
"I'm starting to book small shows – warm-up things, workout places. "It's getting mostly better I'm pretty much there," he said last week. Their last concerts, in 2010, were cancelled owing to Garfunkel's vocal cord paresis. Simon & Garfunkel parted after the release of Bridge Over Troubled Water, though they have frequently reunited since. But according to Garfunkel, these tensions led directly to the duo's split in 1970. These events have never been a secret: The Only Living Boy in New York, one of Simon & Garfunkel's final songs, was written as Simon waited for Garfunkel to return from shooting. I'll write the songs, but what's the fourth month? And why is Artie in Rome a fifth month?' What's Mike doing to Simon & Garfunkel?'" "I had Paul sort of waiting: 'All right, I can take this for three months. "Yes, Chuck's gone right to the heart of the difficulty in Simon & Garfunkel when he says, 'Artie and Paul were cast for Catch-22, and Paul's part was dropped,'" he said.

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Archived from the original on March 27, 2010."You don't take Simon & Garfunkel and ask them to be in a movie and then drop one of their roles on them. ^ "Paul Simon Chart History (Hot 100)".^ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005).^ " Paul Simon – Kodachrome" (in Dutch).^ " Paul Simon – Kodachrome" (in French).^ "The Programmers' Adult Contemporary Playlist" (PDF).^ Billboard (Billboard Publications), July 7, 1973, page 53.The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications) ^ "Top 100 Songs – Billboard Hot 100 Chart".The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th Edition (Billboard Publications) ^ "Still Creative After All These Years," interview with Daniel J.^ "Radio Action & Pick Singles" (PDF).The song was banned by the BBC and also by the Federation of (Australian) Radio Broadcasters. In the United Kingdom, the song was marketed as the B-side to " Take Me to the Mardi Gras" (CBS 1578). Released January 21 on Columbia Masterworks, the album was produced by Teo Macero. Robinson', a work in progress which Simon adapted to fit the movie, along with several instrumental pieces by Dave Grusin. 2 the Billboard adult contemporary chart as well. It includes five songs from the folk-rock duo Simon & Garfunkel, including 'Mrs. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, behind " Will It Go Round in Circles" by Billy Preston. Two weeks later "Kodachrome" peaked at No. 59) " Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)" by George Harrison. 9, sandwiched ahead of " Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" by Dawn featuring Tony Orlando and behind May 19, 1973, Hot 100 top debut (No. Chart performance įour weeks after its debut on the Hot 100, the song moved to No. He also refers to its first line as the "most interesting" part of the song. However, finding this would have been "too conventional", he came up with "Kodachrome", because of its similar sound and larger innovative potential. In an interview conducted in November 2008, Simon said that what he had in mind when writing the song was to call it "Going Home".

Record World called it "another Simon masterpiece" and said that "perfect fare for springtime-summer radio will be hummed and whistled by millions." Development

'Kodachrome' was a song that was originally called 'Goin' Home.'" The lyrics on the original album version said, "everything looks worse in black and white," but on the live albums he sang, "everything looks better in black and white." Simon said, "I can't remember which way I originally wrote it – 'better' or 'worse' – but I always change it. The lyrics to this song on There Goes Rhymin' Simon differed in wording from the songs on The Concert in Central Park (1982) and Paul Simon's Concert in the Park, Augalbums. 82 in the Hot 100 on the week-ending May 19, 1973. The song is named after Kodak's now-discontinued reversal film brand Kodachrome.Īfter a review in Billboard's May 12 issue praising its "cheerfully antisocial lyrics," the song debuted at No. It was the lead single from his third studio album, There Goes Rhymin' Simon (1973), released on Columbia Records.

" Kodachrome" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Paul Simon.
