Oh YES! WE Boomers STILL HAVE GOT IT! NO GENERATION WAS EVER SO VIBRANT, SO ENERGETIC, SO FULL OF LIFE and DREAMS! Let their generation hate us for what we are. Oh how they slam us constantly with their HATE and call us the worst names they can think up. Only...because they're empty, lifeless, bland and boring. They choose to be put out, pissy, and angry. What a waste! Now they can't pull out of what "they" put themselves into. They CHOSE Victimhood! Their self destructive hate will forever be their hallmark. They're spoiled and jealous! Shame on them!
It's not the singing, or the orchestration , or the sax , it's the perfect combination of tone and irony, a song for the ages, never gets old! We love you Paul Simon for the soundtrack of our lives 😋😋😋
That's all Paul and the mighty MUSCLE SHOALS RHYTHM SECTION! Paul even took Muscle Shoals guitar Wizz, PETE CARR TO NEW YORK TO PLAY IN THE CENTRAL PARK GET TOGETHER OF A MILION PEOPLE.
No matter what we say, or the likes we vote… nothing nothing prepares you for the evanescent beauty of this song. Takes my breath away… yes, after all these years.
What I appreciate about Paul's songs is that each one is literally a story. Each nuance he utilizes in every song, instruments, lyrics, vocals, it's really something.
I met my old lover On the street last night She seemed so glad to see me I just smiled And we talked about some old times And we drank ourselves some beers Still crazy after all these years Still crazy after all these years I'm not the kind of man Who tends to socialize I seem to lean on Old familiar ways And I ain't no fool for love songs That whisper in my ears Still crazy after all these years Still crazy after all these years Four in the morning Crapped out Yawning Longing my life away I'll never worry Why should I? It's all gonna fade Now I sit by my window And I watch the cars I fear I'll do some damage One fine day But I would not be convicted By a jury of my peers Still crazy after all these years Still crazy Still crazy Still crazy after all these years
Beauty of Michael Brecker. The man could play some of the hardest lines. But at the same time, he could also play stuff super melodically and with such a passion. I have a huge amount of respect for him, what a musician he truely was...
Yeah I love P.S. but to your point. He picked Steve Gadd to play drums in central park. Steve Gadd is the best session drummer, hell he's the best drummer around. It's a sign of respect that he came away from his other work to drum live with Paul.
Hadn't heard this one in a while. Wow. Just fantastic songwriting - really at the very top. Singing, arranging, the playing, the production values - all near perfect. It really doesn't get much better than this. Timeless.
@@blackbird5634 I love Donovan and I was born here in the states. If you find the version of his song played on the movie "Rules of Attraction" that would be awesome. I saw him with Arlo Guthrie on the banjo, so may have been a rendition of that. You'd have to see the movie to know what I'm talking about
My fifteen year old mom had just lived through the 60s, and had me in the summer of 70. I grew up listening to the greatest music ever written because of her. A few tunes, a few bong hits, and life goes on. She left this place last December, but I still have the songs and the memories
The song becomes more relevant as one gets older. This song describes me in some ways. Songs sing of your life. You only have to listen to the words to learn your future.
One of the first albums I bought while in high school. Played it in my bedroom on a BSR turn table with a Fisher reciever and speakers after school while laying on my single bed in dark navy corduroy bell bottoms with wide big buckled belt and white cotton big collared shirt after taking off my side zip brown boots with the high big heals...and fall asleep when the album was over. I was always very sleepy after school in my teens. 😌Huh, such good memories.
If there was a Pulitzer Prize for song this definitely would win. Why?? Because of the depth and the varied plethora of facets that’s performed with such old country simplicity, then again that’s Paul Simon.
The Fender Rhodes sound was everywhere in the 1970’s but then it seemed to just disappear from the soundscape. Like you, I love their sound and I miss hearing them except for these old gems from the 70’s.
I listened to this album for two years steady, sometime in the seventies when I was going through some very tough times in my life. I had this on an eight-track tape cartridge. Every time I got into my car I would play this from beginning to end. 😜🍾🥂☮
Thank's Paul Simon for your music of the days gone by.Your music of my younger days is still Beautiful.Thank you Cheri Johnson that worked at May Co. at the Tyler Mall in Riverside Calif in 75,76.
It will never ever be this good again sadly.. Grateful to God I was there.. I wouldn't trade one single solitary second of the greatest time in history,the 70s. We had the last of the best that was ever to be.. Feel so sorry for the folks today ,the quality of popular music is so low now it's ludicrous. This song tears me apart ,it so succinctly tells the pain we've all felt of lost love,lost time.
Listen to 99% of the music on the radio these days (2022), then listen to this masterpiece. Some songs that last three and half minutes seem to last seven minutes, this seems to last only about a minute it's so beautiful.
i was a teenager when this came out. now i'm 62,and really understand the scope of the words. looking forward to your interview with howard stern next week.
"And we talked about some old times, and we drank ourselves some beers" My God its feels alive when I hear this... Complete mastery of storytelling put to a beautiful voice and music. Unique experience.
I first heard this song at 12, played to me from my dad via a cassette player after we'd moved across the globe. There are few times when you look up, listen to the silence of your own father listening to a track, them feeling those pangs of regret for having shown you, and having felt the weight of each word. Lyric after lyric, sang as if on a recorder on repeat in that man's mind, his whole life turned around having moved across the globe, bringing his family with him. Sometimes you get a real window into someone's soul and this was it, for me, for my dad, at the tender age of 11 or 12. I can't say what it fully meant to him, being kind, but I can understand why he was hesitant to show me it after a boozy port evening, and why it's stuck with me for so long
I liked reading that. A sad old man who enjoys recalling playing this song liked what you wrote. "Born unloved", life ruined "on purpose" by my family and my friends, I deserve to still be crazy after all these years. Yet, here I still am. "Maine" says "hello". Happy Earth Day tomorrow. I "celebrated" by removing 5 gallon buckets worth of plastic scraps from our Back Cove. Many people stopped on the walking trail to say "Thank you for doing that" to me. That left me happy. I was expecting to hear "The Sound of Silence"(another great Paul Simon song I grew up with. They didn't have to take the time to do what they did, and my efforts don't feel unappreciated one bit now.
Such a beautiful song.11/23/22 Saturday Night Live throwback brought me here.This song is very nostalgic.I remember hearing this as a elementary aged kids.I haven't heard it in years.Thanks for posting👌🥰
my high school girlfriend gave me this album, it was and still is a staple on my play list.this song especially! the sax just sends me back into her arms.And of course, I'm still crazy after all these YEARS!
I will always remember Paul Simon signing this on Saturday Night Live wearing a turkey suit, it was a fine costume. It was near Thanksgiving as I remember it. I have no idea if the link is on RUclips but it was amazing. BTW I love the song and the arrangement is flawless.
I remember that SNL too. I thought it was a chicken suit which is why I laughed so much. Are you sure it was a turkey suit? I guess it’s the same thing right ??
I still have this album and can remember where I was when I was introduced to it. That makes it powerful to me. Thank you, Mr. Gertzfeld.♥️ R.I.P. Howard Z.♥️
In Memory of my husband;Happy Fathers Day Buddy Howard;Im still the same crazy girl youve loved for 43 years!missing you Baby
Faye Howard ..... Beautiful 🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻
Right on, Faye Howard
indeed, right on Faye:)
Big hugs to you from Texas!
Sending lots of love to you sister. Sorry for your loss honey.❤
Happy 83rd birthday, Paul Simon!
Still crazy after all these years!
@@ourlittleislandHe's still crazy even at his birthday! Happy birthday, Paul! 🎂🎂🎂
I remember seeing Paul Simon receive a grammy for this album. In his acceptance speech, he thanked Stevie Wonder for not recording anything that year.
I totally remember that. 😂😂
Awesome ❤
Heard this on curb your enthusiasm fell in love with it
exactly!
me too, and already wondering just how many people got here because of Curb
A genius song on a genius show!
Same
That's why I'm here
Still beautiful after all these years!
This song describes how I feel still at 74 and it feels great
Right on
This might just be Paul Simon's best song, and he wrote more than a few good ones.
"I never worry. Why should I? Its all gonna fade." Timeless.
That was exactly the line I came here to hear.
Truth triumphs.
For some reason that line rings true with every passing year.
❤
That sax has to be Michael Brecker.
In memory of my Mom, who shared Paul's birthday, and would have been 80 today. I miss you. I hope you are I'm a place where you're forever 32. ❤
THANK YOU LARRY DAVID🙌🏻
😂
The chord changes and modulations in this song are magical.
Yup. Loneliness 💔🥺
It's a beautiful and sad song.
TRUEEEEEEE!!!!!
It has a nice Gospel cadence in the Chorus and then the Jazz influenced break.
Exactly I have an orgasm everytime i listen to thee harmony progression at 1:57
@@ReiTulius I love 1:26. Also, 2:51.
Who would have thought we'd be in 2023, 1975 seems like yesterday!😥
Too all those amazing days we thought would last forever!💕
Oh yeah, you know it!😊
Amen, Brother.
Oh YES! WE Boomers STILL HAVE GOT IT! NO GENERATION WAS EVER SO VIBRANT, SO ENERGETIC, SO FULL OF LIFE and DREAMS!
Let their generation hate us for what we are. Oh how they slam us constantly with their HATE and call us the worst names they can think up.
Only...because they're
empty, lifeless, bland and boring.
They choose to be put out, pissy, and angry. What a waste!
Now they can't pull out of what "they" put themselves into.
They CHOSE Victimhood!
Their self destructive hate will forever be their hallmark.
They're spoiled and jealous!
Shame on them!
It's not the singing, or the orchestration , or the sax , it's the perfect combination of tone and irony, a song for the ages, never gets old! We love you Paul Simon for the soundtrack of our lives 😋😋😋
That's all Paul and the mighty MUSCLE SHOALS RHYTHM SECTION! Paul even took Muscle Shoals guitar Wizz, PETE CARR TO NEW YORK TO PLAY IN THE CENTRAL PARK GET TOGETHER OF A MILION PEOPLE.
Brilliant isn't it? Wow..
Yes. That.
Beautifully said.
One of the most meaningful and sentimental songs ever written.
My generation was blessed with the music world's two most gifted poets: Bob Dylan and Paul Simon. 💖💖 🙂 💋
I'm going to add if, you don't mind, Gordon Lightfoot.
Also Harry Chapin, Jim Croce, John Prine, Steve Goodman and Randy Newman.
Michael brecker on sax with an Iconic solo
what a great song after all these years...................................
No matter what we say, or the likes we vote… nothing nothing prepares you for the evanescent beauty of this song.
Takes my breath away… yes, after all these years.
paul simon eu adoro
amigos
This will still be played on the radio one million years from now.
+illustrate100 Bold prediction.
Surely by then we will have evolved into seal like creatures who catch fish and are just happy.
@@9ZenMedia hahahaaaa awesome
well they dont play it now.......so....
Well, actually, there will be no "radio" in 1 million years, as we'll as a species will be LONG gone, but I get what you're saying.
What I appreciate about Paul's songs is that each one is literally a story. Each nuance he utilizes in every song, instruments, lyrics, vocals, it's really something.
TRUE THAT
Yes. He's an old-fashioned minstrel. Beautiful.
I find this to be a completely heartbreaking song. Brings me to tears every time I hear it.
No one does melancholy like Paul Simon!!!
Because you're not crazy. It's something else. If you were crazy, you wouldn't care.
@Subtle B3ast love this song but I'm with Arthur. It's a disturbing song
Me too darlin,without fail.. So many years..hard to look back,hurts like hell. Irresistibly beautiful,though.💔
Me too
The craftsmanship that went into this song. Unimaginable. This was a labour of love.
I met my old lover
On the street last night
She seemed so glad to see me
I just smiled
And we talked about some old times
And we drank ourselves some beers
Still crazy after all these years
Still crazy after all these years
I'm not the kind of man
Who tends to socialize
I seem to lean on
Old familiar ways
And I ain't no fool for love songs
That whisper in my ears
Still crazy after all these years
Still crazy after all these years
Four in the morning
Crapped out
Yawning
Longing my life away
I'll never worry
Why should I?
It's all gonna fade
Now I sit by my window
And I watch the cars
I fear I'll do some damage
One fine day
But I would not be convicted
By a jury of my peers
Still crazy after all these years
Still crazy
Still crazy
Still crazy after all these years
Man this is one of the best of all time!!!!! Still crazy in 2024 at 46. Still think im 18 inside.
70 and crazy enough to think I’m 8 years old ! I will never stop playing just to watch 🎇
I am 63.... 😂
@@fionngualaashworth8004 68...and counting. Still crazy too!
Me too, and I'm 57. God bless ya buddy
paul simon eu adorei o sucesso do paul simon
One of the most soulful sax solos in existence.
+Patti Geiger saw it live..one of the Brecker brothers and he brought the house down.
Beauty of Michael Brecker. The man could play some of the hardest lines. But at the same time, he could also play stuff super melodically and with such a passion. I have a huge amount of respect for him, what a musician he truely was...
@@tylerpauletti4265 you got that right
@@rightchordleadership Chills
Can tear you up.
Marvin Gaye said this song is the soundtrack to his life
Spot on my brother.
Yet another reason *as if we needed one* to love Marvin Gaye.
Something about this song always gets me. Its like an old friend you visit every few years. A true classic.
You sure are right!
Why does this guy always make me cry? Stop it already dude.
As a man of 45 who thinks he's still 18. Rings true this song.
he's one of those artists who make the best use of world-class musicians.
because he is one....
Undoubtedly
Yeah I love P.S. but to your point. He picked Steve Gadd to play drums in central park. Steve Gadd is the best session drummer, hell he's the best drummer around. It's a sign of respect that he came away from his other work to drum live with Paul.
@@chuckgreenfield4484 That's because Paul had Steve's baby locked in a drawer somewhere
Hadn't heard this one in a while. Wow. Just fantastic songwriting - really at the very top. Singing, arranging, the playing, the production values - all near perfect. It really doesn't get much better than this. Timeless.
Paul Simon can tell a great story and write some of the most beautiful songs ever
Americans need a narrative in their songs. It's a throwback to cowboy/country and the blues.
@@blackbird5634 I love Donovan and I was born here in the states. If you find the version of his song played on the movie "Rules of Attraction" that would be awesome. I saw him with Arlo Guthrie on the banjo, so may have been a rendition of that. You'd have to see the movie to know what I'm talking about
Still a beautiful song after all these years.
" im not the type of man who tends to socialize- i tend to lean on old familiar ways". me then me now
yes
Seem
You must hate Bernie Sanders because he's a socialist.
True words spoken.
Seem
ドラマーはスティーブ・ガッド。流石です。
My fifteen year old mom had just lived through the 60s, and had me in the summer of 70.
I grew up listening to the greatest music ever written because of her.
A few tunes, a few bong hits, and life goes on.
She left this place last December, but I still have the songs and the memories
My condolences.Music is mans greatest invention.Best wishes from Australia.
Born in the 50's. Still crazy!
The song becomes more relevant as one gets older. This song describes me in some ways. Songs sing of your life. You only have to listen to the words to learn your future.
that sneaky modulation in the final chorus. you genius you
One of the first albums I bought while in high school. Played it in my bedroom on a BSR turn table with a Fisher reciever and speakers after school while laying on my single bed in dark navy corduroy bell bottoms with wide big buckled belt and white cotton big collared shirt after taking off my side zip brown boots with the high big heals...and fall asleep when the album was over. I was always very sleepy after school in my teens.
😌Huh, such good memories.
GENIUS
Ohhhhhhhh so very beautiful!
Like so many Paul Simon pieces, this is an absolute master class in songwriting. Takes my breath away!
Paul simon and the Muscle Shoals Rhythm section, a match made in Heaven!
If there was a Pulitzer Prize for song this definitely would win. Why?? Because of the depth and the varied plethora of facets that’s performed with such old country simplicity, then again that’s Paul Simon.
I'm Still Crazy After All These Years and I would go back to those days in a flash.
Still listening after all these years
2018
Still listening in 2020
That electric piano grabs you right from the start .... great song...
Yeah and sadly
Barry Beckett...
Paul Simon brought me here
LOL
PERFECT comment!!!!
Dude
Same
Garfunkel brought me here
This music is for people present in life.
I'm checked out and listening.
Loving Barry Beckett’s keyboard on this track. Just perfect to accompany Paul Simon’s soft vocal.
I just never get tired of this wonderful song - after all these years. Bravo Paul!
This fucking bridge is still crazy after all these years. One of the best bridges ever written
I saw this song mentioned in my favourite manga and I'm glad I searched it, it's magnificent.
Given? I'm here for the same reason.
@@柚木つかさ-d2p yup☺️
Same reason!
Yay I found my people 🎉
And I ain't no fool for love songs that whisper in my ears.
I never worry, why should I? It's all going to fade 🎶
yup
The jazzy piano throughout, the soulful sax solo and Paul's storytelling voice this song is a classic and one of the best songs ever written .
Gorgeous song...
One of the most soulful sax solos in existence.
Paul Simon can tell a great story and write some of the most beautiful songs ever
Phil Woods played the Alto Sax solo.
@@pfaessel1 No, son, incorrect. But thanks for trying. Michael Brecker played the sax break on this song. Phil Woods played on Have a Good Time
The orchestral arrangements are flawless. And the sax too.
The sound of the Fender Rhodes piano on this song just washes over you like the most beautiful of waves! Such a masterpiece.
The Fender Rhodes sound was everywhere in the 1970’s but then it seemed to just disappear from the soundscape. Like you, I love their sound and I miss hearing them except for these old gems from the 70’s.
Here is Barry Beckett on the Rhodes
PERFECT PRODUCTION
I listened to this album for two years steady, sometime in the seventies when I was going through some very tough times in my life. I had this on an eight-track tape cartridge. Every time I got into my car I would play this from beginning to end. 😜🍾🥂☮
And now you are ok and through the tough times? Mad how decades pass and people change. You've a story to tell 👌
Best wishes brother.
Bought this album used at the record store today. small things make a difference, small things like this make my week.
Eric I had the exact same experience...
Love the Sax in the middle.....
The great Michael Brecker on tenor sax solo
During this ongoing pandemic, I'm still listening to this classic after all these years.
A masterpiece. Thank you for the chords, the melody synchronized with my heart looking to the sky with life.
Thank's Paul Simon for your music of the days gone by.Your music of my younger days is still Beautiful.Thank you Cheri Johnson that worked at May Co. at the Tyler Mall in Riverside Calif in 75,76.
Thank you Paul. Nothing like sharing a moment with an old song.
One of the greatest American songwriters.
Music the way it should be!!!
It will never ever be this good again sadly.. Grateful to God I was there.. I wouldn't trade one single solitary second of the greatest time in history,the 70s. We had the last of the best that was ever to be.. Feel so sorry for the folks today ,the quality of popular music is so low now it's ludicrous. This song tears me apart ,it so succinctly tells the pain we've all felt of lost love,lost time.
Cynthia Martin You are sooooooo, right. There is no other music like our music. So happy 😀 we have it.
So true! Had this album maný years ago! Love Paul simon
Happy 83rd Birthday today, Paul
His music adds unspoken "scenery" to the story
I get goosebumps at the sax solo. Oh What magnificent chord changes here. Paul’s’ a master story teller and musician. Thx
I wish music still sounded like this
Love y'all so much Paul Simon
Listen to 99% of the music on the radio these days (2022), then listen to this masterpiece. Some songs that last three and half minutes seem to last seven minutes, this seems to last only about a minute it's so beautiful.
One of my Dad's favorite songs. Its been 11 years today RIP.
How this song can mean so much to me after 46 years is so precious and amazing...
i was a teenager when this came out. now i'm 62,and really understand the scope of the words. looking forward to your interview with howard stern next week.
"And we talked about some old times, and we drank ourselves some beers" My God its feels alive when I hear this... Complete mastery of storytelling put to a beautiful voice and music. Unique experience.
I love this song; he is a musical genius.
Seul Paul Simon sait arranger différents sons musiquaux du monde et en faire toujours un succès 👍👏❤❤❤❤❤❤
Always loved this song. Even when I hit 60 I still felt like this. Now that I'm pushing 70, not so much. But it's nice to think back.
Time passes, moments fade. Beautifully rendered...
But also the sad times what you can hear through the song.
I'm listening to this song over and over and i never seem to get tired ❤
I first heard this song at 12, played to me from my dad via a cassette player after we'd moved across the globe. There are few times when you look up, listen to the silence of your own father listening to a track, them feeling those pangs of regret for having shown you, and having felt the weight of each word. Lyric after lyric, sang as if on a recorder on repeat in that man's mind, his whole life turned around having moved across the globe, bringing his family with him. Sometimes you get a real window into someone's soul and this was it, for me, for my dad, at the tender age of 11 or 12. I can't say what it fully meant to him, being kind, but I can understand why he was hesitant to show me it after a boozy port evening, and why it's stuck with me for so long
I liked reading that. A sad old man who enjoys recalling playing this song liked what you wrote. "Born unloved", life ruined "on purpose" by my family and my friends, I deserve to still be crazy after all these years. Yet, here I still am. "Maine" says "hello". Happy Earth Day tomorrow. I "celebrated" by removing 5 gallon buckets worth of plastic scraps from our Back Cove. Many people stopped on the walking trail to say "Thank you for doing that" to me. That left me happy. I was expecting to hear "The Sound of Silence"(another great Paul Simon song I grew up with. They didn't have to take the time to do what they did, and my efforts don't feel unappreciated one bit now.
In my mind this is a perfect song. Flawless.
Such a beautiful song.11/23/22 Saturday Night Live throwback brought me here.This song is very nostalgic.I remember hearing this as a elementary aged kids.I haven't heard it in years.Thanks for posting👌🥰
my high school girlfriend gave me this album, it was and still is a staple on my play list.this song especially! the sax just sends me back into her arms.And of course, I'm still crazy after all these YEARS!
I will always remember Paul Simon signing this on Saturday Night Live wearing a turkey suit, it was a fine costume. It was near Thanksgiving as I remember it. I have no idea if the link is on RUclips but it was amazing. BTW I love the song and the arrangement is flawless.
roy gunter you can watch him sing it on fire stick on snl season 1 episode 2
I remember that SNL too. I thought it was a chicken suit which is why I laughed so much. Are you sure it was a turkey suit? I guess it’s the same thing right ??
ME TOO!!😄😂😄😂
@@dxx7570 Definitely turkey.
@@premanadi correct. That was a Turkey suit he wore on that episode of SNL before Thanksgiving of 1976
Thank you, Larry David
pretty good
Randy Shredmenton right? that's where I got it from.
I love Larry David, but that's definitely not where I first heard this song. Talk about being late to the party.
Oh, Larry, honey, that's my water. UGH!
Still crazy after all these years!
Thank you Paul Simon. U da man! 💜
When I saw PS in concert many years ago, I waited until the ENCORE to hear my favorite song. Love this song.
I ain't no fool for love songs that whisper in my ears.
I still have this album and can remember where I was when I was introduced to it. That makes it powerful to me. Thank you, Mr. Gertzfeld.♥️ R.I.P. Howard Z.♥️
One of my favorites❤🎉
Paul Simon is magical💕💕💕💕💕💕💕
Paul Simon at his peak.
With you Stephen.I have most of Pauls albums but he peaked at this one in my opinion.Hey but one the greatest no doubt.