Happy New YEAR Top Ten: Still Crazy After All These Years (#9)

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And that is a wrap on 2017, as far as working goes. I have my candles lit, some candy cane herbal tea in the tea maker (technically sold as a "coffee maker," but I don't drink coffee, which of course means more for JJ!), and ready to put my feet up and relax. I'll also give you another song from my list of favorites that have the word "year" (or "years") in the title. I have to tell you, this countdown basically wrote itself. I thought of this idea and bang, there were ten songs! Then I had to put 'em in order....which wasn't so easy, as you see with this song being this low in the countdown. #9: Still Crazy After All These Years - Paul Simon And has a more appropriate song title been given? I loved this song from the moment I heard it, which is weird because I was 15 when this album was released, and I barely understood rock and roll. In this song, Paul Simon sang it almost as a jazz crooner. It definitely has that feel to it, to me anyway (the jazz enthusiasts might slap me silly for saying that). The lyrics show that we're all "crazy" in some way, as they run the gamut from enjoying a chance encounter with a lost flame ("I met my old lover on the street last night, she seemed so glad to see me, I just smiled, and we talked about some old times and we drank ourselves some beers") to being an introvert ("I'm not the kind of man who tends to socialize....I sit by my window and I watch the cars"). By the way, if you've never seen it, this song was part of one of my all-time favorite SNL moments. Paul Simon hosted the show the Saturday after Thanksgiving. He opened the show by singing the first verse of this song....dressed up in a turkey outfit. It's good to know that I've reached the age when I can truly say I'm still crazy after all these years...crazy in a good way, the way the song means it. Still Crazy After All These Years Written by Paul Simon Recorded by Paul Simon From Still Crazy After All These Years, 1975 I would not be convicted by a jury of my peers: