We already have a popular thread "Right Now I Am Listening To ...." where we post the names of our favourite artists / albums, etc. However, the thread does not have any explanation regarding WHY we like what we like. I think we can have an additional thread where we explain very briefly why a certain album appeals to us.
We have to remember here that it could be a very well known album as well. That is to say, we all know that The Wall is a great album which everybody has heard and which need not be reviewed any more. But still it could appeal to me in a way thats different from the way someone else likes it, i.e. our individual reasons for liking it may be different. It would be fun to share these different reasons, isnt it ?
As a starting point, here goes my take on "Sounds of Silence" :-
S&Gs strengths were always their lyrical imagery and the harmonics. The album opens with the title song which has both. Has anyone ever heard of a more anguished anthem to loneliness ? Although its an all-time favourite, I somehow like the non-drum track version included in Wednesday Morning 3 AM.
Another favourite is "Leaves that are Green" because of the evocative phrases ("she faded in the night, like a poem I meant to write", "watch the ripples run away, and they never made a sound", etc etc) and the high pitched guitar plucking.
April Come She Will and Kathys Song are love songs, or are they ??? The first song makes us look at seasons in a different light. The second song is supposed to be an ode to Paul Simon's one time girlfriend Kathy and the first paragraph imagery is so vivid, its almost like a movie playing in your mind.
Finally, its somehow fitting that an album which starts off with "loneliness" ends with "isolation" in "I Am A Rock", with the final lines being "And a rock feels no pain; And an island never cries".
We have to remember here that it could be a very well known album as well. That is to say, we all know that The Wall is a great album which everybody has heard and which need not be reviewed any more. But still it could appeal to me in a way thats different from the way someone else likes it, i.e. our individual reasons for liking it may be different. It would be fun to share these different reasons, isnt it ?
As a starting point, here goes my take on "Sounds of Silence" :-
S&Gs strengths were always their lyrical imagery and the harmonics. The album opens with the title song which has both. Has anyone ever heard of a more anguished anthem to loneliness ? Although its an all-time favourite, I somehow like the non-drum track version included in Wednesday Morning 3 AM.
Another favourite is "Leaves that are Green" because of the evocative phrases ("she faded in the night, like a poem I meant to write", "watch the ripples run away, and they never made a sound", etc etc) and the high pitched guitar plucking.
April Come She Will and Kathys Song are love songs, or are they ??? The first song makes us look at seasons in a different light. The second song is supposed to be an ode to Paul Simon's one time girlfriend Kathy and the first paragraph imagery is so vivid, its almost like a movie playing in your mind.
Finally, its somehow fitting that an album which starts off with "loneliness" ends with "isolation" in "I Am A Rock", with the final lines being "And a rock feels no pain; And an island never cries".
Last edited:
