Art Garfunkel compares Paul to Paul Simon?
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Art Garfunkel has been bitching and moaning about Paul Simon breaking up S & G at the "height" of their success, "Bridge Over Troubled Water" album at number 1, and therefore missing out on "glory" and "being at the top of the world." Well, it's understandable that was a bad thing for Art. The world was also deprived of further gorgeous S & G harmonizing. Simon's singing voice is so sharp and the more ethereal dreamy sounding Art vocals complimented Paul's very well. Simon pulled a Sting (as so many other music stars have done), thinking he's the one who could write all the songs, so he didn't want to share the high praise, wished to bask in the spotlight alone. (In Sting's case, apparently he was the only one in The Police who could sing, too (?) ) I wished Art had shut his piehole before praising Paul McCartney's amazing musicality and in the next breath proclaiming "Paul (McCartney) ran away with all the glory!" Maybe that's because Paul Mc. was at the zenith of his powers and also worked the hardest. I don't think he outshined the other Fabs on purpose. Art inadvertently seemed to admit Paul Simon was much more talented than Garfunkel by seeming to compare Simon with Paul. You think? I love both Simon's and Garfunkel's solo albums, btw, as well as their S & G efforts, of course. I missed Art's contributions to some of Paul Simon's solo songs. Less so for Paul's to Art's art (bad pun, sorry).
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I have all the studio albums with both Paul Simon and Simon & Garfunkel. I have listened as much on Paul Simon alone, or maybe even more. The thing about S&G is that it is a 'beautiful mood', etheral and heavenly, which is wonderful, you can sink into it. Paul Simon's solo music, I think pop 'n' roll more, which can be just fine for everyday listening. To compare him with McCartney... They are both great songwriters, but Simon is perhaps more of a storyteller, "Graceland" is musically playful... I think McCartney is more musically experimental but also writes 'serious stories' occasionally. Well...
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SusyLuvsPaul:
Simon pulled a Sting (as so many other music stars have done), thinking he's the one who could write all the songs, so he didn't want to share the high praise, wished to bask in the spotlight alone.
Paul Simon and Sting were the songwriters. Andy and Stewart wrote a couple of songs, but what did Art write?
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Art didn't write any songs, ever, as far as I know--either with Simon, or solo.
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The Paul Simon has every right to "pull a Sting".
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I saw Simon & Sting in March and it was nice. It worked as a duo and not just a gimmick, if they somehow were afraid of not filling concert halls anymore... Nothing like that, they had a good chemistry. I think the songs of Paul Simon, "Sounds of Silence, "Bridge Over Troubled Water"... It's evergreens, up there with McCartney's "Yesterday", "Hey Jude"... Sting, as a songwriter... One of the best of his generation, "Every Breath You Take" is a classic pop song.
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Always liked Sting basically but such a huge ego, and he's not all that great a songwriter--has penned a few gems, granted. Not like Simon and McCartney have, though. Not as great, or prolific (just my thoughts).
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Hendrix Ibsen:
I saw Simon & Sting in March and it was nice. It worked as a duo and not just a gimmick, if they somehow were afraid of not filling concert halls anymore... Nothing like that, they had a good chemistry.
That's such an odd combination, but I'd love to see that show. Paul Simon and Bob Dylan make sense. Or Billy Joel and Elton John. But who thought to put Paul Simon and Sting together?
