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| Author | Comment | Nathgertsch
May-17-2005, 16:36 GMT
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France
 | Ok but he got all the same a jewish wedding with Carrie Fisher... | | | | Scaaty
May-17-2005, 16:58 GMT
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Ireland
 | Although Ive always felt the last song Quiet fits in beautifully .... with the native American culture.
Sorry that last phrase got left out in my previous comment. | | | | io
May-17-2005, 17:54 GMT
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Italy
 | ok, in fact there are a lot of christian or religious referement in PS works. I always thought he´s a very ´spiritual´ person, or, by the way, his lyrics talk not rarely about religious things. I´ve always known him as jew, but in fact I always thought he could be a christian. (bad speech)
Here some Christian referements on his work:
- on WM3AM: You Can Tell The World; Benedictus; Go Tell It On The Mountain..
- Silent Night on PSR&T
-his works with the Jesse Dixon Singers and "jesus is the answer" on Live Rhymin´, while he didn´t put on it anything by Urubamba
-The Coast and The Obvious Child un RotS..
and I always thought that many of his songs have a "religius" or even christian meaning: The Boxer, for exemple, make me think that everyone is saved and continue to live, even if he´s not a very "good" person.. (but I realize that this could be a very personal interpretation, and it could be a little far from the song, but I always thought it.
Diamond on the soles of her shoes too, I think it´s a song about poverty, in a religious way..
but this is the power of PS lyrics: they touch the real part of the things.
ok, stop here making Paul Simon what I want to be.
that´s all | | | | Alain
May-18-2005, 07:05 GMT
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France
| I think that Paul is somebody very cultived and very eclectic.His curiosity for all the réligions and philosophies is large.To give an objective to the life and to seek a god or a way are legitimate .I think that the fact of beeing christian, jewish or bouddhist is not very important. I think that Paul is always in research and curious...like the most of us ! | | | | Micky
May-18-2005, 23:10 GMT
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United Kingdom
 | As it has already been said, Paul is a very spiritual individual. And it doesn´t really matter what his spiritual path is, as he speaks to all faiths. I noted on something a while back that Paul always puts his hands together and bows as a thank you, that is a Buddhist greeting. Like I said, a very spirtitual man.
As it also has been said, weather he was Hindu,Buddhist, etc, he´d still be Jewish. Judaism isn´t the same as Christiamity, as such. It´s not just a faith, but a people, a race. And so regardless of the path they walk, they are always Jewish.
I was a Christian a long time ago, but my path has changed. And even though that has happened, I wouldn´t be concidered to be a Christian regardless of the path I walk now.
Hugs
Me | | | | jamal
May-23-2005, 18:52 GMT
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France
| he´s a great writer,singer whatever they think about him | | | | jefferson street
May-30-2005, 06:33 GMT
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USA - United Staates America
 | i think that he could very well have christian beliefs, but is not very religious. jamal is right that either way he is an incredible songwriter, musician and singer and is a testament to Gods gifts. it is also normal that fans would want to know about his faith. his songs are so indepth and incredible that his beliefs and faith must be interesting, especially because he puts so much of it into his music. | | | | John Whapshott
May-31-2005, 12:32 GMT
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Sweden
 | I think his most powerful ´religious´ song is Silent Eyes. A very stark arrangement and one of Paul´s most moving vocals ever. Someone suggested that ´silent eyes´ refers to Jewish prisoners in Nazi cattle-trucks, where all you could see was their eyes. And his final message is to be found in every part of the Bible - ´And we shall all be called as witnesses, Each and every one, To stand before the eyes of God, And speak what was done.´ The Bible says that the fate of a nation depends on its attitude to God´s chosen people. The UK has prospered whenever its foreign policy was sympathetic to Israel. That´s certainly not our policy at the moment - and are we prospering? | | | | Michel Couzijn
May-31-2005, 18:30 GMT
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Netherlands
 | I think Paul is not a auto-biographical or self-expressive singer. He designs songs that appeal to humanity, or rather, to humans. Thus it isn´t strange that his songs appeal to jews, christians, buddhists, and non-believers; to blacks, whites, and people of any other color; to musicians and people who consider themselves not overtly musical; that they strike a chord with both liberals and democrats. It is because Simon´s songs are unpolitical yet emotional - and we, people across the world, citizens of this planet, we share our emotions while we are here. We are essentially the same, not essentially different (hence the ´Myth of the Fingerprints´).
So to me it is irrelevant whether Paul can be labeled ´jewish´ or ´christian´ or ´agnostic´. What matters is what his songs mean to me - and that may be something different from what they mean to you, or even to Paul. Yet he will relish in finding that his songs will offer something meaningful to me.
I also like the song ´Silent Eyes´ very much. Yet I never had the trains association. To me, the song is about someone worrying about his jewish heritage, about Israel, about the hardship of the jewish people who are hardened - not strenghtened - no, who choose to harden themselves due circumstance (´Jerusalem make her bed of stones´). And the jewish observer in the diaspora, feeling the appeal (´she calls my name´) stands aside and watches and *has* to judge or at least witness this hardship (´stand before the eyes of god and speak what was done´).
It is our ability to transform, to project ourself in each others´ shoes, that allows us to feel connected, in spite of our differences. It doesn´t matter if I´m a christian or not. But I can feel the pain. You can feel it, too. We can all feel it, if we try (´Everybody feels the wind blow´).
| | | | David
Jun-12-2005, 12:16 GMT
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Germany
 | Sorry to drag this one up again. But....Paul is Jewish. Pure and simple. Yes he refers to the "Bible" as being the greatest story ever told in "Old". But he could of course be refering to the Old Testament, the basis of the Tora, which does make up half of the bible.
In 2000, in Hamburg, Germany, Paul switched the lyrics on the second noght. Then the Koran was "The greatest story ever told"!!
So there we go. All pointless anyway. Who cares what he believes in. As long as he brings out a new album soon he can believe in the Archangel Pochahontas and the Highpriest Father Abraham and his Smurfs. Just keep bringing the music buddy..... | | | | Bodo
Jun-13-2005, 09:19 GMT
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Austria
 | In 2000, in Hamburg, Germany, Paul switched the lyrics on the second noght. Then the Koran was "The greatest story ever told"!!
Hm, a clever guy this Paul... he knew that in German cities 50% of the people are immigrants from muslime countries :-)
First I thought he maybe mixed up Germany with some other country...but no, he is really clever :-) | | | | |
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