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Apr

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Audio supplement to an earlier post, “There’s been a change of identity or roles in our group.”

Courtesy of melodysustainin:

“For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her,” Live at the Hollywood Bowl, 8/23/1968

Paul Simon: There has been a change of identity or roles in our group… In our new capacity I am now the heavy of the group. I make nasty comments and kick kids and do things like that. And Art has now become our sex symbol. One newspaper referred to him as a frightened gazelle. At this juncture, the frightened gazelle will sing ‘For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her.’

Related scrapbook post: 

09

Dec

Flashback: Simon & Garfunkel, 1966  Whoa! Youthful Simon & Garfunkel in fashion — Simon dressed in a crimson turtleneck and Garfunkel with his white shirt and rectangle tie striking the “frightened gazelle” look.
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Photo: Jon Lyons

Flashback: Simon & Garfunkel, 1966 Whoa! Youthful Simon & Garfunkel in fashion — Simon dressed in a crimson turtleneck and Garfunkel with his white shirt and rectangle tie striking the “frightened gazelle” look.

Photo: Jon Lyons

23

Aug

There’s been a change of identity or roles in our group. Formerly, well it was, it was undefined, but now it seems that uh… we’ve just… That the press has given it to us. In our new capacity, I am now the heavy of the group. I make nasty comments and uh… kick kids. And uh… do things like that. And Art has now become our sex symbol for this group. One newspaper referred to him as a “frightened gazelle”. At this juncture, the ‘frightened gazelle’ will sing “For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her.

Paul Simon, in an amusingly joking manner, introducing the next song at a Simon & Garfunkel concert forty-one years to the date (August 23, 1968).

From Hollywood Bowl - Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.