Paul’s interviews are really good, early songs like “Flowers Never Bend” and “For Emily……..” sound as beautiful as ever, and he’s always on a quest to learn more, like he said about playing guitar, “It’s a universe!” The real deal.
I love it when he says: "I am a good guitar-player, but..." It's not a brag, or even a humble brag; it's a statement of fact which leads to the point he is about to make.
He's very right about the guitar. I also get uncomfortable or bothered if I go more than a day without picking it up. Although I feel like I need to do legato and alternate picking exercises every day to keep my chops and finger constitution up to par. It is an endless love with no final destination.
His playing is what got me playing the guitar. I learned fingerpicking also playing his songs. Though, the Travis picking method I actually learned from Dust in the Wind... lol.
Me too, back in the 70s. The Boxer...one of my absolute favorites. Still in my performing lineups, and I've always said, if I ever get a boxer, I'd name him Paul Simon!
What a treat. Paul Simon's most recent release, Seven Psalms, prominently features his acoustic guitar. It is as if he went back to his musical roots and combined them with decades of experience. The songwriting is very sophisticated, and a delight for fan's of Paul's guitar playing.
What an outstanding interview. I always had Paul as the number one guy I wanted to hear Howard interview, with trepidation that they wouldn't jive. So glad this exists.
I have always admired Paul as an acoustic guitarist. I don't think I'd be writing folk songs today if it wasn't for Simon and Garfunkel. Maybe they didn't get along, but they recorded incredible music together.
How I understand Paul 'bout the need of playing guitar every day. I am just a 70 years old amateur guitar player and every morning after my breakfast I have to pick the guitar and try to write something even if the words don't come easily. God bless Paul.❤
I too picked up the guitar at Bar-Mitzvah age. My early teachers always told me that I had a natural knack with fingerstyle. Always loved Paul's playing.
Simon is an inspiration!! Writing great songs for almost 70 years!!! I sing “ St Judy’s Comet “ to my grandkids when they stay overnight! When I would hear he had a new album, I didn’t have to hear it. I knew there would be great music on it! God bless him!!
Always loved Paul's music, and guitar playing, and appreciate his skills. But he did learn A LOT when he came to England, and hung around with the English Folk artists of that time, Bert Jansch etc, and he took a lot from their styles and added it to his own.
I was introduced to Travis picking from Lindsay Buckingham, both in Fleetwood Mac and solo. I had been listening to the style in Simon's work and not really realizing it for year before though!
Lindsey is another underrated guitar player, that term gets tossed around too often but in some cases it actually fits,he incorporates Banjo and Travis picking which are similar but not the same.
Love hearing the guitar fingerpicking story from Paul. Howard asks some great questions. Couple of great fingerpicking acoustic players are Michael Johnson and Martin Simpson!
Stream the FULL interview now on SiriusXM: sxm.app.link/HSPaulSimon
i thnk hes a better song writer then a guitar player. Genius level BTW
We really need to appreciate these legends while they are still around
Legends are dead.
@bobabooey4537 not true. There are "legends in their own time". And also "living legends".
@@roberto3262 Exactly, Michael Jordon, Paul McCartney, Stevie Nicks,Tiger Woods, Michael Schumacher still alive folks
@@ehLeanne311 don't forget Nancy Pelosi 😂
@@roberto3262Moronic
What a treat it is to see and hear paul demonstrating his fingerpicking skills!
Agreed!!
it's actually unsettling to see his gollum nails
@@FAYMprod It is!
@@FAYMprodis it?
IKR
Love watching a master discuss his craft.
“The guitar is like a universe” was a beautiful thing to say
His Martin was simply gorgeous.
@@kingrobert1st A signature model D-42...
@@kingrobert1st I meant an OM-42!!
This was by far the best Stern interview in years.
This was so moving. Playing the guitar is like speaking or maybe even breathing to Paul. So much knowledge is given here. Love it
Thanks million Mr.Stern...❤
That's who I learned fingerpicking from. He was a real hero to me. America and The Boxer are still two of my favorite songs ever.
Paul’s interviews are really good, early songs like “Flowers Never Bend” and “For Emily……..” sound as beautiful as ever, and he’s always on a quest to learn more, like he said about playing guitar, “It’s a universe!” The real deal.
We need this Full interview uploaded please! What a legend. What a talent. Could watch & listen to Paul Simon for hours.
I love it when he says: "I am a good guitar-player, but..." It's not a brag, or even a humble brag; it's a statement of fact which leads to the point he is about to make.
Paul Simon is a global treasure 😀🎸🎶❤️
Love the new thing he played at the end, those are beautiful chords.
A national treasure. I had the incredible honor of shaking his hands once after a Paul McCartney concert at MSG in 1989.
His hands-plural? Did you shake both of them?
Thank you Paul Simon for your music and Graceland in particular! You saved me in times I felt scared. You are a legend.
I'm tearing up watching this video, what a legend.
He's very right about the guitar. I also get uncomfortable or bothered if I go more than a day without picking it up. Although I feel like I need to do legato and alternate picking exercises every day to keep my chops and finger constitution up to par. It is an endless love with no final destination.
I learned fingerpicking in the 80s playing his songs. Still play them today. Timeless masterpieces.
His playing is what got me playing the guitar. I learned fingerpicking also playing his songs. Though, the Travis picking method I actually learned from Dust in the Wind... lol.
Me too, back in the 70s. The Boxer...one of my absolute favorites. Still in my performing lineups, and I've always said, if I ever get a boxer, I'd name him Paul Simon!
That was beautiful. It's great to see his love for playing is still strong.
What a treat. Paul Simon's most recent release, Seven Psalms, prominently features his acoustic guitar. It is as if he went back to his musical roots and combined them with decades of experience. The songwriting is very sophisticated, and a delight for fan's of Paul's guitar playing.
What an outstanding interview. I always had Paul as the number one guy I wanted to hear Howard interview, with trepidation that they wouldn't jive. So glad this exists.
Most direct, succinct explanation of the Travis pick that I've ever heard. A distillation to the essence of what it is.
It all goes back to Travis picking… such a guitar magician.
Absolutely brilliant love his guitar playing and the songs he wrote where out of this world a legend
Love Paul.Such an enormous influence on me learning to play guitar.Thank you.❤
Paul Simon is a superb and an extraordinary guitar player and musician...
He’s endlessly interesting in interviews. What a treat he lets us inside.
Paul Simon's unique guitar playing is always music to my ears--like Ray Manzarek's keyboards still are.
So true!
One of the greatest to ever do it 🙌 God bless paul
When he talks about comfort, that really hit home for me. I feel uncomfortable without my guitar. It's a very special feeling.
Paul Simon is a legend, will always be a legend.
Genius musician, singer, songwriter!
I have always admired Paul as an acoustic guitarist. I don't think I'd be writing folk songs today if it wasn't for Simon and Garfunkel. Maybe they didn't get along, but they recorded incredible music together.
Yup. That's all there is to it. Infinite possibilities from one technique. Love it.
Such a humble artist! A true musician!
Wow Paul. decades on, you just reminded me why I picked up my first guitar. ty
How I understand Paul 'bout the need of playing guitar every day. I am just a 70 years old amateur guitar player and every morning after my breakfast I have to pick the guitar and try to write something even if the words don't come easily.
God bless Paul.❤
A genius song writer and musician. Respect!
I started listening to you and Paul in the 1960s when I was a teen, and I still love and appreciate it very much
I too picked up the guitar at Bar-Mitzvah age. My early teachers always told me that I had a natural knack with fingerstyle. Always loved Paul's playing.
Simon is an inspiration!! Writing great songs for almost 70 years!!! I sing “ St Judy’s Comet “ to my grandkids when they stay overnight! When I would hear he had a new album, I didn’t have to hear it. I knew there would be great music on it!
God bless him!!
Everything about this was magic.
Criminally underrated guitar player.
Explain why...
Underrated?!? Paul Simon?!? What???
Nobody underrates Paul Simon, nobody.
I know what you mean, but Paul Simon is anything but underrated.
Agreed
That was a nicely done interview, I enjoyed the enthusiasm of both host and Paul, cool 😎👍
What a great interview. Paul Simon is an absolute treasure! Oh my!
Thank you Howard Stern, simply the best person to bring the humanity of the artist to our eyes and ears!
while i listened to the entire interview i wasn't as captivated as i am watching it .. nice job
Always loved Paul's music, and guitar playing, and appreciate his skills.
But he did learn A LOT when he came to England, and hung around with the English Folk artists of that time, Bert Jansch etc, and he took a lot from their styles and added it to his own.
In particular Bert’s version of Davy Graham’s Anji
One of the Greatest Singer Songwriters EVER !
...at 81! tooo good...cheers Paul.
Paul Simon is up there with Lennon /Mcartney musical genius great interview thanks loved Mystery Train intro 💜💙💚
Thanks Paul. Been following you since Graceland when I was 12
Very interesting! Paul Simon has just broadened my horizons! Thanks Mr. Simon!
Man I could watch Paul Simon all day!!
Paul Simon 72’ album is a total masterpiece. Some of his best deep cuts
“I’m just fooling around”. Love it!
I think of all the greats he is the most centred and articulate. He is so close to his art. What an inspiration.
I was introduced to Travis picking from Lindsay Buckingham, both in Fleetwood Mac and solo. I had been listening to the style in Simon's work and not really realizing it for year before though!
Lindsey is another underrated guitar player, that term gets tossed around too often but in some cases it actually fits,he incorporates Banjo and Travis picking which are similar but not the same.
Why am I crying?😭😭😭
Learned to play listening to Paul - vastly underrated as a guitar player and innovator
Magical musical genius, so lucky to have him❤
Paul Simon is an excellent guitar player..very impressed 🎶🙂🕊️
Amazing talent. Love the demonstration and the artist.💐
Love hearing the guitar fingerpicking story from Paul. Howard asks some great questions. Couple of great fingerpicking acoustic players are Michael Johnson and Martin Simpson!
Check out Doyle Dykes some time. Chet Atkins once said Doyle is the best fingerstyle player out there at that time. He's incredible.
Best is Tommy Emmanuel by a longggg way.
No ego at all.What a great, musician,& songwriter.Top-drawer!
great lesson about the thumb
Howard is really a great interviewer with the icons. These sessions are historic.
Howard’s youtube posts have the best commercials
I have a lot of love for this
Paul Simon stood on the shoulders of roots music giants and became the giant on whose shoulders so many modern musicians can stand.
An American treasure
A living legend teaching us music skills
Wow, hypnotic!
A hero to me beginning to play guitar 60 yrs ago
Wow, he is so sympathic and I wish, I could learn from him. Such a great Talent ❤🎉💯😊🎶👍
Thanks Paul for sharing your fingerpicking skills...
Es un gran maestro, gracias a Paul Simon tenemos grandes canciones.
Gifted for sure
Legendary artist. Much love!
It is great to know that PS is still motivated and inspired by the guitar.
Best song writer ever
Definitely in the top 5!
If you're interested in this then the Paul Simon Barnes and Noble interview on RUclips is worth checking out. So much information.
listen to the intro to Homeward Bound....beautiful...
Paul Simon is unrivaled
Paul Simon has written some of the most amazing songs in the last 100 years.
And that is why I love Paul Simon 🎸🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
Paul Simon is a legend! Love that guitar! Martin is definitely one the best in the game!
Just got into fingerstyle and the boxer was the second song I learned. I haven’t been this addicted to a hobby in a long time!
Great musical sense & inspiration, thanks brother, God Bless !!!
genius on guitar
I wish this was longer
I always tell people Paul Simon is massively under rated as a guitar player
Not really, there's nothing really special or unique about his playing. He's a competent player but nothing special.
@@zombizombiits not about compentancy, its about simplicity and the melodies you are able to harness.
@@zombizombi and yet he produces some of the richest and fullest acoustic melodies
@@justthinking650 Wtf does richest and fullest mean exactly?
@@zombizombinot trying to argue, which guitar players do you recommend checking out?
Loved those few seconds of "The Boxer" improv. Sweet.
Paul's guitar is very beautiful and fun to play.
That was great! I wish Simon would have put out a guitar instrumental album.
Paul is one of the tastiest guitarist ever...'The Rhythm of the Saints' his masterpiece!
One of my guitar heroes!
So nice to hear Paul Simon hitting dull notes and buzzy notes too!
Wowww! Great Paul Simon!😍😍🌻🌻
One of the greatest songwriters of all time