The myth of fingerprints

[Bert Notorius]

Over the mountain
Down in the valley
Lives a former talk-show host
Everybody knows his name
He says there's no doubt about it
It was the myth of fingerprints
I've seen them all and man
They're all the same
Well, the sun gets weary
And the sun goes down
Ever since the watermelon
And the lights come up
On the black pit town
Somebody says what's a better thing to do
Well, it's not just me
And it's not just you
This is all around the world
Out in the indian ocean somewhere
There's a former army post
Abandoned now just like the war
And there's no doubt about it
It was the myth of fingerprints
That's what that old army post was for
Well, the sun gets bloody
And the sun goes down
Ever since the watermelon
And the lights come up
On the black pit town
Somebody says what's a better thing to do
Well, it's not just me
And it's not just you
This is all around the world
Over the mountain
Down in the valley
Lives the former talk-show host
Far and wide his name was known
He said there's no doubt about it
It was the myth of fingerprints
That's why we must learn to live alone

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

do not ask Daft Punk about it- they will give you earworm.

 

[Bert Notorius]

The Myths of "Fingerprints"



We all know that Paul Simon's epochal Graceland was a collaboration with some amazingly gifted African musicians, plus two other songs: "That Was Your Mother," cut with some zydeco cats from Louisiana, and "All Around the World, or the Myth of Fingerprints," recorded with Los Lobos. I had heard rumors that the latter song was a Los Lobos song that they brought in to the collaboration, and that Simon ended up taking sole songwriting credit for it. I assumed he had done something on the song to earn that credit, but I recently read an interview with Steve Berlin of Los Lobos, on a site calledJamBase, that made it sound even worse than that.

Somehow or other, we got through the day with nothing. I mean, literally, nothing.... So we go back in the second day wondering why we're there. It was ridiculous. I think David starts playing "The Myth of the Fingerprints," or whatever he ended up calling it. That was one of our songs.... Paul goes, "Hey, what's that?" We start playing what we have of it, and it is exactly what you hear on the record. So we're like, "Oh, ok. We'll share this song."

A few months later, the record comes out and says "Words and Music by Paul Simon." We were like, "What the f&%* is this?" ... We tried calling him, and we can't find him. Weeks go by and our managers can't find him. We finally track him down and ask him about our song, and he goes, "Sue me. See what happens."

 

[LiFeNdEaTh]

Hmmm interesting

 

[TonyClifton]

Is spamming all you do?

I gave it up when I was arrested.

 

[LiFeNdEaTh]

Is spamming all you do?

I gave it up when I was arrested.

me?????

 

[bluntforcemama]

My favorite will always be I Know What I Know.

And I fucking LOVE Pee Wee.

 

[Bert Notorius]

you can call me al was the last good thing chevy chase did.

 

[LiFeNdEaTh]

My favorite will always be I Know What I Know.

And I fucking LOVE Pee Wee.

so you're a pee wee playhouse fan

 

[Minalick]

so you're a pee wee playhouse fan

Thank you Captain Obvious

 

[LiFeNdEaTh]

Thank you Captain Obvious

haha no problem