{"id":47779,"date":"2026-04-07T10:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T10:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/47779\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T10:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T10:12:08","slug":"paul-simon-prijizdi-naposledy-zazpivat-the-sound-of-silence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/47779\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Simon p\u0159ij\u00ed\u017ed\u00ed naposledy zazp\u00edvat The Sound of Silence"},"content":{"rendered":"

U\u017e s\u00a0nimi nikdo nepo\u010d\u00edtal. Simon & Garfunkel zkou\u0161eli prorazit n\u011bkolik\u00e1t\u00fdm rokem, jejich debutov\u00e9 album propadlo a\u00a0ka\u017ed\u00fd se za\u010dal ub\u00edrat jinou cestou. O\u00a0to byli kamar\u00e1di ze z\u00e1kladn\u00ed \u0161koly p\u0159ekvapen\u011bj\u0161\u00ed, kdy\u017e v\u00a0lednu 1966\u00a0za sn\u011bhov\u00e9 v\u00e1nice v\u00a0New Yorku sed\u011bli v\u00a0Simonov\u011b aut\u011b, poslouchali r\u00e1dio a\u00a0moder\u00e1tor ozn\u00e1mil, \u017ee jejich p\u00edse\u0148 The Sound of Silence pr\u00e1v\u011b vy\u0161plhala na prvn\u00ed p\u0159\u00ed\u010dku hitpar\u00e1dy. \u201eVykou\u0159ili jsme v\u00a0tom aut\u011b jointa a\u00a0v\u016fbec jsme nev\u011bd\u011bli, co si po\u010d\u00edt,\u201c vzpom\u00ednal Simon.<\/p>\n

O 60\u00a0let pozd\u011bji americk\u00fd p\u00edsni\u010dk\u00e1\u0159 Paul Simon p\u0159ij\u00ed\u017ed\u00ed do Prahy, kde od tohoto \u010dtvrtka do ned\u011ble odehraje t\u0159i koncerty v\u00a0Kongresov\u00e9m centru. A\u00a0v\u0161echny patrn\u011b uzav\u0159e p\u0159\u00eddavkem The Sound of Silence. <\/p>\n

Dr\u017eitel Gershwinovy ceny ud\u011blovan\u00e9 Kongresovou knihovnou USA nebo 16\u00a0so\u0161ek Grammy, v\u010detn\u011b t\u0159\u00ed za album roku, proslul poetick\u00fdmi popov\u00fdmi songy. Pat\u0159il po boku Boba Dylana nebo Leonarda Cohena k\u00a0t\u011bm, kdo v\u00a060.\u00a0letech definovali pojem p\u00edsni\u010dk\u00e1\u0159, i\u00a0kdy\u017e \u0161katulku z\u00e1hy p\u0159es\u00e1hl svou enormn\u00ed hudebn\u00ed imaginac\u00ed. I\u00a0texty psal nezam\u011bniteln\u00e9, pln\u00e9 ne\u010dekan\u00fdch detail\u016f, leckdy o\u00a0zklaman\u00fdch lidech marn\u011b hledaj\u00edc\u00edch \u0161t\u011bst\u00ed a\u00a0sp\u00e1su, pln\u00fdch v\u00fd\u010ditek z\u00a0l\u00e1sky \u010di v\u00edry.<\/p>\n

V \u0161ir\u0161\u00edm pov\u011bdom\u00ed z\u016fst\u00e1v\u00e1 zaps\u00e1n jako polovi\u010dka dua Simon & Garfunkel, dvou \u017eidovsk\u00fdch kluk\u016f z\u00a0newyorsk\u00e9 \u010dtvrti Queens, kte\u0159\u00ed vystupovali s\u00a0jednou kytarou a\u00a0dv\u011bma \u00fa\u017easn\u011b sladk\u00fdmi hlasy, zpo\u010d\u00e1tku inspirov\u00e1ni vok\u00e1ln\u00edmi harmoniemi nap\u0159\u00edklad Everly Brothers. Prvn\u00ed p\u00edsn\u011b je\u0161t\u011b pod vlivem \u017e\u00e1nru doo-wop nato\u010dili koncem 50.\u00a0let pod pseudonymem Tom a\u00a0Jerry, dokonce za\u017eili jeden \u00fasp\u011bch. Ale dal\u0161\u00ed stra\u0161n\u011b dlouho nep\u0159ich\u00e1zel. <\/p>\n

Zkou\u0161eli to spole\u010dn\u011b, pak ka\u017ed\u00fd s\u00e1m, pak znovu dohromady a\u00a0takhle se to t\u00e1hlo n\u011bkolik let p\u0159es vysoko\u0161kolsk\u00e1 studia a\u017e po pokus prorazit na folkov\u00e9 sc\u00e9n\u011b newyorsk\u00e9 Greenwich Village, kter\u00e1 je v\u0161ak na rozd\u00edl od Boba Dylana nep\u0159ijala, p\u0159esv\u011bd\u010den\u00e1, \u017ee stylizac\u00ed do folku maskuj\u00ed pop.<\/p>\n

Foto: Getty Images<\/p>\n

Paul Simon a\u00a0Art Garfunkel pat\u0159ili ke komer\u010dn\u011b nej\u00fasp\u011b\u0161n\u011bj\u0161\u00edm hudebn\u00edk\u016fm 60.\u00a0let minul\u00e9ho stolet\u00ed.<\/p>\n

Debutov\u00e9 album vydali v\u00a0\u0159\u00edjnu 1964, do prosince se prodaly asi t\u0159i tis\u00edce kopi\u00ed a\u00a0vydavatelstv\u00ed ho odepsalo jako ne\u00fasp\u011bch. Art Garfunkel se v\u00a0New Yorku vr\u00e1til ke studi\u00edm matematiky na Kolumbijsk\u00e9 univerzit\u011b. Paul Simon odjel do Velk\u00e9 Brit\u00e1nie, kde zp\u00edval po kav\u00e1rn\u00e1ch, u\u010dil se lidov\u00e9 p\u00edsn\u011b, a\u00a0dokonce nato\u010dil s\u00f3lov\u00e9 album\u00a0\u2013 na obalu je s\u00a0milenkou, bilet\u00e1\u0159kou, kter\u00e9 v\u011bnoval p\u00edsn\u011b Kathy\u2019s Song a\u00a0Homeward Bound.<\/p>\n

Pr\u00e1v\u011b kdy\u017e byl za oce\u00e1nem, napadlo producenta jejich desky Toma Wilsona vyu\u017e\u00edt skute\u010dnosti, \u017ee Bob Dylan se pr\u00e1v\u011b dal na elektriku, tedy \u017ee m\u00edsto akustick\u00e9ho folku za\u010dal hr\u00e1t hlasit\u00fd rock. A\u00a0tak bez v\u011bdom\u00ed Simona s\u00a0Garfunkelem k\u00a0u\u017e vydan\u00e9 p\u00edsni The Sound of Silence nechal doto\u010dit bic\u00ed, baskytaru a\u00a0elektrickou kytaru, na\u010de\u017e singl vydal a\u00a0teprve pak jim to ozn\u00e1mil. <\/p>\n

Simon se stihl vr\u00e1tit do USA akor\u00e1t v\u010das, aby s\u00a0Garfunkelem nev\u011b\u0159\u00edcn\u011b pozorovali, jak nov\u00e1 verze ovl\u00e1dla hitpar\u00e1dy.<\/p>\n

Na objedn\u00e1vku vydavatelstv\u00ed hned v\u00a0roce 1966\u00a0nato\u010dili dv\u011b dal\u0161\u00ed alba a\u00a0za\u010dali koncertovat, nejprve na kampusech vysok\u00fdch \u0161kol. \u010casto v\u00a0oblec\u00edch nebo svetrech, \u010d\u00edm\u017e se poeti\u010dt\u00ed intelektu\u00e1lov\u00e9 zp\u00edvaj\u00edc\u00ed o\u00a0odcizen\u00ed odli\u0161ovali od The Beatles nebo divo\u010dej\u0161\u00edch The Rolling Stones. \u201eNa n\u00e1s chodily holky, co se s\u00a0n\u00e1mi netou\u017eily \u00fapln\u011b vyspat, sp\u00ed\u0161 se cht\u011bly pobavit o\u00a0poezii, literatu\u0159e nebo n\u00e1m zahr\u00e1t svoje p\u00edsni\u010dky,\u201c vypr\u00e1v\u011bl Simon v\u00a0\u010dasopisu Rolling Stone. \u201ePo koncertech jsem v\u011bt\u0161inou \u0161el zp\u00e1tky na hotel, vykou\u0159il jointa a\u00a0usnul jsem s\u00e1m,\u201c dodal.<\/p>\n

Srovnateln\u00fd \u00fasp\u011bch jako The Sound of Silence m\u011bla p\u00edse\u0148 Mrs. Robinson k\u00a0filmu Absolvent, popul\u00e1rn\u00ed komedii s\u00a0Dustinem Hoffmanem v\u00a0roli mlad\u00edka, kter\u00fd za\u017eije rom\u00e1nek se star\u0161\u00ed \u017eenou a\u00a0nakonec ute\u010de s\u00a0jej\u00ed dcerou. Skladba z\u00edskala dv\u011b Grammy a\u00a0objevila se tak\u00e9 na jejich v\u00fdte\u010dn\u00e9 desce Bookends. <\/p>\n

Posledn\u00ed album pak v\u00a0n\u011bkdej\u0161\u00edm \u010ceskoslovensku vy\u0161lo pod lokalizovan\u00fdm n\u00e1zvem Most p\u0159es rozbou\u0159en\u00e9 vody a\u00a0krom\u011b tituln\u00edho songu Bridge over Troubled Water obsahovalo hity The Boxer nebo p\u016fvodn\u011b andskou lidovou p\u00edse\u0148 s\u00a0nov\u00fdm textem El c\u00f3ndor pasa, u\u00a0n\u00e1s pozd\u011bji zn\u00e1mou jako Nech m\u011b sp\u00e1t chvilku d\u00fdl v\u00a0pod\u00e1n\u00ed Karla Gotta.<\/p>\n

Rozchod Simona a\u00a0Garfunkela asi souvisel s\u00a0jejich osobnostmi. Simon podle \u017eivotopisce Marca Eliota u\u017e na z\u00e1kladn\u00ed \u0161kole \u010delil \u0161ikan\u011b kv\u016fli men\u0161\u00edmu vzr\u016fstu, co\u017e si introvertn\u00ed \u017eidovsk\u00fd kluk kompenzoval v\u00a0d\u011btstv\u00ed rv\u00e1\u010dskou povahou a\u00a0v dosp\u011blosti sout\u011b\u017eivost\u00ed. \u201eFakt, \u017ee jsem mal\u00fd, m\u011blo krom\u011b m\u00e9ho mozku nejv\u00fdznamn\u011bj\u0161\u00ed dopad na celou mou existenci,\u201c cituje ho Eliot v\u00a0knize nazvan\u00e9 Paul Simon: A\u00a0Life.<\/p>\n

Vysok\u00fd, modrook\u00fd Garfunkel s\u00a0blon\u010fat\u00fdmi kudrnat\u00fdmi vlasy odjak\u017eiva poutal v\u00edc pozornosti. \u201eArtie byl v\u017edycky \u0161iroko daleko nejkr\u00e1sn\u011bj\u0161\u00ed zp\u011bv\u00e1k. Ve \u010dtvrt\u00e9 t\u0159\u00edd\u011b p\u0159ed v\u0161emi zazp\u00edval a\u00a0holky z\u00a0n\u011bj nemohly spustit o\u010di. Na z\u00e1klad\u011b toho jsem se rozhodl, \u017ee zkus\u00edm zp\u00edvat i\u00a0j\u00e1,\u201c \u0159\u00edk\u00e1 v\u00a0knize Simon, kter\u00fd byl v\u0161ak jasn\u00fdm tv\u016fr\u010d\u00edm motorem dvojice. <\/p>\n

I proto t\u011b\u017ece nesl, \u017ee ho Garfunkel zasti\u0148uje. Roli nicm\u00e9n\u011b hr\u00e1ly i\u00a0osobn\u00ed neshody, snaha obou mu\u017e\u016f prorazit v\u00a0Hollywoodu nebo pen\u00edze, vypl\u00fdv\u00e1 z\u00a0dal\u0161\u00ed \u017eivotopisn\u00e9 knihy Paul Simon: The Life, kterou napsal Robert Hilburn.<\/p>\n

Dvojice se ofici\u00e1ln\u011b rozpadla v\u00a0roce 1970, i\u00a0kdy\u017e pozd\u011bji opakovan\u011b a\u00a0v\u017edy s\u00a0mimo\u0159\u00e1dn\u00fdm \u00fasp\u011bchem koncertovala. Nejslavn\u011bji v\u00a0newyorsk\u00e9m Central Parku, kam na n\u011b roku 1981\u00a0p\u0159i\u0161lo 500\u00a0tis\u00edc lid\u00ed, tedy v\u00edc ne\u017e na festival Woodstock. Naposledy se se\u0161li p\u0159ed 16\u00a0lety.<\/p>\n

Foto: Getty Images<\/p>\n

Simon & Garfunkel naposledy koncertovali roku 2010\u00a0v\u00a0americk\u00e9m New Orleansu.<\/p>\n

Zat\u00edmco Garfunkel u\u017e na vlastn\u00ed noze nikdy neza\u017eil srovnateln\u00fd \u00fasp\u011bch, Paul Simon zkraje 70.\u00a0let odstartoval hv\u011bzdnou s\u00f3lovou dr\u00e1hu, na kter\u00e9 se systematicky obklopoval \u0161pi\u010dkov\u00fdmi hudebn\u00edky a\u00a0postupn\u011b do sv\u00e9 tvorby zakomponoval prvky jamajsk\u00e9, africk\u00e9 \u010di brazilsk\u00e9 hudby\u00a0\u2013 hned na prvn\u00ed desce je reggae Mother and Child Reunion, nato\u010den\u00e9 na Jamajce s\u00a0muzikanty doprov\u00e1zej\u00edc\u00edmi hv\u011bzdu \u017e\u00e1nru Jimmyho Cliffa.<\/p>\n

Je\u0161t\u011b v\u00a070.\u00a0letech n\u00e1sledovala vynikaj\u00edc\u00ed alba There Goes Rhymin\u2019 Simon a\u00a0Still Crazy After All These Years, na n\u011bm\u017e \u00fa\u010dinkuj\u00ed hv\u011bzdy jako basista Tony Levin, jazzov\u00fd buben\u00edk Steve Gadd nebo saxofonista Michael Brecker a\u00a0kter\u00e9 Simon napsal, kdy\u017e se mu rozpadalo man\u017eelstv\u00ed. <\/p>\n

Odsud poch\u00e1z\u00ed hit 50\u00a0Ways to Leave Your Lover, kter\u00fd s\u00a0textem Michaela \u017dantovsk\u00e9ho zp\u00edval Pavel Bobek pod n\u00e1zvem Dv\u011b st\u011b cest, jak sbohem d\u00e1vat, nebo tituln\u00ed song, jej\u017e coby Jak m\u00e1lo n\u011bkdy zm\u016f\u017ee \u010das p\u0159ejala Marie Rottrov\u00e1.<\/p>\n

Nejv\u00edc se Simon exotick\u00fdm zvuk\u016fm a\u00a0polyrytm\u016fm otev\u0159el na desce Graceland. Vytvo\u0159il ji v\u00a080.\u00a0letech za t\u011b\u017ek\u00e9 situace: Jeho dv\u011b p\u0159ede\u0161l\u00e9 nahr\u00e1vky trochu zapadly, vzpom\u00ednkov\u00e9 turn\u00e9 nazna\u010dilo ohromnou nostalgii po projektu Simon & Garfunkel, s\u00a0n\u00edm\u017e ale nic dal\u0161\u00edho tvo\u0159it necht\u011bl. A\u00a0do toho se p\u00edsni\u010dk\u00e1\u0159i hroutilo druh\u00e9 man\u017eelstv\u00ed s\u00a0here\u010dkou Carrie Fisher, zn\u00e1mou rol\u00ed princezny Leiy z\u00a0Hv\u011bzdn\u00fdch v\u00e1lek. <\/p>\n

V t\u00e9to situaci Simona zaujala nahr\u00e1vka z\u00a0Ji\u017en\u00ed Afriky, kde tehdy vl\u00e1dl apartheid neboli re\u017eim uplat\u0148uj\u00edc\u00ed rasovou segregaci a\u00a0disident Nelson Mandela je\u0161t\u011b sed\u011bl ve v\u011bzen\u00ed. Navzdory v\u00fdzv\u00e1m, a\u0165 neporu\u0161uje z\u00e1padn\u00ed bojkot, Paul Simon v\u00a0roce 1985\u00a0odcestoval do Johannesburgu a\u00a0dva t\u00fddny nat\u00e1\u010del s\u00a0m\u00edstn\u00edmi muzikanty, kter\u00e9 n\u00e1sledn\u011b p\u0159ivezl do New Yorku. V\u00fdsledkem byla oslniv\u011b origin\u00e1ln\u00ed deska, sofistikovan\u011b m\u00edchaj\u00edc\u00ed jihoafrick\u00e9 rytmy, n\u00e1stroje \u010di n\u00e1p\u011bvy s\u00a0americk\u00fdm pop-rockem v\u00a0prokomponovan\u00fdch p\u00edsn\u00edch neobvykl\u00fdch tvar\u016f, a\u00a0p\u0159esto jasn\u011b hitov\u00fdch.<\/p>\n

Byl to nejpoliti\u010dt\u011bj\u0161\u00ed projekt jinak v\u011bt\u0161inou apolitick\u00e9ho autora, n\u00e1hle zahnan\u00e9ho do defenzivy a\u00a0donucen\u00e9ho vysv\u011btlovat student\u016fm na univerzit\u00e1ch, \u017ee deskou Graceland nelegitimizuje jihoafrick\u00fd re\u017eim, ale naopak upozor\u0148uje na kvality utla\u010dovan\u00fdch \u010dern\u00fdch muzikant\u016f. <\/p>\n

Na albu jich \u00fa\u010dinkuje spousta, slavn\u011b p\u0159edev\u0161\u00edm a\u00a0cappella sbor Ladysmith Black Mambazo v\u00a0p\u00edsni Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes. Nap\u0159\u00edklad basista Bakithi Kumalo u\u017e v\u00a0Simonov\u011b kapele z\u016fstal a\u00a0p\u0159ijede s\u00a0n\u00edm tak\u00e9 tento t\u00fdden do Prahy.<\/p>\n

By\u0165 p\u00edsni\u010dk\u00e1\u0159e na\u010das OSN za\u0159adila na blacklist, Graceland skon\u010dil ohromn\u00fdm \u00fasp\u011bchem. Prodalo se ho 14\u00a0milion\u016f kopi\u00ed, Simonovi vynesl dal\u0161\u00ed Grammy pro album roku a\u00a0zavdal obrovsk\u00e9mu sv\u011btov\u00e9mu turn\u00e9. <\/p>\n

V roce 1990\u00a0um\u011blec zopakoval tent\u00fd\u017e postup s\u00a0albem The Rhythm of the Saints, tentokr\u00e1t zam\u011b\u0159en\u00fdm na brazilskou hudbu a\u00a0nato\u010den\u00fdm mimo jin\u00e9 s\u00a0jihoamerick\u00fdmi perkusisty. I\u00a0zde n\u00e1sledovalo turn\u00e9 zakon\u010den\u00e9 ob\u0159\u00edm koncertem zdarma v\u00a0newyorsk\u00e9m Central Parku, tentokr\u00e1t dokonce pro 750\u00a0tis\u00edc lid\u00ed. Celo\u017eivotn\u00ed Newyor\u010dan Simon mimod\u011bk stvrdil dobovou pov\u011bst New Yorku jako srdce globalizace, kde se potk\u00e1vaj\u00ed sv\u011btov\u00e9 kultury.<\/p>\n

Ve stejn\u00e9 dob\u011b Paula Simona poprv\u00e9 za\u017eili \u010ce\u0161i. Kdy\u017e \u010derstv\u011b zvolen\u00fd prezident V\u00e1clav Havel v\u00a0\u00fanoru 1990\u00a0nav\u0161t\u00edvil USA a\u00a0mluvil v\u00a0Kongresu, Ameri\u010dan\u00e9 mu uspo\u0159\u00e1dali poctu v\u00a0newyorsk\u00e9 katedr\u00e1le, kde Paul Simon jen za klav\u00edrn\u00edho doprovodu zazp\u00edval Bridge over Troubled Water a\u00a0\u010desk\u00e1 hlava st\u00e1tu jej pozvala do Prahy. O\u00a0\u010dty\u0159i m\u011bs\u00edce pozd\u011bji Simon dorazil jako ofici\u00e1ln\u00ed pozorovatel prvn\u00edch svobodn\u00fdch voleb v\u00a0porevolu\u010dn\u00edm \u010ceskoslovensku a\u00a0kr\u00e1tce vystoupil na Starom\u011bstsk\u00e9m n\u00e1m\u011bst\u00ed coby host koncertu proti rasismu.<\/p>\n

\u201eVzpom\u00edn\u00e1m si, \u017ee jsem \u0161el po Karlov\u011b most\u011b. Vzpom\u00edn\u00e1m si, \u017ee jsem s\u00a0lidmi mluvil o\u00a0svobodn\u00fdch volb\u00e1ch. Mlad\u00ed lid\u00e9 zp\u00edvali na most\u011b p\u00edsni\u010dky, zkr\u00e1tka jako v\u00a0\u0161edes\u00e1t\u00fdch letech. Setkal jsem se s\u00a0V\u00e1clavem Havlem, zp\u00edval jsem na n\u00e1m\u011bst\u00ed. Jeden z\u00a0dom\u016f za on\u00edm n\u00e1m\u011bst\u00edm byl Kafk\u016fv rodn\u00fd d\u016fm,\u201c l\u00ed\u010dil pro den\u00edk Pr\u00e1vo o\u00a0rok pozd\u011bji, kdy nav\u00e1zal u\u017e plnohodnotn\u00fdm koncertem na letensk\u00e9m stadionu Sparty. Tou dobou si v\u00a0New Yorku pr\u00e1v\u011b za\u010dal za\u0159izovat nov\u00fd \u017eivot s\u00a0t\u0159et\u00ed man\u017eelkou, zp\u011bva\u010dkou Edie Brickell, s\u00a0n\u00ed\u017e pozd\u011bji vychoval t\u0159i d\u011bti.<\/p>\n

Foto: Profimedia.cz<\/p>\n

Paul Simon na stadionu pra\u017esk\u00e9 Letn\u00e9 v\u00a0roce 1991\u00a0koncertoval pro zhruba 25\u00a0tis\u00edc lid\u00ed.<\/p>\n

Znovu p\u0159ijel u\u017e jen roku 2016\u00a0do pra\u017esk\u00e9 O2\u00a0areny, kde netradi\u010dn\u011b nevyu\u017eil velkoplo\u0161nou obrazovku. A\u00a0mezit\u00edm samoz\u0159ejm\u011b leccos za\u017eil, od ne\u00fasp\u011bchu muzik\u00e1lu Capeman p\u0159es slab\u0161\u00ed alba You\u2019re The One nato\u010den\u00e9 s\u00a0Brianem Enem nebo Surprise, ovlivn\u011bn\u00e9 teroristick\u00fdmi \u00fatoky z\u00a011.\u00a0z\u00e1\u0159\u00ed 2001\u00a0a\u017e po lehce nadpr\u016fm\u011brn\u00e9 desky So Beautiful or So What nebo Stranger to Stranger z\u00a0minul\u00e9 dek\u00e1dy.<\/p>\n

Na koncertech tento t\u00fdden v\u00a0Kongresov\u00e9m centru v\u017edy v\u00a0prvn\u00ed \u010d\u00e1sti ve\u010dera uvede sv\u016fj nejnov\u011bj\u0161\u00ed projekt Seven Psalms z\u00a0roku 2023, zhruba p\u016flhodinovou suitu sedmi p\u00edsn\u00ed, kter\u00e9 ho pr\u00fd napadly ve snu a\u00a0je\u017e spojuj\u00ed opakuj\u00edc\u00ed se refr\u00e9ny i\u00a0motivy. Po kr\u00e1tk\u00e9 pauze by m\u011bla n\u00e1sledovat smr\u0161\u0165 hit\u016f, v\u010detn\u011b n\u011bkter\u00fdch z\u00a0reperto\u00e1ru Simon & Garfunkel.<\/p>\n

Bude to patrn\u011b posledn\u00ed p\u0159\u00edle\u017eitost \u010dty\u0159iaosmdes\u00e1tilet\u00e9ho Simona vid\u011bt. T\u00edm sp\u00ed\u0161, \u017ee v\u00a0roce 2018\u00a0u\u017e jednou do d\u016fchodu ode\u0161el. \u201eChci vid\u011bt, co se stane, kdy\u017e toho nech\u00e1m. Kdo jsem, kdy\u017e d\u00e1m stranou to, co m\u011b cel\u00fd \u017eivot definovalo,\u201c uva\u017eoval v\u00a0t\u00e9 dob\u011b Ameri\u010dan, jen\u017e se hudb\u011b v\u011bnuje od dosp\u00edv\u00e1n\u00ed. Zam\u011bstnan\u00fd byl kr\u00e1tce jen dvakr\u00e1t, jednou jako prodava\u010d bot, podruh\u00e9 v\u00a0hudebn\u00edm vydavatelstv\u00ed, kde se zab\u00fdval prodejem pr\u00e1v.<\/p>\n

Posledn\u00ed semestr na \u0161kole Brooklyn Law School absolvoval pr\u00e1v\u011b v\u00a0lednu 1966, kdy s\u00a0Artem Garfunkelem sly\u0161eli v\u00a0r\u00e1diu, jak The Sound of Silence ovl\u00e1dlo hitpar\u00e1du. Paul Simon to vyu\u017eil jako z\u00e1minku, pro\u010d studium pr\u00e1v ukon\u010dit. Tou dobou u\u017e ale musel d\u00e1vno v\u011bd\u011bt, \u017ee je mu hudba souzen\u00e1.<\/p>\n

Koncert: Paul Simon<\/p>\n

9., 10.\u00a0a\u00a012.\u00a0dubna 2026, Kongresov\u00e9 centrum, Praha<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"U\u017e s\u00a0nimi nikdo nepo\u010d\u00edtal. Simon & Garfunkel zkou\u0161eli prorazit n\u011bkolik\u00e1t\u00fdm rokem, jejich debutov\u00e9 album propadlo a\u00a0ka\u017ed\u00fd se za\u010dal…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47780,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[79,84,984,10350,88,18048,6204,80],"class_list":{"0":"post-47779","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-zabava","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-hudba","10":"tag-koncerty","11":"tag-kongresove-centrum-praha-kcp","12":"tag-live-nation","13":"tag-paul-simon","14":"tag-pisnickari","15":"tag-zabava"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@cz\/116362893332930951","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}