Attend a Paul Simon concert

I went to see Paul Simon at his Capeman BAM concert. He was only on stage for maybe 15 minutes tops (the rest was done by an ensemble) and it was still worth it. When he plays, his music is so…true to form. He could sing his Graceland album today and it would sound exactly like it did in 1986. Amazing. Can’t wait to get to another show!

I am a huge Paul Simon fan and my husband bought tickets to see him at Chastain Park in Atlanta – we had box seats and were so close to the stage. It was quite a splurge – but to be able to see and hear Paul Simon at such a close distance (30 feet?) was the experience of a lifetime.

I’ve seen Paul in concert five times, he’s amazing. I want to have his babies

Sorry, am I shouting? It’s hard to make myself heard over the Graceland CD blasting in my studio.

We had a miserable time getting to the venue, and although we bought the most expensive tickets that TicketMaster had to offer, we were still back fairly far. How do you get those section A tickets at the Greek and do you have to pay double or triple the face value??

But wow. The music was great. And quite a head trip. He played songs from all eras, all the way from his & Garfunkel days to his most recent CD, which I have been listening to for a couple of weeks. I got teared up during “Only Living Boy in New York,” which I knew from my big brother’s LPs, and “Slip Slidin’ Away” from my own treasured moments of teenaged melancholy. And then I danced as energetically as you can without hurting your row-mates when we were all out of our seats for “Graceland,” etc.

Amazing band, I have to say. Great depth of talent, which is to be expected.

Would have liked it if he had told a couple of stories, but not everyone’s a talker. (Now Arlo, there’s a talker.)

Great way to start out our month of music!

With our last name spelled wrong. Two Gs instead of two Ts. Great. This means we will now be innundated with duplicate annoying junk mail with our new surname on it.

Sigh. We paid $12.00 extra per ticket for TicketMaster to get this wrong via their automated system. Lovely.

Hyrdra was driving and I was reading aloud from the Sunday paper, and he saw the big full page ad for Paul Simon at the Greek Theater. Tickets went on sale today at 10 am. It was 10:08! I called and we have two tickets!

Realized later that it’s a Tuesday night, but what the heck. You only live once and I have been a fan since playing his albumns in my pre-teen and teen room. I’m really excited!