Paul is Done

Thank you Paul for living in our time and for so many wonderful songs that you've shared with us over so many years.

Old friends
Old friends
Sat on their park bench
Like bookends
A newspaper blown through the grass
Falls on the round toes
On the high shoes
Of the old friends

Old friends
Winter companions
The old men
Lost in their overcoats
Waiting for the sunset
The sounds of the city
Sifting through trees
Settle like dust
On the shoulders
Of the old friends

Can you imagine us
Years from today
Sharing a park bench quietly?
How terribly strange
To be seventy

Old friends
Memory brushes the same years
Silently sharing the same fear

I agree with both of the above posters. Paul Simon (with, or without Art Garfunkel) has always been A-list for me. When I have heard that he has a new album, I have bought it without thinking. He has never disappointed! I will miss his music.

Paul Simon, just the mention of his name puts a smile on my face. Thank you for taking me on the ride with you.

I saw a show from the Paul and Sting tour a few years ago and everybody was great live. Danced my a** off partly due to the open bar (a "box" at the Boston venue), but recently I was listening to my original copy old Vinyl of his first solo album, and it sounds astonishing with an amazing recording quality and, of course, great songs (first hit in the USA of an authentic reggae tune)...touring sucks for everybody, including the elderly, so if Paul just records from now on I utterly get it.

If you get a chance, watch the documentary "Under African Skies". It’s about the making of ’Graceland’. But, the backstory demonstrates how Paul helped to bring South African music to the world. This was when apartheid and politics were formidable obstacles. There are some amazing scenes showing his journey of discovery. It’s quite uplifting.
Here’s a trailer.https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/paul-simon-under-african-skies