Anji by Paul Simon live Granada TV 1967

[@daconor91]

Paul Simon is very underrated as a guitar player IMO. He is deservedly celebrated for his songwriting abilities but holy shit, his technical ability with the guitar is absolutely incredible

[@bobreidy555]

Agreed, I just had the same thought. He makes it look effortless. This song is tricky to get down right, that walking bassline..... grrr

[@Dennzio1]

I never underrated him are you joking?

[@kevanbrown7620]

I agree. That is incredible. I mostly play rythmn so this is just amazing.

[@anthonyfox1436]

The people who underate guitar players are not guitar players themselves.

[@mountainlove5531]

100% agreed!

[@xXEverymanXx]

he's got to have been the coolest person on earth at this moment

[@rickpryzdia2001]

As a young kid, the song that made me want to play guitar

[@bellmactv9640]

Me too

[@MrLph427]

Me too

[@larryscheller2476]

Me too so I actually learned how to play this song. I'm 73 years old and still play it . 😁

[@goldenoriolesilverbirch8220]

....and made me give up

[@pinkrudy]

i got the sounds of silence record today and when i heard this song i couldnt believe it was simon...came to this video and was proven wrong. he was a beast on the guitar..

[@alanscott6836]

Intense, and yet relaxed. Playing his ass off.

[@MrWoodyinc]

Heart borrowed heavily from this when they performed the opening to “Crazy On You.”

[@garyhenson117]

Immediately followed in Heart's acoustic intro by "Question" from the Moody Blues.

[@amultitaskingperson]

i goddamn love he's just engrossed in the song, playing without a care in the world my favourite song (:

[@evanredmon4539]

I had no idea Paul Simon was this good. I'm 51, I've seen him in concert, been listening to his music all my life, had no idea.

[@sportsmediaamerica]

This was included on the second Simon and Garfunkel album, released Jan. 1966. The great Davey Graham popularized the song. Paul plays A minor chording with capo3, which means you are hearing Cm, which is how Graham played it.

[@StevenBornfeld]

@@sportsmediaamerica I'm pretty sure Davy Graham wrote it (and Simon credited it). I think the bit quoted from Oscar Brown Jr.'s "Work Song" was Simon's idea (Work Song also quoted in "We've Got a Groovy Thing Goin'")

[@StevenBornfeld]

Paul Simon's first solo album (after S&G, not counting the acoustic album he recorded in the UK about 1964) really showcases Simon's guitar chops.

[@dan7465]

@@StevenBornfeld Davy Graham did write it about Anji who at that time stayed in the West End of Glasgow

[@pleasepermitmetospeakohgre1504]

@@StevenBornfeld What's the album called?

[@samansun]

The tune was made worldwide famous by this version you're hearing now, on the Sounds of Silence album. The stunning effect and immediate spell of the tune led people dig into the origins and the various interpretations later on. Not the other way around.

[@colinsymonds9048]

Davy Graham wrote Anji as a 19 year old and first recorded it in 1962, back in the late sixties I used to sit in at the guitar circle at the Les Cousins club in London where Davy Graham, Bert Jansch and all of the other great players came together. Davy was an inspiration to sit and watch. Being able to play Anji, allowed you into the group, I played it more in the Bert Jansch style.

[@PIPEHEAD]

I put this on because I am about to tell somebody about Davy, and when I got here and saw this, I thought, this will say more than Davy himself, to somebody who doesn't know him, so I'm going to send a link to this. I'm delighted to have a Davy story, as you'll see : - I started on bass in 1966, and about 72 went six string, having got the Anji riff going, on a guitar that was lying around. Went straight over to Liverpool and swapped my bass for a nylon string. In 90 the pal heard Davy on the Paul Jones show, and that he was in gigging mode, so he ordered somebody to book him as support for the upcoming Roy Harper gig in the Phil. After the gig he came over for a blow, and did the same again a few months later when he was back in town. That's when the pal popped the question, which resulted in Playing In Traffic - a very poor album indeed, but with flashes of the Davy genius/magic. I was just telling somebody the other day how he was playing a folk club in the wilds of Cheshire somewhere just as the CD was ready, and I went down and gave him his copy of his new CD, which he was very pleased about ! The first copies of the album were cassettes, and I was actually in the list of credits on the cassette version - basically for having been sober enough to convince him to come over in the first place .....................

[@futtocks23]

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[@deltabilly1]

Damn!

[@greenbeagle13]

Paul SImon - the absolute GREATEST. So thankful I grew up with his music, in his generation.

[@MrLph427]

That’s thousands of hours of practice, awesome

[@dbaytug]

Anyone who has played this for themselves understands the massive complexity of the right hand technique and notably the thumb keeping its own rhythm as if a metronome. Hugely difficult. When I was 19 I spent weeks perfecting it. I don't regret it as it became an obsession and actually built my right hand into the machine it needed to be. Interesting he uses a thumb pick. I also add that his right hand arch is typical of the shape taught by formal tutoring so I would not be surprised if he was taught classical guitar as a child for example. All told, this is a video that gives great technical insight. And yes, he appears relaxed... But only because of hundreds of hours practice building the right hand for which there are no shortcuts...

[@kanerussell8304]

I'm 25 and I've been spending weeks trying to learn it. The right hand isn't the difficult part for me for some reason, that came after a few days of practice. What's impossible to figure out is how to bend the strings as quickly as he does and then getting back into position for the next chord without fumbling the whole thing. Paul is force to be reckoned with for sure

[@kevanbrown7620]

I mostly just play rythmn so this is incredible for me.

[@martinbarnes98]

@@kanerussell8304 Hi, I learned this at age 18, I’m now 65. The ‘secret’ is to play it in time, but slow it way down. The usual saying, that you can play it fast if you can play it slow, holds true. It took me a few months to learn and worth every exasperating minute. When you can play it in front of people and nonchalantly look around the faces at the same time, as Paul does, that’s real kudos as a guitarist. You have all that fun to come. Enjoy!

[@ChuckConliff-hf5it]

Paul Simon learned Anji directly from its composer, Davey Graham, with fellow students Bert jansch and John Renbourn, all part of a London scene that included Sir Martin Carthy and Al Stewart. From Carthy he learned Scarborough Fair which shares the same attribute as Anji -- syncopation -- and from Stewart Paul learned how to compose. Where Bob Dylan wrote topical, political songs, Stewart taught Paul story songs based on history or character. Stewart is known for Year of the Cat and Time Passages. For all practical purposes Paul spent a year on his own Time Passage while you spent a year exercising your brain and muscles. I once spent a week as a song catcher learning from Pierre bensusan, Martin Simpson, Ed Gerhard, Preston Reed and about 12 students total while the Beatles did so later in India. But Paul Simon spent a full year. One huge benefit to all of this is that you can review Paul's progress before, during and after by listening to Wednesday morning at 3 am, the Paul Simon Songbook and Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme. If you do I think you'll conclude syncopation is a feeling and a talent well worth developing my friend.

[@joseantoniocondecorrales7906]

This composition is played better and cleaner by Paul Simon than by Davy Graham. This guy is all talent and a virtuoso of guitar.

[@brookwood570]

Back then if you could really play, then you could play this song. I think Paul Simon is a great player and underated, great version of this Davey Graham classic

[@davesegal7539]

Paul is not just a great guitarist but song write n poet. In short a genuine living legend

[@priestlotz]

One the most underrated Guitarist👌

[@jamesklutho6051]

And he got great sound with finger picks. Nice touch.

[@richardbanker3910]

Paul Simon made a really worthy effort in picking this one up from Davey Graham from whom the British folk scene learnt so much, including Bert Jansch .Paul was part of this scene whenninnEngland

[@matthijsz8856]

this is magical

[@luckydog-287]

Monster dude. Always wow.

[@GregorySoon]

We got a Groovy thing goin baby

[@chrisbullen219]

Phenomenal

[@GillAgainsIsland12]

He was a GREAT guitarist. I'd like see anyone play that piece as flawlessly as he did in that video. Maybe a few guitarists can do it, but not many.

[@larryscheller2476]

I can and so could Davy Graham . 😁

[@8sun52]

Paul Simon is an excellent acoustic guitarist, songwriter, a good soul, no doubt. However, there are lots of guitarist who could flawlessly interpret David Graham's Anji. If you want to check out one beautiful interpretation, (I think). Check out YT Rainer Brunn's interpretation. All of this is just preference but Paul Simon's version is a quicker tempo and if I can describe it this way, more "choppy". David Graham's Anji is more "flowy" and the tempo is slower. It kind of depends what mood I'm in, but a lot of times DG does more for me, but that's just me. Rainer Brunn's interpretation of Anji is similar to David Graham's original. And IMHO, I feel his version as more smoother and elegant and polished than PS. There's some other guitarist on KZbin, whose version of Anji is kind of like Paul Simon's. His technique is every bit as good as PS. His name is Elijah Wald. He's an excellent acoustic guitarist. But his version, like Paul Simon's, doesn't do as much for me (most of the time) as David Graham's original and Rainer Brunn's interpretation. Also, check out Russ Shipton's version of Anji. Technically every bit as good as PS. Toby Walker could easily handle Anji and probably do a real pretty version. Stefan Grossman too, and Steve James, also. Doc Watson and David Holt too.

[@jipes]

Superb version !

[@antoniocastillo2415]

Stunning Paul Paul.....wonderful guitar player and musician

[@_.rayneemakk._]

Daaaaamn!!!! He tearin' it up

[@Cadysaccount]

Fantastic musician and finger-style guitar player.

[@phuzbrain]

A Titan and his Guild

[@bodegabonsai7069]

I hear music from the cars driving by in parking lots. The music pumped into stores. Music in waiting rooms and dentist's offices. It's 2023. I came of age in the 60s. And this was the music we listened to. I can't help but think today's music is shit. Simon and Garfunkle tacked Anji onto the Sounds of Silence album as a closing track. Infinitely better than the drivel pounded into our ears everywhere we go. I also can't help but think something has gone terribly wrong.

[@grantturner769]

Outstanding! I has no idea he could play like that!

[@jayRaeSmusic]

The guy can really PLAY... he loved to England to just to get into their folk acoustic scene unlike American folk had much more of a fingerpicking style

[@uski59]

If you can play that you've arrived,....this tune changed my life.....

[@tj03297]

arrived where?

[@FunkyFrank5]

i am taking this quote to heart fr

[@OrlovRoman]

Love this instrumental piece from 90s.

[@garywoollard4255]

He also used the beginning of the song in somewhere you can’t find me.

[@pumpkinkoot865]

He's just chillin....

[@terryleacy6309]

It is where it all begins

[@thomaswelch-dr5gn]

Paul simon, just listen to American tune, you can tell hes classicaly trained. Incredible guitarist, bob dylan couldn't tune his strings. And i love bob! Blessings from Scotland 😜

[@Dan_Frechette_Songwriter]

Nice to hear the tune without 7 seconds of reverb

[@andrewgent5887]

There are many versions of this wonderful classic by Davy Graham, each one with its own merits and each one someone’s personal favourite. Paul Simons was mine and having eventually learnt to play it felt I could claim to be a reasonable guitarist of sorts.

[@leecarden9012]

Love It !!

[@qwargy]

His playing his amazing - perfect rhythm, such effective embellishments and effective use of dynamics. Paul could have made a career being a solo acoustic guitarist if he hadn’t been such a prolific songwriter too. It’s clear he would also have been a top classical guitarist. It’s a fact that he studied classical guitar and was particularly interested in playing JS Bach.

[@eml3077]

So impressive!!!

[@tonybennett6085]

Paul learned this ehole living in england. I think he met davy graham who wrote this and bert jansch who also covered it really well.

[@uchikawalove357]

ギター1本でこんなに感動するのか。

[@ChristopherMarsh-ii6or]

Wow❤

[@ValGromov1975]

Что-то невероятное красивое и крутое!!!

[@EGC316]

Wow

[@opheropher9639]

A great version of the Davy Graham song.

[@lornaswallow5769]

Hate to be picky but it's a tune. Song have words.

[@opheropher9639]

@@lornaswallow5769 Very true.

[@ハシレシンタロウ]

高校の文化祭で聴いて速攻でギター買った懐かしい曲w ギターは実家で埃かぶってますw

[@edwardcaulfield67]

I think we all know this is not a Paul Simon original, not that that matters it's the playing that is important and that is brilliant (for those that like the tune their is another version where he plays it with his brother, it could be said one was as good as the other) back to the playing as a guitar player/composer he is terribly underrated imo, when I first started to learn guitar I was surprised as to how hard some of his music was lots of notes lots of chord changes, listen closely to some of his work and you will know what I mean, guitar players would already know. cheers.

[@brianmantel2724]

Thanks for mentioning that - I found the duet. I have never seen two people play this before. I have a long-standing interest in this piece, as my brother used to play it when I was quite young, and I was always amazed by it. Sadly, my brother died last October. Having watched the footage of Eddie and Paul playing this, I have to say if they both entered a Paul Simon lookalike contest, I think Eddie would win. I had a long running joke with my brother about less well-known siblings of famous musicians, stemming from one night when I accidentally invented Eric Mayall.

[@MrAlexarctica]

This is Effortless Mastery if I’ve ever seen it

[@gomaGOMA990]

カッコイイ‼︎‼︎

[@DAVEBLISS2007]

I learned this when I was 18 back in the 60’s written by Davey Graham folk guitarist. Tony Zemaitis told me he was on a beach with Davey in Greece when he composed the tune. Great memories.

[@Ukulele_Ad]

Just brilliant, prefer it in parts to Bert’s version

[@danielss3276]

buena cancion

[@fienchenmietze9572]

I can't find the words, he was and is a great guitar player. I wonder if paul simon can still play it that fast today?

[@jeffreysims3831]

Wow, or to be more precise: Fucking hell!

[@SamSveistrup]

777 likes and 6 dislikes, 778 now! love it

[@levstein]

Just so people know, this tune isn't by Paul Simon, so the title is misleading.

[@TheMicrofox]

by Davy Graham.

[@Tarrassacordoba]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🤤

[@kategilpin5982]

Paul Simon is on the level of Dylan and Richard Thompson, IMO.

[@petersmith9530]

Yeah lets not get carried away , nobody is on Dylans level

[@MichaelEdelman1954]

The tune is “Anji,” and was composed by Davy Graham. He was cheated out of his royalties for a long time because he wasn’t credited by Simon.

[@larryfisher7056]

He's credited on the 1965 S&G album Sounds of Silence as: "Written by Davy Graham, one of England's finest jazz/blues guitarists"...so I guess you mean people other than Paul Simon cheated him.

[@jeffhildreth9244]

@@larryfisher7056 No... other people including Paul Simon cheated him.

[@gizmotv9320]

No Paul Simon did credit him on the sounds of silence album.

[@Tomlinsky]

Upon release of the album "Sounds of Silence", in January 1966, Paul Simon's version was listed as "Angie" and credited to Bert Jansch. Both title and credit were corrected on 1968 pressings onwards.

[@thearab59]

​@@TomlinskyPaul learned the song from Bert Jansch. Bert always acknowledged that Davy Graham wrote it, but ¿maybe? he never mentioned that to Paul?

[@rarbam]

Davy Graham!!!

[@HORSMAN61]

In the process of learning this song. The melody part isn't hard for me; the jävla bassline you have to add to it, is warping my mind to mush.

[@davymalone9322]

Davy Graham

[@JustAnotherBlader]

Isn’t Richard Cory basically this instrumental track with lyrics?

[@JDrevolver66]

No, but the verse melody for “Somewhere They Can’t Find Me” is; the two songs are one after the other on the record. “Somewhere…” also really-uses most of the lyric of “Wednesday Morning, 3AM”.

[@wadefite]

Probably learned this in the UK when he first toured the folk clubs and allegedly pinched Martin Carthy's arrangement for Scarborough Fair after Martin kindly played it for him.

[@codswallop321]

Didn't he learn this off Bert Jansch?

[@SamSveistrup]

I thought Davy Graham wrote and played this with him I mean wrote it alone

[@alabastermontague6841]

@@codswallop321 It's closer to Davy Graham; Jansch adds his own flair to it in a different direction. Either way, it was a rite of passage for anyone going through the folk clubs, because it's a beast to learn and play well.

[@michaelalpin6139]

Same with Dylan ,girl from the north country.

[@8sun52]

From one source: Scarborough Fair is an old English song similar to a Scottish song dating back to the 1600s.

[@ojiisan1770]

初めて見た

[@8sun52]

The header should state 'Angie' is by David Graham. It's only fair that it should be stated outright. There's a lot of lackadaisicalness out there regarding crediting artists fairly and clearly.

[@jeffhildreth9244]

Paul Simon and Bob Dylan, two of the world's greatest plagiarists. The only difference between the two is Dylan got a Nobel Prize for his efforts.

[@8sun52]

@@jeffhildreth9244 Ok...I prefer Phil Ochs to Bob Dylan. (Though I like some of Dylan's commercial songs). But "they" made sure to keep him in the background as much as possible and "they" put Bob Dylan out there as one of various voices and conscience of social change and betterment. Dylan kicked Phil Ochs out of a cab for criticizing one of his songs, telling him he's only a journalist or singing journalist. Something like that. I know a lot of people know that story. I just thought I'd mention it. I read somewhere that Art Garfunkel was in England and heard a song that Scarborough Fair is very similar to. It dates back to the 1600s if I remember.

[@eml3077]

Man is in flow. This is witnessing flow

[@ardalla535]

Goes to show that, even if you have short, stubby fingers, you can play good if you practice. Or maybe not. You still need talent.

[@jeffreysims3831]

Super human talent for sure, but nothing short and stubby about his fingers, I'd kill to be able to fret the 6th string with my thumb like he's doing here

[@GillAgainsIsland12]

@@jeffreysims3831 And he hammered the low E string with his pinky perfectly every time.

[@DjNikGnashers]

Loved Paul Simon's version, but Bert Jansch was the ultimate.

[@reverendmississippi]

sorry davey graham

[@ptjww9455]

I've listened to both and, sorry, I disagree. I think Simon's version finishes polishing that raw gem that was Davy Graham's original.

[@DjNikGnashers]

@@ptjww9455 Ahh well taste is subjective. It's just a shame Paul Simon wasn't honest enough to say it was somebody else's song, and just like he did with Scarborough Fair, tried to claim it as his own.

[@ptjww9455]

@@DjNikGnashers :well, let's be honest: the traditional "Scarborough Fair" got some serious reworking by S&G, including lyrics from "On the side of a hill", a former PS solo song, released on "The Paul Simon Songbook". So there really was an input of his in it, which made it so amazing. But, to an extent, you're right...and I'd say PS somehow verifies the saying: talent borrows, genius steals... ;-)

[@DjNikGnashers]

@@ptjww9455 Indeed. Jimmy Page was the genius to top them all, by that standard !!!

[@philochristos]

He could've been an awesome finger style guitarist.

[@m.louish.9880]

Its a song written by Bert Jansch, Angie.

[@pleasepermitmetospeakohgre1504]

Wrong, Davy Graham wrote it.

[@petersmith9530]

D.Graham song

[@jsamc8420]

Davey Graham

[@lornaswallow5769]

Thanks goodness you at least remember the source. Credit where credit is due.

[@PIPEHEAD]

He's using his thumb for the low F - Davy didn't play it like that ...............

[@truewealth50]

Try playing this...Yea go ahead,,TRY

[@billybigtime2808]

I am it’s absolutely rock but I’m getting there but bloody slowly

[@GillAgainsIsland12]

Oh, there are plenty who can play it, but not as flawlessly as he did here.

[@jeffhildreth9244]

@@GillAgainsIsland12 Oh yes there is... listen to Joe Robinson or Tommy Emmanuel.. both smoke Paul SImon's rip off. Also listen to Michael Neverisky here on you tube.. beats Simon's effort.

[@FenderDude]

pimp

[@mightbeanybody]

Not bad. Still prefer Bert Jansch and Davey Graham versions.

[@aranos6269]

Not bad, but davy Graham it ain't

[@central_scrutinizer]

Bert jansch does it better.

[@jeffhildreth9244]

So does Tommy Emmanuel and Joe Robinson.

[@jameswilson-cf7cy]

Awful rendition. He's playing it as fast and unfeelingly as he can. It's like the musical equivalent of swallowing your words.

[@robmorrison1043]

At least we know where Heart got the intro for Crazy on you from!