I love your reactions. So sad that so few reviewers like your videos!?!? Come on people, Harri works hard to bring his reactions to you. It's so easy to click that "like" button.
THERE was a tribute concert honoring 16-time GRAMMY® winner Paul Simon this past Dec. It was televised. With a special appearance by the legendary singer/songwriter himself. The tribute features a star-studded performer lineup, including Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood, Eric Church, Rhiannon Giddens, Susanna Hoffs, Jonas Brothers, Angélique Kidjo, Ledisi, Little Big Town, Dave Matthews, Brad Paisley, Billy Porter, Sting, Take 6, Irma Thomas, Shaggy & Jimmy Cliff, Trombone Shorty and Stevie Wonder.
Nice request Zhimbus. The song is built on the foundation of Steve Gadd's incredible drum riff. Gadd, of course, was the drummer on Steely Dan's "Aja" as well as innumerable tracks by the most important jazz, rock, and pop artists of the last 50 years. John Tropea and Hugh McCracken provide the guitars. An all-star trio of back up singers: Patti Austin, Valerie Simpson, and Phoebe Snow! Thanks Harri.
Wow! I had no idea Steve Gadd was the drummer on this. I remember hearing it for the first time in probably Junior High, and while I liked the rhyming scheme with the first names, mostly I just absolutely loved the drum cadence to it.
@@clannad99germany70 yes I'm fully aware. I just never made the connection to this since I only heard it when I was in junior high or maybe even grade school. And at that time I had no idea who he was. It's just amazing to learn that that was him.
@@stevedahlberg8680 He did so much more, go to the discogs database or wikipedia discography of him and you will find so much session, studio work. Maybe some more familiar songs.
Paul Simon just might be the best song writer of the era. This song. Kodachrome. Mother and Child Reunion. Loves Me Like a Rock, Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard, Slip Sliding Away. Cecilia. Graceland. You can Call Me Al. I am a Rock. Late in the Evening. The list goes on and on...
This song is great. I really like Paul Simon's solo work just as much as the work he did with Art Garfunkel. Every time you say you have "diamonds in your ears" I think of Paul Simon's song "Diamonds on the Soles of his Shoes" from the Graceland album. It's one of many great songs from that album with some wonderful collaborations.
This song was my introduction to the music of Paul Simon. I remember this song getting loads and loads of radio airplay when I was a kid. His library is absolutely incredible! I’d like to suggest One Trick Pony as your next Paul Simon song.
It's a damned good album, highlights are 'Still Crazy After All these Years' and the brilliant Jewish-gospel song 'Gone at Last' with Phoebe Snow and the Jessie Dixon Singers. And 'My LIttle Town', the Simon and Garfunkel song.
Paul Simon is a great singer songwriter. After his success with Simon & Garfunkel in the 60's, Paul Simon went solo in 1970. He has a huge library of songs such as "Mother & Child Reunion", "Me & Julio Down By The Schoolyard", "Still Crazy After All These Years", "Gone At Last", "My Little Town", "Loves Me Like A Rock", "You Can Call Me Al", "The Boy In The Bubble", "Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes" etc.
Steve Gadd's recollections on how he came up with the drum groove in this song: STEVE GADD: I was practicing between takes. That’s how that started. When I was a kid, I played in drum and bugle corps, and I used to write drum parts. That’s sort of where the inspiration came, subconsciously. So, I was creating different combinations between the hi-hat, snare and bass drum. I was playing the hi-hat with my left hand. Paul and Phil Ramone (producer for the session) heard me, and suggested that I do something like that with the intro. It was really a group effort, a situation where everybody contributed. When you do a session like that, you do whatever makes it work for the artist, and you hope it will be a hit - but you never know. I just try to give the best I can.
From Paul's album "Still Crazy After All These Years" from 1975. Written after his divorce, he said the first line came to him in bed. With the wonderful drums 🥁 in the forefront and the rhyming lyrics this was a great tune. It will stick in your head Harri. Thanks Harri and Zhimbus. Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦
Hello Harri Paul Simon is so gifted & talented , his voice his words never fail , going back the first L P I bought was Scarborough fair over 40 years ago , there are so many to choose from it’s worth it to go back and have a listen , you won’t be wasting your time 👍🏴
From the album, "Still Crazy After All These Years"... the whole album is great and in the year it came out many songs got lots of radio play. These many years later, I still put this record on the stereo and enjoy it.
One of the best songwriters of all time, musical genius, I have seen how he made some songs the agreements, he is a genius, he made always trying to found new sounds for his songs, and the combination of his song writing and Art voice, was perfect
This song reminds me of a t-shirt that used to be advertised in rock music magazines back in the 70s: Do Unto Others, Then Split. A fun review, but I'm guessing I'm not the only one who found it unfortunate that Harri dropped the first reaction break just as it the song was transitioning into the chorus; it's such a smooth yet dramatic shift.
Zhimbus - Welcome and congrats for this submission from Paul Simon's earlier stage of his prolific songwriting and singing. Harri, your bopping to Paul's beat says it all. Great review.
The comedian, Larry the Cable Guy, added a few in his act. Some of the tamer ones included "Tell her you're gay...Ray" and "Push her off a cliff...Cliff" 😂
Your comment at the beginning regarding people who stay in relationships that they shouldn’t reminded of a song from the musical “tick…tick….BOOM!” by Jonathan Larson. The song title is “Louder Than Words,” and one of the lyrics goes, “Why, do we stay with lovers we know deep down just aren’t right/Why, would we rather put ourselves through hell, than sleep alone at night”
Your thoughts about “the leaving“ reminded me. YEARS ago I ran a day labor office. People just come in off the street do mostly physical labor, get paid at the end of the day. Getting to know some of my regulars men & women where they came from. The “joke” about a few of them- they told the wife & kids they were “going out for cigarettes”. And just left. No idea if they ever went back.
I'm sure that it's "Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover", Harri; not "Fifty ways to live your lover" as you have posted in your description. Thanks much for reacting to the song. I love it too.
This is a shortened version. The Album version opens with a run thru several Acoustic Guitar chords with the beat, then Paul comes in. It is one of the more difficult for an intermediate and better players, they are spicy chords that stretch them fingers out. The verse does the same rhythm, but I'm not sure if they are the same chords as the opening, I haven't played it for ages.
Here is Steve Martin taking credit for some of this song's lyrics in his introduction to the Paul Simon tribute at the Kennedy Center Honors many years ago: czcams.com/video/oxFq8dnATbs/video.html
you should lisen to late in the evening with sasa beat and also from his best s&g album bookends save the life of my child featuring thr first use of moog synerfiser played by moog himself
In order for you to need this song you would 1st have to have a trashy woman you have to have a piece of trash you can uh get the piece of trash if you get on a Confederate railroad Confederate railroad does the song try she women it's by the Confederate railroad tries she women by Confederate railroad diabering
I've got a love hate relationship with this one. I love the verses, beautiful vocal. But I absolutely hate the chorus. Been trying to force myself to love this song over the course of many decades but I just can't enjoy it.
Paul Simon is a true musical genius, and underappreciated by many. I love great poets that put their thoughts to music!
Great period for Paul Simon. Try "Slip Sliding Away" and "Still Crazy After All These Years". A Real Genius!
You will like his concert in Central Park where he sang “Slip sliding away” with Art Garfunkel
@@joyceedwards2708 I've seen it many times. I bought the album and video tape when they were released. A great concert that has held up through time.
Paul Simon is so talented and his songs are all great. thanks Zhimbus and Harri.
The great Steve Gadd on drums!
Steve Gadd was making $800/hr as a studio musician in 1981.
Just fabulous drumming. Draws you in and lovingly pummels you. And it continues throughout both verses, not just on the intro or the middle 8.
I love your reactions. So sad that so few reviewers like your videos!?!? Come on people, Harri works hard to bring his reactions to you. It's so easy to click that "like" button.
"LATE IN THE EVENING" IS THE ISH...! And many others
Late in the Evening is my absolute favorite Paul Simon song!
THERE was a tribute concert honoring 16-time GRAMMY® winner Paul Simon this past Dec. It was televised. With a special appearance by the legendary singer/songwriter himself. The tribute features a star-studded performer lineup, including Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood, Eric Church, Rhiannon Giddens, Susanna Hoffs, Jonas Brothers, Angélique Kidjo, Ledisi, Little Big Town, Dave Matthews, Brad Paisley, Billy Porter, Sting, Take 6, Irma Thomas, Shaggy & Jimmy Cliff, Trombone Shorty and Stevie Wonder.
Nice request Zhimbus. The song is built on the foundation of Steve Gadd's incredible drum riff. Gadd, of course, was the drummer on Steely Dan's "Aja" as well as innumerable tracks by the most important jazz, rock, and pop artists of the last 50 years. John Tropea and Hugh McCracken provide the guitars. An all-star trio of back up singers: Patti Austin, Valerie Simpson, and Phoebe Snow! Thanks Harri.
Indeed, Steve Gadd is great, saw him in 1979 live with Chick Corea then.
Wow! I had no idea Steve Gadd was the drummer on this. I remember hearing it for the first time in probably Junior High, and while I liked the rhyming scheme with the first names, mostly I just absolutely loved the drum cadence to it.
@@stevedahlberg8680 Steve Gadd was with Chic Corea, Steely Dan (Aja), Paul Simon, Eric Clapton, to name but a few.
@@clannad99germany70 yes I'm fully aware. I just never made the connection to this since I only heard it when I was in junior high or maybe even grade school. And at that time I had no idea who he was. It's just amazing to learn that that was him.
@@stevedahlberg8680 He did so much more, go to the discogs database or wikipedia discography of him and you will find so much session, studio work. Maybe some more familiar songs.
This is such a fun upbeat song. I’m surprised you haven’t heard it before Harri.
Me too 😉😊🙂
It's not really fun and upbeat. 😢
I Am a Rock, my fave Simon and Garfunkel song.
Simon is a truly great writer!
Paul Simon just might be the best song writer of the era. This song. Kodachrome. Mother and Child Reunion. Loves Me Like a Rock, Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard, Slip Sliding Away. Cecilia. Graceland. You can Call Me Al. I am a Rock. Late in the Evening. The list goes on and on...
This song is great. I really like Paul Simon's solo work just as much as the work he did with Art Garfunkel.
Every time you say you have "diamonds in your ears" I think of Paul Simon's song "Diamonds on the Soles of his Shoes" from the Graceland album. It's one of many great songs from that album with some wonderful collaborations.
This song was my introduction to the music of Paul Simon. I remember this song getting loads and loads of radio airplay when I was a kid. His library is absolutely incredible! I’d like to suggest One Trick Pony as your next Paul Simon song.
It's a damned good album, highlights are 'Still Crazy After All these Years' and the brilliant Jewish-gospel song 'Gone at Last' with Phoebe Snow and the Jessie Dixon Singers. And 'My LIttle Town', the Simon and Garfunkel song.
Paul Simon is a great singer songwriter. After his success with Simon & Garfunkel in the 60's, Paul Simon went solo in 1970. He has a huge library of songs such as "Mother & Child Reunion", "Me & Julio Down By The Schoolyard", "Still Crazy After All These Years", "Gone At Last", "My Little Town", "Loves Me Like A Rock", "You Can Call Me Al", "The Boy In The Bubble", "Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes" etc.
Harri - I love your reactions (and your voice). You seem to appreciate the best of all genres.
Steve Gadd's recollections on how he came up with the drum groove in this song:
STEVE GADD: I was practicing between takes. That’s how that started. When I was a kid, I played in drum and bugle corps, and I used to write drum parts. That’s sort of where the inspiration came, subconsciously. So, I was creating different combinations between the hi-hat, snare and bass drum. I was playing the hi-hat with my left hand. Paul and Phil Ramone (producer for the session) heard me, and suggested that I do something like that with the intro. It was really a group effort, a situation where everybody contributed. When you do a session like that, you do whatever makes it work for the artist, and you hope it will be a hit - but you never know. I just try to give the best I can.
From Paul's album "Still Crazy After All These Years" from 1975. Written after his divorce, he said the first line came to him in bed. With the wonderful drums 🥁 in the forefront and the rhyming lyrics this was a great tune. It will stick in your head Harri. Thanks Harri and Zhimbus. Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦
Love YOU and your reactions
Hello Harri Paul Simon is so gifted & talented , his voice his words never fail , going back the first L P I bought was Scarborough fair over 40 years ago , there are so many to choose from it’s worth it to go back and have a listen , you won’t be wasting your time 👍🏴
Paul is lyrical genius
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Love you for this Zhimbus and Harri😉👍🙏😂
I just love this little tune, always makes me smile. Thanks Harri
Rhymin' Simon, a musical genius.
From the album, "Still Crazy After All These Years"... the whole album is great and in the year it came out many songs got lots of radio play.
These many years later, I still put this record on the stereo and enjoy it.
He has so many talents, one of my favorite songs by him.
One of the best songwriters of all time, musical genius, I have seen how he made some songs the agreements, he is a genius, he made always trying to found new sounds for his songs, and the combination of his song writing and Art voice, was perfect
Harry I am becoming a fan of you and your reactions
Also I’m waiting to hear that harmonica
I love this channel and try not to miss a single reaction.❤️❤️❤️
This song reminds me of a t-shirt that used to be advertised in rock music magazines back in the 70s: Do Unto Others, Then Split. A fun review, but I'm guessing I'm not the only one who found it unfortunate that Harri dropped the first reaction break just as it the song was transitioning into the chorus; it's such a smooth yet dramatic shift.
Zhimbus - Welcome and congrats for this submission from Paul Simon's earlier stage of his prolific songwriting and singing. Harri, your bopping to Paul's beat says it all. Great review.
My Dad replaced the names with all his son in laws. It was definitely funny
"You don't need to be coy, Roy" - ain't that the truth 😁?
I didn’t know what it meant but I loved this song when I was a kid. I still love it probably my favorite Paul Simon song.
The comedian, Larry the Cable Guy, added a few in his act. Some of the tamer ones included "Tell her you're gay...Ray" and "Push her off a cliff...Cliff" 😂
Forgot about this one! Smiling again!
The great Steve Gadd on drums.
So many great Paul Simon songs, Love to hear your reaction to Gone at Last ( studio version )
I stumble on our channel regularly, and I enjoy your erudite and emphatic reactions. Keep on bringing us great music :-)
Your comment at the beginning regarding people who stay in relationships that they shouldn’t reminded of a song from the musical “tick…tick….BOOM!” by Jonathan Larson. The song title is “Louder Than Words,” and one of the lyrics goes, “Why, do we stay with lovers we know deep down just aren’t right/Why, would we rather put ourselves through hell, than sleep alone at night”
Your thoughts about “the leaving“ reminded me. YEARS ago I ran a day labor office. People just come in off the street do mostly physical labor, get paid at the end of the day. Getting to know some of my regulars men & women where they came from. The “joke” about a few of them- they told the wife & kids they were “going out for cigarettes”.
And just left.
No idea if they ever went back.
I'm sure that it's "Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover", Harri; not "Fifty ways to live your lover" as you have posted in your description.
Thanks much for reacting to the song. I love it too.
Great bass. Listen carefully.
" It's not me, it's you, Lou".
Please please please listen to My little town by Paul Simon
Harri I appreciate your reactions so much. You are the 1st person I go to when I want to see reactions. Thank you for hanging in there.
This is a shortened version. The Album version opens with a run thru several Acoustic Guitar chords with the beat, then Paul comes in. It is one of the more difficult for an intermediate and better players, they are spicy chords that stretch them fingers out. The verse does the same rhythm, but I'm not sure if they are the same chords as the opening, I haven't played it for ages.
Another great song is "50 ways to say goodbye " by Pat Moynihan
Harri! I love this song! Zhimbus great request. As you said Harri this is so vey clever. I love it! Great analysis Harri!
We would always change the lyrics to 50 ways to love your liver.
Great reaction again..
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Please do the parody of this song...sort of...by Train called 50 ways to say goodbye. And make sure you do the video.
Here is Steve Martin taking credit for some of this song's lyrics in his introduction to the Paul Simon tribute at the Kennedy Center Honors many years ago:
czcams.com/video/oxFq8dnATbs/video.html
Thanks for that link!
That was hilarious. I might have seen it at one time, but have forgotten it.
@@lindawhiteside1264 hope you got a laugh out of it...
@@Cynthia... I always enjoy when people honour their friends with humour as well as affection...
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you should lisen to late in the evening with sasa beat and also from his best s&g album bookends save the life of my child featuring thr first use of moog synerfiser played by moog himself
In order for you to need this song you would 1st have to have a trashy woman you have to have a piece of trash you can uh get the piece of trash if you get on a Confederate railroad Confederate railroad does the song try she women it's by the Confederate railroad tries she women by Confederate railroad diabering
If you don't have a trash you woman you don't need 50 ways you don't even need to know one way because you don't need to go no d*** where
You gotta do a trash pick up before you need 50 ways so you gotta get on that train get on the railroad Confederate railroad Tri Ci women is the song
It would've been cool if he actually listed 50 ways instead of about 6, always thought it was too repetitive
I'd love to see you get back to Damn Yankees my friend. I would suggest "Coming Of Age" although " High Enough" was their most successful song,
lets pretend you never heard this.
I've got a love hate relationship with this one. I love the verses, beautiful vocal. But I absolutely hate the chorus. Been trying to force myself to love this song over the course of many decades but I just can't enjoy it.