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Paul Simon

lulu1 — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 13:44:18 GMT

We saw Paul Simon (his farewell tour) Saturday night. His voice was exceptional, particularly since he's been touring for months. The venue was packed. According to the playlist, he sang 26 selections without an intermission. We would have been happier if he sang more S&G selections but he understandly did a lot of stuff off his solo albums. Our biggest disappointment was there was no Mrs. Robinson. At least he ended with The Sound(s) of Silence.

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Carmie — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 13:54:23 GMT

I am so happy that he is on tour and is well. When I heard him sing at a certain national convention on TV, he looked and sounded awful.

i am glad to hear he is doing better and you enjoyed his performance.

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lulu1 — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 14:10:46 GMT

@Carmie

I too saw the performance you saw and you are right, it wasn't good.

A friend saw PS last spring and said he was great. Based on her recommendation I bought tickets.

As I said, he sounded like the old Paul Simon when he sang, but when he spoke, he slurred his words, making it difficult (at times) to understand him.

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Sweetbay magnolia — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 14:26:26 GMT

Lucky you! 76, he is.

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FuzzyFace — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 14:53:46 GMT

Maybe hitting his wife took something out of him.

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viva923 — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 21:09:56 GMT

at least you did hear one of the 2 most classic songs of all times.

love both those songs, at times i will just begin to sing either song while i am taking my daily walks. just the birds can hear me, my audience is always appreciative (I get no boos just lots of squawking LOL)

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NEvans2 — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 21:24:32 GMT

Leaving in an hour to see him here in Pittsburgh. I haven't been to a concert in years. Looking forward to hearing some good, old classics.

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chickenbutt — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 21:30:27 GMT

I'm so jealous! Love Simon and I am still a huge Simon & Garfunkel fan.

I wanted to see the both of them so badly and never got to.

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lulu1 — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 21:47:54 GMT

@NEvans2 wrote:
Leaving in an hour to see him here in Pittsburgh. I haven't been to a concert in years. Looking forward to hearing some good, old classics.

@NEvans2

Enjoy!

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NEvans2 — Sat, 22 Sep 2018 03:32:27 GMT

The concert was excellent! He played from 8:10 to 10:50. No opening act, no intermissions. Did three encores. I was not disappointed in the playlist. Wasn't really expecting a lot of the old stuff when he was still with Garfunkel. They've been broken up for a very long time. But he did not disappoint. He did do quite a few of the old S&G classics. A lot of his solo stuff. Even the few songs I didn't recognize were great. He probably has some of the most fantastic back up musicians I have ever heard. A lot of talent in the PPG Paints arena that night. So glad I went!

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reiki604 — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 11:44:52 GMT

Saw his concert at MSG Friday night. Absolutely AMAZNG!!!!! I've seen him (with and without Art Garfunkel) a number of ltimes dating back to the 70's but this was something different. It was tinged with some sadness as PS says this is his last concert tour. I have always and still do love folk music and S & G were my introduction to it when I was a young girl.

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I am still oxox — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 11:54:19 GMT

I saw the Simon and Garfunkel reunion concert in Central Park and it was well amazing, life was so innocent back then. Also saw him alone several other times throughout the years

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Ibby114 — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 16:50:21 GMT

@I am still oxox wrote:
I saw the Simon and Garfunkel reunion concert in Central Park and it was well amazing, life was so innocent back then. Also saw him alone several other times throughout the years

@I am still oxox Same here, I was about 20 ft from the stage in Central Park that day! I knew seeing them together in 1981 was going to be a big deal, that's why I got to the Great Lawn so early that day. But I never thought it would be a part of music history !!

I've seen Paul and Art together twice since then (they toured after their induction to the Rock & Roll HOF), and each on their own several times. Paul seems much more down to earth-- and humble- than Art. I went Paul's Newark show - almost made it to MSG the following week as well!