Paul Simon Gives Some Old Songs A Second Chance
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- čas přidán 28. 01. 2019
- Legendary singer-songwriter Paul Simon revised old lyrics and re-recorded some of his own personal favorites to create his fourteenth studio album, 'Into the Blue Light.'
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This world is far better with Paul Simon in it.
@Kathleen It crushes me that Robert Redford is 82 and there's no John Candy, Harold Ramis, Paul Newman, William F.Buckley, Gore Vidal, Fcking Bowie, and Chevy Chase is 75. Can't deal with icons I grew up with ageing and leaving.
Kathleen Miess So true. His words & music have helped me thru my entire life beginning with “Sounds Of Silence.” Thanx Paul.
@David Michaels don't say that
and would be even better without that Colbert person.
I have been listening to Paul's music since I was 4, and I'm 52 now. I genuinely dont know if I can face a world without Paul Simon in it.
One of the greatest songwriters of all time!
His hair in the back has always been stood up. Cute. 😂😊
I have admired Paul Simon ever since the 1960's when I was a young man. I am now 71; in England; alive; and so is Paul Simon; very much so. Thank God for his music. Magritte? I prefer the music of Simon.
I'm really glad to hear you're alive
Paul still awesome after all these years! Legend!
And still crazy, lol
June 20, 1989, Stockholm Sweden. Was 19 years old, had already listened to S&G and Pauls solo albums for 10 years. But of all the great things this concert brought, nothing could beat standing 5 meters away from Paul as he sang The Boxer. With flute, accordion, violin etc also live in the background.
This was a sureal experience. I'll never forget it, not in a million years.
OH FUCK. I SAW HIM AT HIS FINAL CONCERT AND WE ALL DANCED OUR ASSES OFF !!! BEST CONCERT OF MY LIFE!!!!! BLOODY LEGEND.
Mr. Paul Simon Is A True Icon My Friend.💎💎💎❤❤❤🌹🌹🌹🎸🎸🎸🥁🥁🥁🎵🎵🎵
He is just the sweetest, humble, funny gift.
❤
This would be very difficult to dislike this guy.
Genius.
American tune is a classic I always go back to
This is pure gold. Paul Simon seems like such a kind man. And when Stephen throws the album away... that genuine fright on his face. :D
Paul is 77 here and certainly had some rough years, but has already lived past average for men. His work with Garfunkel is classic and 50 years later still sounds wonderful!
His music has been so important to me since I was 13. If I ever saw him in person I am certain I'd collapse into a crying mess
"The Boxer" will forever be my favorite song.
The Only Living Boy in New York surpassed The Boxer for me recently.
The Boxer is excellent but mine is Mrs. Robinson!!
@@Alterbridge321 same!!
Diamonds. Though the full "Boxer" (with the extra verse) is definitely up there.
Rene and Georgette Magritte with Their Dog after the War is one of my favorites as well. Thank you, Mr. Simon and Colbert. Heroes both.
Wow... Love this... America's Sir Paul is: still crazy-good, after all these years...!
"50 ways to leave a lover.'......my fav song of Paul Simon. And of course "Slip sliding away"
Such great songs that never gets old
He is so genuine. A true artist. Sad that he and Art separated. Art can sing like an angel and Paul can write like a genius.
Ummm. Paul can also sing like an angel… let’s hear you sing doofus.
@@Halom8co Why call me a doofus, asshole. I didn't say Paul couldn't sing. They're both great. My point was they made a great team back in the day.
I like pauls voice
singing voice
I will never forget Paul Simon in a turkey suit singing "Still Crazy After All These Years".
All I could think of during most of this interview was "OF COURSE he's this delightful, remember the SNL appearances?"
I was fortunate enough to see his farewell concert. What a stunning display of musicianship it was. The ultra- talented musicians he put together to perform on that stage with him was unparalleled in my concert experiences. His devotion to his music and making it fresh and new blew me away. I love Paul Simon. He is a genius. Long may he run, creating music to help make the world a better place!
I could listen to Paul Simon tell all kinds of stories about performing and songs, and not get bored. :)
Paul Simon is simply a musical
genius
"...the farewell tour was basically just to bump the prices" LMAO!
It solo stuff isn't my cup of tea 😂😂
But...that song is perfect. One of my favorites. It needs no fixing. Anyway, my favorite composer of all time. When I was a teen Paul's songs gave me pure pleasure.
The re-recording is actually arguably better in my opinion. He sings it slower and it's more somber. And while I recognize that the doo-wop during the choruses served a purpose to the song's narrative, just the orchestra sounds more fitting to its style.
The new version of “Rene & Georgette” is slightly better than the awesome original, mainly due to the work of YMusic. However the new version of “Darling Lorraine” plods lethargically and is grossly inferior to the original. Oddly I love those moments where I look at one of my heroes and think “What on earth were you thinking?”
I"m truly blessed that i got to see Simon and Garfunkel perform together in 2004 Fleet Center..... awesome concert
I’m not much into hyperbole, but Paul Simon is a genius songwriter and storyteller.
LOL! Paul Simon has not lost his wit! Also, it's refreshing to hear him talk about "fixing mistakes" on his old songs on this new album... It makes me feel better about the fact that I can't stop tweaking my own arrangements, and can never feel like my work on it isn't ever "done".
The greatest American songwriter without exception.
pfreddyp Bob Dylan?
@@venpax he’s better than Dylan. And much more prolific. Dylan is legendary but Simon is more versatile and affected people and the world in the same way. He just didn’t do it first
Thank you for helping with the planet. ❤️❤️❤️🌏🌍🌎
It's WENDESDAY MORNING 3AM and I just saw Paul Simon on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert! ;)
Paul is a treasure of humanity. It pleases me and I'm sure many others to be alive at the same time as Paul. An extremely rare person essential to life... like our SUN in the universe.
i don’t know what it is exactly, but his voice makes me smile. i adored listening to him tell stories in concert, especially because it was the very first show of the farewell tour :)
My favorite song of his is Dangling Conversations. It never got much airtime but really is a very well crafted song.
Is the theatre really dead?
He is a poet, no doubt. I rank him up there with Bob Dylan and Van Morrison, Leonard Cohen.
@@Kowasi Remember that verses out if rhyme in syncopated time!
@@jan2bratt I agree. How he can put a few words together is great.
In one song he stated that all the news he needs he gets from the weather report! Wouldn't it be great to be able to live so care free?
I got nothing to do today but smile.......@@chipblock2854
Un créateur exceptionnel qui se renouvelle à chaque fois.
One of the greatest songwriter s to live on planet earth.
It's great to hear from Paul Simon tonight in 2022
He’s incredible.
"And the album costs a lot, too" 😁
You've got a really cool icon.
@@lazyperfectionist1 Woody Guthrie's guitar.
Thanks The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.☺ Thanks Paul Simon.☺
Can't imagine the double stuffed-ness of getting to be at Stephen's show when Paul Simon is there! Lucky peeps.
I just watched a 1982 appearance on David Letterman. He is still the smart funny guy that he was then. A musical genius.
A genius musician
Turns out Paul Simon is a funny guy!
Love the Pounamu around his neck 🇳🇿
What a guy!
I play S&G for neighbor's kids when they come over to bake cookies.
Big Legend
What a lovely man. Poor Stephen it looks like he was trying to fix the throwing his album away and just couldn’t quite do it.
Damn, I love that song so much. It's up there with "Sweet Lorraine" for beautiful songs about a marriage. Underappreciated masterpieces.
Brilliant ❤
I'm still crazy after all these years.
He has a legend in the studio and he throws his new album on the floor..
Greatest living American songwriter.
He wrote some great songs. Greatest? Absolutes are clues.
@@RobVespa Call it "top 3", because arguments can be made for Dylan, Springsteen and Simon but I don't see anyone else with the same consistency. Dylan I love, but he was always more of a lyricist rather than a songwriter. Springsteen I love as well, but I would consider him less artistic - because sure, you got NYC Serenade and the like, but he was usually power over finesse.
Real big part of my kidhood, him and artie. Richard Corey, up through Loves me like a Rock. Polaroid... Then that SNL with Senator Paul Simon, who apparently also possessed a rich sense of humor. Who knew? classic. Thanks man.
Bought this wonderful album on the weekend of Black Friday... It is fantastic I especially loved Can't Run But which I heard in Can You Ever Forgive Me the Melissa McCarthy film
Love Paul Simon n Art Garfunkel
@Paul Frederic Simon
You are most welcome. Stay healthy and take care
Fucking genius.
Great point Paul, that's a great song, thanks for the explanation of the song.
Some guest do not deserve even 5 minutes of screen time. But then there are some like Paul Simon who should have 20-30 min minutes at least. I know it's a format but it upsets me.
definitely wanted more time with Paul
Me n Julio down by the school yard!
That song is incredibly amazing specially its version in Into the Blue Light ❤️
Greate man!
**FLINGS ALBUM**
>Proceeds to check if he didn't break the million/multi-million dollar screen...
Hahahaha ♥
Love u man!
LEGEND.
Saw him live a couple of years ago. Fantastic musician.
List best American musicians, he’s at the top. Not near the top. He is the benchmark
'sound of silence' was the first 'modern' song I learned on the piano...
I flew half way around the world to see that exact concert on his Farewell Tour, the final one in Queens. Worth it.
Paul Simon, wow, good to see that he's healthy.
He's looking pretty fragile actually. Getting old sucks. I know.
You into white men, by any chance? I'd hate to lose my chance if you are.
he looks good, but his upper lip looks funny to me ..... am I imaging that? like it's kinda stiff
elizabeth b: It looks like the godawful cgi clutch cargo job they did to cover up Henry Cavill's moustache in Justice League. That thing STILL gives me nightmares, & I've only ever seen the Everything Wrong With video about it here on CZcams!
Rene and georgette magritte is literally one of the greatest songs. It cant be fixed in my opinion lol
Perhaps not but it can be revisited in a new and interesting way?
The new version is kinda cool though. It sounds weird in the record but if you see clips of it performed live, it sounds nice.
the standing O when he walks on makes me cry
appears to be a nice, humble and respectful human being.
Actually, he's kind of a dick. But his music is gorgeous and legendary, so we can overlook that.
@@Serai3 Garfunkel? Is that you?
I've been on the receiving end of his rudeness when I worked at a restaurant. He was like that to all my colleagues as well.
I've always said that the best way to know if a famous person deserves respect is to look at how they treat the ordinary people who serve them in ordinary situations - the waiters, the cashiers, the parking valets, the store clerks. If they're rude to those people, they're not worth my attention or my respect, or anyone else's either.
@@lcbos8031
actually, I think it's just a thing people acknowledge is true. But, I love his music.
For some reason, Paul Simon's humor/comedic demeanor reminds me a lot of Stan Laurel.
what an angel
One of the greatest songwriters out there.
Looooove your show
Is this the Paul Simon that I saw in "We are the world?"
In my mind's eye I still see him as the "Paul Simon of the Graceland concert".
Cecilia
Musical fucking genius!!!
It's weird to think this man was once briefly married to Princess Leia (1983-84)
A tiny little couple. She said they looked like salt and pepper shakers
What's so weird
Briefly married but together for almost 10 years!!
To Carrie Fisher? I gotta look this up.
@@willperdue4429 actually 12 years
Good to see you're still recording and performing; and making the rounds, Paul Simon !
Thank you, Steve, for having him on.
Thank you Paul Simon for years of heartfelt lyrics and music! Some of the first music I listened to.
"Sound of Silence," "Tambourine Man," was one of the first 45s I bought! :)
Jiffie Mail tambourine man? That was Dylan (wrote it) or the Byrds.
Mary Jensen Dylan-I think.
You can see it was awhile back that I bought my 45. Lol! The best I recall that song was the flip side. I didn’t buy a Dylan or Byrds’ 45 at that time. And I about wore both sides out. ;)
I apologize if mistaken. I’ll do some research.
Mary Jensen Well, now I’m pretty sure it was Scarborough Fair or Feeling Groovy. I can’t find flip side for Sound of Silence 45rpm. Someone may have somewhere better to check out? Now I’d love to know for sure.
Not positive. Don’t quote me. :/ Tell my years. I was 11-13! ;)
I do remember playing it a Lot. We were a musical family and I pretty much had free reign when it came to playing anything musical. Including my 45s. :). And I did love that one!
Forgive me?
Now I want to be where Paul Simon is..
standing ovation!!!!!!!!
My first concert in Rotterdam NL 1982
How was it?
Great. It was like the concert in Central Park. All the songs. It was in the Rotterdam football stadium of Feyenoord. I was 16 and joined by a friend from school and her father.
Amor!
Here is an interesting little fact. Paul Simon was at Frank Zappa's house and Paul Simon was very sad and miserable. Frank asked him what was wrong? Paul replied with he had to pay $7000.00 in taxes. Frank turned to Paul and said, "what? I wish I could earn $7000.00.
💗💛💗💛
He's so amazing
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
love he is into surrealism
Ur a genius, Pauly! ❤️ you, bro 🙏🏽
♫ ... and touched the soundddddd, of *silence!*
One of my favorite songs, ever. My favorite isn't the original, but the extremely moving (for me) version that Disturbed did on TeamCoco's show/channel (aka Conan, on TBS). It's their highest viewed video and I can definitely see and agree why it is.
disturbed pretty much crapped the beauty out of that song. absolutely horrible.
Blak: Their rendition of it never fails to send chills up & down my spine. It's like what Trent Reznor said about Hurt after hearing Johnny Cash's version: "That song no longer belongs to me now." High Praise indeed.
There've been a few other covers like that, where the cover is held in higher esteem than the original:
Blinded By the LIght--original by Bruce Springsteen; mostly known only by Manfred Mann's version.
Mad World--original, far to busy version by Tears for Fears; it took the stripped-down, hauntingly sparse cover by Michael Andrews and Gary Jules for the song to gain widespread popularity.
Hallelujah--original by Leonard Cohen; most people are more familiar with Jeff Buckley's rendition.
And, of course, who could ever forget Dolly Parton's cover of Bruce Springsteen's "I'm on Fire", that you could only hear by switching your player to play the 33 1⁄3 rpm record at 45 rpm!
@@sdfkjgh Nobody is 'more familiar' with Disturbed's version than Simon and Garfunkel's own. They have a cool take on it, but they didn't 'revive it', they couldn't, it never died. They're not even in the vicinity of Pauls position in music history, or of his musical talent
In my opinion
I believe Art works as a janitor in the high school he was talking about. Glad Paul could help him get another job! LOL
Good good
Why would a brilliant man like Simon decide he needed (bad) plastic surgery to continue his career? He'd look so much better than this if he'd just let his face alone.