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Simon & Garfunkel — American Tune
Album: The Concert in Central Park
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Released: 1982
Length: 4:13
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Many's the time I've been mistaken
And many times confused
Yes, and often felt forsaken
And certainly misused
But I'm all right, I'm all right
I'm just weary to my bones
Still, you don't expect to be
Bright and bon vivant
So far away from home, so far away from home

And I don't know a soul who's not been battered
I don't have a friend who feels at ease
I don't know a dream that's not been shattered
Or driven to its knees
But it's all right, it's all right
We've lived so well so long
Still, when I think of the road
We're traveling on
I wonder what went wrong
I can't help it, I wonder what went wrong

And I dreamed I was dying
And I dreamed that my soul rose unexpectedly
And looking back down at me
Smiled reassuringly
And I dreamed I was flying
And high up above my eyes could clearly see
The Statue of Liberty
Sailing away to sea
And I dreamed I was flying

We come on the ship they call the Mayflower
We come on the ship that sailed the moon
We come in the age's most uncertain hour
And sing an American tune
But it's all right, it's all right
You can't be forever blessed
Still, tomorrow's going to be another working day
And I'm trying to get some rest
That's all I'm trying to get some rest
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Whoa, relevant. 
Posted 1 week ago by jmkate    [ Reply ]
Lovely music set this evening. 
I thought I was listening to My Favorites, but nope, I'm in the Main Mix. Much love, RP! 
Posted 3 months ago by Laptopdog    [ Reply ]
 sfoster66 wrote:

Immigrants?  Don't they just steal jobs?...smh...what the hell happened to 'Murica?



Let's hope the white supremacist concept goes to hell along with its current "leader."  
Posted 5 months ago by Clarentine    [ Reply ]
The PERFECT song to follow Randy Newman's "Political Science".  A satire on US politics followed by a an absolutely gorgeous anthem.  Rather than listen to all the "talking heads" blathering commentary on today's political climate on the news, I much prefer hearing the same message in brilliant songs curated by a master "host".
Posted 8 months ago by dandueck07    [ Reply ]
i think back in october i watched the whole concert again on tv, maybe PBS station. it was so fun.
Posted 9 months ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
Love it..
Posted 1 year ago by GingerandMe    [ Reply ]
always wonder  how much practicing they did for this show

they really nail it
Posted 1 year ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
This may be my least favorite Simon and Garfunkel song. But most of them are 9 and 10s for me so a pretty high bar. 
Posted 2 years ago by smartn1    [ Reply ]
Posted 3 years ago by Ardenites    [ Reply ]
I just couldn't listen to Arts biography
Posted 4 years ago by Pilsenaaa    [ Reply ]
love Simon and Garfunkel
But  The ship that sailed the moon
The Mayflower Yuck Wasn't that the begining of the end  sis-boom-bah-ekk
Posted 5 years ago by stephen.king12101    [ Reply ]
 boober wrote:
{#Stupid}He uses a lot of big words
 
No he doesn't. Unless one missed a few years of school and can't be bothered to read.
Posted 5 years ago by BCarn    [ Reply ]
this is terrible, and I apologize in advance, but it still cracks me up.

Q- What's the definition of art?

A -The lame half of Simon and Garfunkel

I know, I know, sorry!
Posted 5 years ago by bluematrix    [ Reply ]
I love a lot of S&G, and a lot of Paul Simon's solo work - some of it is among the best.

For me, this particular song is nowhere near in that league - it's a bit cheesy for my taste.
Posted 5 years ago by adib    [ Reply ]
Paul Simon often seems to get overlooked as one of the best songwriters ever but I think he deserves the recognition for songs such as this.
Posted 5 years ago by jcleworth    [ Reply ]
That Magic.
Posted 6 years ago by gjeeg    [ Reply ]
 Businessgypsy wrote:
Interesting little artifact of the Carter administration malaise.

 
But originally written in the Nixon Administration
Posted 6 years ago by phlattop    [ Reply ]
For me, the original Paul Simon solo version captures a feeling that this just doesn't.
Posted 7 years ago by ExpatLarry    [ Reply ]
 vandal wrote:

American Tune isn't even within the same realm of existence as Bridge Over Troubled Water. . .  

 
That's a funny way to put it, but I agree.  I think many of their tunes are fantastic - or even transcendent - but never felt that so much about this one.
Posted 7 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
I think that it starts out a bit rusty, but, wow, it gets going well soon enough, and then settles right into their peerless quantum harmony!
Posted 8 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Doensn't get much better than S&G.
Posted 8 years ago by grahamdillabough    [ Reply ]
 joelbb wrote:
Paul Simon went all the way back to J. S. Bach to steal this tune.  In the end, for all his ability, he's a whiny, musical klepto.

 
Bach used an existing melody for his music. It's an old hymn.
Posted 8 years ago by Kaw    [ Reply ]
{#Stupid}He uses a lot of big words
Posted 8 years ago by boober    [ Reply ]
Do we need this today or what.  I do.  Thank you.
Posted 8 years ago by lissen    [ Reply ]
Just turned on RP at work, this song is the first I'm hearing, right from the beginning... it's gonna be a good day. {#Good-vibes} 
Posted 9 years ago by skindy    [ Reply ]
 xkolibuul wrote:

And exactly which music is sui generis?  

 
Well, Phil Collins lives half the year in Switzerland so I suppose that would be Suisse Genesis.

What? 
Posted 9 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
I love these guys,
Posted 9 years ago by changodelaplaya    [ Reply ]

Almost got to see this concert...made it to the park with a cooler full of Heineken to meet friends me and my then wife met on our honeymoon the year before and due to the overwhelming amount of people we never met up and never got close to the stage so we listened to the concert and ended up making about $20 selling a good portion of the beer.  What a great day - just glad we didn't get a ticket for illegally selling beer.


Posted 9 years ago by Emwolb    [ Reply ]
 Businessgypsy wrote:
Interesting little artifact of the Carter administration malaise.

 
Oh, gosh, you're right. I'd forgotten the time period and this did fit it well.
Posted 10 years ago by nagsheadlocal    [ Reply ]
So good. 
Posted 10 years ago by hencini    [ Reply ]
Interesting little artifact of the Carter administration malaise.
Posted 11 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]

This is soul-crushing dull.


Posted 11 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]

Everybody in my multitude of mushrooming churches loves this song...
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
 joelbb wrote:
Paul Simon went all the way back to J. S. Bach to steal this tune.  In the end, for all his ability, he's a whiny, musical klepto.
 
And exactly which music is sui generis?  
Posted 11 years ago by xkolibuul    [ Reply ]
this song makes me cry....
Posted 12 years ago by shellbella    [ Reply ]
Paul Simon went all the way back to J. S. Bach to steal this tune.  In the end, for all his ability, he's a whiny, musical klepto.
Posted 12 years ago by joelbb    [ Reply ]
 Queue wrote:
I love S&G, and appreciate the significance of this concert,  but I can't stand that "piano" that pervades throughout. 

Give me the original recordings any day over this Central Park stuff.
 
That's a Fender Rhodes electric piano through a phaser effect.

Posted 12 years ago by TimeWaster    [ Reply ]
 CMax wrote:
One on my favorite concerts. 18 in new york, with new university friends.. getting cozy with the girls on the next blanket over.  great memories.. an american moment.
 

Yep — that was me there too, age 18...
Posted 12 years ago by coding_to_music    [ Reply ]
I'm generally not a fan of live shows, especially these huge ones.  Good tune, but I prefer the studio version.
Posted 13 years ago by ScottN    [ Reply ]
Simon - Garfunkel = listenable

Simon + Garfunkel  = The Folksmen (minus one)

Posted 13 years ago by MiracleDrug    [ Reply ]
 eswiley2 wrote:
Second only to Bridge Over Troubled Water.
 
American Tune isn't even within the same realm of existence as Bridge Over Troubled Water. . . 
 
Posted 13 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
 Queue wrote:
I love S&G, and appreciate the significance of this concert,  but I can't stand that "piano" that pervades throughout. 

Give me the original recordings any day over this Central Park stuff.
 
With the electric piano, think of the concert in central park as the largest Bar Mitzvah ever . . .

Posted 13 years ago by bitterdave    [ Reply ]
I love S&G, and appreciate the significance of this concert,  but I can't stand that "piano" that pervades throughout. 

Give me the original recordings any day over this Central Park stuff.
Posted 13 years ago by Queue    [ Reply ]
One on my favorite concerts. 18 in new york, with new university friends.. getting cozy with the girls on the next blanket over.  great memories.. an american moment.
Posted 13 years ago by CMax    [ Reply ]
 catnip wrote:
I'm not a great one for live versions, but this one does it for me. My sister (hello Fishtank Lady!) and I used to have a cassette version of the Concert in Central Park which we took on holiday with us aged twelve or so, and forced our parents (classical music lovers mostly) to listen to it almost constantly over the course of a two-week car tour of south-western France. I am surprised that they still talk to us, and I'm also surprised that I can still listen to it, but the first thing my sister and I did before going on a road trip in southern Spain more than twenty-five years later was stop by the record shop and pick up a CD copy. Worth every centimo (even if I still have the cassettes).

Still sends shivers down the spine...
 
Thanks for sharing this lovely memory! It made me grin, and also gave me a new appreciation for Simon and Garfunkel, because some of their music can still give me shivers, too - in the best possible way...  {#High-five} to a "kindred spirit."

Posted 13 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
One of my very, very favorites!
 
Posted 13 years ago by daisymaybee    [ Reply ]
Second only to Bridge Over Troubled Water.
Posted 13 years ago by eswiley2    [ Reply ]
"Words by Paul Simon music by JS Bach" I thought I recognized that tune. O Sacred Head Now Wounded. "Pas­sion Chor­ale, Hans L. Hass­ler, Lust­gar­ten neu­er teutsch­er Ge­säng, 1601; har­mo­ny by Jo­hann S. Bach, 1729."

Posted 13 years ago by Ahnyer_Keester    [ Reply ]
 TanteJensen wrote:
Ok, this is being very smartassy, BUT the church song (by Paul Gerhardt) is a cover as well. The original melody and text were written bei Hans Leo Haßler around 1600, and it was a love song: "Mein G'müt ist mir verwirret, das macht ein Jungfrau zart" ("Dazed and confused, and the reason is a girl" roughly). 

 

Cool!
Many hymns are borrowed from an older traditional melody. {#Yes} 
Posted 13 years ago by Alexandra    [ Reply ]
beautiful melody, beautiful song
Posted 13 years ago by ploba    [ Reply ]
The Concert at Central Park was such an important album for those of us coming into musical maturity in the early 80s. I believe it was also given away as a free cassette when you bought a Betamax video player so that it was the only pre-recorded video in a lot of households around then.

I too had it on double cassette and fell in love with those live versions of classic songs. Thanks for playing this. 
Posted 13 years ago by GuiltyFeat    [ Reply ]
seiferth wrote:
The anthem of those under 50 despite when it was released. Yeah there are oblique references to WWII and it ignores the recent more imperialist America but basically, it's what it's like nowdays. What a beautiful song.
Hardly, but it did capture the malaise of the Carter Administration perfectly. We've moved on.

Posted 13 years ago by Blaggart    [ Reply ]
I'm surprised they didn't have the decency to look back and realise they had been treated to potentially the best ever live album by way of Concert in Central Park
Posted 13 years ago by Sloggydog    [ Reply ]
I'm not a great one for live versions, but this one does it for me. My sister (hello Fishtank Lady!) and I used to have a cassette version of the Concert in Central Park which we took on holiday with us aged twelve or so, and forced our parents (classical music lovers mostly) to listen to it almost constantly over the course of a two-week car tour of south-western France. I am surprised that they still talk to us, and I'm also surprised that I can still listen to it, but the first thing my sister and I did before going on a road trip in southern Spain more than twenty-five years later was stop by the record shop and pick up a CD copy. Worth every centimo (even if I still have the cassettes).

Still sends shivers down the spine...


Posted 13 years ago by catnip    [ Reply ]
I remember listening to this song a few years back, in my car just coming off the freeway, and how it hit me so hard. It was one of those moments that comes along every once in a while.
Posted 14 years ago by myasma    [ Reply ]
 bhudevi wrote:
Eva Cassidy does an amazing cover of this song
 

Yes she does.  Eva has some gems in her collection.  This song
American Tune kept me going when I lived overseas.
Posted 14 years ago by Rooney    [ Reply ]
Still a great tune {#Music}
Posted 14 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
The anthem of those under 50 despite when it was released. Yeah there are oblique references to WWII and it ignores the recent more imperialist America but basically, it's what it's like nowdays.  What a beautiful song.
Posted 14 years ago by seiferth    [ Reply ]
 On_The_Beach wrote:
I usually like Art's vocals but in this case I prefer Paul's version on There Goes Rymin' Simon.
 
I would love to hear the studio version on RP. TGRS is such a great album.

Posted 14 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
a great song, performed with all the musical excitement you'd expect in the lounge of the holiday inn on the highway just outside of town.

snore.
Posted 14 years ago by colt4x5    [ Reply ]
Simon and Garfunkel are two brilliant, and brilliantly matched poets, who happen to harmonize beautifully. I can see them back in the days of King James, as jester's and singers, being fed at the whim of the King...ohhhhh yeah, they were fed royally!!
Posted 15 years ago by redstorm    [ Reply ]
Okay, there is a big part of this that is taken from an old hymn, 'Oh Sacred Head, Now Wounded*.  The 'Come on the ship they call Mayflower' part is where I can hear it.... 

  okay, just saw where pyro and bokey were talking about this earlier.... Note to self, read back-posts before commenting....
Posted 15 years ago by Tagish_girl    [ Reply ]
I usually like Art's vocals but in this case I prefer Paul's version on There Goes Rymin' Simon.
Posted 15 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
 vit wrote:
These guys provide some of the same good vibes for me as good classic Brooklyn hip hop. I think it's the culture of the city of New York just steeped into every verse. Subdued vivacity? Some sort of wisdom? Exceptions as the norm? Hell I don't know, but love or hate NYC as a place its culture has put out some awesome music.

  I'm a West coaster born and bred and have to agree that NYC is one helluva place. This song is beautiful, too.


Posted 15 years ago by siandbeth    [ Reply ]
how appropriate a song for our times... odd, especially considering it's 36 years old.
Posted 15 years ago by cdanthony    [ Reply ]
I'm an American and I love Simon and Garfunkel.

Posted 15 years ago by Jazbo    [ Reply ]
These guys provide some of the same good vibes for me as good classic Brooklyn hip hop. I think it's the culture of the city of New York just steeped into every verse. Subdued vivacity? Some sort of wisdom? Exceptions as the norm? Hell I don't know, but love or hate NYC as a place its culture has put out some awesome music.

Posted 15 years ago by vit    [ Reply ]
 oldsinger wrote:
How can you not love S&G music!
 

Let me refrain that: How can you?

Posted 15 years ago by mirland    [ Reply ]
Sometimes I just want to retreat from the workaday world and listen to Simon & Garfunkel all day long.

Posted 16 years ago by Tana    [ Reply ]
{#Daisy}
Posted 16 years ago by Candela    [ Reply ]
Ok, this is being very smartassy, BUT the church song (by Paul Gerhardt) is a cover as well. The original melody and text were written bei Hans Leo Haßler around 1600, and it was a love song: "Mein G'mÃŒt ist mir verwirret, das macht ein Jungfrau zart" ("Dazed and confused, and the reason is a girl" roughly). Sry, but I can't stand the christians getting any credit they don't deserve. Still great.
Posted 16 years ago by TanteJensen    [ Reply ]
Eva Cassidy does an amazing cover of this song
Posted 16 years ago by bhudevi    [ Reply ]
pret-a-porter wrote:
wah wah wah oh woe is me - it's so hard to be a united statesian am I missing something or is this song a very offensive apologist polemic for colonialism
I'd say you're missing everything. This is a song about hope, facing the future with optimism and determination. In fact, I think it is ultimately about redemption. OBTW, wasn't Canada a colony at one point, too? I guess we just took two different paths to independence.
Posted 16 years ago by philbertr    [ Reply ]
ruthless wrote:
Just as valid now as it was in the 70's.
More so. Just brilliant.
Posted 16 years ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
philbertr wrote:
So well said!
Sweet and nostalgic...for both the America we expected and don't quite have yet, and for the sweet musical marriage that S & G once had
Posted 16 years ago by Chi_Guy    [ Reply ]
I started 2008 listening to Paul Simon, my vinyl There Goes Rhymin' Simon and Still Crazy After All These Years. Seemed to me like a great way to start a new year. I love this song, and the sweet harmonies.
Posted 16 years ago by Antigone    [ Reply ]
bokey wrote:
Hey I remember that(with the help of google) #172 in The Lutheran Hymnal.Wow.Elemenatary school flashbacks. (allright,I'll go stand in the corner again.All I did was ask how we could possibly know if the bible is true) 1. O sacred Head, now wounded, With grief and shame weighed down, Now scornfully surrounded With thorns, Thine only crown. Men mock and taunt and jeer Thee, Thou noble countenance, Though mighty worlds shall fear Thee And flee before Thy glance. How art thou pale with anguish, With sore abuse and scorn! How doth Thy visage languish That once was bright as morn!
Wow, thanks for this! I had heard something familiar in the tune, but never pinned it down. Damn, these guys sound smooth in this concert!
Posted 16 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
Just as valid now as it was in the 70's.
Posted 16 years ago by ruthless    [ Reply ]
steeler wrote:
Understated brilliance. Quiet dignity. Elegantly probing.
So well said!
Posted 16 years ago by philbertr    [ Reply ]
stet wrote:
The Central Park concert album that this comes from is total one-stop shopping for S&G.
I concur - I have their box set but only listen to the Central Park album.
Posted 17 years ago by MisterVErb    [ Reply ]
The Central Park concert album that this comes from is total one-stop shopping for S&G.
Posted 17 years ago by stet    [ Reply ]
Understated brilliance. Quiet dignity. Elegantly probing.
Posted 17 years ago by steeler    [ Reply ]
badabumm wrote:
Strange, I know this song from church. I'm a protestant Lutherian and the song was called "Oh Haupt voll Blut und Wunden" <"oh head, covered with blood and wounds" it would rougly translate> and was about Jesus at the cross. Definitely heard it before 1990, when S&G came out with theirs. . .
Hey I remember that(with the help of google) #172 in The Lutheran Hymnal. Wow. Elemenatary school flashbacks. (allright,I'll go stand in the corner again. All I did was ask how we could possibly know if the bible is true) 1. O sacred Head, now wounded, With grief and shame weighed down, Now scornfully surrounded With thorns, Thine only crown. Men mock and taunt and jeer Thee, Thou noble countenance, Though mighty worlds shall fear Thee And flee before Thy glance. How art thou pale with anguish, With sore abuse and scorn! How doth Thy visage languish That once was bright as morn!
Posted 17 years ago by bokey    [ Reply ]
Very nice.
Posted 17 years ago by Lonestar    [ Reply ]
My favourite S & G. I like the music as much as the lyric.
Posted 17 years ago by 1guppy    [ Reply ]
Classic White Boy Soul.....S&G can truly grasp your soul and tear it into very neat bite sized pieces.....
Posted 17 years ago by redstorm11    [ Reply ]
wah wah wah oh woe is me - it's so hard to be a united statesian am I missing something or is this song a very offensive apologist polemic for colonialism
Posted 17 years ago by pret-a-porter    [ Reply ]
How can you not love S&G music!
Posted 17 years ago by oldsinger    [ Reply ]
Mmmmm one of my most favorite bands of all time!
Posted 17 years ago by Daniel_Pittenger    [ Reply ]
meower215 wrote:
& now, with the possibility for change. . . possibility I say, not probability..... but there is finally hope
Unfortunately we're going to have to wait until after Xmas to see the sparks really fly. (Except for Rumsfeld.) Still, that just puts it closer to the 2008 elections, which can't hurt under the new CW.
Posted 18 years ago by physicsgenius    [ Reply ]
I'm singing it, so it is from so many years
Posted 18 years ago by Nuvola_Rossa    [ Reply ]
mojoman wrote:
To put this song in it's cultural context, it was released at the height of the Nixon Watergate scandal, the bad end to the Vietnam War and other "downers." It was incredibly meaningful then. I wonder if that's why Bill has chosen it now.
& now, with the possibility for change. . . possibility I say, not probability..... but there is finally hope
Posted 18 years ago by meower    [ Reply ]
To put this song in it's cultural context, it was released at the height of the Nixon Watergate scandal, the bad end to the Vietnam War and other "downers." It was incredibly meaningful then. I wonder if that's why Bill has chosen it now.
Posted 18 years ago by mojoman    [ Reply ]
Willie Nelson does an excellent cover of this song.
Posted 18 years ago by RobK    [ Reply ]
This song always brings tears to my eyes.
Posted 18 years ago by hippiechick    [ Reply ]
So corny it's good!
Posted 18 years ago by savoyard    [ Reply ]
Daveinbawlmer wrote:
You've lost your soul.
Posted 18 years ago by MrSpaz    [ Reply ]
Posted 18 years ago by Daveinbawlmer    [ Reply ]
I heard this today and am still singing it after 11 hours. So perfect. Yes Edie is a lucky girl, and she's earned it too.
Posted 18 years ago by jeffntracy    [ Reply ]
After 9/11 I listened to this a lot and drew comfort from it. Beautiful song.
Posted 18 years ago by mach-hog    [ Reply ]
eclipse601 wrote:
Trying this again, miffed it the first time. Your dose of trivia for the day ... Bach also lifted it. The original author was a guy named Hans Leo Hassler, who wrote it as a song of unrequited love in about 1600 or so. All three (Hassler, Bach, and Simon) used it well, but Hassler gets credit for the killer Tune.
Beatles did that as well, with "Michelle," I believe, having either the chorus or verses lifted somewhat from Bach
Posted 18 years ago by orpheus    [ Reply ]
There are still some things that can bring a cynical codger to tears...almost
Posted 18 years ago by Moak    [ Reply ]
Tragically timely, and so many years after it was written.
Posted 18 years ago by kazuma    [ Reply ]
We come on the ship they call the Mayflower We come on the ship that sailed the moon We come in the age's most uncertain hour And sing an American tune. But it's alright, it's alright You can't be forever blessed. Still, tomorrow's going to be another working day And I'm trying to get some rest That's all I'm trying to get some rest. Priceless.
Posted 18 years ago by Ubaldo    [ Reply ]
Sigh. I don't care that he looks like a troll, or that he's about 4 inches shorter than me, or that he's already married to that large-mouthed Edie Brickell (they ARE still married, right?)... I would be Paul Simon's love slave, just to hear him strum his guitar and sing to me on a regular basis. Sigh. (Plus, we share the same birthday... we could celebrate together! Of course we'd invite all you RPeeps.)
Posted 18 years ago by skindy    [ Reply ]
It doesn't get any better than this.
Posted 18 years ago by Ubaldo    [ Reply ]
Posted 18 years ago by absolutemotion    [ Reply ]
Another Saturday night, stuck in front of the computer, writing the dissertation -- school's started and I'm a migrating teacher at two different universities. And I finally heard from my friend in NO and she and her family are OK. I'm just trying to get some rest ... I really needed to hear that song.
Posted 19 years ago by KitKat    [ Reply ]
As true today as it was 30 some years ago. Sad.
And I don't know a soul who's not been battered I don't have a friend who feels at ease I don't know a dream that's not been shattered or driven to its knees But it's alright, it's alright, for we live so well, so long Still, when I think of the road we're traveling on I wonder what's gone wrong, I can't help it I wonder what's gone wrong
Posted 19 years ago by matt832    [ Reply ]
Posted 19 years ago by rolf    [ Reply ]
Mrs. Fish's favorite. She asked me to say thanks, Bill. Outstanding tune.
Posted 19 years ago by Roverfish    [ Reply ]
Clear, pristine beauty.
Posted 19 years ago by dolfan    [ Reply ]
Especially a song like this makes clear how much they owe to The Everly Brothers, but in some ways they took it (much) further. Really beautiful for an incurable, inveterate romantic.
Posted 19 years ago by Johray63    [ Reply ]
I agree, make it the national anthem! I saw them live in my town.....the songs were still profound and spoke clearly of all the things within the human spirit-it was and is timeless music and lyrics...it held up today as well as it did back in those days....it was awesome to hear such inspiration floating over the airwaves
Posted 19 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
I've thought for at least 20 years that this should be made the national anthem. It's truly beautiful and awe-inspiring -- and honest. Ditch that old English drinking song with the lyrics about the fort being attacked that nobody can sing.
Posted 19 years ago by radiojunkie    [ Reply ]
Love this song, but prefer Paul's solo original. Willie Nelson also does a nice version of this and of Graceland on his great Across the Borderline CD.
Posted 19 years ago by drjimmy    [ Reply ]
skindy wrote:
Just beautiful. Paul Simon is simply a genius, and arguably the best songwriter of the last 50 years, hands down. The pairing of his writing and voice with the voice of Art Garfunkel is one of the great gifts of music!
:nodhead: :goodvibes:
Posted 20 years ago by Angloray    [ Reply ]
WOW!! Simon and Garfunkel really know how to rock!!!
Posted 20 years ago by JokesandJokesandJokes    [ Reply ]
depski2003 wrote:
Has anyone ever heard the Indigo GIrls' cover on this song? They do it acapella - just their two beautiful voices intertwining in major and minor harmonies. If you have never heard it, find it! It may be the only cover that I've ever thought was better than the original - and considering that Paul Simon was the original, that's saying something! 8)
I would love to hear that!
Posted 20 years ago by MsJudi    [ Reply ]
Playlist: 8:49 am - Simon and Garfunkel - American Tune 8:41 am - Don McLean - American Pie 8:37 am - Steve Forbert - The American In Me 8:34 am - Tom Petty - American Girl Cool....
Posted 20 years ago by serenity5    [ Reply ]