After 9/11, it was Simon who comforted a grieving nation with 'The Boxer' on the first 'Saturday Night Live' that aired following that nightmare. But for a generation that came of age in the '60s and '70s, the Newark, New Jersey-born, but Kew Gardens, Queens-raised Simon has represented a particular narrator of New York life: literate, observant, questioning, romantically vexed, and anxious.Īs a man who writes with a New Yorker's discernment (and slight neurosis), Simon is an iconic figure in this city's cultural history. Other hometown sons and daughters, like Lou Reed, Jay-Z, the Beastie Boys, or Alicia Keys, have deftly harnessed the tough spirit of the city in their work. Yet despite the peripatetic nature of Simon's songs and frequent collaboration with South African, Brazilian and Caribbean musicians, he has always remained closely entwined with New York.

When they rest, they do so uneasily and with a future destination in mind, sheltering in a harbor church or sitting at a railway station. His characters restlessly tumble through his lyrics too, wandering the sultry South or surveying African skies. Paul Simon is often a traveler in his songs-taking a Greyhound to Pittsburgh, driving along the shining Mississippi Delta or dancing through Mardi Gras. Perhaps Simon is looking backwards briefly to propel himself foward into a new chapter - or he had some unfinished creative business with a few much-loved songs before embarking on a well-earned retirement ahead.] There's a quiet elegance to these revitalized and re-examined tracks, like Rhythm of the Saints' 'Can't Run But,' which is transformed into a strings-and-woodwinds canter. To coincide with his adieu to suitcase living, he's unpacked some older, deeper tracks from his vast solo catalogue and revised them for a new album, called In the Blue Light, an FUV New Dig selection. But while touring is behind Simon at age 76, things are less clear when it comes to his future as a recording artist.

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