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elmac

(4,642 posts) Thu Nov 22, 2018, 05:56 PM Nov 2018

Whenever I visit my ultra conservative one factory home town I think of this song

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Whenever I visit my ultra conservative one factory home town I think of this song (Original Post) elmac Nov 2018 OP

Decidedly not autobiographical marybourg Nov 2018 #1

The song reminds me of my life and the town I grew up in. Archae Nov 2018 #2

I'd always thought this was a Simon solo song. But was corrected recently. C Moon Nov 2018 #3

Great Song Roy Rolling Nov 2018 #4

marybourg

(13,587 posts)

1. Decidedly not autobiographical

Reply to elmac (Original post)

Thu Nov 22, 2018, 06:09 PM

Nov 2018

for them. Maybe that’s why it lacks a certain conviction that their other songs have.

Archae

(47,245 posts)

2. The song reminds me of my life and the town I grew up in.

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Thu Nov 22, 2018, 06:51 PM

Nov 2018

Small town, about 5,000 people.

C Moon

(13,404 posts)

3. I'd always thought this was a Simon solo song. But was corrected recently.

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Fri Nov 23, 2018, 12:17 AM

Nov 2018

Roy Rolling

(7,382 posts)

4. Great Song

Reply to elmac (Original post)

Fri Nov 23, 2018, 09:00 AM

Nov 2018

From the "Allentown" genre of dying factory towns that used to define the American Dream. Not autobiographical at all, but definitely they were good at these songs. The whole "Bookends" album is storytelling of Americana from two New York City boys.

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