This song makes me think about my grandma, who sadly has passed away on 20 March 2023 at only 72 years. Her will to live was there, she wanted to see her grandchildren grew up. She unfortunately didn’t, her body couldn’t handle. This song was played at her funeral, I still miss her to this day.
I'm imagining your grandma banging away on lead guitar up on the stage, with a "cigarette" hanging from her mouth. She looks exactly like Tyne Daly :-) :-) :-)
@@vincentbriegel7038 Wrong, Simon wrote the lyrics to his songs. Name one of his hits that he didn't write both word and Music to besides "Scarborough Fair and El Condor Pasa".
The first time I heard this I spontaneously got up and started dancing - my mother laughed the way some ladies do”- Paul Simon is one of the greatest American storytellers.
I will never ever forget seeing him play this song in Central Park. Then the crowd wouldn't let Simon and Garfunkle go so they ripped into this a second time to the delight of the crowd.
@@FloridaStairSupply “And when I come back to the room, Everybody just seemed to move, and I turned my amp up loud, and I began to play! And, it was late in the evening, and I blew that room away!”
I remember back in 1980 my brother bought this album . And when it was late in the evening he'd crank this song up and bring the people to their feet. Great memories brother RIP❤❤❤
The mozanbiique backbeat on the cowbell and the ride cymble joining together with the alternating tom toms. Steve Gadd the natural drumming genius setting the perfect feel with his stalystics. Keeping it in the pocket as he would say.
Ohhhh it's Steve Gadd, that's right! I forgot! No wonder it's all so tight! Lotta Rio Carneval percussion styles in there too... 🥁🔔🛢️🛢️🎶 The arrangement and every part is *so* gorgeously perfect I can't even. The massive ultra-tight horns ugh. There's also a subtle lil chorded/octave picked end note in the bassline at end of each measure, on the intro too I'd forgotten about! (it repeats in the main song) 🎸🎶👂
Bob Moslow 😂😂😂 he surpasses all of them!!! Maybe Dylan but even he would admit that Paul has reached so many different audiences and his historic value is beyond in my opinion.. just my opinion.. I was raised on th abestke and Dylan and saw Dylan live more times than I can count
I'm willing to bet good money that Paul tore it up at the sock hops as a kid. You forget how insanely funky and danceable his music was, all the time sustaining the intricacies of his unique melodic gift. Boy, does he have a lot of brass, too! He keeps a lot of horn men employed, giving us some of the great brass lines ever. My vote as the greatest American composer of the last half of the 20th, not to mention the poetry. Were we lucky, or what?
I wish I was cool enough to know what 'tore it up at the sock hops' means. I absolutely love this song, love all of his music really. This was also the soundtrack to a particularly wonderful ice dance by the Duchesnays (sp?) quite a few years ago.
Susan Norton. Paul Simon was 18 in 1959. A sock hop was nothing more than a dance(maybe at school or some other community venue). From what I could read on Paul Simon, they didn't mention much garage band experience. That expression just means they did a good job(maybe excelled) as the band for the dance.
What a song! Been listening to this guy since the 60's. Lord I remember my English teacher ask us the meaning of "Sounds of Silence". Us dumb kids couldn't come up with any answers. She was mad. She was a taskmaster and great teacher.
As a kid riding in the back of a wooden-sided station wagon with no seat belts and a big American V8, Mom would crank this on the AM Radio driving from San Jose, CA to Tulsa, OK. Liked the song then but absolutely LOVE it now because it makes me feel young again.
What a great memory. Some of my best memories of the 70s is riding in my grandparents’ station wagon - no seat belts of course - and them both smoking and the radio blaring. Also in NorCal lol.
In high school, I was in the marching band. We played this song during our on field performance. I was a trumpet player and loved this song. The trumpet part was difficult to learn for the trumpet section (we had 23 trumpet players) but once we got it, it was the shit!!
this one and "me and julio down by the schoolyard " so many happy memories . so glad i was born in 1971 and had an older brother who always had the best music.
This album might have been critically underrated. The music press said that its quality was about average. It earned a B- grade from Robert Christgrau. But the album did chart infectiously the top 12 in at least five countries, including the US, France, and New Zealand. And "Late in the Evening" was a US Top 10 single, on both _BillBoard_ and _Cashbox._ So, if you think highly of _One Trick Pony_ your argument about the record being underrated is perhaps supported by the critics' assessment of it as being mediocre. But the public embraced it, and the album was certified Gold in America, and Silver in Britain.
I love introducing Paul Simon to millennial musicians. They are always blown away. I was playing his greatest hits at my tent while at Bonnaroo. Sooooo many young cats were asking who it was again and again. Gathered a cool crowd just listening to Paul.
Sing this song once in a while at karaoke. I like doing "something different". There's only so many times you can listen to "Brown Eyed Girl" and "Sweet Caroline".
In an ever increasingly shitty world...this song gives me hope... The multilayered percussion, massive and tight horn section and en pointe bassline alone is life itself! Absolutely flawless musicianship. 🥁🎸🎺🎶🔊👍
I play music and I've been there and I can attest...for an entertainer there is no better feeling! It's a perfect, suspended moment in time with no past and no future. Only the now and doing what you were made to do with everybody digging it♥️
What an amazing piece of music …. An absolute masterpiece 🙏 it needs to be listened through headphones or a really good sound system to do it justice !
I lose count at around ten percussive instruments. I get lost because I constantly analyze *every* instrument and tablature- it's a maddening curse I never put to good use, sadly. Paul Simon and Peter Gabriel were arguably single-handedly responsible for the surge in popularity of the so called "world beat' style music in the US in the 80's. I muhself have been enjoying the original- Soweto Gospel Choir and such since forever...very uplifting when the chips are down... 🎤🎤🇿🇦🙏
I have so much gratitude for Paul Simon and his beautiful music. I’ve been listening to him since the late sixties. My life would be poorer without his music. ❤️❤️❤️
I remember the first time I ever heard this song. I was driving to work in the early morning. I think it was 1980. I couldn’t/t sit still and now its 40 years later and I still can’t sit still when i hear this song. Some songs last forever!
The most amazing time for music. Paul Simon amongst that era(too many good ones to try to list) one of the best. I'm a lucky S.O.B. 56 and still kicking.grew up during amazing times in music
Big time studio musician Steve Gadd is playing drums...........Going to see him tonight in NYC at the Iridium! He played on several hits for Steely Dan and Paul Simon.
Oh my God! The fiesty, sassy Latino Salsa drum/trumpet break! Come on everyone up and dance to the wicked Rhumba Flamenco Groove! I CHE WA WA! ENDELI ENDELIE
I remember hearing this on the radio, in 1980, in the football locker room at Red Bay High School Alabama. After a hard day of practice this hit the spot. Awesome memories. 😎🏈🎸
You bet listening in 2024! Without a doubt, one of our generations greatest artists, still showing the world we did it and still many doing it in 2024, this stuff is timeless evermore!
Thank you whoever posted this ... the first time I heard this was on the radio..the second time was in my 1970 Maverick with a three in the tree ( 3 speed manual transmission on the column) and a Pioneer 8 track player with Craig speakers I installed myself... sounds just as good today over my Bose system...
Infectious. He was all over that set but completely in control the whole time. Watch him in the Central Park video. He's right up there with John Bonham.
He’s a genius. Up there with The Beatles and Bob Dylan. He competes with them as far as live performance goes too. One of the best concerts I’ve ever been to.
I remember being so upset when Simon & Garfunkel broke up. I was scared the great music would stop. Then Paul started releasing music like this and I was happy again.
I can remember driving my delivery van in East New York with this song on the radio. When I stopped at a red light all the pedestrians would walk by the Van bopping their heads
came here while learning the awesome Mozambique drum beat which the great, great drummer Steve Gadd plays the living h*ll out of in this very cool song .. thanks for posting..
Did you know that Gadd copied it from Eddie Palmieri and Manny Oquendo? And they ripped it off from Pedro Izquierdo, who lived in Cuba. By the time it made its way to Manny and Eddie in New York City, it had morphed into more of what Steve Gadd copied. In Cuba, the groove consisted of 12 conga drums played by five conga drummers, two bass drums, three bells, a frying pan, four trumpets, and three trombones. (Why didn't Pedro throw in a car break drum?) It debuted on television in July of 1963. And the rest is history.
I was jamming to this tune when it was released back in my Senior Class of '80, and I'm still jamming to it today, it gets me in a groove to dance Salsa.
What a great song by Paul. Just watched their reunion concert in NY's Central Park in 1981 where they closed with this song and people were in their feet singing & dancing ... a classic. I have watched this concert about 12 times and play it all the time on my phone when I am out walking🥰
My absolute favorite Paul Simon song. I was 15 when it was released and they used to play it at the roller skating rink ... great song to boogie skate to.
One of the best song writers ever. Thank you Paul.
When the horns come in, my musical soul takes wings!! Gracias Paul!!
Can you tell me if the music is Calypso, Salsa or Meringue?
@@billseibert7202Duke Ellington said “there’s only two kinds of music, good and bad”. This is definitely the former.
Oh yeah its heaven
@@billseibert7202 seems more like Samba or some type of Desi Arnaz Cuban afro beat possibly
It's late in the evening, January 2024.
This kind of music just never ages. Paul Simon is a legend
I wish this were on the Radio more... Paul was never-better. Such a fun, gentle song
This song makes me think about my grandma, who sadly has passed away on 20 March 2023 at only 72 years.
Her will to live was there, she wanted to see her grandchildren grew up.
She unfortunately didn’t, her body couldn’t handle.
This song was played at her funeral, I still miss her to this day.
I'm imagining your grandma banging away on lead guitar up on the stage, with a "cigarette" hanging from her mouth. She looks exactly like Tyne Daly :-) :-) :-)
@ she sure was the cool grandma, I’m still sad she isn’t there with me anymore :(
Musicality is important, but Paul Simon without music is still one of the best poets America has ever produced.
Paul Simon rarely writes his lyrics
pomes are for potes poems are for poets ear aches are from simonspeaks
@@vincentbriegel7038 Wrong, Simon wrote the lyrics to his songs. Name one of his hits that he didn't write both word and Music to besides "Scarborough Fair and El Condor Pasa".
Ya I stepped outside 2 Smoke myself a J an well it's late in the evening ""Oh My""
@@vincentbriegel7038 please do your homework next time.
The first time I heard this I spontaneously got up and started dancing - my mother laughed the way some ladies do”- Paul Simon is one of the greatest American storytellers.
Yes this is so Groovy that you can't help but move the body
You can't help but to get up and move to this song
It's infectious...
You just have to dance
I will never ever forget seeing him play this song in Central Park. Then the crowd wouldn't let Simon and Garfunkle go so they ripped into this a second time to the delight of the crowd.
Good memories ❤️
“And, my mother laughed the way some ladies do!” ❤️ that line!
I often think about how my mother laughs and whether that's the way some ladies do :)
I need this as my ring tone
My mother smiles but doesn't laugh, that's the first thing I remembered when I listened to this groovy tune :)
underage in a funk bar, step out and smoked myself a "J"
@@FloridaStairSupply “And when I come back to the room, Everybody just seemed to move, and I turned my amp up loud, and I began to play! And, it was late in the evening, and I blew that room away!”
I remember back in 1980 my brother bought this album .
And when it was late in the evening he'd crank this song up and bring the people to their feet.
Great memories brother RIP❤❤❤
His singing and songwriting was phenomenal. But his beats are on a completely different level.
My dad (Paul) introduced me to Paul Simon when i was 8 years old and I've loved him and Simon & Garfunkel ever since!
Thanks Dad!
I HATE U!!!! 😊
The mozanbiique backbeat on the cowbell and the ride cymble joining together with the alternating tom toms. Steve Gadd the natural drumming genius setting the perfect feel with his stalystics. Keeping it in the pocket as he would say.
And that brass! 🎺🎶
Gadd is so good. It's no wonder he played on some of the best albums ever.
Ohhhh it's Steve Gadd, that's right! I forgot! No wonder it's all so tight! Lotta Rio Carneval percussion styles in there too... 🥁🔔🛢️🛢️🎶
The arrangement and every part is *so* gorgeously perfect I can't even. The massive ultra-tight horns ugh. There's also a subtle lil chorded/octave picked end note in the bassline at end of each measure, on the intro too I'd forgotten about! (it repeats in the main song) 🎸🎶👂
He is one of the geniuses- up there with The Beatles & Bob Dylan. Great quality audio-thanks!
Dyan maybe, no one is on the Beatles level, except maybe bowie.
Bob Moslow 😂😂😂 he surpasses all of them!!! Maybe Dylan but even he would admit that Paul has reached so many different audiences and his historic value is beyond in my opinion.. just my opinion.. I was raised on th abestke and Dylan and saw Dylan live more times than I can count
no no boy, bob moslow
@@mfb5642 Joni Mitchell
@@mfb5642 He's a better writer than the Beatles, who at their best just copied Dylan. Mostly they wrote generic pop songs.
i can just see my father as a young man in NYC enjoying the atmosphere
I'm willing to bet good money that Paul tore it up at the sock hops as a kid. You forget how insanely funky and danceable his music was, all the time sustaining the intricacies of his unique melodic gift. Boy, does he have a lot of brass, too! He keeps a lot of horn men employed, giving us some of the great brass lines ever. My vote as the greatest American composer of the last half of the 20th, not to mention the poetry. Were we lucky, or what?
HEY THE OINGO BOING MAN AIN'T SO BAD EITHER!
jackronner yes we are blessed absolutely 🌓✨💫🌟⚡️
I wish I was cool enough to know what 'tore it up at the sock hops' means. I absolutely love this song, love all of his music really. This was also the soundtrack to a particularly wonderful ice dance by the Duchesnays (sp?) quite a few years ago.
Susan Norton. Paul Simon was 18 in 1959. A sock hop was nothing more than a dance(maybe at school or some other community venue). From what I could read on Paul Simon, they didn't mention much garage band experience. That expression just means they did a good job(maybe excelled) as the band for the dance.
Susan Norton . In movie of same name
Another drumming Master Class by Steve Gadd.
And Ralph Macdonald
Man, I love the horn section in this one!
Dave Grusin, one of the greatest arrangers of all time, did the horn arrangement here
@@jamesrawlins735 - Thanks for the info.
Jon Faddis on trumpet
What a song! Been listening to this guy since the 60's. Lord I remember my English teacher ask us the meaning of "Sounds of Silence". Us dumb kids couldn't come up with any answers. She was mad. She was a taskmaster and great teacher.
As a kid riding in the back of a wooden-sided station wagon with no seat belts and a big American V8, Mom would crank this on the AM Radio driving from San Jose, CA to Tulsa, OK. Liked the song then but absolutely LOVE it now because it makes me feel young again.
Your mom totally rocked. Maybe she still does. Lucky boy.
What a great memory. Some of my best memories of the 70s is riding in my grandparents’ station wagon - no seat belts of course - and them both smoking and the radio blaring. Also in NorCal lol.
awesome story!
Paul Simon really hits you in the nostalgia of childhood and youth. I say that as a millennial who only heard of him as an adult.
Love this sing! Blown away!💨
Song..🙂
Dude,this is the stuff I grew up on !
In high school, I was in the marching band. We played this song during our on field performance. I was a trumpet player and loved this song. The trumpet part was difficult to learn for the trumpet section (we had 23 trumpet players) but once we got it, it was the shit!!
What a great memory
You can bet the crowd loved it as well
2022
Mmlp
Yes, that brass run is the shit!!!
I'm 74 and it still blows me away. Great everything. Horn section, rhythm section. Bad ass bass line. Takes me way back like time travel.
The groove on this tune is irresistable
When my car was stolen, I lost a lot of great CD's..this was one of them....thanks for letting me listen to it again.
Oh my heart breaks for you. I would cry the BIGGEST cry if my cds were stolen. My love out to you for that sadness.
That's what you get for voting for leftists.
God Bless You...this song is beyond cool.
@peterg5383😂😂
this one and "me and julio down by the schoolyard "
so many happy memories .
so glad i was born in 1971 and had an older brother who always had the best music.
just my favorite Paul Simon song
What a great, underrated album. Great songs and musicians, and Paul's vocals never sounded better.
This album might have been critically underrated. The music press said that its quality was about average. It earned a B- grade from Robert Christgrau. But the album did chart infectiously the top 12 in at least five countries, including the US, France, and New Zealand. And "Late in the Evening" was a US Top 10 single, on both _BillBoard_ and _Cashbox._ So, if you think highly of _One Trick Pony_ your argument about the record being underrated is perhaps supported by the critics' assessment of it as being mediocre. But the public embraced it, and the album was certified Gold in America, and Silver in Britain.
Huge favorite with my AZ high school peers when it came out.
I bought this on a '45 and remember loving it so much....Paul Simon as a poet and musician is a treasure for sure : )))))))))
That’s one of my most favorite songs of all times ❤
I love introducing Paul Simon to millennial musicians. They are always blown away. I was playing his greatest hits at my tent while at Bonnaroo. Sooooo many young cats were asking who it was again and again. Gathered a cool crowd just listening to Paul.
The percussion in this this song just give a person no other choice but to move!
Steve Gadd. Accept no substitutes.
This song is just over 40 years old, but seems to get better with age.
its like wine
Like a great Chianti!
Steve Gadd is the master Here. Mozambique rythym Lives Forever.🎉
Sing this song once in a while at karaoke. I like doing "something different". There's only so many times you can listen to "Brown Eyed Girl" and "Sweet Caroline".
This song is so New York City. Steve Gadd's drums add the extra dimension to this track. Cheers! ✌️
Always thought this song was a masterpiece
agreed
And you sir are, obviously, correct.
it is!
Timeless masterpiece
You thought correct, sir
In an ever increasingly shitty world...this song gives me hope...
The multilayered percussion, massive and tight horn section and en pointe bassline alone is life itself! Absolutely flawless musicianship.
🥁🎸🎺🎶🔊👍
I can't get enough of this song
@@maryvaltierra3944 The many live versions are really fun to watch too..the entire band- excellent musicianship. 🎶🎺🎼
I agree with almost everything you say but the horn section isn't "huge" but may have been overdubbed once or twice.
Check out Edgar Winter's White Trash, "Road Work" live album
@@stratoflyer7685 'kay, will do! Only know his stuff a little, Rick Derringer/Frankenstein, and some Johnny Winter...
Happy New Year! 🎊
Thank you dad! For showing me all the beautiful colors in music! RIP. I want them to play this song at my wedding 😂😂😂😂
I love the entire song! Makes me want to dance, on and on.🥰🧙♀️🥰
This is music!
Rediscovering music from my teens....used to listen to Paul Simon all the time in the 80s....I remember when this came out.
AMEN
I grew up with this stuff!!!!!! best time of my life
Yes it is. The kids as I call them nowadays will never know what they missed!
My favorite Paul Simon song.
ditto
✨🙌✨
I can't play favs, but one of them indeed.
Me luv Katz too!😻🐾
Hell yeah
When he knew he made it "It was late in the evening and I blew that room away" It must have been such an intoxicating feeling.
That line always leaves me exhilarated 😲😃🤓😎
I play music and I've been there and I can attest...for an entertainer there is no better feeling! It's a perfect, suspended moment in time with no past and no future. Only the now and doing what you were made to do with everybody digging it♥️
Every lead guitarist's dream.
This song makes my heart happy
This and mam a pajama
@@chazwittman5646
Yeah, lol...my mom used to sing that to me when I was little.
🎶🛏💃🏬🚨🚔🕺🗣💬🔎👋🌹👸👑
👨🏀👨🌳🏫🌳🌳🎶
This song makes me feel to ride down the Pacific coast.
Amen.
So much sadness in world right now PUT this on it'll make everything right ❤
I have listened to you pretty much all of my life and I have loved every minute of it. Thank you Sir. I do appreciate it!
What an amazing piece of music …. An absolute masterpiece 🙏
it needs to be listened through headphones or a really good sound system to do it justice !
One of my favorite drum pieces. A master class.
men pass the W
That Mozambican rythym is Pure Magic 🪄
I lose count at around ten percussive instruments. I get lost because I constantly analyze *every* instrument and tablature- it's a maddening curse I never put to good use, sadly.
Paul Simon and Peter Gabriel were arguably single-handedly responsible for the surge in popularity of the so called "world beat' style music in the US in the 80's.
I muhself have been enjoying the original- Soweto Gospel Choir and such since forever...very uplifting when the chips are down...
🎤🎤🇿🇦🙏
Paul Simon is always a good time jam.....especially this song & this LP....that's album/vinyl for you Gen Z'ers....❤❤❤
The horn charts on this are, well...off the charts!
Paul Simon is perfection
Paul Simon’s music is the fabric of my life; unprecedented talent; what a privilege to have your music in our world!
I have so much gratitude for Paul Simon and his beautiful music. I’ve been listening to him since the late sixties. My life would be poorer without his music. ❤️❤️❤️
I remember the first time I ever heard this song. I was driving to work in the early morning. I think it was 1980. I couldn’t/t sit still and now its 40 years later and I still can’t sit still when i hear this song. Some songs last forever!
My exact reaction. Never been able to NOT shake my ass when I hear it.
The song was indeed first released as a single in July 1980.
The most amazing time for music. Paul Simon amongst that era(too many good ones to try to list) one of the best. I'm a lucky S.O.B. 56 and still kicking.grew up during amazing times in music
Late in the Evening was released in July 1980 and became a hit on several charts worldwide.
Big time studio musician Steve Gadd is playing drums...........Going to see him tonight in NYC at the Iridium! He played on several hits for Steely Dan and Paul Simon.
ABSOLUTELY SIR love this track, listen to it atleast 50 times a year an raised the children on it ❤
The drumming is magnificent. Gadd!
Magic! Pure magic! No songs like these anymore. ❤️❤️❤️
My favorite Paul Simon song!🕊💖🎸
ONE OF THEE BEST TO EVER DO IT MAN!!!
Oh my God!
The fiesty, sassy Latino Salsa drum/trumpet break!
Come on everyone up and dance to the wicked Rhumba Flamenco Groove!
I CHE WA WA! ENDELI ENDELIE
I remember hearing this on the radio, in 1980, in the football locker room at Red Bay High School Alabama. After a hard day of practice this hit the spot. Awesome memories. 😎🏈🎸
You bet listening in 2024! Without a doubt, one of our generations greatest artists, still showing the world we did it and still many doing it in 2024, this stuff is timeless evermore!
Timeless
I remember jammin to this for the first time with my mom in her 81 Buick, lol. Those horns blew my little mind!!!
Paul's genius showing, as usual.
This man is a legend
Thank you whoever posted this ... the first time I heard this was on the radio..the second time was in my 1970 Maverick with a three in the tree ( 3 speed manual transmission on the column) and a Pioneer 8 track player with Craig speakers I installed myself... sounds just as good today over my Bose system...
If you are having a bad day, crank this gem up in your EARBUDS! The rest of your day will be beautiful!
F YES BUDDY!!!!!
A jay won't hurt either
Thank you, Mr Simon for staring in the soundtrack of my life, started right here and never ended
NEVER GETS OLD! Always gets me moving!
Paul Simon a versatile singer, songwriter, storyteller! ✌️💗
It took me 30+ years to understand this song....but now I get it. It's a great song!
Anyone who can replicate Steve Gadd and this awesome drumming deserves PROPS-my fave 80’s Jam
What a gifted musician.
So many AMAZING MEMORIES to Paul Simon. Thank you for you being you.
Who's listening to this in 2020? A real funky groove!
This is my ringtone! I love this song!
Always brother!!
Foreeevver
Plus 2 thumbs up for Pittsburgh Penguins great taste sir
@Anrcs Mxms Can you believe it has been----40 years?
This is so damn good. Paul's an American treasure
Fantastic singer & song writer
And storyteller!
That's Steve Gadd on drums,one of the best
Infectious. He was all over that set but completely in control the whole time. Watch him in the Central Park video. He's right up there with John Bonham.
Didn't know that was Gadd.
Nice info.
Love him on AJA.
One of the greatest drum solos I've ever heard.
Sheesus!!!
Yay!!!
Yep. His double-stick modified Mozambique groove. Really wonderful stuff.
2023 and he's still blowing that room away!
Yes he is! 🙌👏👍
Yes he is!!
Yes he is!!!
He’s a genius. Up there with The Beatles and Bob Dylan. He competes with them as far as live performance goes too. One of the best concerts I’ve ever been to.
I remember being so upset when Simon & Garfunkel broke up. I was scared the great music would stop. Then Paul started releasing music like this and I was happy again.
I can remember driving my delivery van in East New York with this song on the radio. When I stopped at a red light all the pedestrians would walk by the Van bopping their heads
Same here, but Salem, MA in a craft beer truck a month or so ago...
💪👊👍😉
Of Paul Simon is from new York he knows how to make people dance! What a great song I think I'll listen to it again!
😎😎😎
came here while learning the awesome Mozambique drum beat which the great, great drummer Steve Gadd plays the living h*ll out of in this very cool song .. thanks for posting..
Did you know that Gadd copied it from Eddie Palmieri and Manny Oquendo? And they ripped it off from Pedro Izquierdo, who lived in Cuba. By the time it made its way to Manny and Eddie in New York City, it had morphed into more of what Steve Gadd copied. In Cuba, the groove consisted of 12 conga drums played by five conga drummers, two bass drums, three bells, a frying pan, four trumpets, and three trombones. (Why didn't Pedro throw in a car break drum?) It debuted on television in July of 1963. And the rest is history.
This is a life changing tune
Saw him play it live when they were filming for the movie. Very nice guy.
DID SIMON GIVE YOU ANY$$$$$$$ MONEY? NO???? WELL THEN HE AIN'T THAT GOOD OF A GUY!
@@ronroberts1281Money ain't good, my friend. Money was the Devil's greatest idea.
!!A master of cadence and phrasing!!
Takes me back to a better time
This my fav Paul Simon cut. That funky groove is killer. Great horns & percussions.
I was jamming to this tune when it was released back in my Senior Class of '80, and I'm still jamming to it today, it gets me in a groove to dance Salsa.
Never again will music like this be made again. Brilliant. Best decades in our nation.
Such amazing rhythms in his songs
What a great song by Paul. Just watched their reunion concert in NY's Central Park in 1981 where they closed with this song and people were in their feet singing & dancing ... a classic. I have watched this concert about 12 times and play it all the time on my phone when I am out walking🥰
Great music by any standard.
Will never ever forget a hot summer night in NYC and Paul grooving this song.
I love this little man...this song is soooo funky and delicious...
You know IT little CORNY
So many evocative images in this song.
Simply Fantastic
WHAT BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES THIS SONG WAS FOR ME GROWING UP IN THE 70's !!
My absolute favorite Paul Simon song. I was 15 when it was released and they used to play it at the roller skating rink ... great song to boogie skate to.
Paul was born a Star.❤️⭐️💐