| Paul Simon – Crazy Love, Vol. II Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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It's about his divorce from Carrie Fisher. I have read that Simon called it Vol. II to differentiate it from the Van Morrison song, but I do wonder if the fact that he'd already been married (and divorced) once before had something to do with it — he's already experienced "Vol. I". A large theme of the song is the press reaction, especially the second verse ("It's all over the evening news"). I've come across a few caustic remarks Carrie Fisher made about their divorce in the press at the time ("She says she knows about jokes, this time the joke is on me"), whereas Paul Simon has a history of shunning the press and keeping his personal life very personal — I can't recall ever reading anything Paul Simon ever said in the press about the divorce ("Well, I have no opinion about that" — essentially, "no comment"). It's the same in the first verse with Fat Charlie the Archangel ("He said Well I don't claim to be happy about this, boys, and I don't seem to be happy about that") — the use of the words "claim" and "seem" are just so journalistic, it really comes across as a play on the way the press reports things that they don't have a reliable source on. I've also read that Paul Simon claimed Fat Charlie the Archangel doesn't represent anyone, and but I think it's safe to deduce that Fat Charlie is pretty symbolic of Simon at that time. This comment is based on what I've read on Paul Simon's biographies, which go into the backgrounds of some of his songs, with some of the details filled in by my own interpretation from what I know about Simon's life. |
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