Talk:Mrs. Robinson

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[edit] Quotation

I'm not familiar with the quote, but wouldn't Paul have said it's all about the syllables, Dick (for Dick Cavett)?

I assumed it was Mick for Mickey Mantle. Gamaliel 01:15, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Ah, you are right. I was reading it too quickly. I didn't realize that he was addressing Mantle. Von Ryan's

[edit] Lyrics

Can someone cite the source of the lyrics? I always thought they said "She's a slut more than you will know", not "Jesus loves you more than you will know". I'd also like the explaination for the mysterious lyrics: "Sitting on a sofa on a Sunday afternoon/Going to the candidates' debate".--HistoricalPisces 17:56, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

They're on the back of the Bookends album. The lyrics in the article are correct. Gamaliel 18:04, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

I don't have the Bookends album. I have thier greatest hits. And what's the answere to my second question?--HistoricalPisces 18:23, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

I haven't the slightest idea. Gamaliel 18:42, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Cover versions

Why does it say that Cake did a cover of the song? On many peer-to-peer networks, the song attributed to Cake invariably leads to being a mistitled version of the Lemonheads' cover of the song. Am I mistaken?--Psychade 13:45, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

References to Cake and Weezer deleted as neither have covered the song

May I point out that Booker T & The MGs did make a cover version of the song, with only instruments.


Did The Beatles a cover of this song on the Unknown albun ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.18.65.238 (talk) 17:51, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

The Beatles never did this song. I have everything the Beatles ever recorded, including bootlegs and unreleased versions. People sometimes attribute Simon & Garfunkel music to the Beatles because some people can't distinguish the stylistic sounds between the two. Those of us who grew up hearing both of them, however, can easily tell the difference. Ward3001 17:59, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Beatles Reference

I think this song references I Am the Walrus. Goo-goo-geh-choo?

Yes it does, just noticed it. At about 2:12 "coo coo coochoo Mrs. Robinson/Jesus loves you more than you know"

I think "coo coo coochoo" is the better spelling of the lyric...

[edit] San Francisco

That whole trivia tidbit about how the term Mrs. Robinson has come to mean a desirable older married woman is kind of out of place in this article, isn't it? Firstly, it's riddled with "Citation Needed" superscripts (the most passive aggressive form of criticism available on Wikipedia), which is, as always, jarring and ugly. Secondly, it seems to be entirely about the character from the Graduate, which, as noted earlier on in the article, has nothing to do with the subject of this song other than having the same name. I vote it be stricken from the record. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 64.252.19.197 (talk) 14:33, 31 March 2007 (UTC).