A SIMON and Garfunkel concert feels like one big nostalgic sigh.
It’s that comfortable feeling you get from being with two guys who, throughout the course of their long careers, have created songs that have become the soundtracks to our lives.
Fans had been holding their collective breaths for 26 years, since the duo last performed in this country. Читать далее »
Photo by Courier Mail, Rob Maccoll
Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel rolled back the years Wednesday night on the opening date of their Australian tour, with a set carrying all the old favorites, and a few surprises.
As one would expect, there were no fireworks or bombast at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre to herald the arrival of Simon & Garfunkel, to this day one of the more unlikeliest-looking pairs of popular music superstars in the history of the game. The legendary N.Y. singer-songwriter duo were never about smoke and mirrors, and never particularly glamorous. They’re music’s enduring odd couple, endowed with the gift of song and harmony. And what a gift.
Back on stage in Australia for the first time in 25 years, Simon & Garfunkel gave the sold-out arena a lesson in songcraft. The years, it seems, have caressed their sound, in particular Garfunkel’s voice. From the opening moments of this “Old Friends In Concert” event, the audience knew they were in for a night of nostalgia. A showreel played out on the big screens, depicting poignant moments in recent history. There were hippies and Nixon, the lunar landing, the fall of the Berlin wall and start of the new millennium. And all along were Simon and Garfunkel, their images and sound spliced with the historical footage. Читать далее »
TWO old friends relived their brief but glorious musical partnership in Brisbane last night and showed that the songs they made famous have not withered after 40 years.
When Simon and Garfunkel walked on to the Brisbane Entertainment Centre stage it was the first time the legendary duo had performed in Australia for 26 years. No one really expected them to play here again, so it was an eager and responsive crowd that greeted them for the first date on their Australian tour.
Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, both 67, may not have voices as powerful as they once were, but they still harmonise like no other duo in pop history. Last night was all about celebrating the best moments from their partnership as well as some of the solo successes that came for each of them afterwards. Читать далее »