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  • Why Paul Simon Won’t Play ‘You Can Call Me Al’ Again

    11/20/2024 2:56:00 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 48 replies
    UltimateClassicRock ^ | November 20, 2024 | Corey Irwin
    Paul Simon has abandoned one of his biggest hits, a decision that was entirely out of his control. The acclaimed singer-songwriter, now 83 years old, has been open about his ongoing battle with hearing loss. While the condition has forced him to retire from touring, Simon has continued performing occasional concerts. During a recent conversation with CBS Mornings, the musician explained how he manages his condition – and why it made him retire one of his most popular songs. “There’s only about 6% [hearing] in my left ear,” Simon explained, noting how he has to use multiple monitors during performances....
  • Bridge Over Troubled Water

    10/12/2024 1:42:51 PM PDT · by DallasBiff · 51 replies
    Genius ^ | 1970 | Simon & Garfunkel
    “Bridge over Troubled Water” is the titular song of Simon & Garfunkel’s album of the same name. The single was released on January 26, 1970, though it also appears on the live album Live 1969, which was released in 2008. This song reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on February 28, 1970, and reigned at the top chart for six continuous weeks. “Bridge over Troubled Water” also topped the adult contemporary chart in the U.S. for six weeks. The single has sold 6 million copies worldwide
  • Nextrush Unplugged Weekend: Segregation Vaccination Forever, They Act Like Chicoms, Gavin MacLeod

    05/29/2021 8:08:09 PM PDT · by Nextrush · 5 replies
    Nextrush Free ^ | 5/29/2021 | Nextrush/Self
    "Live Life...Ditch The Mask...Choose Love"... Tammy Bruce offers us the latest on how Republicans rig votes in the House to keep spending too much money... Lets hearken back to El Rushbo with an "Update" the British Prime Minister's real name is: "Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson" So you can call Boris Johnson "Al" The Boris Johnson Update Theme Dut Dah.... The Toxicity Of Holocaust Nudity And How A Congressman Got Caught Up In The Issue... It seems to me as I see the attitudes of the vaxx and mask crowd a racist speech comes to mind about: "segregation forever" Reminds...
  • Nextrush Unplugged Weekend: The Memories of "Excellence In Broadcasting" And More

    02/20/2021 8:40:49 PM PST · by Nextrush · 6 replies
    Nextrush Free ^ | 2/20/2021 | Nextrush/Self
    "In 1989 I took Rush Limbaugh's radio show off the air in St. Louis..." Jeff Long had his first "encounter" with Rush way back in the early days of his syndicated radio show. But there was more to come. Jeff would end up working in Rush's home town of Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He would meet Rush in person but there's more. And at the link below what Paul Harvey used to call on the radio "the rest of the story"... So many memories of Rush that for me include memories of the music that Rush loved. He would play songs...
  • Nextrush Unplugged: Ten Months Of Tyranny Distracted By Politics, Mike Pence's Tyranny Task Force, MLK Today

    01/16/2021 6:34:19 PM PST · by Nextrush · 16 replies
    Nextrush Free ^ | 1/16/2021 | Nextrush/Self
    Day 307 of the Dictatorship of COVID-19, Day 307 of America and the World Held Hostage... Well there you have it "Playboy's Theme" reminding me of the gretest smear being dropped these days against Patriots, Trump Supporters, Anti-Lockdown, Anti-Vaccine people... Washington DC Under Martial Law Fear Of Revolution No I'm Not Talking About Today I'm Talking About August 28, 1963. Facebook and Twitter weren't there to censor Dr. Martin Luther King but the US Justice Department was running the show. The US Park Service sound system would switch to music if anyone said the wrong thing... God Bless President Donald...
  • Bridge Over Troubled Water

    03/01/2020 4:47:58 PM PST · by Twotone · 41 replies
    Steyn On-line ^ | March 1, 2020 | Mark Steyn
    When you're weary Feeling small When tears are in your eyes I will dry them all... When you're weary of songs that feel small, it's nice to have a song that feels big - seems to be about something more than just boy-meets-girl, goes on twice as long as your run-of-the-mill pop record, has a sense of its own importance but not to the point of self-parody ("Bohemian Rhapsody"). For a long time "Bridge Over Troubled Water" fulfilled that role. In 1973, when Capital Radio became the first ever (legal) commercial music-format radio station in the United Kingdom, Richard Attenborough...
  • The coming death of just about every rock legend

    08/31/2019 9:59:55 AM PDT · by Rebelbase · 185 replies
    The Week dot com ^ | August 31, 2019 | Damon Linker
    [Snip] Yes, we've lost some already. On top of the icons who died horribly young decades ago — Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Elvis Presley, John Lennon — there's the litany of legends felled by illness, drugs, and just plain old age in more recent years: George Harrison, Ray Charles, Michael Jackson, Lou Reed, David Bowie, Glenn Frey, Prince, Leonard Cohen, Tom Petty. Those losses have been painful. But it's nothing compared with the tidal wave of obituaries to come. The grief and nostalgia will wash over us all. Yes, the Boomers left alive will take it...
  • Paul Simon ends farewell tour in Queens, New York, not far from where he grew up

    09/23/2018 11:37:54 AM PDT · by Artemis Webb · 36 replies
    CBS ^ | 9/23/18 | CBS/AP
    NEW YORK -- Paul Simon wraps up his farewell concert tour Saturday night at a park in Queens, a bicycle ride across the borough from where he grew up. The 76-year-old singer picked Flushing Meadows Corona Park to say goodbye, an outdoor show on the first night of autumn. The setlist at recent stops has ranged from his first 1960s hit with ex-partner Art Garfunkel, "The Sound of Silence," to selections from a disc released weeks ago. Simon isn't retiring, and hasn't ruled out occasional future performances. But he's said this is his last time out on the road, and...
  • What An Unusual Thing Happened To Me in 2016

    11/08/2016 4:14:41 AM PST · by NOBO2012 · 4 replies
    Michelle Obama's Mirror ^ | 11-8-2016 | MOTUS
    Finally. Election Day. And something is happening across the land. It started as a low grumble and has grown to a yuge roar - like in Les Mis. But for today I’ve selected a different, homegrown anthem from an unlikely source.Whiney little liberal weeny that he is, the thing about Paul Simon is that when he was young he wrote songs that seemed quite knowing…wise, even.  He exhibits signs of being afflicted with a Benjamin Button type of disorder: he grew wise backwards.“An American Tune,” written in 1973 in the midst of the divisive Vietnam War, still perfectly captures the...
  • You Like Obama, Vote For His Mama

    07/28/2016 4:23:47 AM PDT · by NOBO2012 · 4 replies
    Michelle Obama's Mirror ^ | 7-28-2016 | MOTUS
    Not that Bridge Over Troubled Water isn’t an apt anthem for the DNC, it’s just that after last night’s touching reunion onstage I think this Paul Simon standard might have been more appropriate:No I would not give you false hope On this strange and mournful day But the mother and child reunion Is only a motion away, oh, little darling of mineI can't for the life of me Remember a sadder day I know they say let it be But it just don't work out that way And the course of a lifetime runs Over and over againNo I would...
  • See Paul Simon Sing Spirited 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' at DNC

    07/26/2016 2:26:03 PM PDT · by Zakeet · 74 replies
    Rolling Stone ^ | July 26, 2016
    Paul Simon made a surprise visit to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on Monday night. He played the unity song, "Bridge Over Troubled Water," before a crowd still coming together after a fractious primary.
  • What the HECK happened to Paul Simon? On now at DNC

    07/25/2016 6:26:23 PM PDT · by Anti-Hillary · 143 replies
    7-25-16 | self
    Holy crap!! I can see that he injected Botox in his forehead. Did he use it on his vocal cords too? OMGoodness! I have heard fingernails on a chalkboard that sound better than this guy.
  • Art Garfunkel calls Paul Simon a 'monster with a Napoleon complex'

    05/25/2015 3:35:19 PM PDT · by rickmichaels · 111 replies
    Toronto Sun ^ | May 25, 2015 | wenn.com
    Art Garfunkel has stunned fans by revealing he only became friends with longtime partner Paul Simon, because he felt sorry for him. In one of his most candid interviews, the Bright Eyes singer tells Britain's Sunday Telegraph he initially quit Simon & Garfunkel and turned his back on showbusiness to become a teacher because he could no longer work with his sidekick Simon. He says, "I don'€™t want to say any anti Paul Simon things, but it seems very perverse to not enjoy the glory and walk away from it instead. Crazy... (But) he was getting on my nerves. The...
  • Paul Simon, Edie Brickell charged with domestic violence

    04/28/2014 8:02:30 AM PDT · by bkopto · 109 replies
    NC Advertiser ^ | Apr 28, 2014 | Joshua Fisher
    Paul Simon and wife Edie Brickell were both arrested and charged with disorderly conduct on Saturday night, April 26, after an apparent domestic dispute, according to New Canaan Police. A call to police about the incident at the couple’s New Canaan house was made about 8 p.m. Saturday night, police said. But details over what were not immediately released. New Canaan Police hold a weekly press briefing with local media late each Monday morning. Simon and Brickell, who have been married for more than 20 years, have lived in New Canaan with their three children for years. New Canaan Police...
  • The Rutles~All you need is cash

    03/29/2014 6:49:00 PM PDT · by mylife · 7 replies
    Youtube ^ | 1978 | Eric Idle
    Follow the you tube links for the full film. I had forgotten how funny this film was. Enjoy.
  • PAUL SIMON SINGS SOUNDS OF SILENCE AT 9-11 MEMORIAL

    09/11/2011 10:50:23 AM PDT · by ventanax5 · 64 replies
    PAUL SIMON SINGS SOUNDS OF SILENCE AT 9-11 MEMORIAL
  • Singer/Songwriter Paul Simon Has Been 'Thinking about (God) More'

    04/17/2011 9:24:25 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 54 replies · 2+ views
    Christian Post ^ | 04/17/2011 | Ginny Mooney
    Paul Simon’s last album was entitled Surprise, but it’s his newest album that is quite surprising. It’s all about God, Jesus, angels, and the afterlife. And the album cover looks like a multi-colored DNA helix, causing speculation that this album is really about a search for the meaning of life.The lyrics of the album’s first cut, "Getting Ready for Christmas Day," are taken directly from a 1941 sermon by famed Atlanta preacher Rev. J.M. Gates.“I took a big chunk of this guy’s sermon, which was recorded in 1941,” said singer/Songwriter Simon. “It was like it was meant to be there.”The...
  • Who is Mohammed Al-Churbaji?:; Islamic Terrorist "Mr. Mom"

    06/12/2008 2:12:46 PM PDT · by RaceBannon · 3 replies · 59+ views
    http://www.debbieschlussel.com/ ^ | June 12, 2008 | Debbie Schlussel
    12, 2008 EXCLUSIVE: Who is Mohammed Al-Churbaji?:; Islamic Terrorist "Mr. Mom" Mohammed Al-Churbaji, Dad of Obama Fundraiser Worked for Azzam, Bin Laden * How hard it is to get rid of known terrorists in our midst and how easy it is for a deported Al-Qaeda terrorist to return to America; * How corrupt U.S. embassy officials get away with re-admitting terrorists into the U.S.; * How easily terrorists and their families gain acceptance by our society, including the Barack Obama Presidential campaign; * How America's universities are not tools of moderation for Muslim foreigners, but breeding grounds for terrorist fraternization...
  • Review "We Are Plastic Ono Band" - Amid All That Experience, Innocence (Yoko Ono jams w/ Clapton)

    02/18/2010 4:49:42 PM PST · by a fool in paradise · 41 replies · 769+ views
    NY Times ^ | February 17, 2010 | By JON PARELES
    In some ways Yoko Ono is still an amateur. At “We Are Plastic Ono Band,” mixing concert and tribute at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Tuesday night, her voice could be shaky and her stage patter giggly and unplanned. She looked genuinely surprised when the audience interrupted her and sang “Happy Birthday.” (She turns 77 on Feb. 18.) She’s also untamed. She can still let loose the bleats, wails, yips, howls and shrieks that alienated Beatles fans in the 1960s and inspired avant-rockers soon afterward. Ms. Ono’s well-preserved air of naïveté — and the license it gives her to...
  • Yoko One Recruits Clapton, Paul Simon for Plastic Ono Band Reunion

    01/11/2010 2:01:04 PM PST · by P.O.E. · 35 replies · 876+ views
    Rolling Stone ^ | 1-11-10 | Daniel Kreps
    Yoko Ono has recruited Eric Clapton, Paul Simon, Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon, Bette Midler and more artists for the first Plastic Ono Band show in 40 years: a special concert on February 16th at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York. The “new” Plastic Ono Band will be comprised of Ono’s son Sean Lennon plus Japanese musicians like Cibo Matto’s Yuka Honda, Yellow Magic Orchestra’s Haruomi Hosono and Cornelius, who also worked on Ono’s 2009 album Between My Head and the Sky. Both Clapton and bassist Klaus Voorman, who’s also confirmed for the Brooklyn event, were...