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royd
Feb-26-2011, 16:31 GMT
USA - United Staates America

Mellencamp´s Ford commercials demonstrated that an artist can still get the equivalent of airplay without a single radio station broadcasting his song. I don´t see a thing wrong with it as long as the artist involved approves. When Neil Young sang "This Note´s For You" and complained about artists selling their songs (Michael Jackson in a Pepsi commercial) I thought "Neil, it´s great to keep art pure and unsullied by filthy lucre. When are you going to start giving your albums away?"

Bodo
Feb-26-2011, 17:21 GMT
Austria

All I can say (or guess) is, that I really do not think that Paul decides about every song in every commercial worldwide.
I remember the song Late In The Evening in a commercial for butter - which was only aired in my small country, Austria. I doubt that Paul Simon had the time to think a lot about that.
If the product is okay, they can use the song.
And I agree, it also gives the artist some more attention, and some people will start to search for that song and maybe become fans. Remember The Clash? Yeah, best commercial would always be Levis Jeans :)

Forum guest
Feb-26-2011, 18:42 GMT
USA - United Staates America

Ans, my name is Tom, I´m in the fan database, but forgot my sign in info.

In these comments, many people quote Paul. I read an interview with him, talking of Dylan, many years ago, where he said you have to learn to separate liking the person´s music from liking the person.

People here seem to take comments only slightly negative on Paul very personally. If you look at the video of Paul, John Lennon and Art at the grammys, Paul says to Art "I though I told you to wait in the car." Its a joke, but its not really a very nice joke, in front of the entire industry. The joke is that Paul is the much more important member of the duo. Its funny, its true, but its not nice.

I Love Paul´s music, I don´t think anyone who does not would come to this site, but as a person, he seems like most people, a mixed entity, he is certainly very very privileged in society. I don´t think he is always the nicest guy. I think his explanation of why he would have liked Bob Dylan´s voice in So Beautiful is actually pretty mean, and I´m not really that surprised to read that he did not hear back from Dylan.

Mike
Feb-26-2011, 18:54 GMT
USA - United Staates America

Ok I can see how Paul was egotistical in the past, he has even admitted to it. I´m certain there was one point in which I wouldn´t have even wanted to hang out with Paul, but that man seems to have changed over the years. Today he seems very grateful for the gift he has been given and helps many people with the fame that he has. I remember him saying that fame is pointless unless one uses it to help those less fortunate.

Bodo
Feb-26-2011, 19:43 GMT
Austria

Hm, to say that Dylans voice sounds washed out is mean? I thought it is a honoration, to say this about Dylans voice.

Bodo
Feb-26-2011, 19:49 GMT
Austria

Humour does not have to be nice. I think Paul has not changed his kind of humour in the last years - even on the S&G tours in the past few years, Art always had the nice and lovely jokes, while Paul was more suggestive.

I am not sure who was the more important person in the S&G duo, I think it was equal, but at a certain point a lot of fans thought Garfunkel was more important, and that hurts if you are in Pauls position.

Ans
Feb-26-2011, 23:55 GMT
Netherlands

Hi Tom,

I think we read things in a different way which is okay, we are two different people. I think Paul meant it in a respectful way why he wanted Dylan to sing these lyrics. IMO he meant to say that Bob´s voice sounds weather-beaten, as a wise man who experienced a lot in his life, in that way Dylan´s voice works for the lyrics. So it was not meant personally, maybe Bob took it also the wrong way...

As for the S&G years and jokes, I always felt that Art played too much the victim role.

I know Paul is not a God, he is a human being just like the rest of us with sometimes a rare sense of humor which you have to understand. And in the past he was sometimes a little full of himself. But Paul did and still does a lot of good things in his life.

So, I like Paul as a musician and as a person :)

Mike  
Feb-27-2011, 00:02 GMT
USA - United Staates America

Well said Ans.

Ans
Feb-27-2011, 00:04 GMT
Netherlands

Oh, I forgot to mention how Paul praised Bob´s music and lyrics in the JFK Library talk the other day. He clearly respects Bob too much to be mean to him.

Jay
Feb-27-2011, 00:49 GMT
USA - United Staates America

Don´t forget about the recent Uncut interview in which he said, "You´re supposed to be pretentious at 22. It´s better than being pretentious at 42. That´s unforgivable."

Mimi
Feb-27-2011, 09:57 GMT
Austria

One of the problems is,that people do so much interpretation of what was said and tell you what was meant. And when it comes to humour, there are a lot of people who don´t get it.

Austrians and Germans speak the same language but Austrians don´t understand german humour and it looks like it is the same thing the other way round. Try to explain Monty Pytons humour to somebody, who doesn´t like it. I get the impression that New Yorkers have a very special humour, too. So some things sound very harsh for other people, but you can´t take that literally.

Brenda
Feb-27-2011, 10:57 GMT
Australia

Totally agree with you Ans. Imo.very unprofessional of Dylan not to give Paul the courtesy of a reply!

Brenda
Feb-27-2011, 11:13 GMT
Australia

Not too sure if I posted this before on another thread bur Homeward Bound was used in Australia last Year to promote Pure Blond Beer and the ad won an award.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGqCGFNHwa0 and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBWGQ-vLkII but if you look at the notes in the first ad credit for composing and arranging was given to
Cornel Wilczzek who did the cover version. Hope Paul got paid for it!

Forum guest
Feb-27-2011, 18:50 GMT
USA - United Staates America

mimi, I agree with you that there is a lot of misunderstanding related to use of language. For instance, if I said, I am always very impressed with the way the non native english speakers here speak english" is that a complement or an insult? If you are a singer, and someone says "I would like you to sing this line because your voice is so weather beaten and gravelly that it will sound like an Old biblical sage" is that a complement, or an insult?

Matthew Evans
Feb-27-2011, 22:44 GMT
United Kingdom

Remember, there is a significant difference between taking a piece of music, re-recording it with cheap musicians and changing the lyrics (The Sound of Midas) and just using a piece of music, as it was recorded, as a backing track.

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