Paul Simon - Kodachrome (Official Audio)

"Kodachrome" by Paul Simon
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Chorus:
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

[@steveabdelkoui5663]

This song never gets old.

[@methodicalmysticbutterflyi2669]

Nope! The 60s, 70s, and 80s was a great time for real musicians. ❤

[@amycats4091]

Never! Freaking love this song!

[@AyeCarumba221]

I’ll always have a very special association with this song. In about 1973 there was a store in Berkeley called Pacific Stereo. As a thirteen-year-old, I would go down there and drool at of of the wonderful electronic goodies. One day a salesman popped Kodachrome into a really nice system, and cranked it. It was as if I saw God for the first time. I had never known music with this high of fidelity and crispness. It felt like Paul Simon was there playing in the same room with me. Hearing this song always brings that moment right back to me. Even 48 years later.What brought me here today is an interview with the guy who was the drummer on this track, and he tells the story of working at the Muscle Shoals studio and what they had to do to get this exact sound of the drummer. It just gives me a whole new appreciation of this song and the musicians behind it.

[@jbuchana]

I have a similar memory of hearing Rainbow's "The Gates of Babylon" on a good set of headphones. Magic. Every time I hear that song, it takes me back.

[@billhorstkamp98]

I remember Pacific stereo. There was a few of them in the bay area. Yeah where did the time go man

[@Jay-gy5hs]

We had Pacific Stereo in Ft Worth, Tx. I loved that store!

[@captaineasychord1]

Kodachrome was one of those songs that defined the summer of 1973. I was 10 years old and all the world was a sunny day indeed whenever that song came on the radio. Bad, Bad Leeroy Brown and Shambala were also great summer ‘73 listens.

[@RandyPlotkin]

Right there with ya, captain!!

[@celebratelife865]

I wasn't born yet!

[@silicon212]

I was 4 years old at the time, and funny enough - I still remember it in vivid detail. Kinda like Kodachrome.

[@moetimski9767]

Does anyone else think that Kodachrome is a metaphor for optimism, positivity, and seeing the beauty of life?

[@amayz111]

I’m 17, this is such a wholesome song I only just found Paul Simon and i think ill stay around for a while

[@HighOnTheSound]

The album “Graceland” is a masterpiece

[@johnmeegan-w8o]

you should sing mama dont take my iphone

[@mbrow]

So glad you have discovered PS's music! Paul was in a duo, Simon and Garfunkel, prior to going solo. Make sure to check them out because they had some iconic hits as well.

[@sydneydesimone6323]

I discovered Simon&Garfunkel when I was a Junior in high school and fell in love - haven’t left since. I teach music now to kids in high school and talk about Paul Simon all the time 😂 it comes full circle. They’re the best! Stick around!!

[@kristinfrederick6867]

Welcome! Pull up a chair, stay a while, and enjoy the tunes. 😎

[@Skynyrdforever]

This song takes you back to the incredible 70's. What great times as a teenager.

[@KristNi]

Takes me back to 1980s. I wasn't born in the 1970s

[@Evsta]

@@KristNi Takes me back to around 1862. I listened to Paul Simon a lot during the civil war. Helped me get through the pain when I had to amputate all 5 of my arms and my 2 dicks

[@jamesjohnson2900]

Let's not forget the amazing studio band who was backing him at Muscle Shoals. Barry Beckett on piano, David Hood on bass, etc. These guys MADE this album with their playing. Simon's work is amazing. But so much more goes into the making of a great record than just writing the songs. Vibe, engineering, studio cats who know a great feel, and get out of the way of that great song. All these things are what your hearing, but very few acknowledge them. Go take a look at some of the names of the players, then Google their names, and take a look at the hits they've recorded on. Believe me, it's not just a coincidence.

[@arlenjohnson8820]

The sign of a great musician is one who surrounds him or herself with other great musicians (and sound engineers, artists, etc). Paul Simon is therefore one of the truly greats.

[@garyfrazier5414]

Dixie Hummingbirds!

[@dsparkstbbucs]

That piano is on point!

[@kenperk9854]

David Sparks Barry Beckett, probably the greatest, most versatile keyboardist in music history. Check him out on My Little Town, Main Street, We've Got Tonight, I'll Take You There and on and on. Google him and check his Discogs rap sheet.

[@bobmoslow9554]

to back up your point...try "Late in the Evening"!

[@collinsnider4179]

One of those songs that can get stuck in your head for DAYS!

[@ohioboyfishin5939]

YEAH MAN STAY GROOVY ☮️✌️

[@virgiliovillasenor3903]

True!

[@AntonioSaucedo22]

And you welcome it.

[@lulululululululululululululul]

Exactly

[@gregm7969]

Popped into my head a few days ago for absolutely NO reason! Had to listen to it again!

[@corndooxjuliodorado7494]

I love this song. Never gets old!

[@JamesBrown-nu8vk]

This is DEFINITELY 1 of the most UPLIFTING songs 🎵 ever in History ABSOLUTELY!

[@ssully8542]

Photography was about the only class that wasn't crap in high school. ENJOY your retirement Paul, THANKS for all the years of GREAT MUSIC!

[@camille9ful]

What're you talking about Sully? Paul Simon retired? Never! Just saw him perform in Charlotte in June this year. Still Total Perfection!

[@levibrewer8463]

Fly the kite

[@pnp522]

My favorite class in high school. We used mostly Tri-X not Kodachrome though. I must have shot 8-10 rolls of film a week

[@gamemeister27]

You must have had awful teachers.

[@bkisl7275]

@@gamemeister27 Great picture!

[@davidmarine5159]

I remember hearing it in '83-84, being about 4 years old and being blown away, but having to ask my mom what , Kodachrome' was.. she showed me older family pictures in the format and it clicked! Awesome tune

[@KristNi]

Its amazing these how much older songs are so sentimental to younger people and generations across different races. Its truly amazing how great these artists and songs are

[@dudemeisterSC]

You hit the nail on the head!

[@preator11]

Jesus this is good. How does a song last through time like this?????

[@chriswarburtonbrown1566]

When I had just turned 18 I went to work on a farm in Scotland. I had a handful of tapes from a second hand store, and this album was one of them. I listened to it over and over again. 32 years later I can still smell the damp in my little caravan... so many powerful memories of the first steps into adult life.

[@jperschino]

18 when this song was released. Still evokes the same feeling of euphoria and toe tapping as do most of Mr Simon's songs. Thanks for posting and Thankfully he shared his music with us all.

[@babeeblues]

I ain't the only one in whom this gem also resonates w/ some poignancy. Even the best of times, our fondest memories: we can never quite capture all they were. While, to me, we can never quite capture all we'd want even in the best times we've had. I dearly hope, recall these as intoxicating, resonating mightily. Yet, as it turns out w/ basic quantum mechanics, trying to capture, distill our most blissful moments bound to fall short; even impact for the worse in the very moments we oughta be as fully engaged in as we can.

[@squishmastah4682]

This song brings me joy even as it brings tears to my eyes.

[@davidhugaert8006]

I love this 1973 Paul Simon hit, which peaked @ #2 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart!!! Bravo, Paul Simon!!!

[@angelalyons653]

This is the best feel good music 🎶

[@jfrtbikgkdhjbeep9974]

Diabolical Insolence my gahhd .. you are very beautiful 😍

[@squishmastah4682]

It brings me joy even as it brings tears to my eyes.

[@jaberosier9853]

When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school It's a wonder I can think at all And though my lack of education hasn't hurt me none I can read the writing on the wall Kodachrome They give us those nice bright colors 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 And brought 'em all together for one night I know they'd never match my sweet imagination Everything looks worse in black and white 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 Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away Mama, don't take my Kodachrome Mama, don't take my Kodachrome Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away Mama, don't take my Kodachrome Leave your boy so far from home Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away Mama, don't take my Kodachrome, mm Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away Okay

[@DatOneRadDad]

Thank you buddy!

[@SimonMas]

roger hawkins on drums is the hero of this song. i don't care what you say, but if you just zoom into his playing, he's the boss. collected, precise, never seems to sweat it out, it always has the song under control, it gradually increases the steam from 1:49 until the song goes in cut time for the ending, and i can really see him, calmly banging on his drum like he was drinking a glass of water. fantastic.

[@JonLindley]

Watch the documentary on Muscle Shoals recording studios. Simon recorded this song there and for the little repetitive beat they stuffed a thin white box a tape reel is stored in with paper and began playing it in bongo fashion to get the sound Simon and the producer wanted. It was one of the rhythm hooks of the song. What a hit that sounded sooo good on the radio !

[@SimonMas]

@@JonLindley is it on youtube?

[@JonLindley]

@@SimonMas Yes. Session Men the Muscle Shoals rhythm section. A 15 min clip.

[@JonLindley]

@@SimonMas runs 15.01 directed by Gil Baker

[@SimonMas]

@@JonLindley thanks, mate. i will definitely check it out! :)

[@JOANNAMADAMS]

I can still hear Kasey Kasem announcing this song on the top 40. One of the best songs of the 70's. Practically everything Paul Simon has done is excellent 1972 wow! I love this song!

[@matambale]

First record I ever owned. Sister gave it to me as a birthday present. Great album. Great sister.

[@adamholtz733]

Best line in a song goes to this one !!!! " When I think back on all the crap I learned in High School . It's a wonder I can think at all . " Pure poetry !!!

[@sherriffwiggles4515]

😂👍🏻

[@lrkk3698]

And all the girls I knew when I was single, what a concept.

[@lioneldubinsky7553]

considering that Paul's father was a high school teacher......

[@bh9225]

Trur

[@Sefussmom]

That is the hook because everyone can relate. ❤

[@fobbitoperator3620]

There's some polka influences in this magnificent tune!

[@axisgalaxis]

If human are like wine n have different generations of flavor. This artist was definitely a unique glassful.

[@johndavis9772]

One of the best songs ever.

[@Fayee-hw1jy]

Hey I'm 64 an still love this song

[@mat2033]

Love this song

[@bettybollin3391]

Greatest song. Ever

[@SteveGamlin]

Still smiling...after all these years. Another example of a song that never ages. 3:36 of joy.

[@AM-wd1wy]

"When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school, It's a wonder I can think at all" -Paul Simon. That was a high school quote they didn't let me use.

[@ChicagoBeaver]

I love this song! It just show's the brilliance of Mr. Simon. The perfect summer song.

[@robbiedean9916]

I love this song , especially when it's spring time and riding down the road. Good feeling.

[@StevenCarinci]

A convertible MG midget in Miami Beach.

[@recordman555]

Songwriting genius!

[@seanbaskett5506]

This song predates me by more than 10 years. What else did I miss

[@Steve-yo4ld]

Alot my friend!✌️

[@nostalgicyoutuber5684]

He was amazing in concert. My musical hero.

[@somuchtoseeanddo]

Yes, the summer of 1973 - 11 years old. In a time of vastly more innocence, Los Angeles radio stations used to bleep out "crap" at the beginning of the song. This song echoed everywhere, but recall one specific time listening to it in the back yard playing ping-pong and playing to the rhythm.

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

1973, I was 18 yrs old, getting ready to join the United States Marine Corps.

[@annettefrazier9345]

1973...I was 12years old and still very innocent♡....Time Machine would be nice right...about.....NOW!!!

[@robsmith961]

Crap ain't the best word to use.... but it does describe high school well. And nowadays one can say high school is absolute dog shit.

[@robsmith961]

@@annettefrazier9345 Bring me back to the early 2000s!

[@jbucktheman]

This is the perfect song to play when it’s warm and sunny and you have all the windows down in your car. It just makes you feel so free.

[@clubhouseme]

welcome to the summer of 1973

[@Steve-yo4ld]

​@@clubhouseme Absolutely!✌️

[@690_5]

Another one of my favourite songs I listen to as I drive across Canada hauling Wood Chips

[@GM-vf7px]

The world was a Sunny Day!!!!!!This song captured all that and more!!!!Now I see why all the older people call them "The Good Old Days!!!!!!

[@HughCarpenter]

"When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school, it's a wonder I can think at all....♪♫•*¨*•."

[@sheckygagstein8966]

+Hugh Carpenter yea,,, we heard it.

[@marksproha6066]

come to think of it, this applies to my life as much today, with all the noise that goes on throughout TV, the Radio & the print media, they feed us so much 'Crapfire' that it makes our heads spin, and makes it hard to think straight.

[@queenofyeay]

Sure, that is true... but it's not 'Crapfire', it's "When I think back on all the (crap I) learned in high school. I loved this song back then and those words inspired someone in my senior class to make this song the graduation theme song!

[@luckpenn5780]

Hugh Carpenter so true

[@kollegebound12]

thats the line...

[@ejb5659]

1973... s i g h. Maybe the finest year in music.

[@damonlariche1906]

Still a great song!!!

[@foxworthhall726]

Summer of 1973. Just turned 10 years old. This song was blasting on all the radios at Nantasket Beach in Hull Mass. Good times!

[@sakdadarawan8021]

I heard this song when I was in the NE of Thailand in 1972. It's a masterpiece.

[@Steve-yo4ld]

Released May 19, 1973✌️

[@djf750]

Paul, you don't need it anymore, we've gone digital!!

[@randywhite6468]

Its not the same,,,,not even close...

[@jpd782]

First I heard this song? The 1994 Chevy Chase movie, Cops and Robbersons. Which was played in the end credits. I fell in love with the song. I used to watch the movie often just to hear the song.

[@joehufford360]

jpd782 loser

[@nickfilipenko2735]

50 years and this is fantastic . i am making a cd for all the truckers in the warehouse that was first song on my cd any other suggestions

[@angelaandeway4733]

Best opening line.

[@richardracioppa5456]

This generation will never know the glow of real rockin roll. Real music with meaning.

[@OOJoe1987]

Reminds me of the movie The Cone heads when they had Connie and started living the American dream. Watched it the other day and I never cried for such a happy moment. Definitely a great song.

[@jamescleaver5069]

what a Great musical man

[@elymolloy8333]

As a singer songwriter, I'm proud to share a birthday with this man.

[@coolkid6712]

Love this

[@IronGwaziJoseph]

im young i found this in my dads playlist and i thought old rock songs were weird this proved me wrong

[@johncurtin1859]

Best song

[@meditationkat2847]

I swear I'm the only young adult that listens to 60s 70s 80s. This song is part of my top 10

[@t-shirtman2526]

Hell I'm 16, I usually hate it when teenagers tell their age in the comment section But hey you brought it up!!

[@ninja_tony]

@1993 If you think it's generic trash, you probably don't even understand the meaning of the song, which is a lot deeper than you're giving credit for (hint: it has nothing to do with Kodachrome film).

[@StevenVolpe]

I love this song it takes me back

[@davidpatterson2178]

Some great drumming. Great song to hear before school.

[@LetsG0BrandonFJB]

Such a sweet beat

[@KristNi]

I can listen to this song all day and I do. This song sounds so calm and delicacy at a lower value. Thank you, for making this wonderful music, Paul.

[@deniseprozzillo6186]

Love this song brings back such memories from my childhood

[@DerekReuter]

Creatively, I'll never understand why there still isn't an official music video for this song.

[@mickjagger8439]

Guess they couldn't "picture" it 🤣

[@lynnp9943]

Go watch the video for “You can call me Al” with Paul and Chevy Chase. Hilarious and so classic! I guarantee you’ll love it ❤

[@DerekReuter]

@@lynnp9943 Good suggestion but definitely no stranger to that song or music video. Between MTV/VH1 it played daily for over two decades.

[@kennithmorella2693]

I’m 68 years old I remember hearing this song when I was a teenager and Singing mama don’t take my car and comb away. Always had my car and I always had my comb.Some years later My wife told me the words are DONT TAKE MY KODACHROME AWAY. I still singing Don’t take my car and comb away. 😎🇺🇸

[@larryscott8339]

One of my favorite songs of summer!

[@5.0_life30]

Coneheads brought me here lol. I love this song.

[@hollycloutier2727]

Yep, this song will forever be linked to Coneheads for me. Glad to see I'm not alone there

[@lizzybethnj617]

That_Ford _Guy that's the first time I heard it too

[@kcwithak]

That_Ford _Guy my mind always goes there

[@theallsight7076]

It always does the same for me too.

[@StarkeEnterprises]

Reminds me of the part when the dad throws the daughter way, way up high and catches her like it was nothing. 😄

[@BrokebutCreative]

Protect this man at all cost. Petition to make Paul Simon an American treasure.

[@sherryabraham2174]

I was 12, my dad was being stationed in Nebraska (USAF), we moved from AZ., We traveled across country that summer, visiting family (KY, OH, +)before settling in outside of Omaha. The radio was my only salvation on that three or four week ride! I learned the words to SO many songs that summer in the car. Sends be back. Ahhhh

[@3301-q3f]

Watching coneheads when stoned for the 100th time brought me here

[@shaniatreyu9303]

Same bruh. My parents always popped the VHS in when I was little. Used to watch it for the funny aliens and now I'm so interested in the immigration hi-jinx more as an adult.

[@brandymorales8645]

I love the coneheads. It was a movie my family and I enjoyed watching soo much. It was the best family movie night film. But it's not the same anymore because it was one of my dads favorite movies and hes no longer with us. He passed away in July.

[@xjr1300nut]

I have absolutely loved this song since day one, it reminds me of my late uncle Les. A great man an a good friend he loved this to along with many others, miss him and my Aunty greatly…..

[@kystars]

This was always a very catchy tune. The part where the music plays.. ugh what is that sound? It happens about 1:12 minute , second mark.. what is that sound? I love that sound. I wish that sound was in there more :) but no matter, the whole song is very unique and cool

[@marysquires3561]

Omicron, give us the night sweat covers Give us the green snot shivers Makes you think all the world's a virused plague. Oh yeah

[@marsmancho]

Give us the night sweat shivers, give us the vaccine shot boosters...all the world's a stage, oh yeah... Mama don't take my iPhone away, Mama don't take my iPhone away...

[@NicGoldenEddie]

My Enemy is an animal. And in order to conquer an animal, I might as well look, act and think like an animal. Carl the former greenskeeper of the glacier we used to play golf with the lama. Gunga Galunga (caddyshack)

[@latoshawhite8495]

Love this song right now 💖

[@dtrYeti]

what a fucking banger of a song, im so glad my parents showed me old music

[@michaelstanich70]

thanks for the song from someone who used kodachrome a lot.

[@ElesabethNadolski]

I love this music ❤

[@bobmoslow9554]

Junior year of college. Vast horizons ahead. Can't wait to get the degree & get PAID for doing 'work'. "I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now" dylan- only 42 years ago-imagine that ;)

[@odemu2074]

My Papi and Mami they showed me and I loved since 10 yrs old

[@JamesJuberian]

Brings me back to the seventies when I was in high school. WLS Chicago.

[@juleslarose8504]

One of my go to karaoke songs!

[@JoeyLeverett-x3x]

Takes me back to the summer of 73 as a kid. What a time to be aIive, I remember my dad always liked this song.

[@dunhillan8360]

When I think back On all the crap I learned in high school It's a wonder I can think at all And though my lack of education Hasn't hurt me none I can read the writing on the wall 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 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 And brought them all together for one night I know they'd never match my sweet imagination Everything looks worse in black and white 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 I got a Nikon camera I love to take a photograph So mama don't take my Kodachrome away Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away Mama, don't take my Kodachrome Mama, don't take my Kodachrome Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away Mama, don't take my Kodachrome Leave your boy so far from home Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away Mama, don't take my Kodachrome, mm Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away Okay

[@butchdugan]

This was a really good song but the Coneheads made it great!

[@xochiltescobar392]

Still sound amazing 👏😀

[@JohnQPublic345]

as a kid, I remember this song, as well as a Stevie wonder song, being played on the radio a lot

[@pascalfety6681]

😍Déjà presque 50 ans de ce tube !!!💎

[@noemoreno2635]

Blackfoot, " ROCKS "

[@reggamarcosblues]

No words...

[@raymonddchan488]

This song brings back my happy memories.

[@karenhatch1071]

Such a great feel good song!

[@StrawberrySunday212]

This one is for you, Ed. Rest easy my hero, my brother 💙💙

[@richarda7346]

Is this the greatest song in creation ? Thank you Paul and band.

[@MostDopeDamu]

I learned this song from watchin Coneheads as a kid and never knew who wrote it til I got older it then listenin to it as an adult just hits different and I’m a black dude from Oakland but no matter where you’re from the music speaks hits everyone the same if u let it do it’s job and Paul Simon made magic with this along with other hits. Cheers

[@Llerrah508]

That's great! Love you guys

[@vanessatillotson5835]

For nature pix, Kodachrome cannot be beat in the 35mm format.

[@theearth0]

Such a banger

[@nicobambino191]

Paul Simon gets all the ladies

[@JKTube]

+Nico Bambino: Carrie Fisher (RIP), Edie Brickell, Shelly Duvall...

[@johnhart1671]

BEST SONG THIS MAN SANG AND HE SANG ALOT OF THEM!!!!

[@jbliborio]

Thats a song that describes much facts of my live... Including my love for film photograph in 2023...

[@ashestostardust666]

Im surprised this song peaked at #2 on the billboard charts?! This song totally should've peaked at #1 (it's still good though.)

[@se7encureton]

Some songs just make you so darn happy.