Pure talent, no need for backup dancers, costumes, lights, lasers etc. Two amazing singers, an acoustic guitar and a back up band had central park enthralled, and those who weren't there wishing they were.

@sallybowles2781

4 жыл бұрын

yes, they can't dance to save their lives :D still great

@ericconvey

4 жыл бұрын

A "backup band" yes -- but a more-amazing backup band may never have been assembled.

@murilomartins1954

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, girl! Paul Simon is genius!! and they call MJ the Artist of Millenium... What a fool and crazy world!!

@sundareshc2101

4 жыл бұрын

@@murilomartins1954 MJ could sing, but it's hard to picture MJ singing this, certainly not as it is. However, his own version in his own distinctive and inimitable style and there is never any other, might always have been worth hearing, but generally speaking perhaps due to ego clashes, big artists do not seem to like covering or performing the songs of other major artists, not that there are no exceptions to this trend. MJ was probably recognized as a solo act which was not too bad either.

@somebodysaccount

3 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah I wish I were there but I hadn't been even born yet.

Terrific saxophone played by Gerry Niewood, who died in 2009 in a plane crash, he was only 65.

@Psmith-ek5hq

3 ай бұрын

How old was the plane?

Art Garfunkel the most underrated vocalist of all time!!!

@mrbobevans

4 жыл бұрын

i would pit Waylon Jennings and Marty Robbins on that list as well.

@Mihoyminoy124

4 жыл бұрын

Marty Robbins for sure but s&g were underrated I love all their music

@johnclark3697

4 жыл бұрын

Not by me he isn't.

@jellebigge

4 жыл бұрын

How is he underrated man.. He's well known as one off the best vocalist of all time.

@AP-mp5fu

3 жыл бұрын

what about micky dolenz? i feel like he should earn a spot on the list

One of the best concerts ever.

@chrismartino3519

3 жыл бұрын

Well....at least top five

@evaadams8298

3 жыл бұрын

Hands down!!

@coachrobwille4176

3 жыл бұрын

Yes the greatest ever

@munimathbypeterfelton6251

2 жыл бұрын

And it was free to see too!

@wouterwerner4534

2 жыл бұрын

So true

I was born and raised in Corona Queens in the 50s-60s. Paul Simon was raised in Forest Hills, Queens, at the same time, the next town over. Corona being predominately Italian and then Dominican started to grow; Forest Hills was predominately Jewish. Anyway, perhaps an incredible coincidence but back in the 60s there was a white Italian girl from Corona named Rosemary D. (I am deliberately leaving out her last name) who befriended the Spanish kids (unusual at that time see West Side Story) and "hung-out" by Linden Park in Corona located just across the street from PS 16 a Junior High School on 104th Street. I believe to this day that "Rosie the Queen of Corona seeing Julio down by the school yard" was actually Rosemary D. with her Spanish friends across the street from the school yard. Perhaps a coincidence but if so an incredible one.

@kamster518

4 жыл бұрын

Love this to be true.

@annwalsh1804

4 жыл бұрын

Not a coincidence imo...

@mchristina19

4 жыл бұрын

I'm Brazilian. We have leaved the same here. We have a little Trumpz. The same. With 3 sons that think they are princes!

@girl4gryffindor

4 жыл бұрын

I like this! Who knows, could be 😊

@steveiv9250

4 жыл бұрын

Winston Smith Great story, Thanks for sharing.

Was at this concert with my wife and kids. Once in a lifetime experience.

@Battlady57

3 ай бұрын

Wonderful song

Art Garfunkel does the best Paul Simon impersonation. His unison ear is the best I have ever heard.

Man. As awesome as this song has always been with Paul Simon solo, the absolute magical harmony that Artie's voice adds to it makes it that much more awesome. I honestly cant think of two voices that have ever fit so perfectly together.

@charlesroberts3650

3 жыл бұрын

I wish (and, I know, many other people too) they'd bury the hatchet and got back together, best harmonies this side of Heaven...

@ts214121

2 жыл бұрын

What other Simon solo songs have they sung together?

@AZ19968

2 жыл бұрын

Totally!

@markv.5962

2 жыл бұрын

The everlys The beatles and The Beach Boys

@jerrygmarchantmarchant141

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah Arts actually having fun for a change

That these two met at the same point in time and place is quite remarkable.

@kalmia01

Жыл бұрын

Match made in heaven 😉

Garfunkel is so cute the way he bites his lip 😍

Yesterday night I was zapping through the tv channels right before I wanted to go to bed and then that concert started. What can I say, I stayed on the couch for 90 more minutes :)

What a GREAT song this one. i was so lucky to see Art & Paul in concert in Australia

The first secs are like:" PAULIE! LOOK AT ME!"

@marikesl

6 жыл бұрын

You're right - absolutely adorable!

@denofearthundertheeverlast5138

6 жыл бұрын

he is reading a lyric card he is not even looking directly at him, he is looking behind him, you can see this when the camera angle changes.

@evaadams8298

5 жыл бұрын

Paul had short man complex always wanted to be no.1

@TalnsScar

5 жыл бұрын

Your name though.

@bradoozy

5 жыл бұрын

Well, the song was wrote after the band disbanded. He probably didn't know the lyrics that well and was focusing on the flow and what he was doing.

Free concert, they dont have songs like this anymore

@philippeacteon8286

3 жыл бұрын

comme tu as raison c etait bien la meilleure epoque c est fini maintenant !!!

Paul seems to be having fun playing the old songs. Art seems to completely elated to jamming w/Paul

I don't know who Julio is but when I hear this song I'm young again, without a care in the world. Just me and Julio down by the the schoolyard.

Musicianship of the highest quality

Listened to these guys back in the late 60s still listening at 68 hope still listening at 90.

RIP Gerry Niewood (1943-2009). Saxophonist extraordinaire.

It's that great sax/drum solo on this song that keeps me coming back to it!

@iridikim

6 жыл бұрын

Are you still here?

@michaelhoag9696

5 жыл бұрын

Gerry Niewood, doing the tenor sax solo, was the Eastman School of Music intern at my high school when I was playing sax in the school band! And then he made the big time!!

@trumpetg1

4 жыл бұрын

@@michaelhoag9696 Yep, Gerry and Gadd, both alumni of Chuck Mangione as well.

Wonderful moment at around 54 seconds when Paul half-smiles, wondering who Art was pointing at.....as if to say "What's he doing now?"

This is my favorite version of this song! It's just an amazing song, and it makes me so happy whenever I hear it.

@magicmulder

Жыл бұрын

Give the Pomplamoose cover a listen.

@arhuxtable

Жыл бұрын

Paul and Art should have never called it quits on their musical partnership. My 2 favorite versions from the Central Park concert are SLIP SLIDIN' AWAY and THE BOXER.

I remember not liking this song when I was a kid, but now I enjoy it a lot.

these cats are the epitome of cool

If I hit Mega or Powerball, I will offer these guys millions for an evening. They are just an incredible treasure.

@ann-catherinemorner7499

2 жыл бұрын

Paul might say yes - if you donated to a charity. Art...

The great Steve Gadd on drums.

@lesliebutts6382

5 жыл бұрын

didnt see Gadd on this??

Art’s got his wallet in his back pocket. They couldn’t have gotten him a locker or something?

@FoamySlobbers

4 жыл бұрын

floggin your log shouldn't be done at a concert.

@Robinwhiteart

3 жыл бұрын

Is it so terrible that he was a real person carrying his wallet in his back pocket, like most males, during this concert? They were real people too, remember that. :)

@delilasloan8914

2 жыл бұрын

Cool detail I never noticed before...kinda makes me like art even more...like he just shows up from a taxi and sings then takes the subway back to his house ..like people who have a ton of money and live in mansions but still eat shredded wheat for breakfast kinda thing.

I set up the stage here watched the whole show. It was packed with people 👍👍👍🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

@coramarquez6400

4 жыл бұрын

Lucky you!

No BS here..Plain AWESOME

@mommyof3_908

7 жыл бұрын

mpam mahowald classic.

Feels like a pinnacle of last century!

One of the Greatest concerts ever done by anyone .......Music when it was at its finest Love them....

I think I was at this concert. Wow, what a genius Paul Simon is. He was a very handsome young man in this video.

@CB-xr1eg

Жыл бұрын

You think?? You'd surely know if you attended this concert. I have it on DVD and watch it regularly. One of the best concerts I've seen.

Speedy guitar playing and simultaneous singing are tough and wonderful.

This is one of my favorites. I really love them all. Artie. A handsome man and best singer in the world.

@delilasloan8914

2 жыл бұрын

Arts hot! Talent is always sexy

Wow... three of the greatest minutes in modern music history... P.S. Better Together...! PPS: Kudos to their horn section...

Paul always had a great band behind him

Those session musicians, who spend their whole lives journeying, are great! Also, God has definitely blessed us w/ these harmonies. God is great.

@emcsquared8681

2 жыл бұрын

Lol

Was at this show, 10 years old with my parents... good stuff

@cariwilband2540

3 жыл бұрын

You were lucky!

a lesson in body language these two !

@Acidfrog475

4 жыл бұрын

Keep it groovy and slightly awkward

classic Simon and Garfunkel.

Steve Gadd on drums with those 2 living legends....waow ...

Lovely singing. My favourite singers.

Just about my fave Simon song, fantastic performance!

This is my "go to" song when I've made myself ruminate listening to the more thought provoking lyrics of the ones like Bookends, April come she will, and a most peculiar man.....transports me to a happier place in the present moment every time!! 👍🙂❤

Still fantastic after all these years

one of Paul Simon's first solo hits from the 1972 self-titled debut.

@CB-xr1eg

Жыл бұрын

What was the album called?

@arhuxtable

Жыл бұрын

@@CB-xr1eg PAUL SIMON

Kids. This is music, this is a song, a message. These are artists!

That view on the '70 / '80's New York skyline is so lovely, and those stacks of speakers wow.

I love Simon & Garfunkel since my 05 years old. I´m 39 nowdays. Simon I love your voice and smile. Hello from Vania - Brazil.

@wasterman

5 жыл бұрын

first time i see an true S&G brazilian fan besides me

@Acidfrog475

4 жыл бұрын

@@wasterman what's a fake S&G brazilian fan?? Greetings from Finland

I remember being there. They used to call it the Shaffer concerts. I walked up from Wall street that day. Wow I was young.

This is professionalism.

Still enjoy watching this concert. As the Brits would say. SPOT ON!

Just awesome. I've always enjoyed it since I was 14 years old. I currently have 55. They are harmonious and perfect guitar voice everything everything everything. Amoooo

Absolute perfection.

Best version of this song ever. Love the salsa touch.

when the music comes out from heart

Gadd, Jackson, Tee...this is THE BAND.

To see, over and over again, this sky darkening slowly ...uptaken by the night, enfolding Paul and Art is one of the first and last pictures I shall cherish forever in my comfortably numb mind !

The beautiful john prine, and the lovely girl who, aguably, brought his songs to the masses.

That horn section probably says, “it was the 80’s, everyone was doing it” a lot these days.

This song can stay in my head rent free!

The Royal Tenenbaums. :’)

And this band that supports both of them is something out of the ordinary - sensational

Amazing! They could sing anything, any style ,any rhythm, any words and still be great.

Garfunkel is just Paul simons delay pedal

Great music, great vibes

Perfection

Art, forever socially awkward 😅

@j.calvert3361

2 жыл бұрын

Don't think so....

@katharina8101

2 жыл бұрын

😂

@sandygreen6917

Жыл бұрын

As always.

Real singers

Amazing how good these guys sound together!

This was song no 4 in the Playlist. Listening for 37 yrs and still enjoying.

always fabulous ... thanks for the music and the dreams

They are awesome 🧜‍♀️

Wow... The best from our era...

this song is the best i love it its so happy

This concert was awesome! One of the best ever!

I think, my ever wishing list, would be, to see Simon and Garfunkel live. Wishes sometimes never come true. But, bejesus, these boys are good!

Une perfection il n'y a pas meilleur

My mom was at this concert!

Wonderful💜

God i wish i was there. Great performance and concert!

Paul Simon, so danged cute.

Qué hermoso solo de Steve Gadd, 8 compases mágicos!!! Un CAPO desde siempre

Best song 🎧 🙌🏼✨

This was one of the greatest concert I ever watched!! I simply LOOVED!!🎶🎶🎶❤️❤️🎤

@lsachs07

5 жыл бұрын

I was there.

Best version

True music.

This gig is legendary...but I had never actually heard it! This is a particularly sublime song from a fantastic concert. Initially I was surprised that Art was doing harmonies on Paul's solo songs, but having heard it.....wow! Great band and arrangement too!

Wish I could have been there. I saw them in Salt Lake City. For me it was a once in a life time😀

Mic'ing the horns with RCA DX77's....LOOOOOVE it!

Commander Gadd on drums.... holy shit! So solid.

who is here to know more about this Virus Queen?

I was there a it was great and beautiful seeing them singing.

Légendaire

I wish that was A Simon And Garfunkel song If it was it would be a single with b side bing mother and child reunion

Love him!@!

**l'LOVE IT dir EVER**.... **THE BEST** ... WonderFUL AnD pERFeCT... ... ... ... 👍👍👍💕💕💕

dammit Rosie, look what youve done

Tune !!!!!!!

Steve gadd legend drummer 👌