This was one of my Dads favourite songs. It's now one of mine.
@rosaliewright42266 күн бұрын
Today is January 27, 2025. About 50 years since Paul Simon prophesied what is happening today. 😔💔🇺🇸
@jaywiliams58358 күн бұрын
I find myself watching this every day now... I'm afraid we've lost our moral compass and this 50 year old song seems to make me feel better
@VincentMilich-k9m8 күн бұрын
Most beautiful and emotionally devastating song ever. Dylan gets the Nobel, but Paul Simon is the greatest lyricist ever.
@paulandaloro85148 күн бұрын
I just learned this on guitar...an amazing piece of lyrical work and a perfect adaptation of classical music to folk. (It is based on Bach)
@bobclifford512211 күн бұрын
I love Simon. I used to teach his lyrics in class. This is my favorite
@7100sae13 күн бұрын
This performance will make you tear up
@Tomorrowband00113 күн бұрын
My dad used to sing this song! Brings tears to my eyes every time!
@petervanderschoot114515 күн бұрын
Inspired by J S Bach
@renar361816 күн бұрын
I woke up with this song in my head this morning.
@thescoobymike19 күн бұрын
Fantastic version
@jerryarnold56722 күн бұрын
Who let him have such a crooked mustache?
@nickroberts-xf7oq23 күн бұрын
Sad that he stole a classical tune and just changed the words, but I love it. 😊
@GuyF-ng2rr24 күн бұрын
Here in January 2025 and one of those darn drones starts hanging over his head at 2:10.
@SeeCSeesCC26 күн бұрын
❤what’s gone wrong
@yellowshirting26 күн бұрын
I love how Paul sings this song. Like he's really trying to commiserate and also comfort us listeners. A favorite.
@ann884629 күн бұрын
Thanks, WTJU Charlottesville, VA, USA, for playing this song tonight in honor of Jimmy Carter.
@therealtruetwelfth798Ай бұрын
Hans Leo Hassler sure wrote a great tune here
@peterwoods5048Ай бұрын
Paul is a huge talent. Thanks for your music.
@jelsener1002 ай бұрын
Trump saves the america paul loves
@mpemberton77602 ай бұрын
The melody is based on Bach's "O Sacred Head, Surrounded"
@jacquiesilversmithАй бұрын
I just listened to that and you are correct. That is so interesting! Thanks!
@mpemberton7760Ай бұрын
@@jacquiesilversmith You're welcome. I grew up Catholic and recognized the meledoy line. It was right out of our hymn book!
@jacquiesilversmithАй бұрын
@@mpemberton7760 it’s a beautiful melody. I’m gonna ask if our music director at church might play it at some point on theorgan.
@anthonydeangelo14102 ай бұрын
our poor democracy, I'm crying for our loss
@ethanhogg10982 ай бұрын
You’re crying because democracy worked 😂?
@なるみ-b6z2 ай бұрын
そうか、もう45年も経ったんだね
@mikehicks7242 ай бұрын
Wow a powerful American tune for the ages
@patrickmccord84762 ай бұрын
How does anyone sing and play at the same time live this well - mind blowing!
@FlightlessWaterfowl-nx6pz2 ай бұрын
And I don't know a soul who's not been battered I don't have a friend who feels at ease I don't know a dream that's not been shattered Or driven to its knees Me and half of America right now.
@restjbo2 ай бұрын
Paul Simon stole this from „O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden“.
@angelabristol90262 ай бұрын
Always one of my favorites and now more relevant than ever in November, 2024. For America.
@DroolRockworm2 ай бұрын
Yeah, for fucks sake. My first thought hearing this was something about Trump thinking he could use this song and getting sued
@GoodieWhiteHat2 ай бұрын
Wow this song is beautiful. So right for this moment. I love Paul Simon singing it alone w just guitar accompaniment. His voice is honest. What a masterpiece. Love that bridge! Lovely cadence as his soul rose unexpectedly and smiled down reassuringly.
@patriciaadams41712 ай бұрын
KEN BURNS USED THIS song FOR HIS FILM "STATUE OF LIBERTY" THAT FEATURED YOUNG IMMIGRANTS THE VINDMAN BROS. WHO SERVED OUR MILITARY, AND WHITE HOUSE, AND TRUMP FIRED CUZ THEY REPORTED TRUTH
@RWright-q5e2 ай бұрын
Thank goodness Trump won, so the nightmare will soon be over.
@lynnhall49812 ай бұрын
Just gets more relevant.
@SusanMcArdle-k2w2 ай бұрын
A beautiful song and a completely unique and wonderful artist in our time. Genius Paul Simon
@gerryvinci30252 ай бұрын
This tune has never meant so much, 11/8/24.
@nancyann85612 ай бұрын
😢😢😢
@peterdubber48482 ай бұрын
On 5th November 2024 definitely more poignant than ever
@BobMori2 ай бұрын
November 2024
@LakeTahoeAlive2 ай бұрын
Perfect song for the day after Trump re elected. So true.
@71suns2 ай бұрын
Too true...🫂🌹🫂
@MargauxMachekАй бұрын
If we can survive Biden/Harris, we can bear another 4 years of Donnie T.
@happybergner9832Ай бұрын
Somebody else gets it
@torqueguy1Ай бұрын
Amen🎉
@JesseChisholm-qm7bz28 күн бұрын
Trump was the best president so it will be a good four years for sure!
@RoZita8702 ай бұрын
Always liked his music, but never noticed how good looking he was before.
@donfrey74942 ай бұрын
11/6/24, more poignant than ever.
@blackletter259118 күн бұрын
15.6.25 even more so.
@monikastaesche40462 ай бұрын
"And high up above | my eyes could clearly see | the statue of liberty | sailing away to sea. Election day, 2024. The song has aged much too well.
@aprilllllsss2 ай бұрын
“Still, when I think of the Road we're traveling on I wonder what's gone wrong I can't help it, I wonder what has gone wrong”
@JamesWalker-ky5yrАй бұрын
Assuming electoral politics isn't to make the rubes think they have a say. They don't, sorry. Harris or Trump would continue the genocide in Gaza.
@grevis0201602 ай бұрын
And here we are again.
@andrewwalker53842 ай бұрын
Today more relevant then ever: Nov 6 2024 😢
@annelizabethcarroll33962 ай бұрын
Yes, sadly, yes.
@ernestbarany76812 ай бұрын
It should be the anthem for the time. I can't say it makes me feel better, but it helps to keep some perspective.
@tommcgiverin43202 ай бұрын
This was the first song I thought of, after the election results, which did not surprise me one damned bit. The other song, was Welcome To The Occupation, by R.E. M.. Simon's song was written during the nightmare of Watergate. This time, there is not going to be any justice or righting of the ship, I'm afraid. Trump will succeed in doing all the things Nixon and his men didn't get away with, because we have become a lawless country, when it comes to our national leaders, esp. with our SC making our presidents kings and emperors..
@71suns2 ай бұрын
Yes...too true
@2Travelis2Live2 ай бұрын
Yes😢
@chuddieDs2 ай бұрын
2024 election night song.
@patthurman6543 ай бұрын
❤❤❤
@kevinmorgan_truth3 ай бұрын
Sounds like a variation on "Oh Sacred How Now Wounded."
@kevinmorgan_truth3 ай бұрын
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@chuddieDs3 ай бұрын
2024 election killing me.
@thetruthfornow60453 ай бұрын
Good song made better as a Simon Garfunkel song in the Central Park concert. This is a snoozer.
@davidheavenor2583 ай бұрын
Thank God for the true American in the foul discourse of Trump's fake and deviant rhetoric