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Paul Simon

Post by Redpig59 » Wed Sep 20, 2023 8:32 pm

Is on Radio 2 now on the Folk Show.
Still brilliant.
I love his music so much.
A wanker AND a pansy apparently.
Oh, and a wimp, and 'not a real man'.

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Re: Paul Simon

Post by Red Baron » Wed Sep 20, 2023 8:46 pm

I'll have to listen again to that.

He's one of the only musicians I really wish I had managed to see live.
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Re: Paul Simon

Post by Redpig59 » Wed Sep 20, 2023 8:59 pm

Ditto.
He won't perform again live however.
He say he has hearing issues.
A wanker AND a pansy apparently.
Oh, and a wimp, and 'not a real man'.

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Re: Paul Simon

Post by Gaspode » Wed Sep 20, 2023 9:46 pm

Oh dear, oh sad, never mind......
Odd thing, ain't it... you meet people one at a time, they seem decent, they got brains that work, and then they get together and you hear the voice of the people. And it snarls.

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Re: Paul Simon

Post by Julian Mince » Thu Sep 21, 2023 6:27 am

I thought this was an announcement of his death.
I know a man who taught his dog to play the trumpet on the London Underground.
He went from Barking to Tooting in an hour.

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Re: Paul Simon

Post by Phillip Phlopp » Thu Sep 21, 2023 8:16 am

I've mentioned before about a concert he gave in Central Perk in 1991 and featured many black musicians from across the world: Africa and South Africa, Caribbean, South America and black American. Absolutely fantastic and he was more than generous in allowing these largely unknowns literally a stage for a world audience.

It was on Sky Arts I think.

He did Call Me Al that he performed with Chevy Chase on the sax. Paul is quite tiny wee whereas Chevy is a tall lad. Quite a sight.

This clip shows this performance and gives a feel for the make-up of the band

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2tr5b1
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Re: Paul Simon

Post by Gaspode » Thu Sep 21, 2023 5:20 pm

Odd thing, ain't it... you meet people one at a time, they seem decent, they got brains that work, and then they get together and you hear the voice of the people. And it snarls.

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