Favorite Simon & Garfunkel Tune

[MrCoffee]

Poll question: Favorite Simon & Garfunkel Tune

I've been listening to Bridge Over Troubled Water a bit lately, and have S&G on the brain.

[buddhamama]

1. other: America

:hi:

[MrCoffee]

2. i had America in the first draft...

it was dropped for The Dangling Conversation.


If i'd have known you'd have voted for it, it would have stayed in.

[skygazer]

3. Another vote for America

It's one of those songs that makes me cry and I don't even know why.

[Richardo]

12. And another...

...I heard that song as a teenager in 1973 or so and it made me cry - right at the height of Watergate.

"I can't help it I wonder
What's gone wrong." :cry:

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

14. And another

I also especially love the version done by Yes.

[nykiera]

25. and yet another.

[Guava Jelly]

34. I haven't heard "America" before last week when you turned me on to it

It is now my second favorite S&G song.
I picked I am a Rock
:hi:

[XemaSab]

41. Word.

i was listening to it two nights ago and thinking "This song RAWKS!"

[Pale Blue Dot]

4. It's between "Bridge" and "The Only Living Boy in New York". nt

[MrCoffee]

5. TOLBINY is a good one, to be sure

[ghostsofgiants]

16. I'll second "The Only Living Boy In New York."

[underpants]

36. God I love that song

[Broken_Hero]

6. The Sound of Silence nt

[1gobluedem]

7. BOTW definitely

Even though it makes me cry.

[u4ic]

8. Bridge Over Troubled Water

One of the most beautiful songs ever. :hi:

[mvd]

9. "Bridge Over Troubled Water"

That's my favorite song, period.

[ContraBass Black]

10. Richard Cory.

[salin]

15. I second this vote

[u4ic]

17. That's my second favourite of theirs

Great choice. :thumbsup:

[GalleryGod]

11. The Palestra, Univ. of Pa. 1970 ...12,000 on hand

Where has the time gone ??? :wow:

[idgiehkt]

13. I have to say, "For Emily"

because I'm convinced this is about her anatomy:

"What I dream I had, dressed in organdy
Clothed in crinoline, of smoky Burgundy
Softer than the rain..."

and I think that is beautiful poetry (If I'm right, and I think I am).

[Aristus]

18. My best friend sang "Bridge Over Troubled Water" at my wedding.

Think of the most rich, deep, overpowering black gospel baritone you can imagine. Then imagine it singing "BOTW".

People were in tears. I'll never forget that.

If that weren't enough, just before the end of the ceremony, he and my sister ( a classically trained coloratura soprano) sang "All I Ask Of You" together. It was sublime, truly.

[SeattleGirl]

19. The Sound of Silence

:thumbsup:

[Generic Brad]

20. My Little Town

That one speaks to me on a level the rest of their work does not.

[mvd]

22. They happen to be one of my very favorite artists

So it was hard for me to pick one.

[peekaloo]

23. mine, too

after it rains there's a rainbow
but all of the colors are black
it's not that the colors aren't there
it's just imagination, they lack
everything's the same back...........

[fishwax]

21. I've always been partial to Kathy's Song

though America would be pretty close as well ...

[libnnc]

24. "America" and "Kathy's Song"

They both make me cry sometimes.

[qnr]

26. Homeward Bound

Im sittin in the railway station
Got a ticket for my destination
On a tour of one night stands
My suitcase and guitar in hand
And every stop is neatly planned
For a poet and a one man band

Homeward bound
I wish I was
Homeward bound
Home, where my thoughts escaping
Home, where my musics playing
Home, where my love lies waiting
Silently for me

Everydays an endless stream
Of cigarettes and magazines
And each town looks the same to me
The movies and the factories
And every strangers face I see
Reminds me that I long to be

Homeward bound
I wish I was
Homeward bound
Home, where my thoughts escaping
Home, where my musics playing
Home, where my love lies waiting
Silently for me

Tonight Ill sing my songs again
Ill play the game and pretend
But all my words come back to me
In shades of mediocrity
Like emptyness in harmony
I need someone to comfort me

Homeward bound
I wish I was
Homeward bound
Home, where my thoughts escaping
Home, where my musics playing
Home, where my love lies waiting
Silently for me
Silently for me
Silently for me

[JennyH]

27. American Tune

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jq5bMNIDg_E

[njdemocrat106]

28. I'm only the 2nd vote for "I Am a Rock"?

That's my personal favorite, even though I don't think there's a song by S&G I don't like.

[Bassic]

39. It's my favorite as well. nt

[enigmatic]

29. "America"

Next to "American Tune", I think it's the best thing Paul Simon ever wrote. My last band used to play this live (Anodyne-era Uncle Tupelo-like)and we loved singing (and cranking up the guitars) on that soaring final chorus. A Classic.

[darkstar]

30. Cathy's Song and BLESSED

the latter being one of my all time favorite social comments

[Hissyspit]

31. El Condor Pasa. n/t

[eridani]

32. Cecelia n/t

[Maine-ah]

33. I second that.

[LanternWaste]

35. Silent Night.

'Silent Night'

Man, that just blew my socks off the first time I heard it. The music and lyrics contrasted beautifully against the ever-increasingly violent newscast.

[lukasahero]

37. Old Friends/Bookends

Followed very closely by American Tune and Heart in New York.

[acmavm]

38. Easier to pick one I don't like - Mrs. Robinson. Otherwise I love

everything they did.

[Orsino]

40. Probably "April come She Will"...

...but Garfunkel's magnificent "Bridge Over Troubled Water" vocals are hard to top.

[MissMillie]

42. Impossible to pick just one

I like America, The Boxer, The Only Living Boy in New York, and For Emily Wherever I May Find Her

[DixieBlue]

44. I can't pick just one, either.

The Only Living Boy in New York is such a great tune, though. All of them are.

[_testify_]

43. The Boxer

Gives me goosebumps.

[JennyH]

45. oh . . . and,

Graceland.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtT7Og2LBbE


Paul Simon has a freakishly brilliant way with lyrics.

[ceile]

46. BOTW-makes me cry every time!

Not sure why. Garfunkel's voice I suppose-beautiful...

[Arugula Latte]

47. Other: "Me and Julio" and also "The Only Living Boy in New York."

And, yes, I grew up in the 70s so I remember loving "Only Living Boy" WELL before the Garden State soundtrack ... :D