Everytime I listen to this I think of my mom and thank her. She was the one who made me listen to Simon & Garfunkel, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Bruce Springsteen, and many others. Because of her, I know real music. Thanx mom<3
@Grumpy587 You copied this comment, I'm assuming from the guardian website, so that anonymous users on the interent, all of whom you will never meet, will think you are funny and original. Your life must fucking suck
@twangman5 WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THIS WORK OF ART? THIS IS 1 OF THE BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD. AND YOUR COMING UP WITH THE BLACK EYED PEAS? YOU ARE A DISCRASE.
@JackKids18964 You're the Jackass, I was laughing at guyNbluejeans, you ought to read the thread before you jump in like a thick clot and by the way discrase is spelt 'idiot'
I don't think there has never been another era, when the songs that were written, at the time, are immortal. My kids love them and it's 40 years later! I am so glad I grew up with this music. You can't beat it. :)
@guyNbluejeans Get out of this place then. Black edyed peas only made 1 good song and it isn`t Boom Boom Pow. This is Alot better then ANY black eyed peas songs.
I wish I had been born in the time when the songs that were listened to, day by day throughout every window in the streets, were the songs such as this one. Although sadly it seems those times have passed.
When my generation grows up, marries, and has kids, the parents will probably play junk like Ke$ha, Nicki Minaj, Usher, and T-Pain for their kids in the car, saying "This is what I grew up listening to!"
the greatest feel good song EVER, i have done securrity at a concert for simon and garfunkle it was a moment in life i will never forget and will tell my kids and grandchildren it was like seeing a diamond in a pile of coal
Good morning, do you like sixties? Listen and pod cast my program " great sound of 60' s " on the site plumfm. Greeting and made blooper in rock and roll.
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This is a beautiful song. I would like it played at my fureral, people to remember me this. It's the type of person I try to be. I would like my friends, family to remember me this way. Remimds me of my family, close friends in my life who have stood by me. One of the most meaniful, beautiful songs every released.
.. i like it when anthony callea sang this song .. he introduced this song to me .. he is a contestant of australian idol .. pls, do watch his version of this song ..
Original mix, indeed. Roy Halee in the cockpit of Columbia´s 70th street console. No equalizers, only pans and compressors. So, he had to know what he was doing. Also true for S & G.
i love Simon & Garfunkel.... it should be forbidden to make covers....and remixes..... in my view is the original better than any other versions......love it!!
my whole life was depressing, hurtful, and very sad. but the only happy time in my life was when i was like 3 and my Daddy would sing this to me. i wish he still loved me like he loves his girlfriend`s boys...but here i am 10 years later and still am the same sad girl... life is a mystery. but every time i hear this song, i feel loved. thank you for putting this on youtube in great quality. great song!
@SecksiiMii You're only 13. I'm saying this as someone who wishes desperately he could go back and do his his teen years over again. You got your whole life ahead of you. It won't be for at least a decade until you have full perspective. Hang tough
I don't know who of the two is singing this. It doesn't matter this much. I envy him for such a beautiful and clear voice. This song is pure beautiful.
@TheLordHodne I disagree. All-time...It's Marvin Gaye without a doubt. Still living....I don't know. Maybe Whitney Houston if she still has it. Or Al Green...I don't know, but not Art Garfunkel. By the way...this is best song ever.
@TheLordHodne Living...maybe. All-time, I still don't know. Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Luther Vandross, Al Green, Otis Redding, Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, David Ruffin, Donny Hathaway...that's nine off the top of my head who I think are better than Art. I'm sure I could think of a few more. Art is great though and his performance on this song is beyond epic.
yeah... I'm not gonne have a go at you or your list, but I really hope( and think) this isn't the only song you have listen by Art G. He has so incrediably many wonderful songs, and not one of them are anywhere a 'Ok ' If you know what I mean ;) They are so good.
Yours are so old, but that probably says that you know what you're talking about :)
@TheLordHodne I have heard a lot of Simon and Garfunkle songs. But if you have any suggestions that display great vocals by Art...I'd be more than happy to give them a listen. And the guys on my list aren't that old in comparision to Art. Gaye, Green and Wonder were all in their prime shortly after Simon and Garfunkle were. And Vandross didn't make it real big until the 80's.
played this one at my Dad's funeral last month.. I thought at the time I would never be able to listen to it again but to my dis belief it actually brings me comfort to hear it now..
@drhitler Oh is that right? did my dad come to you and tell you this himself? How he was disrespected for a song that he liked form a group that he liked? quite frankly I don't feel to offended by a comment like that coming from someone who calls himself drhitler. And why are you here listening to this "Gutter trash?" making comments about it? do you just enjoy trolling around? go be a little boy somewhere else fool.
Don't listen to an absolute piece of trailer trash that dr.hitler so obviously is. My father was a classically trained pianist and outstanding singer. He passed away in 1994 and this was always one of his fav. songs of all-time. I remember him singing it in a duet with another performer in church back in the early 70's. Like you, I choose to remember my Dad through this gorgeous song.
@jlmusicfan57 Thank you for your comment, I take people like him with a grain of salt, so no worries, I find the ignorance displayed in people who make comments like that rather comical actually. Your father sounds like he was a very distinguished man, as do you. And I too see absolutely nothing wrong with how our fathers were both laid to rest to this amazing song either. take care.
They broke up because Simon was sick of Garfunkel smoking pot and coming to work 2 record. Apparently they got in a huge fight and art tried to punch paul. Paul broke up with him and garfunkel commited suicide
The lyrics of this song say a lot about what real love and friendship should be!!! An absolute MASTERPIECE!!!!!!!!! The music and lyrics of Paul Simon, the great voice of Art Garfunkel, and the OUTSTANDING piano of Larry Knetchel (RIP, Larry!!!). The best song they ever recorded!!!!!!
I always thought it was because he knew that Artie had a better voice than he did and that he was so dramatic. That's what probably did Paul in. He probably got tired or jealous of Artie's talent to sing and sing well. Not that Paul isn't a great singer and performer himself.
@wildpianoman16 Paul wrote this song for Art to sing. Then after its phenomenal success (they made over 20 million dollars off this song alone - and that was in 1969!!!!) , he regretted "giving it away." He was jealous every time they sung it on stage because Art got the credit for it. That is what eventually broke them up.
@computerman290, Thanks for the bit of info. 20 million dollars--That's mind-bending, especially for the year 1969. I'm trying to become a songwriter and performer in my own right. I'm a composition and technology major currently and I'm really loving it. I keep wondering if my songs could be hits like this or at least performed more often. Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel inspired me into writing my own stuff.
@wildpianoman16 I may be wrong about the amount, but I do know that is was a HUGE amount of money!!! If these guys provided you inspiration to start writing, you should be off to a good start. Because of the simply FANTASTIC lyrics, this song would have been perfect with just Art's voice and a piano!!!!!! Check out some songwriters from the 70's. That was a decade when lyrics were meaningful and heartfelt, and musical talent was abundant!!! More so than the following three decades anyway!!
They broke up, actually, over Garfunkle getting bought out by Simon, and Garfunkle's resulting financial instability. I love this song, because (beyond it's obvious beauty and poignant message) all of the royalties go to St. Jude's Children's Hospital, in memorandum of, I believe, a friend's child who had gotten cancer.
Yeah. I for the most part agree that the lyrics were less thoughtful and the music was of significantly less quality. Although, I do enjoy '80's music too. I am actually becoming a little more 'poppy', not like today's r&b but more like techno and ' 80's music. It depends on what mood I'm in when I write but sometimes I even write easy listening stuff or broadway stuff like Rogers and Hammerstein. Art released an album of easy listening in 2007 which I was hugely influenced by. I'm like a sponge
"Sail on Silver Girl, sail on by... Your time has come to shine... All your dreams are on their way... see how they shine... If you need a friend, I'm sailing right behind... Like a bridge over troubled water I will ease your mind..."
Magnificent... The way friendship always should be... :)
A great testament to sacrificial love. This is one of those songs that very nearly epitomizes what I want to be able to provide for my wife (fiancee at the moment).
Larry Knetchel, did the piano on this and hundreds of othe songs. Larry...died yesterday of a Heart attack. Google him and see all of the music he created. He was one of Duane Eddys Rebels, he was a member of the group "Bread" and he was a member of "The Wrecking Crew" who recorded all of the music that Phil Spector took credit for.
soim and garfunkel just have something in their voice that makes them unique! the lyrics are beautiful and the bring it so beautiful! can you imagine, i'm a die hard metalfan and i get tears in my eyes from this song XD
I know the song has a piano. What i meant was songs don't always need a lot of instruments playing together on a record, ie keyboards including drums, guitars etc.
Many a good record just needs one instrument, a piano to produce a melancholy sound!!
Everytime I listen to this I think of my mom and thank her. She was the one who made me listen to Simon & Garfunkel, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Bruce Springsteen, and many others. Because of her, I know real music. Thanx mom<3
TheMelanieSky 20 hours ago
I don't know why, it's just me, but listening to this, I somehow understand why Art Garfunkel drove Paul Simon crazy.
l7fa 1 month ago
I LOVE IT
MEGARANA 1 month ago
The greatest song ever written !!!!!
blackbirdtwigg 3 months ago in playlist blackbirdtwigg's favourites
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Skelt92 5 months ago
@550bubbles fuck off bubble you slut
Skelt92 5 months ago
I don't know why, it's just me, but listening to this, I somehow understand why Art Garfunkel drove Paul Simon crazy.
Grumpy587 6 months ago
@Grumpy587 You copied this comment, I'm assuming from the guardian website, so that anonymous users on the interent, all of whom you will never meet, will think you are funny and original. Your life must fucking suck
Skelt92 5 months ago
this song is so beautiful it makes e cry.
fuck the black eyed peas.
mewwwal 6 months ago
Ha Ha Ha, that made my day, Black Eyed Peas, that's hilarious, OMG that is so funny.
twangman5 10 months ago
@twangman5 WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THIS WORK OF ART? THIS IS 1 OF THE BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD. AND YOUR COMING UP WITH THE BLACK EYED PEAS? YOU ARE A DISCRASE.
JackKids18964 9 months ago
@JackKids18964 You're the Jackass, I was laughing at guyNbluejeans, you ought to read the thread before you jump in like a thick clot and by the way discrase is spelt 'idiot'
twangman5 9 months ago
@JackKids18964 disgrace *
you abomination
SuperBenn99 8 months ago
I don't think there has never been another era, when the songs that were written, at the time, are immortal. My kids love them and it's 40 years later! I am so glad I grew up with this music. You can't beat it. :)
mselle54 10 months ago 2
HARRY KALAS!!!!
Phlmal02 10 months ago
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This is a great song. Only Boom Boom Pow by Black Eyed Peas is better.
guyNbluejeans 11 months ago
@guyNbluejeans Get out of this place then. Black edyed peas only made 1 good song and it isn`t Boom Boom Pow. This is Alot better then ANY black eyed peas songs.
JackKids18964 9 months ago
@JackKids18964 Sardonic. Look it up.
guyNbluejeans 9 months ago
my uncle bday yesterday he died 12yrs ago and this was his favourate song thnx for putting this on :)
BooByMonStaDD 11 months ago
Timeless classic.
TheBeatlesShop 11 months ago
I wish I had been born in the time when the songs that were listened to, day by day throughout every window in the streets, were the songs such as this one. Although sadly it seems those times have passed.
minitouris 1 year ago
como no, aqualung1989, grande.
vivaguam 1 year ago
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vivaguam 1 year ago
When my generation grows up, marries, and has kids, the parents will probably play junk like Ke$ha, Nicki Minaj, Usher, and T-Pain for their kids in the car, saying "This is what I grew up listening to!"
I will play this for mine.
Violetta21TV 1 year ago 22
@Violetta21TV Nah...crap like those groups will be forgotten. Songs like this are timeless!
HentaiGaiJin 1 year ago
@Violetta21TV - Amen.
TheSkySailing 1 year ago
@Violetta21TV
that's what my mum did...
madru93 5 months ago
the greatest feel good song EVER, i have done securrity at a concert for simon and garfunkle it was a moment in life i will never forget and will tell my kids and grandchildren it was like seeing a diamond in a pile of coal
yorkyrose 1 year ago
i love this song my ex husband used to sing it to me and i always think about him when i hear this song because he has always been there for me.
tammy34ful 1 year ago
YES! original version! I hate all those stupid lame covers! they should delete them or at least add history of in the title!
Mango0831 1 year ago 4
tang ina wla nmn lyrics! >_<
kenzhcute 1 year ago
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supersondessixties 1 year ago
so beautiful. No cover beats this!
Raichu234 1 year ago
we all need to listen to these lyrics. if we all did, (and i'm the biggest offender) the world would be a better place.
bensdadfrank 1 year ago
Let this song belong just to those, who understand both lyrics and melody.
zjoemzjoem 1 year ago
9 users don't have a bridge over troubled water.
PuksisKissa 1 year ago
This is a beautiful song. I would like it played at my fureral, people to remember me this. It's the type of person I try to be. I would like my friends, family to remember me this way. Remimds me of my family, close friends in my life who have stood by me. One of the most meaniful, beautiful songs every released.
JJones0424 1 year ago
9 people should be beaten in the head with a shovel!!! How can anyone not like this song...??? I really dont understand it!
MrSbunk 1 year ago
.. i like it when anthony callea sang this song .. he introduced this song to me .. he is a contestant of australian idol .. pls, do watch his version of this song ..
th0th0yzcute006 1 year ago
i really dont like all the other versions of this song. Other than Johnny Cash :)
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drhfhfvxdvx 1 year ago
One of the few ones which is not live
Piloogen 1 year ago 2
thiz song makez me wanna cryz=-(
123chickbabe 1 year ago
Original mix, indeed. Roy Halee in the cockpit of Columbia´s 70th street console. No equalizers, only pans and compressors. So, he had to know what he was doing. Also true for S & G.
formiga1950 1 year ago
love this song and im a teenager
kevinfool 1 year ago 3
Epic :)
DH1986 1 year ago 4
S&G are awsome
They might be hippies
but they can sing
Pedr6500 1 year ago 2
i love Simon & Garfunkel.... it should be forbidden to make covers....and remixes..... in my view is the original better than any other versions......love it!!
max10brunner 1 year ago 10
My dad's favorite song which I will never forget. Love you, Dad.
dotanooblar 1 year ago 3
i love this song forever and ever it inspired me a lot
sebastian2007mama 1 year ago
Even the word classic does not do this masterpiece justice.Better than brilliant.
sunderlandgent 1 year ago
The greatest song ever written,no one sings this like Art and i will never,ever tire of listening to it,Thank you for posting !!!!
blackbirdtwigg 1 year ago
clay aiken i think did it better but this is still amazing.
harriswa 1 year ago
Most beautiful song ever. But I hope no one leaves nasty comments on such a classic beautiful song.
blainegirl97 1 year ago
@blainegirl97 Write a song about solace, then - bang! You have a #1 hit.
God parody is coming up.
SlimeTron5000 1 year ago
@SlimeTron5000 Mkay. Good luck on the God parody. I'll be watching. Just like him. ;) Haha
blainegirl97 1 year ago
Uhm.. this song was playd in the memorial of a classmate of mine.
it's a really beautiful song and it makes me think of her.
Iskalld 1 year ago
I can't find better song than this by now
taisuke0318 1 year ago
One of my all time favorites!!!
storm832 1 year ago
my whole life was depressing, hurtful, and very sad. but the only happy time in my life was when i was like 3 and my Daddy would sing this to me. i wish he still loved me like he loves his girlfriend`s boys...but here i am 10 years later and still am the same sad girl... life is a mystery. but every time i hear this song, i feel loved. thank you for putting this on youtube in great quality. great song!
SecksiiMii 1 year ago
@SecksiiMii That,s a pretty sad comment. Hang in there, life gets better!
nyerndc 1 year ago
@SecksiiMii You're only 13. I'm saying this as someone who wishes desperately he could go back and do his his teen years over again. You got your whole life ahead of you. It won't be for at least a decade until you have full perspective. Hang tough
redsoxrok34 1 year ago
@redsoxrok3 thank you for the advice :) i plan to not let my past affect my future
SecksiiMii 1 year ago
I don't know who of the two is singing this. It doesn't matter this much. I envy him for such a beautiful and clear voice. This song is pure beautiful.
Beremor 1 year ago
I was at a funeral today, the last song they played was this...
I allways thought that this was one of the sengs i have considred to have on my own funeral, i cryied so hard.
I am crying at this very moment too.
Naayru 1 year ago
muiiiiiiiiiiiiiito lindo
danielpessoadearaujo 1 year ago
Just Listen! you
skbricker 1 year ago
Art Garfunkel has undeniable the best voice in the world...
TheLordHodne 1 year ago 3
@TheLordHodne I disagree. All-time...It's Marvin Gaye without a doubt. Still living....I don't know. Maybe Whitney Houston if she still has it. Or Al Green...I don't know, but not Art Garfunkel. By the way...this is best song ever.
KrfNYC2 1 year ago
@TheLordHodne Oh...Christina Aguleria. Her voice is amazing.
KrfNYC2 1 year ago
@KrfNYC2
Fine then. But Art is defiantly on the top 10 male list
TheLordHodne 1 year ago
@TheLordHodne Living...maybe. All-time, I still don't know. Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Luther Vandross, Al Green, Otis Redding, Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, David Ruffin, Donny Hathaway...that's nine off the top of my head who I think are better than Art. I'm sure I could think of a few more. Art is great though and his performance on this song is beyond epic.
KrfNYC2 1 year ago
@KrfNYC2
yeah... I'm not gonne have a go at you or your list, but I really hope( and think) this isn't the only song you have listen by Art G. He has so incrediably many wonderful songs, and not one of them are anywhere a 'Ok ' If you know what I mean ;) They are so good.
Yours are so old, but that probably says that you know what you're talking about :)
TheLordHodne 1 year ago
@TheLordHodne I have heard a lot of Simon and Garfunkle songs. But if you have any suggestions that display great vocals by Art...I'd be more than happy to give them a listen. And the guys on my list aren't that old in comparision to Art. Gaye, Green and Wonder were all in their prime shortly after Simon and Garfunkle were. And Vandross didn't make it real big until the 80's.
KrfNYC2 1 year ago
very good it makes me thoughtful
hjdohmke7 1 year ago
it reminds me of my grandmom
lauren072391 1 year ago
Strange thing. I´ve heard this song so many times, and now, it seems to be the first one. New sense, new story. Sail on by....... every one!!!
palepigui 1 year ago
oh my gosh i can play this on piano
sian0151 1 year ago
This is a song we'r singing in chorus for a song, and everyone gets touchy.
Asholayyy1 1 year ago
THIS SONG KICKS ASS.
AdamBlivingston 1 year ago 2
my mom wants this song played at her funeral.
layna10810 1 year ago 9
so touching.............
gunface10 1 year ago 8
Possibly my favorite song...It's one of those works of art that you can't describe.
KrfNYC2 1 year ago 30
@KrfNYC2 i havent reach this age, but then when ever i hear this type of song, it gives me different kind of feeling, and i love it :)
GothicaKenny 1 year ago
@GothicaKenny How wonderful.
KrfNYC2 1 year ago
Avoid weddings and you will not sail " over troubled water", ha,ha!!!!
unanacoreta 1 year ago 5
I love this song...when i have a wedding this is going to be my wedding song!
matthewthecoolkid 1 year ago 3
played this one at my Dad's funeral last month.. I thought at the time I would never be able to listen to it again but to my dis belief it actually brings me comfort to hear it now..
moviegoer167 1 year ago 138
@moviegoer167
I'm sorry about your Dad. What a beautiful song to lay him to rest, though. God bless and take care:)
clickfivexoxo 1 year ago 4
@moviegoer167 you totally disrespected your father by playing this GUTTER TRASH music. People who do not understand music really piss me off. Die.
drhitler 1 year ago
@drhitler Oh is that right? did my dad come to you and tell you this himself? How he was disrespected for a song that he liked form a group that he liked? quite frankly I don't feel to offended by a comment like that coming from someone who calls himself drhitler. And why are you here listening to this "Gutter trash?" making comments about it? do you just enjoy trolling around? go be a little boy somewhere else fool.
moviegoer167 1 year ago 3
@moviegoer167
Don't listen to an absolute piece of trailer trash that dr.hitler so obviously is. My father was a classically trained pianist and outstanding singer. He passed away in 1994 and this was always one of his fav. songs of all-time. I remember him singing it in a duet with another performer in church back in the early 70's. Like you, I choose to remember my Dad through this gorgeous song.
jlmusicfan57 1 year ago
@jlmusicfan57 Thank you for your comment, I take people like him with a grain of salt, so no worries, I find the ignorance displayed in people who make comments like that rather comical actually. Your father sounds like he was a very distinguished man, as do you. And I too see absolutely nothing wrong with how our fathers were both laid to rest to this amazing song either. take care.
moviegoer167 1 year ago
@moviegoer167 this was played at my uncle marks funeral <3
maam31 1 year ago
@maam31 It is a good song for a sad occasion, I am sorry for your loss
moviegoer167 1 year ago
@moviegoer167 Thanks, you too...been 5years since he killed him self as of jan 15
maam31 1 year ago
@moviegoer167 rip
YouT0Tube 1 year ago
@moviegoer167 its a very beautiful song, now your papa is resting easy :)
EmptySun 11 months ago
@EmptySun Thank you friend... I hope he is.. After all the pain he went through, he deserves it.
moviegoer167 11 months ago
@moviegoer167 I Am Sorry For Your Loss. It is A sad song.But sometimes it cheers you up. Again i am sorry for your loss. :)
JackKids18964 9 months ago
one of the best ever
dandeexxxx 1 year ago 4
SONJIA LANELLE PARKER ....This song
reminds me of you and our time togeather more than any other. How I wish
I could find you!
ROGER C MOSS
clamdraggin 1 year ago 3
This song is so beautiful
ashleyisthebomb 1 year ago 6
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you guys should check out fireflies cover of this, in the danish xfactor... it's amazing!
miniFriis 1 year ago
It was far from amazing. It was good and it saved them after that total failure last week, but amazing is just too much to call it.
CamillaWRasmussen 1 year ago
Thx, but no thx
Olole 1 year ago
very good song
mecaesare 1 year ago
Played on my grandma's funeral..
Everytime I hear this song it just makes me cry, it's so beautiful.. I miss her so much :(
spaceman0moonfighter 1 year ago 6
this is song is powerful! yeah it brings it all back..
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i hard 4 this song and little boys
00itsabouttime00 1 year ago
if this song means anything to loved ones ,about lost ones,...and ya dont cry,...ya a dick....
TheBrubrown 1 year ago
Finally! The studio version, thank you!!
mikewarrior77 1 year ago 2
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minitouris 1 year ago
a feel so proud of myself and my family. this song brings it "all" around. Holy Shit.....
HideFromMaster 1 year ago
I was 7 yrs old when my father bought this album. What a treasure of fond memories...
barbsmusicman 1 year ago
Andréa Bochelli [Nem sei se se escreve assim], fez a performance desse som no Grammy - Very tombo - Very Luxo - Very Escandalo
dhaydo 1 year ago
Such a beautiful song! The second chorus is really amazing, it almost made me cry the first time I heard it!
ChristianDiMaria 2 years ago
... he was my bridge, I tried to be his bridge too...
sunnybekka 2 years ago
this song makes me cry
Tabroxfcc 2 years ago 2
Thank god for that original version I am so sick of crappy covers by other people and these annoying modern day singers!!
83Brokenwings 2 years ago 141
Me too! Just can't top the original.
HackneyShark 2 years ago 8
@HackneyShark Why would anybody bother to even try? This song is a MASTERPIECE!!!!!!!!!!!
Computerman290 2 years ago 2
Too right.
HackneyShark 2 years ago
Stevie wonder just did a remake for the Haiti telethon concert recently as well.
USAGiant 2 years ago
Well, Stevie I can handle. He's had enough people covering his songs, so why not cover someone else's for a change?
HackneyShark 2 years ago
@83Brokenwings i agree!
GitaarFreaky 1 year ago
@83Brokenwings lol
wintutorials13 1 year ago
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@83Brokenwings lol
wintutorials13 1 year ago
@83Brokenwings AMEN!
buyerofsorts 1 year ago
@83Brokenwings Thank you for pointing out that this is the original. There are so many versions, I had no idea who did the original before you said!
EssexResident2000 1 year ago
@83Brokenwings YES!!!
KrfNYC2 1 year ago
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They broke up because Simon was sick of Garfunkel smoking pot and coming to work 2 record. Apparently they got in a huge fight and art tried to punch paul. Paul broke up with him and garfunkel commited suicide
TheAbbeyroadfan 2 years ago
One minor little detail, Art Garfunkel is alive and well and they've had occasional reunions since the break up.
bobcat188 2 years ago 7
@ bobcat188 be quiet
TheAbbeyroadfan 2 years ago
GARFUNKEL LIVES
kieran514 2 years ago 3
This is both oh so incredibly beautiful and inspirational :)
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this is such a beautifull song its breathtaking its also a song sang straight from the heart.
cheshire403 2 years ago
Poignant and touching,
lowmazda626 2 years ago
this is such a beautiful song its breathtaking it a song that is sang straight from the heart.
cheshire403 2 years ago
Beautiful really :)
Tutsefluts 2 years ago
The lyrics of this song say a lot about what real love and friendship should be!!! An absolute MASTERPIECE!!!!!!!!! The music and lyrics of Paul Simon, the great voice of Art Garfunkel, and the OUTSTANDING piano of Larry Knetchel (RIP, Larry!!!). The best song they ever recorded!!!!!!
Computerman290 2 years ago
best
skrewdawg 2 years ago 2
at 2:28, is that a msn blip? lol
spoonie12 2 years ago
No it's the song...
blablablablabla891 2 years ago
is that an msn blip at 2:28?
spoonie12 2 years ago
very nice
exz36do 2 years ago
Perfect!!!
inogi339 2 years ago
AWESOME!!!! :D
jennikifm 2 years ago
The greatest song ever written,and that includes EVERYTHING !!! R.i.p. Larry
blackbirdtwigg 2 years ago 3
Thank you aqualung for adding this on.
GoreFreeTennessee 2 years ago
masterpiece!
matsebah 2 years ago 5
I like the images of a bridge over troubled water its seem like very poetic
KcUaRrTl 2 years ago
best song of all time.
faustus999 2 years ago 6
I don't know why, it's just me, but listening to this, I somehow understand why Art Garfunkel drove Paul Simon crazy.
thishereguitar 2 years ago 4
I always thought it was because he knew that Artie had a better voice than he did and that he was so dramatic. That's what probably did Paul in. He probably got tired or jealous of Artie's talent to sing and sing well. Not that Paul isn't a great singer and performer himself.
wildpianoman16 2 years ago 2
@wildpianoman16 Paul wrote this song for Art to sing. Then after its phenomenal success (they made over 20 million dollars off this song alone - and that was in 1969!!!!) , he regretted "giving it away." He was jealous every time they sung it on stage because Art got the credit for it. That is what eventually broke them up.
Computerman290 2 years ago
@computerman290, Thanks for the bit of info. 20 million dollars--That's mind-bending, especially for the year 1969. I'm trying to become a songwriter and performer in my own right. I'm a composition and technology major currently and I'm really loving it. I keep wondering if my songs could be hits like this or at least performed more often. Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel inspired me into writing my own stuff.
wildpianoman16 2 years ago
@wildpianoman16 I may be wrong about the amount, but I do know that is was a HUGE amount of money!!! If these guys provided you inspiration to start writing, you should be off to a good start. Because of the simply FANTASTIC lyrics, this song would have been perfect with just Art's voice and a piano!!!!!! Check out some songwriters from the 70's. That was a decade when lyrics were meaningful and heartfelt, and musical talent was abundant!!! More so than the following three decades anyway!!
Computerman290 2 years ago
They broke up, actually, over Garfunkle getting bought out by Simon, and Garfunkle's resulting financial instability. I love this song, because (beyond it's obvious beauty and poignant message) all of the royalties go to St. Jude's Children's Hospital, in memorandum of, I believe, a friend's child who had gotten cancer.
PiratexRufus 2 years ago
Yeah. I for the most part agree that the lyrics were less thoughtful and the music was of significantly less quality. Although, I do enjoy '80's music too. I am actually becoming a little more 'poppy', not like today's r&b but more like techno and ' 80's music. It depends on what mood I'm in when I write but sometimes I even write easy listening stuff or broadway stuff like Rogers and Hammerstein. Art released an album of easy listening in 2007 which I was hugely influenced by. I'm like a sponge
wildpianoman16 2 years ago
No that is not why they broke up. That's false.
youvebeenthunderstru 2 years ago
@youvebeenthunderstru It is not false! Maybe it wasn't THE reason, but it was a big contributing factor in their parting.
Computerman290 2 years ago
"Sail on Silver Girl, sail on by... Your time has come to shine... All your dreams are on their way... see how they shine... If you need a friend, I'm sailing right behind... Like a bridge over troubled water I will ease your mind..."
Magnificent... The way friendship always should be... :)
marisa060585 2 years ago 6
A great testament to sacrificial love. This is one of those songs that very nearly epitomizes what I want to be able to provide for my wife (fiancee at the moment).
QuietJuggler 2 years ago 14
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just provide her a 10 inch cock and 500 quid a week or she will be gone within a year......otherwise i wish you a lottery win.....heh heh heh!!!!!!!!
liamrossabby 2 years ago
Just found out about Larry Knechtel tonight :(................. his memory will live on through this classic song. Excellent piano work.
MachineGunMolly73 2 years ago 3
I love it
theresnoturningback 2 years ago 4
Larry Knetchel, did the piano on this and hundreds of othe songs. Larry...died yesterday of a Heart attack. Google him and see all of the music he created. He was one of Duane Eddys Rebels, he was a member of the group "Bread" and he was a member of "The Wrecking Crew" who recorded all of the music that Phil Spector took credit for.
onemikehart 2 years ago 7
i sure hope this stays up!!!!
it's in mah stream
i'm the only livin' boy in teXas
rufflesworld 2 years ago
my God what a good song and lyrics
MrJamesis 2 years ago 2
soim and garfunkel just have something in their voice that makes them unique! the lyrics are beautiful and the bring it so beautiful! can you imagine, i'm a die hard metalfan and i get tears in my eyes from this song XD
lindarctica 2 years ago 8
well i can understand it =), the way they mix their voices is absolutely beautiful
Aqualung1989 2 years ago
@lindarctica i totaly am with you... i got brought up on this stuff but still listen to hard rock xD xx
katieemogirl 1 year ago
@lindarctica I'm a Metalhead too bro. I feel the same way. It gave me chills.
andrewmassacre1 1 year ago
Very beautiful...luv it!!!
puggykisses 2 years ago
I love this song. Very true to the heart. It proves you don't need guitars, keyboards, drums etc, to have an effective song!
CatQueen1980 2 years ago
Well, "keyboards", the song does have a piano.
youvebeenthunderstru 2 years ago
I know the song has a piano. What i meant was songs don't always need a lot of instruments playing together on a record, ie keyboards including drums, guitars etc.
Many a good record just needs one instrument, a piano to produce a melancholy sound!!
CatQueen1980 2 years ago