Not ... not at all

[ericcoleman]

If there is indeed a more beautiful song than For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her ... I have not heard it

So, what is your favorite Simon and Garfunkel song? None of that solo stuff thank you so very much ...

edit And we all know that Bridge Over Troubled Water is brilliant ... pick something else ...

Comments

[shsilver.livejournal.com]

I've always had a fondness for "The Boxer" and "Bookends" and "So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright."

[shsilver.livejournal.com]

And "Scarborough Faire"

[jcw-da-dmg.livejournal.com]

"Keep the Customer Satisfied". I can't even explain it. A close second is "Bridge Over Troubled Waters".

[jcw-da-dmg.livejournal.com]

You just did that to make me look bad, didn't you? It's the Eric Coleman Conspiracy! Or am I just being paranoid?

[ericcoleman]

You don't need my help to look bad ... and I edited it 5 minutes before anyone answered

[controuble.livejournal.com]

Since you won't let me pick BOTW, then I guess Scarborough Faire.

[erik]

I don't think I could choose one, frankly.

Kathy's Song is...maybe not more beautiful than For Emily. I'd call them twins.

Sound Of Silence is the first song I ever learned to whistle.

America, Punky's Dilemma...I can't choose just one.

[ericcoleman]

Kathy's Song has one disadvantage ... Paul sings it. As much as I love his voice, he can't make a song soar like Art. It's lovely, but, to me, not in the same league.

[erik]

Hmm.

So you're looking for the best S&G track.

[ericcoleman]

Not really no.

I personally think that Simon's songs are better when sung by Garfunkel, and the songs that he writes for himself don't have the flair that the songs that are written for Garfunkel to sing do. He is a much more limited singer than Garfunkel. That said, some of my favorite S&G songs are sung by Simon, but something like Emily or Bridge blow those right out of the water.

[bibliofile.livejournal.com]

I run fickle on this. Sometimes it's whatever that's on the radio, especially if I know the words and can sing the harmony part. I only own one of their records (Best of), and it's on vinyl so I don't listen to it very often.

P.S. -- Does this mean that there are some BAD S&G songs? Or are they just Favorites & Not Favorites?

[ericcoleman]

There are songs that didn't make my IPod mix ... things that I don't really care if I hear again ... but I couldn't tell you what those are ... since I don't listen to them

[alymid.livejournal.com]

I'd have to go with April, Come She Will (I think that is the title)

[bigblued.livejournal.com]

59th Street Bridge Song. I love it's happy goofyness.

[pheltzer.livejournal.com]

My top three in no particular order would be...

America

Sound of Silence

Kodakrome

[ericcoleman]

We're sorry, the last one is not allowed ... 5 minutes in the penalty box.

[pheltzer.livejournal.com]

Would you prefer if I spelled it correctly. :)

I of course meant Kodachrome. :)

Problem with that song?

[ericcoleman]

It is a Paul Simon solo song ... yes I know they did it at the Central Park show ... but it is still a Paul solo song

[pheltzer.livejournal.com]

Is it? I thought it was older than their solo careers... The song I'd replace it with I'm almost positive is a solo song as well... Still Crazy After All These Years.

[ericcoleman]

Which is indeed a Paul Simon solo song ...

[powersalad.livejournal.com]

I'd have to include "I Am a Rock" since it's such an anti-love song, it's nearly punk in its attitude. "Baby Driver" is nice and goofy, and interesting production (nearly overdriven acoustic guitars with heavily compressed horns). For me, there is no more majestic than "The Boxer". Got the single when it came out (I was 4 and didn't get it, but the hook got me) - then as I aged I got more of the meaning, and it is sheer creepy and desolate and hopeless (in a hopeful kind of way - though the fighter still remains) yet, as mentioned earlier, it SOARS. Masterpiece, no pap.

[ericcoleman]

The Boxer may have the best production on any song ever ... and a song that matches. It may actually be my favorite S&G song ... but that would change with my mood ...

Simon and Garfunkel

[markiv1111.livejournal.com]

There are two songs back-to-back on the *Bridge Over Troubled Waters* album that I am extremely fond of. They are "Why Don't You Write Me?" and "The Only Living Boy in New York" (with a brilliant bass part by the well-respected Joe Osborn). Lately, although the weather is the *opposite* of what would make me think of this, I find myself singing "A Hazy Shade of Winter" -- an excellent, yet often overlooked, song. Just below these three are "Fakin' It" and "Keep the Customer Satisfied." When my old friends Reed Waller and Kate Worley got a new bass player in my place, they played exactly one gig (which I was present for, in the audience) and started it with a nice authentic electric version of "Keep the Customer Satisfied" -- a song that certainly works well enough with a rock band.

Nate

Re: Simon and Garfunkel

[autographedcat.livejournal.com]

"The Only Living Boy In New York" has especial resonance to me. That's why I leanred to play it.

[drawshad.livejournal.com]

Cecilia. I always liked the bounciness :) Makes me feel happy when I'm not.

[rainbowgnosis.livejournal.com]

I have to say "Barbriallen". I love the prettyness and the sadness. Also, a fun fact: There is no such thing as "blasting" S&G. The louder the volume, it matters not. Or maybe that's just me.

[emiofbrie.livejournal.com]

I look around
Trees are brown
And the sky
Is a hazy shade of winter!

**Emi drinks her vodka and lime, and boooos the Bangles for leaving that part out of their version, despite the fact that it was not intentional**

[ericcoleman]

I've been listening to the first two Bangles records a lot the last few days (found the first EP ripped from vinyl online)

I prefer to ignore the last record ...

Can't pick just one.

[autographedcat.livejournal.com]

"The Dangling Conversation"

and

"Kathy's Song"

[born-to-me.livejournal.com]

It's hard to choose. At the moment it's Bookends. It may always be Bookends. Kathy's Song, Kodachrome, 59th Street Bridge... how about this, if there's one I don't like I'll list it.



There. That's my list of S&G songs I don't like. ;-)

[barondave.livejournal.com]

If I can only pick one, it would be The Boxer, of course.

And Cecelia too. Also I Am A Rock.

[s00j.livejournal.com]

will you pick on me if I so much as mention The Sound of Silence?

Emily is most assuredly hard to beat.
I love them all and blame each song on S of S, PSRT, and Bridge for good portions of the genesis of my gypsy minstrel existence. so my fantasy becomes reality and i must be what i must be...

[ericcoleman]

Which version?

I love them both

[wildcard9.livejournal.com]

I am partial to The Sounds Of Silence and The Boxer. Those are probably my two favoriates by S&G.

[archiver-tim.livejournal.com]

Being from The Motor City, I will have to put in a note for Big, Bright Green Pleasure Machine.

However, when putting together the WRS Top 16 + 100, I wanted Bridge at the top, but others in the committee didn't think it needed that honor just a few months after it's release.

-Tim

s & g was my first music and first love

[janmagic.livejournal.com]

please explain what the big deal with 'bridge over troubled waters.'
i guess i never liked the song.'that album was the start of the break up.
is there something about the music part of it that i missed at the time???

sound of silence album was the first music i bought and it was in mono.
i am passionate about any song on the 2ed or 3 album. i spent a lot of time listening to s & g in high school. so much of it has emotional impact, like 'homeward bound' was used at the memorial of a friend who was crushed under a bus after being pushed off.

i only hear s & g when i hear it on musiack or somewhere, i never learned how to down load songs.. plus there is so much filk i like, and i read books more than listen.

thanks for the topic. it was a good reminisce

Re: s & g was my first music and first love

[ericcoleman]

For me it's Art's finest moment as a singer ...

[tlunquist.livejournal.com]

I like "Flowers Never Bend With the Rainfall."

I also like "A Simple Desultory Philippic" - mostly because it has such a wonderful title, and I do have a soft spot in my head for politically-charged music. Same reason I like Tom Lehrer.

Desultory

[hazelchaz]

That one's great. I didn't recognize most of the names when I first heard it, as a child. The older I get and the more I learn about that time, the funnier the song gets.

Red Rubber Ball

[hazelchaz]

From Old Friends Disc 2. Written by Simon, but never performed by him. (The Circle had the big hit with it.)