Paul Simon, 80 today
mainI interviewed him once for the Standard: a difficult, incurious man.
Fabulous songwriter.
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Still crazy after all these years.
If you were interviewing him, he might have expected you to be the one who was curious!
A monumental, humorless bore who writes dull music. Sorry, but there it is.
I didn’t know you wrote music.
You don’t know much, it appears. And there’s a difference between music and muzak, as it happens.
Dear me, Ms Sue Sonata Form – whoever you actually are. One thing you are clearly not is musically informed.
“dull music”…………….https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fmf9ZJ_Yn0A
How totally backwards and consistently clueless you truly are.
Awful junk
Coo Coo Co Choo, Mr Rob
Wallpaper. Soporific. Tedious. Without elan. Ideal for the masses, then.
You obviously don’t like his music. That’s fine, but don’t turn a subjective opinion into an objective statement that is so very clearly wrong on so many accounts. The music: well take a look at the chord structure of ‘Still Crazy’, or the melodic flow of ‘Bridge Over T.W.’ The list could go on and on. The lyrics: there are too many flights of poetic fancy to name here. By the way, your description of music as being suited for the masses just makes you a terrible snob. Music for the masses often pays for the elitist culture that you so obviously think you belong to.
What a breath of fresh air your comment is. Separation of opinion from fact is not a strong point on this website.
He IS every word of every song. You can see and feel his anguished soul
Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel together created some of the most original and beautiful music ever.
We had him as a guest at my local folk club in Essex before he was famous we paid him £5 and told him to keep at it he might get somewhere! A year later he was top of the hit parade!
Your talking about one of the worlds great songwriters…
Happy Birthday Paul