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The Complete Guide To The Music Of Paul Simon And Simon Garfunkel
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Book Synopsis The Complete Guide to the Music of Paul Simon and Simon & Garfunkel by : Chris Charlesworth
Download or read book The Complete Guide to the Music of Paul Simon and Simon & Garfunkel written by Chris Charlesworth and published by Omnibus Press& Schirmer Trade Books. This book was released on 1997 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The books in this series detail every recorded song in each artist's catalogue from the start of their careers to the present day. Shaped like a CD box, these books are designed to sit neatly alongside a CD collection.
Book Synopsis Simon and Garfunkel's Bookends by : Pete Fornatale
Download or read book Simon and Garfunkel's Bookends written by Pete Fornatale and published by Rodale. This book was released on 2007-10-30 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A critical study of the classic 1968 album Bookends by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel examines the seminal themes and lyrics of the album as captured in such hit singles as "Mrs. Robinson," "Fakin' It," and "A Hazy Shade of Winter," drawing on exclusive interviews with both musicians and examining the changing dynamics of the creative partnership.
Book Synopsis The Words and Music of Paul Simon by : James Bennighof
Download or read book The Words and Music of Paul Simon written by James Bennighof and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2007-10-30 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul Simon is commonly acknowledged to be one of the most successful singer-songwriters of the pop-rock era. His work has flourished in the context of Simon and Garfunkel as well as in his own solo career. Starting with the folk-rock style that marked his earliest significant success, he has drawn on a wide variety of influences, including many American traditions and, later, many international ones as well. He has won multiple Grammy awards in both the duo and the solo phases of his career. His songwriting has also provided the impetus for brief forays into film and musical theatre. After providing a brief biographical overview, this work examines Simon's songwriting work in depth, providing a critical discussion of each song as a fusion of text and music so as to help the reader to identify elements that enhance appreciation. A particularly valuable contribution in this context is the discussion of the wide variety of musical elements that contribute significantly to the value of Simon's work. These include such easily-understandable issues as verse-chorus structure, melodic variation, selection of particular instruments and even performers, variation of musical style within a song, general harmonic characteristics, relationships among keys, rhythm and pacing of text, etc. While the book proceeds chronologically through Simon's recorded output, specific threads are developed throughout, and the discussion of individual songs takes place in the context of these threads, both drawing on them and developing them further. The diversity of Paul Simon's work reflects his very American background, and no discussion of American music is complete without accounting for his influence.
Book Synopsis Simon & Garfunkel by : John Robinson (Journalist)
Download or read book Simon & Garfunkel written by John Robinson (Journalist) and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Simon & Garfunkel by : Spencer Leigh
Download or read book Simon & Garfunkel written by Spencer Leigh and published by McNidder & Grace. This book was released on 2016-09-22 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SIMON & GARFUNKEL is a definitive account of Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel's career together. With unique material and exclusive interviews with fellow musicians, promoters and friends, acclaimed author Spencer Leigh has written a compelling biography of some of the world's biggest musical stars. With remarkable stories about the duo on every page, the book not only charts their rise to success and the years of their fame, but analyses the personalities of the two men and the ups and downs of their often fraught relationship.
Download or read book Paul Simon written by Marc Eliot and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2010-09-23 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive biography of legendary singer-songwriter Paul Simon. Paul Simon, one of the country's most popular musicians, has been a dynamic creative force for more than half a century. Now New York Times bestselling biographer Marc Eliot draws on extensive research and original interviews to trace the incredible life and career of this iconic musician. Along the way Eliot examines Simon's early struggles to succeed as a singer-songwriter, the ups and downs of his decades-long collaboration with Art Garfunkel, his at-times obsessive admiration and competitive drive with Bob Dylan, his musical triumphs such as Still Crazy After All These Years and Graceland, the spectacular failure of his Broadway musical The Capeman, and much more. The first comprehensive biography of Paul Simon and his music Explores the complex relationship between Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel through years of their musical breakups and reunions Reveals personal details, with interviews, of Simon's life away from music Includes dozens of exclusive photographs, several published for the first time Whether you grew up listening to classic Simon and Garfunkel songs or came to love Paul Simon's music through his solo albums, this highly entertaining biography will give you a new understanding of this talented artist and the many surprising twists and turns of his life and work as a songwriter, a performer, and an icon of Boomer Generation.
Download or read book Paul Simon FAQ written by Dave Thompson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-11-20 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is a fascinating, all-encompassing journey through the life and career of one of America’s most influential, and literate, songwriters. Beginning with Simon’s earliest days as an aspiring teenage idol and Tin Pan Alley songsmith, Paul Simon FAQ takes readers through Simon’s sometimes tempestuous relationship with singing partner Art Garfunkel, with whom he established the most popular musical duo in rock history. The book goes behind the scenes of Simon’s groundbreaking work at the forefront of world music and follows him to his emotional 2018 final concert before his retirement-from performing live. In addition, Paul Simon FAQ features chapters dedicated not only to Simon’s music but also his stage, screen, and television work, his devotion to charity, and more. Influences such as Bob Dylan, the Everly Brothers, and the Child Ballads are examined, while his songwriting is documented not only through his own recordings but also those of the myriad other artists who have covered his compositions. Fact-filled sidebars serve up a wealth of statistics and lists. In short, Paul Simon FAQ is the ultimate guide to the consummate performer.
Book Synopsis What Is It All but Luminous by : Art Garfunkel
Download or read book What Is It All but Luminous written by Art Garfunkel and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2017-09-26 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Poetic musings on a life well-lived—one that is still moving forward, always creating, always luminous. This isn't your typical autobiography. Garfunkel's history is told in flowing prose, bounding from present to past, far from a linear rags-to-riches story." —Bookreporter "It's hard to imagine any single word that would accurately describe this book . . . an entertaining volume that's more fun to read than a conventional memoir might have been." —The Wall Street Journal "A charming book of prose and poetry printed in a digitalized version of his handwriting . . . witty, candid, and wildly imaginative . . . A highly intelligent man trying to make sense of his extraordinary life." —Associated Press From the golden-haired, curly-headed half of Simon & Garfunkel, a memoir (of sorts)—moving, lyrical impressions, interspersed throughout a narrative, punctuated by poetry, musings, lists of resonant books loved and admired, revealing a life and the making of a musician, that show us, as well, the evolution of a man, a portrait of a life-long friendship and of a collaboration that became the most successful singing duo in the roiling age that embraced, and was defined by, their pathfinding folk-rock music. In What Is It All but Luminous, Art Garfunkel writes about growing up in the 1940s and ‘50s (son of a traveling salesman, listening as his father played Enrico Caruso records), a middle-class Jewish boy, living in a redbrick semi-attached house on Jewel Avenue in Kew Gardens, Queens. He writes of meeting Paul Simon, the kid who made Art laugh (they met at their graduation play, Alice in Wonderland; Paul was the White Rabbit; Art, the Cheshire Cat). Of their being twelve at the birth of rock’n’roll (“it was rhythm and blues. It was black. I was captured and so was Paul”), of a demo of their song, Hey Schoolgirl for seven dollars and the actual record (with Paul’s father on bass) going to #40 on the charts. He writes about their becoming Simon & Garfunkel, ruling the pop charts from the age of sixteen, about not being a natural performer but more a thinker, an underground man. He writes of the hit songs; touring; about being an actor working with directors Mike Nichols (“the greatest of them all”), about choosing music over a PhD in mathematics. And he writes about his long-unfolding split with Paul, and how and why it evolved, and after; learning to perform on his own . . . and about being a husband, a father and much more.
Book Synopsis Do You Believe in Rock and Roll? by : Raymond I. Schuck
Download or read book Do You Believe in Rock and Roll? written by Raymond I. Schuck and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2012-10-10 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its release in 1971, Don McLean's song "American Pie" has become an indelible part of U.S. culture. It has sparked countless debates about the references within the lyrics; been celebrated as a chronicle of American life from the late 1950s through the early 1970s; and has become iconic itself as it has been remade, parodied, and referenced within numerous texts and forums. This volume offers a set of new essays that focus on the cultural and historical significance of the song. Representing a variety of perspectives and fields of study, the essays address such topics as historical and literary interpretations of the song's lyrics, its musical qualities, the commentary the song offers on rock and roll history, the continuing significance of the song, and the ways in which the song has been used by various writers and artists. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
Book Synopsis The Popular Music Teaching Handbook by : B. Lee Cooper
Download or read book The Popular Music Teaching Handbook written by B. Lee Cooper and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2004-04-30 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The function of print resources as instructional guides and descriptors of popular music pedagogy are addressed in this concise volume. Increasingly, public school teachers and college-level faculty members are introducing and utilizing music-related educational approaches in their classrooms. This book lists reports dealing with popular music resources as classroom teaching materials, and will stimulate further thought among students and teachers. It focuses on the growing spectrum of published scholarship available to instructors in specific teaching fields (art, geography, social studies, urban studies, and so on) as well as on the multitude of general resources (including biographical directories and encyclopedias of artist profiles). Building on two recent publications: Teaching with Popular Music Resources: A Bibliography of Interdisciplinary Instructional Approaches, Popular Music and Society, XXII, no. 2 (Summer 1998), and American Culture Interpreted through Popular Music: Interdisciplinary Teaching Approaches (Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 2000), this volume focuses on the growing spectrum of published scholarship that is available to instructors in specific teaching fields (art, geography, social studies, urban studies, and so on) as well as on the multitude of general resources (including biographical directories and encyclopedias of artist profiles).
Book Synopsis Simon and Garfunkel by : Victoria Kingston
Download or read book Simon and Garfunkel written by Victoria Kingston and published by . This book was released on 1999-12 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel had an almost unbroken series of bestselling hits that spoke to the heart of their times. With Simon's brilliant songs and Garfunkel's stirring voice, the duo produced the flawless harmonies that thrilled a generation. This in-depth biography follows the two musicians from their Queens childhood and early days as Tom and Jerry to their role in the evolving folk-rock scene. Fame did not come quickly for the duo, but the surprise success of a remixed version of The Sounds of Silence changed their lives. Victoria Kingston traces their ascent through the pop world as they produced such classics as Homeward Bound, The Boxer, and Bridge over Troubled Water. When the director Mike Nichols approached them to create the songs for his film The Graduate, they recorded Mrs. Robinson, for which they won the first of many Grammy Awards. Simon & Garfunkel follows the duo through their breakup and subsequent solo careers, as well as through their legendary 1981 concert in Central Park and 1982 international reunion tour.
Book Synopsis Homeward Bound by : Peter Ames Carlin
Download or read book Homeward Bound written by Peter Ames Carlin and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Recounts the life and achievements of the American music icon, detailing his youth as a grandchild of Jewish Hungarian immigrants, his celebrity relationships, and the definitive music that earned him fifteen Grammy Awards and two inductions into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame, "--NoveList.
Download or read book Paul Simon written by James E. Perone and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2000-01-30 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive bibliography serves as a major reference guide to the serious study of American singer and songwriter Paul Simon, well known for his work as part of the musical duo Simon and Garfunkel as well as for his successful solo career. Following a brief biography, the bibliography includes 660 citations and detailed publication information on over forty musical scores of his songs. The discography details information on Simon's thirty-one albums and sixty-four singles. This work provides complete coverage of Paul Simon's career over the past thirty-five years from his late 1950's hit Hey, Schoolgirl, to his 1999 concert tour with Bob Dylan. Popular music scholars, along with Paul Simon fans, will appreciate this detailed source of available research materials on Paul Simon. With a focus on Simon's work as performer, composer, and sometime actor, this reference is intended as a scholarly guide for further research. Discographical information is organized in three sections: albums, singles, and covers. A general bibliography and a discography bibliography are followed by a composition list and index and a general index. Other chapters provide information on musical scores and electronic resources.
Book Synopsis The Mojo Collection by : Various Mojo Magazine
Download or read book The Mojo Collection written by Various Mojo Magazine and published by Canongate Books. This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page 881 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The greatest albums of all time . . . and how they happened. Organised chronologically and spanning seven decades, The MOJO Collection presents an authoritative and engaging guide to the history of the pop album via hundreds of long-playing masterpieces, from the much-loved to the little known. From The Beatles to The Verve, from Duke Ellington to King Tubby and from Peggy Lee to Sly Stone, hundreds of albums are covered in detail with chart histories, full track and personnel listings and further listening suggestions. There's also exhaustive coverage of the soundtrack and hit collections that every home should have. Like all collections, there are records you listen to constantly, albums you've forgotten, albums you hardly play, albums you love guiltily and albums you thought you were alone in treasuring, proving The MOJO Collection to be an essential purchase for those who love and live music.
Download or read book Paul Simon written by Cornel Bonca and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-10-10 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul Simon: An American Tune is the first full-scale survey of the career of one of the most honored musicians and songwriters in American history. Starting out as a teeny-bopper rocker in the late 1950s, Paul Simon went on to form the most influential pop duo of the 1960s—Simon & Garfunkel—and after their break-up in 1970, launch one of the most successful, varied, and surprising solo careers of our time. In Paul Simon: An American Tune, Cornel Bonca considers Simon’s vast trove of songs in the biographical and cultural context in which he wrote them: from the pop cultural revolution of the 1960s which Simon himself helped to create, the singer-songwriter movement of the 1970s, the turn toward world music in the 1980s that gave the world the monumental Graceland, to the intimate personal turn his music took in the millennial era. Analyzing Simon’s albums one by one, often song by song, Bonca provides a deep and artful exploration of the work of one of today’s major songwriters. Offering a lucid and vivid portrait of an astonishing decades-long career, Paul Simon: An American Tune will interest a wide audience, from Simon fans to students and scholars of American popular culture.
Book Synopsis Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits by : Paul Simon
Download or read book Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits written by Paul Simon and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America; Bookends; Bridge over troubled water; Cecilia; El, condor pasa; For Emily, whenever I may find her; Homeward bound; I am a rock; Kathy's song; Mrs. Robinson; Scarborough Fair/Canticle; The boxer; The 59th street bridge song (Feelin' groovy); The sound of silence
Download or read book Lyrics 1964-2016 written by Paul Simon and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-06-28 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive collection from the legendary folk icon features lyrics from each of Simon's 10 original studio albums, as well as lyrics from the renowned Simon & Garfunkel records. 50 b&w photographs throughout.
