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Readers' Best Opening Lyrics: No. 22

"When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school, it's a wonder I can think at all"
--Paul Simon's 'Kodachrome'



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firesoforion

Absolutely!

January 15 2011 at 11:20 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Lee

This should definitely be on the "outdated lyrics" list - Kodak stopped making Kodachrome film in 2009, and there's only *one* lab left in the entire world that still processes it (Dwanye's Photo in Kansas).

Kodachrome movies and photos from the 1930s show almost no deterioration or color fading. Will our DVDs, SD cards, ink-jet prints, and hard drives still be readable 70 years from now?

January 10 2010 at 6:54 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
carlyj94

Kool your are so mean. Paul Simon is an effing genius. Go jump off a bridge!

September 12 2009 at 5:06 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Carly

If I wrote this, I would say this

"When I think back on all the crap I learned in MIDDLE SCHOOL, it's a wonder I can think at all."

Middle School almost murdered me.

September 12 2009 at 2:29 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Kool

this guy is a dork and very ugly.

March 10 2008 at 4:36 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jake

If you haven't listened to his album "Graceland" then you are doing yourself a disservice. If you don't like it, then you don't like music. It has consistently made critics' "Best Albums of all time" lists and for very good reason. Simon and Garfunkel were amazing, but Paul really unleashed after the break-up.

January 29 2008 at 7:09 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
steve lyons

I went to High school with Paul Simon.I learned THE SAME CRAP! I remember all the crap we learned. ALGEBRA ?: I NEVER EVER EVER used it again. X = Y = total Bullshit!
FRENCH: Conjugating verbs? I speak, He speaks, They speak? Hey guess what? I CAN'T speak it, because NOBODY SPEAKS IN CONJUGATION!!!
They speak in CONVERSATION!!
After 4 years of that French crap ( which I still can't speak) , I taught MYSELF to speak FLUENT spanish in 3 WEEKS with the help of a phonetical guide called "SPANISH FOR TRAVELERS"
So much for Forest Hills High School!!!
VIVA PAUL SIMON!!!!

January 21 2008 at 10:37 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Rick

Orlando wrote: "Everybody loves Paul Simon, that's why it's easy to forgive him for the lyrics ' Kodachrome, it gives us those nice bright colors, it gives us the greens of summer' when in fact Kodachrome was black and white film. Kodacolor was the polychromatic version."

Actually, while Kodacolor was a color negative film, Kodachrome is a color positive slide film, available since 1935. At the time of the writing of this song, it was widely appreciated by photographers for its saturated colors, especially when underexposed an f/stop or so.

December 08 2007 at 9:51 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
cool

I just found "The Sounds of Silence"
Looking on this website, sad they broke up.

November 19 2007 at 8:18 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
corpo

Wow D-man you're a loser. Why are you on a music page talking about a real athlete (because I'm sure a loser like you isn't)? So sad what jealousy and hatred bring oh yea nothing! Just like you.

October 28 2007 at 8:14 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply