Smithsonian’s Great Americans Medal | Paul Simon Award Program & Interview with David M. Rubenstein
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 พ.ค. 2020
- On September 18, 2019, the National Museum of American History awarded its signature honor-the Great Americans Medal-to Paul Simon for his significant contributions as a recording artist, songwriter, and philanthropist. The Great Americans Medal is awarded for lifetime contributions embodying American ideas and ideals, and honors individuals who have not only made a lasting impact in their fields, but whose philanthropic and humanitarian endeavors set them apart. An interview of Paul Simon by Smithsonian Regent David M. Rubenstein precedes the medal presentation. View more Great Americans videos at s.si.edu/GreatAmericans. For more on the Great Americans Medal and its recipients, visit greatamericans.si.edu./
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I really admire Paul Simon. God bless him always
Paul is such an interesting and fascinating man. I really admire him.
Congratulations, Paul Simon! How well deserved this is! It is so good to see them give you what you deserve! You deserve so many more awards! You have such a beautiful spirit! You spoke for our generation without apology, and I am so proud of your representation!!! BRAVO!
Thank you Paul Simon. You are amazing. Unafraid to walk and seek new grounds. A Poet and Musical Genius.💐
Oh Wabash, 59:27 Carol
Paul's brilliant mind, inspiring songs, magnificent performances, awesome talent and his grace are profound blessings in our lives!
Really great interview. thank you for sharing.
Thank you so much for sharing ! MY DEAREST Paul !
Paul you are an amazing artist and a true inspiration much love Jules ❤
Such a deep thinker. I love it.
Is there another songwriter equal to Simon, Lennon and McCartney ? 😢
47:35 Paul Simon talks about his recent time in not writing any more music until a dream told him to write another song. Can't wait to hear this new song.
Sounds like he's waiting for a new writer to write something that he can barrow and not pay for it.
The seven psalm, it must be! I learned about this from the audiobook by Malcolm gladwell.
Come to think of it, I don't believe I ever saw Mr. Simon interviewed before. He seems to be a straight talking, reasonably contented, unassuming person who doesn't take himself too seriously.
Look on TH-cam there are plenty of interviews with Paul and Art!
Paul Simon saw so much a part of th fabric of my life. Growing up with Paul Simon’s music in the background of my life now that I’m almost 70 takes me back so many years like it was yesterday. Thank You, Paul, for all of the beautiful music, songs, and memories you’ve been mean’t to me in my life. I wish I had your talent in Poetry. I use to write poetry when I was a child.
I've been a rabid fan of Paul Simon and Simon/Garfunkel since the '70's, but have always wondered why Simon never seemed to gained the same respect and adoration as some other musicians whose careers are for the most part much shorter. Is it just me? My goodness, he dove into so many new genres and his voice has withstood the test of time. I know he was criticized for playing in South Africa during apartheid, is that something he was never forgiven for (even though he used local black musicians)?
HE doesn't get the same respect? Maybe not the same respect as Bob Dylan, whose lyrics are just miles beyond everyone else's, but as much as everyone else....sure. I think he's just taken for granted because he's been so successful for so long...like Johnny Carson, Joni Mitchell, or Charlie Chaplin. It's only when you look back at their careers that you realize just how amazing their work was. The other thing is that Paul's most beautiful sounds were made with Art Garfunkel...it's hard to get over that. There's a certain disappointment in missing Art's magic voice and their magic blend, even though Paul's later work is wonderful.
@Dee - Yes, most folks don't realize that in spite of all the accolades and honors bestowed on him over the years, he is still heavily under-appreciated. No one comes close to Paul Simon in my book - not The Beatles, not Dylan, not Elvis - absolutely no one. Not even Beethoven, Mozart et al. And if they had to confer the Nobel prize to a musician, Paul Simon's lyrics are streets ahead of Dylan's. Just my $0.02.
Paul. Thank You Sir for Seven Psalms.
Brilliant and interesting creative force.
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Oo-wow, the Library of Congress kept & recently showed Simon his father’s notation of music he wrote when he was 13! 😲
Just think if he had pursued law school !😅
When he wrote The Sound of Silence, he said he believed he was a conduit. 22:07 It’s almost like you didn’t write it. 😮
Modest man and a genius in one. One of the few capable of intellectualising without affectation and elevating pop.
He found it important to explain origin of the tribal enmity between the Zulus & Xhosa.
I love the Maori pattern on his Pounamu necklace. From New Zealand "Greenstone" aka Pounamu or Jade.
Going to South Africa is "Very novel"
This is the best guy they could get to do the interview? Come on man...
Yeah, he was sort of a schmoe. And Paul was reasonably polite about it ... until the end, when he couldn't help snarking.
Maybe if a singer songwriter interviewed him it might be better ?
I’ve only purchased one book of song lyrics -
Is he wearing NZ greenstone?
my first thought too-def looks like pounamu
My thoughts exactly as soon as he walks on stage. Then the closer shots.
The interview could be better, still good.
To me, not such a great interview for two reasons... Firstly, Rubenstein’s questions feel borne of a bio-read and, secondly, Simon elaborates extensively on subject matter (Zulus, anyone?) completely disassociated from the raison d’être of the event. Still, better to have seen it than not.
Bio read indeed! Rubinstein is a total moron!
I agree in part. The Rubenstein questions were too formulaic, and Simon himself called out. The Zulu piece was actually pretty interesting to me and wasn't disassociated because it was part of his explanation of navigating the politics of the Graceland recordings.
@@leon723 agreed, I found that part more interesting than anything else that was discussed... It was pretty much all down hill after the bizarre Carly Simon reference
Not a great interview; I think Rubenstein in a fan but in this case not really listening to Paul's answers. Simon is a musician who loves music and takes joy in incorporating different sounds and rhythms in his own writing. Each song takes you to a different place and is its own unique experience. You will never be able to pin him down to one genre; just when you try, he has moved on to a different sound, a different emotion.
Rubinstein was asking questions as the ordinary man on the street who is 8 years younger than Simon.
Correct Paul. There are no coincedences.
In fact, you would not have become famous if you hadn’t met Garfunkel as a child.
The lady at the beginning? has that annoying habit? of ending all her pauses? with an upward inflection? as if she's asking a question?
LOL...Welcome to 2022....
Whats wrong with the audience, constantly laughing when there's no humour intended or least there's nothing funny. It's like a constant laughter track, which kinda demeans the whole subject matter to me.
When I think of Simon Garfunkle, I think of Scarborough Fair and Sound of Silence. That's it. The rest is completely forgettable for me. I don't know if it's a cultural thing. I'm not American by birth nor am I from European heritage. Very very few pop songs have global appeal.
I’m Filipina, born in the 50s. We knew the words to most of their hits because we heard them on the radio all the time.
@@cindymaceda2999 I am from Vietnam and came to the US when I was 16. I knew of Scarborough Fair even when I was in Vietnam and heard Sound of Silence in the US. Those were immediate hits for me. I had listened to more since then, but the rest did not have an impression on me. Bridge over troubled water was praised profusely, won several awards, but it's forgettable to me. But my daughter, born in the US, was surprised I didn't feel anything special about that song. It must be a cultural thing.
Ugh I find this interviewer infuriating.
totally inappropriate interviewer
Paul simon is a musician, not a great american, many of his songs, were stolen lyrics. He would set up song writing contest, dedicated to not ripping off the small song writers. But when he picked the songs the writer got ripped off.
One time, in 1992, he stole my winter coat.
Yoo talk some shite pal.
You need to be specific with examples. Which of your lines found its way into song? Or others you know?
I suspect there were one or two disputed collaborations or copyrighting disputes-"Scarborough Fair", "Cloudy" but Paul Simon has an immense catalogue of songs with lyrics only he could write and so your allegation that stolen lyrics were a trait of his writing is far from the case.
I don't there's a credible case of plagiarism of lyrics that can be made against him. The guy invented phrases that you'd think were always part of our idiom ("still crazy after all these years," "in the company of strangers," as two examples), but they weren't until he made them so. As for the music, there was resentment that he took a chunk of Martin Carthy's guitar line from Scarborough Fair, but actually Simon's line was a bit different and, more importantly, the rearrangement of the song with the Canticle counterpoint is totally different from any version that came before it. On El Condor Pasa, Simon originally did not know that the melody was recent enough (from the 1920s or 30s) to be under copyright, and he later corrected the credit.
Want to give an example or two to back up this ridiculous statement Guy?