Paul Simon
Title | Paul Simon PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Hilburn |
Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
Pages | 448 |
Release | 2019-05-28 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1501112139 |
Acclaimed music writer Robert Hilburn’s “epic” and “definitive” (Rolling Stone) biography of music icon Paul Simon, written with Simon’s full participation—but without his editorial control—that “reminds us how titanic this musician is” (The Washington Post). For more than fifty years, Paul Simon has spoken to us in songs about alienation, doubt, resilience, and empathy in ways that have established him as one of the most beloved artists in American pop music history. Songs like “The Sound of Silence,” “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” “Still Crazy After All These Years,” and “Graceland” have moved beyond the sales charts and into our cultural consciousness. But Simon is a deeply private person who has said he will not write an autobiography or talk to biographers. Finally, however, he has opened up for Robert Hilburn—for more than one hundred hours of interviews—in this “brilliant and entertaining portrait of Simon that will likely be the definitive biography” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Over the course of three years, Hilburn conducted in-depth interviews with scores of Paul Simon’s friends, family, colleagues, and others—including ex-wives Carrie Fisher and Peggy Harper, who spoke for the first time—and even penetrated the inner circle of Simon’s long-reclusive muse, Kathy Chitty. The result is a deeply human account of the challenges and sacrifices of a life in music at the highest level. In the process, Hilburn documents Simon’s search for artistry and his constant struggle to protect that artistry against distractions—fame, marriage, divorce, drugs, record company interference, rejection, and insecurity—that have derailed so many great pop figures. “As engaging as a lively American tune” (People), Paul Simon is a “straight-shooting tour de force…that does thorough justice to this American prophet and pop star” (USA TODAY, four out of four stars). “Read it if you like Simon; read it if you want to discover how talent unfolds itself” (Stephen King).
Homeward Bound
Title | Homeward Bound PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Ames Carlin |
Publisher | Macmillan + ORM |
Pages | 536 |
Release | 2016-10-11 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1627790357 |
A revelatory account of the life of beloved American music icon, Paul Simon, by the bestselling rock biographer Peter Ames Carlin To have been alive during the last sixty years is to have lived with the music of Paul Simon. The boy from Queens scored his first hit record in 1957, just months after Elvis Presley ignited the rock era. As the songwriting half of Simon & Garfunkel, his work helped define the youth movement of the '60s. On his own in the '70s, Simon made radio-dominating hits. He kicked off the '80s by reuniting with Garfunkel to perform for half a million New Yorkers in Central Park. Five years later, Simon’s album “Graceland” sold millions and spurred an international political controversy. And it doesn’t stop there. The grandchild of Jewish emigrants from Galicia in the Austro-Hungarian empire, the 75-year-old singer-songwriter has not only sold more than 100 million records, won 15 Grammy awards and been installed into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame twice, but has also animated the meaning—and flexibility—of personal and cultural identity in a rapidly shrinking world. Simon has also lived one of the most vibrant lives of modern times; a story replete with tales of Carrie Fisher, Leonard Bernstein, Bob Dylan, Woody Allen, Shelley Duvall, Nelson Mandela, drugs, depression, marriage, divorce, and more. A life story with the scope and power of an epic novel, Carlin’s Homeward Bound is the first major biography of one of the most influential popular artists in American history.
Songwriters On Songwriting
Title | Songwriters On Songwriting PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Zollo |
Publisher | Da Capo Press |
Pages | 764 |
Release | 2003-06-19 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
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The classic collection of candid interviews with the greatest songwriters of our time, including Bob Dylan, Brian Wilson, Patti Smith, Paul Simon, Tom Petty, and dozens more This expanded fourth edition of Songwriters on Songwriting includes ten new interviews--with Alanis Morissette, Lenny Kravitz, Lou Reed, and others. In these pages, sixty-two of the greatest songwriters of our time go straight to the source of the magic of songwriting by offering their thoughts, feelings, and opinions on their art. Representing almost every genre of popular music, from blues to pop to rock, here are the figures that have shaped American music as we know it.
Lyrics 1964-2016
Title | Lyrics 1964-2016 PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Simon |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 432 |
Release | 2016-06-28 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 1501155970 |
This comprehensive collection from the legendary folk icon features lyrics from each of Simon's 10 original studio albums, as well as lyrics from the renowned Simon & Garfunkel records. 50 b&w photographs throughout.
Paul Simon
Title | Paul Simon PDF eBook |
Author | Marc Eliot |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons Incorporated |
Pages | 313 |
Release | 2010-10-19 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780470433638 |
Chronicles the life of the famous musician and songwriter, including his early years as a doo-wop singer, his tumultuous partnership with Art Garfunkel, and his failed 1998 musical "The Capeman."
Tapped Out
Title | Tapped Out PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Simon |
Publisher | Welcome Rain Publishers |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 9781566492218 |
Former Senator Paul Simon delivers stirring eveidence of a catastrophic water crisis which will explode upon the global community unless drastic measures are taken in all corners of the world, including in our own backyards.
Paul Simon, the Very Best
Title | Paul Simon, the Very Best PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Simon |
Publisher | Music Sales |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Folk-rock music |
ISBN | 9780825633157 |
(Music Sales America). 23 top songs from Simon's solo career as well as his days with Garfunkel. Includes: America * Graceland * A Hazy Shade of Winter * I Am a Rock * Kodachrome * Mother and Child Reunion * The Sound of Silence * Still Crazy After All These Years * You Can Call Me Al * more.