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Topic History of: My friend
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JK2006	The Only Living Boy In New York is one of mine. American Tune?
Jeeves	PaulB wrote: 'The Boxer' is one of my favourite tracks of all time. I'll alert the media.
PaulB	'The Boxer' is one of my favourite tracks of all time.
Pru	It is indeed a very good album. Simon's quite intriguing, as - these days - he's primarily a lyricist who tends to wait for musicians to give him riffs and sounds before he starts shaping a song around them. Sometimes, I find, that leaves him compromising his brilliant gift for a great turn of phrase in order to match the often unconventional rhythms that he's encouraged, and it can also lead to a frustratingly messy end product. But there's also a bit of magic there, too. It's certainly more interesting than the kind of self-parody that many of his contemporaries keep churning out - I doubt you'll hear many songs these days that start with a tuba! - and his voice, which was rarely over-extended, has aged extremely well. 'Wristband' is my current earworm, it's such a clever little song.
JK2006	tells me the new Paul Simon album is fantastic. I gather Paul dedicated his performance of The Boxer (one of his greats) to Ali the other night. I like Paul and love his music - sonically perhaps the best of our generation. www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jun/05/pa...sticated-combination