I’m home from Paul Simon’s Farewell Concert, and still processing what it was that I just experienced. Music was such a large part of my life when I was growing up, and Paul Simon was such a large part of that music. Seeing him walk out on stage, with his guitar, and sing SO MANY absolutely incredible songs - with his absolutely incredible band - and tell stories of playing the guitar as a 12 year old, or how & when he wrote some of his tunes, it was an extremely emotional experience for me.
This world is changing. The world I grew up in is disappearing, replaced by a strange new world that I often don’t recognize. Hearing these songs from my youth - from that older fading world - was like looking out the rear window of a space ship on a one way trip to far away, and seeing the earth grow smaller and smaller in the distance. The realization that I’ll never see that world again is very strong.
Sorry to be a bit philosophical about it all - it was a wonderful concert.
Here's a
CONCERT REVIEW from The Tennessean.