I Keep hearing this song played on the 70's XM radio station all the time, and I couldn't figure out what they were singing about-so I looked the lyrics up. I like their music, they were totally unique...some of their lyrics are really strange though, They sure don't write songs like this any more:
When I think back on all the crap I've learned in highschool It's a wonder I can think at all Though my lack of education hasn't hurt me much I can read the writings on the walls
Chorus: Kodachrome, they give us those nice bright colours They give us the greens of summers Makes you think all the world's a sunny day, oh yeah I got a Nicon camera, I love to take a photograph So mama don't take my Kodachrome away
If you took all the girls I knew when I was single Brought 'em all together for one night I know they'd never match my sweet imagination Everything looks better in black and white
chorus
Mama don't take my Kodachrome away, mama don't take my Kodachrome away Mama don't take my Kodachrome away
Mama don't take my Kodachrome, mama don't take my Kodachrome Mama don't take my Kodachrome away Mama don't take my Kodachrome and leave your boy so far from home Mama don't take my Kodachrome away Mama don't take my Kodachrome, whew whew, mama don't take my Kodachrome away
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Posted by StevenHW (Member # 509) on :
Great song! Actually, it's a Paul Simon solo effort, from 1973. Paul and Art Garfunkel went their separate ways in 1970.
The Kodak company nearly threatened to sue Paul because he was using one of their brand names, and then they changed their mind when they realized Paul wasn't bad-mouthing the product. But suprisingly, Paul never let them use the song as a commercial.
ISIS, if there's one Paul Simon album you should have, I would recommend "There Goes Rhymin' Simon".
