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He did Diamonds from the Soles of her Shoes and also the title track from Gracelands. Gracelands just has to be the best track from that album in my opinion.Great Plum wrote:I would have loved to have gone to that gig! Did he play anything from Graceland?
His new CD is meant to be good as well...
Agree about Graceland. He did it superbly and I've still got it in my head all these days later!shoz wrote:He did Diamonds from the Soles of her Shoes and also the title track from Gracelands. Gracelands just has to be the best track from that album in my opinion.Great Plum wrote:I would have loved to have gone to that gig! Did he play anything from Graceland?
His new CD is meant to be good as well...
Throughout the entire concert he said very little, mostly it was song after song.
Mid A 15 wrote:Agree about Graceland. He did it superbly and I've still got it in my head all these days later!shoz wrote:He did Diamonds from the Soles of her Shoes and also the title track from Gracelands. Gracelands just has to be the best track from that album in my opinion.Great Plum wrote:I would have loved to have gone to that gig! Did he play anything from Graceland?
His new CD is meant to be good as well...
Throughout the entire concert he said very little, mostly it was song after song.
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Perhaps you're not quite as big a fan as I am of Paul. In my humble opinion, Bridge, and The Boxer from the same album are two of the finest pieces of music ever written.Richard Ruck wrote:Perhaps there is a God after all!shoz wrote:Safe to say that I don't think he will ever do another Bridge Over Troubled Water.
Correct! Very talented, just not my cup of tea.shoz wrote:Perhaps you're not quite as big a fan as I am of Paul.Richard Ruck wrote:Perhaps there is a God after all!shoz wrote:Safe to say that I don't think he will ever do another Bridge Over Troubled Water.
No, Shoz; Albatross (Fleetwood Mac) comes in as finest- I'll allow "Brige over Troubled Waters" as second.shoz wrote:In my humble opinion, Bridge, and The Boxer from the same album are two of the finest pieces of music ever written.
Mid A 15 wrote:[
However there were a lot of youngsters there too which was good to see and they seemed as enthralled as us old farts.
It was a great atmosphere and Paul looked as though he genuinely enjoyed it and appeared touched by the applause he received.
Hmmm, Albatross? Yes, a brilliant track but not quite up there with Bridge Over Troubled Water, sorry to be picky, but Paul always said he was very particular about people using the correct title, no S on the end. And when you listen to it there are very few electronics used on that track - piano and orchestra - no fancy electronics required.sejintenej wrote:No, Shoz; Albatross (Fleetwood Mac) comes in as finest- I'll allow "Brige over Troubled Waters" as second.shoz wrote:In my humble opinion, Bridge, and The Boxer from the same album are two of the finest pieces of music ever written.
Paul Simon is in the top rank, yes but don't forget The Outlaws who didn't have electronics to help them play but acheived the same sounds.
Ok, I'm biased
icomefromalanddownunder wrote:Mid A 15 wrote:[
However there were a lot of youngsters there too which was good to see and they seemed as enthralled as us old farts.
It was a great atmosphere and Paul looked as though he genuinely enjoyed it and appeared touched by the applause he received.
My daughter (aged 21) saw him a couple of months ago in Houston, and was enthralled. She and her brother grew up on an unsolicited diet of PS, Dire Straits, The Beatles, etc, and genuninely love the music; but Jess was concerned, after seeing Rod Steward murder Maggie May on an episode of Parky a couple of years ago that Paul, also, might have lost his mojo.
I haven't ever seen him live. He did play at one of the Australian Grand Prix after concerts (back in the days when it was still held in The City of Churches, before the Victorians stole it from us). Didn't manage to get a ticket, but it absolutely bucketed down on the night anyway.
Have to ask: did it rain when you saw him?
It's just that it rained when he played Adelaide, it rained when he played Houston this year, and it rained when he played Central Park some time in the dim and distant past (I have the CD). We are battening down for a very, very bad drought (noticed yesterday that even the weeds are frying, and we haven't left Spring yet), so I'm just wondering whether it might be worth emailing Paul and asking him to head out here ...............
Aha. Very interesting.Ruthie-Baby wrote:Wow. PS is my favourite recording artist of all time. I'm so jealous.
I went to see him in 2002 in Hammersmith I think it was.
he can't play so much now cos of calsium deposits in his hands. See I know stuff too.... Unless he's had that fixed recently.
