concert many years ago, I waited until the ENCORE to hear my favorite song. Love this song.

  • @dustinsifford7683
    @dustinsifford7683 2 роки тому +4

    One of my Dad's favorite songs. Its been 11 years today RIP.

  • @senorstronk
    @senorstronk 9 років тому +40

    Bought this album used at the record store today. small things make a difference, small things like this make my week.

    • @lanceraglin6232
      @lanceraglin6232 7 років тому +5

      Eric I had the exact same experience...

  • @ambermackay921
    @ambermackay921 27 днів тому +1

    Lovely !

  • @ellismedavoy7314
    @ellismedavoy7314 2 роки тому +15

    One of the greatest American songwriters.

  • @Harmonical1
    @Harmonical1 2 роки тому +11

    Listen to 99% of the music on the radio these days (2022), then listen to this masterpiece. Some songs that last three and half minutes seem to last seven minutes, this seems to last only about a minute it's so beautiful.

  • @chegadesuade
    @chegadesuade 8 років тому +10

    Such a beautiful song, I wish he'd recorded it solo with his acoustic however, like he used to play it live before this record came out. It still came out beautifully, I just wish his acoustic version received a studio recording too.

  • @OldMusicGuy
    @OldMusicGuy 4 роки тому +23

    I'm Still Crazy After All These Years and I would go back to those days in a flash.

  • @skynyrdnemoy2418
    @skynyrdnemoy2418 8 років тому +52

    I never worry, why should I? It's all going to fade 🎶

  • @daverunstrain
    @daverunstrain 8 років тому +317

    Thank you, Larry David

    • @jasonhparker71
      @jasonhparker71 8 років тому +11

      pretty good

    • @michaelamato5552
      @michaelamato5552 7 років тому +2

      Randy Shredmenton right? that's where I got it from.

    • @chegadesuade
      @chegadesuade 7 років тому +10

      I love Larry David, but that's definitely not where I first heard this song. Talk about being late to the party.

    • @georgegraham9822
      @georgegraham9822 6 років тому +18

      Oh, Larry, honey, that's my water. UGH!

    • @roguewookiee
      @roguewookiee 6 років тому +5

      Still crazy after all these years!

  • @paulisaac3269
    @paulisaac3269 8 років тому +43

    Music the way it should be!!!

    • @cynthiamartin4792
      @cynthiamartin4792 5 років тому +4

      It will never ever be this good again sadly.. Grateful to God I was there.. I wouldn't trade one single solitary second of the greatest time in history,the 70s. We had the last of the best that was ever to be.. Feel so sorry for the folks today ,the quality of popular music is so low now it's ludicrous. This song tears me apart ,it so succinctly tells the pain we've all felt of lost love,lost time.

    • @sandyowen6952
      @sandyowen6952 5 років тому +1

      Cynthia Martin You are sooooooo, right. There is no other music like our music. So happy 😀 we have it.

    • @maryfendley1084
      @maryfendley1084 4 роки тому

      So true! Had this album maný years ago! Love Paul simon

  • @eleni7749
    @eleni7749 2 роки тому +3

    Like a soulful hymn…Paul Simon has a God given talent ❤️

    • @kenperkins7921
      @kenperkins7921 Рік тому

      To find talent like the Muscle Shoals Rhythm section!

    • @squirrelbutler2119
      @squirrelbutler2119 Рік тому

      @@kenperkins7921 okay, son, calm down. Yes, we know who they were. But to laud them every time a song plays that they played on gets a little tiresome. (Because there are so many)
      Great musicians, yes. But drop the idolatry every time

  • @noshowjackie
    @noshowjackie 2 роки тому +3

    Thank you Paul. Nothing like sharing a moment with an old song.

  • @GeorgeGomez5Alive
    @GeorgeGomez5Alive 4 місяці тому +1

    A masterpiece. Thank you for the chords, the melody synchronized with my heart looking to the sky with life.

  • @cynthiabustamante2884
    @cynthiabustamante2884 2 роки тому +2

    Ohhhhhhhh so very beautiful!

  • @55oiram
    @55oiram 4 місяці тому +4

    GENIUS

  • @danger2374
    @danger2374 6 років тому +13

    In my mind this is a perfect song. Flawless.

  • @Doobie1975
    @Doobie1975 4 роки тому +2

    For some reason this song takes me back to early 2013 when I would stay up late at night listening to 70's music on Music Choice, I often find myself wishing I can go back to early 2013 again, especially now with everything that's been going on.

  • @gozorak
    @gozorak 7 місяців тому

    The moment Michael Brecker's sax solo bursts through the discordant notes like the sun breaking through the clouds is one of the most magical moments in popular music. It never fails to induce a massive dopamine effect within my brain far more pleasurable than that of any drug or narcotic.

    • @guitarjonn7103
      @guitarjonn7103 7 місяців тому +1

      So agree. He was, to me, the greatest sax player of his day, with amazing chops that would make your jaw drop, but he wisely knew better not to display that here. It's a great lesson to any musician who focuses too much on speed and/or flash, I think. It's often better to find that one right note instead of playing 20 "hey look at me" notes.

  • @DavidSharpe-im8eu
    @DavidSharpe-im8eu Рік тому +9

    Born in the 50's. Still crazy!

  • @villiageheart
    @villiageheart 8 років тому +167

    I met my old lover
    On the street last night
    She seemed so glad to see me
    I just smiled
    And we talked about some old times
    And we drank ourselves some beers
    Still crazy after all these years
    Oh Still crazy after all these years
    I'm not the kind of man
    Who tends to socialize
    I seem to lean on
    Old familiar ways
    And I ain't no fool for love songs
    That whisper in my ears
    Still crazy after all these years
    Oh still crazy after all these years
    Four in the morning
    Crapped out
    Yawning
    Longing my life away
    I'll never worry
    Why should I?
    It's all gonna fade
    Now I sit by my window
    And I watch the cars
    I fear I'll do some damage
    One fine day
    But I would not be convicted
    By a jury of my peers
    Still crazy after all these years
    Oh still crazy
    Still crazy
    Still crazy after all these years

    • @joanmartin6274
      @joanmartin6274 8 років тому

      Eddie Rabbit

    • @oeg572
      @oeg572 7 років тому

      Sara Sinclair Love it. :)

    • @fsheee3458
      @fsheee3458 7 років тому +3

      Thank you.

    • @kevintraynor2226
      @kevintraynor2226 4 роки тому

      I never understood this song until now at the ripe old age of 75. Not because it’s a difficult song. No, I’m just dense. It’s a gem of a song though.

    • @alexonpiano8468
      @alexonpiano8468 3 роки тому

      thanks

  • @DannyD714
    @DannyD714 Рік тому

    i was a teenager when this came out. now i'm 62,and really understand the scope of the words. looking forward to your interview with howard stern next week.

  • @PabluchoViision
    @PabluchoViision Рік тому +1

    Paul Simon absolutely top shelf songwriter/composer. Stevie Wonder, McCartney, Jimmy Webb, Bacharach, Merle Haggard, Randy Newman, Cat Stevens, Willie Nelson, James Taylor. Among finest of past half century.

    • @tonywright8294
      @tonywright8294 Рік тому

      Willie Nelson ! Definitely NOT

    • @yvesami
      @yvesami Рік тому

      @@tonywright8294If all you know of Willie’s songwriting are his big crossover hits like “On The Road Again” your opinion is understandable. But if you really know his writing catalog, you’d know just how deep it is and how great Willie is. “Crazy”, “Funny How Time Slips Away”, “Darkness On The Face Of The Earth”, “Hello Walls”, “Night Life”, “Half A Man”, “Summer Of Roses”, “The Party’s Over”, just to name a few gems from his brilliant output

  • @Jett-xz9vu
    @Jett-xz9vu 6 років тому +40

    Still listening after all these years
    2018

  • @smorgasbroad1132
    @smorgasbroad1132 11 місяців тому

    I still have this album and can remember where I was when I was introduced to it. That makes it powerful to me. Thank you, Mr. Gertzfeld.♥️ R.I.P. Howard Z.♥️

  • @Musicmanohio247
    @Musicmanohio247 4 роки тому +11

    2020 and as I look back on my life and the songs and artist that stayed in my head keeping me alive - Paul Simon could possibly have the most songs on that list. I wish I could thank him for sharing his craft.

  • @raymondfallon7429
    @raymondfallon7429 3 роки тому +52

    I'm forgetting about the sentiment here of aging without changing much (at least on the inside). Just from the sake of construction, harmony, melody, lyrics, and phrasing, this is one of the greatest songs from the pop age. If it's not recognized as such it's because it's so subtle and low key. The chord changes and modulations here are worthy of a serious composer. (I'm talking about a genre, not dissing Paul Simon as a composer -- it's silly to call them classical music composers as the classical period ended like 200 years ago). Just a great song. I don't think Lennon and McCartney ever wrote a song this musical or poignant (and I love their songs). Forget the Brill Building songwriters or Burt Bacharach. This is a great, great song. Oh... and the sentiment, which I'm forgetting about here, is as touching as "Old Friends" one that's been kicking my ass this month as I turned 70. "How terribly strange to be seventy..." How Simon could have written that song at 25 is unbelievable to me. The guy is a god.

    • @MrBirchmoor33
      @MrBirchmoor33 2 роки тому +4

      I was thinking the same thing,as regards Old Friends.I'm 70 in March next year.I have always loved I am a Rock,A Most Peculier Man,Richard Cory,all similar songs about the darker side that most people(except Morrissey ex Smiths,with Asleep) leave alone.I agree,Paul Simon is a legend.

    • @simongarrettmusic
      @simongarrettmusic 2 роки тому +1

      Gotta say I agree, I also think that the Stones have many, many more poignant songs and moving songs than the Beatles - love em, but they often sound like exercises in being clever.

    • @theacechip
      @theacechip 2 роки тому +1

      @@MrBirchmoor33 Add "My Little Town" to the edgy, dark category.

    • @WoodyGamesUK
      @WoodyGamesUK Рік тому +1

      Yes it's an incredible song, even for Paul Simon's standard. Stevie Wonder can pull off this kind of harmony in a pop song, while being at the same time very memorable and perfectly singable like a pop song should be. The Beatles are quite different, they had endless creativity, great melodies, but a more limited knowledge of harmony (which didn't hurt their songs at all).

    • @linw7320
      @linw7320 Рік тому

      Happy Birthday 🎂

  • @gevinnbanks9244
    @gevinnbanks9244 3 роки тому +20

    During this ongoing pandemic, I'm still listening to this classic after all these years.

  • @JohannesLabusch
    @JohannesLabusch 7 років тому +2

    I wish everybody who covers this song would listen to this a couple dozen times first. Every additional flourish pushes it into schmaltz territory. Simon did it perfectly. Also: if you can't hit that high note as effortlessly, don't bother.

  • @kel2580
    @kel2580 Місяць тому

    This reminds me of walking the streets of downtown Chicago back in the 70s while watching people live their lives! I was young and I loved it!

  • @tonyd6270
    @tonyd6270 2 роки тому +25

    Still a beautiful song after all these years.

  • @kennethhuang371
    @kennethhuang371 2 роки тому +4

    I believe that won Paul Simon the Grammy for ALBUM OF 1975. I got Still Crazy the album for Christmas many years ago. It’s still a masterpiece to this very day.
    Kenneth A Huang 9/8/22

  • @mieletarantal2164
    @mieletarantal2164 7 років тому +10

    Still get chills. Such an amazing album.

  • @MichaelJacques
    @MichaelJacques 2 роки тому +3

    Time passes, moments fade. Beautifully rendered...

  • @hollydicesare3633
    @hollydicesare3633 6 років тому +8

    It just doesn't get any better than this!!! The best ever!!!

  • @jobertoli256
    @jobertoli256 5 років тому +23

    I love this song. One of my top 10 to be played when I die.

    • @JoannaT2
      @JoannaT2 2 роки тому +1

      What are the other 9?

    • @Amgeezy
      @Amgeezy 2 роки тому

      This, Tupac- Cant C Me, Guy- Teddys Jam 2 Remix, Low Roar- I'll keep coming and Rainbow brite-Brand New Day are definitely on mine...and put me in the ground to Adam Raised a Cain.

  • @foxtrotbravo2549
    @foxtrotbravo2549 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you Mr. Simon. Woke up depressed 😪 with this song on my mind.

    • @Deira854
      @Deira854 2 роки тому

      getting old is horrible, I am 39 and I dont feel old, but because of being married and young kids can't have any fun as I use to in my 20's, like going out with girls etc... or even just going to the mall trying to pick up beautiful girls, why life is so unfair? it ends so quickly, all the fun ends and we are stuck