I was born the day he sang this. People used to ask me when I was a teenager why I like 'old music' like Simon and Garfunkle. Paul Simon is a national treasure. His music is so timeless and beautiful. He's a genius.
@paulholyfield
6 жыл бұрын
This is the best I ever heard him do it. Those strings, his heartfelt singing, just stunning.
@runninglikewind
13 жыл бұрын
This is quite simply genius. This stands up strong and true all these years later and will continue to do so for several lifetimes to comes Bravo, Paul Simon, Bravo
@petersebine6423
Жыл бұрын
This song should be the American anthem a beautiful song god bless mr.simon a truly great song writer ❤
@Dagger1934
8 жыл бұрын
Perfect, teacher, giant, genius, the best writer of folk songs of all time. My hero...
@barbryll8596
4 жыл бұрын
Antonio Navarro Navarro mine too! Love his first album after the break up from Garfunkel. Absolutely one of my favourites!
@JAGUITARPLAYER
2 жыл бұрын
Mine too!!!
@faustus999
14 жыл бұрын
one of his greatest songs it is sublime. paul simon is simply a musical genius.
@martaflitxpanella9423
2 жыл бұрын
This song heals. One of the best ever. Honest and made from the heart. This guy must live forever.
@akichan2012
11 жыл бұрын
I love Paul Simon .My life is very happy, beacause I am living with him in same times. "American tune" is most favorite song and most important song in my long life.
Whoa. His best performance of this song bar none. Singing and guitar playing top notch. Simply wonderful.
@davidkyle5017
5 жыл бұрын
That song kills me. I remember when it came out, it's always taken me away with its lyrics and melody. Beautiful Paul, from a fellow NY'er.
@happybergner9832
Жыл бұрын
Fellow New Yorker
@terrafirma91
15 жыл бұрын
I've always marveled at the splendor of this composition by Mr. Simon. The lyrics, music/arrangement, and substance are beautifully written. This is one of my all time favorites, and my top pick of Paul Simon's writings.
@NoRefillsLeft
15 жыл бұрын
So lovely. Paul is singing this a key higher than he normally does, and sings it in a more melancholy way than any version I've heard before. Brings tears to my eyes . . . Thanks for sharing this wonderful clip.
@sbbinahee
14 жыл бұрын
What an artist! That understated vocal knocks me out everytime.............
@pennysworth
10 жыл бұрын
Snapshot of 1970s America. Still spot on.
@leon723
11 жыл бұрын
Love this song, and this may his best rendition of it.
@lovercat2942
16 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the history lesson. I would have never known. Just shows how a beautiful tune can be an inspiration to so many people over the ages.
@MsLizp
14 жыл бұрын
Maybe I'm just getting old, but his lyrics are making more and more sense to me
Not a "song rip-off" as someone has suggested. JS Bach I'm sure would be honored to have such a meaningful use of one of his classics. Many great composers have used Bach's contrapuntal genius. This is just one example.
@Bjowolf2
3 жыл бұрын
Well, the A-section is more or less copied from Bach - just with minor variations - , who in turn got this most beautiful tune from Gerhardt and he from Hassler before him, but the B-section ( "And I dreamed ... " ) as well as the wonderful lyrics are by Paul Simon himself. Hans Leo Haßler kzitem.info/news/bejne/1Gd9t32Aqnmng2k Paul Gerhardt kzitem.info/news/bejne/1p2aq2mqsYFkoag Johan Sebastian Bach kzitem.info/news/bejne/ro9jx6OtsYiJmX4 kzitem.info/news/bejne/061-tot9iaWUd3Y Peter, Paul & Mary kzitem.info/news/bejne/qZmIrZp9f6qleag
@lovercat2942
16 жыл бұрын
What on earth do you mean, "rip off"? This is one of the most beautiful songs, and it's so, so true... I wonder what's gone wrong.....
@Bjowolf2
3 жыл бұрын
Well, the A-section is more or less copied from Bach - just with minor variations - , who in turn got this most beautiful tune from Gerhardt and he from Hassler before him, but the B-section ( "And I dreamed ... " ) as well as the wonderful lyrics are by Paul Simon himself. Hans Leo Haßler kzitem.info/news/bejne/1Gd9t32Aqnmng2k Paul Gerhardt kzitem.info/news/bejne/1p2aq2mqsYFkoag Johan Sebastian Bach kzitem.info/news/bejne/ro9jx6OtsYiJmX4 kzitem.info/news/bejne/061-tot9iaWUd3Y Peter, Paul & Mary kzitem.info/news/bejne/qZmIrZp9f6qleag
@MBLeano
15 жыл бұрын
beautifull
@limeginger
16 жыл бұрын
This is a song I sought out to listen to on 9/11(and had in my head for months afterward).
@dawbtreader22
14 жыл бұрын
When I die I want this to be played at my wake.
@archibaldcutter
15 жыл бұрын
See Greil Marcus on Charlie Rich's "Feel Like Going Home." In this performance Simon is alive to the significance his song had taken on since writing it. "American Tune" is bigger than Vietnam, although it's in there, and bigger than Watergate, for reflection on which it seems to have been an anthem. And of course it resonates like crazy now. If our nation has a shot at greatness, it's not our blustery might but the generous streak that basically accepts our fellows that will take us there.
@Ragland1952
15 жыл бұрын
This song was on his second album, "There Goes Rhymin' Simon," released 05/1973, the month the U.S. Senate began the Watergate hearings. Simon was tired when he wrote it. I don't know if Simon (or anyone else) was much aware of Watergate's implications until the hearings began, but I've always HEARD it as a commentary on that sad chapter of U.S. history..."mistaken," confused," forsaken," "misused," "soul battered," dream shattered," "Statue of Liberty sailing away..." "what's gone wrong."
@artnardone
Жыл бұрын
Watergate is nothing now, compared to the Evil today.
@faradyeva
14 жыл бұрын
I can cry at this song.
@尚彦阿佐美
2 жыл бұрын
My favorite song !
@mwebber69
13 жыл бұрын
The outro is amazing !!!
@Sameoldfitup
4 жыл бұрын
“Patience is power. Patience is not an absence of action; rather it is "timing" it waits on the right time to act, for the right principles and in the right way.” Fulton J. Sheen
@mjsmcd
4 жыл бұрын
bishop sheen is sure a name from the past Had a tv show didnt he?
@Ragland1952
15 жыл бұрын
The original Christian tune this is based on also asks, "I wonder what's gone wrong?" The 17th cent. tune is a beautiful German chorale that sings to Jesus during His Passion. In some U.S./English hymnals the 12th cent. lyrics' opening line is translated, "O sacred Head, now wounded, with grief and shame weighed down; now scornfully surrounded with thorns thine only crown. How pale thou art with anguish, with sore abuse and scorn! How does that visage languish which once was bright as morn!
@hellaxis6431
5 жыл бұрын
Many's the time I've been mistaken And many times confused Yes, and often felt forsaken And certainly misused But I'm all right, I'm all right I'm just weary to my bones Still, you don't expect to be Bright and bon vivant So far away from home, so far away from home 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 But it's all right, it's all right We've lived so well so long Still, when I think of the road we're traveling on I wonder what went wrong I can't help it, I wonder what went wrong And I dreamed I was dying And I dreamed that my soul rose unexpectedly And looking back down at me Smiled reassuringly And I dreamed I was flying And high up above my eyes could clearly see The Statue of Liberty Sailing away to sea And I dreamed I was flying We come on the ship they call the Mayflower We come on the ship that sailed the moon We come in the age's most uncertain hour and sing an American tune But it's all right, it's all right You can't be forever blessed Still, tomorrow's going to be another working day And I'm trying to get some rest That's all I'm trying to get some rest
@togaroc345
16 жыл бұрын
he did a great version of this on the colbert report the other night .... it was great.
@kevinconiston2270
4 жыл бұрын
True Genius.
@Thansmuziek
14 жыл бұрын
This is a love song.
@happybergner9832
Жыл бұрын
I love this
@ragingbull7
17 жыл бұрын
I thought about this song after 9-11, especially that second verse.
A tune for today- January 31, 2020. So sad . Lawlessness rules !
@baceli2
10 жыл бұрын
J'aime beaucoup Paul Simon que je chante mais j'aime encore plus J S Bach. La mélodie de American Tune est exactement, note pour note le thème du chorale de la passion selon Saint Mathieu « O Haupt voll Blut und wunden ». il a ajouté un refrain mais l'essentiel vient de Bach I like very much Paul Simon whom I sing but I love even more J S Bach. The melody of American Tune is exactly, note for note the subject of choir of the passion according to Saint Mathieu " O Haupt voll Blut und wunden ". He added a tune but the main part comes from Bach.
@jrjr227
15 жыл бұрын
respect paul simon
@danielleb1993
14 жыл бұрын
heavenly.
@jthaw
16 жыл бұрын
The melody to Paul Simon's "American Tune" is based upon the J.S. Bach chorale "O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden". But I would hardly call it a "rip-off". There is a long tradition of doing this even amongst the great "classical" composers. There is another example in popular music where this melody is used, and that is the song "Because All Men Are Brothers" sung by Peter, Paul, and Mary. You can hear it on their album "See What Tomorrow Brings" or their boxed set (accompanied by Dave Brubeck).
@Ragland1952
15 жыл бұрын
scotpens, I agree in many ways. However, the release date for the album/song was BEFORE the Watergate hearings actually began, and I've heard nothing about Simon actually having had Watergate in mind...but see my other comment posted separately just moments ago.
@Coldnewton
16 жыл бұрын
I always thought this was wrote by P Simon, another version of this song ive heard often9whilst learning to play guitar is The Music Of Paul Simon by Fred Sokalo,he cant sing to save his life,but i find his version of this particular song on his video ,highly likeable
@NagoyaHouseHead
2 жыл бұрын
For we come on the ship they call the Mayflower ... we come on the ship that sailed the moon ... we cone in the ages most uncertain hour ... and sing an American tune
@jthaw
15 жыл бұрын
Paul Simon's use of the Bach chorale is clearly not note for note. The middle chorus of "American Tune" is pretty much all his, and it fits quite nicely with the surrounding choral. As I mentioned in my earlier comment, this sort of thing is standard in most music. If there are people out there who believe it was a rip off, I would challenge them to write a hit, as Simon did, using any classical piece as its basis. Paul Simon is a consummate composer and lyricist!
@MFIORE7511
16 жыл бұрын
The third song of the supposed soundtrack just came to me. I think it was Lennon's Imagine.
@rockitmanjohn
15 жыл бұрын
He looks like Chevy Chase circa '75 in a couple of those profiles!
@MlleYChin
2 жыл бұрын
🙏♥️✨
@MFIORE7511
16 жыл бұрын
There was supposed to be a movie made,along with Randy Newman's "Sail Away" and another artist's song which I can not remember. If anyone knows the director or movie that was supposed to made please let me know,I think the movie was going to be about the pilgrims or immigrants coming to America.
@difrancisga7279
3 жыл бұрын
🥰
@Ragland1952
15 жыл бұрын
Also that Billy Joel song based on a Beethoven piano tune.
@POBOH2
12 жыл бұрын
個人的にはこれはポール・サイモンの「I am a rock」「A most peculiar man」同様、もっとパーソナルな歌だと思って聴いています。人間が生きることは、経済の好不況に関係なくいつでも苦しいものだと思います。
@THEclimberclimber
12 жыл бұрын
スタジオ・バージョンとライブ・バージョンはキーが違うんですね。
@Xlorntabis
13 жыл бұрын
@guarddave Maybe try Damien Rice or Xavier Rudd for similar caliber. Paul is still my hero, but there are some out there that do us justice still.
@Xlorntabis
13 жыл бұрын
@marnalah Pretty sure it actually came from the hymn "O Sacred Head, Now Wounded" by 16th century German composer Hans Leo Hassler. Borrowing great ideas (in this case melody only) in music was a "rip-off", it must be murder for painters to use the same colors. lol
@さんちょん-l4i
2 жыл бұрын
🗽❤️🚢🌙
@insightsmagazine5272
8 жыл бұрын
Bach was a genius
@PapagenoMF
8 жыл бұрын
Anything actually new to add? If you think you're the first to notice, newsflash - everyone knows.
@paulholyfield
Жыл бұрын
Yep, and so is Paul. I think the bridge section of this song (Paul wrote that melody), really ties the song together.
@Mariopv1174
15 жыл бұрын
he kinda look as ron jeremy
@mwebber69
16 жыл бұрын
hahaha !
@togaroc345
16 жыл бұрын
but he didn't have the cheesy stache
@stephenmcewan2460
4 жыл бұрын
O Paul, lose the hair.
@pasifjpasojifpsa
16 жыл бұрын
he's doing a crap job with that karaoke... he should learn to read that japanese
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