Still Learning After All These Years

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Here’s a video worth watching. It’s Paul Simon on the Dick Cavett Show, circa 1975.

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Simon, who’d previously given Cavett a lesson on songwriting during an early appearance, attempts to do it again. But this time, he’s been studying his music theory.


Here’s a video worth watching. It’s Paul Simon on the Dick Cavett Show, circa 1975.

Simon, who’d previously given Cavett a lesson on songwriting during an early appearance, attempts to do it again. But this time, he’s been studying his music theory.

See if you can hang with Paul as he drops some serious songwriter’s science, performing a little number he’s been working on, but not sure how to finish, called “Still Crazy After All These Years.”

Watch it here!

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