IN CONCERT ” SIMON AND GARFUNKEL ” LIVE IN CENTRAL PARK NEW YORK 1981

“THE CONCERT IN CENTRAL PARK” SIMON AND GARFUNKEL”  (LIVE IN CENTRAL PARK NEW YORK 1981)

  Josie Sharp

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Set list

“Mrs. Robinson” (Simon & Garfunkel) “Homeward Bound” (Simon & Garfunkel) “America” (Simon & Garfunkel) “Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard” (Paul Simon) “Scarborough Fair” (Simon & Garfunkel (folk song; arranged by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel)) “April Come She Will” (Simon & Garfunkel) “Wake Up Little Susie” (The Everly Brothers (Felice and Boudleaux Bryant)) “Still Crazy After All These Years” (Paul Simon) “American Tune” (Paul Simon) “Late in the Evening” (Paul Simon)

“Slip Slidin’ Away” (Paul Simon) “A Heart in New York” (Art Garfunkel (Gallagher and Lyle)) “The Late Great Johnny Ace” (Paul Simon) “Kodachrome / Maybellene” (Paul Simon / Chuck Berry (Chuck Berry, Russ Fratto, Alan Freed)) “Bridge Over Troubled Water” (Simon & Garfunkel) “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” (Paul Simon) “The Boxer” (Simon & Garfunkel) “Old Friends / Bookends Theme” (Simon & Garfunkel) “The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy)” (Simon & Garfunkel) “The Sound of Silence” (Simon & Garfunkel) “Late in the Evening” (Reprise) (Paul Simon)

After the second song, “Homeward Bound“, Simon delivered a short speech which began, “Well, it’s great to do a neighborhood concert.” He then thanked the police, the fire department, the park administration and finally Ed Koch. The audience booed at the mention of Koch, who had suggested permanent closure of the park, but they applauded as Simon continued and the irony in his reference became clear.^[23]

(A recording of the concert was released five months later, on February 16, 1982.-)