1968 getting out of the Navy walking the streets of San Francisco in my navy uniform. Age 22. Watching all the hippies protesting. Remembering my friend Joe who got killed in Vietnam. Never came home alive.. Hopping on an air plane homeward bound to San Antonio texas. Remembering the girl who left me the year before. This song "Homeward bound" brings so many memories. Here I am age 75 Remembering all those things a lifetime ago.
When he starts playing it the top E string buzzes, and I thought it was going to ruin the performance, but it goes away. It took a couple of watches to realise as soon as it happens, he notices it and moves the capo a bit with his thumb and it goes away. Just an amazing musician.
I'm an old man now, and I really have no "home" to go back to. This song gets to me every time. This is surely one of the more beautiful versions of it. Thank you, Paul, for this treasure.
@@richieboy6825 I’m an old man now, too, and what I took from his comment is how it makes me feel when it’s so clear that you CAN’T be homeward bound. Not in the sense of the song. The world feels very different when your memories far exceed the horizon of the dreams left to you.
ThinkingOutLoud yeah, I understand. I’ve always been nostalgic to a fault & I know my childhood home and the people that lived there are gone. I’m reading Emerson right now and it’s just broadening my notion of what home means to me- a place where one can attain respite, comfort, and peace- that can be found in the natural world every day of our lives. Happy New Year to you!
@@richieboy6825 yeah, you nailed it. I was born in Montreal, but I moved when I was 12, 52 years ago. I've lived in several cities since then, and have been in Toronto for 25 years. I love it here, and I'll probably die here, but it's not "home". The house I was born and raised in is still there, and I last walked down my old street maybe 35 years ago. It was different. None of my friends were there. I recognized no one. I just didn't feel a connection. So it just doesn't feel like I have a "home" as in "the old family home" or a homestead or a home town.
I met him in Leeds station sitting on the old wooden stairs after a football match with West ham,we chatted and he told me he was going home soon,3 years later I am one of those fan for life.
A live improvised version that’s so one take perfect you could drop it straight to vinyl and cut the single. Just so pure and heart felt. How many artists could just sit there and in front of a studio audience and effortlessly reel that performance off?
I give him a ton of respect at least, haha. He's one of those guys where I'll learn one of his songs, and finally play it pretty well after playing it fairly regularly for two or three years.
Being a singer/guitarist myself, I wanna share that: it's one thing to play the guitar this way, because it's much more difficult than it appears it's another thing to sing this well while playing, again it's much more difficult than it appears finally to come up with both the song that is simply beautiful and also the lyrics, which are divine too, is beyond words And to play this live in a studio on the first take... Pfff, WOW! Thank you Paul Simon for sharing your talent with the world, may God bless you and yours.
All true, to add to that is the fact that the combination of voice and guitar is adding a harmony underneath the performance that sounds like a vocal from another musician, its sublime.
Very well said, AD. I say this as someone who can neither play the guitar nor sing but having tried both know how difficult trying to do one or the other is, let alone both... plus the rest as you pointed out.
Thanks for this gem. I've been reading about the early career of Simon, as in what makes a genius, and my only conclusion is he was born with it, and cultivated with years of varied experience. A hit record in HS, busking in England, studio musician along with Carole King. Include graduated from college and a semester of law school. Pretty amazing.
One of the best acoustic guitar player and composer ever. As a guitar player myself I find its music incredible complex to play correctly (full of inventions and tricks the textures) but at the same time easy and smooth to listen, he is a master of acoustic guitar
@@ReneHvidsten I'm still trying to fathom the number of syllables in your name, not being a..., Er... Viking? No disrespect... The British are not that bright! However, here in good ole Blighty we say, "the choo-choo stop," so God only knows where he came up with these lyrics! 🤪
C’mon let’s face it , some people want it , some people try it , and there are not many people who have it ! but Paul Simon has it pure perfect and class
So many memories flood back to me from when I was wasn't even a teen growing up in early 70's and he which is making me incredibly emotional now because I was introduced to Simon and Garfunkel my brothers just a few years older than I as barely... I can hear my mother or someone's request in the family, yelling from somewhere in the house to put on one of their records on the family record player/stereo console that sat in the front room of house.
To think he wrote the words and music, AND performed it, is pure musical genius. And this is just 1 of 100 that are pure gold. This guy is a living legend.
Just came home from a restaurant where a guitarist was playing lots of old songs from the sixties and seventies - requested this and thought I'd also listen to the original again! I was 20 in 1975 when this aired but it seems like yesterday.
I bet the sound recordist is very proud of this video - whoever you are. A wonderful performance of a beautiful song and the sound is just great. I can here every note on Paul's guitar.
Honestly, one of the most impressive live recordings I've ever heard. He just casually belts out this tune singing and playing perfectly and beautifully.
PS wrote this song when he missed the last train and got stuck on Widnes station. Few songs express such a deep longing to be elsewhere. If you have ever been to Widnes, you will have a deeper understanding of this classic tune.
It's the people and not the place. I have good friends in Widnes... Admittedly, that's the only reason I ever go there but, if more decent people relocated there, it'd be a better place 😊
Not true. Paul Simon said he loved the North of England. He stayed with his good friend there. He also said he wrote the song on his travels around the north, not just Widnes. I went to school next to that railway station.
@Bill Hill so true, when it’s played 100’s of times, that’s when you get the feeling, you can play without worrying/thinking about each note and where/how to play it.
@Bill Hill that is truth beyond measure when you're putting down the licks the nuances you got to believe it is just second nature and requires some thought but nothing as intensive is trying to pick it off a record or trying to figure it out
I’m from near the station. About 10 miles away. When I was 17 (I’m 42 now), I went to South America. I spent a couple of months in Venezuela. Not many trains, but I sat in 18 hour long coaches. I listened to this song and missed home. My parents always played it in the car. This and Stevie wonder Good times and great music
These things brings tears to my eyes. I may have only been a boy back then, but these songs of that era shaped us as people. The songs were about LOVE. Even though we had the same problems back then, if not worse--we all didnt hate each other. This wa such a magical time in humankind that will never be replicated but wil live on like the great masters of th e18th century. I now teach acoustic guitar, at 58--teaching music history at a university in Washington (History of Rock n Roll. Our most popular class) and if you'll excuse me, I'm off to go play this song.....1500 miles from home and all alone in life. not too many people my age around. An amazing thing about UA-cam for musicians is, that when you go to look up the chords to a song you'll get 5 different versions...well, here I can SEE exactly how he plays it and sure enough the capo is at the 3rd fret and that first chord is a "G". This is usually a song I have to completely avoid so I dont cry. Liej "I am a Rock" Oh my with that one when it's Christmas and youre alone away from home!
This nails that very experience. Living in the US in Chicago area driving home from our gathering with friends for the Forth of July, Seeing all the different communities setting off their fire works on the drive home. Great song from an amazing writer.
Paul simon...90% of Simon&Garfunkel. He is so unappreciated as a guitarist... How many decades will we have to wait until someone can hold a candle to this truly great composer/poet.
Fuck me that was good 👍 Paul Simon is one of the cleverest songwriters around. He just instinctively knows how to bring the best out in songs. A rare quality. 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover - is a great example. Cheers 🥂
I remember watching this as a 11/12 year old.... staying up late coz it was a Saturday.... S&G never fail to move me.... Paul Simon your voice & songs make me glad I'm still breathing
after 25yrs of trying the band route (2 bands 3 albums), i am now 60..my metal head days are behind me.. picked up my acoustic and played the first song i ever learned: baby i'm gonna leave you... have a soft drummer and a singer...if neither or both don't work out - i will be homeward bound with just my guitar... just play and it will come...
@fionnmaccuill415 Look where you are. No matter if the person is a household name, no matter how many awards they have won, no matter how highly respected the person is, no matter how much their instrumental skills are widely and highly respected, some bozo comes along and says they are underrated. "Underrated" is the youtube motto. Do a CTRL-F for it on every video you watch, it'll be there.
Oh my goodness, I've come across this on the day Michael Parkinson died , I wasn't even looking for it , I didn't even know Paul Simon had been on Parkinson yet here it is and here I am on the day he died .
Agreed! And the Sound Of Silence lyrics are prophetic. Even more relevant today. "And the people bowed and prayed, to the neon God they made." Human nature to a T. That's what people do with cellphones now. And they create silence because of very low real social reaction. Wow. Just wow.
I think this very likeable genial man, with his impressive guitar skills and magic lyrics, is one significant reason why i fell in love with such music when I was a kid. And the testimony to it is that the quality of this track has indeed stood the test of time! And that is a fitting tribute to this most talented and entertaining musician. It's nice also to see how good his voice was back then. And I didn't know at all that he was over here in the UK back then. Incredible. A truly inspiring human being. Well done Paul Simon!
Not many people in the world can sing in a studio probably not made for music yet sound so good. Someone commented that the sound engineer was on his game that day and that's the absolute truth. Thank you for uploading it.
I dunno...my uncle was sound engineer on a Bee Gees track called Mr Natural, and when I asked how they got that vocal sound he said, "You just had to put the mic in front of them". These guys simply have the talent, so for sound engineers it's an easy job.
Where have the great songwriters gone? Nothing today speaks to me like the songs of the sixties, seventies and some eighties songs. I guess I have finally become my Father
I don't know if he has THE ultimate voice but he's one of the legends, or sure. Harry Chapin is/was right up there with him, IMO. ua-cam.com/video/fo-tCNtFI10/v-deo.html
1968 getting out of the Navy walking the streets of San Francisco in my navy uniform. Age 22. Watching all the hippies protesting. Remembering my friend Joe who got killed in Vietnam. Never came home alive.. Hopping on an air plane homeward bound to San Antonio texas. Remembering the girl who left me the year before. This song "Homeward bound" brings so many memories. Here I am age 75 Remembering all those things a lifetime ago.
Awesome story, Thanks for sharing and for your Service. Hope you are well.. 🌞🌻
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Thank you for share this emotion - a feeling only music can give. Greetz from Germany
Welcome home and thanks!
Welcome Home... Thank you for your Service.
Dude wrote so many amazing songs it's literally unbelievable.
@DT Man and Van shut the fuck up, what are you even doing here
So you literally don't believe he wrote that many songs?
+dereksmalluk I literally think you don't know what 'literally' means.
@@absolving DT Man is correct.
"Literally", this word is so misused!
When he starts playing it the top E string buzzes, and I thought it was going to ruin the performance, but it goes away. It took a couple of watches to realise as soon as it happens, he notices it and moves the capo a bit with his thumb and it goes away. Just an amazing musician.
Sharp eye and ear. I didn't notice the buzz listening on my phone. That's a great musician's improvisation.
I noticed the buzz but didn't see him adjust it. You are very perceptive and he is very talented.
Low E. Good spot tho.
Absolute pro, didn't even flinch.
It was not a mistake. Watch central park concert, he did the same thing
Never seen anyone with such simultaneous ability to sing and play
I know what you mean! It's great, but I reckon Lindsey Buckingham is just as good, especially when he performs Never Going Back Again live.
Karen Carpenter playing drums and singing!
Absolutely love that video, he's so calm and relaxed, and plays the guitar and sings so naturally as if he was just breathing or eating.
irving blades. good man irving - (MULDEW) gary b.
I'm pretty sure I saw him do that song underwater while eating a turkey and swiss sub
@@arlenmargolin1650 wouldn't the sub get wet. Proof or it didn't happen.
@@irvingblades3756 What, you don’t like soggy chlorine sandwiches?
That’s because he’s very hubristic.
I'm an old man now, and I really have no "home" to go back to. This song gets to me every time. This is surely one of the more beautiful versions of it. Thank you, Paul, for this treasure.
Make a new home man! I hope you find it!
@@richieboy6825 I’m an old man now, too, and what I took from his comment is how it makes me feel when it’s so clear that you CAN’T be homeward bound. Not in the sense of the song.
The world feels very different when your memories far exceed the horizon of the dreams left to you.
ThinkingOutLoud yeah, I understand. I’ve always been nostalgic to a fault & I know my childhood home and the people that lived there are gone. I’m reading Emerson right now and it’s just broadening my notion of what home means to me- a place where one can attain respite, comfort, and peace- that can be found in the natural world every day of our lives. Happy New Year to you!
@@richieboy6825 and Happy New Year to you too, sir.
@@richieboy6825 yeah, you nailed it. I was born in Montreal, but I moved when I was 12, 52 years ago. I've lived in several cities since then, and have been in Toronto for 25 years. I love it here, and I'll probably die here, but it's not "home". The house I was born and raised in is still there, and I last walked down my old street maybe 35 years ago. It was different. None of my friends were there. I recognized no one. I just didn't feel a connection. So it just doesn't feel like I have a "home" as in "the old family home" or a homestead or a home town.
and hats off to the audio engineer too. Perfectly mic-ed
The sound quality is really impressive. The sound engineer did a really great job, no micro really visible. 👏
I met him in Leeds station sitting on the old wooden stairs after a football match with West ham,we chatted and he told me he was going home soon,3 years later I am one of those fan for life.
A live improvised version that’s so one take perfect you could drop it straight to vinyl and cut the single. Just so pure and heart felt. How many artists could just sit there and in front of a studio audience and effortlessly reel that performance off?
Just turned it gold
I agree to an extent, but he does flat some notes. He is a genius
subtly crushing it.. amazingly beautiful human creation right there
Paul Simon doesn't get enough credit for his guitar playing.
Thumb and index finger only? Looks that way.
I give him a ton of respect at least, haha. He's one of those guys where I'll learn one of his songs, and finally play it pretty well after playing it fairly regularly for two or three years.
So true!
He does from other players. I can play all his songs. Just not quite right.
I've made that observation before. It's amazing it's not recognized.
You've just listened to one of the finest songwriters of all time. What a pleasure.
Being a singer/guitarist myself, I wanna share that:
it's one thing to play the guitar this way, because it's much more difficult than it appears
it's another thing to sing this well while playing, again it's much more difficult than it appears
finally to come up with both the song that is simply beautiful and also the lyrics, which are divine too, is beyond words
And to play this live in a studio on the first take... Pfff, WOW!
Thank you Paul Simon for sharing your talent with the world, may God bless you and yours.
Yes, it was a great performance
All true, to add to that is the fact that the combination of voice and guitar is adding a harmony underneath the performance that sounds like a vocal from another musician, its sublime.
Very well said, AD. I say this as someone who can neither play the guitar nor sing but having tried both know how difficult trying to do one or the other is, let alone both... plus the rest as you pointed out.
Such an incredible performance. How many modern artists could perform something so beautifully live on a talk show?
Katy Perry? Just a guitar and a microphone and Katy Perry. Yeah?
+Dixon7JB
Who?
+Neil Scott answer is:NONE
I agree
I could play that on TV. Not difficult. But write probably not lol.
Thanks for this gem. I've been reading about the early career of Simon, as in what makes a genius, and my only conclusion is he was born with it, and cultivated with years of varied experience. A hit record in HS, busking in England, studio musician along with Carole King. Include graduated from college and a semester of law school. Pretty amazing.
Very classy guitar work, great right hand control
He should go pro.
Yup, I think he has a future in music
@@joncaju this was from 1975, he had a successful career, he's literally 79 now!? so what do you mean by "i think he has a future in music"
@@dex.112 Look up the term "sarcasm" in the dictionary......
@@joncaju Love his retro hair style and outfit.😉
Makes perfection look like light work.
One of the best acoustic guitar player and composer ever. As a guitar player myself I find its music incredible complex to play correctly (full of inventions and tricks the textures) but at the same time easy and smooth to listen, he is a master of acoustic guitar
yes, wish I could figure out how he does that intro at 20-25 sec
Another is Willie Nelson .
Don’t forget Mary Chapin Carpenter! She does a whole evening just her and her guitar (Greven). “One Night Lonely” most articulate guitar work.
The use of railway station instead of train station was always something I liked.
Well, "railway" scans better than "train", I suppose.
In Britain we have railway stations, not train stations so in truth he was waiting in a railway station.
@@ReneHvidsten lol 😁
@@ReneHvidsten I'm still trying to fathom the number of syllables in your name, not being a..., Er... Viking?
No disrespect... The British are not that bright!
However, here in good ole Blighty we say, "the choo-choo stop," so God only knows where he came up with these lyrics!
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@@ReneHvidsten A happy new year to you too 😊
C’mon let’s face it , some people want it , some people try it , and there are not many people who have it ! but Paul Simon has it pure perfect and class
So many memories flood back to me from when I was wasn't even a teen growing up in early 70's and he which is making me incredibly emotional now because I was introduced to Simon and Garfunkel my brothers just a few years older than I as barely... I can hear my mother or someone's request in the family, yelling from somewhere in the house to put on one of their records on the family record player/stereo console that sat in the front room of house.
To think he wrote the words and music, AND performed it, is pure musical genius. And this is just 1 of 100 that are pure gold. This guy is a living legend.
Just came home from a restaurant where a guitarist was playing lots of old songs from the sixties and seventies - requested this and thought I'd also listen to the original again! I was 20 in 1975 when this aired but it seems like yesterday.
Hello Annabelle
How are you doing today?
@@ThompsonSmith505 Fine! Listening again to this!
I bet the sound recordist is very proud of this video - whoever you are. A wonderful performance of a beautiful song and the sound is just great. I can here every note on Paul's guitar.
The quality of the microphones is obvious, but their placement and input settings are perfect.
Honestly, one of the most impressive live recordings I've ever heard. He just casually belts out this tune singing and playing perfectly and beautifully.
@@jeremyphillips3087 sitting down too, not easy to project
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PS wrote this song when he missed the last train and got stuck on Widnes station. Few songs express such a deep longing to be elsewhere. If you have ever been to Widnes, you will have a deeper understanding of this classic tune.
It's the people and not the place. I have good friends in Widnes... Admittedly, that's the only reason I ever go there but, if more decent people relocated there, it'd be a better place 😊
More decent people to Widnes,half of the north of England would have to move,no southerners allowed.
Not true. Paul Simon said he loved the North of England. He stayed with his good friend there. He also said he wrote the song on his travels around the north, not just Widnes. I went to school next to that railway station.
Boy, I'm sure glad he missed that last train! 😏
@@garychambers5850 To Clarksville or The One After 909?
His voice is so soft and powerful at the same time. Master
Two of the worst haircuts ever.
He is a musical genius and his lyrics are so beautiful
Sometimes we forget just how talented some performers are , what a songwriter and singer the bollocks
Remember this, liked Parkinson ,he allowed the guests to talk and express themselves, something we have lost today 😢
He makes it look effortless: it's not.
yes, wish I could figure out how he does that intro at 20-25 sec
The Man was, and is, brilliant and an inspiration to all of us who are heavily influenced by him. He has made my life richer.
@Bill Hill so true, when it’s played 100’s of times, that’s when you get the feeling, you can play without worrying/thinking about each note and where/how to play it.
When you're young you have breath control. Cigarettes took mine away.
@Bill Hill that is truth beyond measure when you're putting down the licks the nuances you got to believe it is just second nature and requires some thought but nothing as intensive is trying to pick it off a record or trying to figure it out
I’m from near the station. About 10 miles away. When I was 17 (I’m 42 now), I went to South America. I spent a couple of months in Venezuela. Not many trains, but I sat in 18 hour long coaches. I listened to this song and missed home. My parents always played it in the car. This and Stevie wonder
Good times and great music
Paul Simon. A musical legend. A memorable songwriter and performer.
Right up there with Dylan.
I have to agree, right up there with Dylan.
These things brings tears to my eyes. I may have only been a boy back then, but these songs of that era shaped us as people. The songs were about LOVE. Even though we had the same problems back then, if not worse--we all didnt hate each other. This wa such a magical time in humankind that will never be replicated but wil live on like the great masters of th e18th century. I now teach acoustic guitar, at 58--teaching music history at a university in Washington (History of Rock n Roll. Our most popular class) and if you'll excuse me, I'm off to go play this song.....1500 miles from home and all alone in life. not too many people my age around. An amazing thing about UA-cam for musicians is, that when you go to look up the chords to a song you'll get 5 different versions...well, here I can SEE exactly how he plays it and sure enough the capo is at the 3rd fret and that first chord is a "G". This is usually a song I have to completely avoid so I dont cry. Liej "I am a Rock" Oh my with that one when it's Christmas and youre alone away from home!
As a songwriter i think Paul Simon sits alongside the greatest songwriters of all time
What an incredibly natural talent, so effortless, I could listen to that all day. Just amazing...
This is the result when passion is fused with genius. Simply amazing songwriting, playing and singing.
Good old Parky, interviewed all of the greats of the time, great clip
Talent likes Paul Simon's comes just once in a lifetime...
This nails that very experience. Living in the US in Chicago area driving home from our gathering with friends for the Forth of July, Seeing all the different communities setting off their fire works on the drive home. Great song from an amazing writer.
Bravo!!! Paul Simon is a National Treasure. He and Garfunkel were hallmarks of a 'New' America in the 70's. We still love them, today.
Jeff Kelley I agree!!!!
Wow wow wow. Paul Simon. Just Amazing
That intro and closing hammer lick is classic Simon. The guy can play !!!
Watching at nearly the end of 2024. How old is everybody watching? I’m curious how many ages appreciates this. I’m 39
That’s what real talent looks & sounds like .
One of the greatest singer/songwriters ever!
Shakespeare of the song... 💝
🤣🤣🤣🤣, Is that a dig at that look he's rocking?
@@pastohh No, not a dig, I think Paul is brilliant! 💖
@@pastohh Haha! No. RexRed means that Simon writes such masterful songs, like Shakespeare did for literature.
@@paulm.6818 and he also has the same hair, coincidence? i think not!
Yes !
Very nicely done. Beautiful.
After 50 years, these songs are still so intriguing... I had to watch this video a few times.
That is what pure genius sounds like. A very rare find in modern music.
Paul simon...90% of Simon&Garfunkel. He is so unappreciated as a guitarist... How many decades will we have to wait until someone can hold a candle to this truly great composer/poet.
unappreciated? as a guitarist, and i'm sure i'm not alone, i've always considered him top notch
***** My point was that he was always labelled a poet before a musician. Something that he absolutely despised.
Marc w I think it's more like 99%.
Ed...
It's the harmonies that always intrigued me about/attracted me to S&G. I'd say 80%.
Best song writer, singer and composer He is Paul Simon..I love all his songs !!!
Best is subjective, it cannot be measured.
He might be the best in your 'opinion' but that is all.
Fuck me that was good 👍 Paul Simon is one of the cleverest songwriters around. He just instinctively knows how to bring the best out in songs. A rare quality. 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover - is a great example. Cheers 🥂
Beautiful - love the simplicity and purity of this version!
I remember watching this as a 11/12 year old.... staying up late coz it was a Saturday.... S&G never fail to move me.... Paul Simon your voice & songs make me glad I'm still breathing
Smooth and delightful ❤️💕
Paul Simon was born with a guitar in his hands... I salute his mother who suffered but it was worth it.
First thing he played was Fish scales 🐟
@@5p3ckyf0ur3y3d833k Go home
@@seanmatthewking Ah, home... Home where my love lies waitin' silently for me.
@@5p3ckyf0ur3y3d833k damn
Such wonderful talent as a singer and song writer and his back up music is so very nice, I still love to hear him singing today and will always
His lyrics, music, composure style. Sublime and lovely. Much appreciated but still much underrated.
after 25yrs of trying the band route (2 bands 3 albums), i am now 60..my metal head days are behind me..
picked up my acoustic and played the first song i ever learned: baby i'm gonna leave you...
have a soft drummer and a singer...if neither or both don't work out - i will be homeward bound with just my guitar...
just play and it will come...
Paul Simon is such an incredible guitar player.... very underrated
@fionnmaccuill415he was talking specifically about his guitar work mate
@fionnmaccuill415 Look where you are. No matter if the person is a household name, no matter how many awards they have won, no matter how highly respected the person is, no matter how much their instrumental skills are widely and highly respected, some bozo comes along and says they are underrated. "Underrated" is the youtube motto. Do a CTRL-F for it on every video you watch, it'll be there.
Lord a’mighty that’s a heap o’ talent
absolutely brilliant composer and performer, one of a kind, a living treasure.
That was lovely to hear. I always enjoy listening to Paul sing one of his fabulous songs.
Oh my goodness, I've come across this on the day Michael Parkinson died , I wasn't even looking for it , I didn't even know Paul Simon had been on Parkinson yet here it is and here I am on the day he died .
Oh. Parkie died. RIP to a legend
Memories from back when ...... thanks
Paul Simon einer der größten Musiker auf diesem Erdenball!!Habe ihn nur nie Life gesehen!
I was fortunate to see him live, about 5 years ago in Vancouver. Much past his prime. What a legend.
Thank you Paul for all your beautiful music!
Here ,here
Don't know why but this song somehow explains to me that we're only here for a fast moving limited amount of time. And to use it well
That’s what it made me feel too . . .
Exquisite. Lovely. Paul is truly a poet. A great American original.
All my words come back to me in shades of mediocrity like emptiness and harmony I need someone to comfort me ..... what a lyric
Awesome!👍🏻
@@BestUserNameUK I agree, but I think it's emptiness in harmony
He is a great lyricist. I'm sure you've listened to all the classics. He would make a great poet too 😊
Agreed! And the Sound Of Silence lyrics are prophetic. Even more relevant today. "And the people bowed and prayed, to the neon God they made." Human nature to a T. That's what people do with cellphones now. And they create silence because of very low real social reaction. Wow. Just wow.
@@5p3ckyf0ur3y3d833k Poetry is mentioned in "I Am A Rock."
Some are jacks of all trades and master of none. Paul is a master of all he touches. There are few if any peers.
Anyone who can travel on British Rail and write a hit song about it deserves a Nobel prize....
How many modern popular musicians could showcase their work with only voice and guitar? Wonderful!
Absolutely beautiful
He does it all so effortlessly
A true Master, and a great Artist
I think this very likeable genial man, with his impressive guitar skills and magic lyrics, is one significant reason why i fell in love with such music when I was a kid. And the testimony to it is that the quality of this track has indeed stood the test of time! And that is a fitting tribute to this most talented and entertaining musician. It's nice also to see how good his voice was back then. And I didn't know at all that he was over here in the UK back then. Incredible. A truly inspiring human being. Well done Paul Simon!
He makes singing look totally effortless
Amazing guitar playing, amazing song writing, perfect vocals. x
Everyone talking about the sound engineer and Paul’s guitar work, but can we please talk about the cleaning crew? The set is immaculately clean.
Ha ha, hilarious.
Good point. A bit shout out to the cleaners.
Yes
you should see what the wrecking crew can do.
Simply the best singer-songwriter we'll ever have.
arniebunny I know why you feel that, me too, but don't forget about the bard from Hibbing, MN
Don't know about "ever", but an amazing specimen, that's for sure.
Are you fucking stupid.
America yes, Britain or the world, no.
ONE of the best. Gordon Lightfoot might have something to say about that.
I was 87 years old when this song was released. Still sounds good.
Bull$hit
@@Russellviews You might want to do some research before you embarrass yourself again.
No auto tune or miming here absolutely class 👌
Such a wonderful creative time for music in the early 70's. So many legends created then who will always remain relevant. What happened.
Not many people in the world can sing in a studio probably not made for music yet sound so good. Someone commented that the sound engineer was on his game that day and that's the absolute truth. Thank you for uploading it.
I dunno...my uncle was sound engineer on a Bee Gees track called Mr Natural, and when I asked how they got that vocal sound he said, "You just had to put the mic in front of them". These guys simply have the talent, so for sound engineers it's an easy job.
Where have the great songwriters gone? Nothing today speaks to me like the songs of the sixties, seventies and some eighties songs. I guess I have finally become my Father
Sensitive and lovely.Music and poetry in high level.Thanks Paul Simon for such long years of great art.
Simon and Garfunkel was the biggest group that hit the scene back in the 60s. Here I'm 70 yrs old and still a hippie....❤
Old hippies never die. I just turned 71.
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Amazing, effortless performance: this is Rhymin' Simon, a true poet and one man band!
Always one of my favorite musicians. I love the music and the lyrics. Thanks Mr. P.
This man with two first names has the ultimate story telling voice. I will love him always.
I don't know if he has THE ultimate voice but he's one of the legends, or sure. Harry Chapin is/was right up there with him, IMO. ua-cam.com/video/fo-tCNtFI10/v-deo.html
You are so good......thank you for the great lyrics and music....I've loved your music my whole life...
Brilliantly. He is simply genius, thanks God and 60’s.
Just amazing the effortless way he played the guitar, presented the song with subtlety. Hats off. Truely a legend. What a song !!!!
Beautiful!
One of the greatest singer/songwriter of all time. Thank you Paul.
That is incredible, astonishing. He is the modern interpreter.
Nice and sweet.....Paul is simply just gifted and there is no other way to put it.
He is one of the few true music geniuses, IMO.
Paul Simon, meraviglioso autore e grande chitarrista! Grazie per ogni tua canzone!
The only thing more impressive than the guitar playing is that spectacular combover!