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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.❤
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!
I've loved finger picking for ever (because of Flamenco).. and break my finger nails all the time (i just started using a hard as nails polish to preserve my nails)... thanks for showing his hands close up.. thats a master class
I love Paul's guitar playing, singing, and song-writing. Wanna hear a surprisingly good guitar player, trained by the great Andres Segovia? Look up Charo. She's better than ever in her 70s now.
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
“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!!
Love watching a master discuss his craft.
We need this Full interview uploaded please! What a legend. What a talent. Could watch & listen to Paul Simon for hours.
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...❤
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.
Thank you Paul Simon for your music and Graceland in particular! You saved me in times I felt scared. You are a legend.
Paul Simon is a global treasure 😀🎸🎶❤️
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.
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'm tearing up watching this video, what a legend.
That was beautiful. It's great to see his love for playing is still strong.
This was by far the best Stern interview in years.
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?
That was a nicely done interview, I enjoyed the enthusiasm of both host and Paul, cool 😎👍
Love the new thing he played at the end, those are beautiful chords.
Most direct, succinct explanation of the Travis pick that I've ever heard. A distillation to the essence of what it is.
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!
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.
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 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.
He’s endlessly interesting in interviews. What a treat he lets us inside.
Absolutely brilliant love his guitar playing and the songs he wrote where out of this world a legend
Paul Simon is a superb and an extraordinary guitar player and musician...
Love Paul.Such an enormous influence on me learning to play guitar.Thank you.❤
Paul Simon is a legend, will always be a legend.
I started listening to you and Paul in the 1960s when I was a teen, and I still love and appreciate it very much
Genius musician, singer, songwriter!
When he talks about comfort, that really hit home for me. I feel uncomfortable without my guitar. It's a very special feeling.
Such a humble artist! A true musician!
while i listened to the entire interview i wasn't as captivated as i am watching it .. nice job
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.
Yup. That's all there is to it. Infinite possibilities from one technique. Love it.
It all goes back to Travis picking… such a guitar magician.
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!
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
One of the greatest to ever do it 🙌 God bless paul
What a great interview. Paul Simon is an absolute treasure! Oh my!
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!!
Wow Paul. decades on, you just reminded me why I picked up my first guitar. ty
Paul Simon's unique guitar playing is always music to my ears--like Ray Manzarek's keyboards still are.
So true!
...at 81! tooo good...cheers Paul.
Everything about this was magic.
Man I could watch Paul Simon all day!!
Very interesting! Paul Simon has just broadened my horizons! Thanks Mr. Simon!
I think of all the greats he is the most centred and articulate. He is so close to his art. What an inspiration.
Paul Simon 72’ album is a total masterpiece. Some of his best deep cuts
One of the Greatest Singer Songwriters EVER !
“I’m just fooling around”. Love it!
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
Thank you Howard Stern, simply the best person to bring the humanity of the artist to our eyes and ears!
Amazing talent. Love the demonstration and the artist.💐
Thanks Paul. Been following you since Graceland when I was 12
Why am I crying?😭😭😭
Learned to play listening to Paul - vastly underrated as a guitar player and innovator
No ego at all.What a great, musician,& songwriter.Top-drawer!
Paul Simon is up there with Lennon /Mcartney musical genius great interview thanks loved Mystery Train intro 💜💙💚
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.
Paul Simon stood on the shoulders of roots music giants and became the giant on whose shoulders so many modern musicians can stand.
Magical musical genius, so lucky to have him❤
One of my guitar heroes!
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?
One of my favorite musicians.
Fantastic
An American treasure
great lesson about the thumb
I have a lot of love for this
Paul Simon has written some of the most amazing songs in the last 100 years.
Wow, he is so sympathic and I wish, I could learn from him. Such a great Talent ❤🎉💯😊🎶👍
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.
Wow, hypnotic!
If you're interested in this then the Paul Simon Barnes and Noble interview on RUclips is worth checking out. So much information.
I've loved finger picking for ever (because of Flamenco).. and break my finger nails all the time (i just started using a hard as nails polish to preserve my nails)... thanks for showing his hands close up.. thats a master class
Es un gran maestro, gracias a Paul Simon tenemos grandes canciones.
Howard is really a great interviewer with the icons. These sessions are historic.
A living legend teaching us music skills
A hero to me beginning to play guitar 60 yrs ago
Paul is one of the tastiest guitarist ever...'The Rhythm of the Saints' his masterpiece!
Best song writer ever
Definitely in the top 5!
Howard’s youtube posts have the best commercials
Paul Simon is an excellent guitar player..very impressed 🎶🙂🕊️
Paul Simon is unrivaled
Gifted for sure
It is great to know that PS is still motivated and inspired by the guitar.
Thanks Paul for sharing your fingerpicking skills...
genius on guitar
Great musical sense & inspiration, thanks brother, God Bless !!!
listen to the intro to Homeward Bound....beautiful...
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!
And that is why I love Paul Simon 🎸🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
I love Paul's guitar playing, singing, and song-writing. Wanna hear a surprisingly good guitar player, trained by the great Andres Segovia? Look up Charo. She's better than ever in her 70s now.
Yup. I saw her a few years ago. She is amazing.
Legendary artist. Much love!
Paul Simon is a legend! Love that guitar! Martin is definitely one the best in the game!
Paul's guitar is very beautiful and fun to play.
Loved those few seconds of "The Boxer" improv. Sweet.
So nice to hear Paul Simon hitting dull notes and buzzy notes too!
Can we see the whole interview somewhere?