Paul Simon | Broken Record (Hosted by Malcolm Gladwell)

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Paul Simon is one of the greatest living songwriters. Since debuting with Art Garfunkel in 1957, Paul Simon has written countless songs quintessential to the American psyche. This year, at 81 years old, he’s released the latest addition to his beloved catalog, Seven Psalms, to an outpouring of critical acclaim.
In 2021, Malcolm Gladwell and Bruce Headlam released the audiobook, Miracle And Wonder: Conversations with Paul Simon. It’s an intimate look into Simon’s songwriting alongside never-before-heard live studio versions of hits including “The Boxer," “The Sound of Silence," and “Graceland.” This fall, we'll also be releasing an updated version of the audiobook with a brand-new chapter featuring even more from Malcolm and Paul's newly-recorded deep dive into Seven Psalms, some of which you'll hear today.
To celebrate the latest chapter in Paul Simon’s 65-year-career, on today’s episode Malcolm Gladwell sits back down with Paul to discuss the creation of his latest album. Paul explains why he feels music reviews are more about the writer than the piece of music being critiqued, and he talks about why many of his lyrics take a conversational bent. He also recalls how the title came to him in a dream after he considered never writing again.
You can hear a playlist of some of our favorite Paul Simon songs here: open.spotify.com/playlist/0Gt...
Check out the Miracle And Wonder audiobook at: miracleaudiobook.com
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ABOUT BROKEN RECORD
For generations of music lovers, the liner notes on albums were a central part of the way music was heard. You bought an album and it came with an accompanying narrative: a digression, an aside, a backstory-maybe even an invented history. We intuitively understood that great music required not just listening but conversation between the artist and the audience and the audience and the rest of the world.
Broken Record is a podcast that restarts those conversations-in a world without liner notes-for a new audience of music lovers.
Broken Record is hosted by Justin Richmond with interviews by producer Rick Rubin, writer Malcolm Gladwell, and former New York Times editor Bruce Headlam.
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@johnthemachine

Paul can sit here and wax poetically/philosophically about how he writes about characters rather than himself but in the end it says a lot more that he now changes the words of The Boxer when he performs it because he feels the audience can't buy an old man singing from a young perspective. Its bizarre. Even Dylan doesn't do stuff like that.

@nancywarren7331

I have always been in awe of Paul Simon and his great music.

@nobody_gtk

a pointless video if you're not going to play the songs that the interviewee is talking about. nevertheless, a fine watch because I still dig Paul's writing. don't care for the Malcom fella who adds nothing of interest. kind of a headscratcher this one.

@brieclarke

I love how they go from talking about how people mishear lyrics to Paul mistaking Malcolm saying "exhaustive" for "exhausting" and that Malcolm doesn't correct him because it proves the point of what they were just saying.

@vernamalone7491

I really enjoyed this interview with Paul Simon, Broken Record 🫶🏽

@MrMurkosullivan

Man... I like Broken Record, & I LOVE Paul SImon... but after seeing Malcolm Gladwell 'debate,' on MUNK debates... naw.... I'll wait till Simon is talking with someone else.