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Paul Simon — Kodachrome
Album: There Goes Rhymin' Simon
Avg rating:
7.6

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Total ratings: 481









Released: 1973
Length: 3:26
Plays (last 30 days): 0
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When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school
It's a wonder I can think at all
And though my lack of education hasn't hurt me none
I can read the writing on the wall

Kodachrome
They give us those nice bright colors
Give us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the world's a sunny day, oh yeah
I got a Nikon camera
I love to take a photograph
So mama don't take my Kodachrome away

If you took all the girls I knew when I was single
And brought 'em all together for one night
I know they'd never match my sweet imagination
And everything looks worse in black and white

Kodachrome
They give us those nice bright colors
They give us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the world's a sunny day, oh yeah
I got a Nikon camera
I love to take a photograph
So mama don't take my Kodachrome away

Mama don't take my Kodachrome away
Mama don't take my Kodachrome away
Mama don't take my Kodachrome away
Mama don't take my Kodachrome
Mama don't take my Kodachrome
Mama don't take my Kodachrome away
Mama don't take my Kodachrome
Leave your boy so far from home
Mama don't take my Kodachrome away
Mama don't take my Kodachrome
Mama don't take my Kodachrome away
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 On_The_Beach wrote:



Cool!  Thank You for sharing it! 
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Is Kodachrome a code word for pot? 
Posted 1 year ago by xrdstv    [ Reply ]
I got a Nikon camera too !
Posted 1 year ago by espresso    [ Reply ]
In the NYT Crossword yesterday!
Posted 2 years ago by bstjames    [ Reply ]
Thanks, RP! I needed that. A great song from a much less complicated time in life.
Posted 2 years ago by MayBaby    [ Reply ]
Is this song about a camera, or his vivid memories of his youth? You pick. 
Posted 2 years ago by pfreet    [ Reply ]
 Grammarcop wrote:

I'm more of a Tri-X guy.




I think Plus-X is the way to go...
Posted 2 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
One of those songs that when you heard it in the car you were always driving faster at the end of it than when it started.
Posted 2 years ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]
One of the best American song writers
Posted 2 years ago by sailingonwizard    [ Reply ]
I'm more of a Tri-X guy.
Posted 2 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
I mostly hate Paul Simon Songs, but this one really has a good vibe - didn't think the guy can actually produce anything that nice :-)
Posted 2 years ago by kleverhans    [ Reply ]
This song is literally why I bought a Nikon camera in the 1970s. 
Posted 2 years ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
I know not why, but this song popped in my head when I first heard the term - omicron.
Posted 3 years ago by the_jake    [ Reply ]
Is it even possible to sit still to this tune? 
Posted 3 years ago by Dubbelito    [ Reply ]
Fun tune from Paul.  To me Kodachrome goes well with his 50 Ways tune.
Doesn't appear to played often on RP.  Though a little more recently
Posted 3 years ago by the_jake    [ Reply ]
Posted 3 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
 nelsonha wrote:

Only 68 ratings for this classic?  Come on RP we're better than that.


I'm guessing BillG just added this one to the rotation. Calling this one an 8, it's catchy and well written and talks crap about public education, though I suppose nowadays it'd be "don't take my iPhone away"
LLRP!!
Posted 3 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
Only 68 ratings for this classic?  Come on RP we're better than that.
Posted 3 years ago by nelsonha    [ Reply ]
One of the better pop songs ever written.
Posted 19 years ago by Fenderbelly_Bodine    [ Reply ]