Favorite Songs From Movies: Mrs. Robinson

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Monday Morning to everyone. There are terrible days at work. Most of them are the Monday after the four-day Thanksgiving break, a Tuesday after a three-day weekend, and the Monday after Daylight Saving Time starts. Today’s song won’t help. Oh, it’s a great song, but why wasn’t it on the list in January? Good question. Mrs. Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel No, this wasn’t nominated for an Oscar. WHY remains one of the great mysteries of our time. Don’t go to Picky Wedia, because you’ll read the first paragraph, “The song was written specifically for the film,” and the closing line that the song wasn’t nominated because “a nominee must have been written exclusively for the film in which it appeared.” Gee, that’s US government thinking! This began life as a demo called “Mrs. Roosevelt,” and Paul Simon changed it to “Mrs. Robinson,” after Anne Bancroft’s character in the movie. I have to tell you that I finally watched this a few years ago when TCM had Oscar-nominated movies for Oscar month (it was nominated for seven Academy Awards, winning one for director Mike Nichols). That’s two hours of my life I can’t get back. I didn’t “get it.” I guess I’m not part of the target audience. The song, on the other hand? Pure classic. Mrs. Robinson Written by Paul Simon Recorded by Simon & Garfunkel From The Graduate, 1967 Any way you look at it you lose: