He also refers to its first line as the "most interesting" part of the song."

Simon seems to think that Kodachrome is a nice, little, invention and has fun with that. Hense- don't take my kodachrome away. The narrator of the song, who was a poor to middling high school student, has now found himself addicted to his Playboy magazines, and in the last stanza he imagines “all the girls I knew”, or all the Playboy centerfolds, in one big sexual (and highly unlikely) fantasy orgy. He changes it a lot, and claims he can't remember which way he wrote it.On June 22, 2009, Kodak officially retired Kodachrome color film after 74 years. If we all had photographic memories life would be intolerable. Richard explains how Joe Walsh kickstarted his career, and why he chose Hazard, Nebraska for a hit. FireNexuson May 07, 2004 Link However, in this song he is being playful and perverse. That's because it scans well in the line "I got a Nikon camera" - try inserting Kodak or Canon in there and it won't sound right.Simon sometimes sings the line "Everything looks worse in black and white" as "Everything looks better in black and white." It is a method of color transparency, but more commonly known as a type of color film the company started marketing in 1935. Sometimes not. Because "Everything looks worse in black and white" we know that he much prefers, in contrast, "the greens of summer" when school was out. See more. The person making the LSD connection wasn't so far off target my friend. Paul simon wrote some deep and thought provoking songs. But needs us to know that there is no comparison between our imagination and a technique developed by Mr. Eastman. with such a deep excursion into the mind and souls of paul simon i couldn't improve on anything the first commenter said. Kodachrome song meanings Add your thoughts 6 Comments. Songfacts®: Kodachrome is a registered trademark of the Kodak company. It is a method of color transparency, but more commonly known as a type of color film the company started marketing in 1935. It was the lead single from his third studio album, There Goes Rhymin' Simon (1973), released on Columbia Records.

It's the same reason The Kinks had to re-record part of "Paul Simon recorded this at Muscle Shoals Sound Studios in Alabama with the famous Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section. This is clearly about the way we seem to color our memories in our own unique way. He sought out the musicians when he found out they played on "In the song, Kodak film gets the title, but Simon uses a Nikon camera.

Lol All lyrics provided for educational purposes only. Kodachrome is a registered trademark of the Kodak company. A monthly update on our latest interviews, stories and added songs simple...he hid his dope in the Kodachrome film cannister, just like everyone else did back then. Its seems as if the person is out of high school and thinking back to his younger years realizing that he should have been a better student and live a better future career wise. he also wroue some that were simply shallow. The song became an appreciation of the things that color our world, and a look at how our memories are framed to fit our worldviews.This was not a hit in England, partly because UK radio stations rarely played it. as he said i'll know my song well before i start singing is a direct opposite of your errors in spelling and grammar. Ask your friends about an event you shared, say, five years ago,(not when you were all zonked out of your heads, but a sober memory) and watch what happens. His imagination is more powerful than those photos ..."I know they would never match my sweet imagination"... you could line up a all those color pictures of all the girls from back in the day and they wouldn't match his Nikon "aka black and white imagination" "The rock revolutionist on songwriting, quitting smoking, and what she thinks of Rush Limbaugh using her song.The Kiss rocker covers a lot of ground in this interview, including why there are no Kiss collaborations, and why the Rock Hall has "become a sham. Whether or not he hid his stash in his empty box like some of you..I don't know? However, finding this would have been "too conventional", he came up with "Kodachrome", because of its similar sound and larger innovative potential.