Paul was being very honest here - I sat first row center for two Simon and Garfunkel concerts in October 1993 - and Paul would leave the stage when Artie sang BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER - at the songs end there was thunderous applause - and as Paul walked from the shadows back onto the stage i could see he was not happy - he was jealous of the response Artie was receiving - years later I saw them again but this time Artie would sing a section by himself and Paul would sing a section by himself and actually i really loved it because Paul added some soulful twists to his singing that worked incredibly well.
"..but the reason we broke up was ... we were kids and we didn't think it was a big deal to break up. So we broke up." Well, we were all kids once and decades later you, maybe, begin to understand what your parents meant when they said that youth is wasted on the young. Still, that era, when they/we were young produced a great body of music. Some of greatest of it came from Simon and Garfunkel. It's timeless and priceless. I'm so thankful they gave us as much as they did of their amazing talents before they stopped doing it together.
I don’t understand why I didn’t appreciate their music when I was young. Now, I find their music so soothing. Highly intellectual lyrics that are so profound, and artistic expression of the music gives me goosebumps.
I got into them when I was maybe 13, 14. My older sister came downstairs one day and disgustedly said, why are you listening to THAT? I just thought, wtf, this is great, but if I have to explain...well, let's just say that is the day I realized my sister was intellectually low brow. All these years later it has held true.
In 1968, my second year in university. I was taking a modern poetry class( example : E.E. Cummings, ect..ect) And the first piece my professor gave to discuss was the song " Sound of Silence " !!!!
Paul Simon's song writing and Art's voice, was a marriage of two talents that became one. I love them both equally, and love their music and always will. I just wished they would put the past where it belongs, and make up. Life is so short and anyone of the two, could go tomorrow. Grievances and resentment are too heavier a bourdon to carry.
They were TOGETHER... BOTH PHENOMINAL!!! "The Boxer" ... "Scarborough Fair"... "Sounds of Silence"... "Old Friends"... "Kathy's Song"... top drawer talent...
I know, right.... I had to pause the video. I was blown away by that. I thought it was Paul Simon at first and thought he looked to old for the video time piece....
Does anyone know if Paul and Eddie are maternal twins? I'll have to research this because I happen to know that Paul Simon is left-handed as I am. I've been studying left-handedness for quite a few years. And I found through medical journals and studies that it occurs more so in twins then one of the two twins will be left handed it also occurs more so yet and female twins. If you look at many of the great musicians in history, most of them are a higher percentage of left handed people. it's no now through medical and scientific studies that left-handed people are born with a larger right brain hemisphere it also has more activity and extra wiring over to the left brain hemisphere side. Bach Mozart Beethoven Leonardo Michelangelo Rembrandt Picasso famous musicians we've already talked about here- Paul McCartney and Jimi Hendrix are seen playing left-handed guitar as did Dick Dale and Kurt Cobain, but many people would not know watching famous people playing right handed guitar, that they are actually born left-handers, such as Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, David Bowie, David Byrne, Bob Geldof, Robert Fripp, Mark Knopfler, both Everly Brothers, and so many more. Famous jazz musicians such as Bill Evans and John Coltrane. Some of the most brilliant musicians happened to be left handed.
I am very interested in what you are saying about left handed people skills. I didn t khow that. I am left handed girl but I am a looser and my life sucks. Maybe we also develop mental problems too because of higher sensitivity. Well. Now I khow I am talented although afraid of everything. Thanks.)))
One of my favorite quotes; Nick Cave said it? "You don't *create* music, you *find* music. The music is already out there, the trick is to find it before Paul Simon does."
When you have 2 halves that are great in their own right you get a whole when combined, I am just so happy that these two ego greats pulled together & made the best music in history!!
The last lines of the last verse ("words of the prophets are written on the subway walls...") are poetry, echoing "Poem on an Underground Wall" ("a single-worded poem comprised of four letters"). SImon has given a lot more, but just that would have been enough.
great that they have come back together occasionally. no matter what they do or have done separately, people will always talk about and play simon and garfunkel.
I could tell Simon and Garfunkel how great you were and how you moved so many young folks, but they've heard all that before... I am going to tell them and anyone else, that life is all about learning to love and work with one another for now, so that we can do this forever after in the hereafter. It's all about love, forgiveness and acceptance of other people,with all their foibles and falts. Wether they reunite in this world or the next, I hope to hear them again as a duo. What they had was so very special and heaven on earth for multitudes.
Paul doesn't like Art's popularity...but Paul writes everything, so , any success Art gets is really Paul...Paul says whatever the salt on the wound may be/have been, it was 'childish', an abrasive last part of teenage/20 something competitive angst...
When they were just mucking around on that stage together, @12:13 singing, sounded like someone had put a cd on. It was so perfect and there was only one voice and one guitar. True talent.
they made such an amazing contribution to modern music and at the most complicated periods of social change... they moved the world in deep psychological way...
"It's a very special period when you are working together and you agree the two ideas, the two people's ideas are better than one. It's special. It lasts for a certain period of time than it goes away." Paul Simon That's it, that's what paramount. You gave us the loveliest fruits to enjoy, that special "new life" that is born and generates from the creative, intellectual and emotional, affectionate, human union of two different indviduals. The power, harmony, beauty and life attained by this loving effort is what we all long for and strive to achieve in life. We will always be listening in awe to your music and unique singing together, thankful for this gift you gave us💚🤍
Have to admit, they are both considerate to each others personalities, with no ego, despite their career problems. Pity they did not stay active together for longer. Think of the other masterpieces they would have made.
Paul Simon says at the end - if they didn't break up for personal reasons, they would have for musical. He went on to create great music (a poet and a one man band ...). Had they stayed together, there would be no graceland, and all the other gold and frankenscence.
So sad that Paul Simon chose to erase Art Garfunkels vocals from his Hearts & Bones which was to be a great album with both of them. It would have been so much more successful & the fans were waiting for another S&G album. Paul was always jealous of Artie’s superior voice.
His brother is so like him, I never thought of Paul as shy, but watching all these interviews, I can see he is a bit shy too. So both he and Art, were shy handsome young men. I love them so, and hope one day soon they will be friends again.
The two of them were like a drug that drove everybody crazy and over to another place in the universe you forgot everything nothing mattered but the people you were with listening and participating in their music and we made it our own we laughed and cried had kids inbetween married or not it didnt matter anymore as long as we had the music to sing along with to give our lives meaning and all the musicians and singers they did that they all became part of a huge world wide family we belonged to something great even though we didnt realise it at the time what an era wouldntv missed it for the world and now that most of us are in our early eighties81+ all of us were born around the same time and boy did we rock around the clock ( by Bill Haily ) and the rock and roll band and after that lots of black artists they taught us how to move and ELVIS offcourse well none of us ever looked back after that thats all otherwise I’ll keep going when i pass i want the sound of silence played and bridge over troubled waters thats all thankyou all so much for bringing back all these wonderful memories thankyou peace and love to all ❤☮️💟☸️🕉️🛐🌈🌈☔️☔️😍👋👏🌻🌺🌸🌼🌹🙏🙏🌏🇦🇺🇲🇨🇺🇦☮️💟🌹🙏🙏
@@louisrobberts4990 yes,yes please get together again and make up for old time sake the time is ticking fast, and it will make world wide fans happier we already loved you guys but more happiest for the last time it is the year 2021 approaching 2022.
there is wisdom in that, in knowing when it's over, and not trying to force a different ending. Sad, but less final. I think Paul wanted to grow musically in a much wider direction, and Art wanted go another way. Paul is still inventing himself, the way Dylan does, and Paul McCartney. They survive because they have the courage to make mistakes and get beyond them. And the music they made still resonates.
Turns out that neither Paul McCartney nor Paul Simon could artistically match their output with their partners. Both Paul's were popular but both took a step down musically when they went solo.
I'm 80 remember it all. So thankful I am an American. So sorrowful what America has begun. We need to make sure that the young, today's young, can have a magical experience, that I HAD. Toby Keith so dead at a young age; our young are dying, struggling. So sorrowful to watch.
I saw Bob Dylan and Paul Simon at the Hollywood Bowl in 1999. Perfect June night. 6th row seats with Val Kilmer and his girlfriend a couple seats down from us, Jack Nicholson just behind us with his head thrown back the entire time with that inimitable grin. Simon played first. Dylan played next. And then they played together. Magical. Seems like another lifetime ago.
Something about the ‘harmonies’ of two people singing together, who are such opposites. Similar to the Evenly Brothers, their early inspiration. Whatever the differences, somehow musically it works as a perfect whole.
I had a lift-back Corolla and homemade speakers way back when. It was a warm sunset in fall, drove to the end of this beautiful old rural road growing over with calf high grass, popped the back, put on "Bookends"... The love of my life was with me, I wanted to surprise her, we didnt as much "waltz" open armed to this song as much as I just pulled her into a hug and swayed until it ended. I miss what we could have been Yvonne. For two minutes of my life I was the happiest man alive, in the right spot, right time, with the right woman... Sharing exactly the best thing ever. Nothing else mattered and I wish time could have stopped. I hope you are blessed, wherever you are now.
I am 25 and I feel so lucky now that I got to see them in concert together during their 2003 reunion tour. I was 16 at the time and it was my first real concert.
BOTW..was obvious;y MEANT for "artie" as SIMON himself SAYS here..... such an EXQUISITE song... so beautifully sung by SUCH a consummate singer....DEE licious.....
As much as I loved S & G, Paul made better records on his own which got better and better and became world music - better than anyone else except Dylan & The Beatles - I love Paul Simon's music
Paul Simon’s music is boring & mediocre without Artie’s voice. Just think of Artie’s delivery of Bridge Over Troubled Water, April Come She Will, his lead vocals on American Tune & Scarborough Fair. He was always the dominant voice that the audience loved. Paul couldn’t tolerate that & that’s what drove them apart.
@@katharina8101 Hey Kitty Cat, maybe you should do a little more research- Artie had plenty of hits after he split with Paul and is loved by millions of fans. Also, Artie is listed in Rolling Stone as one of “The Best Singers Ever in the World “ - I didn’’t see Paul Simon’s name on that list. A song is just words on paper without a great singer to bring them to life.
@@katharina8101 At least he made the list. I think you just like to argue. You are free to love any artist you choose & I will do the same. End of conversation.
@@Simpleot2hk I think of songwriters like I think of movie directors. When we watch a movie are we thinking about the director or the famous actor ? Paul wrote the songs but the listener isn’t thinking about who wrote the song - they are listening to the famous SINGER who delivers the beautiful sound to our ears. Does anyone think about Paul Anka when Frank Sinatra sings My Way - I doubt it. Many great singers don’t write their own songs but have wowed us with their vocals & style (Frankie Valli, Elvis Presley, Bing Crosby, Perry Como, etc.). The list goes on & on - songwriters are nothing without a great singer to deliver the words with beauty & feelings that give us goosebumps. Paul was so fortunate to have a great talent like Art Garfunkel to deliver his words on a piece of paper & bring them to the top of the charts. A voice like no other. ❤️❤️❤️
I agree that normally that would be a crappy thing to say, but if you ask anyone whose voice they remember, Simon's or Garfunkel's, 99.9999% of them will say Garfunkel. So, yes, he was more popular in a musical sense, but he admits that he wouldn't have had the popularity without simon's motivation and drive.
And Paul said he didn't think he'd have had the courage to go it alone because he was too shy. Art's confidence and popularity with the girls gave him the idea of them performing together. Art even said they took something from the other that made them sound good together.
Turned out to be the WRONG choice. With that guitar he coughed up One Trick Pony and CapeMan and You're the One and Surprise. Garfunkel wouldn't have let him put out that garbage. Simon was hit or miss as a solo artist. Take away the S and G years and his legacy is seriously in doubt.
@@TheWillog Huh? What does this have to do with the original comment? Silly racist. It's a fact that many Jewish people in the entertainment industry change their names to more "anglo" sounding ones. Black people changing their names wouldn't do much anyway (unless you're a biracial person that can pass for white) because they still look black. Some Jewish people who look a certain way can get away with no one knowing they're Jewish which is why some change their last name.
Both guys are great. I wonder why the producers of this video have used images from a Beatles concert (the girls screaming at 8:42 are from the first Beatles concert in the US, at the Washington Coliseum).
Simon and Garfunkel are like the colors blue and gold. Which is the better color? That's a silly question. Put blue and gold together and they greatly enhance each other. Paul was a great writer but his solo albums were hit and miss. Yes, he wrote Graceland (leaning HEAVILY on the music of the South African musicians!) But he also wrote One Trick Pony and CapeMan, two truly awful albums. Artie had the epic Angel Clare, then some good but not great albums, although I really enjoyed Scissors Cut and Everything Waits to be Noticed. But The Simon and Garfunkel years were the best. I admire both immensely and anyone who says one is more gifted than the other is being juvenile.
@@safkaesque yeah. You missed the fact that the person you thought was Paul was actually his brother Eddie. He was in the interview too. He and Paul look and sound exactly alike so the confusion is understandable.
@@debrakish9659 gosh i didn’t know Paul have a brother just spitting image of him are they twin? it’s cool. Is Eddie older than Pau? God bless everyone.
@@litaanderson1589 Eddie is younger. I can tell that's not Paul because Eddie is much more smiley and sweet because he's not famous and nowhere as wealthy, I'm sure. Paul is the rich longtime celeb, and he doesn't need to bow down to anyone, so he's not expressive and seems very confident.
@@TheWillog because there is no thrill in waiting for their record to be released to purchase it and, because it is the only record you have, you play it repeatedly.
Dear God, he and his Dad are absolute TWINS..., even their voices.... AMAZING....!! This was a great video - THANK YOU...! I so miss those days (except the goofy looking dancers in the backgrounds of these old B&W videos - could have done without them, even back then)...
The Paul Simon lookalike is his brother, Eddie, not his dad. Eddie and Paul played together on stage at least once - Art was there too and he stepped aside while Paul and Eddie played the guitar piece called Anji together. It's on RU-vid somewhere still I'd imagine, I've seen it a few times (some years ago now).
Phil O Brien Fair enough..., yeah, I think his Dad's name was Louis..., I've been out of touch with music for some time.... I actually found that clip you are speaking off..., I didn't know his brother was such a proficient guitar player (I think he taught guitar and taught Paul how to play...?)
Their dad is shown in the interview, a black and white image on stage - he was a well known musician too...at least in the locality. Paul might have been there too - can't remember even though I only watched it twenty minutes ago! I read in the recent Paul Simon biography that Eddie is a music teacher - he's younger than Paul but apparently got into guitar far more naturally than Paul so there's a good chance he did indeed teach his older brother how to play! Interesting link here: www.allmusic.com/artist/eddie-simon-mn0001422049 I was thinking as well while I had nothing better to think of - Art Garfunkel is doing shows regularly again now (I've seen him once since he lost and regained his voice, at Vicar Street in Dublin) with Tab Laven on guitar. If Art had hired Eddie to play at the concerts they could have called themselves Simon and Garfunkel again! I mean, who's to know it wasn't the original Simon!
He has vocal paresis for the past 3 years and it was supposed to heal but his voice is still weak. He has tried to sing again in public but had to cancel a fall tour.
I remember when I was about 13 (it must've been 1974) I got BRIDGE OVER TROUBLE WATER for Christmas and I was so embarrassed. I was listening to rock by then (everyone was) and I asked my mom, how come this album? And she said, "I asked the salesman in the record section of Sears what all the kids were listening to." *face palm* I still listened to it but it didn't mean nearly what it means to me now. (Hope that guy choked on his commission lol)
It sounds like Paul was jealous of his friend Artie singing bridge over trouble water so well at the time,what a voice, glad they are friends again because life is too short, they look like two wounderful jewish boys, they belong togerther God bless them love them both
Have they become friends again? Good to hear, artie really dug into him this last time. Last i heard they both were on bad terms with eachother. But simon did say around 2003 i think, that they will always get into arguments and get on bad terms but will always be friends.
Actually, Art wanted to do movies 6 months out of the year while Paul Simon wrote the hits, and then Art would come back and sing for 6 months - then leave again. Paul Simon was doing all of the HEAVY work. The BOTW song did not break them up...
This clip was from a very long time ago. A more current clip has Paul saying they haven't spoken to each other in years and that he'll never work with him again. As far as I've read or heard, they are still not on speaking terms.
@@rockallstarscollaborationp3136 They still have not made up. Art said some things in an interview that supposedly really hurt Paul's feelings. That was in 2015
