Paul Simon?

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

I'm interested to see who gets the legend slot...

Him, Stevie... or possibly someone else?

[Stu H]

I'm interested to see who gets the legend slot...

Him, Stevie... or possibly someone else?

[jimbo68]

Stevie's got to be Friday or Saturday I think, she's at Hyde Park on the Sunday

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

Ahh okay. I'd say Friday, 'cause of Don Mclean on Sat.

[Badlands]

Thought I'd give this a bump since he's started playing shows in the USA.

Setlist from Pantages Theatre, Hollywood

1. Crazy Love, Vol. II
2. Dazzling Blue
3. 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
4. So Beautiful or So What
5. Slip Slidin' Away
6. Vietnam (Jimmy Cliff cover) (Musically leads into "Mother and Child Reunion")
7. Mother and Child Reunion
8. That Was Your Mother (Featured a guitar solo)
9. Hearts and Bones (Featured a saxophone solo)
10. Mystery Train (Elvis Presley cover) (Musically leads into "Wheels")
11. Wheels (Chet Atkins cover)
12. Love and Hard Times
13. Rewrite
14. Peace Like a River (Ending featured starkly-played piano notes)
15. The Obvious Child
16. The Boy in the Bubble
17. The Only Living Boy in New York
18. Love Is Eternal Sacred Light
19. Gumboots (Featured a xylophone ending)
20. Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes

Encore:

1. The Sound of Silence (Acoustic solo)
2. Kodachrome (Musically leads into "Gone at Last")
3. Gone at Last

Encore 2:

1. Here Comes the Sun (The Beatles cover)
2. Late in the Evening
3. Still Crazy After All These Years

Edited April 26, 2011 by Badlands

[Mardy]

Thought I'd give this a bump since he's started playing shows in the USA.

Setlist from Pantages Theatre, Hollywood

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[ukslim]

Nice, thanks for that. Kodachrome, Slip Sliding Away and the Only Living Boy in New York? I'd be delighted with those 3. Make my festival, that.

[CaledonianGonzo]

There's positives there as well as negatives - no Al, no Boxer.

Gonna be magic regardless, though.

[fullfathom5]

He's gotta do 'Al' that'd be awesome

[ukslim]

Of course, it's possible/likely that a festival set (with a high proportion of casual fans) will be quite different to his other shows (with mostly diehards in the audience). Just look at David Bowie, who never does greatest hits shows, except for the one he broke out for Glastonbury.

On the other hand, you can only play what you've rehearsed, and since the Glastonbury appearance coincides with a tour...

[houseofleaves]

Emily stated: "Everyone should check out Paul Simon. He's going to do a total mix of his songs, so it will be like a greatest hits set."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/apr/14/morrissey-u2-glastonbury-festival

[Gnomicide]

Doesn't look like he's making many changes to the set. Last show...

Crazy Love, Vol. II

Dazzling Blue

50 Ways to Leave Your Lover

So Beautiful or So What

Slip Slidin' Away

That Was Your Mother

Hearts and Bones / Mystery Train

(Junior Parker cover)

Wheels

(Chet Atkins cover)

The Afterlife

Rewrite

Peace Like a River

The Obvious Child

The Only Living Boy in New York

The Boy in the Bubble

Father and Daughter

Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes / Gumboots

Encore:

The Sound of Silence

(Simon & Garfunkel cover)

Kodachrome / Gone at Last

Encore 2:

Here Comes the Sun

(The Beatles cover)

Late in the Evening

[russycarps]

I wonder how much he's being paid? He must be one of the highest paid earners this year I;d have thought.

[Wanderlei]

Hmmm. I hope he does more Simon & Garfunkel covers at Glasto. Not overly keen on his solo work.

[In transit]

Surely Al and a few more S&G covers will get aired at Glasto?

[Stu H]

there are some crackers in those set-lists. I expect the odd extra classic.

This set and QOTSA are probably the ones i'm most excited about this year.

[ukslim]

Surely Al and a few more S&G covers will get aired at Glasto?

[Mardy]

The thing is, so many of the S&G songs relied on Art Garfunkel's voice, or on their harmonies together. Could Paul Simon even do Bridge Over Troubled Water justice vocally? Would Baby Driver work at all with an unknown backing singer doing half the vocals?

It'd be lovely to hear those songs, but he's got so many great solo tracks now, and it'll be nice to hear those too. He's been solo since 1970!

By the way if anyone's not intimate with his first solo album "Paul Simon", I can really, really, recommend it. One of these days I'm going to put my lame version of "Papa Hobo" on YouTube...

[Mr Ploppy]

The thing is, so many of the S&G songs relied on Art Garfunkel's voice, or on their harmonies together. Could Paul Simon even do Bridge Over Troubled Water justice vocally?

[Random Circle]

Doesn't look like he's making many changes to the set. Last show...

Crazy Love, Vol. II

Dazzling Blue

50 Ways to Leave Your Lover

So Beautiful or So What

Slip Slidin' Away

That Was Your Mother

Hearts and Bones / Mystery Train

(Junior Parker cover)

Wheels

(Chet Atkins cover)

The Afterlife

Rewrite

Peace Like a River

The Obvious Child

The Only Living Boy in New York

The Boy in the Bubble

Father and Daughter

Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes / Gumboots

Encore:

The Sound of Silence

(Simon & Garfunkel cover)

Kodachrome / Gone at Last

Encore 2:

Here Comes the Sun

(The Beatles cover)

Late in the Evening

[Mr Ploppy]

*Harrumph!* So where the eff's 'One Step Ahead of the Shoe-Shine'? I dunno, this carries on, I may have to enquire 'bout a refund..

[Morse Code]

I guess the big question is what will he leave out as opposed to what will be in. He's likely to only have an hour slot compared to two hours for his usual tour setlist.

[Gnomicide]

I guess the big question is what will he leave out as opposed to what will be in. He's likely to only have an hour slot compared to two hours for his usual tour setlist.

[Morse Code]

From that last set list, I'd be happy if it was just:

50 Ways to Leave Your Lover

Slip Slidin' Away

The Obvious Child

The Only Living Boy in New York

The Boy in the Bubble

Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes

The Sound of Silence

Kodachrome

Here Comes the Sun

Late in the Evening

But would love him to add:

Gracelands

Al

Me and Julio

New album, schmalbum.

[Gnomicide]

Honestly, wouldn't that be a hell of a way to spend a Sunday afternoon?!

Anyway, the legends slot is no place for new material!!