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Posts Tagged Paul Simon

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August 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Spare A Thought For The Boy In His Bubble

He’s just a poor boy, though that story’s seldom told / There must be 50 ways to earn some income / Every day there’s endless streams but Spotify doesn’t pay for dreams / Heaven holds a place for those who pay / In the clearing stands a chancer, writer by trade * Still, tomorrow’s gonna […]
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July 18, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 92

Phoebe Snow, Phoebe Snow (1974) Was Phoebe Snow underrated? Certainly by me! Every time I’ve heard her I’ve loved her – that Paul McCartney cover. Singing with Paul Simon. I used to have that single-disc Best of Phoebe Snow (on CD – though I thought I had the record too, apparently not). So I picked […]
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July 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: God’s Eye Is On All Of Us But Only If You Grew Up Believing

Artie and Paul singing about the dead and the dying back in their little town I always hear it as drive towards the place, where we sit and argue at the table over politics and idealism and how opinions are something you are entitled to but I’ll always point out (and never with subtlety) that […]
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March 2, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Friends Just Can’t Be Found

Here’s the key thing about Bridge Over Troubled Water: when Paul Simon wrote it – he had just two verses. He took it to Art Garfunkel and asked what he thought. Artie told him to go away and write a third verse – told him he had half a good song but it needed finishing. […]
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February 2, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Simon & Garfunkel: Live at Carnegie Hall 1969 (ep)

Simon & Garfunkel Live at Carnegie Hall 1969 (ep) Columbia/Legacy / Sony Music Entertainment It’s just been the 50th anniversary of Bridge Over Troubled Water so in a low-key marking of that – we have this new digital-only EP – featuring four songs recorded live in a venue famous for so many great live concert […]
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October 18, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Feature: The “Worst” Songs by The “Best” Bands

I’m usually on RNZ once a month to have a chat about some new albums. But now and then I present features on the show too. Last year I had nearly an hour to explore the music of George Harrison. I followed that up with a chat about Ringo Starr and played some of his best Beatles drum bits […]
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May 12, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 306 

Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel As “Tom & Jerry”, Singles and Rarities 1958-1962  (2016)  Before they were Simon & Garfunkel it was “Tom and Jerry” for Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel and the enduring number from the late 1950s is Hey Schoolgirl – it gets played in their reunion concerts, and turns up on compilations…they broke up and then reformed a few years […]
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May 3, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Five Songs For Friday: 28 – In The Evening

It was back at Five Songs For Friday # 13 when I phoned up late in the day and decided to offer an evening theme. And so here we are again…this time I’ve gone for an actual “In The Evening” thing by choosing songs that all have the word evening in the title, that are about the evening – and things that […]
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January 5, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Giving The Drummer Some

I met Steve Gadd. He had played on many of the greatest songs ever. And just in case he’d forgotten I reminded him. I got him to sign my records. He was embarrassed – And told me he liked the fact that I was wearing shorts. It takes all sorts. And I was the only […]
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October 17, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Music Feature: Steve Gadd

I’m usually on RNZ once a month to have a chat about some new albums. But the other day I got the call up to present a Music Feature for the Afternoons show. Well, actually, I was on-air talking about some albums in my regular review slot and I was promoting the back that legendary drummer Steve […]
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September 29, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Reviews: September 2018

Once a month or so I have a chat on RNZ on their Afternoons show with Jesse Mulligan. These things start – randomly and stop in much the same way. I hope to keep doing this. For a while at least. I think I started in December of 2015, so a couple of years into […]
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September 11, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Paul Simon: In The Blue Light

Paul Simon In The Blue Light SMG One of many reasons I’ve enjoyed almost all of Paul Simon’s solo catalogue is the quality-control. Just a dozen albums or so over nearly 50 years. He doesn’t rush. There’s so much in each album – pop songs that extend out into mini symphonies or fizz with their […]
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