On stage he seems about 18 and in perfect health.

he looks really worn.

and he was certainly fit and sounded better than ever. Long concert, no breaks and he just never stopped.

performing recently.

Maybe he was just having a bad day or the fact of being on Joe Scar was getting him down.

some of us get better with age.

Y'know?

I am learning that on a personal level!

He looks a little scruffy--like he just had time to throw on his clothes, run his fingers through his thinning hair, and get down to the studio.

that he'll be 71 in a few weeks time ?

This from 3 years ago so maybe compare with that :

Now his face is all puffy and saggy, and he's much paler.

I thought immediately of cortisone treatment.

As somebody up-thread suggested--maybe he's just not a morning person and was half awake.

Thanks for this link, lpbk. First time I've seen this vid. When was it recorded?

From the looks of Dave's hair color, I'd say this was at least 5+ years ago. Do you know?

that they haven't lost it like Paul McCartney and Rod Stewart

for 2nd place. In any case, they've never done a song or album I didn't adore.

Will go and find it on YouTube now.

He looked and sounded good to me.

him this morning.

I don't want him going anywhere for a long, long time yet (or Art G. either). Their music is the sound track of my life!

It was Paul Simon. From when I was about thirteen and he was 26. He needs another twenty at least.

Same here, nolabear, Paul's lyrics and melodies affect me in a way few musicians do.

And when he and Art G. are at their best, nobody can touch them. Magic.

I want them both around for a long time to come.

I'm gonna cry.

his puffiness and paleness this morning.

His and Art G.'s music has been the background music of my life.

Time passing so quickly just never stops being weird.

I don't recognize it. Can you clue me in?

"Concert in Central Park" and heard this and thought how they really are "old friends" now.

But, I'd forgotten some of the lyrics. Thanks, cbdo.

Singing Still Crazy After All These Years on the GOOD SNL
I will never forget that appearance, it was great.

and self-deprecation. But, like all geniuses, he's probably not easy to live with!

can't make up for.

Somehow, though, I doubt that money is the driving force in the Simon family.

Interesting user name you've got there. To be grammatically correct in French, it should read: Mangez de la merde...
It is the imperative, after all!

Brickell married singer-songwriter Paul Simon on May 30, 1992. Brickell was performing on NBC's Saturday Night Live on Saturday November 5, 1988 when she noticed Simon standing in front of the cameraman. "He made me mess the song up when I looked at him," she said with a smile. "We can show the kids the tape and say, 'Look, that's when we first laid eyes on each other.'" Brickell and Simon have three children—Adrian, Lulu and Gabriel.

Glad he's got a close family life--that helps, they say.

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Disquieting to see one of your heros getting old, and to realize you're undergoing the same process!

Lifestyle habits vary among individuals. Genetics, diet also play a role in how one ages.


Just be lucky you don't look like him. I could care less about how one ages. I'm too busy worrying about myself.

So he looks like crap, so what?

I googled, and it doesn't appear that he's sick in any way besides the normal things that come with one being his age.

and that's what worried me.

Glad to hear he's only got the usual complaints that come with 7 decades, and not something more serious.

Funny how I haven't changed, though.

in my mind, I still see them exactly as they are and will forever be in their yearbook portraits. Bizarre!

and the publicity photos are touched up and airbrushed a bit.

Art is scheduled to play NJ October 5, his first solo concert in the area since he developed severed vocal problems that caused the S&G tour to be cancelled.

As the years have passed, Paul really has proven to be THE #1 songwriter of the rock and roll era, surpassing Dylan.

You can take Paul's lyrics to just about every serious lyrical song and it still applies today, some almost 50 years later.

(and his song American Tune, sheesh, that could have been word for word written after 9-11...
and it was 25 plus years earlier.)

photo up-thread (airbrushed a bit).

He was looking all of his nearly 71 years on Joe Scar this morning. But then, just the fact of having to show up and talk to the blowhard may've caused him some distress! LOL!

But, who cares what he looks like, as long as he keeps producing and performing some of the best music in the world.

He and Art G. are American treasures. I agree that Paul has surpassed Dylan by the sheer volume and scope of his work.

(and his song American Tune, sheesh, that could have been word for word written after 9-11...
and it was 25 plus years earlier.)

I look kinda wore out at that hour, too, and I'm a bit younger than he is.

especially to go on Joe Scar, is enough to make anybody look less than their best.
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