tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7824464142604361129.post7504615845483164025..comments2024-03-24T12:25:13.240-07:00Comments on Every Single Paul Simon Song*: The ShineAnother Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17490204558031016152noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7824464142604361129.post-5233862996913698812017-10-01T10:07:40.919-07:002017-10-01T10:07:40.919-07:00Elizabeth-- Thanks for clearing up some of the det...Elizabeth-- Thanks for clearing up some of the details about the song's progress. I still maintain that the last idea, "where the sun don't... shine" calls to mind that expression whether it was intended to or not, and should have either been modified or left out. There is no way that 3 people heard that line and didn't realize how it might be taken by listeners.Another Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17490204558031016152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7824464142604361129.post-32664738049767510352017-09-26T16:42:49.632-07:002017-09-26T16:42:49.632-07:00That is an interesting take on the last line. I se...That is an interesting take on the last line. I see the casual style as finally a raw expression of true feeling from a man tired of trying to sugarcoat the narrative with poetic metaphors. But it wasn't really written together regardless. As Harper tells it, Carrie came up with the original lyrics (her first attempt at a song) which were then redone to good effect by Paul a few months later. It isn't clear how much of her version still remains. Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07308566964966846699noreply@blogger.com