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All Lies And Jest...

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... still a man hears what he wants to hear, and disregards the rest...😐

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Pretzel · 61-69, M

lie lie lie
lie lie lie lie lie lie lie
lie lie lie
lie lie lie live lie lie lie
lie la lie la lie
(I think that's how it goes)

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helenS · 36-40, F

@Pretzel There are only 2 pop songs with a piccolo trumpet solo that I know of: Paul Simon's "Boxer" and McCartney's "Penny Lane".

Royrogers · 61-69, M

@Pretzel very close lol

Royrogers · 61-69, M

@Pretzel with crash of cymbals and twang of guitar

Coppercoil · M

Where is the line for I'll believe anything and act like I know what the fuck I'm talking about, so long as I heard a sound bite about it on the evening knews?

helenS · 36-40, F

@Coppercoil Nobody would line in 😏

JimboSaturn · 51-55, M

@Coppercoil Or from some nonsense site on the internet

ArtieKat · M

Lie-La-Lie

helenS · 36-40, F

@ArtieKat So old and still true! 😐

BackyardShaman · 61-69, M

A great example of a song that appeals universally, taps into universal truth with a sole narrator.

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BackyardShaman · 61-69, M

@helenS update yes it’s a piccolo trumpet blended with a pedal steel guitar, there is also bass harmonica involved, so it’s not the South American group.

helenS · 36-40, F

@BackyardShaman I think it's the same trumpet as in "Penny Lane".

BackyardShaman · 61-69, M

Similar yes @helenS

JimboSaturn · 51-55, M

That pretty much sums up many belief systems.

helenS · 36-40, F

@JimboSaturn And also our everyday way of neglecting things which are a matter of fact.

JimboSaturn · 51-55, M

@helenS True we have to vigilant against this tendency along with confirmation bias.

Stillwaiting · M

Lol .. that is hardly a male only phenomenon .. ;-)

helenS · 36-40, F

@Stillwaiting It's in the song!

jackjjackson · 61-69, M

So true Helen. Do they really think they’re fooling themselves?

Piper · 61-69, F

But the fighter still remains.

ArtieKat · M

The Boxer has just come up on a TV music channel I'm watching - S & G live in Central Park, complete with a new verse!

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helenS · 36-40, F

@ArtieKat I understood those rather elderly gentlemen are still at loggerheads with each other? 😏

ArtieKat · M

@helenS They row and make up again, I believe. No lasting estrangement

Royrogers · 61-69, M

@ArtieKat sounds like they are married

Royrogers · 61-69, M

Lovely song

helenS · 36-40, F

@Royrogers Lovely and sad

ArtieKat · M

Brilliant song!

Tracos · 51-55, M

sad but true

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helenS · 36-40, F

@jshm2 4 is more than 3, right? 😏

ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M

To quote one of my favorite Joan Jett songs, "Lie to me, even if it's just for tonight."

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l9T6zuA10M]

helenS · 36-40, F

@ChipmunkErnie "Take it slow to ease the pain
Let it sink into my brain"
Nice!

JohnOinger · 41-45, M

@helenS So what do you think of The User Mr Lopez & Would You Do Him

therighttothink50 · 56-60, M

Simon and Garfunkel…

helenS · 36-40, F

@therighttothink50 A great song; and a reassuring lie is more popular than an inconvenient truth so many years after the song was written...

therighttothink50 · 56-60, M

@helenS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bN60fb9fzKg

vetguy1991 · 51-55, M

Unfortunately true

helenS · 36-40, F

@vetguy1991 There are still some honest and decent men in the world!

Northwest · M

A man, or a lot of people?

helenS · 36-40, F

@Northwest In the song it's one man. In the picture, all of us.

Ontheroad · M

Ugh... humanity ☹️

helenS · 36-40, F

@Ontheroad There are people accepting an inconvenient truth, even here on SW...

Royrogers · 61-69, M

Great song

helenS · 36-40, F

@Royrogers Yes, and still so relevant today! 🌷

SledgeHammer · 46-50, M

What?

BackyardShaman · 61-69, M

Paul Simon The Boxer@SledgeHammer

Feuerstern · 51-55, M

Bingo!

Zonuss · 41-45, M

Well women do the same. No one is exempt. 🙂

helenS · 36-40, F

@Zonuss "man" as in "mankind".

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