Simon & Garfunkel appreciation thread
KDS:
Quote from: Buckethead on March 26, 2018, 07:26:04 AM
Love Simon and Garfunkel! Never really enjoyed Simon on his own, though . Together? Magic. Transcendence is such a way that I experience with the work of few other artists (say, the beach Boys)!
That's pretty much how I feel about Paul Simon. Outside of a couple songs, his solo material does little for me. But the work with S&G is amazing.
For the most part, I feel the same about Sting and The Police.
NOLA BB Fan:
I'm presently reading "Paul Simon: The Life" by Robert Hilburn, which came out recently.
I've listened to some of Simon and Garfunkel's early Tom and Jerry recordings they did as teenagers.
For some reason I had never listened to their first album, Wednesday Morning 3 AM. Finally did last night. Wow! Absolutely wonderful songs and harmonies. It strikes a nice balance between the starkness of Dylan's first album and the slickness of some of the folky groups popular at that time. I highly recommend it.
I also listened to and enjoyed Simon's early solo work, Songbook, recorded while he was living in England. That includes several songs that appeared on later S&G albums.
Also read that Simon took an acting class in college with Andrew Goodman, one of the 3 men brutally murdered during that horrible "Mississippi Summer" of 1964. His murder really shook Simon up. He dedicated a song, "He Was My Brother" to his memory. Even though the song was written before Goodman's death, the lyrics are very apt - "They shot my brother dead/Because he hated what was wrong."
SMiLE-addict:
Wednesday Morning 3am is actually my favorite of their albums.
JK:
If "Peace Like A River" is definitely my favourite Paul song, this next one is arguably my favourite S&G track:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8yGwNyrHeE
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Little_Town
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