Scarborough Fair

[jim4scfc]

honestly, first time i have ever heard this song, been put off a lot by simon and garfunkel but oh my days, takes me straight to the summer, in my garden with a .....sandwich.

[REALAceWarrior]

:)

[czech698]

wwwgreatbuyoutletscom wwwtopfuelsavercom over the wold's edge with clear eyes our mole transcendent sees his way tunneled in light: he must obey necessity again and thrid close catacombs as erst he did, fates tunnelings, himself must bore through the sunset's inmost core. The guiding walls to each-hand shine luminous and crystalline; and mole shall tunnel on and on, Till night let fall oblivion. A poor degenerate from the ape, whose hands are four, whose tail's a limb, I contemplate

[upinthecl0ud]

I heard this one day and knew it sounded familiar but couldn't place where I'd heard it. I finally realized that when I was little my dad would sing this while he was cooking, lol. It's such a gorgeous song.

[GunMastaRevolverLord]

@upinthecl0ud i thought you where gonna say gta iv the icecream truck song would play this

[videobox420]

:)

[Katsuki396]

Its amazing



[Skittlegirl715]

Woah this song is like beautiful/epic/creepy at the same time. AWESOME

[TheAlmadelhi]

Very English indeed but beautiful I think

[bigD5172]

That damn Geico. The commercial put the song in my head.

[melissafilms]

the thing about his song is although it sounds romantic, it really isn't. It was written based on a legend about an elf you was in love with someone, but she didn't love him back and married a human. This got him so mad he put a curse on her that she and all her daughters "would be forever daughters of mine" (ew) The only way to break the spell was to do the impossible tasks mentioned in the song. Someone wrote a really good (fiction) book about it called "Impossible"

best book ever:)

[Seekerofshadowz]

i found thi on a app and now im playing it on my flue :)

[555TheMusicman]

this song brings up all my love.

[justacondom]

The song is like a montage...

[ADEMruinedmylife909]

This always has me thinking of Dustin Hoffman in the Graduate...

[Hollz811]

LOVE LOVE LOVE, ADORE!

[insectbyte]

nice, the cembalo in the background... or it even sounds like one

[Hollz811]

@insectbyte Is that the "church organ" kinda sound? I love this song but it HAS to have that instrument to be.... pure

[insectbyte]

@Hollz811 Its also called harpsichord... important component of baroque music

[ArpiCZ]

Try Czech version NAkpPdmlunQ

[trapeniesnov]

@ArpiCZ Ahh thank you! I didn't know there was one!

[Clownaayy]

Thanks, Charlie. 

[fierfly567]

has anyone seen the rin and len version of this? that one is haunting...

[hippityhop05]

Lovely song. Lovely melody.

[trentnmiller]

I find it sad that most music that I look up like this has a bunch of people complaining about how nobody makes decent music anymore. Try picking up the A&E section out of a newspaper and typing all the different Music groups into a search engine and listening to it. Make a last.fm account and type bands that you like into it and it will load other bands like what you started with. Use google to look for genre lists to what you are looking for.

[TheForsakenFalcon]

@trentnmiller too true man, i find songs id never hear of by listening to alternitive news outlets and some of the bumper music is awesome, and i bet the older ppl who complain about todays music would never in there wildist dreams watch an japanese anime or play and good quality RPG where great musical scores are in ambience

[MsEmss16]

I fell in love with this song.

[44purpleperp]

My dad played me this song when I was a kid, and I have a vivid memory of listening to it in the car with him--I always thought the name was parsley sage rosemary and time. Recently, I was playing through a piano songbook and I got so stuck on this "English Folk Song," Scarborough Fair--I couldn't stop playing it! The book didn't have lyrics, so I Googled the song and this video popped up--I didn't even make the connection until I heard the names of the herbs. Nothing makes a memory like music!

[hadastom]

she once was ...

[eratosthanes]

MIGHTY BOOSH!

[VaisTsubasa]

Nice melody, Gunslinger Girl referance!

[mattlange00]

I listen to metal ... and this ! I find them very similar in a way !

[thatcoolcrafter]

xtiggacatx Shut up This is a cool song. If you don't like it, then DON'T COME TO IT.

[LocutusBorgOf]

75 People, are not going to Scarborough Fair

[strawb3ripInk88]

this is actually pretty cool

[LoungeFly02]

it's really hard to play guitar along with this song =\

[thaistylez]

It sounds like playing Heroes of Might and Magic

[chrisnarozny]

It may be a timeless English folk song, but i hear this and close my eyes, i don't see Yorkshire or a medieval fayre... instead i see images of 1960s US students protesting against the Vietnam war and the Police & National Guard beating them down. Strange...

[pugilistofpower]

@chrisnarozny Special songs have a way of reinventing themselves.

[lexic44]

We are learning about the medieval times in social studies this song fits it very well.

[earthinvaders]

They are simply the best !

[garyw930]

May I recommend the book 'A Pop Revolution, the transatlantic music scene 1965 to 1969' by the invisible man. The author is a big fan of this track.

[DawnRainWasHere]

@garyw930 I ought to try to check it out sometime.

[TheGant13]

Peace of mind.. Fuck you Bieberon

[tanyatang1]

唐佳君=唐凡惟14歲買不到"原版"因此買了黃鶯鶯翻唱，原唱S­carborough Fair 最好。

[alejarren]

Peacefulness has a sound.

[solitonstar]

It was originally a traditional English folksong. But this is their reworking. I can't fault its lovely melody or the way the intertwining verses are.

[peacemaker1574]

It's a wonderful song that is still great after all these years....what is good lasts!!

[cbg98]

singing this song in choir

[FireflyzStInG]

Like if CountANDRA's Decembersville brought you here!

[123mscrazygal]

i listened to it so many times its stuck in head love this song

[menacer26]

Simon and garfunkel

[menacer26]

@textlover321 just finished watching the wonder years. They played it so i came hear to listen to the full version. Great show and great song.

[TheEissoaiShow]

Simon & Garfunkel dont make music They make art

[tcoudi]

i know theri is 100-1 covers,check this one watch?v=NAkpPdmlunQ, its czech,lyrics are quite accourate repoetring, the vocals are amazing.i am patriot,guitly.

[XxghostlypridexX]

I found this song because my last name is Scarbrough, LOL!

[crazygirlrocks92]

@XxghostlypridexX I have this song on CD, I grew up listening to it live. I even got to see Garfunkel sing it live. :D I love this song!

[naughtymonkey696]

*thumbs up*

[stefenismyname]

Something stevepwood said caught my attention: "haunting melody".

These words perfectly describe this song, and how I feel about it. Because I find it to be lovely, and yet it sends a shiver up my spine as well...

[rahcinella]

@stefenismyname , totally agree, hauntingly beautiful is my description

[i5sat]

love love love !!!

[petica98]

I LOVE this song.

it reminds me of good times.

[alabamagirl49]

one of the BEST soundtracks of our generation.

[yichidance]

What a great everlasting song. It is also a good music for ballroom dancing - Waltz. I have uploaded one (without singer) in my channel inviting all of you to listen….. very gentle, peaceful and perceptual.

[GeneralBulldog54]

We used to sing this in glee club at my elementary school. Not like this of course. Strange hearing the real mccoy, it feels more ethereal.

[textlover321]

Wonder years flashback!!!

[baratas]

eargasm

[xgmb45]

This may be the contender for the most beautiful song of all time.

[stevepwood]

A stunning example of a haunting melody and flawless harmony. Easily one of the best of all time...

[TheOnewhoisCheesey]

the music makes me cry haha idk y

[maudetallulah]

Really creepy song, when you think about the lyrics.

[jshizzle1991]

@maudetallulah or the music

[metamage666]

@maudetallulah It is a combination of scarborough fair, which is basically a list of impossible demands, and Canticle, which is about a fallen soldier.

[crosscountrytc]

They don't make music like this anymore. All you need to do is drop a ton of obscenities and sexual references mix it with autotune and they call it music now. I wish there were more artists like Simon and Garfunkel today. S&G sang music that actually had a message and a point.

[riordan32]

@crosscountrytc there are. you're just not looking hard enough.

[crosscountrytc]

@riordan32 Oh riordan, I was using hyperbole for effect. Of course I know there is newer stuff out there that isn't all the mainstream junk. But you do have to look considerably harder for it. That's why I said I wish there were MORE musicians like S&G not "I wish there were musicians like S&G." You have to admit, the crap outnumbers the good these days.

[humouriseverything]

@crosscountrytc So true, although underground there are still bands like this, real talent has virtually no place in mainstream media. Apart from Mumford and sons and the fleet foxes

[bhope8]

@crosscountrytc so true man like whats gonna be our classical music? lil wayne?

[xtiggacatx]

@crosscountrytc what you talking about that is a meaningless shit song that is freaky horrible and wired seriously it is fucking crap

[crosscountrytc]

@xtiggacatx Scarborough Fair is a meaningless song that's horrible and weird? Wow. Why even come to this vid if you don't like S&G. The message of this song is impossible standards and pointless wars. If you can't figure that out, you've got to have some sort of serious problem. Scarborough Fair has been a classic studied in music for centuries. The Canticle part of the piece is a fantastic commentary on war. Why are you even on this video?

[ubiergo1978]

@xtiggacatx You hit your head recently, did you? O.O

[TheForsakenFalcon]

@crosscountrytc then your not looking hard enough, sorry.

[crosscountrytc]

@TheForsakenFalcon I was making a gross generalization, aka a hyperbolic statement to make a point. Of course I know there's other good music out there right now, but I was trying to make a point that most of those artists are having trouble making it to the mainstream. I don't listen to S&G everyday, I like modern bands such as Coldplay. For crying out loud...

[TheForsakenFalcon]

@crosscountrytc the point i was trying too make was look out side the main stream ^_^

small exsamples alot of gaming music is brilliant as well as opening songs too verious anime series, sure i understand those things aren't everyones cup of tea in terms of not likeing to play video games or watch japanese animation but alot of brilliant composers and un-known artists

[TheForsakenFalcon]

exsample would be FF7 crisis cores score "The price of freedom"

where an acoustic, ellectric guitar harmonise and in synch magicaly with an violin, that kinda of master piece is hard to pull off.

[DrMeta1]

@crosscountrytc i love simon and garfunkel as much as anybody but to say there is no good modern music and it all stopped at s and g is pretty fanboyish and more than a little lame.

[crosscountrytc]

@DrMeta1 You take hyperbole very seriously, sir. Also, I am not a fanboy...fangirl is more appropriate : ) What I said was a hyperbolic statement to make a point. MOST of the music on the mainstream now is rather like what I described. Are there good modern bands? Oh yes! I'm a fan of Mumford & Sons, Coldplay, and some other more obscure bands/singers. I'm a writer so I tend to use a lot of literary devices in my commenting. Sorry if I was misunderstood.

[TheBanshwa]

@crosscountrytc There still is great music, its just not so well known. Check out Hooverphonic, St. Vincent, Iron and Wine, The Smiths, The Shins, or perhaps Animal Collective. All very good. And as a big time Simon and Garfunkel fan, I will say that they are in the same class of perfection.

[Testyclair]

i think Cylon and Garfunkel version was better

[2008Sameoldfitup]

roy west

[HGXLK]

gin and tonic, thank you

[myleszg]

Coffee, it's whats for dinner.

[MissMastanehN]

What they did was more than what the beatles had. Complete Bliss :)

[kashiyar1]

@MissMastanehN So True :)

[Reiuyi]

"Lullaby of Deserted Hell" is definitely based on this song

[TheIsabelScarr]

in scarborough for holiday, staying at the crown spa hotel, its amazing!

[HellangelSakura]

sket dance?

[AshleeyLyee]

i love this song:)

[mrssummit49]

i hate this song....... it always get stuck in my head!

[KlimaticEgo]

@mrssummit49 That makes it better, so I never have to listen to it: I can play it in my head.

[tortyl28]

this song makes me jizz



[Extimous]

@tortyl28 that's horrible! XD

[jaglaser]

What was on that chicken last night?

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme.

[blitzsoldier]

Eastside Scarborough Toronto. you know what it iz!

[agOnlooker]

Anyone read "Impossible"? This song still gives me goose bumps.

[luvBasic]

HARPSICHORD SOLO

[LouieO1988]

This song makes me want to go on a vision quest :), so good though haha.

[drjupa1989]

Gay

[gYnetheus]

@drjupa1989 Then don't watch it. Why even listen if you don't like it?

[FanArtist25]

Did anyone else come watch this because of Gunslinger Girl?

[JerboyTV]

@FanArtist25 no i watched it because of The Wonder Years, go kid Fred Savage!!!

[AriochStarr]

@FanArtist25 I enjoy watching Gunslinger Girl, though it was the oppisite for me, I found out about Gunslinger Girl through this

[tiomigue07]

@AriochStarr LOL me too bro.

[unforgettable903]

beautiful. But I want to hear Miranda's version - from Impossible by Nancy Werlin :)

[igglebean1]

I used to hate this song - for whatever reason. Then I heard it played on The Graduate, and suddenly I love it, well, sort of.

[liamlufc11]

BEND AID

[GlowyKangaroo]

@liamlufc11

HOORAY FOR BENDER!

[0itisI0]

a lullaby for young people

[starpower06]

Never heard a S&G song...but this is great!! Reminds me of Janelle Monae's "57821"...GASP!!!! did she oay homage to themmmm!?!? *freaks out*

[jennnix3]

I play this on the saxaphone i love it and i'm only 12

[MYheroMJrip]

the entire soundtrack for "The Graduate" was pure genius created by Simon and Garfunkel.

[44JoBl44]

@MYheroMJrip I just watched The Graduate in my cinema class and I loved every single song, and the movie :D Especially this one. It's amazing how the movie used inly their music^_^

[PeterTattersall46]

@MYheroMJrip Stolen. how jewish.

[MYheroMJrip]

@PeterTattersall46 i'm sorry, i don't understand. why did u say jewish and stolen?

[funkgerat]

@MYheroMJrip The Graduate didn't do its soundtrack justice.

[MYheroMJrip]

@funkgerat u don't like the movie?

[funkgerat]

@MYheroMJrip I did like the movie, but it was trivial compared to the soundtrack.

[waterwarrior9]

sniff sniff

[traigogoodmusic]

Bob Dylan reference

"Remember me to one who lives there/She once was a true love of mine" - Girl From the North Country

[K1LL3RK1N9]

thumbs up if you like this song dont find it haunting and you are not a goth

[rhiannonleara]

this is such a lovely song, i listen to this when i travel to flambrough/filey/bridlington/s­carbrough in the car, and if you listen to it when your driving, its so haunting, its such an amazing song :)

[kedo11000]

No way I can describe the impact this song always had on me... It opened fields of love in my heart, curiousity for the English language (still some progress to make, though), passion for the Graduate (Dustin we love you deeply !), absolute love for human beings (or was it already in me), for the the share of mystery in us, the shades and the dreams, the haze, the beams. The stunning layering of voices - the magics of its harmony made me accept the boy I was, whom I now happily remember. Love !

[SuperNevile]

This version of the traditional song was originally arranged by Martin Carthy, whose daughter was born in Scarboro', and who resides just up the coastal road at Robin Hood's Bay. Just said that because I don't think Martin always gets the credit. The counterpoint melody and antiwar lyrics are PS's and that is why Simon and Garfunkel's version is so great. Two songs in one, and a 16th/17th song made relevant to the sixties generation

[Katiegurrl97]

Thumbs up if you live in scarborough!!

[kapplejacks22]

Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme is the mixure of herbs that wives gave their husbands that left for battle during the middle ages. Its supposed to be for good luck.

[Extimous]

@kapplejacks22 where do you get your sources from?

[kapplejacks22]

@Extimous I don't remember where I read it, but I did some research on it and that is what I found. Also, during the middle ages, those four herbs were used for many other purposes. On Wikipedia it says : Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme may also refer to the pagan belief that together these four herbs can be a love charm; parsley for lust, sage for wisdom, rosemary for remembrance and thyme irresistibility.

[Extimous]

@kapplejacks22 seriously, those herbs were used for protection from the black plague

[kapplejacks22]

@Extimous You are right. That was another purpose. Remember there were used for many purposes during that time. 

[TheGanjaman619]

ooooh goosbumps

[KirenVanDorff]

sound of heaven

[siralteon]

this song is actually about the black death and the spices they wore to keep away the disease

[PrincessAki2009]

My daddy use to play this song for me and my little brother to help us get to sleep when we were younger. This song is my favorite song out of all of their songs.

[puppiescotten]

Such an old song

[Cheesyface346]

lovely! just lovely!

[yamyow]

beautiful



[CBFHVP]

I like the Queensryche version also. It brings a darker side to the song.

[LoveUntilWeBleeeed]

@CBFHVP i think this is more dark.. its more haunting

[demononthescreen]

A lullaby for adults.

[MillerSteinbrenner77]

@demononthescreen It is a lullaby for children too.. I am 17 years old and am absolutely in love with this.

[muskndusk]

@demononthescreen My interpretation is that it's more of a nightmare. In this version, the guy has died in war which is why all the tasks are impossible and the couple can never be together again.

Without the canticle, a ghost is singing the song to a traveller, setting impossible tasks for their 'true love' from whom they're forever parted.

Hope I haven't spoiled it for you. I used to be a goth, so tend to see dark meanings in lyrics.

[mtcamp62]

@demononthescreen Excellent analogy! Kudo's.

[petica98]

@demononthescreen that is not true

[EntirelyUnlikeTea]

@demononthescreen Not really. S&G are one of my favorite duos/artists.

[thypurpleturtle]

its so..whimsical!

[punkiny1]

Classic!

[kittensugars]

it is sublimely authentic. :)

[GALACTIVATION]

She once was a true love of mine

[GeorgiePPuddinPie]

Such a sad but special track. These two men have given so much to the music world...and to listeners. They are so incredibly talented...

[ritchiepeyton]

Has always reminded me of Jayne Phillips, 1973. <3

[Vanubis10]

Well, technically "Americans" are immigrants themselves... Should they not be called English-American just like black people are labeled African-American and so on?