Simon and Garfunkel are the kind of group you do not listen to for months. Then you play one song and proceed to play everything they ever recorded . They are just that good.....
Or you listen to them once and never stop listening to them actually. I guess it's been over half a year since I started listening to them seriously (earlier I used to know only a few songs like Mrs Robinson or The Sound Of Silence). It was like discovering when my home is. Since that time I've been listening to their songs almost every day (except the days when I was ill or outside home). Hope that I will never stop, even when I'm old.
@@somebodysaccount No worries. You won´t. - I am 62. And these guys are singing my youth. I will listen to their music - and sing along - to my last day.
@@somebodysaccount True, thats me. All through lockdown... Day and night. Listening to them right now through my earphone, while I paint my doors. They've been my lockdown companion. Love them endlessly.
I was at this concert with my girlfriend and when we got there it looked like Woodstock because over 500,000 people showed up.. One of the best free concerts I have been to..
At the time of this concert I was 9 years old and already a fan of their music. Obviously I could not attend since I was just a german child, but I SWORE to myself that I would attend a S&G concert some day. Made my dream come true in 2013 at their "Old Friends" reunion tour ... bought the tickets online, flew in from Germany to Los Angeles and watched them at the Staples Center ... singing along the entire concert ... with tears in my eyes. Childhood dream come true ... :)
This great old song helped me change my life. Back in the mid-1970s, I was in a bad, destructive relationship that was not healthy for either of us. I found myself sitting in traffic wondering what the hell I was going to do, when all of a sudden, like the answer to a prayer, this song began. All of a sudden I knew what to do and two weeks later, I was free, still screwed up, but free. Thanks Paul.
Everything is great, the sharpness of the horns, Gadd's space, the guitar solo. I love love love the chorus. But what really sticks out is the rhodes playing of Richard Tee, which is unbelievably groovy.
These guys will never go out of style. Elegance is a quality synonymous with the spirit. Simon & Garfunkel not only proved it, but they are a living example of this ideal.
I was a 14 year old guitar novice and remember seeing this concert in German TV and being completely blown away. The chords, harmony, melody of Paul Simon (solo or with Art Garfunkel) are just out of this world.
Just saw Paul in Bend, Oregon at the Les Schwab Amphitheater. 🎶(06/24/17)🎶 His entire performance was unforgettable and EVERYTHING I had come to expect!!! It was a perfect ending to a amazing evening! 🕊A living legend!!! 🎶🎸🎶
Also a drummer and agree. It's like Elton John dialing up Dee Murray on Love Lies Bleeding. Gadd's part, like Murray's, makes the song, and the marquee name recognized they needed to be second billing for once.
Many, many years ago, when i discovered this song on the S&G concert in Central Park LP, i realised that i was going to be a Paul Simon fan much more than a S&G fan...
Awesome band! There were absolutely no weak links. I wish the camera had panned to the piano a bit more often. That dude was smooth. I don't think I've heard a better performance of this song. Ever. Anywhere.
Classic! After all these years the Song still comes to mind and brings a laugh, smile, and words of wisdom in times when you or a friend feels there's no easy way out.
A great song from my childhood memories that my late Dad loved. The drums in this song fit well with the bicentennial year of 1976 which is the year this song took off on the charts.
With time I'v come to think that what makes this epic concert so good is the quality of the arrangements to these rather pop/folk orientated songs to suit the big orchestra of this event. This plus the absolute first class performance of every musicien up there that night. I just can't get enough of listenings to all the various instruments parts.
This song and Mother and Child Reunion, Gone At Last and Loves Me Like A Rock are the few 70's Paul Simon hits that probably couldn't be done as Simon and Garfunkel duets.
God I love Paul Simon this song has been going thru my head all Christmas time. I was lucky enough to see Paul & Art with the Everly brothers in Hyde park London I was gobsmacked. Paul I love you thank you for your incredible music I just hope you read this
This is why I fell in love with Paul Simon's music. Timeless hits such as Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover, Sounds of Silence. Legendary songwriter and timeless musician. I wrote a version of this called Fifty Ways To Tell A Sermon.
But if they pushed it to the point where I feel like giving a sermon that's an encyclopedia worth.. that's where I'm ironically giving them the "TLDR fuck off" version. (Because it's just not worth it giving the covert sadist the satisfaction of showing too much sweat anymore!)
Love these two like crazy. I also love to hear Paul sing this song. Love to watch his expressions, when he sings this... Also when he sings Al. He has a very sexy smile on his face. I absolutely love to hear and watch these two. Love them endlessly.
this song was more to showcase the others in the band so it's ok Art doesn't sing. The spotlight of this song goes as much to the drummer as it does Paul.
The same goes with "You can call me Al". The bass line and the guitar licks make this song (together with the brass section, not sure who wrote that). Paul ist one of the greatest songwriters of all time, no doubt, but he sure had good luck with his fellow musicians, too.
