Thursday night I saw Simon & Garfunkel at the Oakland Arena.
The show was very scripted so you can read lots of different reviews of it and it'll probably describe the show I saw as well. I saw them once before, in 1981 when a bunch of us piled into a car and drove from Ithaca to New York City to see them in Central Park. "See" is a relative term -- we were present in the park as long with half a million people and we heard the singing, but that's about all. I went "for the experience" rather than for the show.
This time, I went for the music. And it was incredible music. Even though he sounded a bit off, Art could still hit a lot of those notes that reach right to your heart and leave a lump in your throat and a tear in your eye.
Was it worth $120/ticket? Or $220 for really good seats?
I don't know. It was for me. It's not every day you hear music that touches your soul. That's gotta be priceless.