Paul Simon - Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard

[meatnerd]

Theres a song on that Gotye album that reminds me of this tune a couple days ago. Since then i've been whistling this tune, picturing Royal Tenenbaum riding the rear of a garbage truck down the street.

[xFalloutGuides]

My friend named Julio sent me this...

[ps360gangsta]

Great song!! Anyone else hear the cover by Streetlight Manifesto? Great too! Bout even in my likeness..

[SuperStealthClown]

I like this song and dont feel the need to say my age

[azerskater]

@SuperStealthClown Thank god, it annoys me so much when people do say their age because they think they're gods if they listen to older music.

[brotherpeen]

Mickey was a switch hitter, why is he hitting lefty vs a left pitcher

[Lifeofamother1977]

Love it! Paul Simon is classic and has always tried to bring culturally diverseness to his music!

[TabCrusher]

paul simon would get jacked in that schoolyard my nigga!

[mniricecakes]

personally? i don't like the video but the song will never cease to be awesome (and for the record, i'm 15)

[shapsai62]

this first 2/3 of this video is like the start of some awesome movie about nyc

[novastera]

Good stuff never gets old :)

[104culliganman]

The Royal Tenenbaums brought me here

[Lakanen90]

The Simpson's brought me here.

[sumaran72]

maid in manhattan brought me here

[Iunio92]

my taste in music brought me here

[judezoso311]

Guess you don't hear the music. I will shake the moneymaker.

[07clm]

thanks for the memory buck65.

[JoelAdamLee]

Would have been better without the awful bit of (c)rap at the beginning. Spoilt a brilliant song.

[bluenotejazz]

@JoelAdamLee

...and you've "spoilt" the English language.

[JoelAdamLee]

@bluenotejazz Good one:) Two weeks to come up with that insult. Hey, your good:)

[uke52]

@JoelAdamLee you're*

[JoelAdamLee]

@uke52 ???????????

[armstrongbrosband]

Magical elves brought me here.

[Dginger18]

Markie brought me here.

[evilthesaurus]

who the fuck is marty

[judezoso311]

Those 8 need medical help

[DelorienAz]

who's Marty



[SSFilms365]

Paul Simon brought me here

[dhack16]

Was that Spud Webb dunking?

[YOUNGaz11]

Good musical taste brought me here.

[FountainOFun]

Every time Julio Jones has a good game all commentators reference this song, so I have to listen to it

[chaosonstreet]

such a good song :D

[koliko987]

Even that rap at the beginning is better than nowdays

[fordi92]

1:36 enter Diego Maradona

[koliko987]

I agree Paul is aewsome,great voice and everything,but it always fill like something is missing - Garfunkel

[NikeSBJack]

3:04 GIMME THE BAAAAAALLLLLLL!!! Lmao.

[halterman666]

Muppets

[SSFilms365]

I'd totally want play base ball, basket ball with paul simon!

[squibblejack]

yeah

[bonethugsfiend]

This video reminds me of The Cosby Show and Reading Rainbow.

[petey8887]

This is a really cool video. I especially like the part where he gets a strike against Mickey Mantle.

[KantorekBaumerB14]

love this video, paul simon what a guy.

[YOUNGaz11]

who the fuck is marty, and why do you people feel so inclined as to credit him in anyway to this brilliant song?

[Frobe1357]

@YOUNGaz11 marty is a very good guitar teacher on youtube and he did a lesson of this song

[ChristopherZelIer]

BDK, Biz Markie, Spud Webb, Paul Simon... MICKEY MANTLE, and John Madden? Black and White, Sports, Artists, Kids. When did music that united America, Black and White, go?

[gumbo911]

dude, its mickey mantle, what else u need?

[AIRADE]

I love the way the kid at the very end shouts "Give me the BAAARRRGGHHHLLLL!"

[Asdfghjkl4804545]

fuckin john madden.

[heathi51]

"marty" didn't bring me here, a good taste in music did

and no, im not in my fifties, im 14 and i live in manhattan

[SuperStealthClown]

@heathi51 Who gives a flying a fuck if your 14 just have a good taste in music and leave it at that.

[notstoppingyet]

Wow! Who knew the BDK was gonna make a cameo here?

[EMMA042904]

I heard my 7 yr old daughter singing in her room, "goodbye Rosie, the queen of corona", proud moment.

[goldengregory572]

this song is in the new muppet movie : )

[Tjflame16]

Fucking Awesome. :D

[uhclem]

Marty Cohan

[JordanScharff]

woot john madden cameo lol

[vinsanity0150]

who is marty

[0180cr]

So beautiful, So Dope!

My Hats off to you Paul and all the cats Down by the School Yard. Peace Out!

[obijuano]

Hey!!! That's Mickey Mantle!



[MrAubery]

@obijuano I noticed that too! Mickey Mantle !!!!!!

[cjlaw100]

@obijuano and john madden at the end

[ButThatBelt]

Who the fuck is Marty?

[joshbrownie911]

julio jones...

[lvgk]

great video

[skibothy]

looks terrible

[trabajoacademico2]

SPUD WEBB WAS THE MAN BACK ON THOSE DAYS (I STILL LOVE THIS GAME)...

[wizl0w]

Hey Guys! Marty Schwartz here.

[ChillyChillBrooknam9]

Dope ass intro with Kane and Biz

[MrOrdile]

haha biz markie and kane lol made my day nothing like folk and some old school hip hop to make my day

[MRbayouba11]

old but gold

[Holdnitdown240]

LOL Julio had a cigarillo behind his ear

[CalenCoffman]

I wish my voice was like that... haha!

[MrSchoggichopf]

Marty brought me here

[9hockeyplaya]

@MrSchoggichopf same dude! :)

[Slimboyfat1979]

@MrSchoggichopf me too

[eovu]

@MrSchoggichopf who is marty?

[Shadow6212]

@eovu Spank yourself

[MrSchoggichopf]

@eovu Are you kidding?!

[00iCrazy00]

@MrSchoggichopf Who's that?

[TheFreakingBeatles]

Marty

[xHyloidx]

@TheFreakingBeatles who is Marty?? Maybe this question is dumb... but anwser please.

[TheFreakingBeatles]

@xHyloidx It's not a dumb question, only if you play guitar, is it a dumb question. Marty teaches guitar here on youtube, and if you play guitar i really recommend him, his username is Martyzsongs

[lubo07311]

@xHyloidx Marty Schwartz ! the greatest guirat teacher there is :)

[joshbrownie911]

@TheFreakingBeatles whos marty

[TheFreakingBeatles]

@joshbrownie911 he teaches guitar on youtube he taught this song

[skateboardsarefun]

@joshbrownie911 marty schwartz

[babychanel21]

anybody know what this song is about? let me know.

[paddygilbert]

@babychanel21 Two 'curious' male adolescents, "me" and "Julio", who have been caught in their homosexual antics down by the schoolyard.

[babychanel21]

@paddygilbert thanks for answering, thats what ive been hearing. but, why is he saying bye to rosie? lol :)

[redhouse1091]

@babychanel21 Ever since I was young I was always told that this song is about kids who got caught selling pot, which would have been a big deal back then. But I guess don't quote me on that, it's just what I was always told

[tomrom7]

@babychanel21 No one is sure what it's about; it's been a mystery since the song was first released. People have come up with different interpretations, but even Simon himself has never been specific as to what happened in the story.

[babychanel21]

my name is Rosie and Im from corona queens :)

[jenirocksotb]

love



[MuzikJunkyAES]

0:00-0:25 is CLASSIC! Peace.

[metallicjohn]

This is the greatest music video ever made

[HebrewSamurai]

Damn i wish i could double-dutch like a black girl...

[MrOatmeal67]

good stuff...I enjoyed the rope skipping!

[mostafa44able]

the legndend

[MsHijynx]

The first time I watched this it took me a minute to realize that Paul wasn't one of the kids xD

[xavierrrr]

@MsHijynx hes so lickle :p

[L1S91]

I have been waiting for ages for this video to show up on You Tube. It's on eof my favorites. As a side note, Mickey Mantle substituted for Roger Maris who declined to be in this video. Also, Mantle agreed to be in this if he didn't have to give out autographs. Mantle became a changed man about 20 years later.

[joekidd1992]

He should redo this and put Julio Jones in the video.

[DJRowieNZ]

I have a Spud Webb rookie card :-)

[DSToNe19and83]

Paul, Biz and BDKane, holy shit where have I been.

[lairsantos]

I always loved this video! I had it in VHS... What

a joy to find it!

[GBPackersRuleAll]

Do you peoples even know who Spud Webb is?? :)

[kkwak92]

Nobody listens to John Madden. Not even in Paul Simon videos.

[pooperuber]

it was against the law

[xHyloidx]

why don't i live in new york -_-'

[darknight0dc]

Excellent



[americanlowlife]

Back in the day when kids were outside playing...no TV, no video games, no cell phones. Just genuinely having a good time.

[xHyloidx]

@americanlowlife don't know where you are living but thats still what 90 percent of the kids do

[DaveDaShrubber]

Nice to see the Mickey Mantle version back on YouTube.

[rpg923]

I wish I was there!

[bawhite125]

@rpg923 Paul Simon is Jewish. He wouldn't want you anywhere close to that schoolyard. Also, seems like you've missed class too many times -- educated people are not hateful, bigoted jerks.

[rpg923]

@bawhite125 Dude suck my balls, according to ur comment sounds really gay

[bawhite125]

@rpg923 You a big Freddie Mercury fan too?

[rpg923]

@bawhite125 hahaha what? i dont know who that is

[JordanScharff]

@rpg923 from queen....jesus no one knows good music anymore.

[firesoffudgement]

This song needs more hits. It's amazing. 

[Lachklaus]

the future is...US

forget about Ole' Country!

Forget about restrictive Moselm hegemony!

see US, see unitid states, see united people!

[mkendall101]

this is so nice! paul simon is great!!!!!

[TheKaffeeKlatsch]

I didn't watch the video because of the specific ads being run.

[playyourlife1]

that was cute

[akipina]

*Julio and I

[yanhamilton]

@akipina

It shouldn't be 'Julio and I' at all. Learn some grammar. If you take out the third party (Julio), you wouldn't say 'I down by the schoolyard'. As aresult, he is correct. It's a simple rule.

[yanhamilton]

@akipina

It shouldn't be 'Julio and I' at all. Learn some grammar. If you take out the third party (Julio), you wouldn't say 'I down by the schoolyard'. As a result, he is correct.  It's a simple rule.

[MKECBS1]

Love the medieval shield that guys got round his neck LOL

[Sherpaful]

@xXDynastYXz The law being broken in the song is not known, and Paul says he doesn't even know, though some have speculated it's about homosexual relations, which were illegal just about everywhere. However, the song could be about drugs, leaving it up to the listeners to decide.

[BobbyeHorner03]

DL the audio from this tune at tubepull doht cohm.

[TheWolfAndHound]

these video should have the 99 miliion views.

[AllNaturalGal]

Paul, will you marry me? :)

[lanni260]

this video is classic paul simon, mickey mantle, spud webb, and john madden.

@aaag25 the video came out like fifteen years after the song cause they didnt really have videos in in '72 and MTV was only about 2-3 years old in 88 when the video came out as a promotion to the greatest hits album

[tranurse]

@lanni260 mtv started in 1981.

[turkyish]

paul simon...HERO

[aaag25]

any idea why they did a video like 15 years after the song came out? this is strange! not that I'm complaining about it!

[aaag25]

wow! watching paul simon play basketball on youtube is just priceless!

[AquaChevy96]

Hmmm, so much for the lefty vs. lefty managerial strategy....

[LennMcCarHarrStarr]

I love how Paul plays basketball and baseball. Makes me love him even more.

[bfnputz]

@LennMcCarHarrStarr I like how he pitches left-handed and plays guitar right-handed. Now that's a bad man.

[LennMcCarHarrStarr]

@bfnputz He's multitalented bro c:

[StainlessSteelStyle]

@xXDynastYXz yeapp so he says

[StainlessSteelStyle]

Haha this is just a super jerky video but I like it :)

[cronustitan2540]

Way to strike Mickey out!

[19coolboys]

that black guy has hops

[metsdude18]

@19coolboys a nerdy black guy that has hops....obama?

[TommyChester42]

Mickey Motha Fuckin Mantle!

[stefani93340]

omg this song maakes me so happy!

[cgordon345]

who would dislike such a masterpiece mm mm mm.....

[CRASHDDZ]

@cgordon345 Maybe they had Parkinsons and clicked by mistake ?

[thespecialneedsgroup]

The guy in the Hard Rock shirt at 3:10 looks like a sixteen year old Art Garfunkel!

[StainlessSteelStyle]

@thespecialneedsgroup You mean at #1:33? he does not!! Art was much more handsome ;)

[thespecialneedsgroup]

@StainlessSteelStyle LOL. You're right, I did mean 1:33. I'll go ahead and defer to your judgment on the 'Art Garfunkel is handsome' thing.

[mynameisjulioc]

my name is julio :)

[bfnputz]

SPUD WEBB!!

[boxing2012]

real NYC right here..

[EndoLovesBootytang]

Thumbs up if your name is Julio!

[kustomflex]

@EndoLovesBootytang My name is Biz Markie!

[Jessyleppert]

Gotta Love Mickey Mantle.

[XoanPablo]

Spud Webb!!! what a legend!

[Litterboxer529]

This is why Paul Simon is awesome :)

[SUREdotdotdot]

love this song! reminds me of my childhood

[totallyfuzzy]

Oh yes, and now Mother & Child Reunion.. ;)