Paul Simon - Duncan (Live)

[cocolossal69]

I don't care what anyone says, for me Paul Simon is the pinnacle of songwriters, there is no one above him, but hey, that's my opinion, everyone else is entitled to theirs :) cheers

[antonioliriololi]

This song was inspired after he traveled to Peru...arriba Peru!!!!

[Vulcanscienceacademy]

There's plenty of room on the stage for more that one Awesome singer. Ain't worth arguing over.

[uckbee]

Best song ever written, imho; thank you, Paul, for letting the first version evolve or whatever it did, into this. peace&love

[uckbee]

Dylan's seminal, as was Lennon, but no one's as literate as Paul Simon, both musically and lyrically, unless you want to proffer Stephen Sondheim, but then S. S.'s in a different genre.

[irishace11]

Actually, it's not hard to argue at all. Dylan is Shakespeare and all other singer songwriters will cop to that. Brian Wilson, McCartney, Lennon, Paul Simon, James Taylor. Ask them.

[diodewatch11]

@irishace11 thw way i see it , bob dylan is the greatest song writer and paul simon is the best songwriter, thhe lyyricas that bob writes are mindblowing but paul really polishes his songs to perfection , there arn't many "bad "paul simon songs.

[MKECBS1]

This guy is forever awesome. But he ain't no mark knopfler. not in song, or soul.

Even so, I will never loose my love for paul simom.

[irishace11]

You may think Paul Simon is greater than Dylan. But no one is.

[tbot888]

@irishace11 It's hard to argue who's greater then who.. and kind of pointless. But I'd argue that Simon, Dylan, etc. define their generation of American songwriters and all will be remembered as some of the greatest songwriters of their generation. Simon also ended up with some of the most influential albums in press (BoTW, Graceland, Soundtrack to Graduate, etc)

[happy50gis]

This is such a beautiful song. Paul Simon is a great composer making this kind of music.

[dakarlion1]

Great composer, great song, lousy sound quality.

[hombre3000]

Gorgeous. He means it.

[TheGregory99]

He's definitely one of the greatest. Him, Dylan, and Springsteen.

[JTG752007]

I saw Simon & gardunkel in El Paso, Tx in 1968. to this day the best show i have ever seen.

[NTC335]

名曲だぁね☆

[plopfz]

awesome, thanks for posting!

[walkersea]

Bob Dylan & Paul Simon are both legends.

Trying to put one over another is pointless.

[tfitim]

Paul SImon, word association, LEGEND

[frankiep1222]

i would say poet as far as word association. but legend works too

[tfitim]

Paul Simon is a legend, end of. Art Garfunkel complements that legend too.

[trezpazz]

paul is great but he aint no Bob Dylan...Bob is an icon...enjoy both ...Trez

[ohwell121]

he sings better for one thing,

but you're right, he's not an icon bleu''äää

[GazzaGlitta]

I disagree, Simon and Garfunkel together are legendary icons.

[ohwell121]

say that to trezpazz not to me

[GazzaGlitta]

mer sorry it was meant for him.

[poempoorlywritten3]

Oh god such a beautiful song... one of my favorites :]

He is an exceptional writer.

I love the flutes :]

[padraic2001eire]

This song is so beautiful. I think Paul Simon might be the greatest American songwriter of the 20th century, above even Bob Dylan.

[Sconan42156]

That's like comparing Michelangelo and Davinci

[ohwell121]

i remember the flute tune from somewhere, i think ti's a common south american pan flute tune, but i don't know what its called

[P200775]

it is called quena in Perù

[ohwell121]

thank you

[PaulSimonIsCUTE]

@padraic2001eire definately!!!

[TheGregory99]

@padraic2001eire Yeah i think he's at least as good as Dylan. but IMHO, Springsteen's the best writer. Ever.

[TheGregory99]

@padraic2001eire He's at least as good as Dylan. Almost as good as Springsteen. IMHO

[firestartertwistedfi]

@padraic2001eire Not too shabby, these American Jews! I have the impression Dylan redefined what songs could be more than Paul Simon ever did, though. Take Subterranean Homesick Blues for example. The word 'well-crafted' springs to mind with Paul Simon, much as I adore him.

[axonazo]

que canción tan hermosa, me recuerda cuando tenia 10 años, y se parece batante a la musica de los andes del Perú, como el condor pasa, y las virgenes del sol

Viva Paul Simon que es un Genio

y viva el Perú milenario de los Inkas

[jeffrozell]

paul simon is the shit

hands down

no one has shit on my main man

rhymen paul simon

[aqwaya]

I saw him in Mainz today. He player it!!! I´m so happy about that!

[attybong]

sure this one's great

[jockan89]

I Love this song! god bless Paul Simon

[jacksonflashman]

i'll be seeing paul simon in concert in two months here in austria... i can't say how excited i am... he's been my favorite musician for my whole youth and adulthood... i didn't think that i'd get a chance to see a concert of his. can't wait for it.

[danielkerryann]

Stunning song - saw him perform this in Manchester UK the same year - I nearly died...

[Paulsimon8]

I was there on the 5th of Nov (or was it the 4th, My memory is shady thesedays :( ) at the MEN aswell, What an amazing concert - such perfection in the details simply cannot be equalled by any other artist.

[mcouzijn]

Another great thing about Paul Simon songs is that do not just stand the test of time, but they fully stand the test of bad audio too.

Who cares whether the chorus has authentic Peruvian instruments or not? The new instruments do what they should do: they plant in your brain the recollection of the song as it should be. You see the condor flying, don't you? Even in spite of narrow audio bandwidth and the distortion. And every word is where and what is should be. Classic song.

[laquillo]

Someone said without the andean instruments like in the original recording this tune is completily different,the piccolo and violin cannot just substitute the "qena and charango" played by Urubamba.

[antifafubel]

can some write down what paul says at the beginning of the video? I could translate it if I read the sentence but I can't hear what he says. Thank you :)

[Bethwvu]

He said, "This song was from my first solo album. I only mention that because a significant amount of people weren't born at that time. The song is called Duncan.For those of you who weren't born, it won the Nobel Prize in Zurich."

[antifafubel]

Thanks :)

[manluvsthe60s]

being 17 was a very good time.. enjoy being 17 the years go quickly

[msrrautela]

I agree with u guys.this is an awsm song which really never finds any mention anywhere. It's just a lovely piece with a lovely story...but is highly underrated

[kritikon]

The sound is not the same without the andean instruments...

[livenr8]

brings back memories back from 72... yes Paul Simon's songs are very underrated

[danielkerryann]

Absolutely friggin amazing - the guy is a legend. A perfect song for the folk generation, and me!

[manluvsthe60s]

favorite solo by Simon... love the story to this song and melody.... yes very underrated song I think was 12 when the song came out

[antifafubel]

yes, it's a very very nice song :) I wasn't born when it came out :D I'm 17

[wolfpup64]

a very underrated song, and one of my favorites..thanks for the upload!