I second the artie/paul "*sigh*"! I'll be going to the concert tomorrow (Thursday) evening. Spent the big bucks on decent tickets, but not the *huge* bucks on the best ones. I've seen Paul several times. I figured this might be the only time I'd ever see the two together. I do have everything Paul recorded, and everything they recorded together. Plus a couple of Artie solo, and many boots of live shows. Big fan, yes indeed, I am.
The concert was great. I'll be writing more on it in the next day or so. My 2 favorite things: 1)The magical, and quite unexpected segue Zoo -> Baby Driver. I heard a Baby Driver motif quoted about 10 seconds before they flew into it, and still didn't expect it. 2)Leaves That Are Green...as an encore! Pristine!
Paul did look exhausted or ill when the show started. He didn't sound as strong then, either, but later seemed to recover fully. He and Artie barely looked at each other. *sad* Although a part time professional reconnection involving new Simon & Garfunkel material would be great, what I really hoped would be the outcome of this tour is the repair or renewal of their friendship.
i'll write more about my concert experience and inside scoop tomorrow when i have time. but, thought i would let you know - paul and artie are NOT speaking to each other. at all. there was talk about a world tour, but paul has nixed the idea completely. we'll see... people are still pushing, but i think this is the last time we'll see simon and garfunkel together.
the everly brothers aren't talking to each other either. and one was completely shit-faced. HA!
paul did look completely exhausted or sick, i couldn't tell which. the sound engineer, my dad's friend, and the lighting designer whom we hung out with looked the same way, so i'm guessing it's exhaustion and long tour hours. everyone looked like they needed a good, long hibernation.
our concert was spectacular, though. paul and artie sounded fabulous and, drunk or not, the everly brothers sounded pretty damn good. i'm glad you had such a nice time, too. it was amazing to see the Fleet Center that packed. what an amazing duo - it's really unfortunate they aren't able to keep the partnership alive. :)
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Date: 2003-12-13 12:32 pm (UTC)1)The magical, and quite unexpected segue Zoo -> Baby Driver. I heard a Baby Driver motif quoted about 10 seconds before they flew into it, and still didn't expect it.
2)Leaves That Are Green...as an encore! Pristine!
Paul did look exhausted or ill when the show started. He didn't sound as strong then, either, but later seemed to recover fully. He and Artie barely looked at each other. *sad* Although a part time professional reconnection involving new Simon & Garfunkel material would be great, what I really hoped would be the outcome of this tour is the repair or renewal of their friendship.
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Date: 2003-12-14 01:57 pm (UTC)the everly brothers aren't talking to each other either. and one was completely shit-faced. HA!
paul did look completely exhausted or sick, i couldn't tell which. the sound engineer, my dad's friend, and the lighting designer whom we hung out with looked the same way, so i'm guessing it's exhaustion and long tour hours. everyone looked like they needed a good, long hibernation.
our concert was spectacular, though. paul and artie sounded fabulous and, drunk or not, the everly brothers sounded pretty damn good. i'm glad you had such a nice time, too. it was amazing to see the Fleet Center that packed. what an amazing duo - it's really unfortunate they aren't able to keep the partnership alive. :)