One Trick Pony - Paul Simon

[TylerGDaniels]

i love that scene when paul calls cal a fat ass lol

[ellenripley71]

I've always wanted to see this movie, but I can't find it anywhere! Thanks for posting.

[Embembooshkin1]

Love this film.Paul isn't a bad actor! Hard to mess up playing yourself though i suppose : )

[ForViewingOnly]

I've never seen this film but I'd really like to. Paul Simon is playing at the Glastonbury festival next week... can't believe I'm going to see him live!

[ysplse]

This films takes the pith out of the music BUSINESS and the characters that run it which is probably why same corporate clones didn't want it promoted and don't help distribute it eg DVD release.

[chomsky88]

Paul spent five years making this movie and writing the songs; I thought it was great but it didn`t do very well commercially. Too bad because he obviously knew how to write entertaining dialogue.

[guitarkev77]

Hey, that's Rip Torn!

[Longetty]

Thank U for this - lotta starpower in this - Paul, Lou Reed, the late, great Joan Hackett, and eyes-of-Rasputin Rip ! Helluva Clip ! 

[ThomasASwilling]

You should've posted the scene at the party, when Jonah asks Cal, "What's the good word?"

Cal says, "You're the bright boy, you tell me."

Jonah says, "Steatopygous!"

Cal doesn't know the word and asks why that's the word.

Jonah replies, "Steatopygous. You know, a large rump--a fat ass."

If I came up to you and said, 'Hey, Cal, you sure have a fat ass,' you might be offended; but if I said, 'Hey, Cal, you sure look steatopygous,' you wouldn't know what the f*** I was talkin' about, would ya?"

[pamicable]

30 years - everything's different but nothing has changed

Available at Amazon amazon.com/One-Trick-Pony-Paul­-Simon/dp/B0026JQBWO/ref=sr_1_­1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1290321506­&sr=1-1

[themanyouwanttobe]

"Music, spectacle, what's the diff if it sells records."

Sums it up pretty well right there.

[ramonlazotrio]

wow!!

still rings true to this day. what a great scene and some of the record company jerkoffs are exactly the same way: "DO IT THIS WAY OR YOU SUCK..."

[TommyGadd]

Great Music, real musicians, Paul was solid

[GirMcDog]

Paul Simon was under-minded as a guitarist. I love his finger work just as much as his voice, really.

[DarkeningSkies1]

Ha, ha. Anybody spot Lou Reed playing the record company weasel? Nice touch!

[DaveWollenberg]

Hit #17 AC, #40 pop in Billboard. God bless!

[movitmovit]

paul simon's so-called "simple" sounds have held up much better than most of the "flashy" stuff.

[casimsalabim]

Albert Schweitzer, the king of music and spectacle!!! yuhu!

He's so great, truely he's an inspiration over more than 30 years to me now.

May he live long and prosper!

[2k10Shane]

wer can u get da dvd

[tenstonerabbit]

why not upload the whole film? I would be very grateful! can't find the dvd or video:-(

greetings

manu

[antifafubel]

Where are you from? I have the DVD and I could send a copy to you. Write me a private message! :)

[tenstonerabbit]

hallo fabian!

du musst mich erst als freund akzeptieren, bevor ich dir eine private nachricht senden kann....

bis dann:-)))

liebe grüsse

manu

[themusicmaker91]

hey i would be so grateful if you could send me the dvd...i would definitely put some money in the envelope when i send you the dvd back!

[FL2BoysMom]

is that Rip Torn?

[GirMcDog]

Paul is just amazing. (:

[ysplse]

Thanks for this.

This seems to be the only way I'll be able to watch this movie certainly on this side of the pond.

It has been on at least once on Channel 4but that was yonks ago, and sadly no one seems inclined to re-screen it.

[GotMyMindSetOnYou56]

Dusty!

[craignkzoo]

"I know what a hook is"

-pure class

[GeddyYeti2112]

Rip Torn.

[remoman]

@GeddyYeti2112 lol Made me think of Freddy Got Fingered.

[MFIORE7511]

Like this movie, Joan Hackett has one heck of a nude scene, did not think she would do a scene like this,May she rest in peace.

[mintgirl45]

I'm "relatively young", but I hadn't really heard of One Trick Pony, until I found an original casette tape at a Thrift Store. It's now one of my most prized possessions, even though it's crackly and about on its last play. Great album. "Ace in the Hole" has some of my favorite P.S. lyrics.

[rmsc1]

his bs was supposed to be walter yetnikoff....read "howling at the moon" and you get all the answers.......

[dandeexxxx]

Albert Schweitzer, what label is he on?

[misshouse84]

poor Paul! they keep interrupting him!!

and look at his sad kind of looking face 'cos they don't pay attention to him..I could have kissed him there!! I liked the final part when Paul is joking with the guy and he doesn't get it,he sure deserved it! love ya Paul!!

[JacksonPerdue]

THERE'S NO BIZNESS LIKE SHOW BIZNESS. Helps to be a dreamer with a thick hide and no ther options...

[WePaintWithSound]

wow paul simon is a good guitar player.

[wildpianoman16]

Reality at it's brutalist. The real music business is all about the money and collateral. They don't care about talent or the actual music. This is the very reason why I am studying music composition in college and going for graduate degrees after my B.A. The songs I've got to offer the business just won't cut it. They're not what's hot today. Though this is just a movie interpretation, it's only second to the real thing. Rejection. Love the movie. Love Paul anyway.

[Laight4work]

Lou Reed!!

[ZeropointZero70]

If he had played them Mrs. Robinson or The Boxer, they still would have rejected it. Corporate Tools! They could release any music, good, bad or indifferent, and it would still sell as long as they put the promotion behind it. So why not just release great music and get rich off that? Oh, yeah, i forgot-They all have tin ears! That would explain the current state of "music." A very prescient film that needs a DVD release AND a ton of Promotion. I'll settle for the DVD.

[wildpianoman16]

@ZeropointZero70, I agree with you. As an aspiring songwriter and an emerging composer myself, I feel I am at a horrible disadvantage with my music. Although, there are a lot of people who don't like and don't listen to the top 40. Even my composition professor was saying that today, it takes a lot of self promotion, which I plan to do anyway. I'm currently trying to make a CD on my own called "Finite Meditation." I love Paul Simon and wish I grew up in the same era he did.

[MichaelElllis]

Sorry if this was mentioned before, but this is most likely based on Paul Simon's own problems with the record companies as based on the book Hit Men: Power Brokers and Fast Money Inside the Music Business. Also read the book, "Appetite for Self Destruction" about the music business.

After doing live music and recording for many years AFTER I saw the movie, it really is an amazing commentary.

[ZeropointZero70]

And,naturally like Tom Petty's The Last DJ it was dismissed by critics who were probably on the corporate payroll to help surpress the ugly side of the business. The movie bombed too when it should have at least been a sleeper. And everyone wonders why we are inundated with American Idol and other mediocre "reality" shows that showcase vocal prowess with no, or too much feeling and no songwriting skills or original act formation. Not to mention good old fashioned "Payola".

[IceBarrier]

Paul has been way ahead of his time with some of his artistic inspirations, like this movie and the play The Capeman .

[avissarumpucazz]

guys the movie is avaible on ebay...move your ass!! before they end the copies!! ciao!!..

[roma11giu]

qualcuno sa se esiste la versione in italiano di questo film?..vorrei vederlo, ma in inglese non lo seguo molto... xD

[mymytheysigh]

That chick's pants are soooooooooooo unflattering.

Paul should just keep playing and drown those assholes out.

[toofydent]

My god I love that ax

[Rosspilot]

This movie contains the greatest REAL filmed concert footage ever. I loved it.

[pfinlay]

I didn't recognize Lou Reed until he started talking.

[jaikwillis]

Well technically Albert Schweitzer was on Columbia Records...

[JAMIROQUAI11]

this movie is impossible to find, wtf

[cinrit]

I have the movie on VHS video, but I bought it back in 1982 or 1983. I wonder if it still plays? (And yes, you could smoke in offices back then. You could smoke anywhere back then, including in department stores. I can still remember seeing stomped out cigarette butts on the floors of The Hecht Company in the D.C. area.)

[Soul74]

I guess you could smoke in offices back then...

[ChasBeauregarde]

this looks like a good movie. have to check out netflix on it

[Skruub]

this movie is so damn good! i just love all Simon's songs and this movie was as good as his songs!

[jencomackey]

It's Patches O'Hoolihan. Awesomwe movie. I love AM radio. It's the best.

[dandiacal]

Rip Torn doing a great 70s thing here. Love it! Allen Garfield too!

[tuffchique]

whats this movie called?

[Skruub]

this movie is called One trick pony as it says up there... :)

[oldmanstar1]

very good, paul simon rocks

[GTichris70]

is that rip torn with the wierd beard?

[jencomackey]

yep, it is.

[theroyalpriest]

omg it sure is!!!LOL

[hardlyausername]

i love this movie i own the record:P

[secondcategory]

où peut-on trouver de DVD????

[hunnixox13]

i cant find this movie anywhere!! Does anyone know where i could get it??

[theonetrickpony]

You can get used VHS copies on amazon or ebay perhaps. No DVD yet I dont think.

[hardlyausername]

download it on google video its there

[hunnixox13]

I tryed to watch it on there the other day and it said it was unavailible :(

[hardlyausername]

ah fuck sry then lol i have it on vinyl

[MsDeeRanged]

@hunnixox13 wbshop.com

[robleblanc]

I can't wait until this gets released on DVD at some point. I've never seen it.

[mercyjames]

One of my all time favorite movies.

[SLEEPY7070]

Where can I get this DVD?

[TSRule]

Cool. Song sounds great.