Paul Simon Sings About Getting Older on Latest Release
ALEXANDER: Paul Simon has earned his credentials as a talented singer/songwriter since the 1960s. After a less than successful attempt at producing a Broadway musical, Simon returns to what he does best. In his latest album, entitled "You're the One," Simon sings about getting older, love and negotiating life. Paul Simon, our "Inside Track."</s>PAUL SIMON: This album was particularly easy, though, in the sense that it came very quickly and that's unusual for me.</s>SIMON: It's not about any other culture. It's, you know, about, it's about stories and it has much more than me playing the guitar than I've had, than there has been in the last decade, decade and a half. And it's a collection of songs.</s>SIMON: There isn't a theme except that musically it has a connection. The music has a flow and a shape and I was very conscious of that, that it should have a shape and that it should be able to be listened to as an entire piece of 44 minutes and that you won't be bored. It won't take you, you know, you can follow the stories and listen to the music in such a way that it's supposed to be a very pleasant experience.</s>SIMON: Keys and tempo and, there are a lot of elements that play into what keeps our attention span from exploding and disappearing and we're not interested anymore. So I was keeping them, keeping an ear out for that, trying my best.</s>SIMON: The further you pull back in time, the whole definition of what a luge (ph) is changes until you get to reach the point where there's no time at all.</s>SIMON: There's 11 guys in the band and we're playing in smaller venues than usual for me and so it's really not about making money. I'm not going to make any money. It's really about showing the new album and playing songs that I usually didn't play.</s>ALEXANDER: Paul Simon brings to a close another fine mix of musical talent. From Sham in Manchester and from me, Brooke Alexander, in New York City, we will leave you with a shade more music from the Men In Blue.