First Time Hearing Simon and Garfunkel - "Bridge Over Troubled Water" REACTION 

One of the best songs and performances of all time.

Simon and Garfunkel were more than a rock folk duo. They are legendary and talented beyond reason. Never had a bad song in my opinion. As far as I’m concerned Bridge over Trouble Water is in my top three best songs every written.

Still can't hear it without crying after almost 50 years

Paul Simon is the songwriting genius and Art Garfunkel [on the right in the screen pic] is the angelic voice that hits those notes that give you goosebumps!

Watching younger generations react to songs like this is hilarious. The look on his face as Art gets started. That's called true talent sir hope you enjoyed it.

My mother wasn't a religious person by any means, but she said this song always reminded her of how Jesus loves us....

This was played at my brother's funeral in 1971. You're correct. It has become a hymn.

They are both still alive. Their catalog is huge.

The Boxer, and The Sound of SIlence are probably their most popular songs, Cecilia is good, and one of my favorite Paul Simon songs, Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard.

What a wonderful reaction! Yes, Simon & Garfunkel are legends!! I like all their songs but one of my favorite, least requested songs is "I Am A Rock."

Paul Simon, the short dark haired guy wrote the song and Art Garfunkel, the tall fair one sang this. Angelic vocals

one of the most beautiful songs ever written

They were Tom and Jerry very early in their career, when they were teenagers. They met and started making music in grade school. Huge catalog may be an understatement. Check out Sound of Silence live from the Concert in Central Park. Other suggestions: The Boxer, America, Cecilia.

makes me feel really old to know there are adults that have never heard this before. Every song on that album is worthy of a reaction. They were in the process of breaking up and did so shortly after the release of this album.

I love your reaction to this video. We subscribers can actually see the very moment you start grasping the meaning of the song, and it is almost SPIRITUAL the way you reacted. Another classic I was blessed to grow up with. Thanks for reacting to this song and keeping them classics alive!

One of the most beautiful songs ever recorded. This song still brings my mother to tears. Decades later.

This is a PERFECT song. NO ONE will ever do it better!

This won Grammy for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Billboard ranked it #1 song for 1970. The Boxer is a great "serious" song, and Cecilia is a great "fun" song. My favorite is Scarborough Fair.

I really want to learn the piano for this song😌 Please do Simon and Garfunkel’s “Sound of Silence” and “Cecilia”

This song is a soaring tribute to love and friendship. Art Garfunkel’s voice is pure perfection!!!!!

That beautiful piano part is done by Larry Knechtel, part of the Wrecking Crew, a group of session musicians responsible for some of the best backing tracks of the 60s and 70s.

The Boxer, Cecilia, Mrs Robinson - it goes on and on.

This is such an emotional song, just beautiful....Angelic...Thank you, Amen

The song gives one the You'll never walk alone deep deep meaning,

“This sounds like gospel.” Paul Simon, the songwriter, thought so too. That’s cool you heard it too.

Your Aunt has great taste🥰🥰. My parents had this on the record player alot. Love it🥰

Wow. The memories. I grew up in 60 70 . I'm do lucky.

It's marvelous yet thrilling that after 54 years since this immortal classic was first released, it touches the hearts of those who listen for the first time in 2024.

If ever you get to hear an angel sing, he might sound almost as good as Art Garfunkel! One of the best songs ever!

Art's voice(the one with the curly hair) is that of an Angel. I know it's been said so many times,but it is true. This is one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard.

I love how you feel the music-in my opinion that’s the best way to digest it. Peace Devin!

Garfunkel sings like angels!

Back in the early 70s when this first came out it was one of my Daddy's favorite songs. I can remember him singing with the radio in the car and singing it in the house. He was a student preacher at the time. Now he's in his 80s. He retired about 10 years ago and still preached for a few years. He can't now because of his health. Thanks for the great memories.

This song was the culmination of five albums of genius collaboration that changed pop music forever. Sound of Silence, I Am a Rock, Kathy's Song, America, Hazy Shade of Winter, Mrs. Robinson, Cloudy, A Poem on the Underground Wall, For Emily Wherever I May Find Her, The Dangling Conversation, The Boxer, Keep the Customer Satisfied, Frank Lloyd Wright, Why Don't You Write Me, My Little Town... So very hard to go wrong, so many timeless hits.

These two had great harmony.

One of the most beautiful songs of all time ! My mother's favorite song & we ended her memorial service playing this song

Art has the voice of an Angel....

It's a hymn, Devin, and I believe Paul Simon touched The Divine when he wrote it. I'm moved every single time I hear it.

Great reaction! Such a great message and not just in the song. One of the best reactions I have seen in a while.

Beautiful reaction. This album was on heavy rotation in our house during the 70s. I lost a dear friend of 28 years last December and she was truly our bridge over troubled water, in every way a person can be. I will miss her for the rest of my life.

Have a listen to the Boxer. Probably the most amazing song ever.

I’ve asked my family to have this as my funeral song.

Just cried my eye's out listening to this song again..It was my mum's Funeral song 5 year's ago..

That pure voice that is giving you goosebumps is the incomparable Art Garfunkel! This album is one of the most beautiful and popular albums in history! Pau Simon comes in toward the end. They harmonize perfectly. And any song they do will bless your ears! And, YES, you need to listen to the original of Sound of Silence. Simon & Garfunkel's is the essential original. 👌

Art Garfunkel has one of the most underrated voices ever. All of Simon and Garfunkel's music is amazing. The Boxer is my 2nd favorite. Bridge Over Trouble Water is my favorite song of all time.

Thank you for sharing your spiritual inspiration. I have never enjoyed watching someone as much as I have enjoyed watching you. God bless!

Amazing, honest reaction!! Loving your channel - your positive energy is infectious and it’s great to see you discovering music that had such a huge impact on mine and so many people’s lives. Definitely room for more of this kind of content in the world these days. 😊❤️🙌

GREATEST SONG OF THE 1970'S....NO DOUBT

Love your reaction!! The voice of God shines through this song. Paul Simon is an inspired lyricist and composer, phenomenal, then combined with ArtGarfunkel's angel voice. It's pure gold. It's heaven. Your spiritual sensibilities are spot on! Thank you for that! 😌💜

Simon and Garfunkel have an extensive and varied body of work. They almost remained unknown until a producer, without their knowledge or permission, hired studio musicians and turned their acoustic song "Sounds of Silence" into the new (at the time) folk rock sound. Although they were angry at first they could not argue with success as the song went to the top of the charts. For a time they stayed within the folk rock genre with songs like "Homeward Bound" and "I Am A Rock" but they always maintained their own path thanks to Paul Simon's songwriting ability. This was during the mid 60s when music had taken both an intellectual as well as a psychedelic turn and certain artists like Dylan, Simon, the Beatles, and a few others became the unofficial spokespersons of that generation. By 1966 Simon and Garfunkel were producing less traditional folk rock music and started examining some of the deeper aspects of life with their albums "Parsley Sage Rosemary and Thyme" and "Bookends." When they performed the soundtrack for the 1967 movie The Graduate (which was one of the first movies where you cheered for the anti hero) they were in the middle of the culture at that time, and their success justified the freedom they had taken to write and perform the songs they wanted to do. By the time Bridge Over Troubled Water was released many things had changed in the culture and they each wanted to pursue solo efforts. They both had successful solo careers but like the Beatles, their solo efforts didn't have the same chemistry as when they worked together and their 1981 reunion concert in Central Park is a testament to that statement. Most people today naturally want to react to the songs that were popular but there are musical gems and treasures in all of their albums and if you want to see what the intellectual side of the 1960s was about, Simon and Garfunkel are right there at the top of the list.

Paul Simon is genious !!!

The BOXER next🔥💯

You won’t regret this rabbit hole.

The most amazing duo- I grew up listening to them. You will enjoy discovering them!!❤🎼

Goosebumps galore!! 👍👍👍

There are exactly 2 artists who I have purchased their entire discography: Simon and Garfunkel and Patsy Cline

ON March 21, 2013, the song was added to the “NATIONAL RECORDING REGISTRY in the LIBRARY OF CONGRESS , for “Long Term Preservation “ Between 1965-1968, it charted in the Top 5 songs, in 10 different countries and made it up the charts in an additional 4 countries. 📻🙂

My favorite Simon and Garfunkel song still today!!!!

Devin, your reaction was spot-on, authentic, & transcended ALL of the other reactions to this epic song currently on RU-vid.... hands down. ✌&❤

Great reaction! This song always makes me tear up. It's beyond amazing!

You got Goosebumps after the first verse, I always get them at "Sail on Silver Girl". Biggest song of 1970 apparently put The Beatles Let it Be out of the top spot.

Watching you watch this brought me so much joy I have been in avery dark place For a very long time. God spoke to me one day in prayer and told me to listen to all songs as songs of praise and then this song came on. He later told me that it was his love song to us and the song was downloaded to Paul Simon. There is another video on RU-vid that actually later confirmed this Paul Simon said he did not know where this song came from it just appeared in his head. The song is a channeling it is a love song to us from God the music is also channeled you can literally feel your vibration raise when you listen to it. It was such a pleasure to watch you enjoy it and to see you physically react to the song

Such a heartwarming song. Your reaction is a compliment. Thanks a lot.

Art Garfunkel has the voice of an angel!! Simon wrote the songs and Artie sang them!!

they have a great songbook well worth delving into. Great to hear your reaction as have watched people react to covers of their songs (some good some soso) without taking the time to listen to the originals which are the blueprint of brilliance (my opinion). Was fortunate to see them in the 80's at Wembley Stadium - wow

One of my favorite Cassette Tapes I ever owned, CCR was my favorite. (the Boom Box Tape Player, the Walkman, before the CD player and MP3, but after the 8 track and record player which my Dad still listens to) was Paul Simon and Garfunkle Live at Central Park; and my favorite songs the Boxer and Sound of Silence! Welcome to the Legendary Classics Devin!

This is a gospel song that Simon wrote after listening to the Swan Silvertones. He considers it the greatest song he ever wrote. It is.

REAL artists, real music, real lyrics and all timeless! That's why we're listening to them 65 years later.

Didn’t you get the chills? We sing this song in church!

Sounds of silence was a ground breaking album. Many years later Paul Simon did it again with Graceland.

This song has always made me cry and lifted me up at the same time. I loved your reaction. There is definitely something spiritual about this song. Beautiful message.

Art Garfunkel has one of the most hauntingly beautiful voices of all time. I love when you said it sounds like gospel music. I was just thinking Jesus is our bridge over troubled water. 😇

One of the best vocal duo there's ever been or ever will be. Pick any of their hits to react to and you can't go wrong. Their harmonies are sublime. Paul Simon is a legendary song writer and Art Garfunkel has one of the most angelic voices ever. Songs I recommend for you are The Sound of Silence, The Boxer, I Am a Rock, America, Homeward Bound, Cecelia, Mrs Robinson and Old Friends.

Great reaction and comments! I love this song. Simon and Garfunkel 🔥! I love the frame behind you, In God we trust on an American flag.

This won the Grammy for song of the year in 1970

God Bless Aunt Kathy, This is what life is about

This is my teenage years. 🤘🏼

Its fantastic to watch Millennials find music before the Synth the CD and Social Media .. Great Reaction Devin !!

Elvis did a fine job on this song also' Its a must listen to. Thank you.

Love your reaction to this amazing song! You got my heart! God bless you!

Art Garfunkel was once married to a lady whose father was a physician in a group of doctors in Nashville.

Do you want to hear something more impressive than that? Listen to the three song video of bridge over troubled water, the boxer and the sound of silence done live when they were in their 70s… Absolutely amazing

You nailed it. These 2 were the voices of my youth. If you want to hear one of the most beautiful love songs written in the past 60 years, check out "For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her."

JUST SUBSCRIBED, Loved this reaction to the GOAT's of duets. S&G did so many great songs. Paul Simon is one of the best song writers ever and Art Garfunkle's voice will never be matched. Paul went on to a solo career and produced another big catalogue of songs that are equally as impressive. The best versions of any of their songs are studio versions, imho, so please react to those, so much gets lost in the live versions. This song has been covered by Elvis and most recently Sohang, who did an incredible job but this one is by far the best ever. Sound of Silence has been covered many times as well but Disturbed doesn't come close to the original. Pentatonix performed it too and their take is amazing. I'll be keeping tabs with you. Really enjoyed.

This came out in the 60's. Back during the crack epidemic in the 80's I was in high school. The bridge in our area opened up during that time and we marched across it playing this song. (I was in the marching band at the time). Not sure if it made a difference, but it did give us hope at the time.

Awesome reaction and you spoke real talk🙌🏽 new subscriber ✅

Here's some personal faves: "For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her"; "Scarborough Fair" and "Feelin' Groovy" You'll be glad you did.

I loved watching your reaction. You used words like “gospel”, and “hymn”, and that’s EXACTLY what Paul Simon described the song as being when he wrote it…he originally wrote the song to have only the first two verses, but Simon was convinced by Art Garfunkel and producer Roy Halley to add a third verse, “sail on silver girl…” which Simon wrote at the last minute in the studio just before they recorded it. Watching your reaction in hearing this song for the first time made me feel happy, but also a little jealous, too…because I’d love to be able to hear this song for the first time all over again, to go back to 1970 and experience the same chills and goosebumps I felt when I first heard it, just as you experienced when you heard it for the very first time today. 😉🙏❤️

The voice is Art Garfunkel ❤️

Thanks for your honest emotions. They sure don't make music like that these days. Really pulls on the heart strings.

Paul Simon is that good a songwriter and Art Garfunkel that good a singer and this is their epic song. A generational song. This is like going to a symphonic orchestra concert with choir.

🙏🏾💜💜💜 Always brings me to tears of happiness and hope.

Brought tears to my eyes ❤❤❤❤

Love you reaction!!right on!!

Love this song, always soothes me. I especially like the version from their concert in Central Park.

Bridge over troubled waters' was No1 in the UK pop music charts., I think for weeks. For us this was their greatest number song.

Tht was great as they always are..ty

❤Did you just say " I'm not a motivational speaker" ???? Oh yes brother, you sure are !❤

Oh how I love, love, love your reactions and your own little motivational talks for all of us - you are so very special..! Please, please, please do more song reactions, there are so many songs and artists I would love to see you react too - nobody does it like you.. Thank you.

Beautiful song Beautiful message Beautiful singing and music❤