Paul Simon - Slip Slidin' Away (Official Audio)

[@mushfiqahmed2440]

Yes I am listening

[@tbradtbrad]

Believe we're gliding down the highway when in fact we're slip sliding away... DAMN, brilliant.

[@Kayvee23]

Yes it is

[@daviswall3319]

Indeed

[@Virtual_Melatonin]

Part of the reason i listen to older music as a Gen Z is because of the sweet comments of older generations sharing their memories and meaningful stories that connect to these songs ❤

[@builtbyrecoverytexas]

You smart for13 keep that wisdom it will bring you piece. Just have to live right

[@Virtual_Melatonin]

@@builtbyrecoverytexas thank you very much 🩷

[@robertcronin6603]

That's fabulous, friend - you have excellent taste...as a GenX I grew up with Paul's music - as a musician myself, he's remained one of my greatest influences...his work is the best of the best - good luck to you ❤

[@Virtual_Melatonin]

@@robertcronin6603 thank you! My parents are gen x and listen to his music (that's how I found it lol.) I also was a big elvis fan a few years ago, as well as the Beatles, Billy Joel, and much more because of my parents ♥ these days I'm more into classical, which my parents definitely don't listen to lol

[@honorsilverthorne7227]

I have great faith in you. ❤😊

[@DanielGustavMittlesdorf]

Such is life, love, and death.

[@Weshopwizard]

He wore his passion for his woman like a thorny crown. What a lyric!!!!!

[@joeleves3112]

The phrase "The Dolores Syndrome" has become a part of my culture as a result of this verse.

[@randysquires8362]

JESUS wore HIS for you & me....

[@bradmaj]

No one can write lyrics like Paul Simon. This one is right up there with, "Sonny sits by the window and thinks to himself, how it's strange that some rooms are like cages..."

[@complexlittlepirate3589]

Believe we're gliding down the highway when in fact we're slip sliding away -

[@liberty9348]

Paul Simon is the greatest singer-songwriter that has ever lived AND we will never see another of higher quality. He was born a master and is a living legend. Music doesn't get any better than this and that's a fact. The way musical energy flows through and out of Paul is extremely powerful... much like our SUN. Extremely rare.....

[@markponn9490]

Thinking about life can be tiring.

[@seanmolloy9297]

..and the alternative is unthinkable.

[@Hands4GODManosporDIOS444]

Try living it to the fullest

[@TsK4211run]

yep....You still with us Mate,¿ I hope so..

[@neilmercer8023]

If they don't play this at my funeral I'm not going 😂❤

[@scottfugazi4956]

Love this😂

[@bijoupistou5226]

😂❤

[@bubbabubberson2702]

Great line

[@susanerdmann6764]

If they don't play don't cry for me at my funeral I am going to haunt somebody

[@angelalink666]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂❤

[@santoven]

It's 1978, 4 AM on a Friday night, and I have this playing softly on my stereo after everyone is asleep.

[@AChapstickOrange]

It's 2024, 8 PM on a Friday night, and I'm here alone in the condo still able to sing this word-for-word since I was ten.

[@MyBelch]

4 a.m. is not Friday night.

[@robertcronin6603]

@@MyBelch always someone like you to reply with crap on good comments...smh

[@MaIContent]

It's November 1977. I'm in the car with my step dad Mike. We're driving north on Eisenhower Blvd just south of Hillsborough Ave in Tampa. I'm 7 and this song comes on the radio and it makes me think of toy boats bouncing in the bathtub. It felt comfortable. Mike mutters at the windshield "dont like it."... as the chariot on the building to my right drifted by my window, I thought "he likes the Beach Boys tho."

[@MaIContent]

@@MyBelch hush mimsy

[@chuckkennedy5656]

This song means so much more to me now then it ever has. Living life for 61 years the ups and downs, love gained and lost, the pain, the pleasure. Amazing how life will change you, and your perspective, if you live long enough.

[@johnblair3267]

And if one pays attention to the little things, they matter.

[@NativeTerry]

@@johnblair3267 The little things truly matter the most, and it hurts when you realize what you lost (whether your own undoing of happiness or not) extremely hurts.

[@tammybrown1104]

I'm 62 and I feel like a good day ain't got no rain and a bad days when I lie in bed and think of things that might have been.

[@lisagerrard4671]

​@@tammybrown1104 mee

[@lisagerrard4671]

​@@tammybrown1104 mee. n

[@cazb877]

You never truly understand this song until you are older. It’s an absolute masterpiece ❤️

[@dandylionsloth446]

Stop trying to age gate depression, I"m 42 and understood this song when I was a teen.

[@jrgussngussn7093]

Agreed... i made fun of paul simon until i came out of rehab.

[@boywithcap]

@@dandylionsloth446 idk what age gate depression means (wtf, hope ur being cheeky) but I think what Caz meant was that they didn’t get it until they were older. In any case, Paul was in mid 30s when this came out.. and I was a babe so yeah

[@iandevoss6410]

I might go with the word experienced instead of older. I got this song in my 20's. Other might later but I'm willing to bet there are those younger than that that feel this song in their soul.

[@jasonvoorhees895]

And if you got a son, it hits home even more

[@thevelvettip1110]

"A good day ain't got no rain, she said a bad day's when I lie in bed and think of things that might have been". That line kills me every time I hear it.

[@RocknRollDina]

me too

[@alexanderboidock4402]

❤❤❤❤

[@ACatherine66]

Me too, was married to a sociopath... who still has my family thinking I'm the bad guy for divorcing him.

[@JohnSmith-kz8yo]

Hindsight is always 20/20.....

[@davidtimothymiller6883]

Me 3 what it be what it be.

[@timothyburnside3229]

The longer God gives you the more you understand mistakes, failures but also the blessings!

[@SamuelButt-zi8yx]

That's gospel truth.

[@deeday4361]

For sure go grab it with both hands worlds your oyster with lots of beautiful people

[@LindaSafley-g1o]

I know

[@StephEWaterstram]

When You believe in Imaginary Sky Despots, You're most definitely Slip Slidin' Away!

[@jimpinkey8382]

God only knows, God makes his plan The information's unavailable to the mortal man -Such an incredible lyric

[@patricemarie2960]

..... OMG ..... FOR SURE!

[@fluffyclouden]

jim pinkey agreed it is amazing ... I long to be able to write like Paul

[@JohnSmith-kz8yo]

@@fluffyclouden actually that line is in the bible...

[@waykoolcreations5413]

I always thought it was " available " - hmm 😑

[@jimpinkey8382]

@@waykoolcreations5413 ITS DEFINITELY UNAVAILABLE

[@sean-cl1xo]

“The nearer your destination, you know the more you’re slip sliding away.” So true. Love this song.

[@gordocarbo]

Pretty heavy huh? and so true without being morbid. Love this tune Thank you Paul!

[@SafetyMentalst]

Best of times those you shared Best times show that you cared Best of times enjoy they are rare Best of times behind you prepare For Best of times is a rocking chair

[@DanaRArwen]

"God only knows, God makes his plan, the information's unavailable to the mortal man" Amen. How beautiful & true. God Bless & Love to all, 143❤

[@bls5160]

God Bless you too! Have a wondderful weekend!

[@Melissa-eb2iy]

I'm slip sliding away. I will be a faded memory one day. God Paul knows.

[@IbrahimDashtiMusic]

Am always glad to receive positive comments from my lovely fans 🤍🖤 it's absolutely my pleasure bringing sweet melody to you. May God bless you awesomely 🙏 I hope you have fun listening to this music 🎧❣️. Have you been to any of my concert?

[@reneekrueger962]

The older I get the more I appreciate this song.

[@anidiquaojala1804]

Amen ❣️

[@scottlane6393]

All these years I never knew that was the Oak Ridge Boys backing him on this song. Wow!

[@highnrising]

The Oak Ridge Boys met Paul Simon at an awards show when they had just switched from gospel and were trying make it in country country music. Duane Allen asked Paul if he could write a song for them, it would jump-start their career. Paul said, I'm kind of stingy. If I write something that I think is good, I'll probably want to keep it for myself. But I'll keep you in mind. Then, months later they got a call to see if they could come to New York and record a song with him for his Greatest Hits album. Later, he sent them a gold record. Joe Bonsall, who died earlier this year, wrote the story up on his website. They performed the song together live exactly once. It was 11 years later at a gospel awards show. By then, the Oak Ridge Boys had gold records of their own. That performance is posted on KZbin.

[@FerlinFrye]

Great writer. I mean come on! “The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenement halls”. One of America’s greatest lyricists.

[@beholden1663]

Rush the spirit of radio has those lyrics

[@davetaylor2449]

Once in a life a man like this comes along, and I am so glad not to have missed it.

[@tysparks598]

I sang this song when I was a kid, when I didn't even know the meaning of the words, when my dad was nowhere to be found & my single mom struggled to raise me & my 2 sisters... I've been fortunate to have wonderful, strong women who raised me, my grandmother as well, but no father figure. Hug your kids, guys, & be the best dad you can be, that's more powerful than you could possibly know & more valuable than all diamonds. My best to everyone ❤️✌️

[@audreyvjantjies6602]

Both my parents has dementia - I just travel along3🎭this song tells all❤🎼❤➿

[@johnsimons8216]

I've got 5 kids man and this is the true goal in life

[@rubinhammond940]

Almost the exact same here ! God bless !

[@pulsarlights2825]

"So your mother chose a "bad" man to have children with or she drove a "good" man away? " Stefan Molyneux

[@williamgoudreau4169]

Mom raised 4 of us by herself in the 50 and 60s

[@quidable3626]

Time is slipping away, it may seem as though time creeps by but it isn't is passing in a blur. I tell the youth to take life as borrowed time, I am in my 60's now and wish I could have done more, seen more, lived more. Use your resources to enjoy everything you can as quickly as you can, don't waste time it will end before you least expect it to

[@galaxywanderer4608]

Perhaps it is not too late just yet.

[@JayAr709]

Doesn’t matter what you do, how you hope to expedite, be ahead of the game, amaze your followers, wins friends and influence people, this too shall slip. Then slide away.

[@dennismanary5537]

Yep hou get one time around. Live love laugh. Brighten peoples day, be the love you want to see. ❤

[@bls5160]

@@dennismanary5537 Beautiful thought!

[@LCinc707]

Yeah, but when you're 21 , 61 seems eons aeway.No saving grace.

[@franklinholt9520]

This song came out in 1975 , I was a senior in high school .I am now 61 and we are all slip sliding away. we are all mortal and are here for a very brief moment in this life. let us all come together as one people one Earth.

[@rjc4me]

Graduated in '75. The song had something I didn't know. Liked it, it was calming. Had no clue. Now, "The nearer my destination the more I'm slip sliding away." I am on the Path now. Slightly, but in the right direction. Peace to Earth!

[@TheTheurgist]

Class of 75

[@charlespiro6917]

Could you even imagine if we could put aside our pettiness and just come to that realization. Well put.

[@dustinsmith2021]

Gay

[@itsmejerkface]

I was born in '76. Still sliding...

[@alejandraparker7272]

JULY 8TH 2024 I am slip sliding away...I have one foot on Earth the other in heaven...lived a good decent life...God YAHWEH has tremendously blessed me in my old age..I am slip sliding away .....

[@sallywhite7678]

Excellent! Ken Boa at Reflections Ministries teaches this principle. I’m paraphrasing here: we are amphibious creatures with one foot on earth and the other in heaven (eternity). Our eyes are on the Eternal. I, too, am “slip sliding away”. 🙏❤️🐈

[@squatchburger1580]

Travel peacefully friend

[@saffiekallon1325]

Don't slip slide away just yet. Stay a while.

[@bridypow1947]

0:38 ❤🙏 0:44

[@alejandraparker7272]

@squatchburger1580 Thank you. All my 13 Family members have left before me...I am excited to reunite with them and more excited to stand in the presence of my Creator YAHWEH and HIS son JESUS CHRIST. I had no children or husband to wish me good bye. Also, all my friends have left. So I thank you for thinking of me. BLESSINGS.

[@idanwillenchik3050]

Life has more sadness than hapiness, more grief than joy and yet we carry on for the precious few moments which make life worthwhile.

[@evanabt8578]

It’s all perception. U could see more happiness than sadness. It’s up to you.

[@idanwillenchik3050]

@@evanabt8578 That may be true but there are some things in life that are also objectively sad.

[@uradragon]

Means more to me now than when it was released 50 yrs ago. It hasbeen good to have Paul Simon around.

[@paulmarren7970]

I just cannot understand why we dont have this quality of music anymore...thanks to them legends

[@quinnculver]

...says every generation. 🥱

[@paulmarren7970]

@@quinnculver but this isnt from my generation.

[@quinnculver]

@@paulmarren7970 Interesting. I guess I made a mistake. I'll think about it.

[@GhostOfRT300]

Because drugs are abused these days, unlike the old days

[@johndube7206]

Paul Simon is the best singer/songwriter that ever lived. Change my mind.

[@sturmritter1]

I probably won't change your mind, but I can propose another to that lofty category, that they may share the title: Freddie Mercury.

[@sidneyrichardson6738]

John Prine. Paul is great, but John is the best. Bob Dylan agrees with me, calling songs like Sam Stone "Pure Proustian Existentialism."

[@Jimbojenkins]

Carol King.

[@michaellogsdon3884]

John Prine was great! I would have to give Springsteen a nod as well. Lyrics that stop you dead in your tracks and reflect on past relationships with people, places and things!

[@JuniorWatts-kj9vb]

John Mayer... pretty awesome from my generation

[@melissadavis4436]

PAUL....YOU ARE ONE OF THE BEST SONGWRITERS OF ALL TIME !!!

[@hillbilly4895]

aww shucks...thanks. Oh wait...you meant "that" Paul?

[@kerry1759]

His voice is a true instrument. Sounds angelic.

[@pauleytee8410]

Word :)

[@jamesnash4571]

The phenomenal ability to talk a song

[@IbrahimDashtiMusic]

Thanks for the great love and support you show me as a special fan of mine, I hope you won't stop listening to music, and thanks for your sincere Compliment and love towards my music❤️❤️may god bless you.

[@jeffallen6754]

Smooth as butter

[@IbrahimDashtiMusic]

@@jeffallen6754 How long have you been listening to my music??

[@nickibridges2898]

My Daddy passed away 25 hours ago. My heart hurts, and this helps. We used to listen to all Paul Simon thru the years. I had a cat named "Bones" inspired by Hearts & Bones. My Daddy taught me to love good music. 💔

[@hasyour7257]

You called him Daddy?

[@ignaciodejesus1502]

@@hasyour7257 LMAO

[@robo_y2k]

There's a podcast/show on netflix called the midnight gospel. Very trippy animation which might not be your thing. He interviews his mother in the last episode of the first season. She has bone cancer and was dying when he interviewed her. She's since passed, but one thing she said always stuck out to me. She says that she loves him and even though she would be gone soon, that love wasnt going anywhere. Sorry to hear about your loss. I hope you continue to cry as long as you need to. I hope you continue to turn to music and art in general. I hope your father is somewhere else right now, crying to Paul Simon alongside you.

[@christopherunfus8962]

Sorry for your loss.

[@dyingflexx]

Sorry for your loss, hope your pops is fine up in heaven

[@jeffreyflynn5746]

"I know a father who had a son..He longed to tell him all the reasons for the things he done.. He came a long way just to explain.. Kissed his boy as he lay sleeping then turned around and headed home again" my dad did that very thing after him my mom split up. Didnt see him for a year and then he came to see me while i was sleeping one night. Miss you pops R.I.P. Jeff Scott Sr. Jan 20th 1965 - Nov 15th 2012. 🤘✌❤

[@danielmichalson7036]

@jeffery Scott good song to rmbr..promice brother peace out

[@brdahl13]

Whoa, dude, that's heavy stuff!

[@IlaughedIcried]

That lyric makes me cry every time. The song is so deceptively bouncy, but the lyrics are achingly sad.

[@ClaytonTownley]

RIP to your Pops

[@sherri-lynnwhite401]

[@garygreer9555]

He kissed his Boy as he lay sleeping, then he turned around and headed home again...makes me start crying and I can't hold in the tears...so powerful.

[@bobfriesth3514]

Mr. Simon has quite a few lines like that. He does the same thing to me. Jeff Buckley's original "Hallelujah" (oh, hell; most any version of "Hallelujah") just turns on the faucets. Actually, the faucets just leak, but they still have to be cleaned up.

[@pamwood4970]

Ditto

[@swn69]

My father left my mom when I was 3. He left the state when I was 6. Saw him once when I was 9, lived with him for a year when I was 12, and he sent me back to my mom because his new wife didn't want me there. He's slip sliding away as I sit here and type this. I was asked if I was going to see him... simple answer. No. My own son is grown and has never wondered where I was or whether I loved him. I'm still married to his mother... and if I wasn't, I would never choose another woman over my own son.

[@MrSeattleguy3098]

Yes for sure

[@Tacoman1967]

My parents divorced when I was 13. My father did his best to stay in our lives. He would sometimes stop after work in the summer mornings when my mom went to work. He would come up to my room and wake me up. I miss those days. He was in his 40s. He was still young and I was about 15. We would talk about things. Then he would leave before my mom came home for lunch.

[@Costas2448]

More true in 2024 than ever before in human history😢😢😢

[@laurasmith7409]

Just wanted to throw out there that the millennium generarion also appreciates great music when they hear it 😉. God bless my mother for introducing me to the oldies (but goodies) before she slippp slid awayyyy

[@ronaldwolf2599]

Laura Smith; So amply stated. We're only here for so short a time. Condolences extended.

[@bobmoslow4636]

Thanks, Laura- nice to hear that we Boomers had decent taste in music. So sorry for your loss.

[@reedashokrgozar9950]

I’m a last-day of the last-week of the last-year to be a “boomer “ my mom had “had” a 45 record collection to die for. However, six of her kids, including me, had a frisbee war with them. Sorry mom. Youth is definitely wasted on the young. But thank you for introducing me to the beautiful land of music.

[@Phil_Trujeque]

My son (who's 28 as of 2021), also introduces his pop's to new music. It's a beautiful cycle that *_needs_* to start in infancy. My parents turned *ME* on to excellent music as well... Back in '86, *MY* pops, on the other hand... made fun of the Megadeth song I was listening to while I was blasting 'em while in the shower... one of the funniest friggin' moments I have of him (and I have many)... This is the cycle we def need to repeat -- inspire the generations younger than us! My condolences for your loss.

[@reedashokrgozar9950]

@@Phil_Trujeque Thank you very much for your kind words. Isn’t it great how music can bring strangers together to share their joy of the good thing they’ve found

[@mike2191958]

I had a women slip slide away on me I raised a son without her he is now practicing medicine has children of his own now life has been good to a old plumber he still calls for advice

[@jr3950]

My hats off to you brother! I can relate. Nice job though.

[@arleenturk6216]

I slip slided away from an alcoholic who destroyed his liver and died at 45...what a waste

[@ryanrsilkdav6022]

Excellent and a blessing you are

[@roomforthefiiixins2491]

Such a beautiful story. Congrats brother...you have much to be proud of and grateful for.

[@anthonysrironcloud9963]

Awesome an they say men are fucked up smh

[@melhummad9925]

That third verse gets me everytime wen i was 9 my dad just got out of doing 4 years jail it was late wen i woke up to hear mum yelling at someone didn't know who it was as the other person was saying nothing i pretended to sleep wen i heard a males voice say can i at least see him then my bedroom door opened and someone put thier hand on my forehead and said i love you son i heard him walk out my door close a car start i walked out to mum in the frond yard to see a set of tail lights driving off up the street it would be another 9 years before i seen him again 😢 but i still love you dad

[@noahdb100]

The first recorded music I ever bought was the 45 of this. Bought it for my brother in 1977.

[@debilynnphillips]

Pure awesomeness, Paul Simon! All that you do in music just shines! Keep shining, our music friend! Happy holidays! Hello & Hugs & Love from Tampa Bay! xxs

[@jensejayehudson4341]

a bad day is when I lie in bed and think of things that might have been... what incredible lyrics he has always had!

[@IbrahimDashtiMusic]

Thanks for the great love and support you show me as a special fan of mine, I hope you won't stop listening to music, and thanks for your sincere Compliment and love towards my music❤️❤️may god bless you.

[@matthewtacka3159]

lived it.

[@patgalvez4563]

been there done that

[@neilwilliams929]

You didn't mention the first bit .....a woman who became a wife these's a the very words she describe her life ....a good day has no rain ....."

[@Charles_Reid]

Paul Simon has this incredible ability to write songs that are catchy and fun while also being extremely sad and hopeless. he introduces bits of hope into the song only to beat them down a few lines later. Great writer.

[@SuzyQpip]

Charles Reid: I agree. The lyrics are so incredibly poignant and meaningful. They seem hopeless but in a strange way, I find comfort in them. I feel like I’m not alone. If there’s one lesson I’ve learned in life it’s that nothing lasts. And that’s ok. Now if only I could learn to stop trying to cling, it would be even better 😆

[@lindasafley4794]

His songs make sense to me. Musical genius.

[@corsayr9629]

Wanna make this song really sad; The boy in the 3rd verse is dead, the father is attending his funeral. (It fits with the lyrics as metaphors and it is sad AF 😭)

[@markdibble8840]

​@@artinnevadayou're right I find inspiration in this song God only knows and God makes his plan. Everything will be fine in the end.

[@maxamumdawg5494]

You Sure GOT THAT RIGHT !!!!!

[@projectdesign4675]

this song was popular when I converted to Jesus Christ........they always said "don't backslide", and I would always say " I ain't slip sliding away"!

[@davidferrara1105]

no one cares here

[@projectdesign4675]

@@davidferrara1105 Jesus cares and 11 other people

[@bls5160]

@@davidferrara1105 What a dumb thing to say and how do you know that people reading his comment don't care as I liked his comment so someone does care.

[@Danny-ju2ip]

If you ever need to calm your soul just listen to a Paul Simon masterpiece. We sure need this in the year 2023. God bless

[@lovesij8408]

Hard to find a song that just makes you want to feel more alive. The melody is 10/10 and Simon's voice is heaven.

[@theway3660]

Thank you Paul🥰

[@dennissleigh7865]

This man is a genius for his poetry & songs which are phenomenal. May God bless you Paul!!!

[@MrDanoconnor]

Some People are Gifted Musicians, Some People are Gifted Singers, Some People are Gifted Song Writers, Some People are Gifted Poets. Then There are those Few, like Paul Simon, Who can put ALL those Gifts together. That's Genius.

[@dennismanary5537]

I'm a gifted listener!! 😊

[@curvy71]

who grew up listening to Paul Simon?

[@IbrahimDashtiMusic]

Am always glad to receive positive comments from my lovely fans 🤍🖤 it's absolutely my pleasure bringing sweet melody to you. May God bless you awesomely 🙏 I hope you have fun listening to this music 🎧❣️. Have you been to any of my concert?

[@Psychoticsavage]

I’m 30 years old, will be 31 in June. I grew up listening to Paul Simon, jimmy rankin and family, the Sundays, the cranberries and many others. These songs are my childhood, riding in the passenger side of my dad’s pickup truck, driving to town late at night. The moon shining and having the window slightly down and my dad blasting his tunes. Good memories.

[@yellowcatlady5110]

Me. My grandmother used to love him

[@johnbarnes6840]

​@@IbrahimDashtiMusicwhat have you got to do with Paul Simon

[@doragiacomelli1221]

Eu sou uma destas pessoas. Somos privilegiados pelo fato de termos tão bom gosto, apuradíssimo por sinal.🌷

[@aenima1]

One of the most beautiful and powerful songs ever written

[@harrycarter4980]

I feel this song means; we're sometimes pompous, full of ourselves for what we feel are righteous reasons; only to find out like a schoolyard kid.., how unbelievably fucking wrong we've been. , all along! ALL of us!

[@paulroehl3341]

I loved this song long before I knew it's meaning. 40 years find me truly "living" the song. Life's short. Bitter or sweet.. We choose. Tell someone you love them, no regrets at the end.

[@davidtimothymiller6883]

Yea then you don't wonder or waist time thinking about it.yes no maybe so

[@lindaeubanks5586]

True

[@user-pe9gz8si8k]

You also missed the meaning of this song.

[@abbottsplace8080]

Yes!! So true! Great thoughts!

[@SuzyQpip]

@@user-pe9gz8si8k : What’s the meaning?

[@gordocarbo]

Meaning as a 10 yr old and now 55...wow this song is money! Still sounds good today. Thanks for the memories!! "A woman who became a wife"...days long gone.

[@samsoncrosswood7259]

That’s the Oak Ridge Boys singing backing vocals on this little masterpiece of gospel-tinged pop.

[@tammylandis5979]

Brilliant piece of knowledge!🤗

[@msbevins101]

Thank's for that bit of knowledge, as long as I've known this song, I never knew that...lol ;

[@alienkreeper]

Ok, this is an epic tidbit of knowledge.

[@samanthaketler5702]

vicki JJJJH A

[@margyseay]

I did not know that! That's really cool!

[@garrysmith3615]

Such a beautiful song. I lost the love of my life to cancer, I miss her always, I'll love my Brenda Gail Always! "Slip sliding away in what's left of my time, laying my body next to my Lady

[@ramblinrose19]

A truly great song means something different to each person who listens.

[@monsieurlespaique2333]

Paul Simon is a poet of middle age. This song always makes me sad.

[@butchdugan]

The nearer your destination the more you’re slip sliding away!

[@DanaJensen]

If you ever need a boost in spirit Paul, just read these comments. Such love vibrating your way! I'm such a big fan of your work, thank you for what you have done for this world.

[@christianperez7846]

I'm 26. I have no business with the folk that know this music best. All I know is that folk were my parents. I know this well. In my household and in my greatest of times this music rang true. It rings true now more than ever.

[@nikkimion8171]

My dad exposed it to my sister and I since I have a memory and I'm now 40 and my kids are 23 years old 21 years old and 2yo and they ALL know this good real music, actually my 23 year old son only listens to stuff from wayyy before he was born and up to like 2005 he hates almost ALL new music , I always tell him to give new things a chance but he's an old soul lol

[@ues5587]

@@nikkimion8171 your son has taste and discernment. that never gets old!

[@blainebrodka5335]

Good music crosses generations

[@thevapingauditfrog2387]

And I'm just laying here vaping and thinking about my immortal soul.... every damn second slip slides away like the thick clouds from my lips.....

[@shellzmoe8966]

If that folk were your parents sounds like you got some appreciating to give your grandparents too my friend!

[@ThommyofThenn]

Such a dark, sad song both musically and lyrically. Yet it also fills me with a little bit hope. To be better.

[@markcarroll2942]

yup, that's the sign of a great song.

[@paulflaks8826]

Same!

[@spiderreed350]

Don't forget the thorney crown and Deloris!.

[@sillyone52062]

I was 15 when this came out. Didn't have a clue what Paul was talkin' about. Now 55, and....slip slidin' away.

[@hiramrodriguezrodriguez9658]

I das 16 seeling weed.

[@mcnorcan]

sillyone52062 Amen brother.

[@marksproha6066]

how'd that work out for you?

[@johnmaki1197]

51 here, and just came to find this song because I was telling a friend how time's slip-sliding away.... ain't it the truth. :-)

[@TheCribboy123]

sillyone52062 i

[@bobbyr2972]

Why does this song make me feel something that no other song does? It's frickin amazing

[@curtedwinerlandson]

Books tell you what. Poetry tells you why.

[@Ariehirschhorn]

Because Paul Simon. That’s the only explanation.

[@thaithaknot]

One of the most astute and influential among songwriters, musicians, and artists that there ever was. The breath of Paul Simon's work is astonishing.

[@kitspics526]

What a kick ass song

[@DaveWillis1]

Ages like fine wine

[@YeyoCastro-v2o]

Now that was music!

[@matthewellenberger1905]

Still is, my friend. It still is.

[@BillSytsma]

R.I.P. to my dear friend Joe Bonsall of The Oak Ridge Boys who is providing the harmony on this song. Love you brother 💔

[@randybeard6040]

I am 76 years young and often think about the What If's...but we have to walk the Road that Destiny has given us...

[@5thandoverland]

The production is amazing. Not ever overpowering the vocals just complementing

[@AGoodVibe]

"We think we're gliding down the highway, when in fact we're slip sliding away." Brings tears to my eyes.

[@raisincane42]

Powerful and truthful lyrics. Beautiful melody. Love this song.

[@jeffhreid]

Makes you miss the 70’s.... time’s slip sliding away....

[@andreanewman2509]

Who else just learned it’s the Oak Ridge Boys singing back-up on this. Had to come for another listen. RIP Joe Bonsall 💔

[@brandonbevers9696]

I just learned myself!

[@GamerNRetro]

This was one of those songs I shared with my dad. Love you dad and miss you.

[@wordzfailmebro]

Asba busker who played this song many times on the street here in Australia. This song always moved people and always a coin was tossed into my guitar case. This song means alot to me...and many others who sang along. So thank you sir.

[@anthonyrivera557]

This song came out when I had a beautiful childhood year unlike other years. His song represents that great time in 77

[@barbarapearson9550]

My favorite! Heartrending. So glad he discussed it on Colbert.

[@darkshad0wz69]

This gem from 1977 reached No. 5 in the charts, one of the very few to succeed without being introduced first in an album, nor included later in a studio one, but only in a compilation. The song is a trilogy - man, woman, father who all “slip slide away” and a fourth verse which can be considered an overview, or critic by the one who knows it all. The song has a “bluesy” cadence, which fits very well with the story line. The lyrics have inspired numerous debates and writings

[@PatriciaKhachadoorian]

“You know You’re NEAR Your DESTINATION The MORE You’re slip sliding away.” ☮️Thank🙏You❤

[@gbwildlifeuk8269]

* "you know THE near your destination, the more you're slip sliding away"

[@chriswohlitz1309]

The nearer ​@@gbwildlifeuk8269

[@elflood10]

What a poet and song writer. Love to hear songs by singers like Bob Dylan and Neil Diamond. The lyrics are like poetry. 70's music is the best.

[@Woofdy_Do]

Nothing is more facts than that!

[@nonyab5640]

I wasn’t there, but I imagine all those singer-songwriters of the time sitting around a campfire getting stoned and serenading their friends with their guitars and their voices. Weaving stories about life in a philosophical way as you do when you’re stoned. And everyone grouping up back then as they left home and hitchhiking to adventure, looking for meaning beyond.

[@HoeferET703]

Some songs feel as good as climbing into a nice, warm bed on a cold night.

[@dwightdodd3734]

This is one of them................

[@micheleabrehamsen3723]

Beautiful song. Jesus loves you. John3:16

[@chrisfairley279]

this is some of the best music ever

[@joesteedman8230]

Chris Fairley always the best 50 up to the 80’s.

[@dwightdodd3734]

Doubtful we will ever hear this quality again,thank God we have these treasures recorded............

[@vironpayne3405]

Good execution musically and technically in recording.

[@KG-mc1mv]

Absolutely masterful lyrics, he embodies the human condition throughout, thanks Paul.

[@kitspics526]

Melody, lyric, refrain, rhythm , message. That’s Paul's genius. That’s all.

[@theoldhip]

The older I get the more this song and his voice connects with me inside. . . Thank-you for putting it up.

[@shawnbelland3287]

I was 8 years old when this song came out. It hit me so hard musically. I would ride my Schwinn Stingray with a radio attached to the handle bars singing this song as loud as I could around the neighborhood. Great memories!!

[@dogchopz]

Wow… I’m just imagining the film stand by me or similar. What a memory !

[@larrymar19]

🍻

[@markenglert8725]

I love it I did the same thing and I was the same age

[@loriscott3290]

Me,too. It was always playing in our Oldsmobile (hehe) on the way home from school. Love it.

[@darinbarfield8738]

We likely had no idea at the time, how much we would miss & revere the simpler times we had back then. 70s was a great time to grow up in many ways… at least we had some of the best music in history.

[@anythingghost]

Whoever EQ'd his voice in this recording was spot on. His voice texture sounds awesome.

[@patibaumberger2041]

Lex Wahl the deep voice?

[@jerryturner3997]

Yes indeed, we are all slip sliden away!... WHICH WAY..✝️ the only way! Thanks for your FAITH, Mr Paul Simon..& this powerful, 🕰️Less 🎶SONG🎵 SHALOM..⏳..🌎..🙌....🧘....🙌

[@justwatching1980]

Simon was 34 when he recorded this. I disagree with the people that say it gets better as you get older. I think you get better.

[@hhshdhshgilbreth6464]

Some of us..glad to meet you !

[@newton296]

I wish artist still wrote powerful songs like this

[@mattturley5687]

They do

[@willyhearrell9060]

+Matt Turley ehhh.... less common. And its too upbeat or peppy.

[@spencereliotclark3399]

Some people still do... You have to search them out, and there's rarely a group that makes *all* wonderful songs, but you can find artists who are still talented lyricists and musicians rather than skilled with computers. Music isn't what it used to be, but there are still some salvageable parts. :)

[@doreenseablom6863]

Can anybody tell me what the song means

[@davidalexander828]

It means diferent thing to different people. But I think it means sometime in life when you about to reach your goals (destination), sometimes things happen that makes you farther away from you original goals. Then in some of those goals you finally get near your destination and think its better just go back to where you came from. I hope that helps you

[@graseldathomas5503]

I can't remember how young I was, I only remember how sad it made me. At age 60 I reflect on the sadness then as futuristic events in my life the unforeseen, unknown now experienced, and glad about it! Loving life!!!

[@mikef-gi2dg]

I remember a buddy and me were riding around in my mothers Buick Electra 225 1964 singing this song all night.

[@plathrop7737]

mike f good story ty

[@eugenday9929]

This will always be the saddest song I ever heard and it makes me cry a little every time I hear it.

[@chase_aviation4795]

This song has helped me through several rough times. The first time I heard it was right after my uncle died in a motorcycle collision. I've love Simon and garfunkel several years now. Their music has changed my life

[@Yourlastmortician]

We work our jobs... collect our pay....believe we are gliding down a highway when In fact we're slip siding away.....let that sink in.

[@thatman4853]

We are..

[@gentrymagician]

In a vast desert of glib, “feel good” pop music, this song is a tiny oasis of hurtful honesty that makes us all feel less alone.

[@davidrussellhamrick1828]

My Dad, a conservative preacher, listened to top 40 to know what society was singing about. He loved this song--said that it really spoke a timeless truth. Miss you, Dad.

[@mikemccreary4966]

Great song writer

[@kitdaberserker555]

This song hit me hard when I was recently sober working on a sport fishing boat.. loneliness and fatigue can really help you tap into that more emotional side... I had a lot of demons to confront a conquer and this song helped alot. Even right now I have a tear rolling down my cheek... RIP POPPA.

[@paulcheetham3906]

I felt the importance of your post to you and I feel a similar way my friend. I'm a 6 year clean drug addict living each day as it presents itself to me now running the family plumbing business and I get more from these tunes than others can understand as maybe for different reasons but the lyrics came from a real place in his life and are felt as intended by people needing a reminder that they are not alone and others are out there. Love you all. 💛

[@kitdaberserker555]

@@paulcheetham3906 I love you brother. You are amazing. Today we have the opportunity to live a life we never dreamed possible. Right now I'm staring at a volcano smoking up here in Alaska. Never could I have dreamed this possible. Bravo my brother.

[@paulcheetham3906]

@@kitdaberserker555 thanks mate

[@kitdaberserker555]

@@paulcheetham3906 you deserve it my brother. Cheers.