WCSX Classic Cuts : America
WCSX Classic Cuts
Simon and Garfunkel: “America”
The Hook: Here comes non-rhymin’ Simon. One of his favorites “from the Simon and Garfunkel period.”
Year: 1968
Album: Bookends
Writer: Paul Simon
Stats: Released as a single off Simon and Garfunkel’s 1972 Greatest Hits album, it flopped, only reaching number-95 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Background: “America” is regarded as one of Simon and Garfunkel’s true classics. Paul Simon tells how he feels about the song and what he thinks of when he hears it.
Paul Simon on how he feels about his Simon and Garfunkel classic “America.” OC:…it’s young. :19
“It was the first song I wrote that didn’t have rhymes in it, that’s what I think of with that. One of the better songs and one of the songs that I’m more comfortable with from the Simon and Garfunkel period. Of my younger songs I think that’s one of the – I’m trying to find a way of saying I like that song, even though it’s an early song and it’s young.”
