You can't sing out of tune, you can't play out of rhythm, you can't play your instrument that isn't tuned, the tempo has to be right. And beneath that point, it's not musical. ''Look,'' he says quietly, slowly, ''at a certain point, something is musical. Simon wears the deeply uncomfortable look of a man who worries that a stranger will step up and gush fanspeak, which might prod Simon into rudeness, which might later make him feel guilty. Everyone in the bar is glued to the game, which is a good thing. (Bernie Williams and Luis Sojo once sat in with the ''Capeman'' band that night, Sojo broke his arm and Williams went hitless, spawning talk of a ''Capeman'' curse.) ''It's a sad night for New York,'' Simon says, and sighs then he orders a second beer and bums a cigarette. The Yankees have fallen behind the Indians, for good, and Simon is a Yankees fan. Which leads, eventually, to the conversation about perfectionism. ''Well, I guess I was upset - but part of it was letting myself get upset so that the band and the singers would know that I didn't think it sounded good.'' ''No, I wasn't upset,'' Simon says now - and then, as he often does, edits himself. More surprisingly, so did Simon.Īnother sneak-preview performance, held a week earlier, left him unhappy - so much so that in the theater tonight, some band and cast members were still muttering about the scolding he'd delivered afterward. 8.) Earlier this evening, several scenes were staged for an audience of group-ticket-sales agents, who seemed to like it quite a bit. (The first preview performance is scheduled for Dec. For seven years, Simon has been writing a Broadway musical called ''The Capeman.'' Now the show is just weeks away. Paul Simon is sitting in an Irish tavern on Columbus Avenue, finishing off a plate of roast turkey and mashed potatoes, watching the Yankees' season crash to a close and insisting that he is not a perfectionist.
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