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 Paul Frederic Simon (born 13 October 1941 ) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, half of the folk-singing duo Simon and Garfunkel who continues a successful solo career. In 2006, Time Magazine called him one of the "100 people who shape our...
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 Simon, Paul
766 words, approx. 3 pages(born October 13, 1941, Newark, New Jersey, U.S.) American singer-songwriter who brought a highbrow sensibility to rock music. One of the most paradoxical figures in rock-and-roll history, Simon exemplified many of the principles against which the... summary from source:
 Simon, Paul (1941—) Summary
562 words, approx. 2 pagesAs one half of the 1960s folk-rock team, Simon and Garfunkel, Paul Simon's place in pop music history as a first rate songwriter was sealed. But after Simon's split with his partner in 1970, this Newark, New Jersey-born musician went on... summary from source:
Simon, Paul (Frederic)
138 words, approx. 1 pages(born Oct. 13, 1941, Newark, N.J., U.S.) U.S. pop singer and songwriter. Simon began performing with Art Garfunkel (b. 1941) in the 1950s, using the name Tom and Jerry. After a break, the two reunited in 1964 as Simon and Garfunkel. Their first hit... summary from source:
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Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is a Grammy Award winning American singer-songwriter and guitarist. Simon is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, both as half of the folk-singing duo Simon and Garfunkel and as a solo artist. In 2006,...
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 National Review Simon boomlet. (Paul Simon)
09/26/1986: 869 words, approx. 3 pages SIMON BOOMLET LIKE REPUBLICANS, Democrats are filling up their roster of 1988 hopefuls. Most frequently mentioned as presidential candidates are Senators Gary Hart, Joe Biden, and Bill Bradley, Governors Mario Cuomo and Bruce Babbitt, and Representative Richard Gephardt. In August a new... summary from source:
The Boston Globe The Poet In Paul Simon
03/29/1991: 1,174 words, approx. 4 pages When Paul Simon wrote "But my words like silent raindrops fell" in 1965, did he have a concert performance in mind? Few artists' lyrics deserve to survive the arena's acoustic triathlon of air, rafter and applause more than those of Simon. His lines... summary from source:
 AP News Sen. Paul Simon's child runs for mayor
1/31/2007: 766 words, approx. 3 pagesSheila Simon has come a long way since her first speech at a political picnic."Thanks for the hot dogs," she recalls muttering as a teen after being prompted to say a few words by her father, popular U.S. senator and former presidential hopeful Paul Simon.Since... summary from source:
AP News Gilberto Gil to quit Brazil Cabinet post
11/10/2007: 250 words, approx. 1 pagesGilberto Gil, who revolutionized Brazilian music in the 1960s as a founder of the Tropicalism movement, will resign his post as culture minister next year after tests revealed a potentially career-threatening polyp on his vocal cords, local media said Saturday.The Grammy-winning artist plans to abandon...
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 Critical Essay by Harold F. Mosher, Jr.
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Perhaps the most convincing way to demonstrate that the best of rock lyrics are effective poetry is to show how skillfully certain techniques are used to develop themes which these techniques are organically suited to treat. The relatively more objective poems employ drama, irony, implication, and ambiguity to treat the theme of daily restriction, whereas the more subjective songs present their worlds solipsistically and surrealistically to develop the themes of non-conformity and independent thinking. Both... summary from source:
Critical Essay by Stefan Kanfer
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Instead of following the mainstream of the major popular lyricists, Paul Simon seems to have skipped Freshman Composition (Lorenz Hart, Cole Porter, Oscar Hammerstein) and majored in 20th Century Poetry, principally T. S. Eliot, A. E. Housman and E. A. Robinson. In The Dangling Conversation he aims for no less than a Prufrock effect: And the dangling conversation
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Critical Essay by Ellen Willis
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The first pop performers to straddle the generation gap were Simon and Garfunkel…. Paul Simon (he writes the songs; Art Garfunkel arranges them) became a "rock poet," dealing with such non-cliché subjects as the soullessness of commercial society and man's inability to communicate. This appealed to kids who hadn't read much modern poetry but knew what it was supposed to be about, or were over impressed with their own nascent Weltschmerz, or both. As for parents, the...
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