Simon & Garfunkel Concert
Posted by aaronjen | Filed under Music
On Saturday, 20 Jun 09, Jen took me to see Simon and Garfunkel in concert at Acer Arena in Sydney for my birthday present. It had been years that I had wanted to see S&G in concert, and never thought it’d happen, especially in Sydney, so there was no question that we’d have to get tickets to go see them. The 20th of June was their first of three Sydney shows (two were originally advertised, with the show on the 23rd added after the first two shows all but sold out) and was sold out (although we did have spare seats either side of us).”
The show started late as people were still arriving after the start time, but when they finally took to the stage, most seats were filled and we were all ready for a once in a lifetime opportunity to see and hear two of the most influential recording artists over the last 50 years.
The show opened, after a long round of applause from us fans, with the tour title “Old Friends“. It was amazing to hear how good S&G still sound. They played about 27 songs (click here for the complete set list), with at least one of them on stage for the entire 2 (and a little bit) hour concert. Paul Simon left for Art to sing “Bright Eyes”, “A Heart in New York” (which I was hoping to hear!) and a song he wrote himself called “Perfect Moment”. Simon returned to the stage to play guitar for Art while he sang “For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her“. They then performed “Late in the Evening” which included one of their guitarists playing a saxophone solo, followed by a guitar solo, which was quite incredible. Art then left for Simon to sing “The Boy in the Bubble” and “Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes”. Art returned for Paul to sing “The Only Living Boy in New York“, which Paul told us he wrote while Art was down in Mexico filming “Catch 22“.
I was very impressed with their backing band - all incredible musicians. After the concert Jen and I were discussing songs we would have liked to have heard that they didn’t play and soon realised that the concert would have had to have been twice as long for them to have sung all the songs we wanted to hear.
All up, it was a sensational concert and an amazing experience to have finally gotten to see Simon and Garfunkel in concert! - ALR
Tags: Acer Arena, Art Garfunkel, Old Friends tour, Paul Simon, Simon & Garfunkel
