c/asklemmy · by anarchoplayworker@lemmy.world · 3y

What did me and Julio do down by the schoolyard?

I’ve often wondered this. I have a few possible answers, but I’m curious what you all think.

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17 Comments

ImFresh3x@sh.itjust.works · 28 pts · 3y (2 replies)

The meaning and references in the song have long provoked debate. In a July 20, 1972 interview for Rolling Stone, Jon Landau asked Simon: "What is it that the mama saw? The whole world wants to know." Simon replied "I have no idea what it is... Something sexual is what I imagine, but when I say 'something', I never bothered to figure out what it was. Didn't make any difference to me."

anarchoplayworker@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y (1 reply)

That’s fantastic. Thank you. Where did you get the quotation?

ImFresh3x@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 3y

Wikipedia.

Che_Donkey@lemmy.ml · 16 pts · 3y (2 replies)

Whatever it was, it was against the law!

beforan@lemm.ee · 12 pts · 3y (1 reply)

At least the bit the mama saw was

Nemo@midwest.social · 2 pts · 3y

Is it? Or is Mama just alleging that it is?

hardypart@feddit.de · 12 pts · 3y

Wikipedia says

The meaning and references in the song have long provoked debate. In a July 20, 1972 interview for Rolling Stone, Jon Landau asked Simon: "What is it that the mama saw? The whole world wants to know." Simon replied "I have no idea what it is... Something sexual is what I imagine, but when I say 'something', I never bothered to figure out what it was. Didn't make any difference to me."

shackleford@lemmy.thesanewriter.com · 6 pts · 3y

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Akari202@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 3y

Gay sex

anarchoplayworker@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y

I wonder if he was just trying to keep his customers satisfied.

Nemo@midwest.social · 2 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Something that a radical priest would think is worth springing you for.

anarchoplayworker@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

Well played! I forgot about that line!

Cheems@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

Pot?