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Ans
Sep-11-2011, 18:06 GMT
Netherlands

Paul´s performance is all over the place, which is great because it was a very moving performance, touching to see the reaction of the people on the memorial.

http://nos.nl/video/271846-paul-simon-speelt-sound
-of-silence.html

http://gawker.com/5839085/watch-paul-simon-perform
-sound-of-silence-at-the-911-memorial

http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/2011/09/paul-sim
on-performs-the-sound-of-silence-at-ground-zero/

and many more sites on the web who show it.

Ernesta Sala
Sep-11-2011, 21:39 GMT
Italy

"..sometimes even music cannot substitute for tears"

mog
Sep-12-2011, 03:21 GMT
Unknown

Ouf ! What a performance...

Solid, solid...just plain self-confidence and appropriate interpretation for a solemn moment.

Thank you Paul !

Forum guest
Sep-12-2011, 09:09 GMT
United Kingdom

Nick from Widnes England writes:

What a moving rendition of The Sound Of Silence. Thank you Paul.

When I think of New York after the tragedy I also think of Art Garfunkel´s solo hit A Heart In New York. Why because the City has a heart and rallied round after all its pain and came out on top.

Thanks for reading!

Jay  
Sep-13-2011, 00:03 GMT
USA - United Staates America

This performance is now on the front page of Youtube under trends!

Forum guest
Sep-13-2011, 07:42 GMT
Unknown

did anybody see a link to a good version of James Taylor singing You Can Close Your Eyes on Sept 11? Its on You Tube, but pretty low quality, just great though..

SueR
Sep-13-2011, 08:47 GMT
United Kingdom

This one´s pretty good Forum Guest -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-WICd9G6es&fea
ture=player_embedded

Cher
Sep-13-2011, 20:12 GMT
USA - United Staates America

I have never saw Paul look so sad, I could barely watch it.
He is sure being hacked on some radio stations as why did they
put this anti war, anti American twit on,Taylor got the same
reviews, it was horrible to listen to this, I´m just changing
dials on the radio and this is what I get to hear too much.

Jon
Sep-13-2011, 23:33 GMT
Unknown

The performance is great, but I´m thinking that America, Bridge, or American Tune may have been a better call.

Brenda
Sep-14-2011, 01:24 GMT
Australia

Thank you for the link to James song Sue. It was lovely.

Forum guest
Sep-14-2011, 09:50 GMT
Unknown

SueR,

thanks for this link to James, that is a good version.

If I can think of one Paul song that would have been good for content it is Bookends theme. "long ago, it must be I have a photograph" and "a time of innocence, a time of confidences" I think a lot of people feel pre 9/11 was a much more innocent time. Bookeneds would be somewhat sad in context. Sounds Of Silence seems to fit in, of course with Paul´s performance. The meaning of the song, I don´t think it has much to do with anything surrounding Sept 11, but it just fits anyway.

Carol
Sep-14-2011, 17:06 GMT
USA - United Staates America

I think Sounds Of Silence was the perfect choice. It was inspired by the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and was written several months after this event. Pres. Kennedy was a symbol of religious tolerance, being the first Roman Catholic President, and his election helped lessen the formerly strong anti-Catholic feelings in the U.S. Most people in the U.S., and many people worldwide, who are my age or older can remember the exact date (Nov. 22, 1963) and what they were doing when they heard the news.

Besides commemorating a violent event, SOS, alongside BOTW, is the PS song with most universal appeal. It has the traditional folk song theme of human connection as opposed to sadness, loneliness, and alienation. It could be sung by or to a man or a woman. It is particularly appropriate to NY, since it evokes the experience of being an outsider or an anonymous person, but could also describe a big city anywhere in the world. In my mind, PS doesn´t have the vocal range to sing BOTW convincingly as a sole, so SOS is a perfect choice. Sorry so long!

Pelle  
Sep-14-2011, 19:45 GMT
Sweden

A very good choose , I can´t not think about a better.

Jay
Sep-14-2011, 23:45 GMT
USA - United Staates America

I agree the Sound of Silence was a perfect choice, although if more people knew the song SBOSW, and Paul had a full band, I would say that song would have been a great fit too.

Jay
Sep-15-2011, 03:18 GMT
USA - United Staates America

Have any of you looked at this video lately? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3np0DMxXKzM&fea
ture=channel_video_title It´s been a while since a PS video got over a million views in just a couple days.

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