Tuesday 7th December, 2004
Garfunkel pushed for new song
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Big News Network.com Tuesday 7th December, 2004
Art Garfunkel says he had to push Paul Simon to record the new song, Citizen of the World, on the duo´s Old Friends Live on Stage.
Citizen of the World, which Simon first presented to Garfunkel in the early ´80s, is the duo´s first new studio recording in nearly 30 years. But according to Garfunkel, Simon was skittish about the message of the socio-political song.
He said I´m worried about the politics. It´s not for us to tell the government that they need to hear the voices of reason and peace,´ Garfunkel said. And I beg to differ. It is not a cliche to say that war is a no-win, horrific choice. It´s me who wants to accept proudly the fact that there´s a political quality to what we do. It´s the old humanism rising.
Simon and Garfunkel last recorded together on 1975´s My Little Town, which each included on solo albums that year.
Old Friends Live on Stage was recorded at shows in New York City and New Jersey during the duo´s 2003-04 Old Friends reunion tour, Simon & Garfunkel´s first tour in 20 years.
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