8 Paul Simon BBC TV (My Little Town)

[JerryKarfunkel]

porn stache Simon ftw.

[JosephHuntington]

The original lyrics are from Confucius. Possibly the greatest plagiarism ever.

[shanehenning26]

awsome song

[Big1Bassman]

I'm glad that this video has the lyrics included. I've been looking for them for a while. :-)

[ewaf88]

Expertly written. One of my favourite songs. Like others on here I heard it first on the Breakaway album

[shanehenning26]

great song

[kattelyn92]

This is my favorite! =^_^=

[MsDolphins17]

what a great song.

[GazzaGlitta]

Classic 70's tash!

[tritonrocks]

WHOOPS! I meant "Still Crazy After All These Years" album - what the hell was I thinking?

[tritonrocks]

Wow. A LIVE version. In real VHS - maybe even BETA! Gotta love vintage video. This was one of those tunes that slipped under the radar screen in the late 70's - and probably one of Simon's (actually, Simon AND Garfunkel, who did the backup vocals with Paul on his album "There Goes Rhymin' Simon" AFTER they broke up) best songs.

[JediSawyer]

My comments were taken out of context. when I said it was too bad about the Lyrics of this pretty song, I didn't want to infer it was a bad song because it's not really a bad song, not a really really bad song, well, not a really REALLY REALLY BAD Song. If you have earplugs in.

[sangell3]

I'm itching like a finger on the trigger of a gun. Want out of my 'little town' because, truly, everything has died here. Yet, like so many, I can't sell the property so I am trapped.

[bassmanjoe]

Brilliant songwriting!! They don't make them like they used to.

[gargamosch]

Aww, youtube always deletes the good stuff, whilst some of the greatest crap stays on youtube. Would've liked to see number 6 and 7.

[ralphralphralph]

check the smoulder at 1:12

[Sherbearbr549]

I LOVE this song and it reminds me of my hometown Colorado City, Tx!

[keikei6009]

this song is .... life.

[topcatroar61oliosc]

now this pretty tune is such a classic i don't think they made a place for it in reality?? but in my reality i totally agree with paul. 1 of his best performancers ever. but him and simon will be sadly missed in my reality LOVE YOU PAUL AND SIMON!!!!

[BeantownJim]

AWESOME YEAR!

[FTWEVERYONE]

His BEST song @EVER !

[nypdbronx69]

He looks stoned here.

[GeorgeVreelandHill]

Great song.

Thanks for posting it.

George Vreeland Hill

[gotch09]

This was better when he teamed up with Art and sang it.

[slyme1711]

brilliant songwriting, thanks for posting. slyme

[cabmandu]

While Art did sing the vocals on this song, this was a Paul Simon solo song off of the "Still Crazy After all of These Years" album. Some 5-6 years after S & G were no more.

[OldSchoolRasslin]

It was also on Art Garfunkel's album of that year.

[clickcijum]

This is probably after Simon and Garfunkel broke up for awhile

[misanthrope8]

where is Art?

[panhead55]

@misanthrope8 he went to the bathroom real quick....

[RBNightlinger]

Usually memories of high school aren't the best, but the whole bus singing this and 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover is the greatest.

[rigz222]

yeah, I loved this song when I was 12. Nothing's changed, has it?

[MrAbstractdesign]

Paul was great and Steve Gadd was wonderful but Michael Moore on guitar was a litlle flat.

[wellershill]

Great song and lyrics - this is poetry and truth.

[JediSawyer]

It is a nice tune, too bad about the lyrics. What does Simon know about little towns anyway. Someone should cover it and change all the words to have a happy song.

[johnnybsteelriff]

Great Paul Simon song....what a swansong for S&G....

[birdman404]

excellent tune !!

love live the musical genius that

is paul simon!!

regards from ireland.

[XxBeatlesforeverxX]

Awe! A centipede wanted to kiss his upper lip!

I love Paul Simon.

[Suzywriter]

It's just not fair that Edie Brickell gets to have him all to herself!

[funkstagazza]

richard tee sadly missed.

[hunkyfunkster]

sorry for my ignorance , is richard tees a session player for paul simon?, has he died?

[legs867]

maybe he's 5"4 with his cuban heels on lmao

[billabongskshjd]

I LOVE THIS SONG.

[hearitherefirst]

actually paul is 4' 9"

[mgalvan1973]

Thanks to my parents, "Breakaway" was one of the first albums I heard, so "My Little Town" is the first Simon & Garfunkel number I came across. It's possibly the best song they ever recorded together.

Not easy to do it justice live though; very tricky chord sequence.

[acdeucee]

Good taste in tunes. I think It may be my fav too. Love me like a rock and cecilia are up there too

[insultcomic]

paul is only 4 ' 11" tall

[Annsla]

Are you insane? He's almost 5' 4! Quite some difference! He does look short next to Garfunkel, though..

[Hasslington]

He's 5'2" these days. Gravity pulls us all down....

Thankfully, his music is as good as ever. Knowing this, who cares how tall he is?

[Frottagecub]

@Hasslington yeah, the cartilage in your spine and all around the body doesn't go through mitosis (cell regeneration) so it wears away and we get short

[CatExplosion]

Lol

[insultcomic]

your a fucking molester

[castertunes1967]

These are all points taken, but you have to admit that there is an innocence that he intended in a young boy's having these experiences wash over him so obliviously. I myself had these experiences and I might choose to look at them scathingly at times now, while other times may call for a different approach. I am not questioning irony but rather having a moment of innocence.

[castertunes1967]

I can't hear this touching song without thinking about the smalltown life I escaped but later came to appreciate--bikes, gates, factories, mom doing laundry, stream of consciousness

[ksim43]

But it's not a touching song about smalltown life. It's a scathing indictment of smalltown life with a touching, beautiful melody:

"Pledging allegiance to the wall."

"My mom doing laundry, hanging our shirts in the dirty breeze"

"All of the colors are black.

It's not that the colors aren't there,

It's just imagination they lack.

Everything's the same back in my little town."

These are not appreciative images. They're expressions of meaninglessness. That's the song's power.

[faustus999]

what a great song this is...

[Stadia2024]

Nothin but the dead and dying.

[brandisv1]

I totally karaoked this once. My apologies sir.

[markjb]

I would love to find out which part of the UK the clips of the 'little town' are. I find it amazing to think that Paul used to busk around Britain in the early 60s. am I right in beleiving that homeward bound was written somewhere around Liverpool? or a seaside town in the North West of England?

[BingfieldHeights]

There's a plaque at Widnes station saying that he wrote it there (Widnes is between Liverpool and Manchester, and it's where the Stone Roses played Spike Island too, in 1990), but apparently (according to Wiki...) he actually wrote it at the nearby Ditton station, which is no longer in use, while he was heading to see his girlfriend in Essex.

[driski90]

The piano in this live song is right on! Wow!

[ronb21]

Great Post, I have been looking for this video. Too bad Art is not there. Never seen this before. Thanks and God Bless! Seems like were I am at in FL and most of the world, we are living this song at this time.....UGH!

[blackshadow2232]

Wonderful.

But the hair? What was he thinking? haha

Incredible man though.

[Bigjohnnywad]

It was the style back then when you were floating in your dads nutsuck asshole..

[jimjam69]

Good song but needs garfunkel.....simon's voice is too soft for this song.

[flevodude08]

one word: AWESOME!!!!

[noahf67]

Nice. When S&G reunited on NBCs SNL in '75 to plug it, it was just a lip-sync.

[birdman404]

where is this little town they show in this video,it dosent look like any american town that i knw???????????????

[astralislux]

Obviously not, but the lyrics can transpose to anyone's hometown (at least in the West).

[derHeilige1]

This was for the BBC. The city is in the UK. Very traditional UK architecture and street design. You are right! It is not the US

[birdman404]

love this song ,,long live simon and garfunkel!!

[Doginthefog]

a great genius, this album is his masterpiece, in my opinion.. writing a song like this or "i do it for your love" without being genius is impossible.. thanks to share!!

[musicmumbler]

Totally agree. 'Still Crazy' is Simon at his all time best to me: Ascerbic, wistfull and dark with amazing song structures, lyrics and performance.

In my opinion 'My Little Town' tops most of the previous S & G canon. If only there'd been a live performance of it by them at the time.

[THE59TH]

6:The Boxer (S&G) and 7:scarborough Fair (S&G) were deleted by You Tube.

[akihitokinoshita]

Thank you for the info.

[ninjaman1178]

@THE59TH crap youtube then

[LinaLoveHerGuitar]

@THE59TH Thanks for the post! Sad to hear about the other songs. Is there a chance that you could post them again and see, this time if they can be on YouTube just for while? I would really like to see them! :-)

[akihitokinoshita]

6 and 7 don't exist?

5: Love Me Like A Rock found.

8: My Little Town is here.

But 6 and 7?

[zapspace]

"Still crazy" by far his best album...

[shipscompass]

I agree with all of the comments - where is this quality of talent now?.

[sbbinahee]

Give THE 59 a medal for posting this! Just wonderful and unavailable anywhere. Youtube was made for this!!

Many thanks for posting!!

[bluesrunthegame]

I'm pretty sure youtube was made for home videos rather than pirating.

[birdman404]

rare footage thanks for posting!!

[Abbaodin]

One of Paul's great songs!

[hammerofharpel]

This is a very rare concert -- thank you so much!

[AcousticUplift]

Is it just me? I always thought this song had a really Philadelphia soul sound since I first heard it.

[jsmith8858]

Right on the money! Great call.