What was the worst song Paul Simon ever wrote? He says it is `Red Rubber Ball`’.
The legendary singer/songwriter made an appearance to The Colbert Report to discuss the book ‘Lyrics’ about his, strangely enough, lyrics. (Colbert suggested it should have been called ‘Word Salad Jazzmatron’.“I wrote that song when I was living in England and I wrote it because I could get a £100 advance from this group, The Seekers. So I wrote it for money. I did it just as a job,” Paul Simon said.
Colbert asked Simon if he could write a song now about the credit crisis. “If you were going to write a protest song now about the credit crisis, do you think you could rhythm “credit default swap” or “Negotiable”,” Colbert asked. “Unsocialable”, Paul instantly replied. “That’s not bad,” Colbert said. “You are the master”.
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