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Brian Cronin
Apr-13-2006, 23:43 GMT
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USA - United Staates America

Someone recently asked me this question awhile back, and I thought I´d ask if any of you folks happen to know the answer.

Here´s the question:

"Was Paul Simon really thinking of the Marvel staff when he wrote "Fifty Ways To Leave Your Lover":

"Slip out the back, Jack" (Kirby)
"Make a new plan, Stan" (Lee)
"Don´t need to be coy, Roy" (Thomas)
"Hop on the bus, Gus" (?)
"Just drop off the key, Lee" (Stan)

I´ve never heard Simon mention comic books at all in any interview he´s ever
given, so it seems highly unlikely that his song had anything to do with Marvel,
even in a wink-wink kind of way. But who knows?"

Thanks!

Emily.P
Apr-14-2006, 13:03 GMT
IP:
Denmark

mmm. The only thing I ever heard was that it was a word-game he used to play with his son Harper. But it could be that Harper was interested in comics or something...who knows!

Brian Cronin
Apr-14-2006, 23:28 GMT
IP:
USA - United Staates America

Thanks.

Yeah, it seems like one of those things that, unless Paul himself says it one way or the other, it´s gonna be hard TOTALLY debunking it.

Too bad.

Beth
Apr-15-2006, 00:19 GMT
IP:
USA - United Staates America

From the website of the Dreamer of Music......

"I woke up one morning in my apartment on Central Park and the opening words just popped into my mind: ´The problem is all inside your head, she said to me . . .´ That was the first thing I thought of. So I just started building on that line. It was the last song I wrote for the album, and I wrote it with a Rhythm Ace, one of those electronic drum machines so maybe that´s how it got that sing-song ´make a new plan Stan, don´t need to be coy Roy´ quality. It´s basically a nonsense song."



Eddie Simon: "Paul loves to play these little improvisational rhyming games with his three-year-Old son, Harper James," Ed reveals with a laugh. "You know. ´There Goes Rhymin´ Simon´ and all of that--that´s where that stuff comes from. It all started a while ago when Paul was teaching him this ´Fe Fi Fiddle-eye-o´ song, and just grew from there. Harper James laughs like crazy when he does it!.I think that´s where the song came from. I believe it grew out of those games they play. I know it´s Harper James´s favorite."



`The big discovery on this song was Steve Gadd´s drum part. It´s probably what made it a hit. When Steve used to be in the studio, he used to practice these little marching-band Patterns. It was like a little exercice for him. So I guess that´s what it was. It´s tricky; I´ve watched a lot of drummers try to play that. They never quite get it. It´s very tricky. The song has a real casualness to the verses and a sense of humor to it, and the choruses are funny and catchy. And everybody seemed to like that one, young people and old people. The choruses were from a rhyming game I used to play with my son Harper when he was about four. I think it came off unusually well as a record. I like the chordsâ?.

Emily.P
Apr-15-2006, 08:31 GMT
IP:
Denmark

Is Harpers name ´james´ Harper?

I didn´t know that...

Bodo
Apr-15-2006, 08:55 GMT
IP:
Austria

Just want to mention - what is said to be from the website dreamerofmusic is word-for-word a copy from 3 or 4 different interviews which can be found on the chalmers website

This one
http://www.ckk.chalmers.se/guitar/simon.interview2
.html

or this

http://www.ckk.chalm
ers.se/guitar/simon.interview6.html


Just should be mentioned I thought

Brian Cronin 
Jun-13-2006, 08:41 GMT
IP:
USA - United Staates America

Thanks a ton for the help! I Love when things are actually debunked.

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