Why Paul Simon Won’t Play ‘You Can Call Me Al’ Again

UltimateClassicRock ^ | November 20, 2024 | Corey Irwin

[nickcarraway]

He has hearing loss, but it's not he played heavy metal.

At least we have top men working on it now.

[Vendome]

He’s just not listening...

[nickcarraway]

He just hears the sound of silence.

[nickcarraway]

Now he can't hear his wife singing about philosophy.

Is she saying smile on a dog? I always thought it was a smile on a doll?

[xp38]

[exDemMom]

So, it’s not because his name is actually Paul, and calling him “Al” is just silly.

It’s a shame about his hearing loss.

[nickcarraway]

Thank you! I didn’t know if anyone would get that.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

synthetic heroine (oxycotin) causes hearing loss.
Just ask Rush.

[AppyPappy]

Heroin

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

She does make some folks quite relieved...
[Thanks]

[tumblindice]

They’ve got seeing eye and chewing mouth dogs.
Why can’t they come up with a hearing ear dog?

[political1]

Paul has lost his voice. He can’t sing anymore.

[A Navy Vet]

A shame a musician of his caliber to lose any hearing. I have tinnitus, but no lose of hearing in any ear as yet at 74. I can still hear the sizzle of a high-hat (I’m a drummer) and all lower frequencies. Although I’ve been in bands much of my life and currently listen to my CD’s at high volume, my hearing is better than my wife’s who is years younger. Weird.

[Bonemaker]

"Why Paul Simon Won’t Play ‘You Can Call Me Al’ Again"

Because Chevy Chase is a dick?

[A Navy Vet]

"He just hears the sound of silence."

Bad joke, but I get it. I believe it is the best song he ever wrote. I still love that song from my youth. It was the deciding factor whether to play bass or drums. Both had such cool melodic rifts. I chose drums.

[nagant]

I have tinnitus. I called the tinnitus help hotline to see what they could do, but it just kept ringing.

[nickcarraway]

So, oxycodone was responsible for Limbaugh's hearing loss?

I never heard Simon was on junk. Is that true?

If this is true, hearing loss should be skyrocketing, because fentanyl is much stronger than oxycodone, or heroin for that matter.

[FateAmenableToChange]

Thank you! I didn’t know if anyone would get that. You can rest assured that the "top men" and their algorithms got that. When you get that knock at your door, just claim that you were quoting Raiders of the Lost Arc and that you don't have any actual knowledge of any actual or fictional government conspiracy, real or imagined.

[webheart]

Bass fiddle or bass guitar? And as far as choosing between a bass guitar and drums it seems to me that drums would be a whole lot easier than any form of guitar.

[Ronaldus Magnus III]

Rush stated that after his first cochlear implant, any new music was just noise. Songs he knew very well sounded just as he remembered them. Something about the mind filling in what the implant did not.