TV was still new back then. Getting interviewed was considered like talking to someone else over a restaurant table, with unseen people maybe watching in. Now it's considered a performance where you have to be high-energy.
Must say that when Paul starts the intro legit and goes into the first line, the chromosomes in the universe change. How can such a deceptively simple song be so incredibly moving? Those first chord progressions are sheer poetry.
it's not often that you can see a genius perform and let you in on his process right in front of you. what a classic interview Paul is so humble relaxed and welcoming Hes instantly likeable.
It's interviews like this that made me a Dick Cavett fan. Best show on late night and probably the best talk show ever. An intelligent interview with one of the best songwriters of my youth.
Love the way that Dick let's Simon keep talking. We need that today. Interviews with the artist's a true story not the spiced up version of things interviewers are forced to dig for these days (ironically, you got more spice the old way anyway)
Miguel Urdaci sadly most “artists “ being interviewed aren’t “artists “ at all just pretty faces that sing someone else’s songs. The real artists are not being interviewed at all.
WOA! just Woa! One of the greatest composer of our time. That man gave so much to humanity. I dont think people really fathom how much. God bless you Simon!
Paul is a great musician and has written so many great songs. I think it is cool how he explains how the song "Mrs. Robinson" was written in this video too.
Great interviewing where you are learning more about the artist and their insights on recording. Much different then how interviews are conducting today where we are wrapped in their celebrity rather than their talent and ways of thinking.
John Maritato Yes! His live shows were always top. So much energy, so much fun. I had the pleasure of seeing him play live some 8 times and each and every one of those concerts were among the best. What a privilege it has been.
if this interview date is correct (8 April 1970), thus was one day before the infamous supposed press release where Paul McCartney announced he had quit the Beatles, which makes Dick's comment that the Beatles don't perform much anymore much more interesting to me
They couldn't hear themselves play. The teenage fans screamed so loudly they couldn't even hear their own music. Also, you have to remember they toured constantly for 6 years, ever since they went to Germany in 1960. They'd rarely been off the road, except to go into the studio or to make a movie. They'd had no time off, no personal life. Hadn't they given enough?
Simon always had a nervous aloofness about himself, that was both intriguing and calming. And his complex personality is reflected perfectly in his music and in the complexity of his writing. It is probably most evident (and at its peak) in his song - Still Crazy. > Paul Simon - an honest artist.
What I was recently amazed at was Paul Simon's intimate knowledge and technical understanding of music - he knew exactly what every one of his choices were in any chord progression, how and why to resolve to which chord, reminiscent of how George Martin contributed his musical savvy to the Beatles sound.
Talk shows were great back then. Great hosts. Great guests. Good questions. Guests were allowed to answer. I was a kid back then & loved watching them!
Paul is a musical genius and I love how he just starts playing Mrs. Robinson in this interview. It is also cool the stories behind the songs he has written!
So awesome how Dick Cavett didn't interrupt, and allowed Paul Simon to go on at length explaining how he got involved with The Graduate !!! This was a magical interview!!!
Colder beer you and the other person are right Dick Cavett was so great. I was 13 when this aired but loved Dick Cavett’s show so much. But you’re right. Look how he is as host/ interviewer. Not like Letterman,et.al who make it about themselves. I loved his shows
born in 63...wasn't that an amazing time to be a child musically? Classical Gas, Herb Alpert, Take Five, Mas Que Nada all poured into our spongey brains. We will never forget those tunes.
What a rare gift he has. Genius. When he starts to play Mrs. Robinson -- it's just undeniably great. He could have played it on a banjo and a kazoo -- wouldn't matter.
I love this clip..wish there was more to see "after the break". Watching Mr. Simon describe how he created a classic hit song for the ages...fascinating.
@@coolmacatrain9434 Well, i guess they had already done that. To me it is a strange idea to demand other songs. Aren't you pleased by those already in existance?
I have a lot of memories of simon and garfunkel.There never will be anything to match the feel and hope there music gave me.It's beyond anything humans will ever produce again at least for me.
Fun to watch Paul Simon's brain work. Pretty smart guy and fantastic musician and songwriter. Bob Dillon still performing today in 2020... Who would have thunk!
He was excellent in No Country for Old Men too.
But larger
😂
“Now is not a time, what time do you close?”
slightly less masculine
Comment of the year 2020 goes to...
Love how the crowd let him play and didn’t start annoyingly clapping to the beat
Or bloody whooping, like so many Americans seem so eager to do these days.
Clapping on 1&3** 😂
@@skyhigh776 Yes, this is what I was waiting for. People have no etiquette for attending performing arts anymore
This was in 'The good old days ' 💙 🇺🇸 🎵🎶🎶🎶🎵🎶 💖
@@skyhigh776 Or sit dead with no appreciative expression, before, during, and after the performance, like the Brits.
Paul was one of those geniuses who somehow naturally created the most memorable songs in our lifetime
Love the 60's / 70's soft spoken accent.
sounds more civilian to my non native speaker ears -- time of midatlantic movie accent also
TV was still new back then. Getting interviewed was considered like talking to someone else over a restaurant table, with unseen people maybe watching in. Now it's considered a performance where you have to be high-energy.
kewkabe Still new? You’re looking at technology over 20 years old by this time.
@K.D.P. Ross Television was invented about 1928, but not mass made and sold to the public until the very late 1940s. So this is about 22 years later.
@K.D.P. Ross Eight years is not a "hair." Ask any seven year old.
Must say that when Paul starts the intro legit and goes into the first line, the chromosomes in the universe change. How can such a deceptively simple song be so incredibly moving? Those first chord progressions are sheer poetry.
it's not often that you can see a genius perform and let you in on his process right in front of you. what a classic interview Paul is so humble relaxed and welcoming Hes instantly likeable.
And this my dear friends, is what musical/poetic genius looks like. Thank you Mr. Simon.
It's interviews like this that made me a Dick Cavett fan. Best show on late night and probably the best talk show ever. An intelligent interview with one of the best songwriters of my youth.
Love the way that Dick let's Simon keep talking. We need that today. Interviews with the artist's a true story not the spiced up version of things interviewers are forced to dig for these days (ironically, you got more spice the old way anyway)
Miguel Urdaci sadly most “artists “ being interviewed aren’t “artists “ at all just pretty faces that sing someone else’s songs. The real artists are not being interviewed at all.
I wish the rest of this interview after the commercial break was available somewhere. I loved DC when he had his own show.
Paul Simon voted for Hillary...
I agree, idiots like Jimmy Fallon would be laughing at every word he said.
@@jeffpower6473 singing is art on its own.
We needed a complete solo acoustic version of Mrs. Robinson by Paul. Just these little snippets are so wonderful.
WOA! just Woa! One of the greatest composer of our time. That man gave so much to humanity. I dont think people really fathom how much. God bless you Simon!
Many of those who recorded with him called him a total fucking PRICK! But yeah, he's a talented prick.
Paul is a great musician and has written so many great songs. I think it is cool how he explains how the song "Mrs. Robinson" was written in this video too.
So right!
He don’t even know why he’s writing what he’s writing though is that how most song writers are ?
calm down big boy
What a fantastic clip. What a phenomenal songwriter.
Completely agree.
If he just played those riffs and that stuff just came" off the top of his head " as he says , that's just genius , pure and simple.
DAZZA6061
Songs are born that way all the time
But he's not wrong, Paul is a genius :D
Amen to that DAZZA
he just has a knack for alliterative lyrics and riffs and just says them outloud/plays them like a mathematician might recite prime numbers.
True Dat!
His soul expresses the music , and in so doing he shows the part of him that is normally private.
Simon is a great person with beautiful voice and talent .
Saw him in Dunedin, New Zealand 2013.
Still had the voice at 71 and had everyone singing along, as you would.
Don’t know why but I always like the little ‘bop’ Paul does at 3:37 to make sure he’s singing in tune.
Hadn't even picked up on it :) Nice!
Exactly just brilliant
God to have things like Mrs. Robinson just pop into my head.....
Singer/songwriters that actually PLAY an instrument are a dying breed.
Great interviewing where you are learning more about the artist and their insights on recording. Much different then how interviews are conducting today where we are wrapped in their celebrity rather than their talent and ways of thinking.
I love to hear stories behind a well written song.❤️
The intensity of Paul Simon can’t be denied.
That man is an honest to goodness, national treasure.
There's such a childlike-innocent-genius to how Paul Simon talks. Wow.
When Paul Simon talks I listen to every word... Pure genius.
On top of being a legendary composer he is easily one of the best live acts I ever saw.
John Maritato Yes! His live shows were always top. So much energy, so much fun. I had the pleasure of seeing him play live some 8 times and each and every one of those concerts were among the best. What a privilege it has been.
if this interview date is correct (8 April 1970), thus was one day before the infamous supposed press release where Paul McCartney announced he had quit the Beatles, which makes Dick's comment that the Beatles don't perform much anymore much more interesting to me
Whoa.
I was JUST thinking, as Dick Cavett mentioned the Beatles in the 'present' tense. Not for much longer sadly...
Andy Dixon
They had quit touring in 1966, pathetic really.
Pathetic? in what respect?
They couldn't hear themselves play. The teenage fans screamed so loudly they couldn't even hear their own music. Also, you have to remember they toured constantly for 6 years, ever since they went to Germany in 1960. They'd rarely been off the road, except to go into the studio or to make a movie. They'd had no time off, no personal life. Hadn't they given enough?
A genius is a genius, is a genius. no othr word to describe him....lovely to hear him speak...intelligent men both here
He's been described many times as a total PRICK by those who had the misfortune to work in the studio with him.
Bob the Avenger
Sources please.
@ Bob - So what album were you in there working on...?? Yeah, that’s what I thought...smdh
Dude he is Not a genius. He was good man. Talented ok Shut up with the genius crap man
Oh yeah Jessie James
Dick Cavett is the best interviewer I have ever heard. Not sure if we will ever see and hear anyone like him again.
He is such a genius,i cant help myself but cry just trying to admire his songs
I love Paul Simon I've seen him three times in the last 20 years. He sounded just as great back in the 90s as he did in 2018
Compared to today's pop artists who just sing and dance to a song created on an iPad, this is like from another planet.
Raw talent oozing
i am a subscriber to you aha
Simon always had a nervous aloofness about himself, that was both intriguing and calming. And his complex personality is reflected perfectly in his music and in the complexity of his writing. It is probably most evident (and at its peak) in his song - Still Crazy. > Paul Simon - an honest artist.
What I was recently amazed at was Paul Simon's intimate knowledge and technical understanding of music - he knew exactly what every one of his choices were in any chord progression, how and why to resolve to which chord, reminiscent of how George Martin contributed his musical savvy to the Beatles sound.
Paul has great pleasing personality that makes him enjoyable to interview, Dicks shows are always entertaining
Undoubtedly my favourite UA-cam video ever
Talk shows were great back then.
Great hosts.
Great guests.
Good questions.
Guests were allowed to answer.
I was a kid back then & loved watching them!
Mrs Robinson and April Come She Will are two my favorite Simon and Garfunkel's songs
It's awesome to watch people who can play music well do that.
Paul is a musical genius and I love how he just starts playing Mrs. Robinson in this interview. It is also cool the stories behind the songs he has written!
A good insight into how a true genius musician comes up with lyrics!
This was awesome and mesmerizing to listen to the history of the songs.
Some people are interesting to talk with while others are not. I enjoyed this little video clip.
A peek into the mind and method of a creative genius. Dick Cavett was great.
So awesome how Dick Cavett didn't interrupt, and allowed Paul Simon to go on at length explaining how he got involved with The Graduate !!! This was a magical interview!!!
Dick Cavett is a wonderful interviewer.
Colder beer you and the other person are right Dick Cavett was so great. I was 13 when this aired but loved Dick Cavett’s show so much. But you’re right. Look how he is as host/ interviewer. Not like Letterman,et.al who make it about themselves. I loved his shows
I was born in June of 1963, this is the first song that I can actually recollect hearing.
I was also born in June of '63. I think the first song I remember is "Do You Know The Way to San Jose?".
born in 63...wasn't that an amazing time to be a child musically? Classical Gas, Herb Alpert, Take Five, Mas Que Nada all poured into our spongey brains. We will never forget those tunes.
Inagodavida baby
Back then, great musicians and great interviewers not interrupting the Artist
What an absolutely amazing artist. Where have you gone Paul Simon, our nation turns it's lonely eyes to you. Woo Woo Woo.
I was just playing a fill... when you're a genius, this stuff just pours out of you.
When you're a genius, they let you do it.
What a rare gift he has. Genius. When he starts to play Mrs. Robinson -- it's just undeniably great. He could have played it on a banjo and a kazoo -- wouldn't matter.
Dick Cavett was one of the best interviewers of all time because he asked the questions about thing we all have wondered about.
creativity at his best, how beautiful it is!
This guy is a freaking genius!
It’s videos like this that I love sending to my dad.
Wish I could still send anything to me dad!
Paul, you have influenced my life in a way you could not possibly ever appreciate
Bongo Zozo same here
this brought a smile to my face musical genius at work
That look by Cavett at the end is priceless. He knows he just got a great treat.
It's nice to listen to interviews from back in the day when human interactions and conversations were far more freer and enriching.
Very talented and well-spoken young Paul Simon.
WOW !!! my gosh . Loved him.growing up and still do
Amazing era...sad that it is forever gone but in our memories.
tigerbalm : So true.... So true!
Great to witness such a humble genius.
Such a smart man. How difficult things are for some people, some people just have that gift
Hard work > being gifted
Paul Simon is right up there with the best of them as a song writer. Lennon McCartney, Jagger Richards, Dylan, Springsteen....
No one needs to exclaim what you have!... Everyone knows Simon is on that level!
Oh my goodness! ! Thank YOU Paul Simon!!!
Wow... I haven’t known of Paul for very long but he’s quite an interesting man to listen to
I love this guy.....wonderful music he wrote
I love this clip..wish there was more to see "after the break". Watching Mr. Simon describe how he created a classic hit song for the ages...fascinating.
Dick Cavett simply had the best talk show. Ever.
Paul Simon is one of the best song writers. Ever.
Genius at work. He's right up there with the very best.
Here's to you, Mrs. Roosevelt, and to Paul and Art.
5:13: >48yrs later!: Dylan, McCartney, Ringo, the Stones, & Paul Simon still tour.
But none of them has written a truly great song in over 40 years!
Lee McDaid - Donegal 60fps dylan’s albums from 1997-2000’s had some really well written stuff
@@kaboomerty1638 Nothing great though.
@@coolmacatrain9434 Well, i guess they had already done that. To me it is a strange idea to demand other songs. Aren't you pleased by those already in existance?
@@coolmacatrain9434 Paul Simon has written tons of amazing songs solo.
One thing the 60s and 70s gave us was great talk shows. They were just so much more interesting then. Cavett, Carson, and Griffin in particular.
Fewer commercial breaks for starters.
I have a lot of memories of simon and garfunkel.There never will be anything to match the feel and hope there music gave me.It's beyond anything humans will ever produce again at least for me.
I know exactly how you feel.
Holy! So impressed the audience let PSimon actually play whilst the explanation!! Just plain gold!! Try that now and all heaven would break loose!!
..that's what talent looks and sounds like..
It enchants me
Fun to watch Paul Simon's brain work. Pretty smart guy and fantastic musician and songwriter. Bob Dillon still performing today in 2020... Who would have thunk!
Okay, but what is Bob Dylan doing?
@@davidcopson5800 touring
That talented.
And that insecure.
The man is a damn national treasure.
I can't love this enough..
Paul Simon has a great sense of humor.
The film music record containing this song also became a phenomenal hit in Japan, making their name immovable.
The songwriter! The legend! This man is immortal to world culture
That was full of interest.
such a talented man!!!
his talent in anything to do with music is an American treasure!
I wish I could have words and music come to me just like that.
How cool would it be to sit with Paul Simon and have him go through his creative process...
It would be like cool water when your fever runs high.
Thank you for posting this.
Love the way Paul talks softly....doesn't act arrogant, or overbearing!
Same with hendrix he was soft spoken and very humble
I love Paul’s grin when he talks about Mel Brooks
Mrs.Robinson sound so good ❤❤❤❤❤😀
My god it's almost 50 years ago already & Paul was Top 5 big time back then.
great questions Mr. Cavett! Fantastic.
PURE MAGIC! WHAT A GIFTED MAN.
thanks for posting this,, so fun!
Wow, this is one of the best videos.
Musical Genius at work.
Outstanding!
so humble and kind thank u paul simon