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Music Appreciation

The Polack MSgt

(13,547 posts) Sun Mar 23, 2025, 10:13 PM Mar 23

Paul Simon is under appreciated as a guitarist. Come up on this mountain and fight me...

So flawless
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I get that he might be from an earlier generation, but damn...

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How can anyone ignore this performance? He is a monster that's overlooked because it's "Folk" music

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Paul Simon is under appreciated as a guitarist. Come up on this mountain and fight me... (Original Post) The Polack MSgt Mar 23 OP

Listen to this bangles cover of hazy shade of winter and tell me he isn't amazing unblock Mar 23 #1

I agree blm Mar 23 #2

He Was A Fine Fingerstyle Guitarist ProfessorGAC Mar 24 #3

one of my favorites: thucythucy Friday #4

Kathy's Song sestina Friday #5

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1. Listen to this bangles cover of hazy shade of winter and tell me he isn't amazing

Reply to The Polack MSgt (Original post)

Sun Mar 23, 2025, 10:23 PM

Mar 23

He comes up with this amazing rock riff and just tucks it away in this slightly uptempo folk song.

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blm

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2. I agree

Reply to The Polack MSgt (Original post)

Sun Mar 23, 2025, 11:17 PM

Mar 23

ProfessorGAC

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3. He Was A Fine Fingerstyle Guitarist

Reply to The Polack MSgt (Original post)

Mon Mar 24, 2025, 09:57 PM

Mar 24

Lots of good stuff in their catalog. Most of their biggest hits had more than one guitar (like The Boxer, with Fred Carter).
Sometimes it's hard to decide who is playing which part, but the Boxer is a bad example because the guitars are so different you can tell which part is which, even when they're intertwining.
Yes, Paul could play!