Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer (from The Concert in Central Park) 

so sad.... tears swelling in my eyes. paul (simon) and art(garfunkel) you probably don't remember me, but you talked to me at ruby's cafe 1976. You guys changed my life. God bless you two. I'm know 78 with minor alztimerz and i fear my time is coming. I just wanted to comment on this performance. I love you guys - Wolf M. Marsh Edited April 3rd, 2020 Three years ago, I handed my grandfather my laptop to let him write one last message to Simon and Garfunkel. He had no idea that videos like this could be found on the internet, and he broke down in tears while he listened. This September he passed away after a four year battle with kidney failure, but he was very fortunate that his Alzheimer’s never progressed much further than when he posted this comment. He commented with the name Wolf M. Marsh. That is my name. I assume he said my name instead of his because he didn’t want his name circulating out of the internet, but I am so glad his story has become so well known to you all. The world would be such a better place if everyone on it was as kind and empathetic as the people replying beneath me. All the love on the planet to you folks, ~Wolf M. Marsh

Stop asking about "who is listening on this year, etc!" We never left... This song is forever and will outlive all of us!

I'm currently 19 and my dad passed away almost 2 months ago. We used to play and sing this song together, especially this version. His favourite verses were the ones added during this concert. Now I play the song on my own, knowing that he's probably singing somewhere along as well. Love you dad, wherever you may be. The boxer still remains.

Young people don't realise but this is how superstars sound

Paul Simon, absolutely one of the greatest songwriters.

This is February 2021. I listen to this song and others and it takes back more than 50 years ago at age 19 on my way to the Vietnam war sailing on a Navy ship and so much uncertainty. Just a kid. Now I'm 74 years old still listening to all these songs of the 60s. Miss my youth.

I'm still here. Old and ill, but still fighting ❤

This is March 2023 and I still adore this. Just wish these two guys could have felt the love for each other that we have for them. 💙💙

These harmonies will never be duplicated or matched it was a magical time.

I am old at 63 but would not change my age for I lived through the best music we will ever know...and as Simon and Garfunkel, I can say I love them as much as the Beatles...their ability to tell a story and grab your. heart is unique...they dont make songs like this anymore...enjoy younger generations,

74, living in beautiful France. These songs were and still are my life, always will be.

I love how, as they sing `after changes upon changes we are more or less the same...`, Paul has a quick glance to Art, who in return gives him a pat on the back a few seconds later. very touching.

If you're watching this in 2021, I love you and you're not alone.

I was at this concert and remember the audience "singing" the cymbal crashes. Half a million people imitating a cymbal was surreal. It doesn't come through on the video but it was simply amazing in real life.

Anyone listening in 2024 ?

Still listening in 2024. Grew up listening to this. Saw Simon and Garfunkel Story in the UK recently. I’m 51 and I was the youngest in the audience! Great show thought

I’m still listening. 85 years old - no music will ever match that of Simon and Garfunkel. I have sessions with them!

there is NO harmony like these two......and there never will be again......PERIOD

I’m 70 years now loved this song for 50 years still love this song is as good as 50 years ago

Тези момчета ги зная още като юноши млади! Тръгнали по широкият друм на живота, с една китара и раниччка! Обичам ги! ❤😂🎉❤😂🎉

can you believe that these two guys met for the first time at the age of ten in a candy store. random is the secret of all things

Listening during quarantine 2020...who else?

Smiles on their faces when they perform ... it just doesn't get better than this. Best duo ever, I guess.

Simon et Garfunkel, 🎧 en 2024 j'écoute encore et encore merci pour toutes les jolies mélodies .

My favorite S&G song. I was actually a young boxer the first time that I heard it. Almost 70 years old now,...but the fighter, indeed, still remains.

Two men, one guitar and only their pure voices...that's magical. Hell yeah, I miss those days when everything in music is so pure and spiritual.

27 декабря 2023 года.Я смотрю видео с концерта Саймона и Гофункеля.Когда не по себе,я слушаю их песни и становится легче.Кто ещё со мной?Всех с наступающим Новым годом.Мира,добра,живите и процветайте!👍🥰

Песня из далёкого детства. Помню у нас в СССР вышла маленькая пластинка с этой песней. Это было в начале 70-х годов прошлого века. Я её заслушал пока она не стёрлась.)))

love the little miscommunication right at the start that makes this song even more endearing

I was there. My brother and I snuck out from our house in Bath Beach, Brooklyn. I was 11 years old and it’s still one of my greatest memories.

I am 79yrs old and still listening to S and G. So happy to have lived in the era of real music. ❤

According to the 1982 album booklet, this concert brought 500,000 people to Central Park in a single performance and has not been forgotten until today.

Paul smiles, glances at Art, Art puts his hand on Paul’s back....for a moment all is right in the world.

One of the benefits of being old is living to hear them together

What a song, what great performers. 2023 and I'm still listening. I'm 71 this year.

Listening to Simon and Garfunkel is just like hearing two angels sing. No matter how bad things are, or how low I'm feeling, their music always transports me to a far better place. Absolutely beautiful.

This song could be about me. I was engaged to be married 40 years ago, we were expecting a baby. It was cut short, I was dumped and broken. After weeks and weeks not moving from my room, then I went out and joined the Army. I left my family and home town, I was lonely and broken. 40 years latter I found my son, not living too far from my brother. I have contacted him, we have met and I knew he was my son by looking into his eyes. He is about to make me a Granddad, I am that poor boy no more.

No one has ever sung better in harmony than S&G. Incredible.

Very few artists are really worthy of the term 'iconic', but I think it's fair to say S&G earned that description...

Unbelievable how these two sing together as one. In my opinion about the greatest duo ever put together.

It was good to see Garfunkel reach out and rub Paul’s back. Like, “ you did good brother. Look what we created with the songs you wrote”. I don’t know what came between these two men, but they can never deny that combined they were gold. And, I love Paul’s smile. I don’t think either of them aren’t fully aware of the mark on history this concert and their talents made.

What I love about this (apart from the incredible music, singing and performance) is that everyone is actually listening and there are no phones filming it. I’ve seen David Gilmour play numerous times but to have been at that performance must have been an absolute privilege. Brilliant!

亡くなった父が大好きだった曲。2023年の今でも色褪せることのない素晴らしい曲。

I found them today. It's the first time I've heard this song, at the age of 24... Im In tears of joy, can't explain... I've heard true MUSIC... real music, now I know. I'm speechless. For people who said they remember being in this concert I can just imagine how magical it must have felt. True blessing.

I like the moment when Art starts singing ahead out of time at the start and Paul looks at him puzzled, and then they both just smile and go with it

Thank you for listening to this wonderful song. 🙏

The whole creation relaxes when these two guys sang ...we still need them today

They personified a generation, but wow are they incredible together. Never gets old or stale. Timeless.

From the other side of Atlantic Ocean, 1984, a poor boy in Portugal heard this the first time... and he thought, there's life outside, there's something beautiful there...

I'm 23 yo but i love this song 😢 God bless us ❤

This is music that will never get old it will live for ever not like the rubbish that they call music today this is magical so keep listening people

3:03 Just a little gesture but my heart melted.

2:50 Paul Simon's look when they sing "after changes upon changes we're more or less the same". God my heart!!

2023 and I’m still enjoying this masterpiece ❤

2023 anyone? This song has been playing in my head all day today and I've never listened to it before. Happy Valentines to all your lovely people reading this ❤️

Two of the best harmonising musicians ever

This song is pure genius - the way it was written just draws a person in so deeply.

After 50 years,their songs are still amazing and my favorite.

二人の曲の中でこの曲が一番好き✨ 暖かい春の雨に包まれた様な柔らかい穏やかなそして明るく輝く未来が待ってる様な気持ちに為るんです✨ そして… このセントラルパークのボクサーが最高に良い✨ 二人の呼吸の一つ一つが寸分違わず此れほどまでに合ってるのはこのボクサーだと言う気がします✨ そして… アートもだけど何よりポールが最高に気持ち良さそうに歌ってるのが堪らなく良いのです✨ 何回聴いても何回観ても幸せな気持ちが溢れて来ます✨

I put on My Headphones, Close My eyes and In a rush I'm 17 Years old again.

One of the finest songs ever written. Pure and simple genius. I'm 73 and for my generation this is totemic. Two superb voices meld wonderfully.

You can see how much Paul loves this song and just lets hiimself get carried by the flow of music and lyrics simply amazing from them both!

One of the greatest songs ever written

I remember a widely published music critic in the 70's say "...now we know, in Simon and Garfunkel, what music in heaven will sound like."

I was there, Central Part NYC, it was amazing.

This live concert version is the best ever from this duo. Better than the original album version. Love it!

I realise that each generation goes through this - but I seriously wish bands in 2023 were more like this! At least they buy clothes that fit!

"After changes, we are more or less the same." Smiles from both and Art's hand rubbing Paul's back is the epitome of real friendship. Friends fall out but they are never not friends.

This is my dad's fave music. He's dead now and I'm still listening to this song remembering my dad. 😭😭😭

as a 8 years old kid looking through my parents stuff i found Simon & Garfunkel CD . I'm so glad i grew up listening to this

One of my favourite songs ever, they don’t write them like this anymore, pure class.

That arm that Art put on Paul’s back shows just how supportive of friends I bet they truly were. Even through the break ups and the fights you just can’t deny their bond to each other

I'm Japanese. When I heard this song first I was only 19. This is what I thought, " How come you know so much about me?" I felt so related. Now I'm over 60. Still love S&G.

I haven't listened to them for such a long time, years. The nostalga is overwhelming.

Thanks Simon & Garfunkel for your timeless songs through the years

Looking at how many people are watching this in 2020 I hope they both know how much their music is still loved as well as loving both of them too.

Beautiful song, written and released during troubled times, performed in a now deeply troubled city. My prayers go out to you, New York.

The perfect match between these two voices happens once in life, and I have the privilege of living in this century and being blessed by the sound of their music. I guess we'll have to wait one more century to enjoy such a fantastic gift.

I’m 19 and I I just love these musicians

Garfunkel's mistake at the beginning was so cute and it worked. Such a beautiful angelic voice. Love it.

This was one of the best concerts in the history of mankind.

I am 24 years old and i have played keyboards and guitar for 11 years before being diagnosed with hearing loss. Music was the only way i could speak and faced with the diagnosis i gave it up almost completly. The last 2-3 weeks were a living hell for me and i could barely cope with the idea of not being able to enjoy music again. I tried to listen to softer music and at lower volumes because now i feel guilty to play loud music. After this seemingly sort time without my music this very performance came randomly while i was driving and i basicly teared up during the whole performance. Just wanted to let this here. I think the songs that make you shed a tear ar the real true music. Because they speak emotions.

Paul forgot. He was a poet and had a great voice but Arts gift was his vocal accompaniment.

2023 - 77 yrs old and still loving them 🤩

My parents played them all the time and we hated it. Thank you GOD for helping me learn and bringing them together.

I was at the concert working in the field hospital as a volunteer EMT. The entire experience was pure magic.

Eu ouvindo em 2023. Paraná/Brasil. Canção linda e inesquecível

WHO is listening in 2023? After listening to a version with Paul and another artist, you realize these two duo must continue for ever and ever.

I’m 65, this is one of the most hauntingly beautiful songs I can think of. We of our age are blessed. We enjoyed the music of the ‘60s, ‘70s, and ‘80s. I do appreciate the music of today, I’m not fussy, beautiful music is timeless, but for me, our time presented the best you could hope for.

I pity the poor souls who gave this a thumbs down. So incredible to see and to hear!!

Masterpiece, Always, Anytime ,Anywhere. Enjoy life with Simon and Garfunkel

My father passed away last week at age 90. He was a champion amateur boxer and loved this song. He was a boxer and even moreso, a fighter. We played it at his funeral as he is truly "going home."

Mind-blowing how 2 magical people stand in front of everywhere, stripped down without drums, distortion, beats, etc etc... And stand there performing actual legendary tunes made by themselves . The calm, the bravery... Let alone how serene these 2 are in unison. As unique as it gets.

Am I the only one who noticed that absolutely magical moment at 2:54 when Paul starts smiling from ear to ear and Art finally notices and gives a small pat in Paul's back?? I've seen this video countless times but this is the first time I notice this.

Hearing Simon and Garfunkel sing together makes the world so much better ❤️❤️❤️

Will never tire of listening to this wonderful song. Love it after decades. 🥰

My love requested this song for his funeral song , he lost his fight with cancer but the song was played.

It’s the end of August 2020, still watching over and over.

Listening in 2023 .Some of the best songs ever..timeless. I still get shivers down my spine when I hear the first few notes of most of their songs

I’ve never known 2 voices sound so good together. Sheer perfection ❤