Simon & Garfunkel Scarborough Fair

[lanceparker12]

A wonderful version of a VERY VERY old song, possibly the best version to date

[Imxoneofthefallen]

The end of The Wonder Years episode brought me here. xD

[9NightMare1]

The thing about all the impossible tasks the singer gives his loved one is, that he knows he will never be united with said loved one, hence he will only be with her once all these impossible tasks have been carried out. The old folk song also included a verse where he asks for his true love to ask for his hand, which was quite contrary to how courting was supposed to be back in the days when this song was first concieved, as it was the man's part to ask for a lady's hand.

[Incognote]

My grandfather loved those two, even though I'm fifteen and a techno-electro lover, this music is just great. Sometimes I stop to wonder why wasn't I born several years before...

[atfatw]

@Incognote thats because your mom wasn't even born yet, when this album debuted

[Morall332]

Is it about someone asking to build his grave?

[gran678]

Thumbs up if Oliver from Vocaloid 3 brought you here :D

[aliceishappyvibrancy]

Charlie brought me here

[CTM1978]

Why is this restricted from my playlist for fuck sakes?!?

[gn4rgoyle]

This song rips

[P1Kage]

The Geico gecko brought me to the fair

[TheGlenmanusskinhead]

well i prefer 2 go 2 the ould lammas fair :) here in ireland :) any 1 else agree ;) ? way better im sure :)

[HotohoriBabe]

Correction to the lyrics:

It's "Washes the ground with silvery tears."

Thanks.(:

[thedeadbaby]

you think a girl would eat my sausage if I know how to sing this song?

[oldmansmiff]

in an age when young men and women are asked to go ot war for a political / financial reason this track say,s it all

[Itaca82]

let me know that at least you will try,

Or you’ll never be a true love of mine

[adamrihak]

@Itaca82 "Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time." Thomas A. Edison

[RazzleDazzle9410]

@adamrihak stfu

[zaw21]

Geico reminded me of this song lol

[grasstail43]

@Greyspirit13 It is about the black plague and the spices to treat infected people, or preserve all the dead bodies, I'm not sure

[statikonic8]

I envision roughhewn gravestones disappearing into a long forgotten hillside under a leaden sky in a driving rain when I listen to this song. Lovely.

[wallf0wer]

Lmao this is an old Renaissance song..

[BigFatTubOfLardCo]

@joyalram Actually those are the spcies for a traditional roast chicken dinner, he's singing about someone he lost who made that. Probably mom or gf

[TheRandomuser12345]

cylon and garfunkel



[LynkToVoid]

1 word... Beautiful...

[LinkinParkandTFs]

Are You Going to Scarbourough Fair?

Parelsey Sage Rosmary and Thyme

OMG, I finally found this song!

I had to sing it once, in my choir

wanted to know what it sounded like

when I aint singing in it

and it sounds fucking awresome!

[InARealPickle]

This song is not a Simon and Garfunkel original. It's origins are actually medieval. They ripped it off from an old book that a British friend of theirs showed them.

The song is not "anti-war" because it was sung for hundreds of years before the freaking Vietnam War.

[canoftomatoes]

@InARealPickle who gives a fuck

[grasstail43]

@InARealPickle thank you! At least you know know what this song is about, the black plague

[gr8721]

@InARealPickle Wow! That is an awesome piece of useless knowledge! Except of course in a place like this. Bam! You just got some knowledge! It's awesome. Sometimes I wonder why I know stupid little things. It was for places like this. It makes it all interesting.

[LuBalducci]

Listen to this with closed eyes, bon voyage

[kapow45]

Singing 4 nyssma

[salemmariearvini]

The song tells the tale of a young man, who tells the listener to ask his former lover to perform for him a series of impossible tasks, such as making him a shirt without a seam and then washing it in a dry well, adding that if she completes these tasks he will take her back

[722mhm]

This may be a stupid question.......I have heard a few versions......Simon and Garfunkel have the "background verses".......Did they add them, or are they part of the original? I was guessing the background verses were added as a Vietnam reference? I have no idea, and can't find anything on the Inter Web............

[BobTheMunificent]

@722mhm The counter melody was added by Paul Simon. I believe the idea is to contrast with the romance and simplicity of the original traditional lyrics: innocence lost perhaps.

[pattirosytoes]

@BobTheMunificent Yeah, you got it right...and it most definitively was intended as an anti-war song...When Peter, Paul and Mary sing "I dig roll and roll music" the reference to the "radio won't play it unless I lay it between the lines" was a reference to this song....

[jyotiska12345]

@722mhm Well, this song is originally called "Scarborough Fair/Canticle". Canticle is one of Paul Simon's old song which indeed has anti-war lyrics and they added some verses in this song. But in love performances, I don't hear them singing the extra verses. Hope this helps. Cheers.

[gr8721]

@722mhm What the heck is the interweb? Are you referring to the internet or is this some new fandangled gadget so that the government can control my lighting?

[zeuskid3278553]

145 people never made it to Scarborough Fair.

[cerisatay]

Seriously...it's a young man missing his home and loved one. Fighting a war he has no idea what it's about, scared,frightened to death about dying, wanting to go back to his simple days of youth and innocence. This is what (and more) our young people go through when thrown into fighting a battle someone else started!!!!!! Read between the lines...literally!!!

[tmfsable]

@cerisatay One person that gets it



[slitor]

@cerisatay god damnit....first time I've actually studied the lyrics....now the song is just...haunted as fuck...

[SpisUchmich]

@cerisatay actaully... no. it's about an old love, and he tells her what she has to do to get his love again. but all these things are actually impossible, so he is basically saying that she will never be his love again. By the way, parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme were used for abortion in former days.

[sydnah1]

I read a book based on this...

[killthemallism]

its two english folk songs the fair song and a second one about spices .Are you going to Scarborough Fair?Remember me to one who lives there ect...

[juancheee]

Not every song has a symbolic meaning... ¬¬ Why cant it just be a song "to remember the spices that are needed to make sausage"? It sounds like that to me... Besides, it is a canticle with an unknown author.

[kantorghor]

@joyalram ehm... the spices in the songs have a symbolic meaning...

[sammor660]

r they still live???

[Confusedfurry]

this is a song of +4 smiting!

[louisbei]

i'm not sayin its a bad song but does it freak out anyone else? sounds like a theme to a ghost song! great song though :-D

[KRISTVOY]

@anthonywcobb

luv the way you expressed in words what I too believe :) <3

~~~lyrics for a song right there in your chosen words ;)

[Morall332]

Beautiful.

[ross638]

seems to pull me back from the brink

[GabrielDaGamer]

I think these peaople are my favorite artists. Their songs are sad, peaceful, and epic.

[jujualbyy]

this song is so peaceful it makes me so happy&&Calm!!

[jujualbyy]

this song reminds me of Narnia when they are in the beginning wondering in the snow when they first find itt.

[showerwt]

How can you possibly dislike this song. Even if you belong to the 200 people in the world who don't like this song, then you would simply not look it up on youtube, or am i crazy?

[cesaretambo1]

its a charming song......and if you look at the refrain ''parsley sage rosmary and thyme'' you can see that this story had a herotic background (parsely represents spirituality, sage represents srainght, rosemary represent loyality and unltimately thyme represents courage). Indeed, the original theme of this ballad is love: a man who wanted that a girl became his lover and looked after his children. I think that could be interesting!! =)

[Morall332]

Beautiful.

[Zetsusan35]

144 people couldn't go to scarborough fair.

[AnonaThetan]

I was on my way to Scarborough fair..But then I took an arrow to the knee

[BloodReverence]

@AnonaThetan no.

[Nux1100]

I'm so excited to sing this for Solo and Ensemble!!

[MrMixbegood]

I don't understand, how can anyone dislikes this song..? are those 144 people Justin Bieber and Lady bla bla bla fans..?

[2112movingpictures]

Are you going to Scarborough fair?

[clint9951]

"Without no seams nor needlework", sounds easy enough.

[shougo0608]

Parsley Sage Rosemary and Thyme　～♪

[Hollz811]

I wish I had the poetic talents of Paul to describe my true love & admiration for these guys, the best night of my life was seeing them live in concert in Brisbane, Australia 2009. Even in their... 60's 70's they were pure MAGIC, I did not expect the same sound as the 60's, no Art didn't go to the high notes but hey, its been a few years. Yet the true essence of the songs were there. I love you boys & my sons will continue the family tradition that is Simon & Garfunkel, Thankyou

[Albertusus33]

It reminds me of an english castle were an isolated man is composing the clavicembal/piano melody, love it

[slida65]

Why can't they come up with ear friendly songs any more

[AsphyxGr]

So beautiful ...

[YTfancol]

Beautiful.

Timeless song.

Thanks for posting it.

[esmiksaaron]

this song makes me want to look over the mountains of Scotland with fog surrounding the peaks. the forest green mountains with moss growing on it and random green and brown herbs growing at the base of the mountain with a small pebble path passing through the mountains in which you walk into a hidden green santuary. this song makes me want to live on top of mountain in scotland.

[listenmorespeakless]

<3



[HangarNorteTV]

240p...we meet again.

[poppyplanet1]

Definitely haunting. This is good music.

[Cydonia]

Haunting.



[thebp9999]

Simon and Garfunkel didn't write this song. It is very old and was shown to Simon while taking a guitar lesson.

[testrider78]

I just thought it was about a lazy guy wanting the woman to do everything! LoL

[33784902]

@testrider78 dont write "lol" like that, the reason LoL has been said like that recently is an abbreviation of League of Legends and its annoying that people are starting to say lol like that so now its getting more and more difficult to talk about LoL easily.

[MoonLightMurda]

@33784902 I HAS THE EXACT SAME THOUGHTS BRO I WAS LIKE ... Since when is league in this convo... ooooooooohhhhhh

[xtrishiebabyx]

I rearranged my spice rack so it would be ordered as Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme

[AlgaMackinac]

Paprika spice completed. Thyme spice completed. Next? Wednesday, December 28, 2011 (Common People Eternity), 12:10 PM (Eastern Standard Time)

[stezyrezy]

!love both versions ( canticle too!) One of those tracks you,de take to a desert island! will never tire of S and G. stezyrezy

[zaroffhound]

If this isn't one of the eeriest ghost stories i have perchance to have heard, my name isn't Montague Rhodes James..these young fellows have indeed captured the spirit, the zeitgeist of the age..i applaud them thus...

[lilminniechiqkk]

@unforgetable903 its called impossible .

[Zacky162]

*-* esta cancion la he tocado yo en clase de musica ^^ con la flauta

[pepperdavescott]

@Zacky162 Mucho me gusta oirla en la flauta!

[unforgettable903]

Impossible... it's a book. If you love this song, you will love this book, for sure! I think it's by Nancy Werner, don't remember the name...

[mrfrogbutt1]

this is the most groovy song i have ever heard it is simply divine and gorgeous like a winter star in the darkest of winter nights

[garywadley]

@mrfrogbutt1 You are soo right on!

[mrfrogbutt1]

@garywadley Unfortunately, Bookends is their saddest song I have ever heard and that one (Bookends) reminds me of my failed relationship of 8.5 years...I cried to that one song and at the same time realized S&G were not only geniuses but poetic gods. They pack a puch with their simplicity of profoundness and energy...timeless men!!!

[bamcis17]

142 people got drafted and sent to Vietnam on the way to Scarborough Fair.

[jhupalo70]

A canticle (from the Latin canticulum, a diminutive of canticum, song) is a hymn (strictly excluding the Psalms) taken from the Bible. The term is often expanded to include ancient non-biblical hymns such as the Te Deum and certain psalms used liturgically.

[ArchangelAzrael13]

Actually, this song is the combination of two totally different tunes fantastically blended. Paul Simon is singing and playing the Celtic song Scarborough Faire, and Art Garfunkel is singing and playing the modern song Canticle. Their melding of the songs is at a genius level in performance. I agree it is the most profound anti war songs ever written to date, As is Sounds Of Silence one of the most profound songs against Religion taking over humanity.

[windstruckladyc]

@ArchangelAzrael13 I grew up listening to this song, playing on the guitar, and loving it. yet I never knew it was 2 songs melded together. thank you .. lovely song done with extraordinary excellence

[TechnicolorYear]

I feel like I'm in medieval times. Fo rill.

[MangaVampires33]

this song is the best! Questa canzone è assolutamente magnifica!!!!! =)

[karaoke119]

SLOVENIAN VERSION IS BETTER. DELIAL-sejem želja

[msprincess1038]

@entwistle4ever I totally agree with you on all counts!! Garfunkel has an amazing voice, especially when singing 'Bridge Over Troubled Water'! :)

[entwistle4ever]

pepperdavescott hit the nail on the head with his comment: "Listen to the deep melancholy of the music, and of the interwoven lyrics brilliantly sung as counterpoint" This is the way two male voices should sound like when singing together. I love Garfunkel's voice. Simon's songwriting is of a very high caliber. Top of the shelf stuff. Fitted "The Graduate" perfectly.

[kertbert1]

These advertizments drive me nuts!

[Armaggedoninator1943]

I love this song, learned to play it on the piano

[padgham01]

I'm from Scarborough, and I've been looking for this fair for 21 years, still not found it. Nevermind, I will continue my quest.......

[apinanraivo100]

@padgham01 One has to travel in time to come by Scarborough fair. They were a medieval market held in Scarborough.

[koolkatzxcv]

Read Impossible by Nancy Werlin

[anthonywcobb]

This song comes from a time so far away and forgotten by most; a time when content trumped craze and music was not a one beat opiate designed to satisfy the complacent urges of simple minds. This song came from a time when most people lived in a state of reality, not a state of constant superficial flux...This song touched the hearts and souls of people who were aware of their hearts and souls...

[elpagna]

@anthonywcobb yeah cold war great time :P

[mengzy1974]

西洋音乐，独步古今。。。欣赏！！！

[922099]

Heard this song on The Wonder Years, had to look for it...

[suedebicycle]

Top song mate!

[54markl]

This song is so Beautiful, you almost cannot listen to it! AND YET! Ha ha, I know TWO Rock songs more beautiful than this! Guess what they are! :)

[pepperdavescott]

Take a close look at the lyrics. Listen to the deep melancholy of the music, and of the interwoven lyrics brilliantly sung as counterpoint, and you'll realize that this is the most profound anti-war song ever written.

Also, one of the most beautiful songs ever sung!

[fredwilma1000]

@pepperdavescott Never looked at it that way before. Cheers Dave.

[kiball09]

@pepperdavescott this song is over 400 years old and is about a man courting a woman....

[pepperdavescott]

@kiball09 The subtext discusses a soldier cleaning his rifle, and soldiers being ordered to kill...brilliantly and subtly mingled with the ancient song. The entire lyrics were given above at the time I looked at this post, for some reason, they're not there any more.

[YTfancol]

@pepperdavescott Well said.So true.

[intogrey1]

@pepperdavescott

i love...their songs...specially this one

[pepperdavescott]

@intogrey1 As much as I like some of Paul Simon's solo stuff, I can't imagine a better team than Simon and Garfunkle. It's so great that they still get together sometimes...life feels right listening to them together.

[lipovan87]

@pepperdavescott

You might be reading too much into it.

[johnnypocketable]

@lipovan87 i think it's pretty clearly anti-war, though not wholly about it.

[ninerboy101]

CHECK OUT MY HIP HOP REMIX TO SCARBOROUGH FAIR



[WoWhistorian]

@ninerboy101 fuck off

[junior45299]

entrarei no conservatorio Municipal de musica de são paulo com essa canção !!!!! se DIOS quiser !!!!

[Sinprinsessa]

I seriously got this song from the novel "Impossible". Its one of the best books I've ever read. Its about a girl who has a curse that passed down from mother to mother, and to break this curse the girl has to complete the tasks given in the song. It's beautiful. Ya'll should read it :).

[GV1UK]

I was sent here by a music theory teacher to learn more about the Dorian mode. Beautiful track. Sounds very medieval.

[robman8855]

@GV1UK good song choice from your teacher.. if you want more dorian listen to jazz

[KomatschenTV]

pure love **

[notnicolajames]

Best male duet ever. No one sings harmony like they do. Maybe the Fleet Foxes nowadays... I collected a few more male duets here: h t t p : // notnicolajames . wordpress . com

[CoverCityTV]

Just beautiful.

[gilgamesh6581]

Sage doesn't really go with other three herbs in the vast majority of everyday recipes. Simon and Garfunkel may have been wiser to plump with lovage or bay.

[AviatorRaptor3]

@gilgamesh6581 Lol true, but the lyrics actually date from medieval times when there actually was a real "Scarborough Fair" :)

[Spedding101]

@AviatorRaptor3 There still is, I live in Scarborough and every couple of years people come from all over the country and set up a big market place in the middle of town

[JeSsIcA351]

@gilgamesh6581 These spices were what you'd sprinkle over the dead to try and cover up the smell of the rotting bodies. And if you didn't notice, they are saying these spices in the same manner Covering over the now background detailed lyrics, in turn only really hearing "Parsley sage rosemary and thyme". Its a beautiful interpretation!

[arkhamjokerface]

@JeSsIcA351 they are also a fantastic ingredient to my wounderfully delicious cream of chicken noodle soup!

[elambourn]

One of Rocks Finest for sure. No one can sing counterpoint like these two. period.

[TheBatmanfreak101]

perks of being a wallflower

[Razertoonie]

140 people got lost going to scarborough fair

[AZRAELKISH1]

@bloodycandycane. I'm unsure how she thinks that. This song is a love song between a traveling trades men and a tavern girl. The herbs mentioned are common trade goods in that era and each represents a quality of compashion. The impossable task givin represents how they fault because to time was spent between the two due to there diffrent way of life. FYI ring around the rosie was about the black death

[joshmarsh1]

best version ever

[Feanor128]

i heard this song for the first time 4 years ago when i started playing guitar, and in those 4 years ive been through all kinds of music, tho this song still sounds amazing

[TheLastDaedricTsar]

139 people don't have souls.

[raramstad]

@TheLastDaedricTsar so true

[bloodycandycane]

My world history teacher said this song is about The Plague that affected Europe.

[NaomiNeko]

I don't know why, but this song makes me tear up so much. Absolutely adore it...

[tqui94]

who the hell disliked this? wait let me guess, the same 139 people that press like on justin beiber vids

[myavo]

I have, to my own surprise, never read these lyrics. Amazing really. I love the layered verses.

[chthonic19]

I'm an aborted fetus, and I think this is the best music I've ever heard!!!

[Flint925]

Combine a renaissance fair and the Vietnam Conflict and hey, you've gotta song!

[bluesobsessed]

All the best, all the classic music was produced in the 60's & 70's...nothing else has ever equaled it & probably never will....

[kuledrumergie87]

Don't ask me why, because I have no Idea why, but this slightly reminds me of some of Metallica's slower songs.

[kovajean]

J'adore, ils font toute la BO de "Le Lauréat, The Graduate". Thank's.

[astrosfan339]

"Parsely, sage, rosemary & thyyyyyyyyme....."

[Beall681012]

Im doing.the song in choir but i like our version better but luv the song

[fearghak]

@Beall681012 Ahhh same, have to do it to pass a module, great song tho

[siimsiis]

Harmony, listened to it atleast 20 times now. Never ever been so relaxed

[NoahsChampionArk]

I like this song like if you agree! :D