Posts Tagged Paul Simon
Archive
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. […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
June 4, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
V/A: Graceland – The Remixes
Various Artists: Graceland: The Remixes Sony Music Cmg Paul Simon approved this. He’s also approved far too many live albums, Simon & Garfunkel reunions and around 87 unnecessary Greatest Hits compilations. But let’s just be clear, those other mild transgressions are what happens when a gifted songwriter receives far too many orders and offers across […]Archive
March 20, 2018 by Simon Sweetman