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Brandy 
Feb-06-2004, 21:20 GMT
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Canada

I´m so mad . . . I just read in a google news story that in a recent Art Garfunkel interview, they asked Art if he and Paul might do another album together and he said that he wasn´t saying yes, but he wasn´t no either. It COULD be a possibility sometime in the future!

I can´t believe this! The touring together was fine, but why are they trying to resurrect Simon & Garfunkel, something that is completely dead and was over way back in 1970? I can´t stand it, I REALLY don´t want a new album from them, I hope it never happens!!!!

Willow
Feb-06-2004, 21:36 GMT
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USA - United Staates America

Hmmm, this is a interesting veiw. I would like to hear them together again in the studio.

But only after Paul finshes his album alone.

Nick
Feb-06-2004, 22:19 GMT
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USA - United Staates America

Well, judging by the turnout of audiences on their tour, I would guess that Simon & Garfunkel is nowhere near dead. Whether or not they do another album will probably not affect Paul´s current one; he values his solo work very much.

Kuno
Feb-06-2004, 22:21 GMT
IP:
Switzerland

A Simon and Garfunkel album is also a Paul Simon Album !

I consider Art´s voice as an additional instrument to Pauls songs...just like a special guitar (a pretty good sounding guitar though).
Why do some guys always think that Paul won´t write good songs anymore just because Art´s voice is a Part of them ?

Okay, I admit, I have some troubles to imagine Art´s voice on albums like Graceland (maybe on "homeless" *g*)...but I am sure Paul will not do a album full of unplugged songs in the sixties-style, just because Art is on board.

And I don´t guess Paul would turn his almost-finish album to a S/G album....so even if they are planning a new album, Pauls solo-album will be released first.

I don´t really NEED new S/G songs...but it would be interesting to hear how Paul would write S/G songs these days. (I mean the music, not the lyrics this time)

Marieno 
Feb-06-2004, 22:51 GMT
IP:
France

Re OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
Totally agree with Brandy...

Willow
Feb-06-2004, 23:13 GMT
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USA - United Staates America

I agree with Kuno completely.

Ans Koenen
Feb-07-2004, 07:21 GMT
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Netherlands

These are the words Art said:

That tour just wrapped up, and it fueled ongoing speculation that Simon and Garfunkel will record again. Garfunkel won´t say yes. But he won´t say no, either.

"The tour was somewhere between sensational and deeply satisfying," he says. "We gelled nicely. We left each other thinking we could work together again. We may be at the early stage of meshing. But I have a whole bunch of shows I´m committed to for the rest of the season, and he has a new album he´s just begun. It´s a very nice picture, and I´m kind of attached to that vision, but it doesn´t seem like we´re there yet."

So let´s not panic yet, we could always start a note of protest later.

Schanulleke
Feb-07-2004, 09:32 GMT
IP:
Netherlands

Oh come on! That´s just why I dislike this board so much! You are all being so very childish! Let the man do what he likes, whether you like it or not. You may be fans (although I doubt true fans behave this way), but you don´t "own" the man!
WHAT IS WRONG WITH ART GARFUNKEL? Are you all jealous of the man, or what?

Thomas
Feb-07-2004, 09:35 GMT
IP:
Netherlands

Kuno said: A Simon and Garfunkel album is a Paul Simon album too.

Well, of course it is, but I think the two styles are very different. Paul Simon would never have writed something like You´re The One again if he worked with Artie. Paul has created his own style, which I Love more than the Simon and Garfunkel style.

So I´ll will agree with Brandy and Marieno:

Oh NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

(and finish you´re album! But, I prefer it takes a year longer and the album is great than release it in March 2004 and he didn´t made the "finishing touch")

Thomas
Feb-07-2004, 09:39 GMT
IP:
Netherlands

Schanulleke, I just saw you´re message........

I think most of this board like the Paul Simon albums after the S&G period. Albums like Graceland and Songs From The Capeman. Like I said, Paul would make "other" albums if he will work with Artie. So some people on this board prefer a Paul Simon album, in stead of a S&G album.

Childish?

Just an opinion!

Bodo
Feb-07-2004, 11:23 GMT
IP:
Austria

But in a few years the audience is dead....

Bodo
Feb-07-2004, 11:32 GMT
IP:
Austria

I´ll say it again, I´ll not be a fan of S&G in the future, and I´ll also not support him as 50% of S&G in the future.
Yesterday I visited a friend, also a deep Paul Simon fan, and I showed him parts of the Miami DVD. He said is thinking of hang down his Simon posters. He compared the show also to the Paul Mc Cartney shows in 2003 (as also a few people on AMPS did) and said well, they are in the same age, make the same ´nostalgical´ tour, but Mc Cartney was incredible good, a fresh 2 hour 40 minutes show where people were dancing all the time. And S&G? They don´t harmonize, on a lot of songs it sounds horrible (especially Cecilia), they have a show like 2 80 year Old people, standing around and clapping with their hand´s a little bit... compared to the 2002 Simon solo shows this concerts were horrible, believe it or not.
Nothing is wrong with Garfunkel, but Paul Simon is better alone, fresher, younger, dancing people.

Bodo
Feb-07-2004, 11:37 GMT
IP:
Austria

He would have time to make the finishing touch of the new album, if they don´t continue their "Charity for Paul and Art" tour with another 100% equal show for every night. (Even that is SO boring and makes them dead for me, every night the exactly same song, the exaclty same gestures, and every word is exactly the same. Is so sad. I knew Paul never alternated a lot of things on his tour, but at least 1 or 2 songs often changed from town to town and he didn´t try to imitate himself every night.

Bodo
Feb-07-2004, 12:00 GMT
IP:
Austria

Schanullelke, no one is going to force you to read and visit this forum, so if you dislike it...

And again, you don´t understand a singel word or? WE ARE TRUE PAUL SIMON FANS! Not S&G! You understand the difference? I don´t think so. YOU like S&G´s music, but thats a main difference. I never listen to them. I like a few songs Simon is doing on his live shows, but I wouldn´t like it if he starts to play songs like ´Kathy´s Song´, April Come She Will a.s.o.

And as I said it before, all the S&G fan´s have only 1 argument at the time. "Let the man do what he likes" - because he is simply doing what YOU like. So this is not an argument. An argument against this thing is that Garfunkel simply doesn´t add anything to Simon´s songs, except a lot of sold CD´s and money because of a famous name.
They are doing this stupid reunion thing now the commercial way, but do you really think that people will also admire a 2nd reunion album, or a 3th one?
I don´t think so, they are not really giving anything new to the world then, they only produce a bubble of memories for their Old fan´s (and only the few S&G fan´s count the 3 other young people they saw at the concert between 15.000 pensioner´s and then say it was a mixed audience from young to old people)
After a few years more this reunion hype is over, they are going separate ways again, Paul tells us what crap they had made - and they have wasten a lot of time.

If the man can´t do something new I´m not a fan of him. I always was a fan because he made different music, different styles on every album, and not because he produces the same sound on every album like the Stones do since 40 years.

Schanulleke
Feb-07-2004, 12:10 GMT
IP:
Netherlands

Thomas (and everybody else): I respect your opinion, and if you prefer Paul to S&G, that´s just fine with me. It´s just the way some things are being said that bothers me. I´m not a great big Art Garfunkel fan myself, but I really thinks he deserves at least some respect. But in stead, you all keep talking about him as if he is some dumbo who totally depends on Paul Simon and his fame. Well, I can tell you, he doesn´t! He has made a life and a career of his own. But if he and Paul are trying to create the Old S&G feeling, isn´t that just wonderful? They seem to like it, and they DO get older, so it may not be much of a Surprise that they are trying to get the old days back, does it?

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