Hip bands like Animal Collective and Yeasayer leave with the album Graceland (1986) on which singer / songwriter Paul Simon exuberantly lays his western songs rocked to African sounds. This revaluation is a nice boost for the 71-year-old Simon and also a good reason to perform with an extensive, multicultural band and to give Graceland a lot of attention. But this repercussion of a performance from
… 2011 above all reveals how Simon can rely on an inimitable strong oeuvre that goes back to the days of Simon & Garfunkel. Big hits like Mrs. Robinson and You Can Call Me Even if he ignores it, but inspired performances of 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover (from Still Crazy After All These Years from 1975) and The Only Living Boy In New York (from Bridge Over Troubled 1970s water). Live In New York City, Paul shows Simon and band in top form and the obligatory shots of enjoying hip and young people in the audience are more than awarded to him. (MR)more
