Simon & Garfunkel reunite
Simon & Garfunkel reunited to perform a mini-set at the Paul Simon tribute on Wednesday night (May 23rd.) at the Warner Theatre in Washington, D.C. Simon was being saluted by the Library of Congress with the first annual Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.
Reuters reported that Simon performed with the Zulu choir Ladysmith Black Mambazo as they sang "Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes," which they had recorded with Simon on his Graceland album. James Taylor performed Simon's "Still Crazy After All These Years," and other Simon classics were performed by Alison Krauss, Stephen Marley, and Marc Anthony.
Stevie Wonder teamed up with the Dixie Hummingbirds to close the show with "Loves Me Like A Rock." After Wonder flubbed a line in the song, he made a joke about the cue cards and lifted up his sunglasses in jest.
But the emotional highpoint was Simon & Garfunkel's mini-set, which was kicked off by Simon's introduction of Art Garfunkel as "My dear friend and partner in arguments" before the pair launched into a rendition of "Bridge Over Troubled Water." They went on to perform "Cecilia," "The Sound Of Silence," "Scarborough Fair/Canticle," and "Mrs. Robinson."
Garfunkel recalled how "Mrs. Robinson" nearly didn't become the theme to The Graduate: "I remember meeting at a soundstage Paul and I and (director) Mike Nichols and talking about what will go in that scene. And I said to Mike, 'You know, Paul is in the middle of writing a song called 'Mrs. Roosevelt' which he's about to give up on, he doesn't like it. But 'Mrs. Roosevelt' could be 'Mrs. Robinson.' And we all looked at each other and thought, 'Yes it could. That should do it.'"
An edited version of the Paul Simon tribute will be broadcast on June 27th on PBS stations.
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Reuters reported that Simon performed with the Zulu choir Ladysmith Black Mambazo as they sang "Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes," which they had recorded with Simon on his Graceland album. James Taylor performed Simon's "Still Crazy After All These Years," and other Simon classics were performed by Alison Krauss, Stephen Marley, and Marc Anthony.
Stevie Wonder teamed up with the Dixie Hummingbirds to close the show with "Loves Me Like A Rock." After Wonder flubbed a line in the song, he made a joke about the cue cards and lifted up his sunglasses in jest.
But the emotional highpoint was Simon & Garfunkel's mini-set, which was kicked off by Simon's introduction of Art Garfunkel as "My dear friend and partner in arguments" before the pair launched into a rendition of "Bridge Over Troubled Water." They went on to perform "Cecilia," "The Sound Of Silence," "Scarborough Fair/Canticle," and "Mrs. Robinson."
Garfunkel recalled how "Mrs. Robinson" nearly didn't become the theme to The Graduate: "I remember meeting at a soundstage Paul and I and (director) Mike Nichols and talking about what will go in that scene. And I said to Mike, 'You know, Paul is in the middle of writing a song called 'Mrs. Roosevelt' which he's about to give up on, he doesn't like it. But 'Mrs. Roosevelt' could be 'Mrs. Robinson.' And we all looked at each other and thought, 'Yes it could. That should do it.'"
An edited version of the Paul Simon tribute will be broadcast on June 27th on PBS stations.
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