# Paul Simon - Something So Wrong? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 5, 2026, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-simon-something-so-wrong/1029043 "2026-04-05T16:59:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 67
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2026, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-simon-something-so-wrong/1029043/67 "2026-06-01T12:06:32Z")
This story also sorta fits over here: > [@Why do you think one foot in the grave performers still do it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-think-one-foot-in-the-grave-performers-still-do-it/1030507): > > Franki Valli is freaking 92. Tom Jones is 85. Paul McCartney was the first major concert I had been to in 1976. Big fan. But he’s going to be 84. I saw him on SNL a few weeks ago and his voice sounded eerie and weak, like you’d expect it to sound from an impersonator on Family Guy or South Park making fun of him. Yet these guys still have tours and shows scheduled. Why? It can’t be for the money or the nookie. Is it the “idle hands are the devil’s tools” type thing? “The show must go on”, … --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-simon-something-so-wrong/1029043)._