A very agreeable cover of the Paul Simon song
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Kathy’s Song
Monday morning, an early Paul Simon song for his then girlfriend from England, Kathy Chitty (still living in Wales). This is one of the few songs that came out on a Simon and Garfunkel album that was sung solo by Paul Simon. Later at some Simon and Garfunkel concerts, Art would sing the song, but to my mind, Paul’s version was more affecting. Garfunkel has said that he thought it was Paul Simon’s best love song.
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Mr. Lee, Mr. Lee: Paul Simon and Edie Brickell
Paul Simon and wife Edie Brickell with an affectionate cover of the 1957 Bobbettes song, evidently from their house during Covid lockdown days. It was written about a math teacher that the members of the Bobbettes had. The Bobbettes, incidently, were the first girl group to have a top 10 American hit at the same time as a #1 R&B hit.
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Something So Right
“Two Billion Heartbeats And Out”: Paul Simon
Well, Paul Simon has passed his 2 billion figure so far, so perhaps there is hope. The phrase is from his song on his new album, Seven Psalms, “Your Forgiveness.”
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Homeward Bound: Paul Simon
Monday morning, Paul Simon, singing a song he must have sung thousands of times, now as if it’s the first time, newly discovered.
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My Perfect Five Song Set: Paul Simon
I’m not a big fan of Colbert, but this is a great extended interview with Paul Simon. Highlight: his recitation of the lyrics to “Darling Lorraine.”
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Paul Simon On Writing “Cecilia”
Paul Simon, speaking to Howard Stern about how they created the drum part for the song “Cecilia.”
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Kodachrome: Josh Turner
The Paul Simon song covered by Josh Turner impeccably as always.
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Still Crazy After All These Years: Josh Turner
Monday morning, Josh Turner sounding more like Paul Simon than Paul Simon.
Great guitar arrangement too.
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Sound Of Silence: MonaLisa Twins
Monday morning, the Austrian born MonaLisa Twins make like Artie and Paul.
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Hearts And Bones
One of my favorite Paul Simon songs; and I think he became a more heartfelt singer in his later years–the story really comes alive.
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“We Can’t Be Forever Blessed”
Paul Simon’s sings his “American Tune,” written over 45 years ago; under our present circumstances, his incredibly touching performance makes it seem like it was written just yesterday.
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Boxed In
For Emily/Overs
Graceland
Monday morning, Mr. Simon, along with his amazingly tight band, bestow a kind of musical benediction.
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Sounds of Silence
Mr. Simon, 76 years old, in his last song at the last performance of his farewell tour 2018, Corona, Queens.
When Paul says, “Hello darkness, my old friend,” it’s totally believable.
Stay until the end. “Means more than you can know.”
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Peace Like A River
Leave it to Josh Turner to unearth this Paul Simon gem. Josh’s guitar playing and vocals are so inspiring that I didn’t pay attention to Paul Simon’s amazing lyrics until the third time around.
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Dion: Song for Sam Cooke
Monday morning, Dion, now pushing 80 years old, sings “Here in America,” his moving tribute to Sam Cooke, with whom Dion toured. The harmonies by the unseen Paul Simon raise it to a whole other level.
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Get Your Plane Right On Time
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It’s not enough that Josh Turner plays perfect guitar and the best Paul Simon covers you’ll ever hear, but the freakin’ guy actually does the Artie Garfunkel part for “Only Living Boy In New York” as well. Just amazing.
The reverb is courtesy of a tunnel in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park. And stay tuned for the announcement after the song. Wish I could hop on a plane.
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Graceland
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Josh Turner playing the Paul Simon classic—dare I say it—every bit as good as Mr. Simon, and that’s saying something.
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Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes
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Josh Turner and company with an audacious country/folk music take on the Paul Simon classic from the Graceland album that is every bit as good as the original.
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Simon and Simon
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In this rare live television performance, Paul Simon and his younger brother, Eddie Simon, play Davey Graham’s catchy guitar instrumental, “Anji.” Eddie, who looks remarkably like Paul, used to run the Guitar Study Center in New York City, and later he helped to manage some of Paul’s tours. He was also executive producer of some of the Simon and Garfunkel compilation albums. It’s fun to watch the two of them workout and exercise their chops on this one.
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Broken Promises
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Monday morning, Simon and Garfunkel look for a country that disappeared.
Despite the precious college poetry lyrics, still affecting.
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