Outrageous Paul Simon on Letterman

[Ar7wen]

I love it! Great stuff....."God will......"

[Scottie1152]

It's all quite simple really. No one is going to like everything that any one musician creates. You ask Paul and he'll tell you even HE doesn't like some of his songs! If you like it you like it. If you don't, you don't. Think he cares? Lol :-D

[Awesoman]

This song never translated to live very well but I dig it and the album SURPRISE that it's from.

[melora72]

"Who's gonna love you when your looks are gone?

God will, like He waters the flowers on you window sill."

I don't care for this song much, but this couplet is really beautiful.

[redsfanstu]

Paul Simon,( I am fairly certain that he has a standing invitatiion to go on Letterman at any old time he feels it necessary) is ALL WORLD!

[JettRink50]

Yeah, it's hard for me to like his later albums. Never liked the African stuff, but one

like every song. Your looks arn't gone, some of your songs are though.

[nickd444]

keep listening. it will grow on you.

[poempoorlywritten3]

I ADOOOOORREEE Paul Simon <3 And this song :)

[imreallyclever]

I liked him with Garfunkel, when they started out. Now, this guy is too political, gets involved in other people's internal affairs.

[tycer18]

@imreallyclever You don't like Paul Simon's "Graceland" ? I'm curious, what's political about that album? In fact, their earlier stuff was more political. It was the 1960's, everything was political.

[rkukentertainment]

well this is crap, thats what you get when you spell things wrong, I was looking for Paul Simonon.

[Winterlightsky]

This is a song written by a man who has done everything...folk, gospel, latin american, african...he has nothing to prove!!! This song is a display of free-form lyricism and musical freedom...

[JettRink50]

I don't like this song at all. I think it's the type

of music I don't like.

[surfmcgoogler]

This is what this song would sound like through a tin can with string attached to it.

[poempoorlywritten3]

@surfmcgoogler lmao!

[twinoak170]

It was durning the Charlie Rose interview of June 28, 2007. He said, what is the point of doing twelve songs on an album or cd when everyone's ipod is on shuffle. People don't have the attention span that they once did.

[coffy89]

just sad

[coffy89]

dude get your partner. cause u cant sing

[animegalc4]

this song makes me cringe

[Markks100]

@animegalc4 Like Obama when he heard his white grandmother's racist remarks!

[roseofaberdeen]

This is a bad upload, listen to the record, than you hear a great song. Surprise is a very good album. A great mix of sounds, very good guitar parts, and strong lyrics, Paul Simon still has it.

[kb1g]

Flat, nasty

[TheFun4u123]

witch year he went on letterman?

[Kaalec]

This is just bad. Bad. Bad.

Bad.

[animegalc4]

i know right.

[papaginseng]

shit :-) 40+ years now? and still good for a surprise. Thats a statement lol

[beaconmr]

Paul is so good, anyone have any idea if he's working on anything new?

[twinoak170]

@beaconmr Paul did say that he would never release another record. It's outrageous...I really liked surprise.

[DaveAbramsMusic]

woah when did he say that?

[twinoak170]

@DaveAbramsMusic I think it was during a Charlie Rose interview. He also said that he would occasionally do a live show. I am looking for the interview where he said that.

[noahf67]

The arrangement and delivery comes across much more like a Dylan number.

[MrContrepoint]

No problem with evolution when it brings up something good. That's not the case here IMHO.

[MrContrepoint]

I am one of the biggest P. Simon's fans in the world, but I do not dig this song. Paul, get back to where u once belong (emotional folk songs)

[bferg531]

100% agree with you there

[numerozs]

musicians evolve and change over time. get over it and listen to his old songs if thoose are the only ones you like.

[argus1948]

@MrContrepoint - Amen to that! This is just junk.

[gsjbaldwin]

All I can say to the naysayers is listen to the album "Surprise". Its brilliant! The guy is easily the finest songwriter alive. As good as Dylan lyrically and far better musically. The collaboration with Eno was a master stroke akin to his exploration of African and other genres did "Graceland." As far as I'm concerned Simon post forty is superior to his earlier work, as good as it was. Much more sophisticated musically and the lyrics far more interesting psychologically.

[Maarttttt]

He lost his voice a little, but still is great.

[Cradlestoner]

Listen to Sound of Silence, Scarborough Fair, A most peculiar man, Kathy's song, A poem on the underground wall or simply anything he and Garfunkel did (well, Simon actually did a bit more most of the time) and then listen to this song.

I mean, really ?

This is nothing compared to what he has done earlier. And to the person who posted this, why would your opinion matter more, just cause I disagree with you ?

And who the fuck is Quincy Jones ?

Stop trying to sound smart, you talk like a fool :)

[greenbird007]

Total crap?.......

Some like it some don't........but it's the jackass who thinks their opinion counts for something is what I cant stand......who are you Quincy Jones? .....Jack ass.......

[Cradlestoner]

the song is total crap...lyric ok.

I absolutetly cant stand this, it sounds like some band with 15 year olds trying out their instruments in a band for the first time.

Stick to the acoustic stuff, Simon. It's absolutley wonderful, but this is just total junk crap in my opinion.

[focheese]

I admit... this recording doesn't sound very good. However, I love this album, and the studio version of this song is wonderful! Total crap is pretty harsh.

[Cradlestoner]

The recording isn't that bad, but it's not the greatest I've heard either.

But the song just is not that good, it really isn't. It's somewhat clever, but the production regarding the grand bass intrusion every know and then is strange sounding. My point is, it does in no way compare to a LOT of his older stuff, which is simply beautiful and wonderful.

Total crap is pretty harsh, I'll admit. It's not total crap, but it is rather much crap IMO.

[roma11giu]

still great after all these years

[mozmuse]

who's gonna love you when your looks are gone?

hmmm...

wonder who he's talking about?

lol

[piratejenny37]

apparently you don't know what he's talking about...

give the guy a chance, he's done so much amazingly good stuff....,

And you have ? to offer?

[iciavosser]

I believe as members of the listening populous that we have the right and the ability to be critical of the music we hear and determine if we like it or not or to judge whether the artist is on top of his game or not. It's just BS to infer one must be able to perform before one can criticize. If you don't like folks speaking their minds about the post, don't post.

[proflonghair07]

haha is that ted nugent

[aspazmodic]

performs like he's 28. sick!