Todays first download is a superb set by Paul Simon that was recorded at the Greek Theater, Los Angeles in 2001. Each time they play a range of songs from their last album, on which it’s crystal clear that this is a duo about to break up, but those guys decided to throw one big last party together.ģ.Post Reply Subscribe staffie There is NO capital "S" in staffie 21 May 11 4.48am The duo reunited to tour again every decade since 1970, for example in 1981 with the famous concert in Central Park, entertaining over 500,000 people. The penultimate ‘Bye Bye Love’ is a live recording of a song most famous in it’s Everly Brothers version, later also recorded by former Beatle George Harrison. ![]() He temporary filled in the chorus with ‘lie-la-lie’, but never came up with replacing lyrics afterward. It’s an autobiographical song, with Simon telling us he feels unfairly criticized. ‘The Boxer’ became one of the duo’s greatest hits, despite (or maybe thanks to) the lyric-less chorus. In between this tracks is a single (‘The Boxer’) and it’s B-side (‘Baby Driver’), which were released already in 1969. Garfunkel went to Mexico to act in his movie, leaving Simon behind in New York, writing songs for this album. Simon also addressed Garfunkel with the song ‘The Only Living Boy In New York’. Simon had no clue who this was, but turned the song into an announcement of the upcoming breakup with his former pal. Originally, Garfunkel (who had studied to become an architect) just asked Simon to write a song about the famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright. The trilogy of joy is completed by ‘Keep the Customer Satisfied’, one of my personal favorites.Īfter all the joy comes resentment part one, with ‘So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright’. It’s followed by ‘Cecilia’, and whether it’s about some lover or a songwriter’s block, it’s a real earwig. Simon picked it up and made it the most famous western song featuring panpipes. ‘El Condor Pasa’ was based on traditional Andean folk tunes, brought together in a full-fledged song by the Peruvian Daniel Robles. However, this track is not at all representative for the album, which contains very cheerful tracks like ‘El Condor Pasa’, ‘Cecilia’ and ‘Keep the Customer Satisfied’. Especially the piano work of Larry Knechtel, band member of Westcoast group Bread and session musician for amongst others The Beach Boys and The Mamas & the Papas, is outstanding. Remarkable detail: the role that was assigned to Simon was completely erased from the original script.īridge Over Troubled Water (on which Simon wrote all the songs except the covers ‘El Condor Pasa’ and ‘Bye Bye Love’), was named after the opening track which became a rock classic. Garfunkel was pursuing an acting career at that point, starring in the movie ‘Catch-22’. Other albums and singles followed, until they recorded their fifth and final album Bridge Over Troubled Water, after which they broke up. ![]() ![]() It was not until 1965 that they acquired world fame with their monster hit ‘The Sound of Silence’ as Simon & Garfunkel. The first group they formed was labeled with the artistic name ‘Tom & Jerry’. Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel met each other in primary school while growing up in the state of New York. But before they did, they delivered the world a last pièce de résistance with Bridge Over Troubled Water. We also return to quarreling band members and vocal harmonies, because not only The Beatles broke up in 1970, so did their American contemporaries of the sixties, Simon & Garfunkel. Today we return to 1970, the year Déjà Vu was released.
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