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Topic: Paul Simon

Does anyone else love Paul Simon's songs?
Gumboots especially is great:)

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Re: Paul Simon

Love Paul Simon. "Lincoln Duncan and "Me and Julio down by the school yard" are on my song list.

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Re: Paul Simon

YES, especially from the 70s. There goes rhymin simon is still a great album after all these years.

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Re: Paul Simon

He's one of the best lyricists. Has anyone seen the video for Call Me Al? So funny:)

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Re: Paul Simon

You bet. 

I've got Duncan in my line up.  He's too quick with the chord changes on most of his songs for me to play.  Joseph Shablala's bass riff in You Can Call Me Al had me saying "you can't do that with a bass" the first time I heard it. 

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Re: Paul Simon

Actually I'm not sure you can do that with a bass! I think that solo was completely edited to make it sound like that!

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Re: Paul Simon

Have always loved Paul Simons music.

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Re: Paul Simon

Big Paul Simon fan! I have quite a lot of his songs in my songbook - one of the best songwriters ever...
That bass solo from "Call me Al" is (I believe) a short phrase that is recorded normally, then repeated backwards in the studio. The forward and reverse parts were then spliced together. Nice!

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Re: Paul Simon

Definate yes he is a fantastic artist,songwriter,singer and guitarist.

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Re: Paul Simon

I didn't know that about the bass solo! It's such a good sound. Has anyone seen the video for call me al? So funny smile Here's a link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq-gYOrU8bA

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