SONG TITLE: MRS. ROBINSON
PERFORMER: SIMON AND GARFUNKEL
SONGWRITER: PAUL SIMON
YEAR OF RELEASE: 1968
COMMENTS:
First of all, this is one righteous piece of rock and roll. Paul Simon can play some fine guitar. The rhythym guitar is nicely understated, but urgent and dramatic. It pushes the song. Combined with the percussion (bongos?), and the lead guitar fills between lines of the vocal melody (and that hot jammin' bonus guitar solo on the extro), you're dealing with a grade A nicely textured hot rockin' groove.
Combined
with
the
lyrics,
the
verses
come
out
like
quiet,
almost
conspiratorial
whispers
making
vague
references
to
personal
scandals
and
indiscretions
that
must,
above
all,
be
hidden
from
the
children.
Then
the
chorus
comes
crashing
in
with
the
displays
of
rank
hypocrisy
and
unwarranted
invocations
of
divine
salvation
"Heaven
holds
a
place
for
those
who
pray."
Also, if you listen carefully, you can see that Simon did all this without knowing the plot of The Graduate, the movie for which this was written. It turns out he didn't really need to: this song is like a mini movie unto itself.