21-05-2023, 11:07
NEW ALBUM: PAUL SIMON ~ Seven Pslams
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Whew! Best to be in a good calm place for this 33-minute journey. It surprised me, despite having an idea of what it would be about. This is Paul Simon’s farewell – of a similar ilk to Cohen’s You Want It Darker. Assumptions are ill-advised, but I would be taken aback if he followed this up with anything further – it feels like a final gracious (and graceful) gift. It doesn't seem to fit into any of our categories, hence ending up in this thread!
Tender yet with substance, lyrical, honest, amusing in places – a man facing mortality square on and contemplating all that this eventuality encompasses – a very spiritual offering. It might have been depressing, but it somehow wasn’t. Emotive, yes, for sure. Beautiful in a very strange way! I sometimes feel as though he is the Woody Allen of music. In this case that is not an insult – just a fleeting thought.
This is the trailer - it’s interesting to watch him at work … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiDc4DbFQZY
And this is the album which cannot be split up into segments or tracks – nor should it be. It’s like one of those epic narrative poems – (Heathcote Williams’ Whale Nation springs to mind) … an entirely acoustic affair with Wynton Marsalis and Edie Brickell contributing here and there …
Whew! Best to be in a good calm place for this 33-minute journey. It surprised me, despite having an idea of what it would be about. This is Paul Simon’s farewell – of a similar ilk to Cohen’s You Want It Darker. Assumptions are ill-advised, but I would be taken aback if he followed this up with anything further – it feels like a final gracious (and graceful) gift. It doesn't seem to fit into any of our categories, hence ending up in this thread!
Tender yet with substance, lyrical, honest, amusing in places – a man facing mortality square on and contemplating all that this eventuality encompasses – a very spiritual offering. It might have been depressing, but it somehow wasn’t. Emotive, yes, for sure. Beautiful in a very strange way! I sometimes feel as though he is the Woody Allen of music. In this case that is not an insult – just a fleeting thought.
This is the trailer - it’s interesting to watch him at work … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiDc4DbFQZY
And this is the album which cannot be split up into segments or tracks – nor should it be. It’s like one of those epic narrative poems – (Heathcote Williams’ Whale Nation springs to mind) … an entirely acoustic affair with Wynton Marsalis and Edie Brickell contributing here and there …
"The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us." ~ Bill Watterson
