The Concert in Central Park

posted by kirkaracha

September 1, 2007 9:46 am

The Concert in Central Park. On September 19, 1981, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel played these songs in a free concert for over 500,000 people: Mrs. Robinson, Homeward Bound, America, Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard, Scarborough Fair, April Come She Will, Wake Up Little Susie, Still Crazy After All These Years, American Tune, Late in the Evening, Slip Slidin’ Away, A Heart in New York, The Late Great Johnny Ace, Kodachrome/Maybellene, Bridge Over Troubled Water, 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover, The Boxer, Old Friends, Bookends, The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy), The Sound of Silence, and an encore of Late in the Evening.

Someone rushes the stage during "The Late Great Johnny Ace." That song and the "Late in the Evening" encore didn't get put on the album; Rolling Stone album review [Warning: Flash ad with annoying audio].

I couldn't find a video of the Central Park performance of "Still Crazy After All These Years," so here's Paul Simon performing the song dressed as a turkey on the second-ever episode of Saturday Night Live (October 18, 1975); Art Garfunkel joined him for "The Boxer" (in the turkey clip), "Scarborough Fair," and "My Little Town."

"American Tune" from their 2003 Old Friends tour (Art Garfunkel's in the same outfit with a blue shirt).