Just because Simon is male, can we assume that “me” in the song is male? “House of the Rising Sun” and “Angel From Montgomery” have female narrators, but Eric Burdon and John Prine appear to be male.
If the singer is male is there a reason to NOT assume the song’s narrator is male? Sometimes it’s obvious from the lyrics, but most other times it’s really not, especially if you are open to the notion of relationships other than heterosexual. Likewise, if the singer is female. Even more fun if the singer’s gender is ambiguous.
Well, mama looks down and she spits on the ground every time my name gets mentioned.
And Papa said, “Oh, if I get that boy, I’m gonna stick him in the house of detention.”
Well, for the time period, it sounds no more offensive than “Chico and the Man.”
No, it’s just something I heard once. Wiki sez:
Ridiculous. Elton John was barely famous in 1971, when the song was written. It is amusing, though, to match up this guy with the the suave, ladies man in the lyrics.
Since according to Paul Simon’s website the lyrics are, “See you, me and Julio down by the school yard” I always assumed the three of them were getting it on, and at least one of them was over age.
“You” could be Julio.
If it’s “you, me, and Julio”, then how can “you” be Julio? If it was “you and me, Julio”, then you’d have a point. But as it is, “you” and “Julio” are definitely two distinct people.
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I hope everyone has seen this take. Paul Simon gets upstaged while singing Me & Julio on Sesame Street.
[/QUOTE] What a bizarre fucking choice of songs for a children's TV program.I mean, I like Paul Simon a lot, love the song (and enjoyed this live version) but seems like a total WTF selection.
That’s what made “Sesame Street” great back in the day.