Kodachrome - Paul Simon

Kodachrome film first hit the photography market in 1936 and on June 22, 2009, Kodak officially retired Kodachrome color transparency film after 74 years. Any photographer who ever took a picture has fond memories of this film and probably a few thousand 35mm Kodachrome slides stashed in a closet somewhere. Paul Simon immortalized Kodachrome film and the Nikon camera with this song in 1973.

Lyrics to Kodachrome:
When I think back on all the crap I've learned in high school
It's a wonder I can think at all
Though my lack of education hasn't hurt me much
I can read the writings on the walls

Kodachrome, they give us those nice bright colors
They give us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the world's a sunny day, oh yeah
I got a Nikon camera, I love to take a photograph
So mama don't take my Kodachrome away

If you took all the girls I knew when I was single
Brought 'em all together for one night
I know they'd never match my sweet imagination
Everything looks worse in black and white

Mama don't take my Kodachrome away . . .

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[bbqstud]

Nikon with Kodachrome....of course...lol....sorry I couldn't resist

[sadie031]

That video was absolutely amazing! I worked at Kodak for 10 years, and am a 3rd generation employee. You did us proud!!

[CATFIGHTCONNECTION]

Awesome video...Great job!!!



[vic k.]

I preferred Ektachrome for its higher speed but the colors were on the cold side :P

[bigfootskitty]

I would rather the days of Kodachrome than now. In these days of Digital Photography, A "Picture may be worth A thousand words", But they're Likely all lies!

[atimetoremember]

To JBofBrisbane: In regards to your comments about web sites that tell you why Intelligent Design is a fallacy, there are also web sites written by intelligent people who can tell you why evolution is CRAP. It is up to each of us to choose what we BELIEVE. I choose to believe I was created by a supreme, perfect, loving God. If you choose to believe your ancestors were apes, that is your choice.

[JBofBrisbane]

IF you think it only happened 6000 years ago, then it couldn't have evolved to the state it has in that time. But 13-14,000,000,000 years is millions of times longer than that, and nature can throw its dice enough times in that time. There are plenty of sites, written by people with eyes and brains, that can tell you why Intelligent Design is a fallacy. Read them.

[Apolo Gomez]

What about those Korean chicks in the video?

[mvann5]

Beautiful editing job and great photos.

[liblabyt]

Excellent visuals!  Many thanks!

[dcush427]

That would be the Korean group Girls' Generation or snsd as it is often abbreviated to. look up some of the promotional images for their Gee album.

[Stephen Kazoullis]

When Paul Simon and Ar Garfunkel broke up, I thought my musical world was torn apart . But the Paul came up with this great song from an equally brilliant album and repaired the damage.