Simon and Garfunkel are the kind of group you do not listen to for months. Then you play one song and proceed to play everything they ever recorded . They are just that good.....
Or you listen to them once and never stop listening to them actually. I guess it's been over half a year since I started listening to them seriously (earlier I used to know only a few songs like Mrs Robinson or The Sound Of Silence). It was like discovering when my home is. Since that time I've been listening to their songs almost every day (except the days when I was ill or outside home). Hope that I will never stop, even when I'm old.
@@somebodysaccount No worries. You won´t. - I am 62. And these guys are singing my youth. I will listen to their music - and sing along - to my last day.
@@somebodysaccount True, thats me. All through lockdown... Day and night. Listening to them right now through my earphone, while I paint my doors. They've been my lockdown companion. Love them endlessly.
I was at this concert with my girlfriend and when we got there it looked like Woodstock because over 500,000 people showed up.. One of the best free concerts I have been to..
At the time of this concert I was 9 years old and already a fan of their music. Obviously I could not attend since I was just a german child, but I SWORE to myself that I would attend a S&G concert some day. Made my dream come true in 2013 at their "Old Friends" reunion tour ... bought the tickets online, flew in from Germany to Los Angeles and watched them at the Staples Center ... singing along the entire concert ... with tears in my eyes. Childhood dream come true ... :)
This great old song helped me change my life. Back in the mid-1970s, I was in a bad, destructive relationship that was not healthy for either of us. I found myself sitting in traffic wondering what the hell I was going to do, when all of a sudden, like the answer to a prayer, this song began. All of a sudden I knew what to do and two weeks later, I was free, still screwed up, but free. Thanks Paul.
Everything is great, the sharpness of the horns, Gadd's space, the guitar solo. I love love love the chorus. But what really sticks out is the rhodes playing of Richard Tee, which is unbelievably groovy.
Also a drummer and agree. It's like Elton John dialing up Dee Murray on Love Lies Bleeding. Gadd's part, like Murray's, makes the song, and the marquee name recognized they needed to be second billing for once.
Many, many years ago, when i discovered this song on the S&G concert in Central Park LP, i realised that i was going to be a Paul Simon fan much more than a S&G fan...
These guys will never go out of style. Elegance is a quality synonymous with the spirit. Simon & Garfunkel not only proved it, but they are a living example of this ideal.
Just saw Paul in Bend, Oregon at the Les Schwab Amphitheater. 🎶(06/24/17)🎶 His entire performance was unforgettable and EVERYTHING I had come to expect!!! It was a perfect ending to a amazing evening! 🕊A living legend!!! 🎶🎸🎶
Paul Simon is a fucking genius...the tone of his voice is a gift from god and his guitar technique is refined and rich...compete with lennon-mccartney etc...
I was a 14 year old guitar novice and remember seeing this concert in German TV and being completely blown away. The chords, harmony, melody of Paul Simon (solo or with Art Garfunkel) are just out of this world.
Awesome band! There were absolutely no weak links. I wish the camera had panned to the piano a bit more often. That dude was smooth. I don't think I've heard a better performance of this song. Ever. Anywhere.
A great song from my childhood memories that my late Dad loved. The drums in this song fit well with the bicentennial year of 1976 which is the year this song took off on the charts.
This is why I fell in love with Paul Simon's music. Timeless hits such as Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover, Sounds of Silence. Legendary songwriter and timeless musician. I wrote a version of this called Fifty Ways To Tell A Sermon.
But if they pushed it to the point where I feel like giving a sermon that's an encyclopedia worth.. that's where I'm ironically giving them the "TLDR fuck off" version. (Because it's just not worth it giving the covert sadist the satisfaction of showing too much sweat anymore!)
Classic! After all these years the Song still comes to mind and brings a laugh, smile, and words of wisdom in times when you or a friend feels there's no easy way out.
Art being a non factor. Hard to believe someone at that level, with that many people on stage and he has nothing to contribute but looking stupid. Maybe in the terms of the contract. 'During performances of Mr Simon's solo material respondent is enjoined from participation and must remain a non factor and remain on stage in order to receive compensation.
With time I'v come to think that what makes this epic concert so good is the quality of the arrangements to these rather pop/folk orientated songs to suit the big orchestra of this event. This plus the absolute first class performance of every musicien up there that night. I just can't get enough of listenings to all the various instruments parts.
God I love Paul Simon this song has been going thru my head all Christmas time. I was lucky enough to see Paul & Art with the Everly brothers in Hyde park London I was gobsmacked. Paul I love you thank you for your incredible music I just hope you read this
This song and Mother and Child Reunion, Gone At Last and Loves Me Like A Rock are the few 70's Paul Simon hits that probably couldn't be done as Simon and Garfunkel duets.
this song was more to showcase the others in the band so it's ok Art doesn't sing. The spotlight of this song goes as much to the drummer as it does Paul.
The same goes with "You can call me Al". The bass line and the guitar licks make this song (together with the brass section, not sure who wrote that). Paul ist one of the greatest songwriters of all time, no doubt, but he sure had good luck with his fellow musicians, too.
Long before I ever had a lover, I loved this song. Lawddddddddd, I was what 5, 6 years old? I adored this song, and in an odd, preternatural way, I understood the angst involved in leaving your lover.
Love these two like crazy. I also love to hear Paul sing this song. Love to watch his expressions, when he sings this... Also when he sings Al. He has a very sexy smile on his face. I absolutely love to hear and watch these two. Love them endlessly.
Simon and Garfunkel are the kind of group you do not listen to for months. Then you play one song and proceed to play everything they ever recorded . They are just that good.....
Or you listen to them once and never stop listening to them actually. I guess it's been over half a year since I started listening to them seriously (earlier I used to know only a few songs like Mrs Robinson or The Sound Of Silence). It was like discovering when my home is. Since that time I've been listening to their songs almost every day (except the days when I was ill or outside home). Hope that I will never stop, even when I'm old.
@@somebodysaccount No worries. You won´t. - I am 62. And these guys are singing my youth. I will listen to their music - and sing along - to my last day.
You are so right Peter Black.
@@somebodysaccount True, thats me. All through lockdown... Day and night. Listening to them right now through my earphone, while I paint my doors. They've been my lockdown companion. Love them endlessly.
Absolutely..doing that right now..can't stop!
I was at this concert with my girlfriend and when we got there it looked like Woodstock because over 500,000 people showed up.. One of the best free concerts I have been to..
At the time of this concert I was 9 years old and already a fan of their music. Obviously I could not attend since I was just a german child, but I SWORE to myself that I would attend a S&G concert some day. Made my dream come true in 2013 at their "Old Friends" reunion tour ... bought the tickets online, flew in from Germany to Los Angeles and watched them at the Staples Center ... singing along the entire concert ... with tears in my eyes. Childhood dream come true ... :)
Wow . You are so lucky. Bless are you. ✨😇🤟🏻. From Italy. 🇺🇸🇮🇹. 🌈
I was waaaay to young to be at any S&G concerts. But we had PBS. And that concert was broadcast once a year to coincide with the Fall pledge season.
Simon and Garfunkel didn't go to Woodstock. Woodstock came to them. Let that sit in for a minute..
One of the best free concerts.... 🤣
This great old song helped me change my life. Back in the mid-1970s, I was in a bad, destructive relationship that was not healthy for either of us. I found myself sitting in traffic wondering what the hell I was going to do, when all of a sudden, like the answer to a prayer, this song began. All of a sudden I knew what to do and two weeks later, I was free, still screwed up, but free. Thanks Paul.
Best. Story. Ever. Back when music...was...well....MUSIC!!!!
Thanks for sharing brother
So did you slip out the back or hop on the bus?
@@Geoff4822 he made a new plan stan
I like how you said 'still screwed up but free'. It's never as simple as a song, right? But it's doable once you see a light in the tunnel. :)
Steve Gadd, bossing EVERYTHING.
That snare swings
Truth
holy shitballs, i was wondering who played that intro so smooth then checked the comments. 2 googles later, it's gadd. ty
One of the best drum Groove intros ever
*Steve Godd
Gadd, Richard Tee and Anthony Jackson - what a rhythm section!
Whoa who's tickling the ivory? My hero
That Gadd-Tee-Jackson rhythm section also played for Grover Washington.
When the drums are just as famous as the song.
100% I love playing this on drums
Thanks to Steve's time in the military.
Steve is a Gadd.
@@slide_drexler Thank Gadd he was available to play this gig.
I never thought the band would be able to capture the funky chorus, but I was pleasantly surprised. 👍🏽❤🎶
Paul Simon is really talanted😀🌹
hey you - Too bad that spelling isn't one of your talents.
Ya think? 😉
He has beautiful eyes
Oh yeah.. sex on legs Simon...💕
I’m 81 and I still find new ways to enjoy S &G.
Everything is great, the sharpness of the horns, Gadd's space, the guitar solo. I love love love the chorus. But what really sticks out is the rhodes playing of Richard Tee, which is unbelievably groovy.
For me, Anthony Jackson. Without question, Anthony Jackson.
Amazing drumming by Gadd, as always, and killer guitar solo by David Brown from 2:57-3:42.
I read that as David Bowie and needless to say I was quite confused.
I thought it was Dave Mustaine.
@@johnjuan6698 Hahaha! He’s a badass too, though
Yes! Like his drumming on Aja, he’s as good as you could imagine
Super musical solo
Steve Gadd, one of the best drummers of all times
The whole band is top notch 👌
They feel the music
Apparently it's Steve Gadd's birthday today - so Happy Birthday Steve - I have always admired your playing.
His voice is a national treasure and along with Paul Simon's masterful song writing spoke for an entire generation.
More than one generation. At least 3 in my family. ❤ 😍
This is only Simon singing
As drummer who plays & uses this grove a lot I would like to say thank you Steve Gadd & Paul Simon for recording it ;)
Also a drummer and agree. It's like Elton John dialing up Dee Murray on Love Lies Bleeding. Gadd's part, like Murray's, makes the song, and the marquee name recognized they needed to be second billing for once.
Steve Gadd forever!! Happy birthday to Paul who turns 77 years young today.
Many, many years ago, when i discovered this song on the S&G concert in Central Park LP, i realised that i was going to be a Paul Simon fan much more than a S&G fan...
Some of the best drumming ever in popular music
These guys will never go out of style. Elegance is a quality synonymous with the spirit. Simon & Garfunkel not only proved it, but they are a living example of this ideal.
What an absolutely stunning arrangement of people on stage. Much love.
Who do you see? That is Don H. too?
Just saw Paul in Bend, Oregon at the Les Schwab Amphitheater. 🎶(06/24/17)🎶 His entire performance was unforgettable and EVERYTHING I had come to expect!!! It was a perfect ending to a amazing evening! 🕊A living legend!!! 🎶🎸🎶
Lucky you
I have serious concert envy! 😘
50 ways to use Art as an artistic backdrop
Paul Simon is a fucking genius...the tone of his voice is a gift from god and his guitar technique is refined and rich...compete with lennon-mccartney etc...
Simon > Garfunkel x 100
As always, hats off to Steve Gadd.
Hi-hats off to Steve Gadd :)
Thats Anthony Jackson on bass, btw.
The band was f'n awesome in this one.
wow, this backing band is just terrific!
I was a 14 year old guitar novice and remember seeing this concert in German TV and being completely blown away. The chords, harmony, melody of Paul Simon (solo or with Art Garfunkel) are just out of this world.
Ahhh Paul is so cute!!! How adorable😍
Such an awesome Steve Gadd lick!
Good musicians , the drummer is excellent!
+Happey67 Drummer is Steve Gadd. A legendary drummer known for his grooves.
+Hyun Sung Thanks for the information.
Check him out in the band stuff.. legendary stuff
Awesome band! There were absolutely no weak links. I wish the camera had panned to the piano a bit more often. That dude was smooth. I don't think I've heard a better performance of this song. Ever. Anywhere.
GOD what a handsome man!
Paul’s beyond handsome - those eyes OMG 😱
Paul Simon ist verdammt gut. Stimme betörend, toller Songwriter, Gitarrist und Performer. Immer elegant und mit Understatement.
The hand motion and little laugh at 2:22 are great.
The incomparable Steve Gadd on drums.
By far my favourite version of this song - the horn section sample of "Hold On, I'm Coming" is a big part of why.
Sure Paul is great, but what an awesome band !
3.50 Drumming genius Stevie Gadd..........................
what a great groove lesson.
Love when Steve Gadd's on the drums
Gosh! I almost forgot this song! Simon is perfect and this concert should become a symbol for music, real music not what we hear now on media.
Oh. Mah. Gadd.
In Gadd we trust!
For Gadd's sake ?
Gadd damn!
Don't make jokes about God
Gadd only knows
Steve Gadd, genius. Garfunkel looks so inspired clapping his hands!
Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr Steve Gadd on drums. What a riff he came up with for this song?!
Listen to "Crazy Army". The riff came from his marching band cadences.
This song would not be the same without Steve Gadd's drumming.
It's great but he looks terribly bored playing it.
I really like this song. I realise it’s Paul Simon’s. Art is just listening in 💜😁
Garfunkel thinking "Gee, I could have used this slapper on my album Scissors Cut"
Although I still rather like the Simon & Garfunkel formula, this one of the only Simon is jolly good
A great song from my childhood memories that my late Dad loved. The drums in this song fit well with the bicentennial year of 1976 which is the year this song took off on the charts.
Got this album when I was a teenager & this was one of my favourite songs.... the arrangement more than the message. Could listen to it all day
This is why I fell in love with Paul Simon's music. Timeless hits such as Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover, Sounds of Silence. Legendary songwriter and timeless musician.
I wrote a version of this called Fifty Ways To Tell A Sermon.
But if they pushed it to the point where I feel like giving a sermon that's an encyclopedia worth.. that's where I'm ironically giving them the "TLDR fuck off" version. (Because it's just not worth it giving the covert sadist the satisfaction of showing too much sweat anymore!)
Ever single one of them on the stage a consummate musician in their own right ❤️
That was held in my last year in college in 1981. It was covered heavily by the local news networks in NY/NJ. A terrific high school song.
That is absolute poetry by Steve Gadd!
My old new favorite song!! Love it!!
Omg 😲 I shared with my 30yr old GRANDson❗❗😱
Music 🎶 is GREAT. Enjoy. Oldie but goodie z. 😀
An absolute masterpiece.
Genius.
This is my first time listening to the song and is incredible
Classic! After all these years the Song still comes to mind and brings a laugh, smile, and words of wisdom in times when you or a friend feels there's no easy way out.
Haha, Art is just standing around with his hands in his pockets.
He was leadin' that horn section.
Standing around doing nothing as usual
Lol
Like "when's my turn"?
Art being a non factor. Hard to believe someone at that level, with that many people on stage and he has nothing to contribute but looking stupid. Maybe in the terms of the contract. 'During performances of Mr Simon's solo material respondent is enjoined from participation and must remain a non factor and remain on stage in order to receive compensation.
@@jaywarren5261 Well, he's good for a cool 60 million dollars. So he must be doing something right I guess.
Masterpiece!!!
With time I'v come to think that what makes this epic concert so good is the quality of the arrangements to these rather pop/folk orientated songs to suit the big orchestra of this event. This plus the absolute first class performance of every musicien up there that night. I just can't get enough of listenings to all the various instruments parts.
The lyrics are amazing, chord progression? Just wow! What i really love though,the drums,so much creativity there !
What a good marching drum by Steve;)
I like this song
Really it adds a perfect way to 50 ways to die in Minecraft
@@lukebecerra7568 Ready sego
Gadd Damn!!!
Simply extraordinary musical arrangement and musicianship.
God I love Paul Simon this song has been going thru my head all Christmas time. I was lucky enough to see Paul & Art with the Everly brothers in Hyde park London I was gobsmacked. Paul I love you thank you for your incredible music I just hope you read this
Amazed they got STANLEY KUBRICK to play drums on this!!! Awesome!
Thats steve gadd
What a voice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This song and Mother and Child Reunion, Gone At Last and Loves Me Like A Rock are the few 70's Paul Simon hits that probably couldn't be done as Simon and Garfunkel duets.
Song that originated with a rhyming song Paul used to sing to his son.
This song was my first real listen of Paul Simon after reading about him in a Rock n Roll photography book. So glad I found his music, now with Art.
Always thought that was one of the funniest songs as a 70z kid. 😂 Still love it today at 51. 💖
Good Gadds that was awesome!!!
He is THE GADD!
Merveilleux !!!
Steve Gadd! The Master.
this song was more to showcase the others in the band so it's ok Art doesn't sing. The spotlight of this song goes as much to the drummer as it does Paul.
The same goes with "You can call me Al". The bass line and the guitar licks make this song (together with the brass section, not sure who wrote that). Paul ist one of the greatest songwriters of all time, no doubt, but he sure had good luck with his fellow musicians, too.
Steve Gadd
Damn and i thought it was about gettin rid of the kids for the weekend
The drum pattern is obviously the lung of the song,but Paul's vocal performance is suberb,he talks singing!!!
Oh dear. So young. I was born older than that.
Thank you, dear Daddy, for keeping me safe.
I love the tempo of this song
This is great! This is how it should have been done, originally, to include the background vocals in the original version.
Gadd's Drums pattern is superb,Simon's talks singing and Art ,oops,is looking for something to do!
Throughout the concert, even in the songs he did sing, you could tell he's uncomfortable.
How cute was he...
0:31 50 ways to leave your lover
^
Die in Minecraft
I remember my mum playing their songs on an old record player
Long before I ever had a lover, I loved this song. Lawddddddddd, I was what 5, 6 years old?
I adored this song, and in an odd, preternatural way, I understood the angst involved in leaving your lover.
0:36 what about that sick keyboards
Just in the park making music with friends. What a lineup of talent right there
Just soooooo cute Paul !!!!!
message is in the music!
Love these two like crazy. I also love to hear Paul sing this song. Love to watch his expressions, when he sings this... Also when he sings Al. He has a very sexy smile on his face. I absolutely love to hear and watch these two. Love them endlessly.
Can someone say something about Richard Tee on the piano and Fender Rhodes .Absolute genius . RIP Mr .Tee .
Thanks- I never knew his name but his performance was absolutely outstanding
Love, love, love. Thank you so much for making this song part of our life experience! 😻💞💞💞
Genius beyond question
Paul Simon: "Steven Gadd on the drums."
with steve gadd on the drums , you cant go wrong
What a banger
Ça groove à max.
Treat there at the end with Steve !