Paul Simon’s debut album is a vibrant, stripped-down introduction to one of the greatest songwriters of our time.
will be revisiting albums that came out before the magazine was founded in July 2002 and assessing its current cultural relevance. This week, we’re looking at Paul Simon’s proper debut album, which boasts a tracklist of songs that would live stronger lives elsewhere yet make for a vibrant, stripped-down introduction to one of the greatest songwriters of our time.
“Kathy’s Song” is Simon’s first track where he explicitly calls out his then-girlfriend and momentary muse Kathy Chitty , whom would inspire the song “America” a few years later. 60 years later, I fear that Simon has failed to write lines as beautiful as “And as I watch the drops of rain weave their weary paths and die, I know that I am like the rain, there but for the grace of you go I.
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