Homeward Bound - CELEBRATION 2023 AGAIN! - GRAMMIES @PAUL SIMON SONGS - featuring GARTH BROOKS &
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- Sensational PAUL SIMON HOMEWARD BOUND GRAMMIES REPEATED AGAIN ON CBS
SHARED I DO NOT OWN
Why was Garth Brooks named Garth?The youngest of six children, Garth Brooks was born Troyal Garth Brooks on February 7, 1962, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was named for his father, Troyal, who taught him his first guitar chords and the value of hard work.
I am just a poor boy
Though my story's seldom told
I have squandered my resistance
For a pocketful of mumbles
Such are promises
All lies and jest
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest
When I left my home and my family
I was no more than a boy
In the company of strangers
In the quiet of the railway station
Running scared
Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters
Where the ragged people go
Looking for the places only they would know
Lie-la-lie
Lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie
Lie-la-lie
Lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie, lie-lie-lie-lie-lie
Asking only workman's wages, I come looking for a job
But I get no offers
Just a come-on from the whores on 7th Avenue
I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome
I took some comfort there, la-la-la-la-la-la-la
Lie-la-lie
Lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie
Lie-la-lie
Lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie, lie-lie-lie-lie-lie
Then I'm laying out my winter clothes
And wishing I was gone, going home
Where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me
Leading me, going home
In the clearing stands a boxer
And a fighter by his trade
And he carries the reminders
Of every glove that laid him down
Or cut him till he cried out
In his anger and his shame
"I am leaving, I am leaving"
But the fighter still remains - บันเทิง
Garth Brooks sings every note from heart. Very touching. ❤
Absolutely nailed it. Sounded amazing.
I love when Garth & Trisha do songs to honor people, when it’s truly their honor to do it for them. They do such an amazing job and treat the songs with all due respect.
Unreal performance here!
I'm a StarScout bringing their talent here
Love it ❤
The dulcet-toned Paul Simon never did moonlight as an indomitable ring-fighter. But in an interview with Playboy magazine, the singer-songwriter revealed that the track was intended as an allegory for his tacit bouts with the music critics who began to attack his reputation in the late 1960s.
Garth and Trisha nailed this one!
The families need closure G!
What is the message of The Boxer song?
The lyrics are largely autobiographical and partially inspired by the Bible, and were written during a time when Simon felt he was being unfairly criticized. The song's lyrics discuss poverty and loneliness.
The boxer in the song is a metaphor: Despite having a strong memory for each and every defeat, setback, and humiliation the narrator has endured ("carries the reminder of every glove that laid him down or cut him til he cried out"), he will not give up but will persevere ("the fighter still remains").
The earlier verses show us that the narrator is particularly scarred by the experiences he has had as a young man who "left his home" and "family" when he "was no more than a boy" -- doing so under some vague pretense that life on his own would be better than wherever he came from ("a pocketful of mumbles, such are promises"). Chief among what the narrator has had to endure are loneliness, poverty, homesickness, and urban isolation ("where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me, leading me, to going home"). His overwhelming desire to overcome his isolation has led him to make some unsavory choices, in the form of seeking solace with prostitutes ("just a come on from the whores on 7th Avenue. I do declare there were times when I was so lonesome, I took some comfort there"). The narrator clearly is very desperate for some sort of connection with the human race.
I've read the theories that this song was about Dylan and who knows, maybe it is. Dylan came to NYC as a young man; Simon was already there, as he grew up in Queens. I know Simon didn't care for Dylan, though he certainly seemed to emulate him. But I don't think we should ever presume to be certain who or what someone is singing about, or to think that the inspiration for the lyrics are so narrowly focused. The song raises broad themes that are pretty universal for anyone trying to make it on his/her own. For me, I've always been sure the theme was, at least in part, about Simon himself, since so many of his songs are about urban isolation (e.g., "The Sound of Silence") and hypersensitivity (e.g., "I Am a Rock"). After all, is it that hard to imagine that the guy who wrote two versions of a song called "Think Too Much" (both on the 1983 "Hearts and Bones" album) would compare his intense twenty something angst to an embittered, resilient prizefighter?
While the Beatles have sold more albums than Garth Brooks, the country superstar has sold more total records when accounting for single sales and digital downloads.Jan 2, 2023
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