1964, after he moved to Europe, he began to perform in various folk clubs in Paris and London, England. After returning to new york, he signed a contract with CBS Records, produced by TomWilson, and cooperated with his old partner Garfunkel again. Their album Wednesday Morning recorded on 1964, including the song The Sound of Silence, did not sell well, which brought Simon back to London. At the same time, he produced the Collection of PaulSimon Songs, which is a separate work. He recorded these songs with almost no budget. His representative works include I am a Stone, A Strangest Man, Song of Kathy, etc. After he returned to the United States, his and garfinkel's career was supported by his producers. Their work "The Sound of Silence" was renamed "The Sound of Silence" after re-electronization, and a popular folk rock song was produced, which made its sales soar to the highest point in the American market. From 1965 to 1970, Simon and garfinkel became the most successful record duo in American pop music history. Their cooperative relationship eventually parted ways because of their different understanding of music. After the cooperation was suspended, Simon began to write songs in new york, preparing to develop a different form of solo album-paul simon album. His works combine Latin, reggae and jazz styles. His representative works include "Mother and Child Reunion" and "Jorio and I are at the edge of the campus".
A year later, Simon finally made a comeback and his album was a great success. His two hit songs "Kodak Color" and "Take Me to Carnival" earned him high commercial income. His concert tour "LiveRhymin Concert" was a great success, and some of the songs in the concert had obvious cooperation style between Simon and Garfunkel. From 65438 to 0975, his artistic career reached its peak, and his work "Still Crazy After So Many Years" won two Grammy Awards (Best Record Award and Best Pop Singer Performance Award). One of the songs in this album, "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover", put Simon at the top of the American singles list, and "My Town" with garfinkel also performed well. Later, Simon appeared in the production of Woody Allen's film Annie Hall. Together with garfinkel and james tyler, he completed the production of the outstanding single "What a wonderful world", and then released a very popular album, including the main single "Slip Slidin' Away". He also changed the record trademark from CBS Records to Warner Bros. Records. 1980 released the album "One-TrickPony", which was adapted from his movie of the same name. The film includes two clips starring Lovin' Spoonfu and TinyTim, but the album has not received the expected effect, even far less than some "rock-related" music forms.
After understanding this, Simon made great efforts and spent a lot of time writing songs, and he also delayed the release of his next album. Meanwhile, the album recorded by Simon and garfinkel in Central Park sold very well. This clearly shows that the cooperation between producers will still bear fruit, but this situation has not been applied immediately. Instead, Simon focused on developing his next album, which was finally released at 1983 and called "Hearts AndBones". However, its sales were not as good as expected, even though it included the single "The Late Great John Lance" (referring to the dark 1950s and the murdered Beatles lead singer John Lennon). Faced with the poor sales of this album and numerous criticisms, Simon panicked. He felt that he was on the verge of creative failure. This situation changed in 1984, and Simon was introduced into the vibrant black music in South Africa.
After "America for Africa" recorded "We Are the World", Simon was completely immersed in this African black music. Since then, Simon released an album called Graceland, which became the most fascinating and commercially profitable album in the 1980s. During the production process, many people made contributions, including Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Los Lobos, Linda Ronstadt and Rockin' Dopsie and TheTwisters. This form of music and the subsequent tour caused some accusations (misunderstood by the American Anti-Apartheid Committee) that Simon had destroyed the boycott of South African culture. The success of this album, which is a combination of culture and tradition, is a typical example of actors integrating performances into folk music. Simon also put R &；; Capripso and Bruce were integrated into his early programs. This album includes several famous songs "The Boy in the Bubble" (with technical drawings) and "You can call me al" (inspired by an interesting mistake). Although "Elegant Garden" seemed impossible at that time, Simon continued his research work on sacred culture with "The Rhythm of Saints", mainly studying the musical and cultural factors in Africa and Brazil.
Simon married Edie Brickel on 1994. Then, he began to write his Broadway music album.
Its conception is mainly based on a true story that happened in El Salvador. 1959 a Puerto Rican rich gang member in new york was jailed for murdering two white teenagers. During the production of this album, we also cooperated with the poet Derek Walcott and the old Broadway artists Jerry Zaks and JoeyMcKneely. However, after 59 rehearsals and 68 official performances, this album song had to be stopped on March 28th 1998. The reason is that the relatives of the people involved in this case keep protesting. Simon and his investors allegedly lost $65,438 in revenue. The singer had to re-enter the studio ten years later to make his first album, If You Are the One. In this album, Simon's song structure is a bit like his most familiar eastern and western songs (unlike Gresland's mainly African style in form). This change in feeling is very obvious. Influenced by musicians from different continents, this album was made with traditional western musical instruments.
Simon and garfinkel's duet has been popular for many years since the late 1960s, which can be said to be the best duet in the history of pop music. Simon's voice is relaxed and natural, garfinkel's tone is soft and noble, and their harmony is as colorful and fascinating as poetry and dreams. So that today, more than ten years after they broke up, people still habitually talk about them as a person. The achievements of their duet are obvious to all: 1966, their second album "The Sound of Silence", a single of the same name, topped the American charts; 1969, the film "The Graduate" episode "Scarborough Fair" won the Oscar for best film episode; Mrs Robinson also won the Grammy Award for Best Recording; The Golden Bridge on the Sad River released by 1970 was a great success, ranking first in the British and American charts, with more than 9 million records sold, and won many Grammy awards such as "Best Record" and "Best Single" that year. There are many other popular songs, such as Journey Home, Song of Kathy, Boxer, American Dream and so on. All this comes from the cooperation between these two golden partners. Their vocals are perfectly matched and their expressions are varied. The perfect combination of paul simon's beautiful and poetic lyrics and dramatic guitar playing with garfinkel's delicate handling of sound has established their unshakable position in the history of music.
In the early 1970s, paul simon and garfinkel started their own careers independently and made great achievements in their respective artistic paths. Paul simon's musical style has changed. He was fascinated by the music of the third world. He integrated South American music, Jamaican music and jazz into his own music, and his first solo album "paul simon" received a good response. He began to break away from the original folk rock style and became one of the most striking demands in Hu music. 1975, his album "Still Crazy These Years" reached the first peak of his personal achievement, and won two Grammy awards for best album and best singer. 1986, in order to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Elvis Presley's death, Simon spent a year in South Africa and published an album Blessing the Earth with local music materials, which was called a breeze in the pop music trend by music critics. In terms of the global integration of pop rock, the previous wound is not as deep as that of Grandet. It combines various forms of black rock in southern Africa with American rock, and with wonderful sound effects, it forms a completely different and eccentric song. The outstanding artistic elegance and control of the whole record are exciting. This album won a Grammy Award two years later.
1990, Simon set a record for the largest number of live performers. A performance in the United States has more than 700,000 spectators, which shows its popularity. In the same year, a new album "Holy Melody" with a breakthrough style was released. 199 1 year, Simon started a world tour called "Happy Birthday". One stop in Guangzhou was Simon's first visit to China, which left a deep impression on the audience in China.
Simon is often praised as a composer, singer and guitarist. In fact, it is not too much to add another poet. Most of his early duets with garfinkel and later solo works were written by him, and the first capital of the lyrics was beautiful poetry. His songs have beautiful and charming melodies, and most of his works have been adapted into light music. His music creation styles are diverse, with keen feelings and profound thoughts. What's even more amazing is that the lyrics of each of his songs are so harmonious and the effect is surprisingly perfect.
Paul simon is a rare evergreen tree in American music today. 1957 has been out for more than 50 years. During this period, many singers flourished and declined, and he still became a dazzling superstar in music with his outstanding talent and strength.