The Simon and Garfunkel Story.

Having just stated that I do not like Tribute Acts in the least – I find myself going off to see one!

I persuaded myself that it wasn’t a tribute act at all. It was a stage performance. It was acting and it was telling the story. It had been on the West End. It was supposed to be a good production. I think it was the promise of historical film extracts that finally persuaded me.

I enjoyed it. Both guys were exceptionally good at the songs and music. They got it spot-on. But more importantly for me – it told the story and put it in context with the times.

Simon and Garfunkel are not my favourite act. I really like Paul Simon’s first album – the Paul Simon Songbook – I must have bought that when I was sixteen. I did like their work as a duo but at times it did get a bit too mainstream and commercial for me. But then I’m being sniffy. They were very good.

As we came out of the show we both remarked that the performances had been faultless and both agreed that it would have been far superior to see the real thing, old and world-weary, doing a highly flawed concert instead.

A stage production can only take you part-way there. You can’t better the real thing. I’m glad I got to see so many of the real guys perform (and at their very peak!).

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