I have no problem believing Simon is something of a cagey asshole professionally and personally. great songwriter though.
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 6 December 2016 16:26 (seven years ago) link
i guess simon probably won't write an autobio? i can see it being kinda feisty.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 6 December 2016 16:56 (seven years ago) link
I saw Paul Simon on the Graceland tour - it was one of the first concerts I ever saw. I have strong memories of his bass player from that show. When I saw him again a couple years ago, that bass player was still in the group. For what it's worth. Assuming the guy gets paid.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 02:49 (seven years ago) link
I love this guy's work, but have no doubt at all that his autobiography would be insufferable self-serving crap.
― walk back to the halftime long, billy lynn, billy lynn (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 03:05 (seven years ago) link
I'm under the impression that the core of Simon's backing band these days have been with him for quite a while, including a few South African musicians dating back to Graceland and Vincent Nguini (whose Cameroonian) who's played with him since early '90s as main guitar dude.
If Simon can't be honest enough about going bald to not try to hide it for 40 years, I doubt he would hold his own feet over the flame in a memoir.
― in twelve parts (lamonti), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 07:57 (seven years ago) link
Put it this way, I love Simon & Garfunkel as much as anyone and I spin The Rhythm of the Saints frequently, but I've never read or watched an interview with the guy where I haven't felt like dozing off.
― Working night & day, I tried to stay awake... (Turrican), Friday, 9 December 2016 22:47 (seven years ago) link
maybe garfunkel should just make a documentary about him and simon a la Herzog's My Best Fiend
― tylerw, Friday, 9 December 2016 22:50 (seven years ago) link
I've just had to throw on The Rhythm of the Saints briefly just to listen to 'The Coast', which is probably my answer to the question "what is your favourite song from Paul Simon's solo career?"
― Working night & day, I tried to stay awake... (Turrican), Friday, 9 December 2016 22:52 (seven years ago) link
ba ba ba Ba Ba Ba PROUST!
Okay, I'm leaving this LP on for lil while.
― Working night & day, I tried to stay awake... (Turrican), Friday, 9 December 2016 22:56 (seven years ago) link
He was a mean individual
― I Walk the Ondioline (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 10 December 2016 02:14 (seven years ago) link
^^ would watch
also yeah "The Coast" is amazing. Turrican, I think you and me were the only people to vote for it on the Simon ballot poll, maybe. But mannnn that main guitar figure is just so compelling and lovely.
― walk back to the halftime long, billy lynn, billy lynn (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 10 December 2016 02:55 (seven years ago) link
"The Coast," "The Cool, Cool River," "Can't Run But," "Further to Fly" -- these are best-ever compositions.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 10 December 2016 02:56 (seven years ago) link
yeah Rhythm.. is amazing and Graceland isn't even all that great really.
― piscesx, Saturday, 10 December 2016 03:13 (seven years ago) link
The demo of "The Coast" is worth a listen just for the alternate first verse alone.
― who even are those other cats (Eazy), Saturday, 10 December 2016 05:23 (seven years ago) link
"The Coast" and the title track are among the most r e l a x e d pieces of music ever.
― Hideous Lump, Saturday, 10 December 2016 05:58 (seven years ago) link
Cool Cool River is soooo good!
And is in 9/8 for bonus points.
― in twelve parts (lamonti), Saturday, 10 December 2016 07:16 (seven years ago) link
'Spirit Voices', 'Born At The Right Time' and 'The Obvious Child' are all amazing too, IMO. I don't know if it's better than Graceland but I certainly listen to it more!
― Working night & day, I tried to stay awake... (Turrican), Saturday, 10 December 2016 18:52 (seven years ago) link
huh I had never really dug into the whole arc of S&G's career/output. Weird how much of it was in fits and starts - a hastily recorded debut album that disappears, Paul goes to England and records a solo album (and produces Jackson C. Frank), Garfunkel goes off to act in Catch 22, their big breakthrough single is orchestrated and released without their input, Paul has writer's block for most of 1967, etc. It's almost like they were never really a functional unit apart from maybe 1969.
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 21 February 2017 21:12 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, that's very true! One of the main reasons for their on-and-off activity post-Sounds of Silence is that Simon took a long time to come up with a batch of material. He was really picky when it came to songwriting.
― Working night & day, I tried to stay awake... (Turrican), Wednesday, 22 February 2017 22:56 (seven years ago) link
damn STS
― Uhura Mazda (lukas), Friday, 25 August 2017 00:14 (six years ago) link
good songs
― niels, Friday, 25 August 2017 06:58 (six years ago) link
Just realized I missed him in Chicago last night on his farewell tour.
Great setlist:
America50 Ways to Leave Your LoverThe Boy in the BubbleDazzling BlueThat Was Your MotherRewriteMother and Child ReunionMe and Julio Down by the SchoolyardRene and Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After the WarCan't Run ButWristbandSpirit VoicesThe Obvious ChildQuestions for the AngelsThe Cool, Cool RiverDiamonds on the Soles of Her ShoesYou Can Call Me AlGracelandStill Crazy After All These YearsLate in the EveningHomeward BoundKodachromeThe BoxerAmerican TuneThe Sound of Silence
― ... (Eazy), Thursday, 7 June 2018 22:00 (five years ago) link
The Cool, Cool River
yeeessssssss
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 7 June 2018 22:16 (five years ago) link
damn that setlist is fire
― call all destroyer, Friday, 8 June 2018 00:37 (five years ago) link
i just impulsively spent a small fortune to catch this tour so uh thanks i guess!
― call all destroyer, Friday, 8 June 2018 03:17 (five years ago) link
this show was a lot of fun btw though i think the think that will stick with me was a sort of chamber music version of rene & georgette magritte; he sang it faithfully and intimately and it was just totally gorgeous.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 26 June 2018 03:20 (five years ago) link
yeah i’m hoping he works more with ymusic (and gabriel kahane, who did some of the arranging) in the future
― maura, Tuesday, 26 June 2018 03:21 (five years ago) link
yeah definitely. (also thought your globe review aptly captured the vibe of the show.)
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 26 June 2018 03:25 (five years ago) link
thank you : )
― maura, Tuesday, 26 June 2018 03:29 (five years ago) link
https://www.npr.org/2018/08/30/641385734/first-listen-paul-simon-in-the-blue-light
― niels, Friday, 31 August 2018 13:50 (five years ago) link
Sounds good:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu2f5LHnVKk
― Pesto Mindset (Eazy), Friday, 7 September 2018 16:04 (five years ago) link
is someone gonna stream his final show on 9/22?
― alpine static, Friday, 7 September 2018 17:49 (five years ago) link
Oh, I've been waiting to hear this since I saw the show. Rene and Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After The War is really good.
― Frederik B, Friday, 7 September 2018 17:57 (five years ago) link
Can't Run But is a nice version as well. Pretty great live.
― Frederik B, Friday, 7 September 2018 18:05 (five years ago) link
Man, all old Jewish men really end up looking like the same person.
I dig the New Orleans-ized 'Pigs, Sheep and Wolves'.
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 7 September 2018 18:15 (five years ago) link
These new versions, especially Can't Run But, are horrible. The way he phrases the lyrics in that song on the new version is so bad. His enunciation of the T in 'but' drives me crazy. I had high hopes, but this sucks.
― brotherlovesdub, Friday, 7 September 2018 18:55 (five years ago) link
Going to see him tomorrow, my first solo experience with him since the '91 tour behind The Rhythm of the Saints.
― The Silky Veils of Alfred (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 7 September 2018 18:57 (five years ago) link
I can't imagine a new version of 'Can't Run But' being anywhere near as good as the original. One of my favourites on Saints..., that.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Friday, 7 September 2018 19:39 (five years ago) link
Strongly disagree with brotherlovesdub here. Just having heard the new album for the first time, I'm really loving it already. No matter how good the original versions already were, these new takes exist in their own right and all have something to offer.The original 'Can't Run But' is a big fave of mine as well, and I agree nothing could top that song with its outstanding rhythm section. But this variation is so different, I'd think that the two versions could exist on the same album without it being repetitive and with neither take being redundant.
'How The Heart Approaches What It Yearns' might be an early favourite with its gorgeous Wynton Marsalis trumpet work.
― Valentijn, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 20:35 (five years ago) link
wow, that's a cuíca drum on Me and Julio...
Always thought it was Paul doing funky monkey sounds!
the more you know...
― niels, Tuesday, 2 October 2018 08:51 (five years ago) link
Lol
― Harper Valley CTA-102 (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 2 October 2018 10:06 (five years ago) link
so i tried listening to _So Beautiful or So What_, omg what a disaster, almost ripped the metaphorical tone arm off at around track 5. this is rockism at its purest and most vulgar, but there were no songs. which is fine, but that's just what i want from PS.
― I wanna publish memes and rage against machimes (rip van wanko), Friday, 31 January 2020 17:04 (four years ago) link
Cool Papa Bell came on randomly – and while i think the song is great, it's weird as shit hearing Paul Simon say "mother fucker"
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 3 February 2021 20:31 (three years ago) link
this revive worried me.
i'm gonna be sad when Paul goes.
― alpine static, Wednesday, 3 February 2021 22:09 (three years ago) link
we’ll always have Pa Salieu
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 3 February 2021 22:10 (three years ago) link
Seriously, just seeing a generic Paul Simon thread get bumped, heart skipped a beat.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 3 February 2021 23:22 (three years ago) link
Sorry, motherfuckers.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 3 February 2021 23:29 (three years ago) link
You did it again!
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 3 February 2021 23:38 (three years ago) link
What are we supposed to do, have the mods put NOT RIP on every thread?
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 4 February 2021 00:28 (three years ago) link
Automatically add "RIP" to the name of every thread as a memento mori.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 4 February 2021 02:40 (three years ago) link