"The Only Living Boy in New York" Simon & Garfunkel

[sawah222B]

0:54 ROCKIN STACHE!

[GBDeadnation]

The vocals on this track are stunning

[051163able]

SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL-HAPPY BIRTHDAY-RIP GARY MICHAEL.

[MrBigg1995]

Stoumann you pretty much summed up my story

[MikTallentless]

Love these guys. That's all. There's nothing, not one single thing, they have done that we can criticise. They are lie-enhancing.

[MikTallentless]

Simon and Garfunkel must be the greatest bromance of all time. And this is the greatest hymn to it. Good on ya boys! These songs will live forever.

[stoumann94]

i was born in the 90s but i have a father who listen and loves music from his childhood back in the 60s. and that has maked me a big fan of REAL music;D all that teckno ompf the young people listn to today is crap there is no feeling to it. i am just happy that my father saved me from the new by playing the old and the good :D

[ChrisseyBearr]

I remember dad playing this when I was a little girl, sitting by the kitchen table doing my homework. Today it's the only song that can really calm me, and it helps me study better like it did back then.

Anyone who says this isn't music don't really know what real music is.

[Flannybabes]

King Creosote played this at a gig I was just at. Heart-stoppingly amazing.

[PaulNeedsMusic]

sublime.



[Telcontar1962]

This song is enough to make angels weep. Heavenly!

[REDCIRE]

Unfortunately, reminds me of the downside of vinyl, the terms WOW and FLUTTER.

[MrHighFRUCTOSE]

if they ever made a catcher in the rye movie this song would go perfectly with it

[TheTechnician090]

2 people are dead inside...

[cdub3615]

Half of the time we're gone but we don't know where

[creature978]

PAUL RODRIGUEZ PLAN B!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[futureofmusiclives]

what vocals on that bridge!!...reminds me of the Beach Boys at their harmonic best (Pet Sounds and SMiLE)...

[catman916]

@futureofmusiclives While Paul Simon was the genius behind this composition and almost all the songs of Simon and Garfunkel, Artie's vocals added so much to these songs.

[bass1bone]

@catman916 The echo chamber also helped. :)

[passiize1]

this is amazing, can't say nothing else

[TheDeathofGrace]

This song makes me feel like im on drugs... good drugs.

[MrElwood2]

"Good luck exploring the infinite abyss"

Garden State generation

[takenbytrees22]

if this song could give a dead guy goosebumps

[57babyboomer]

just lovely...brought back so many memories..and great job with the pictures along with the music..kudos!!!!

[catman916]

@57babyboomer Thanks

[TheFunDudeWithCamels]

im a teenager in 2011 and this is still one of the most amazing, simply written yet brilliant songs ever made

[Litterboxer529]

I swear that at 1:15 I felt like I got a hug from Jesus

[annefrankswoodndildo]

During those queer commercials Just look at comments. Dont give the bastards the satisfaction damn it

[rockerkid958]

"Da duh darling, da duh darling. Here I am." that is the most innocent thing ive ever heard on record

[unique1963]

My son is called Tom and everytime I hear the line "Hey let your honesty shine" it fills me with emotion!

[22AmericanDream22]

love this song man.



[lolabeaz]

Can anyone else hear a little bitt of Stone Roses? suppose you'd have to be a roses fan to have noticed really. I reckon Ian Brown might've been an S&G fan ; )

[AuspexAO]

Sooooooo good.

[MrClipper23]

I must admit that this song was in the ash heap of my history until I heard it on a car commercial. Then, all the memories of the song's brilliance came back to me. Thank you, Acura, but I hate you.

[monicaalaya]

I remember being a child and laying in bed listening to my dad play this song and feeling so safe. It will always make me think of him and happiness...

[Glarium1]

ahhhhhhh there are simply no words to describe this!!

[ignafm]

I don't know how long I'm gonna cope with the adverts before the videos... they are killing the key point of You Tube... something different I'll need to find ;)

[dudushe]

@ignafm totally agree about the commercials before songs. isn't the increased amount of time being used on TV for commercials enough for these marketing dickheads without spoiling You Tube by trying to sell us useless tat we don't need?

let me know if you find something different.

Great song by the way.

[josbd]

Every aspect of this song is just........ perfect

[cristicini]

Wasn't a fan until Garden State and Zac the Braf turned me on to this. Funny thing is I don't even like his scrubs stuff, but that movie was great and the sound track well, what can we say to that! Marvelous! Here I AM!

[bottleimp007]

Should I feel happy or sad when I listen to this? All I can think is how beautiful life could be, but the reality that is.

[cgordon345]

i love that this song doesn't have any dislkes

[MrChimpington]

Beautiful song. Easily one of their best.



[sinenominecc]

@zarkoon: Perhaps we are only here half of the time and don't know why.

[stellaviolens]

I have some very fond memories of the cover of this song by Everything But The Girl about 2001.

Their arrangement and harmonies are lovely and a tribute to the Garfunkels .

[stuartb592]

WONDERFUL song..:)) Thanks for uploading it!

[1sttvbn]

I don't know if they layered S&G's harmonies, or if it is in fact a gospel choir..But it makes the song. Very haunting. And the church organ nearing the end of the song...A masterpiece. What happened to music like this? It honestly seems as if popular music has regressed ( "is that a word?" ) over the last 30 years or so. No real infushion since the new wave,punk era of the early eighties....Enough with the waxing..Just a great song, one of S&G's most under rated.

[engineer909]

@1sttvbn In fact they did layer their voices. They were in the echo chamber in a LA studio, stood in the chamber and recorded the parts over and over. Something like twelve voices total! It makes the song...Beautiful work!...

[x3rrrMc]

iv got nothing to do today but smile

[babymutints]

:')

[Katiepoosful]

Excellent.  Love it. Always have. Always will :-)

[bumperu]

Guitar solo at the end is an excellent signature to this great song.

[catman916]

@bumperu I recommend that you get Paul Simon's debut solo album, The Paul Simon Song Book, if you want to hear some wonderful acoustic guitar work.

[Zarkoon]

I listened to this song over and over back in the summer of 1972, when I was fourteen. It's still an absurdly great song. "Half of the time we're gone, and we don't know where." Ain't it the truth? Or perhaps it's only a half truth. Perhaps we're always gone, and we never know where. Still, a few people set up beacons in the dark, and we struggle toward them.

[DavidfromBA]

@Zarkoon Great comment, particularly that last sentence. (Said without irony, though clarification surely wasn't needed.)

[Zarkoon]

@DavidfromBA Thanks, DavidfromBA. I've learned only a few things in my life. I've learned that true sorrow never entirely dissipates. I've learned that all of us are lost in various darknesses and that we're all struggling toward some truth, some light. I've learned that the best of us know that they're struggling. And, because I don't and won't count myself among the best, I've learned that some of us who are simply struggling know and appreciate the efforts of others. I wish that I knew more.

[beatlesandbeyond]

my favourite S&G song

[HKwong0502]

Love the pictures :D

When I was young, my dad used to play Simon and Garfunkel's music.

That's the music helped me get asleep :)

[mallickeye]

this song brings me back to a simpler time in my life .my dad was still alive and i didnt know how ugly the world could be thank you for posting it

[ccm35071]

i have very fond memories of this as a child half asleep on the back shelf of a 1968 sunbeam rapier fastfack touring the beatifull highlands of scotland,dont eva remba feeling betta ,listen to that bass !

[EarlofCrawford]

This song is about Simon feeling sad because they knew this was their last album together, Garfunkel was embarking on his movie career. He was on his way to film "Catch 22" in Sonaro, Mexico. Sadly, his movie career didnt really take off.

[belaswane]

Their voices are ridiculously smooth and incredible!

[swilbee]

The new Honda Accord commercial reminded me how much I loved S & G growing up and how amazing and timeless they are!

[IzzyWonka]

beutiful :)

[shepp77]

Wow these guys were recording way before my time... and man this is great music! I absolutely love these guys.

[fanof41]

Nicely done, thank you for posting. It's nice to be reminded of truly great songwriting and recording. :-)

[vokdog]

great s&g song thanks for posting

[thiaanthony]

one of their best. Thanks for uploading ctmn.