In 1968 They loaded my sorry ass on a medevac flight from Ton Son Huit airbase to San Francisco via Guam and as soon as the wheels lifted off there wasn't a dry eye on that flight.
I never got to thank either of the two in person so Thanks Simon ans Garfunkel .
They look so incredibly young . . . I remember when they first came on radio with Sounds of Silence, and the British Invasion duos had already been going for a while (Chad and Jeremy, Peter and Gordon) -- A few of us thought on first hearing it was one of those duos sounding really good, and the radio announcers were having a laugh with the funny name "Garfunkel." Did not take too long to discover that the new songs outstripped anything the British boys were doing for complexity and poetry.
Art's mic is exactly where he wants it to be, and exactly where it needs to be. Art is singing the harmony, and if the harmony overpowers the melody it's no longer the song that Paul wrote, which proves not only that Art was a consummate professional but that he also respected Paul as a composer. Art was a better singer, with a stronger voice, and he knew that.
thats because Music is a summary of emotion "at least the best" and in the era that generated this music..... lets just say, emotions were heightened.
This is wonderful! But I wish Art had the mic a little closer. Art had a good career of his own too. Remember "Disney Girls" or "Since I don't Have You" or his cover of "Wonderful World"?
The music from the 60's and 70's we probably will never ever see again.Music peaked in that era and has steadily gone down in quality giving us what we have today.Compare Led Zeppelin,The Beatles,Simon and Garfunkel,Bob Dylan,The Rolling Stones,Pink Floyd,etc. to Snoop Dog or Lil Wayne or Bieber! I mean come mon now...Gimme a break!
Wow are they young here. Wonder where this was recorded? Interesting how the song has evolved over the years. This seems very very fast, and I think the song benefitted by them slowing it down over the years.
Music was not supported by sexy women showing their tits+butts driving sports cars. Music did exactly what it said on the tin (you were either good or you were shit). Music videos are designed to stimulate the mind and keep interest the actual songwriting is secondary.
dang..I love this song..I was 19 ..Had been in the Marine Corps for 6 months...I was on my way to Vietnam..first but mot last..tour..and this song was playiong on a radio..somewhere...and it finally hit me..I was going to war..I might not ever be homeward bound..again..I funny..but ny thoughts were not clouded with melancholy..I knew that this was exactly why I joined the Marines..and why this trip was so necessary..I realized than..a truth that I would never ever forget..
@evetsgolb Life lessons we learned then. Thanks for doing what you did. We got some doing the same thing these days don't we. Wonder if they will remember their time through music as we do? Good times bad times. Thanks to all our VETS
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In 1967, my friend Gene would dance with me everytime this song was played at our sock hops. He didn't have to, he was a senior and I was a freshman... he dated a girl from another school, outsiders weren't allowed to come to our dances. He died in VietNam in 1968.. I got the news on my 16th birthday, this song always makes me cry. S&G's songs were a touchtone to a decade of confusion-- not all sweetness and light.
@ADEMruinedmylife909 A couple of days before Paul wrote this song in Widnes he played live for us at our local folk club in Widnes and I bought a copy of his first album off him "The Paul Simon Songbook" still enjoy it today
Why would you go see trhem if you didnt like them? and listen to jesus of suburbia and let me know if youre thoughts change about them. even tho they wont
i havemy mother, my father, my grandmother, my grand father RIP, my brithers and my sister to thank for turning me away from mainstream garbage music and tunning me into the good indie music i love to listen to today
like hey rosetta, dj shadow, simon and garfunkel, willie nelson, basia bulat, holy f***, too name a few.
15 teen when i heard thees guys iam 57 now and every day is still an endless dream when i met my h and i know my h and our boys will send me out to s and g
Simon and Garfunkel are totally the best singing duo ever! Other than Brooks and Dunn & Hall and Oates, of course! But Simon and Garfunkel rock still to this day!
Finally, REAL VOICES!!! Unlike Gaga or Hannah Montana! I admit, I do like some artist from this decade, and songs from the singers I mentioned(if I'm gonna bash someone, I'm going to admit what I like about them before I do it); however, the sixties didn't have technology that altered bad voices into the best singer of the decade. GO SIXTIES!!!!!!!!
everybody now only cares about the electronical sounds in dance music. i am an outcast in the sense that i listen to music written with true feeling and passion as opposed to music just written for profit. S&G are true ledgends of the music world.
Paul Simon has a problem...it is unnatural and kind of disturbing for one guy `to write this much FANTASTIC music over the course of all these years. He is like the receiver of a radio broadcast of genius that he can't control: it just comes out of him and he ends up with songs like this. I just don't understand it. But it's extremely fun to listen to at least, haha.
@geoemrick I remember when they did this in central park on September 19, 1981 in front of 500000 people. I was at the concert. I feel I have been blessed and lucky to have grown up in the 1970"s. I feel a bit sorry for this new generation. They will freak out one day when there is a network breakdown and their blackberry, cell phones and computers dont work.
I love Simon and Garfunkel. They make life and music so simple yet beautiful. the music today raises my blood pressure and sick.
@MrJim12341121 today's popular music is boring and often times annoying. simon and garfunkel reminds me of playing in my living room on saturday and sunday.
@geoemrick Wow. Interesting way to think about it . . . Listen, I don't care if it's a pact with the devil (which doesn't seem likely, given the sublime nature of a lot of it) -- it's outside his head now and in the world, a blessing to us all. And it does not seem to have burned him out and driven him mad, either.
These guys were and still are amazing, but to say there are no artists like this is foolish and naive. Don't look for top 40 for your answers. There are tons of incredible artists that are out there...just not a little more underground, but still very popular.
love this song .i have never lived longer than 3 years in one place since i was 3 years old moved around the world .i never had a place to call home.just a place to hang out .till the next move ,but i must admit ilove to travel ,iam nomad.
@ bullsandmilk I also love Simon&Garfunkel, but I wouldn`t say greenday is shit. It`s only a totally different kind of music and you can`t compare it. For singers like Simon&Garfunkel and Bob Dillon the texts of their songs and the voice was more important. Today the music (which is often very loud) is more important. Most of the people (not me) like that. Time is always changing. :)
Paul Simon is a great musician, but what about Arti? No doubt, he has a nice voice, but he wasn't a talented musician. He could be glad to stand in the mighty shadow of the small Paul Simon. Btw, I think Artis voice is nice, but the more interesting voice is Pauls. While the old Paul Simon sings more and more beautiful and relaxed, Garfunkel seems to struggle himself while singing. But I'm happy, that they've worked together in the past...
@Hainuo1984 I don't think Garfunkel struggles himself, it always looks so natural and easy. Plus, Paul Simon really hasn't been very successful without Garfunkel, nor has Art really - They need each other
@TehSamo ..........................paul was very sucessful without garfunkel. very very sucessful. =S what about songs like call me al or me and julio??? graceland brought south african music to the western world properly for the first time ever! yeah i like simon and garfunkel together, but noone can say paul wasnt sucessful without art.
@jchagas180752 ... e depois, em 2008 e em 2009, fizeram outras apresentações. Mas desta vez não houveram brigas, afinal os dois já são maduros pra entender que egos não valem a pena. Até hoje, cada um faz seu trabalho sólo, mas esse dueto será sempre lembrado. Também sou fã dessa dupla e tenho 19 anos, os conheci em 2007, quando meu pai comprou um CD deles. Até então, nunca tinha ouvido falar. Bom, isso é tudo, espero que eu o tenha ajudado. Deus te abençoe, amigo.
@jchagas180752 ...Os dois fizeram um show histórico no Central Park em 1981, mas depois de uma suposta briga de egos, o Paul Simon resolveu fazer o disco do show ser relançado sem a voz do Garfunkel. Mas como grandes e bonitas amizades não devem ser destruídas por bobagens, eles voltaram a se falar depois de alguns anos, mas não fizeram mais shows juntos. Mas em 2004, eles resolveram fazer uma turnê juntos por alguns países, relembrando os antigos sucessos...
@jchagas180752 Bom, amigo, eles se separaram em 1970, e cada um seguiu carreira sólo. Paul Simon gravou vários discos e até mesmo já veio ao Brasil e fez um video-clipe com o grupo Olodum (Michael Jackson não foi o único, mas o Simon fez antes dele). O Garfunkel seguiu também uma carreira sólo bem-sucedida e até trabalhou em filmes, como o polêmico e picante Ânsia de Amar (Carnal Knowledge)...
Im 18 and haven't experianced anything beyond the 90's, but just now listening to this song makes me want to go back to the sixties...Just seems such a good time....at least with the way these guys sing it seems so
The song is about a musician traveling by train and bus all over America. He is, tired, alone and lonely, he is homesick, and longs for family and the comfort of his home.
@TehSamo Life is always tough no matter when you're born, but life wasn't so regimented back then. There were no computer database records of everything you do. And I do believe the music and movies back then were excellent.
@bullsandmilk Hmm, I tend to agree that the musicians of the early rock era were the best, but you shouldn't be so close minded... there were plenty of terrible musicians from the 60's/70's as well. Maybe you just haven't heard some of the talented new musicians ;)
@bobbymackinnon I agree to a point. But most of the good music gets no exposure; all the mainstream music is corporate controlled and mindless. I also believe musicians were simply better trained back then; they understood harmony and melody. Today's music all sounds homogeneous; there are no songs anymore. And the mass media has taken away regional music, such as Country or Bluegrass.
I agree with you, but at the same time, I still feel that the best music comes from the era in which classic rock originated from :) That's merely my opinion.
@bobbymackinnon Keep in mind that "classic rock" encompasses several decades, while the new music everybody complains about is only from the last few years. Also, there was certainly bad music back then--it's just been forgotten. However, I do think there has been a change in attitude towards the making of popular music. Like many things, it's become too... not sure how to express this... manufactured.
@lilacwineissweet "Talent is not restricted by era, it is restricted by closed minds." True, but the talent that actually gets to the average listener is restricted by era.
@bladetorn13 No you're wrong bulls is right, I saw GreenDay a month ago and they weren't that good, it's just the era of music right now. You can be mediocre with the record compay behind you and make lots of money, name one song that Greenday has written that will stand up to these guys. No, no you suck!
@nat00ben06 it's the age of the electronic media. any dope with a microphone, computer, webcam and a social networking site can be a star, regardless of talent. and people these days want things tied to commercials. it sucks that "burning for you" by boc was redone by some breathless bimbo for a commercial. i refuse to listen to that boring mainstream stuff, there's great bands out there, but green day ain't one of them.
There are plenty of amazing artists out there. Problem is record companys.
Do you seriously think in todays market S+G would even get a record deal?
and even if they did, their music would probably only be heard on PBS-style or college radio (where the great music of today can be heard by the way). Record company have been killing music from the mid-eightys.
@bullsandmilk Actually I like Simon & Garfunkel and Green Day too. They are both talented and innovative bands. Simon & Garfunkel have influenced many new artists and bands over the years. Much in the same vein I can't count the number of times I have called bands Green Day wannabes. They have created their own style of punk/rock/indie music and I think they are one of the best bands around.
this pair still perform together and still sound great, they are one of if not the best duo's that ever stepped onto a stage, they have given us such pleasure and there fantastic, keep going boys..please...
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Simon must have been to the dentist recently before this performance. If you watch and listen very closely to the beginning, you'll notice that the left side of his mouth, your right, is apparently numb or paralyzed, for whatever reason. Theres a slight speech impediment not dissimilar to the cartoon character known for saying Suffering Succotash. Their thinking behind the continuance of this performance, must have been the old adage, The show must go on! Still, great song and all. :o)o:
Two Jews. Simon & Garfunkel are Jewish. Think about that the next time you hate the Jews, for those out there who are racists. Ponder this: why is it Ok to write derrogatory remarks against Jews on youtube pages & comments sections when it is NOT Ok to do the same about African Americans / Africans / Blacks/ Muslims, Etc. ???
I agree... but wouldn't you also agree that S&G's music overshadowed music of the 70's, 80's, 90's and into 2000...? I saw them in Denver in 2003, and they fill stadiums doing the exact same music they wrote in the 60's... truly timeless music.
It reminds me of the Paul MacCartney - did I spell that right ?- John Lennon creativity argument. But without each other we never would have has this wonderful legacy of music.
I think if we all felt this soulful about traveling we would probably all stay at home. There is also that real excitement about new places and being away from home and I guess it depends on where you are coming from, your reasons for traveling in the first place.
Oh yes of course, I shall carry on travelling -- discovering new places, cultures and faces. The days of lyrics that meant something. Not to say they are not written today but they are rare. I guess my passion for poetry is obvious. I watched this video again, and loved it...again. I guess that's where the word "classic" comes from...;-)
As you mentioned earlier there is probably times in all of our lives where this song really does strike a chord, especially if we are situations we would rather not be in.
Paul Simon lived in Brentwood, Essex, England when he wrote this song. When traveling back from Wigan, where he was playing, he got stuck on the station and wrote this. The song has a double meaning: literally, wanting for a ticket home to Brentwood, but on the other hand, yearning to go to his home in the US.
Thank you for that bit of information. I travelled a great deal as a child, continued as an adult then made my home in England from the US - I guess I relate to the song more than I had imagined. Yet, home is where you find it....
Janis Joplin was some sad ugly person!
walenski2404 3 weeks ago
can you imagine a song like this peaking at #5 today?
grovania 2 months ago
I luv how they look at each other every now and then during their songs and share the moment... And u know what else? It doesn't seem gay at all:P
Alexandria815 2 months ago in playlist Simon and Garfunkel Mix
@Alexandria815 except they basically hated each other...
backyardbeachbum 2 months ago
@backyardbeachbum Please to explain...???
Alexandria815 2 months ago in playlist Simon and Garfunkel Mix
@Alexandria815 they were always fighting and breaking up. kind of petty actually.
backyardbeachbum 2 months ago
@backyardbeachbum Oh...
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@backyardbeachbum - "they were always fighting and breaking up. kind of petty actually."
Sometimes the artists with the petty attitudes produced the best music. (-;
48Sage 1 month ago
This was my anthem when I was in Vietnam in 1968. I love these guys and I wish they were still together.
MrHardesty96 3 months ago
I used to travel the country looking for jobs in mines and was always greatful to be homeward bound.
wiske7834 3 months ago
What a sweet melody. And their harmony, priceless. If Simon and Garfunkel are not mentioned in the Smithsonian, I'd be very surprised.
nooyawkfun 3 months ago
In 1968 They loaded my sorry ass on a medevac flight from Ton Son Huit airbase to San Francisco via Guam and as soon as the wheels lifted off there wasn't a dry eye on that flight.
I never got to thank either of the two in person so Thanks Simon ans Garfunkel .
DammitDrag 3 months ago
Garfunkel has a beautiful voice. It's a joy to hear.
multical100 3 months ago
Is it me or does Paul sound sort of squeaky-ish?
DawnRainWasHere 3 months ago
i wanna go home
greenpilgrim50 3 months ago
They look so incredibly young . . . I remember when they first came on radio with Sounds of Silence, and the British Invasion duos had already been going for a while (Chad and Jeremy, Peter and Gordon) -- A few of us thought on first hearing it was one of those duos sounding really good, and the radio announcers were having a laugh with the funny name "Garfunkel." Did not take too long to discover that the new songs outstripped anything the British boys were doing for complexity and poetry.
manthasagittarius 4 months ago
ma, artie! signor, dove tenevi il microfono?!?
mitici i miei simon and garfunkel!
khristaberlioz 4 months ago
really hate this but little un loves it he is an almalgamation of the two.....but there taller lol
72chilled 4 months ago
Art's mic is exactly where he wants it to be, and exactly where it needs to be. Art is singing the harmony, and if the harmony overpowers the melody it's no longer the song that Paul wrote, which proves not only that Art was a consummate professional but that he also respected Paul as a composer. Art was a better singer, with a stronger voice, and he knew that.
hashimoto6220 5 months ago 4
HOME - lovely song -listener
Thanatos833 5 months ago
hitchhiked our way to the hukelau
/watch?v=dtAulmFjJmE
boy in the bubble baby carriage
SuperMegaUberGenius 6 months ago
Real music!
iamthewalrus1987 6 months ago
When I listen to Simon and Garfunkel, I know I'm home.
nooyawkfun 6 months ago 2
thats because Music is a summary of emotion "at least the best" and in the era that generated this music..... lets just say, emotions were heightened.
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SunnyLovetts 7 months ago
This is wonderful! But I wish Art had the mic a little closer. Art had a good career of his own too. Remember "Disney Girls" or "Since I don't Have You" or his cover of "Wonderful World"?
witchywoman1311 7 months ago
This is wonderful! But I wish Art had the mic a little closer.
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WIDNES!!!!
handley88 9 months ago
WIDNES!!
handley88 9 months ago
WIDNES!!
handley88 9 months ago
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wow! they both look so young here.
erikap88 9 months ago
wow! they both look so young here.
erikap88 9 months ago
remember this very well
Class of 1969
grasspa1 9 months ago
Whatever they do... it sounds good. It will always be like that... beautiful music like that will never be antiquated....
BirdsandTreesMusic 9 months ago
Everyday's an endless stream
Of cigarettes and magazines
And each town looks the same to me
The movies and the factories
And every stranger's face I see
Reminds me that I long to be
Homeward bound
kasslemon 10 months ago
The music from the 60's and 70's we probably will never ever see again.Music peaked in that era and has steadily gone down in quality giving us what we have today.Compare Led Zeppelin,The Beatles,Simon and Garfunkel,Bob Dylan,The Rolling Stones,Pink Floyd,etc. to Snoop Dog or Lil Wayne or Bieber! I mean come mon now...Gimme a break!
MichaelMan1966 10 months ago 8
Wow are they young here. Wonder where this was recorded? Interesting how the song has evolved over the years. This seems very very fast, and I think the song benefitted by them slowing it down over the years.
sassyreggae 10 months ago
Great video. Guys, i made a cover of this song, from a fan to another. Please listen: ?v=cM6VQGf6G3U
Victorwater 11 months ago
this song isnt really about vietnam. paul wrote it because he was staying in england and became homesick. but it does fit for vietnam
XxLetsTalkGamesxX 1 year ago 2
Music was not supported by sexy women showing their tits+butts driving sports cars. Music did exactly what it said on the tin (you were either good or you were shit). Music videos are designed to stimulate the mind and keep interest the actual songwriting is secondary.
Imagine2507 1 year ago 6
9 people are not homeward bound.
AlexDCl 1 year ago
Saved to my Vietnam War playlist: "WARsongs!" very nice post. See Grand Funk's "Closer to Home"
MELDtoys 1 year ago
hey marine , glad you made it back home
loman1956 1 year ago
if one were to ask to hear the perfection of music, they would have to look no further then P and G.
CanadianSillyGoose 1 year ago
I want to be home :(
wisefool09876 1 year ago
dang..I love this song..I was 19 ..Had been in the Marine Corps for 6 months...I was on my way to Vietnam..first but mot last..tour..and this song was playiong on a radio..somewhere...and it finally hit me..I was going to war..I might not ever be homeward bound..again..I funny..but ny thoughts were not clouded with melancholy..I knew that this was exactly why I joined the Marines..and why this trip was so necessary..I realized than..a truth that I would never ever forget..
evetsgolb 1 year ago
@evetsgolb Life lessons we learned then. Thanks for doing what you did. We got some doing the same thing these days don't we. Wonder if they will remember their time through music as we do? Good times bad times. Thanks to all our VETS
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supersondessixties 1 year ago
you've got to love when music was so good that when they played it live, it sounded like it did on the record.
Cythreal 1 year ago
the stuff they call music nowadays is what sells. it is all abt. money not good stuff anymore.
MsLarry91 1 year ago
i remember the days when i was a kid chillin 2 SI AND G, mom and pop drunk ! got me through some tough times !!!! thank fcuk!!!!!
briz81 1 year ago
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wowreally77 1 year ago
In 1967, my friend Gene would dance with me everytime this song was played at our sock hops. He didn't have to, he was a senior and I was a freshman... he dated a girl from another school, outsiders weren't allowed to come to our dances. He died in VietNam in 1968.. I got the news on my 16th birthday, this song always makes me cry. S&G's songs were a touchtone to a decade of confusion-- not all sweetness and light.
klarajean617 1 year ago
songs not about gangsta life and stuff like thst are awesome
dabeasteata 1 year ago 2
I love how Paul Simon wrote this in about twenty minutes whilst he was "sitting in a railway station"
Pure musical genius!
ADEMruinedmylife909 1 year ago 2
@ADEMruinedmylife909 A couple of days before Paul wrote this song in Widnes he played live for us at our local folk club in Widnes and I bought a copy of his first album off him "The Paul Simon Songbook" still enjoy it today
muskox22 1 year ago
Why would you go see trhem if you didnt like them? and listen to jesus of suburbia and let me know if youre thoughts change about them. even tho they wont
bladetorn13 1 year ago
i havemy mother, my father, my grandmother, my grand father RIP, my brithers and my sister to thank for turning me away from mainstream garbage music and tunning me into the good indie music i love to listen to today
like hey rosetta, dj shadow, simon and garfunkel, willie nelson, basia bulat, holy f***, too name a few.
jako023 1 year ago
15 teen when i heard thees guys iam 57 now and every day is still an endless dream when i met my h and i know my h and our boys will send me out to s and g
gorguts5 1 year ago
So very glad that my older brother turned me on to Simon & Garfunkel. I'm much better off for it.
dandman1965 1 year ago
greenday compared to simon and garfunkel?..........please................idont want to laugh
joseph95239 1 year ago
Simon and Garfunkel are totally the best singing duo ever! Other than Brooks and Dunn & Hall and Oates, of course! But Simon and Garfunkel rock still to this day!
TheLynngirl69 1 year ago
@TheLynngirl69 Simon and Garfunkel, then the Everly Bros....
ITILII 1 year ago
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Dreadfuldancer 1 year ago
Finally, REAL VOICES!!! Unlike Gaga or Hannah Montana! I admit, I do like some artist from this decade, and songs from the singers I mentioned(if I'm gonna bash someone, I'm going to admit what I like about them before I do it); however, the sixties didn't have technology that altered bad voices into the best singer of the decade. GO SIXTIES!!!!!!!!
TWICEfan3125 1 year ago
everybody now only cares about the electronical sounds in dance music. i am an outcast in the sense that i listen to music written with true feeling and passion as opposed to music just written for profit. S&G are true ledgends of the music world.
Hrothgarsson 1 year ago
Paul Simon has a problem...it is unnatural and kind of disturbing for one guy `to write this much FANTASTIC music over the course of all these years. He is like the receiver of a radio broadcast of genius that he can't control: it just comes out of him and he ends up with songs like this. I just don't understand it. But it's extremely fun to listen to at least, haha.
geoemrick 1 year ago 4
@geoemrick I remember when they did this in central park on September 19, 1981 in front of 500000 people. I was at the concert. I feel I have been blessed and lucky to have grown up in the 1970"s. I feel a bit sorry for this new generation. They will freak out one day when there is a network breakdown and their blackberry, cell phones and computers dont work.
I love Simon and Garfunkel. They make life and music so simple yet beautiful. the music today raises my blood pressure and sick.
MrJim12341121 1 year ago
@MrJim12341121 today's popular music is boring and often times annoying. simon and garfunkel reminds me of playing in my living room on saturday and sunday.
zatoth13 1 year ago
@geoemrick Wow. Interesting way to think about it . . . Listen, I don't care if it's a pact with the devil (which doesn't seem likely, given the sublime nature of a lot of it) -- it's outside his head now and in the world, a blessing to us all. And it does not seem to have burned him out and driven him mad, either.
manthasagittarius 1 year ago
These guys were and still are amazing, but to say there are no artists like this is foolish and naive. Don't look for top 40 for your answers. There are tons of incredible artists that are out there...just not a little more underground, but still very popular.
salvador75 1 year ago
i still can't believe this song was written so long ago.
Timeless work from S+G.
zackgreer 1 year ago
love this song .i have never lived longer than 3 years in one place since i was 3 years old moved around the world .i never had a place to call home.just a place to hang out .till the next move ,but i must admit ilove to travel ,iam nomad.
jminto88 1 year ago
whats their connection to brentwood, essex
paolodicanio9876 1 year ago
@paolodicanio9876 paul sung in folk clubs in brentwood and i think he may have lived there...
PaulSimonIsCUTE 1 year ago
I will miss you when I go or when you leave.
jackieevans 1 year ago
@ bullsandmilk I also love Simon&Garfunkel, but I wouldn`t say greenday is shit. It`s only a totally different kind of music and you can`t compare it. For singers like Simon&Garfunkel and Bob Dillon the texts of their songs and the voice was more important. Today the music (which is often very loud) is more important. Most of the people (not me) like that. Time is always changing. :)
flyingbird0011 1 year ago
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Bob Dillon !! hahahaha...that's funny.
seventiesclassic 1 year ago
@seventiesclassic
yes I know my english isn't perfect ;)
In fact, it's terrible ....
flyingbird0011 1 year ago
@flyingbird0011 I agree with you Bob Dillon is a true poet! :P
mogenlogen 1 year ago
Awwwwsome. :)
bmxcanada26 1 year ago
Take my heart to where it used to be, days in the past like fallen leaves. I like this song. It is good to listen too.
TibbShire 1 year ago
ive been homeward boundsince 1966 perhaps get there one day
bilbobagins1951 1 year ago
Ahh a time when Simon and Garfunkel liked eachother
PianoSoulos 1 year ago
silently for me
Zazalooch 1 year ago
fuck where are the videos where Garfunekls son getting shown on TV
Frozenmonkey2 1 year ago
I will speak for all of us. We are homeward bound.
duwbryd 1 year ago
BRILLIANT....STILL LISTENIN TO IT IN 2010.
csnu5 1 year ago
@csnu5 -yep
Markgr122 1 year ago
the lyrics are amazing,the music astounding...this dou was stellar!!
60timus1 1 year ago
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PaulSimonIsCUTE 1 year ago
1966 was a very good year, no? Simon and Garfunkel in Tanglewood, Berkshire County, MA.
BerkshiresTrails 1 year ago
no one comes close to s&g... i mean nobody can.
MrLandwaster 1 year ago
funny how extremely dated this live performance is even thought their music was one step ahead...........even today
theronandemily 1 year ago
good tune paul
giovanni2battista 1 year ago
Paul Simon is a great musician, but what about Arti? No doubt, he has a nice voice, but he wasn't a talented musician. He could be glad to stand in the mighty shadow of the small Paul Simon. Btw, I think Artis voice is nice, but the more interesting voice is Pauls. While the old Paul Simon sings more and more beautiful and relaxed, Garfunkel seems to struggle himself while singing. But I'm happy, that they've worked together in the past...
Hainuo1984 1 year ago
@Hainuo1984 I don't think Garfunkel struggles himself, it always looks so natural and easy. Plus, Paul Simon really hasn't been very successful without Garfunkel, nor has Art really - They need each other
TehSamo 1 year ago
@TehSamo ..........................paul was very sucessful without garfunkel. very very sucessful. =S what about songs like call me al or me and julio??? graceland brought south african music to the western world properly for the first time ever! yeah i like simon and garfunkel together, but noone can say paul wasnt sucessful without art.
PaulSimonIsCUTE 8 months ago 4
very cool
jewell49707 1 year ago
@jchagas180752 ... e depois, em 2008 e em 2009, fizeram outras apresentações. Mas desta vez não houveram brigas, afinal os dois já são maduros pra entender que egos não valem a pena. Até hoje, cada um faz seu trabalho sólo, mas esse dueto será sempre lembrado. Também sou fã dessa dupla e tenho 19 anos, os conheci em 2007, quando meu pai comprou um CD deles. Até então, nunca tinha ouvido falar. Bom, isso é tudo, espero que eu o tenha ajudado. Deus te abençoe, amigo.
123CHEGOUAMINHAVEZ 1 year ago
@jchagas180752 ...Os dois fizeram um show histórico no Central Park em 1981, mas depois de uma suposta briga de egos, o Paul Simon resolveu fazer o disco do show ser relançado sem a voz do Garfunkel. Mas como grandes e bonitas amizades não devem ser destruídas por bobagens, eles voltaram a se falar depois de alguns anos, mas não fizeram mais shows juntos. Mas em 2004, eles resolveram fazer uma turnê juntos por alguns países, relembrando os antigos sucessos...
123CHEGOUAMINHAVEZ 1 year ago
@jchagas180752 Bom, amigo, eles se separaram em 1970, e cada um seguiu carreira sólo. Paul Simon gravou vários discos e até mesmo já veio ao Brasil e fez um video-clipe com o grupo Olodum (Michael Jackson não foi o único, mas o Simon fez antes dele). O Garfunkel seguiu também uma carreira sólo bem-sucedida e até trabalhou em filmes, como o polêmico e picante Ânsia de Amar (Carnal Knowledge)...
123CHEGOUAMINHAVEZ 1 year ago
Im 18 and haven't experianced anything beyond the 90's, but just now listening to this song makes me want to go back to the sixties...Just seems such a good time....at least with the way these guys sing it seems so
TehSamo 1 year ago
@TehSamo
The song is about a musician traveling by train and bus all over America. He is, tired, alone and lonely, he is homesick, and longs for family and the comfort of his home.
juslikejohnwayne 1 year ago
@TehSamo Life is always tough no matter when you're born, but life wasn't so regimented back then. There were no computer database records of everything you do. And I do believe the music and movies back then were excellent.
frank47hammer 1 year ago
25 years old been listening and enjoying this song for 10 years just a brilliant song timeless enjoy world
marksager84 1 year ago
They are so talented.I wish all of today artist are like them.Not gay tokio hotel shitty green day.Bunch of bullshit compared to this
bullsandmilk 1 year ago 39
@bullsandmilk Hmm, I tend to agree that the musicians of the early rock era were the best, but you shouldn't be so close minded... there were plenty of terrible musicians from the 60's/70's as well. Maybe you just haven't heard some of the talented new musicians ;)
bobbymackinnon 1 year ago 53
@bobbymackinnon I agree to a point. But most of the good music gets no exposure; all the mainstream music is corporate controlled and mindless. I also believe musicians were simply better trained back then; they understood harmony and melody. Today's music all sounds homogeneous; there are no songs anymore. And the mass media has taken away regional music, such as Country or Bluegrass.
frank47hammer 1 year ago
@bobbymackinnon like snoop dog ? putting out hate music and drugged up music
w9x7cv3vg6 1 year ago
@bobbymackinnon Talent is not restricted by era, it is restricted by closed minds.
lilacwineissweet 1 year ago 95
I agree with you, but at the same time, I still feel that the best music comes from the era in which classic rock originated from :) That's merely my opinion.
bobbymackinnon 1 year ago 27
@bobbymackinnon Keep in mind that "classic rock" encompasses several decades, while the new music everybody complains about is only from the last few years. Also, there was certainly bad music back then--it's just been forgotten. However, I do think there has been a change in attitude towards the making of popular music. Like many things, it's become too... not sure how to express this... manufactured.
Honeydew7396 3 weeks ago
@lilacwineissweet talent is my friend Paul Simon
smogs007 1 year ago
For me they actually music in the world in the most of case it's only for business, the songs we listen we forget in a few time.
julianit 1 year ago
For me the actually music in the world in the most of case it's only for business, the songs we listen we forget in a few time.
julianit 1 year ago
@lilacwineissweet So true.
finnemccool 1 year ago
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ThisIsVeryFakeAndGay 9 months ago
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@bobbymackinnon Talent is not restricted by era, it is restricted by closed minds.
lilacwineissweet 1 year ago
@bullsandmilk Green Day is actually pretty awesome so you, my friend, can go fuck yourself.
bladetorn13 1 year ago
@bladetorn13 No you're wrong bulls is right, I saw GreenDay a month ago and they weren't that good, it's just the era of music right now. You can be mediocre with the record compay behind you and make lots of money, name one song that Greenday has written that will stand up to these guys. No, no you suck!
nat00ben06 1 year ago
@nat00ben06 it's the age of the electronic media. any dope with a microphone, computer, webcam and a social networking site can be a star, regardless of talent. and people these days want things tied to commercials. it sucks that "burning for you" by boc was redone by some breathless bimbo for a commercial. i refuse to listen to that boring mainstream stuff, there's great bands out there, but green day ain't one of them.
zatoth13 1 year ago
@bullsandmilk dont hate on green day, plenty of worse shit than them
BrickUnit 1 year ago
@BrickUnit Has Voltar been portained?
dowling1981 1 year ago
@bullsandmilk
There are plenty of amazing artists out there. Problem is record companys.
Do you seriously think in todays market S+G would even get a record deal?
and even if they did, their music would probably only be heard on PBS-style or college radio (where the great music of today can be heard by the way). Record company have been killing music from the mid-eightys.
casperld 1 year ago
@bullsandmilk Actually I like Simon & Garfunkel and Green Day too. They are both talented and innovative bands. Simon & Garfunkel have influenced many new artists and bands over the years. Much in the same vein I can't count the number of times I have called bands Green Day wannabes. They have created their own style of punk/rock/indie music and I think they are one of the best bands around.
stevemisog 1 year ago
In 1966, I was 18 years old and listened to S & G for the first time. I still love their songs.They are COOL!
kans1948 1 year ago
@kans1948
lucky you, haha
cruzman3608 1 year ago
I was yet a thought far off born in 68, love Simon and Garfunkel
ScotsLass10 1 year ago
I was five just leaving Seattle for the Bay Area in California...
Starlitblond 1 year ago
They'll always be my favourite White Rabbit and Chesire Cat. I have such a hard time finding their vinyls!
MorbidReligion 1 year ago
this pair still perform together and still sound great, they are one of if not the best duo's that ever stepped onto a stage, they have given us such pleasure and there fantastic, keep going boys..please...
hartjonnyace 1 year ago 2
i was -26
visheshjazz 1 year ago
Great!
Have no idea wtf you are talking about |
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R0bbiam 2 years ago
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Simon must have been to the dentist recently before this performance. If you watch and listen very closely to the beginning, you'll notice that the left side of his mouth, your right, is apparently numb or paralyzed, for whatever reason. Theres a slight speech impediment not dissimilar to the cartoon character known for saying Suffering Succotash. Their thinking behind the continuance of this performance, must have been the old adage, The show must go on! Still, great song and all. :o)o:
crockyoshighty 2 years ago
I was 10 that summer...and this is my favorite song by S&G. It is amazing how timeless their music has been. Human emotion is always the same.
palapescada 2 years ago
.. I was five.... so cool..
Starlitblond 2 years ago
I was MINUS fourteen LOL
But yes its very cool and CLASSIC!
OGrandeFanfarrao 2 years ago
He might of been "only" a singer, but coupled with Simon's voice they were poetry together. Still worth listening to!
cjmiller29 2 years ago 2
classic.
hdr216 2 years ago
This is my favorite song of S&G, reminds me so much of the mid-60s.
palapescada 2 years ago
Two Jews. Simon & Garfunkel are Jewish. Think about that the next time you hate the Jews, for those out there who are racists. Ponder this: why is it Ok to write derrogatory remarks against Jews on youtube pages & comments sections when it is NOT Ok to do the same about African Americans / Africans / Blacks/ Muslims, Etc. ???
IIIl1IIIlllIII1 2 years ago
@IIIl1IIIlllIII1 Sorry I meant to agree with you- clicked the wrong one!
crmsurveyor 2 years ago
because americans are asses and contradictory by nature
77cabyrd 2 years ago
aah i believe im in good company i just feel at "home" here. so pure so innocent.
THESOULbornold 2 years ago
Beautiful song....S&G is some of the best music of the 60s....
AshGSam 2 years ago
Indeed!!! And it still continues to overshadow the music of the present day!!! Amazing!!!!
TheSnozzer 2 years ago 9
I agree... but wouldn't you also agree that S&G's music overshadowed music of the 70's, 80's, 90's and into 2000...? I saw them in Denver in 2003, and they fill stadiums doing the exact same music they wrote in the 60's... truly timeless music.
vertrees2 2 years ago
everyday still is an endless dream of cigarettes and magazines.
lesdoinelcycle 2 years ago
i was only 10 but went out and got the 45. still have it and it still holds up. seen him do the graceland tour. great music.
woodington08 2 years ago
grandissimi !!!!!!
qucise 2 years ago
Excellent. I like how when you look at a Simon and Garfunkel song on Youtube, all the comments are so positive, everyone loves them...
TehSamo 2 years ago 34
great words there
ihsfilms 2 years ago
I know, right? Im a straight up metalhead, but these two wrote with a pure genius that could touch even the hardest of people.
supercrazyblondeguy 2 years ago 6
That comment is proof that being a metalhead does not kill one's soul.
marvy1118 2 years ago
It surely is lovely music, and I love it. But most of it is written by Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel i s"only" a singer.
Hellerasmussen 2 years ago
It was Paul Simon whor wrote and composed the songs. Art was "only" a singer :-))
Hellerasmussen 2 years ago
Garfunkel had an amazing voice, but
creatively Simon was his superior, as
proven by their solo careers. Also might
be Garfunkel did "want it" as much when
it came to pursuing a solo path, great together in the day though.
17865329 1 year ago
It reminds me of the Paul MacCartney - did I spell that right ?- John Lennon creativity argument. But without each other we never would have has this wonderful legacy of music.
Irmarambaran 1 year ago
@Irmarambaran
Surely ... you're wright (spelling???) .. Paul MCcartney ... is a favorite too ...
But in my opinion there is a difference. Garfunkel did not contribute to the music. Lennon and Mccartney were equal
Hellerasmussen 1 year ago
@Irmarambaran
Surely ... you're wright (spelling???) .. Paul MCcartney ... is a favorite too ...
But in my opinion there is a difference. Garfunkel did not contribute to the music. Lennon and Mccartney were equal
Hellerasmussen 1 year ago
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@Irmarambaran
Surely ... you're wright (spelling???) .. Paul MCcartney ... is a favorite too ...
But in my opinion there is a difference. Garfunkel did not contribute to the music. Lennon and Mccartney were equal
Hellerasmussen 1 year ago
@TehSamo that's because they don't seem to come from this bitter and negative Earth...more like beautiful angels singing!!
MegaJewels1 1 year ago
@TehSamo Garfunkle looks like a pedo :)
spaticus09 1 year ago
homeward bound#no direction home
kaloghero 2 years ago
the lyrics to this song is such genius! It summarises the feelings every person has after leaving their hometown for a town of strangers!
belandu55 2 years ago 5
I agree that it's lyrical genius but you are making an assumption about how other people may or may not feel.
cspace1234nz 2 years ago
Yes you are absolutely right. I should have said in my opinion, but nonetheless, its creative genius. ;-)
belandu55 2 years ago
That we both agree on for sure. A timeless song.
I think if we all felt this soulful about traveling we would probably all stay at home. There is also that real excitement about new places and being away from home and I guess it depends on where you are coming from, your reasons for traveling in the first place.
cspace1234nz 2 years ago 3
Oh yes of course, I shall carry on travelling -- discovering new places, cultures and faces. The days of lyrics that meant something. Not to say they are not written today but they are rare. I guess my passion for poetry is obvious. I watched this video again, and loved it...again. I guess that's where the word "classic" comes from...;-)
belandu55 2 years ago
Yes of course we must travel and travel often.
As you mentioned earlier there is probably times in all of our lives where this song really does strike a chord, especially if we are situations we would rather not be in.
cspace1234nz 2 years ago
This is interesting....from Songfacts
Paul Simon lived in Brentwood, Essex, England when he wrote this song. When traveling back from Wigan, where he was playing, he got stuck on the station and wrote this. The song has a double meaning: literally, wanting for a ticket home to Brentwood, but on the other hand, yearning to go to his home in the US.
cspace1234nz 2 years ago 2
Thank you for that bit of information. I travelled a great deal as a child, continued as an adult then made my home in England from the US - I guess I relate to the song more than I had imagined. Yet, home is where you find it....
belandu55 2 years ago 5
@cspace1234nz it was actually Widnes
snico 1 year ago
@snico Ok so maybe Songfacts haven't got their facts right ??
cspace1234nz 1 year ago
@cspace1234nz They are certainly wrong on this one, He wrote it sat at Widnes North station
snico 1 year ago