- Paul Simon: Well it's great to do a neighborhood concert. I hope everyone can hear us. I hope that the sound is good. I hope we are blasting Central Park West and Fifth Avenue pretty much away. I just want to thank the police department and the fire department and the parks commissioner, and Ed Koch.
- [Audience boos, Garfunkel laughs]
- Paul Simon: And particularly, you know, people that never get recognized for doing good things for the city, a group of people that have donated half of the proceeds that they're making tonight, the guys who are selling loose joints are giving the city half of their income tonight.
- [Simon laughs, starts to play "America"]
- Paul Simon: Well, you know we wanted to have fireworks tonight, but ah, they wouldn't let us have that, so we'll make our own fireworks here.
- Art Garfunkel: What a night! God, I thought it might be somewhat crowded but we seem to have filled the place.
- Art Garfunkel: [to audience] How are you doing, are ya cold?
- [audience says no]
- Art Garfunkel: God, you look great from up here.
- Paul Simon: [Before he plays "The Late Great Johnny Ace"] Ladies and gentlemen, if you don't mind. I'd like to perform a new song.
- [the crowd roars its approval]
- Paul Simon: I just wrote this song, and I've never played it live before, so this is the first time.
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By what name was The Concert in Central Park (1982) officially released in Canada in English?
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