| Paul Simon – Stranded in a Limousine Lyrics | 3 years ago |
| This song was one of two new songs to be included on the Greatest hits, etc. album by Paul Simon. The other one was Slip sliding’ away-it was not a well-promoted album and its sales were lack-luster compared to his others. At that time Columbia Records turned over leadership from Clive Davis to Walter Yetnikoff-Yetnikoff and Simon did not get along at all and Simon left Columbia after Yetnikoff took the helm. Yetnikoff had a reputation for bullying artists and everyone generally-he truly was “a mean individual”-I believe that the song is about him. And the line about the “children went running-out the front door out the back door, crying on the streets” is about the artists who either left Columbia because of him as Simon did or issued warnings about him to others who considered or did work for him. -this is just my opinion-but the time frame and the people involved seem to fit pretty well here. | |
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