"The Boy in the Bubble"

"The Boy in the Bubble"
Paul Simon
Featured on Graceland
Warner Bros.
Originally released August 25, 1986
Rock
CD (later copy)
B

"These are the days of miracle and wonder...."  I was about to start college, or maybe I first listened to this album on the radio in my first (shared) college apartment.  And it was a bit of a revelation, even for a PS fan since childhood.  It hinted at a larger world, but with a familiar voice.  (I'd hear of the controversies later.)  My then future-ex-husband would sing, "Every generation sends a hero out for Pop-Tarts" as a pseudo-mondegreen, and I'd play this album over and over, but did I tape it off the radio or something?  All I know is that this CD came much later in my adulthood, when the world looked much less fresh and new.