Paul Simon

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do they swap that toupe on alternate nights?

Ha.

I see Kot liked the Chicago show (with many thanks to those "exotic" rhythms)

their mutual affinity for exotic rhythms unified the sprawling 2 1/2-hour show. Whenever Sting indulged in lethargic ballads (“The Hounds of Winter”) and Simon became wrapped up in wordy introspection (“Hearts and Bones”), those Third World grooves righted the course.

Simon’s band brought rubbery bass lines, washboard and spoons, percolating hand percussion and sinewy guitar chatter via Africa, Jamaica and Louisiana.

Wow, that setlist really emphasises how massively Simon overshadows Sting as a songwriter.

tellingly, Simon doesn't do a Sting cover

for a nice Jewish boy, it's always seemed odd to me that Simon invested so much of his work with Xtian imagery and references. has he ever talked about this?

― Ayn Rand Akbar (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, December 17, 2013 9:23 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i mean i think this is squarely grounded in some annie hallish WASPphilic NY thing. we come on a ship they call the Mayflower.

seems like it could just as easily be white boomer standard fetishization of African American gospel/black spirituality

Based on the photo above, it would be funny if Sting played the Chevy Chase role during "You Can Call Me Al."

Interesting how if this tour had happened in 1987, the world-music crossover would've been so clear and central to the two. Neither have left it behind in their newer albums, but it's not what they're known for, either.

yeah except there is this definite puritan seam that predates the explicit references to various black musics that he obviously borrows from later on, arch and stately. private invocations, angels in the architecture, a turning canticle and a melody from bach.

xp

oh I think some of the earlier Xtian-references are pretty clearly tied to the civil rights movement as much as they are to more "arch and stately" protestantism. and then later on there's stuff like Gone at Last and Duncan etc.

yeah i mean its the rich tapestry of AMERICA but this seems like the wellspring with "american tune" as the rosetta

http://www.ncadvertiser.com/32396/paul-simon-edie-brickell-charged-with-domestic-violence/

I'm kind of shocked by this

that's not good

Other reports have said it was disorderly conduct.

That's what this report says as well.

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maybe edie and paul were just partying too hard?

she hummed "What I Am" around the condo once too often

so is that headline just deliberately misleading then? a charge of "disorderly conduct" in no way equates to "domestic violence"

i say that not knowing the particulars of the case, it just seems weird that the charge is one thing but the headline suggests another thing

Now on that page:

*Editor's Note: New Canaan Police initially told NBC Connecticut Simon was facing a domestic violence charge, but now say the singer was charged with disorderly conduct.

she hummed "What I Am" around the condo once too often

― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, April 28, 2014 11:25 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

not funny

What about: she kept shooting rubberbands at him?

Brickell's mom called the cops.

If u don't see joeks in this, get a fucking enema.

man, you couldn't make that joke without threatening people colonically.

I find it kinda funny that Paul Simon has a mother-in-law. I mean, what is he, 75?

Somebody didn't want somebody else to make a ballsy record...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgdJQ3L8W38

haha wtf at that sdtk edit

Is Paul Simon gaining new fans, or was he pretty much capped out after Rhythm of the Saints?

I dunno, younger folks I talk to have no idea who he is

Listening to his older stuff, he writes in a style that doesn't seem to translate well today. Very personal, but detailed and abstract in a way that you might have to "be there" to really appreciate, i.e. approaching his solo work with nothing to go on except the "name" is like walking into a one-man show where you're already supposed to know the backstory but don't.

I was never a huge fan, but my mom was, and so his name was kind of always floating around. It was easy to want to check him out, even if I didn't really ever latch on super tight to most of the albums.

Xp shakey is that a joke?

He's got those Sting fans now

Is Paul Simon gaining new fans, or was he pretty much capped out after Rhythm of the Saints?

― Dominique, Tuesday, April 29, 2014 5:13 PM (32 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I'd guess that people are still retrospectively checking out Graceland, or Simon & Garfunkel at the very least.

why would that be a joke?
xp

The whole Vampire Weekend generation grew up listening to Graceland in their single-digit years.

did they? I was 13 when it came out. Am I in the Vampire Weekend generation?

no

You have to be of an age, and have the kind of parents, where it would have been one of five cassettes in the car for years of your childhood. People I know my age (32) and down a few years all love that album, know every word, quote lyrics to each other on Facebook. Bigger than Born in the USA, bigger than any other 80s rock record possibly in this way.

Yeah but I'm talking about teenagers and people in their 20s (coworkers, relatives etc.) who literally have no idea who he is. because I have played his music for them and they are like "never heard of it"

That is interesting/strange, I would believe that his profile has gone down a bit, but I still hear ''Mrs. Robinson'' a lot.

i'm 26 and graceland car trips are indeed practically my first memory but yeah i wouldn't be surprised if i'm on the tail end of that.

honestly I think the only thing they might recognize is "Me & Julio" from Royal Tenenbaums

Are people in their early 20s into the Royal Tenenbaums?

that thing is on cable all the time

it seems to have been canonized pretty quickly afaict

surely some young ppl know him as "very mellow" in Annie Hall

Some young people probably call him "Al".