In 2006, Time Magazine
named singer/songwriter Paul Simon as as one of the "100 People Who Shaped
the World." Along the way, Paul has earned 13 Grammys, was inducted
into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and started loosing his hair when he
married Carrie Fishe. His song "Graceland" is about ending
his relationship with the often volatile Carrie by taking a road trip.
Pail's music was played 24/7 on nearly every radio station in America when
he initially teamed up with singer Art Garfunkel as the duo Simon and
Garfunkel and produced five influential albums. "The Sound of Silence,""Mrs. Robinson," and "Bridge Over Troubled Water,".were embedded in the DNA of millions worldwide . Their 1972
Greatest Hits album has sold over 14 million copies in the US becoming
the number-one selling album by a duo. However, "Bridge Over Troubled
Water" also described their increasingly frictional relationship and
they both parted after the album release.
Paul continued to produce classic solo albums
such as "Mother and Child Reunion," "There Goes Rhymin' Simon," and
the classic "Still Crazy After
All These Years" which produced four
US Top 40 hits, "Gone at Last," "My Little Town," "50 Ways To Leave Your
Lover," and the title track, and won the 1976 Grammy Award for Album of the
Year.
To celebrate Paul's birthday, we return to one of his earlier recording
with Art for inspiration "Scarborough
Fair/Canticle" originally track of their 1966 album "Parsley,
Sage, Rosemary and Thyme," and was released as a single after being
featured on the soundtrack to The Graduate in 1968. Unlike his
other original songs, Scarborough Fair is a traditional ballad of the United
Kingdom, and opens with
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- Are you going to Scarborough Fair ?
- Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme;
- Remember me to one who lives there,
- For once she was a true love of mine.
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It has been suggested that the lyrics refer to
the black plague, with parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme being four herbs
used to ward off the smell of the dead or dying. It was popular belief in
Medieval times that the smell of the plague was responsible for infection
and that herbs could be used to cleanse the air.
So we suggest celebrating Paul's birthday by making Scarborough Fair
Lamb Rib Chops with Rosemary & Sage Crust, and watching Paul play music producer Tony Lacey in Annie Hall (1977).
Scarborough Fair Grilled Lamb Rib
Chops with Rosemary & Sage Crust
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