"what were you doing in England, going to school?' Paul Simon ' I was hearing the drizzle of the rain, gazing from my window to the streets below, writing songs that voices never heard', that kind of thing, you know.
Hello I've been a Simon Garfunkel fan for 20 years. I liked it since high school, but I still like it now. But every time I listen to the Simon Garfunkel song, I am really surprised. The reason is so great. People around me have seen a lot of people who don't understand what they like Simon Garfunkel to me. Still, I love Simon Garfunkel. As a musician, I've also heard all of Paul Simon Art's Garfunkel solo albums. My English is weak, so I turn it up with Google Translate. hope you understand. Korean youth Song Ho-wook
To this very day and the next days to come, this duo will remain my favorite musicians of all time. The early live performances were amazing, just pure genuine talent.
They performed on the Mike Douglas Show at KYW-TV's studio in Philadelphia. I know that studio as my dad worked at the station for many years and would take me there sometimes. It was a small set in the basement of an office building, 1719 Walnut Street to be exact. I was about 5 at the time of this performance - too young to appreciate S&G then though in another few years I surely did!
It's very touching how S & G can lay a tribute to Dylan like that with no ego except to lift him high and deliver the song like they are less than him ...
Quite good things were made in 1966. Not just me, born May 1st at my parent's home. Even if Labour Day finally became April 30th, because my parents discovered that they would receive child support for the whole month of April, even if a child was born the last day of the month. And since my father didn't earn that much, May 1st around 2 in the morning became April 30th, almost midnight.... Creativity is a thing that comes in many shapes !
Notice they chose to perform the original acoustic version of "Sound Of Silence" even though there is a drummer and bass player behind them who could have performed the added instrumentation like the hit single. Also note almost all the Mike Douglas performances are usually live, not lip synced. Or a singer will perform "live to track" (sing live to the instrumental mix of their hit song). Done when it's not feasible to fly in an entire band or backing musicians.
What a lost gem this is! I've never heard the second song before but it was a treat for me as well as hearing them do Mr. Tambourine Man. And I love the interview portion. Love hearing these guys speak.
You Can Tell The World was one of the folk songs they recorded for the first album which was mentioned. "Wednesday Morning 3AM" with the original version of Sounds of Silence has always been a favorite of mine - with some early songs of Paul's that show you how great a writer he was early on.
You Can Tell The World was really an old Gibson & Camp song. Along with the Everly Brothers, Gibson & Camp were the biggest harmony influencers of S&G (in my view). S&G copied a lot of Gibson & Camp's song. Have a listen to Gibson & Camp live at the Gate of Horn and you'll see why many consider it one of the most influential folk albums of all time
Always wanted to hear " You can tell the world ", live and now it sounds better than the studio version which was not given to muchsupport as Paul and art were unknown to the heads of C.B.S. records. Thank you for showing this version.
I thought Simon was on his own in England when the single was released, having already parted ways with Garfunkel. Both were great on their own, but they were magic together. Such a shame they found it so difficult to work together.
Qué joya. Ellos ya eran artistas cuando yo no estaba ni en proyecto. Nada que agregar a su talento, pero taaaan jóvenes! Y qué hermoso era Garfunkel, sobretodo cuando se muerde los labios, que hasta hoy es su sexy sello.
Ridiculous! Incredible! Fantastic! It simply does not get any better. What talent! And the best is that they are still with us! Thank you to the creators of this piece and to youtube for such a wonderful product. This is the very best of humanity!
What a treasure!! This is amazing on many levels. Hearing Simon & Garfunkel performing "You Can Tell The World" live is something I never thought I'd hear. Especially from this period. I am equally amazed at them doing Dylan as part of their set. By 1966 Paul Simon had written a number of songs so you'd think they'd have featured his brilliant songwriting. Thanks so much for posting this. Made my day.
you can tell the world...song, wow...two jews singing a gospel song about jesus christ, and singing it, better than anyone...i luv it....also mr tamborine, right on, better than dylan, note...the harmonies!
Tell them that Gospel has come... the man from Galilee has been hanging around in Paul Simon's sensibilities all these years. I reckon he is opening up to spirituality in his latter days... Anyone agree?
Thank you so much for uploading the other two songs and interview.. Was so hoping you would after watching your upload of the Sound Of Silence from the show a couple of years ago, Such a rarity !
Garfunkle became a prominent actor in movies. They also wrote hits for others. In this vid is also Dick Clark, and Petula Clark who was the most influential singer if the 60's with many hits.
An engineer gave Sounds of Silence The Byrds treatment by adding an electric guitar. Wonder if Simon had heard the new version on the radio instead of seeing at the top of the charts he would have thrown a fit about artistic integrity not wanting to sell out folk?
It was producer Tom Wilson who overdubbed a whole band (the guys who were recording with Bob Dylan on Like A Rolling Stone). Simon and Garfunkel never sold out their artistic integrity, as evidenced by the fact that they never toured with a band (despite repeated pressures from the record company) until 1969 in support of their last studio album.
I am an Italian person. Most Unfortunately the last elections on September were won by a far-right coalition, which uses to italianize all foreign words, thus Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel would become: “Paolo Simone ed Arturo G”. But nevertheless their music is just jolly good!
Simon was talking about paying the rents. You don't have to pay the rents, dear. You can live in your own 5 million dollar house. You made your future.
