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| Headline | Pauls Performance on the Gershwin Show |
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Mimi
Feb-27-2009, 09:29 GMT
Austria
 | Get it while it´s still there:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2eQyr4_DGw
Enjoy!
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barbara
Feb-27-2009, 17:04 GMT
USA - United Staates America
 | thanks Mimi-
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mog
Feb-27-2009, 17:54 GMT
Canada
 | Completely boring ! |
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fubel
Feb-27-2009, 18:08 GMT
Germany
 | mog, are you really sure that you are a Paul Simon fan? To be honest, I never read a positive comment about Paul Simon from your site. |
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mog
Feb-27-2009, 21:18 GMT
Canada
| Is this a joke ?
You mean comments on this site ?
I am just a critical person, an independant spirit...when it is good, I say it, when it is bad, I say it too.
Whatever goes out from Simon does not mean immediately genius for me.
I think I do qualify as a Simon fan ! |
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Suzi
Feb-27-2009, 21:51 GMT
USA - United Staates America
| I thought it was excellent. His voice just goes on and on. |
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Ian
Feb-28-2009, 00:56 GMT
Unknown
 | Omg Mog,you are an independent thinker,and that´s an admirable quality to be sure,but what is it that you find ´boring´ about Paul´s performance? Now I´m sadly not much of an independent thinker-not a very vociferous one anyway,but I am a musical snob and I have never been able to understand some of the criticism I have heard levelled at Paul Simon and his music. Words like ´wimpy´,´wussy´,and... ´boring´ have been used by non Paul Simon fans and I always do my best to convince them otherwise,but you ARE a Paul Simon fan,and I´m at a complete loss how to respond,although you would never believe it by this long text;-) I guess I just want to hear or understand exactly what it is that you find boring about this particular performance. I suppose if Paul had his band with him,he may have been able to do a great,say, ´Sir Duke´,but he was alone with his guitar,and chose a song with lyrics and music that he felt he could do justice to. In my eyes and ears he succeeded,but not to yours. Why is it that,do you think? |
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Gerard
Feb-28-2009, 01:56 GMT
New Zealand
 | I thought his performance was just fine for a lone voice and guitar. Typically Paul Simon (reminded me of 10 years on Oprah Winfrey show).
Was this a Stevie Wonder song. |
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Ian
Feb-28-2009, 02:05 GMT
Unknown
| Hi Gerard,yes it is a Stevie Wonder song. It´s not only Paul´s singing that is fine,but his beautiful,tasteful and deftly fingerpicked guitar that deserves special mention. |
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mog
Feb-28-2009, 05:03 GMT
Canada
| Ok, ok...you are about to convince me !!
Seriously, I was bored by my first listenings. I don´t know...it reminds me at times of Love in Hard Times(yawn).
I do not play the guitar, but I try to imagine the complex fingerpicking and chords style at works, but...there is no strong melody to my ears, no deep groove that really take me.
On th other hand, I need to be frank: I am not super familiar with the original track, but will pay attention in the next few days and recompare with Paul´s version.
By the way, I have always *loved* the Surfer Girl thing (+ the falsetto) !! Another acoustic performance I love is the "Take Me To The Mardi Gras" that he did a few years ago I think for Katrina. I know...it is not the same, but for me it is the difference between something attractive to my ears and a...yawn.
Anyway, this is just a cover. As usual, I am content that Paul was a performer and that he played in front of Stevie and Barack. |
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Ian
Feb-28-2009, 05:58 GMT
Unknown
| Yeah,that´s cool Mog. Give it a few more listens and the songs melody will start to make sense,but if you still don´t like it,then that´s okay too. To each his own,to abuse an Old cliche. Actually there is one short line of melody in that performance,that sounds remarkably like a melodic phrase in Paul´s own ´That´s Where I Belong´. It´s the part that goes ´...sound becomes a song...´. Have a listen to both songs and see if you can pick it? |
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Mimi
Feb-28-2009, 10:02 GMT
Austria
| Hello Mog,
May I give my opinion, too. For me it´s not the fact that you are critical about it that is a little bit offensive, it´s they way you wrote it. You just throw in "Completely boring!" and that´s it. When you explain it like you did later, I can relate to it and of course everbody has his or her tastes. For me it is very much about how you say it that shows respect or not. I hope you know what I mean.
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Scaaty
Feb-28-2009, 13:06 GMT
Ireland
 | I must on first listening i would have said the same as Mog, but I have thought that with a lot of Pauls songs on YTo and Surprise. I am now aware its my tone deafness that causes this reaction and the more I listen to it the better it becomes esp using ear phones and watching intently.
But I Love his songs with a bit of oomph eg Outrageous, Ace in a hole, SCAATY (of course:) ), YCCMA, Mardi Gras etc.
Keep up the controversial remarks Mog, they keep all us besotted fans on our toes, and makes us think on why PS music means so much |
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miriam
Feb-28-2009, 14:02 GMT
Germany
| This is beautiful! If someone´s interested, here´s the original in comparison:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fX36mGEqfw4
I expected it to be completely different from Paul´s version but it isn´t :-) |
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Kuno
Feb-28-2009, 16:18 GMT
Switzerland
 | I have managed to download the whole ceremony in high quality video. It was available on dime, but a few hours later it was banned (don´t know why). If people here are interested, I can extract the Paul-segment and share it... just let me know... |
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