Paul Simon - Loves Me Like a Rock (Official Audio)

[@alliebob3371]

My mom loved Paul Simon. She passed away unexpectedly 3 weeks ago. I finally got the courage to listen to some of his songs and oh boy the tears are flowing. Remembering our long road trips with Paul Simon on repeat. Love you mom ❤

[@kennethbrady]

My sincere condolences. Hold tight to those nice road trip memories, and Momma will be close by:)

[@michaelgapple1894]

My Mom’s favorite song was The 59th St Bridge Song. Right there with ya. Heavy Sigh…🍎💋❤️🎼

[@joebauers6196]

Love your story

[@spotwms8768]

Sorry for your loss. 🙏🏿

[@bernardsoliz4976]

My condolences to you her family and friends.

[@memdy7452]

I chose this for the Mother/Groom dance at my son's upcoming wedding May 6, 2023. 😍 I hope we do it justice.🤞🏼😁

[@blainem2258]

How’d it go??

[@gordocarbo]

Wow...talk about a good choice!

[@michaelkirkland6573]

Just sent it to my Mom for approval for our dance!

[@memdy7452]

@@blainem2258 It was a blast, thanks for asking!

[@sallyweinreich5769]

How sweet I only had daughters I should’ve raised dogs instead 😢

[@Auroradiluculum]

This is when music was music 🎶

[@miapretti]

and the rest is Come on tell yacht generationer only your generation knew music which btw preach against that attitude

[@makeadifference4all]

This is one of the first songs I remember hearing played a lot on the radio. I loved it like a rock as a little child, and I love it just as much as a middle-aged man.

[@evadavis4271]

The day my son dedicated me this song, I cried for so long. I am proud of raising such a good man.

[@saltysunflower]

This song tells how I love my own son. I consider it my theme song lol.

[@JessieI]

Good Job Mama ♥♥♥!

[@freebythesea713]

My adult daughter just sent me a video of her listening to this on the radio with tears in her eyes. She said, “I thought you made this song up.” I sang it to my kids & puppies all the time (except I said “she loves you.”)🤗💗

[@user-yt7gh8ir8j]

That story brings tears to my eyes

[@Nick-ty3dg]

thats awesome lol

[@tonil5960]

That is so darling ❤ 😊 What a cute story! Your mama DOES love you!

[@KoolHandJuke]

Beautiful that you shared that. #Memories ❤️🙏

[@lisakucera5537]

I always sang this to my babies ❤

[@StnFlwr]

I started listening to Simon & Garfunkel when I was a kid. 🥰 Paul Simon is one of the best, most stellar musicians of all time.

[@guywebster8018]

Paul simon tapped into the American experience like no one else imo

[@KennethHoffman-p4k]

Absolutely. As a result, his songs are timeless.

[@davidhiggen3029]

Paul always had top-notch backing musicians. Listen to how the bass and kick drum work together!

[@MikeHarmanos]

Roger Hawkins on drums, David Hood on bass

[@ogelcrew]

The Dixie Hummingbirds background singers.

[@barkangel7900]

The only song that has ever made me want to dance with my momma... serious. Thank you, Paul Simon.

[@wsharriupton2826]

Reminds me of High School when I played this song ad nauseum on 8-track on my old Soundesign stereo. I was in Heaven! Was a great song 50+ years ago, and is still a great song today! Those perfect soulful background vocals make this song so great. Paul Simon is one of the top songwriters of all time.

[@ryangreen2469]

When I think of the greatist song writers of all time, Paul Simon would place in the Top 5. This masterpiece is proof the man was a genius. Thank you Paul for all your talent you gave to the world. Thank you for the great upload.

[@KennethHoffman-p4k]

Agree with you 100%. His songs never get old and they will endure.

[@Jevezy]

It is 2021 and my mama is no longer with me, but she loved me like a rock. I miss mama, thank you God for blessing me with my mama. I miss her so much.

[@Mamalion730]

I dedicate this song to my son Paul. 💖💖💖 Yes, he was named after Paul Simon!

[@delcogoblin]

Zathura managed to bring this to new generations like mine 30 years later. Amazing song. Great work, Paul Simon :)

[@Darksupercool]

Glad to not be the only one who knows this song for that movie.

[@pattioros]

Great mother and son dance!🎉

[@Kathy-qu8zj]

lol, I just sent this song to my 35 year old son, and said we shudda danced to this at his wedding 6 years ago.. instead we danced to Dixie Chicks Lullaby which was nice n slow..❤

[@GracieL-t9w]

It's satire about Nixon!!!

[@AlistairKiwi]

Love this song. Have to admit though, I've never heard the devil call my name, but I was in the chapel choirs at my boarding schools for 10 years.

[@melissafahler9242]

Paul Simon, Thank you. Blessings.

[@kenperkins7921]

Paul's mama didn't raise no dummy. He took off for Sheffield Alabama to get that special grease that Aretha Franklin said yu could only get in Muscle Shoals!

[@chocolatecitygemini3832]

HMMMMM🎵🎵 The Gospel Group the Dixie Hummingbirds makes this song ROCK. One of my favorites by the GREAT PAUL SIMON. 🗣♊️👤Rising

[@Eugene_Connor]

He also sang it with 3 black lady gospel singers on Dick Cavett. It works great as a gospel song!

[@mitchellhall1367]

70s we're fun....music crossing all racial barriers...

[@pugnugger4600]

Played this at my moms funeral. I can smile & cry at the same time when i hear it. Its a beautiful song.

[@andiemarie5160]

Greatest Mom Ever... Priceless!

[@almoore9683]

This is a most wonderful song that will make you look back on some of the greatest times in life.

[@Omega-2077]

Zathura me trajo aquí 😎🤘

[@SuperKevinface]

One of my all time favorite albums from the 70's. Awesome songwriter and performer.

[@grant_7261]

This album is only challenged (70's) by only by bridge over troubled waters and let it be

[@jimrauh3584]

@@grant_7261 Let It Be? That is one of the weakest Beatles albums and has so many average tracks that it's not even Beatlesesque (new spelling!). A couple of starters: Sticky Fingers and Exile by the Stones, debut album by Bad Co, Late for the Sky, Pretender by Jackson Browne, Souvenirs by Dan Fogelberg, the list is endless.

[@polytheneprentiss1534]

@@jimrauh3584Let it Be, LAWW, Get Back, DLMD, Two of Us are not weak! Sheesh! 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@jimrauh3584]

@@polytheneprentiss1534 You apparently didn't read what I wrote. It is one of the weakest Beatles albums, put together at a point when the band was breaking up and Paul was desperately trying to keep it together. Yes there are strong songs but the entirety of it is a weak effort.

[@jerrymuzak4534]

Those backing vocals, though. Sheesh. Flawless.

[@roysmith543]

They were the famous Dixie hummingbirds backing Paul Simon. They made their own version with the permission of Paul Simon and won a Grammy

[@xavierchampion3835]

The Dixie Hummingbirds

[@hmackie6823]

Anytime there was a Simon and Garfunkel song or just Paul Simon,on the radio,it was one of the best songs playing.

[@jameschapman3607]

Simon and GarFarkel, Laugh-in with Goidie Hawn, circa 1969=70=Rowan and Martin

[@LoriFoster]

So many of PS’s songs take your mind to a place in your soul! Truly, one of her greatest songwriters America has ever produced.

[@Eugene_Connor]

Maybe the best. Slip Slidin' Away is another of his masterpieces.

[@cheddarcheese7928]

I dedicate this to my Mother(and to all Mom’s)Who Loved like a Rock..As I just lost her..Miss you already 💔

[@OBESGORILLAZ69]

You'll always be together silly♡

[@robertmcwhinney4596]

Just lost MINE July 7th 5:45 am Missing Very Much! They say time heals, Still Hasn't!😪🙏

[@cheddarcheese7928]

@@robertmcwhinney4596 So sorry,.Hope you’re doing well..And I really hope you see her again..

[@kevinallmond7335]

sorry for your loss

[@geoffreyhhill]

I am sorry for your loss, and all of those in the comments who have experienced great loss as well. Blessings and love

[@TonyWud]

The Dixie Hummingbirds. Look 'em up. Paul on guitars, too.

[@kenperkins7921]

Paul put his faith in the Muscle Shoals guys to the point where he could just turn them loose!

[@amberdunham149]

All my life I love this song My Mama did Love me like a Rock lol

[@willard2729]

Reminds me of the summer of '73. Getting up at 5:30 am to deliver the Newark star ledger and hearing this on 77 WABC while getting ready

[@teddibearsworld]

Musicradio77 WABC.. a moment of silence. For so may years.. the sound of the Tri-State area!

[@Anonymous_Rhinoceros]

That’s a cool part of music history. Thanks for sharing

[@sweetblaqcoffey962]

I have memories of hearing this on WABC in New York City as a preteen. Great music, good times.

[@jaydemo5792]

77 WABC is better than ever... Especially on the weekends

[@jaydemo5792]

Cousin Brucie pumping out the same songs from the 60's & 70's as if we actually were back in that era.......Hey , I was a Little kid listening to WABC & all of those songs & by me tuning in on the weekends to hear this music , it brings me back to my early youth & there ain't nothin' wrong with that..........

[@davidhugaert8006]

I love this 1973 Paul Simon hit, which peaked @ #2 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart!!! Bravo, Paul Simon & the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section!!!

[@Loydstardeli2017]

❤this early 1970s song alot too

[@aaronlabate4215]

Thanks Paul! You're a credit to G/D human race! Love this song Like A Rock! Learning and singing now! 👍

[@Michelle-rb2mz]

Funny I been waking up in the morning and I start singing Paul Simon songs haven't heard them since I was a child this song,sound of silence don't know why except been thinking of Jesus lately I didn't know Paul was spiritual I been looking up the lyrics profound lyrics, guess I was singing them wrong as a kid 😁

[@zoki-kj3ox]

Nice coments. 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@anthonyjenkins5985]

One of his best

[@mkl62]

A #2 hit for Paul Simon in the Fall of 1973. It went to #1 on the Adult Contemporary charts and in Canada. It went to #19 in Australia, #27 in The Netherlands, and to #39 in the United Kingdom.

[@KimberlyCaldwell-wd3jy]

Classic ❤

[@shannonvanderhoof4810]

Not Forgotten. We are Legendary ❤🕊💙✌

[@patrickkane8709]

This man should get much more credit then he does.a true legend but sometimes a bit forgotten..

[@brundige47]

What’s Garfunkel done but go bald?

[@raesmith-baker2857]

@Gabe BW bb8n

[@KoolHandJuke]

@Gabe BW Trust me, Gabe. Those that know of him definitely appreciate him, my friend!

[@KoolHandJuke]

@@brundige47 He's done a lot, but he lacks Paul's appeal/talent.

[@hbsama]

He's certainly not. Not quite yet. And least not among musicians who value him.

[@daviddickey1994]

Listening to all the great Paul Simon songs on youtube. It is taking a while.

[@tonyvillasana1280]

This is a song I Put A play on Mother's Day for all of us who love our mothers who are the top rockers of Our Lives we love you Mama

[@SheliaKingsongwriter]

Dancing and singing! Love this song Paul!

[@smokinjz]

When I was a little boy (When I was just a boy) And the Devil called my name (When I was just a boy) I'd say, "Now who do (who) Who do you think you're fooling?" (When I was just a boy) I'm a consecrated boy (When I was just a boy) Singer in a Sunday choir Oh, my mama loves me, she loves me She get down on her knees and hug me Oh, she loves me like a rock She rock me like the rock of ages And loves me She love me, love me, love me, love me When I was grown to be a man (Grown to be a man) And the Devil would call my name (Grown to be a man) I'd say "now who do (who) Who do you think you're fooling?" (Grown to be a man) I'm a consummated man (Grown to be a man) I can snatch a little purity My mama loves me, she loves me She get down on her knees and hug me Oh, she loves me like a rock She rock me like the rock of ages And loves me She love me, love me, love me, love me And if I was President (Was the president) The minute the Congress called my name (Was the president) I'd say "now who do (who) Who do you think you're fooling?" (Who do you think you're fooling?) I've got the presidential seal (Was the president) I'm up on the presidential podium My mama loves me, she loves me She get down on her knees and hug me Oh, and she loves me like a rock She rock me like the rock of ages And love me She love me, love me, love me, love me (Loves me like a rock) She love me, love me, love me, love me (Loves me like a rock) She love me, love me, love me, love me (Loves me like a rock) (Loves me like a rock) (Loves me like a rock, oh baby) (Loves me like a rock) (Loves me like a rock) (Loves me like a rock, oh baby) (Loves me like a rock) (Loves me like a rock) (Loves me like a rock, oh baby) (Loves me like a rock) (Loves me like a rock) (Loves me like a rock, oh baby) (Loves me like a rock) (Loves me like a rock) (Loves me like a rock, oh baby) (Loves me like a rock) (Loves me like a rock) (Loves me like a rock, oh baby) (Loves me like a rock) (Loves me like a rock) (Loves me like a rock, oh baby)

[@jfilesgraphics]

I love this song because it's soulful catchy and quite memorable

[@jvtv1234]

This brings me way back in a day. I love all of his songs.

[@jamiemartinez8674]

Perfection...

[@scottburton9701]

The second release from "There Goes Rhymin' Simon"-It peaked at # 2 in October 1973-Love the gospel feel of this song!

[@JAZZMASTER7764]

Love the background vocals by The Dixie Hummingbirds. 🎼🎼🎼😎

[@freebeerecords]

Love that bass line!

[@lisagallant0163]

Great song 🎵 and the backup singers too!!

[@wadeenglish8658]

Man Oh Man''. The smooth backup vocals of the "Mills Brothers is on the chain not off the chain. Paul knows how to put talent together.

[@Maldoror200]

@wadeenglish8658..💀..✌️😉.., That's the "Mills Bros"..??.you .sure..??

[@darrinbaker00]

The Dixie Hummingbirds backed Paul up on this track, not the Mills Brothers.

[@Maldoror200]

@darrinbaker00 ..Greatly appreciate thee clarification..!! 😄👌

[@rdbeckett590]

Love love love this song what a great one! Thank you for this!

[@littlegreenliza]

Any way I can Like this twice? I'm the Mama now whose son says that to the devil and takes a hug nearly every time we see each other at 28 years old. Telling it like it is Paul Simon!

[@RicoBurghFan]

Iconic masterpiece

[@jeatig]

Thanks for playing this to the last second of the fade!! I wish that radio (especially with today's technology) would play songs until the end of the fade (being increased in volume enough to hear) and would play song intros without DJ voiceovers!! And, YES, there can still be (unfortunately) plenty of time for advertising, plugs, trailers, etc. in between!!

[@jeatig]

The fades also should be played without voiceovers!!

[@michaelre3781]

I hear you. That was how the artist intended it to be released & heard. I'm glad I'm not the only music buff that notices those intricate details in songs.

[@SweetbJames]

What's a radio? 😜

[@excrono]

Every detail, including the fade is put there for a reason by the artists, some make their final lyrical points in those last few seconds. Would you cross fade out the last sentences of a novel?

[@kenperk9854]

The Muscle Shoals Rhythm section: Barry Beckett on piano and organ, little David Hood on bass, Jimmy Johnson on rhythm, Pete Carr on lead guitar and legendary drummer Roger Hawkins.

[@TonyWud]

Good call. Ken Perk. And The Dixie Hummingbirds.

[@mkl62]

Lynyrd Skynyrd pays tribute to them in Sweet Home Alabama.

[@pfaessel1]

@@mkl62 The Swampers

[@wadefare3792]

Jerry Masters; recording engineer.

[@isabelcruz7845]

No wonder this song is so soulful. Thanks for the information.

[@ilovemyplayfulcat320]

Great memories 👌

[@SeeTheWholeTruth]

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!

[@thomaswilliams7458]

A heck of a good song writer,and one I always liked listening to.

[@vicksta8875]

Watching the Tribute to Paul Simon on TV tonight. WOW!!! ❤Icon...

[@willoneil1456]

A legendary Song

[@karenstrenge800]

Looooovvvv my boy❤❤❤❤ Hope he understands his Momas love....

[@gordocarbo]

Aunt & Uncless played this on thier 8 tracks as a young kid. Still gets ya going today at 55 Thanks Paul...wrote some great music. Love a good ballad.

[@Maldoror200]

✌️💀..ZATHURA !!!

[@Omega-2077]

my childhood✌

[@luluridges9118]

triggers all kinds of feelings... feel happy and sad all at the same time if you can imagine.... LOVE this song so much...

[@gordocarbo]

Wow it sure does, both. Kid in the 70s this song did the same to be back then. Music is gods gift to me...couldnt do life without it

[@hiattgrey9161]

When this song played at the end of "Zathura", it really captures the mood of the movie. Zathura was the devil, the boys were Danny and Walter, and the man was the Astronaut. Calling their names. And the mama part sung in the song was Walter and Daddy's parents.

[@stevecho816]

I regret not discovering this song earlier, makes me feel so happy!

[@lloydkline7245]

stevecho816 i remember when it first came out yes i old,

[@jmc7504]

i heard it from the knicks pacers documentary lol

[@gregshanafelt5772]

Takes me back love it

[@12KMare]

Very special song for me.

[@Armieyada]

Zathura A Space Adventure brought me here in 2006. I miss 6th grade year so much, please take me back!!

[@Darksupercool]

Glad to not be the only one

[@samdog8087]

Such a clean recording

[@wadefare3792]

Recording engineer was Jerry Masters.

[@kenhenderson1762]

Many people think the third verse was about Watergate. But Paul wrote this in 1971, a full year before Watergate happened. However at that time, many Democrats in Congress contended that President Nixon wasn't being forthcoming about his Vietnam policies, accusing Nixon of hiding behind the "Presidential seal and podium".

[@busterevans2754]

I've been looking for that song for years thank you very much and I couldn't remember the name of it and I finally found it thank you so much

[@mitchellhall1367]

Im must say i love the early 70s

[@keithleeuwen877]

Jam !

[@the_resourceful]

Damn...love this tune. Sing along Every time.

[@lisagallant0163]

Great song 🎵 👌

[@JoeSmith-xm3wb]

The Best Song Ever!

[@allanjerry4067]

I grewup,with thisvibe❤🎉😮

[@DulceCaramia]

Love it!

[@kenperkins7921]

Wo, that s wy Simon made 3 or 4 trips all the way from New York to the tiny town of Shefield Alabama to get what you just heard.!

[@frankpitochelli6786]

Another one of those songs back in my high school days, 1975-76 or so, what a great time in life... Except, we didn't know it then..!!😐

[@corkandi]

I loved this song as kid. Probably a bit too much cause when I left home at 17...I took the vinyl album with me & I've still got it. It was my mum's.

[@corkandi]

@@artinnevada Yep! I've got the gatefold style vinyl album and you're right. Vinyl sounds richer, deeper and more authentic (scratches & hisses) than other forms of music. I wonder how much it's worth?

[@chaplainmattsanders4884]

😂

[@Maldoror200]

💀..Hmmm.., (sighh..). If 'twas me, I would've returned it to my Mom, instead of braggin' about it, to "strangers"..but, whateva.., none o' my biz..(lol..)smfh)

[@corkandi]

@@Maldoror200 I fear one doesn't have a sense of humour or understand 'tongue in cheek'. As kids we'd sing & dance to this album most Sundays before & after church. Out of us five kids, one of us had to have it. And I got it before my siblings did. My mother doesn't care... cos 'she loves me like a rock!

[@nodoubtsafetyservices2253]

I still feel guilty; I left a place with ZZ Top one foot in the blues!

[@MacTeee]

Let's hear it for the Dixie Hummingbirds on this...especially the guy singing the bottom part. Wow!

[@roysmith543]

The Guy singing the bottom part was no other than Dixie hummingbirds bass singer William Bobo.

[@robbiedean9916]

True,I love my boy,like a rock,best gift I ever had was my son.

[@cristinabumbac151]

To be able to pass from the sound of silence to this sound you must be Paul Simon.

[@gordocarbo]

Or in my case have bad gas in the morning.

[@davidd8683]

I'd love to hear the isolation track of only the "Dixie Hummingbirds" on this song. These guys were perfect.

[@byronwashington3759]

Right, the model male quartet!!

[@cuttycolyar7991]

THEY HAVE RECORDINGS MY FRIEND. LEARNED THAT IN 1974.

[@sweetblaqcoffey962]

They did record it. That's how I first heard it.

[@kenperkins7921]

Around the same time, the Swampers were giving us Il take you there with the wonderful Staple singers!!

[@kenperkins7921]

Tthats the world famous SWAMPERS AT WORK WITH PAUL SIMON. THEY WERE A PERFECT FIT TOGETHER!

[@brucenorris5076]

I sure do miss the 70s

[@Loydstardeli2017]

Greatest music era ever 1970s

[@terrariIsland]

Awesome

[@blueschick9545]

Shout out to the background singers a southern black gospel group called The Dixie Hummingbirds and Mr Simon I love this song

[@Joseph-kx3be]

Always have been a Paul Simon fan. I think I was 12 when this song came out I am 60 now

[@lauraquintero5180]

just introduced this great song to my son. 😊

[@deniseandrews113]

Still enjoying this time in 2022! Shout out to The Dixie Hummingbirds for that awesome🎵 background🎶 harmony!🎵

[@Maldoror200]

@deniseandrews..The "Dixie Hummingbirds"..??! Someone said 'twas, The Mills Bros"..?!

[@deniseandrews113]

@Maldoror200 The Mills Brothers may have done a version of this song, but the Dixie Hummingbirds did background vocals for Paul. Google it!

[@JayJay-hx8nc]

Hummingbirds most definitely ​@@Maldoror200

[@roysmith543]

​@@Maldoror200 They were the Dixie hummingbirds backing Paul Simon.

[@matambale]

That's that groove. Mmhmm.

[@louislebron7085]

Dis some real fucking music neva 2 b seen again

[@seanbriscoe6804]

My mom would play this and we'd dance around the living room. I got to know the lyrics pretty good. Great song. American!! I work was 8yrs old when this came out. Good music back then. And you could hear the instruments and voices

[@Aussie1964]

When music/songs had a beat, melody and actually told some kind of story you could actually understand. Oh I do lament and wonder have we really evolved? Whilst not perfect the 1970s had more going for it than society today.

[@barbarashapiro3776]

I love this song.....l met Paul Simon at a club called the Bottom line in NYC he was still married to Penny Marshall at the time they were there together... He was very nice....

[@jimkubiak8807]

First time I heard this song was October 9, 1973...It was the day I got my drivers license (I was 16 and my birthday)...after dropped my mom at home while going to school this was the first song I heard on the radio and finally driving all by myself. I had the world by the A** well at least that's what I thought.

[@melonsharkgaming3585]

Great memory Bro!

[@rossnolan7283]

I first heard this whilst sitting on a rock overlòoking the town of Kirchheim in Germany as a 19 year old would be engineering student working in a glider factory (but being Australian) I had just bought s pocket radio ("transistor" then) and turned it on to for the first time and found US forces radio - and 'love me like a rock' heard for the first time. Magic times the Jacksons were touring Germany then also. I never understood the lyric though ...i think it means stedfast but not like you might fall in love with a stone 😅

[@michelecostello1462]

What a song!