Paul Simon..Me and Julio Down By The School Yard

[pasy2006]

HIS BEST SONG & VIDEO:)

[trevster2905]

Check out Diego Maradona playing the vase at 1:38

[JSBBWV1685]

Where's Julio now, Paul?

[bigcatisbig]

@JSBBWV1685

the real question is...what

did momma saw?

[aknowneemus]

Biz Markie and Big Daddy Kane ARE part of this video.

[SexyShortnSweet]

@aknowneemus So is my cousin!

[boxerdogs11]

I love this video!!! Oh, for the 70's again. Those girls can kill it at double jump rope!! I remember doing that, but NEVER that good.

[LloydChristmas777]

LOL, Biz Markie and Big Daddy Kane! I think this is an introduction on a music video station, not actually part of the video. Someone verify this.

[bababooiey]

Note that The Mick, a switch hitter, bats from the left side against left handed pitching Simon

[imt56]

thank you , now i can see my baseball hero,, The Mick

[seanuz]

Never seen this before, man I love it!! Diverse people everywhere, this world is awesome.

[SmokeBojangles]

SPUD!

[spieloneil]

I've seen this video before but had never seen the Kane and Biz intro! They should make a whole album with Paul Simon, I'd buy it.

[RecNSports1012]

11 people were picked last for sports down by the schoolyard.

[motelcalifornia]

What a weird intro

[Iowaload]

lol, that's Big Daddy K as a kid as he was getting his start. That, my friends are the roots and beginning of hiphop. Old school rap.

[DeepCore214]

i thought i was watching fresh prince lol

[Mastas999]

Paul simon is a master

[rokclover54]

.......intresting interduction lol

[JamesBulger]

Frank Caliendo is at the end of the video!

[brandybentz]

john maden

[Whelouski]

is that Spud Webb?

[CampMilbrook]

Yes it is.

[maddvidz]

Great song, video, and performer!! Spud webb. damn that mofo can jump!!! Probably higher than anyone. he won an awesome slam dunk contest against dominique wilkins. love paul simon. sounds of silence is one of thee best songs ever written!!!

[BDylan5]

haha cool video

[RichDrum123]

funny shit

[ptracy4]

Me and Julio, that what I know, that what I say.

[liasophie]

I Love this Song... me an Julio dow by the School Yard... it`s Simple and a fantastic work.

[streetlightkid72422]

hahahaha this is the funniest fucking video ever. and i love this song. and paul simon.

[vinnynyy]

Any video that has The Mick has to be in the top 10 of all time!

[overlookNW237]

this is my brothers favourite song^^

[Iowaload]

Paul did some great work back in the 80's. This has to be my fav of all S&G songs.

Thanks for posting this!

[SquishyKitty]

I never get tired of this song. Now certain covers that get played at Hollister a billion times, that's another story.

[sofieee93]

this song never get old...awesome video !

[krazeelocomiststuck]

Bahahaha, John Madden? Bahahaha, this video made me laugh. :P

[johnnyscifi]

I dont understand what sexuality has to do with anything you ignorant monkey!

[Meath3ad]

Paul Simon is such a gay faggoty bastard! there i said it. Pure fuckin faggot

[acbulgin2]

You don't like gay faggoty bastards. Hmmm..I can see how that would be difficult for you. But let's be clear about the source of the problem: nasty, unrestrained, disgusting heterosexual sex. If it were not for that, there would be no babies, and if there were no babies, there would be no gay faggoty bastards. So stop doing that disgusting thing that gives such offense to the world!

[Meath3ad]

Hey I didn't write this comment. One of my friends got on to my page.

[bobluman]

I hear ya!!! I just can't believe that the great Mickey Mantle would appear in this faggity ass video.

[moose0drool]

I don't know what you are talking about. This video is clearly soaking in heterosexual goodness.

[cheif109]

lol. very good.

[italianpaintbald]

who's the bro in the pink shirt

[niancabick]

I was there with my friends when it was filmed

I hopscotched in that video

So much fun

Thanks for posting

Its been years!

[xzigga]

LIAR...lol...jk...Could you imagine?..no but seriously, thats so pro...im am oober envious

[gastastick]

whose the geezer that Paul strikes out, then the oldy cranks hit on the next throw, hes in the sweet jump/windbreaker suit

[Ikonomi]

That's Mickey Mantle!

[gastastick]

biz is the shit, no one is better

[matt77mc]

diego maradona on the bongos!!!

[RReneeS]

Is Paul Simon visiting the 'hood?

[ickyraytrojan]

OH bIZ MARKEE..CAN BEATBOX LIKE A BEAST !!!!

[ickyraytrojan]

Look at this....hahaha..John Madden ..Spud Webb..Big daddy Kane ...these guys...

AINT IT GREAT TO BE A KID...SO CAL , DOESNT LOOK LIKE THIS BUT BALLIN IN THE STREET IS THE SAME EVERY WHERE...GREAT VID/SONG

FIGHT ON USC ..

GOD BLESS THE ASPHALT ATHLETES EVERYWHERE

XXX OOO

[stacyblue1980]

Im the Queen of Corona.

[Ikonomi]

Well goodbye, Rosie.

[stacyblue1980]

Hehe.

[nucleararsenal74]

rofl its john madden

[stinger61]

whose the random dude? Its Mickey Mantle

[jamesbuddy63]

You mean Paul Simon?

[stacyblue1980]

4 real? Mickey Mantle?! ..now that dude at the end is the hardware store guy...hahaha!

[gazzamaccaknacker80]

flippin love this song and pretty much eveything else that the genius paul simon has done!!!

[xzigga]

whose the dude at 2:28...or is he jsut a random..

also, how sweet would it have been if you were one of the kids that got to play basketball with paul simon?!?!?!

[xzigga]

holly crap im an idiot...its john madden

[vzrjvy]

2:28 is Mickey Mantle

[xzigga]

I am the biggest moron of all time...feel free to chastise me.

[th3em]

But then who is Rosie?

[j2taranto]

umm. . . this is like the mid to late 80's . . . sooo there goes that hypothesis

[KenneWilleJ]

that park is in forest hills queens

[KenneWilleJ]

my bad i think its in harlem

[nycroads]

It's definitely not in Forest Hills...

[KenneWilleJ]

yea its to gheeto forest hills theres no grafiti in forest hills

[mjohnson2012]

thats great, esp with mantle and madden in there..

john madden was feelin extra salty on that one lol

[baneofnewbs]

JOHN MADDEN GETS PWNT

i love the song and its meaning

[79JAV]

Video goes well with the song! Thanks for the Video!!!

[maya1995jobros]

love this song

[Cobobrob123]

anyone noticed that he pitches left but plays guitar right?

[ddremojon]

so? I'm left handed and play guitar right handed. its just easier.

[accentos5]

and madden

[accentos5]

I love this video, not just mantle but spud webb is in it

[Cherstars]

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh makes even more sense ok I GOT YOU BABE LOL THANX

[Cherstars]

Thanx Rock, I was wondering now I understand hahaha! Cheers mate!

[beowgrendel]

madden!

[beowgrendel]

mickey!

[Cherstars]

I love this song, but what the heck is this song about anyone care to comment back? lol

[silentalarmactivated]

This song is about an implied homosexual relationship. Paul Simon was once asked what the narrator and Julio were doing down by the schoolyard, and he said, "I'm not sure... something sexual, I think." I first thought it was about smoking pot until someone told me this, and when I listen to the song now, the actual meaning is so obvious.

[Cherstars]

Yes that is what I always thought it sounded like, but I thought it was about Paul Simon himself LOL thanxxxxx

[ThatFragileCapricorn]

Does make sense, but who is Rosie ?

[garyjohnson1984]

mickey - that was awesome

[fliPPYtriCKY]

dude spud webbis BALLLLLLINNNNNN!

[Diaz23]

that guy dunkin is SPUD WEBB!!!

[lancerooke]

This is a terrific video! Thanks so much for sharing! God Bless.

[smffeb58]

It was Mickey Mantle not YAZ

[JONATHONTHEDOG100]

record of the month september on:

jonathon-the-dog.blogspot

[ambr95012]

This video is about a mixed racial friendship

[gohan9220]

wtf John Madden?

[BoomStickBruce]

right, what?!

[Topspyn]

so what? what do you think YMCA is about? It's still catchy, regardless of what your politics are.

[PoonBot5K]

You kids know this song is about a gay relationship right?

[lancerooke]

It's not about a gay relationship.

[DonWilla]

Paul Simon is a ledgend

[HORSE3104]

spud webb, john madden, and was that YAZ??? all the same video!!! that was great, very awesome! thanks for sharing!!!(the last guy paul pitched to, who was that??)

[MikeyU11]

mickey mantle

[marleyrae69]

damn awesome...

love it...

[ctjazzking]

Jack Johnson reminds me of him

[Geordles]

Paul Simon is awesome and this is a great "feel good" video. Thank you for posting.

[citykid33]

Lol Spud Webb playing Ball

[pokerguy1551]

Is that Michael Rappaport in the background at 1:09?

[Galiodonis]

no a close match though

[Steven8BMW]

COOL :DDDD

[b8zaa]

The most famous switch-hitter in the history of baseball batting left-handed against left-handed pitching?

[moonluver66]

this is real music.

[rockerduff1231]

is that mickey mantle?

[LFD254]

Yes-he did the video as a favor to Paul Simon who was a huge Yankee fan-it took several takes before Mickey finally did hit th ball as far as he did

[ronhelf]

Mantle, according to Simon, was glad to do it for $1500 bucks.

[dpcancollector]

did he say "Spud Webb"?

[katlouise33z]

I really like Pauls voice :D

[mykalroze]

Haha, I had forgotten that Big Daddy Kane and Biz Markie were there on the intro to the video. Cool deal!

[LarryRickenbacker]

Given the lyrics and the whisteling (included to imply that the singer is "guilty" of something?), the song comes close to implying a homosexual relationship between the singer and Julio. "What Momma saw, it was against the law"? Hmm..maybe it's just me.

[viraguzlet]

that's exactly what paul simon said about this song :)

[werexninja]

paul simon has never said exactly what it was, just that he imagined something sexual. it's up to interpretation

[bubba7799]

everyone is forgetting to mention mickey mantle...he's in there too

[balz2dewalz]

well in todays world skipping school and and going to the lake and smokin a joint with your girl is going to get you expelled and put in jail and your parents arrested for neglet,

when i was in high school it was well, need i explain we all know, it was cool, and lots of good memories

[dannyjoe1000]

dickass

[itsacorporatething]

what was me and julio and julio doing down by the schoolyard? Simon apparently hinted it was sexual in an interview, but didn't say what. Since "the radical priest" freed him from jail and it was controversial enough to get on newsweek it was probably a discrimination case. That makes me think its homosexual adolescents.

[VanHoltkamp5150]

not to mention John Madden

[fignewton100]

spanish classic guitar and beat boxing....hmm insanity is brillence not understood

[catfishfjn]

who is The Mick

[LilyD1994]

Mickey Mantle.

[LolaFloresyOLE]

What is talking about the lyrics of this on??. Skiping a school class maybe??

[qfrontsouth]

no one really knows. maybe they smoked a joint. maybe whatever. true poetry must have a mystery. paul is a true poet. on the other hand, what does it really matter what they did?

[catfishfjn]

awesome song!!!!!

[coananthecustodian]

the first part made it all that much better

[S1M9L3andKIDDYxprod]

sick

[gammastation]

no, it's just it's like putting oil and water together.

[gammastation]

That first part almost ruined a perfectly good song. But it still is Paul Simons best song.

[twentynothing]

what, you got a problem with big daddy kane and biz markie? DIE

[mythebau]

lol..testy testy..i mean,not only daddy kane and biz, but John Madden, and the late great, Mickey Mantle, untop of (i believe, butnot sure,( that was Spud Webb that Paul picked on his b-ball team? Talented cast and i'll bet there are more that were not famous at the time that are now in that vid..great same, great vid (at least when on good film - lol) but thx ;)

[blastmasterbiz]

If you don't understand hip hop let me explain. Big Daddy Kane and Biz Markie are as importent to hip hop music/culture as Paul Simon is to pop/rock music. I love hip hop,but my father played paul simon long before I knew who Biz Markie or Big Daddy Kane was. Makes me happy to se them all together :)

AND SPUD WEBB IS IN THERE!:D

[yak6ex]

Actually the did not fit in the video.

[imcjbeyotch]

I knew Biz Markie for a long time, lol. Same with paul simon, but only coz my parents played his music a lot

[mykalroze]

To those old enough (open-minded enough) to know, Big Daddy Kane was as big, and his debut as anticipated back in 1987, as Snoop Dogg was in the early 90s.

[wangjohnson]

The old aren't traditionally open-minded. =)

[mykalroze]

I hear you on that. But this here "old" guy you're communicating with is one of the few. :)

[organpipes]

mykalroze, you rock. And so does Paul Simon (and so does Art...).

Was big daddy kane from the south bronx? the south south bronx?

[mykalroze]

Thanks man.

KRS-ONE was from the South Bronx, south south Bronx. :)

Big Daddy Kane, as far as I know, is from Brooklyn.

The Bronx isn't in Brooklyn is it? :) (I'm not an expert on New York by any stretch of the imagination).

[organpipes]

the bronx is not in brooklyn. Its the only one of the 5 boroughs thats on the mainland... Brooklyn and Queens are technically on long island, sort of, and Manhattan and Staten Island are their own islands. thanks for the info too!

[MiraQueMamiSoy08]

no brooklyn

[DaveDeShrubber]

Why is Mickey batting left-handed against a left-handed pitcher?

[thegutz1]

He was old when this video was made. He needed that extra step to get to first base.

[arrrgooos]

I love it ! But The Mick still took Paul Downtown afer waving at the first one.

Thanks that was funny !

[irishbulldog1990]

What a song and what a video, and John Madden the american football analyist at the end makes it all better

[foolmoon70]

One of my favorites, thanks for adding.

[DJDirtyDishes]

Why does John Madden have to ruin every music video!

[unskurred]

what other music video has even been in?!

[MChelada]

I believe U2's "Stuck in a Moment"

[DJDirtyDishes]

It was a joke. But he was a tool in this music video.

[foolmoon70]

He's a tool anywhere he is.

[BarbarianBard]

Very talented songwriter.

[grwn1982]

amazing song and a great video thanks for posting

[SeantheBaldman]

The shorter basketball player is Spud Webb, who played for the Atlanta Hawks & Sacramento Kings. He won a Slam Dunk Contest as well.

[mcdaer]

the 3rd shortest basketball player ever

[RScott1959]

Mama Pajama!!!

[muttlee1213]

this video rocked. thanks for sharing!

[NanMatau]

A cool tune and a fun video. With Mickey Mantle and John Madden to boot.

The little girl in the orange shorts can really skip!

Great stuff!

[Rooti1]

This is lovely - thanks for posting!

[marthacatgirl]

Great video! Great song!

[BSL0789]

Madden!!! LOL that's great

[khejfam33]

is that slamma jamma dude wearing a cardigan?

[Applemask]

What the hell is this doing on a love songs record?

[iphilplaybass29]

idc

its still awesome

[moontheloon89]

the queen on corona!

[MasterEled]

The verse is actually "Queen of Corona", Corona is a city in Queens, New York.

[moontheloon89]

i couldnt believe when paul simon struck out mickey mantle...