Simon & Garfunkel appreciation thread

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SMiLE-addict:
Along with the Beatles and the BB, Simon and Garfunkel are my favorite groups. Personally I think Paul Simon was a better songwriter than even Brian Wilson.

Anji was actually a David Graham piece.

BTW, acoustic guitar players will appreciate this rendition of Scarborough Fair:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYHDQHQDS-4

As for their albums, I like all of them. However, I'm one of the few people I know who actually like their first album the best. It's the most "folk-y." This is one of the most outright, fantastically, indescribably beautiful songs ever written. Almost impossible for me to listen to it without shedding multiple tears:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1K0eknfuix8

halblaineisgood:
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SMiLE-addict:
BTW, might as well tie this topic into the topic of the forum. ;) Fantastically beautiful rendition:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmjj5Orjnl0

SMiLE-addict:
Quote from: EgoHanger1966 on February 09, 2013, 06:21:23 PM

You should check out "Fakin' It". You like The Beatles in 1967? You'd probably like this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkFBOd4YN60
In the same style is this less-well-known song from the same year. Was released as a single but never made it on an album.

You Don't Know Where Your Interest Lies

The bridge or interlude part seems to be a prelude to his solo stuff in the 70's.

The following is a beautiful rendition of a Haitian folk song. Didn't make it onto Bridge Over Troubled Water, Cecilia having beaten it out for the album's "ethnic" song:
Feuilles-o
Whenever I listen to this song I always end up listening to it about 5 times in a row.

And speaking of Cecilia, really interesting story on the meaning of that song, if anyone's interested. It's not what you think the song is about.

halblaineisgood:
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