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You Can Call Me Al by Paul Simon
Genre: Rock
Year: 1987
Year: 1987
"You Can Call Me Al" is a song by Paul Simon, the first single released from his album Graceland. The song originally charted in the U.S. at No. 44 in October, 1986 but it was reissued with greater promotion in March, 1987 and hit No. 23. In the UK it peaked at No. 4, while in Sweden and the Netherlands reached No. 2.
The lyrics can be interpreted as describing a man experiencing a midlife crisis ("Wheres my wife and family? What if I die here? Wholl be my role model?").
The song features a bass run performed by Bakithi Kumalo (whose birthday it was on the day of recording the track); the solo is palindromic as only the first half was recorded, and was then played backwards for the second half.
The names in the song came from an incident at a party that Simon went to with his Read full article at wikipedia.org
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Recommend this song to friends!People who like this song also like The Sound Of Silence, Hey Jude, Money For Nothing, Smells Like Teen Spirit, Brothers In Arms.
More songs by Paul Simon: One Man's Ceiling is Another Man's Floor, Was a Sunny Day, Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes, The Afterlife, Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard.
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