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The Words and Music of Paul Simon

Author : James Bennighof
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313082790
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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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.

Paul Simon

Author : Robert Hilburn
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501112139
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Paul Simon written by Robert Hilburn and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2019-05-28 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acclaimed music writer Robert Hilburn’s “epic” and “definitive” (Rolling Stone) biography of music icon Paul Simon, written with Simon’s full participation—but without his editorial control—that “reminds us how titanic this musician is” (The Washington Post). For more than fifty years, Paul Simon has spoken to us in songs about alienation, doubt, resilience, and empathy in ways that have established him as one of the most beloved artists in American pop music history. Songs like “The Sound of Silence,” “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” “Still Crazy After All These Years,” and “Graceland” have moved beyond the sales charts and into our cultural consciousness. But Simon is a deeply private person who has said he will not write an autobiography or talk to biographers. Finally, however, he has opened up for Robert Hilburn—for more than one hundred hours of interviews—in this “brilliant and entertaining portrait of Simon that will likely be the definitive biography” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Over the course of three years, Hilburn conducted in-depth interviews with scores of Paul Simon’s friends, family, colleagues, and others—including ex-wives Carrie Fisher and Peggy Harper, who spoke for the first time—and even penetrated the inner circle of Simon’s long-reclusive muse, Kathy Chitty. The result is a deeply human account of the challenges and sacrifices of a life in music at the highest level. In the process, Hilburn documents Simon’s search for artistry and his constant struggle to protect that artistry against distractions—fame, marriage, divorce, drugs, record company interference, rejection, and insecurity—that have derailed so many great pop figures. “As engaging as a lively American tune” (People), Paul Simon is a “straight-shooting tour de force…that does thorough justice to this American prophet and pop star” (USA TODAY, four out of four stars). “Read it if you like Simon; read it if you want to discover how talent unfolds itself” (Stephen King).

Paul Simon, the Very Best

Author : Paul Simon
Publisher : Music Sales
ISBN 13 : 9780825633157
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (331 download)

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Download or read book Paul Simon, the Very Best written by Paul Simon and published by Music Sales. This book was released on 1994 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Music Sales America). 23 top songs from Simon's solo career as well as his days with Garfunkel. Includes: America * Graceland * A Hazy Shade of Winter * I Am a Rock * Kodachrome * Mother and Child Reunion * The Sound of Silence * Still Crazy After All These Years * You Can Call Me Al * more.

Songwriters On Songwriting

Author : Paul Zollo
Publisher : Da Capo Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 764 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Songwriters On Songwriting written by Paul Zollo and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2003-06-19 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic collection of candid interviews with the greatest songwriters of our time, including Bob Dylan, Brian Wilson, Patti Smith, Paul Simon, Tom Petty, and dozens more This expanded fourth edition of Songwriters on Songwriting includes ten new interviews--with Alanis Morissette, Lenny Kravitz, Lou Reed, and others. In these pages, sixty-two of the greatest songwriters of our time go straight to the source of the magic of songwriting by offering their thoughts, feelings, and opinions on their art. Representing almost every genre of popular music, from blues to pop to rock, here are the figures that have shaped American music as we know it.

Homeward Bound

Author : Peter Ames Carlin
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
ISBN 13 : 1627790357
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (277 download)

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Download or read book Homeward Bound written by Peter Ames Carlin and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revelatory account of the life of beloved American music icon, Paul Simon, by the bestselling rock biographer Peter Ames Carlin To have been alive during the last sixty years is to have lived with the music of Paul Simon. The boy from Queens scored his first hit record in 1957, just months after Elvis Presley ignited the rock era. As the songwriting half of Simon & Garfunkel, his work helped define the youth movement of the '60s. On his own in the '70s, Simon made radio-dominating hits. He kicked off the '80s by reuniting with Garfunkel to perform for half a million New Yorkers in Central Park. Five years later, Simon’s album “Graceland” sold millions and spurred an international political controversy. And it doesn’t stop there. The grandchild of Jewish emigrants from Galicia in the Austro-Hungarian empire, the 75-year-old singer-songwriter has not only sold more than 100 million records, won 15 Grammy awards and been installed into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame twice, but has also animated the meaning—and flexibility—of personal and cultural identity in a rapidly shrinking world. Simon has also lived one of the most vibrant lives of modern times; a story replete with tales of Carrie Fisher, Leonard Bernstein, Bob Dylan, Woody Allen, Shelley Duvall, Nelson Mandela, drugs, depression, marriage, divorce, and more. A life story with the scope and power of an epic novel, Carlin’s Homeward Bound is the first major biography of one of the most influential popular artists in American history.

The Songs of Paul Simon

Author : Paul Simon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (537 download)

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Download or read book The Songs of Paul Simon written by Paul Simon and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Songs by Paul Simon

Author : Paul Simon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (733 download)

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Download or read book Songs by Paul Simon written by Paul Simon and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Paul Simon - Greatest Hits

Author : Paul Simon
Publisher : Alfred Music Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780711979123
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (791 download)

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Download or read book Paul Simon - Greatest Hits written by Paul Simon and published by Alfred Music Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Music Sales America). 14 of his best, arranged for piano and voice with guitar chord frames. Includes: The Boxer * Bridge Over Troubled Water * 59th Street Bridge Song (Feeling Groovy) * Homeward Bound * I Am a Rock * Mother and Child Reunion * Scarborough Fair/Canticle * The Sound of Silence * Still Crazy After All These Years * You Can Call Me Al * and more.

More Songwriters on Songwriting

Author : Paul Zollo
Publisher : Da Capo Press
ISBN 13 : 0306817993
Total Pages : 674 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book More Songwriters on Songwriting written by Paul Zollo and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2016-11-08 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new collection of interviews with over forty groundbreaking songwriters, published on the 25th anniversary of the original landmark volume

Lyrics 1964-2016

Author : Paul Simon
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501155970
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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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.

Paul Simon

Author : Marc Eliot
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 0470900873
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (79 download)

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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.

Paul Simon

Author : Paul Simon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780860016014
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Paul Simon written by Paul Simon and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Songs of Paul Simon

Author : Paul Simon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book The Songs of Paul Simon written by Paul Simon and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of 59 songs made famous by Simon and Garfunkel and by Simon alone. Piano arrangements with guitar chords.

Paul Simon

Author : Paul Simon
Publisher : Paul Simon
ISBN 13 : 9780825633027
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book Paul Simon written by Paul Simon and published by Paul Simon. This book was released on 1973 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All the songs from the album of the same name, including Kodachrome, Tenderness, Take Me To The Mardi Gras, Something So Right, American Tune, Was A Sunny Day, Learn How To Fall, and Loves Me Like a Rock.

Simon & Garfunkel

Author : Spencer Leigh
Publisher : McNidder & Grace
ISBN 13 : 0857161512
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (571 download)

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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.

Lyrics 1964 - 2011

Author : Paul Simon
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1471104621
Total Pages : 431 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (711 download)

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Download or read book Lyrics 1964 - 2011 written by Paul Simon and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-12-25 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring lyrics from Paul Simon's ten solo albums, four collaborations with Art Garfunkel, and his Songs from the Capeman, Lyricsis a landmark collection of folk history.

The Beatles from A to Zed

Author : Peter Asher
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1250209587
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book The Beatles from A to Zed written by Peter Asher and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2019-10-29 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A legendary record producer and performer takes readers on an alphabetical journey of insights into the music of the Beatles and individual reminiscences of John, Paul, George, and Ringo. Peter Asher met the Beatles in the spring of 1963, the start of a lifelong association with the band and its members. He had a front-row seat as they elevated pop music into an art form, and he was present at the creation of some of the most iconic music of our times. Asher is also a talented musician in his own right, with a great ear for what was new and fresh. Once, when Paul McCartney wrote a song that John Lennon didn’t think was right for the Beatles, Asher asked if he could record it. “A World Without Love” became a global No. 1 hit for his duo, Peter & Gordon. A few years later Asher was asked by Paul McCartney to help start Apple Records; the first artist Asher discovered and signed up was a young American singer-songwriter named James Taylor. Before long he would be not only managing and producing Taylor but also (having left Apple and moved to Los Angeles) working with Linda Ronstadt, Neil Diamond, Robin Williams, Joni Mitchell, and Cher, among others. The Beatles from A to Zed grows out of his popular radio program “From Me to You” on SiriusXM's The Beatles Channel, where he shares memories and insights about the Fab Four and their music. Here he weaves his reflections into a whimsical alphabetical journey that focuses not only on songs whose titles start with each letter, but also on recurrent themes in the Beatles’ music, the instruments they played, the innovations they pioneered, the artists who influenced them, the key people in their lives, and the cultural events of the time. Few can match Peter Asher for his fresh and personal perspective on the Beatles. And no one is a more congenial and entertaining guide to their music.