I love this song....this is a song about a couple so long together that they no longer speak to each other about anything of importance. What sort of relationship do they have?
Did you ever hear the folk tale about stone soup? Everybody else brings the meat and vegetables -- the fraud just throws in a stone as the "magic" ingredient and laughs while everybody else gets all excited. Bieber's management are the old con man -- the stone is the poor boy himself.
@GirlFromIpanema1966 nO HE WONT.Ibet you my SOUL h will NEVER acheive the level of artistry nd POETRY of Simon and Garunkel...my SOUL is safe..is yours.
I'm going to have to ask everyone to ignore @GirlFromIpanema1966, because she has said pretty much the same thing on every video about Simon and Garfunkel. She's a perfect example of a troll.
Nearly all of Simon & Garfunkel's songs were masterpieces...and whoever seriously compares them to the pop fluff of Bieber would do well to avoid choosing a career as a music critic.
@BendikBS Paul Simon is the dark-haired gent (who did all of the writing) and Art Garfunkle is the light haired man (who had a better voice). What a team!
@GirlFromIpanema1966 What? S & G were creative. Justin is a nice kid I'm sure but not an artist. get a grip: individual pop/rock died years ago.'Is the theatre really dead?' no but the singer/sonwriter, the group etc is. Thanks simon Cowell.
@GirlFromIpanema1966 Are you serious?? Justin Bieber and "artist" don't even belong in the sentence. Simon and Garfunkel individually have more talent in their freckles than Justin Bieber can ever hope for.
Their songs are poetic and beautiful, unmatched in their composition and lyrics. They remind me of a different time in my life; carefree youth and a somewhat less hurried time in which people made time for each other.
Haha he says superficial sighs, my English class is analyzing this song because it's a poem as well. Basically, the couple just keeps sighing due to the lack of communication.
Now, as I look back, I know why this affected me so. It wasn't between a girl I couldn't communicate with from soul to soul. It was with my mom and dad.
And I cry now for not finally bridging that gap between us.
This song is a testament to life and life’s affairs. Sarah Young you enjoyed with me the mellow and meaningful soft tones of these creative genius’s of music , who enthralled and entwined our souls with joyous incantation. I’m so sorry.. After 16 years we by chanced met in a London street some 12,000 miles apart. You could'nt bring yourself to speak to me.. I guess i know why we parted.. I hope your life is what you have made it..
This song is a testament to life and life’s affairs. Sarah Young you enjoyed with me the mellow and meaningful soft tones of these creative genius’s of music , who enthralled and entwined our souls with joyous incantation. I’m so sorry.. After 16 years we by chanced met in a London street some 12,000 miles apart. You could'nt bring yourself to speak to me.. I guess i know why we parted.. I hope your life is what you have made it..
You and I, sitting in our rent-controlled New York apartment ,reading, together but so alone, yearning for each other, but never reaching out. I cry every time I hear this, Sharon. It's been twenty years, but I still do.
People, listen carefully. I have 3 PhDs. One was earned by 6 years of my Postgraduate work with audio markers in the acutely deaf middle ear ratios in patients aged under 30. The White Paper I co-submitted was also nominated for a Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2000. I have run digtal analysis 12 times on the Master tapes of this recording. Paul says clearly "SUPERFICIAL SIZE."
Before you go spouting such harmful detritus, verify your hypothesis. Please.
@SnoozeButton57 -I am curious .... have you ever asked Paul Simon? If your credentials are true, I certainly believe you, but I always thought it was "superficial size" but the LAST one was "sighs". Somehow that makes sense to me but then again, I was in love with a poet once.
anyone else think the piece of music from 0.36-0.39 sounds like a piece from another song? id love to know the name if anyone else knows it. in this song its used 3 times at the start of the chorus, but i really dont think the piece from 0.40-0.43 fits in very well. those two lines feel out of place for me. still, amazing song
What's amazing about this song, aside from the craftmanship (the actual use of syncopation in the line 'in syncopated time') is that you have someone in the late 20's writing movingly about the ghost of faded love of a couple in their 40's, where love and companionship have faded away like the print on some wind blown and sun exposed paper. The tragedy here is that there isn't even the cold heat of hate, just the chilly entropy of indifference with a vague hint of sadness for a dead love.
I saw Paul Simon in Munich and saw both Simon & Garfunkel many times in TV concerts - their lyrics are great and their music cool - I love them - thanks for bringing back wonderful memories.
This is such a poignant, sad yet beautiful song. A song about goodbye amidst many goodbye songs, that in the end was the saddest and sweetest goodbye song of them all.
The irony is knowing the lyric "goodbye" isn't even there.
@SiriuslyEz I agree. From about 1991 and on music went into the trash heap...about the time grunge hit the scene! Sorry to offend anyone but that's just my opinion I guess!
@ryanspeed In todays world of music entertainment, would Janice Joplin be allowed to record? How many times have you heard old covers being pulled out of the vault to reappear as someone else's label because so many years have elapsed it is a new sound to a new generation? They can't fool the boomers, we have long music memories and we listen with sad ears. Today, a music artist, has to be sexy in your face like Lady GaGa, a beauty like Patti Page and the Tennessee Waltz has no place today.
@GirlFromIpanema1966 How can one even compare two things that are, in their essence, so extremely different ? Justin Bieber is as far away of being an artist than humanity is from discovering another Earth.... He's just a commercial dickhead who thinks he's the shit. Only people that do not know what real music is can stand and/or like his "music". Simon & Garfunkel were true artist with real inspiration and a worldwide recognition. Bieber will never get the same fame.
@GirlFromIpanema1966 My comment being as clear as can be, either you are completely stupid, or you're just trying to make people angry by bringing some Bieberscheiße around this video... And either way, you have to be a real moron. Just sayin'
@Beadbud5000 I thought it was, then I bought Bookends without checking, and it wasn't there. I found it on one of their greatest hits albums, but it wasn't the same as a theme album. I don't know which album it was on originally??
Genius is mostly expressed in the younger years. It's hard for those of genius who become older to reconcile themselves to the fact that what they write or compose is not so well received. I remember Capeman and it was terrible. but Paul thought it was Great! Go Figure! Kathys Song was better than anything he wrote for that musical and it was a throwaway song for him at the time; when he was young.
The labels are greedy about their hits but sometimes leave us the hidden gems. Maybe it's a blessing, since we can always hear those elsewhere anyway.
It's not even "their" hits, S&G made the albums with a labor of love and I'm pretty sure they didn't do it out of corporate interests, yet it gets taken down. Warner didn't exactly sing the songs.
When this song and others came out, here in the states we were as a nation angry (Vietnam) & sad (Vietnam) our time was precious and the nonsense of today surely not be accepted as it is, so finite.
We are all trapped way over our heads and sound bites rule peoples judgement.
"The Dangling Conversation" is Wall Street and the "FED" conversing about OUR Future.
Why does it seem like you forget how America was formed? Britain has been in other peoples business several times; Ireland, Africa, North America and their fight for Independence. No Country is innocent.
Surely this is one of S&G's finest. Lyrically, poetically, romantically, superbly arranged, accompanied, orchestrated. Not to mention flawlessly performed with peerless harmonic precision. If there was ever a golden age of folk & rock, it was then, definitely not now.
iv just turned 18 and am thinking about setting up a simon and garfunkel tribute act, i love them my dad used to play me thier songs when i was little but now obviously i play them myself haha
I'm 23 and I've loved Simon and Garfunkel since I was a little kid. I love all their songs but 'The Dangling Conversation' has always been my favorite. It's beautiful and just makes me feel good.
It's amazing to note how young Paul was when he wrote these songs, so much insight like an old soul! Lyrically it's got a very similar feel to 'Overs'. I forgot how beautiful this song is...but then again how could I?
hard to suggest a rap artist that can come close to these feelings. Sad that we have come to such phrases as "bitches and "hoes" and call it talented lyrics.
@gdanggatto Their are some great rap artist that are able to convey a lot of emotion through lyrics and intonation, unfortunately they don't get alot of exposure. Listen to Guarantees by a group called Atmosphere. But nothing quite stacks up to the greatness that was Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel
Over-produced - too many strings!
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this music will live forever n' ever
MAJIKJIGI 1 month ago
this music will live forever n' ever
MAJIKJIGI 1 month ago
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this music will live forever and ever
MAJIKJIGI 1 month ago
this music will live forever and ever
MAJIKJIGI 1 month ago
Genius.
MsSummerLightning 1 month ago
This will always take me back to the Wiseman documentary, "High School" from '68
Philacav 2 months ago in playlist Philly Sound 2
@Philacav I agree. I just watched that film in my film class last week. Amazing film.
orlandosays 1 month ago
This is awesome, thanks for uploading it!
Patchie97 2 months ago
i cant see the dislike bar
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Askaters182 3 months ago
I love this song....this is a song about a couple so long together that they no longer speak to each other about anything of importance. What sort of relationship do they have?
killingamps 3 months ago
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Yes, these ARE real lyrics. Modern music is just a vast wasteland, filled with 'Oh babybabybaby'. It's ridiculous.
daffydilly1 3 months ago
Yes, these ARE real lyrics. Modern music is just a vast wasteland, filled with 'Oh babybabybaby'. It's ridiculous.
daffydilly1 3 months ago
Look, Justin Bieber is only 17 years old; please give him a chance. Some day he'll as great, if not greater, than Simon & Garfunkel !
GirlFromIpanema1966 4 months ago
@GirlFromIpanema1966 Jesus Christ. Based on what???
Did you ever hear the folk tale about stone soup? Everybody else brings the meat and vegetables -- the fraud just throws in a stone as the "magic" ingredient and laughs while everybody else gets all excited. Bieber's management are the old con man -- the stone is the poor boy himself.
manthasagittarius1 4 months ago
@GirlFromIpanema1966 No he won't! BUT, I don't understand all the dislike
for Justin Bieber. He musically is answering the 'needs' of his fans.
If you didn't have fans who have very little musical depth, because the
fans have no depth, then you wouldn't have Justin Bieber.
Does anyone remember Fabian? Play Fabian's "Tiger" and you will see
music has not always been great.
fntime 3 months ago
@GirlFromIpanema1966 never greater than this god blessed duet...never...
TheWilbersMx 3 months ago
@GirlFromIpanema1966 nO HE WONT.Ibet you my SOUL h will NEVER acheive the level of artistry nd POETRY of Simon and Garunkel...my SOUL is safe..is yours.
DavelovesRealMusic 3 months ago
"The Dangling conversations,
and the superficial smiles..."
pretty much sums up one's entire life.
Genius poetry.
smriti24x7 4 months ago
I'm going to have to ask everyone to ignore @GirlFromIpanema1966, because she has said pretty much the same thing on every video about Simon and Garfunkel. She's a perfect example of a troll.
Litterboxer529 4 months ago 2
This song made me brake up with my fiancé.
Culturealimprovement 4 months ago
Nearly all of Simon & Garfunkel's songs were masterpieces...and whoever seriously compares them to the pop fluff of Bieber would do well to avoid choosing a career as a music critic.
42belvedere 5 months ago 2
yep, exactly!
veemeeeee1 5 months ago
How can even one person dislike this masterpiece?
larrywiener 5 months ago
Which pixel is Simon, and which pixel is Garfunkel?
BendikBS 6 months ago 14
@BendikBS Paul Simon is the dark-haired gent (who did all of the writing) and Art Garfunkle is the light haired man (who had a better voice). What a team!
sillyone52062 2 months ago in playlist Music Vids
@sillyone52062 Correction, "Garfunkel"...
Besides, I believe that Paul has a voice equally as good as Art's. But, whatever...opinions, opinions..
Sorry if I sounded rude.
Patchie97 2 months ago
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Simon & Garfunkel were the Justin Bieber of their day. If I had to choose which of them were better, if would be a difficult choice!
GirlFromIpanema1966 7 months ago
@GirlFromIpanema1966 What? S & G were creative. Justin is a nice kid I'm sure but not an artist. get a grip: individual pop/rock died years ago.'Is the theatre really dead?' no but the singer/sonwriter, the group etc is. Thanks simon Cowell.
idle44 7 months ago
@idle44 Are you saying that Simon & Garfunkel are better musical artists than Justin Bieber? I don't think so!
GirlFromIpanema1966 7 months ago
@GirlFromIpanema1966 Are you serious?? Justin Bieber and "artist" don't even belong in the sentence. Simon and Garfunkel individually have more talent in their freckles than Justin Bieber can ever hope for.
tkemp65 6 months ago 4
@GirlFromIpanema1966 Justin who? talk to me in 45 years and see if people even remember who he is.
Tebbek 5 months ago 13
@GirlFromIpanema1966 What a douche you are.......
elgntlove3 5 months ago
@GirlFromIpanema1966 Obvious troll is obvious.
blobfish94 7 months ago
@GirlFromIpanema1966 Your Moderne IDIOTIC Brilliance is Showing !!!
autodelete66 6 months ago 4
@GirlFromIpanema1966...good joke. But the level of repulsion makes it un-laughable.
wetweasel56 5 months ago
@wetweasel56 Are you saying that Justin Bieber is not a serious musical artist?
GirlFromIpanema1966 5 months ago
@GirlFromIpanema1966....I'm saying Justin Bieber is no artist at all. He does not merit the definition.
wetweasel56 5 months ago 2
Their songs are poetic and beautiful, unmatched in their composition and lyrics. They remind me of a different time in my life; carefree youth and a somewhat less hurried time in which people made time for each other.
eileenbrid1 7 months ago
I love the way they say things, very poetic :)
RobbertVanBobbert 7 months ago
like a poem poorly written,
we are verses out of rhythm,
couplets out of rhyme,
in syncopated time
possibly the best lyrics ever written..
bobtresse 8 months ago 2
I love Simon & Garfunkel. No matter how many times I listen to a song, every time I just close my eyes and listen I find something new to the song.
sophonix 8 months ago
Haha he says superficial sighs, my English class is analyzing this song because it's a poem as well. Basically, the couple just keeps sighing due to the lack of communication.
xTremeFunFilms 9 months ago 2
Lyrically, this has to be one of the best songs ever written. True genius.
Ayess2008 9 months ago
kinda puts in persepctive the mindless dribble that the dangling justin beiber fans cant help but be partial to these ridiculous days
codern 9 months ago
their best song, hands down its in one of our videos
WolfieWolfFilms 10 months ago
their best song, hands down
WolfieWolfFilms 10 months ago
Now, as I look back, I know why this affected me so. It wasn't between a girl I couldn't communicate with from soul to soul. It was with my mom and dad.
And I cry now for not finally bridging that gap between us.
skippertee1 10 months ago 2
Take notes justin bieber
EmptySun 10 months ago 4
Obscurely this song has become just so signature xxx
Kilchattan7 10 months ago
@Kilchattan7 That's very true. Home and glowing and sore. So signature, hmmmmm. xxx
pattipie100 10 months ago
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This song is a testament to life and life’s affairs. Sarah Young you enjoyed with me the mellow and meaningful soft tones of these creative genius’s of music , who enthralled and entwined our souls with joyous incantation. I’m so sorry.. After 16 years we by chanced met in a London street some 12,000 miles apart. You could'nt bring yourself to speak to me.. I guess i know why we parted.. I hope your life is what you have made it..
matadon16 10 months ago
This song is a testament to life and life’s affairs. Sarah Young you enjoyed with me the mellow and meaningful soft tones of these creative genius’s of music , who enthralled and entwined our souls with joyous incantation. I’m so sorry.. After 16 years we by chanced met in a London street some 12,000 miles apart. You could'nt bring yourself to speak to me.. I guess i know why we parted.. I hope your life is what you have made it..
matadon16 10 months ago
You and I, sitting in our rent-controlled New York apartment ,reading, together but so alone, yearning for each other, but never reaching out. I cry every time I hear this, Sharon. It's been twenty years, but I still do.
jeannot01 1 year ago
It's true, this is a wonderful song- my favourite of theirs. The lyrics paint such a clear picture of such a terrible situation...
salmonella0pickles 1 year ago
People, listen carefully. I have 3 PhDs. One was earned by 6 years of my Postgraduate work with audio markers in the acutely deaf middle ear ratios in patients aged under 30. The White Paper I co-submitted was also nominated for a Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2000. I have run digtal analysis 12 times on the Master tapes of this recording. Paul says clearly "SUPERFICIAL SIZE."
Before you go spouting such harmful detritus, verify your hypothesis. Please.
Otherwise, email me with technical data.
SnoozeButton57 1 year ago
@SnoozeButton57 -I am curious .... have you ever asked Paul Simon? If your credentials are true, I certainly believe you, but I always thought it was "superficial size" but the LAST one was "sighs". Somehow that makes sense to me but then again, I was in love with a poet once.
unplugthis1 11 months ago
Superficial size? What the hell does that mean? Is he screwing with our minds?
SnoozeButton57 1 year ago
@SnoozeButton57
5990monk 1 year ago
@SnoozeButton57 superficial SIGHS!
5990monk 1 year ago
windows movie maker ;)
Simon123Garfunkel 1 year ago
Some of the prettiest harmonizing I've ever heard.
mariofan4523 1 year ago
2 people dont really like art
cthouseholder 1 year ago
@cthouseholder apparently they're not wild about paul, either.
fatheroflatus 1 year ago
An example of well fused forklore,poetry, social-commentry and mellow melody . And Paul Simon
must say it was one of the worst song they ever did??Then we can all smell good in that garbage!!!
chipande94 1 year ago
If a picture paints a thousand words, this tune echoes a thousand pictures.
eightbighillman 1 year ago
Amasterpiece from talented people never again to be equaled
bunnyone007 1 year ago
Song brings tears to my eyes
MrJim12341121 1 year ago
anyone else think the piece of music from 0.36-0.39 sounds like a piece from another song? id love to know the name if anyone else knows it. in this song its used 3 times at the start of the chorus, but i really dont think the piece from 0.40-0.43 fits in very well. those two lines feel out of place for me. still, amazing song
LorcanDMeath 1 year ago
What's amazing about this song, aside from the craftmanship (the actual use of syncopation in the line 'in syncopated time') is that you have someone in the late 20's writing movingly about the ghost of faded love of a couple in their 40's, where love and companionship have faded away like the print on some wind blown and sun exposed paper. The tragedy here is that there isn't even the cold heat of hate, just the chilly entropy of indifference with a vague hint of sadness for a dead love.
ryoushii 1 year ago 30
@ryoushii So right! So sad. The opposite of love isn't hate, it's indifference.
jeannot01 1 year ago
@ryoushii That is very nicely written. I keep wondering what they could do to heal their relationship!
louisa1832 3 months ago
this song is my life.
DJofTexas 1 year ago
soft and sweet, when men could be real
malkeh2008 1 year ago
man, it just doesn't get better than S&G, two synchronized voices that leave a footprint in ones heart forever and a day..
tovakaye 1 year ago 4
how many years have we listind 2 their dangling conversations? we owe them both everything, thank u paul, thank u art!
RayCurrin75 1 year ago
I saw Paul Simon in Munich and saw both Simon & Garfunkel many times in TV concerts - their lyrics are great and their music cool - I love them - thanks for bringing back wonderful memories.
alhowud 1 year ago
they were poets that could turn their thoughts into songs and sing them in harmony and superbly.absolutely fantastic.
t595nige 1 year ago 3
Yes it is very Leonard Cohenish!! love it.
jeanne5916 1 year ago
This is the one song that pops into my head often. Beautiful and thoughtful.
suzyjmom 1 year ago
one of my favorite songs...........
turtspot 1 year ago
dejahoje, it is for me too.
This is such a poignant, sad yet beautiful song. A song about goodbye amidst many goodbye songs, that in the end was the saddest and sweetest goodbye song of them all.
The irony is knowing the lyric "goodbye" isn't even there.
True writing genius.
MsSoliloquy 1 year ago
is this bob dylan?
stevenorway 1 year ago
@stevenorway f me i dont even remember postin this comment but it made me laugh
stevenorway 1 year ago
Now THIS is real music and lyrics. <3
brandika 2 years ago 22
@brandika Amen brandika!!
I sometimes have to listen to great songs like this to reset my sanity from all the garbage we have to listen to today!
ryanspeed 1 year ago 3
@ryanspeed Things have changed, nothing original like this.
llangol 1 year ago
@ryanspeed Even then mid 1960's Simon and Garfunkel were considered extraordinary. One of my favorites was Bleeker Street.
SiriuslyEz 1 year ago
@SiriuslyEz I agree. From about 1991 and on music went into the trash heap...about the time grunge hit the scene! Sorry to offend anyone but that's just my opinion I guess!
ryanspeed 1 year ago
@ryanspeed In todays world of music entertainment, would Janice Joplin be allowed to record? How many times have you heard old covers being pulled out of the vault to reappear as someone else's label because so many years have elapsed it is a new sound to a new generation? They can't fool the boomers, we have long music memories and we listen with sad ears. Today, a music artist, has to be sexy in your face like Lady GaGa, a beauty like Patti Page and the Tennessee Waltz has no place today.
SiriuslyEz 1 year ago
@SiriuslyEz Bleecker Street, where nJohn's Pizza is :)
jeannot01 1 year ago
@brandika I would love to hear a rendition of this song by Justin Bieber!
GirlFromIpanema1966 4 months ago
@GirlFromIpanema1966 How can one even compare two things that are, in their essence, so extremely different ? Justin Bieber is as far away of being an artist than humanity is from discovering another Earth.... He's just a commercial dickhead who thinks he's the shit. Only people that do not know what real music is can stand and/or like his "music". Simon & Garfunkel were true artist with real inspiration and a worldwide recognition. Bieber will never get the same fame.
Nizpoito 4 months ago 3
@Nizpoito Are you saying that Simon & Garfunkel are better than Justin Bieber?
GirlFromIpanema1966 4 months ago
@GirlFromIpanema1966 My comment being as clear as can be, either you are completely stupid, or you're just trying to make people angry by bringing some Bieberscheiße around this video... And either way, you have to be a real moron. Just sayin'
Nizpoito 4 months ago
My father once observed that Simon and Garfunkel invented the alienation music form. The Boxer, Dangling conversation, I am a rock etc etc
Diarmid63 2 years ago 4
solid Robert Frost reference
crohns4life 2 years ago 5
plain and simply BEAUTIFUL<
mikey1829 2 years ago 4
Was this originally on Bookends?
Beadbud5000 2 years ago
no.
surendipitus 2 years ago
What was it on then?
Beadbud5000 2 years ago
It was on Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme.
ublivent 2 years ago 2
Thank you!
Beadbud5000 2 years ago
@Beadbud5000 I thought it was, then I bought Bookends without checking, and it wasn't there. I found it on one of their greatest hits albums, but it wasn't the same as a theme album. I don't know which album it was on originally??
jeannot01 1 year ago
@jeannot01 Look at comment from ublivent .
Beadbud5000 1 year ago
This sound quality on this channel is amazing. Beautiful song.
mickindanny 2 years ago 3
Sublime
claralyrio 2 years ago
Wonderful, I think one of better Paul Simon's song. Very, very sad
gianfelice57 2 years ago 2
The 1960s was a time when we recognized our hypocrisy in ourselves. The Health Care folks sold it to the market place. THAT is what is sad.
Beadbud5000 2 years ago
Mystical beauty, as yet unequalled in song, music or indeed any art form......
MikeWhite1954 2 years ago
I should have this collection, it seems to me "wednesday morning 3 a.m." dated 1963. Wonderful|
gianfelice57 2 years ago
the song is heaven
customcoast 2 years ago 3
Some years ago I read a lengthy interview with Paul Simon wherein he said that he "distanced himself" from his early work.
It made me sick to read this, because Paul Simon's early work is some of the greatest popular music ever recorded.
Parsley Sage Rosemary and Thyme is the work of genius.
Also, For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her.
Likewise, The Dangling Conversation is a masterpiece.
Paul wrote a Broadway muscial called Capeman.
It was a disaster.
Should Capeman be the legacy of this genius?
BigLongJohnny007 2 years ago
Genius is mostly expressed in the younger years. It's hard for those of genius who become older to reconcile themselves to the fact that what they write or compose is not so well received. I remember Capeman and it was terrible. but Paul thought it was Great! Go Figure! Kathys Song was better than anything he wrote for that musical and it was a throwaway song for him at the time; when he was young.
ABN1505 2 years ago
@BigLongJohnny007 Welll said. Love Patterns and Fakin It. It is his best work. No doubt
74sodapop 2 years ago
wow thanks for posting my fave song of Simon and Garfunkel such poetry gust amazing how they harmonize together and lovely lyrics to say the least.
crichardfan 2 years ago
WOW! I didn't know this song, but I really love it! Just listening, nothing else!
iv0r007 2 years ago
I like this song as well. I have seen an interview with Paul Simon where he says this is one of his least favorite songs now.
arestep 2 years ago
Fair enough-- but this is one of those rare instances where the lyrics can stand alone as perfect poetry, imho.
tinglywoowoo 2 years ago
How is it by the way that Bridge gets removed but not this one?
youvebeenthunderstru 2 years ago
The labels are greedy about their hits but sometimes leave us the hidden gems. Maybe it's a blessing, since we can always hear those elsewhere anyway.
dogkelp 2 years ago
It's not even "their" hits, S&G made the albums with a labor of love and I'm pretty sure they didn't do it out of corporate interests, yet it gets taken down. Warner didn't exactly sing the songs.
youvebeenthunderstru 2 years ago
the word "tribute" i think. the companies think its a cover
nicck 2 years ago
everytime he begins to sing I start to smile, truly amazing song.
stijnlukas 2 years ago 2
this is my favorite by them too...simple and magical, truly beautiful
ISayNukem 2 years ago 5
my dad played me this song & now i love it <3
beachbabeee93 2 years ago 5
Absolutely beautiful! Can't be better!
Thank you Paul Simon!
VIGRIFIGHTER 2 years ago
Simon is one of my favorite guitarist. I don't think anynone could play what he plays better.
MisterQuebec 2 years ago
Great song, check out goldhat3, he will teach you how to play this on Guitar.
dramadaus 2 years ago
Pure poetry, love it.
laker7850 2 years ago 3
the past is the past people need to get over being bitter about eachother.
hang10sk8r 2 years ago 2
Overlooked masterpiece, one of their very best.
lezgon 2 years ago 42
@lezgon And one of so many !
copernicus633 1 year ago
When this song and others came out, here in the states we were as a nation angry (Vietnam) & sad (Vietnam) our time was precious and the nonsense of today surely not be accepted as it is, so finite.
We are all trapped way over our heads and sound bites rule peoples judgement.
"The Dangling Conversation" is Wall Street and the "FED" conversing about OUR Future.
time2act1 2 years ago
You see, Britain were sensible, they didn't go dappling their (nonexistant) world superpower fingers in other peoples business aka 'Nam.
degree7 2 years ago
Britain a superpower?
arubberball 2 years ago
Take careful notice to the word inside the paranthesis, dumbass.
degree7 2 years ago
Why does it seem like you forget how America was formed? Britain has been in other peoples business several times; Ireland, Africa, North America and their fight for Independence. No Country is innocent.
dramadaus 2 years ago
I'm JOKING man.
degree7 2 years ago
Surely this is one of S&G's finest. Lyrically, poetically, romantically, superbly arranged, accompanied, orchestrated. Not to mention flawlessly performed with peerless harmonic precision. If there was ever a golden age of folk & rock, it was then, definitely not now.
irelephant 2 years ago 2
iv just turned 18 and am thinking about setting up a simon and garfunkel tribute act, i love them my dad used to play me thier songs when i was little but now obviously i play them myself haha
tktank06 3 years ago
This is absolutely my favorite!!!
mytruth15 3 years ago
I'm 23 and I've loved Simon and Garfunkel since I was a little kid. I love all their songs but 'The Dangling Conversation' has always been my favorite. It's beautiful and just makes me feel good.
ClEaNfReAk85 3 years ago
is there a way to get hold of the lyrics? I jsut love this song and hopes someone out there can help
johnnahir 3 years ago
go to
LYRICS (dot com)
then click on "song titles"
Then type in Dangling Conversation
imadamsmom 2 years ago
It's amazing to note how young Paul was when he wrote these songs, so much insight like an old soul! Lyrically it's got a very similar feel to 'Overs'. I forgot how beautiful this song is...but then again how could I?
AcousticUplift 3 years ago 2
One of my favorite tunes of them.
boxtop2 3 years ago
whats that song called when it says: Whats my Number? i cant find that song!
aerodu60 3 years ago
The song you are looking for is "baby driver" in the Bridge over troubled waters album.
nostromo221 3 years ago
"I love all Simon & Garfunkel songs, but "The Dangling Conversation " is my favorite one"
Same here!!
1400deadwood 3 years ago
I love it....
Beautyfoul 3 years ago
plz, listen to Joan Baez cover :)
It's so much more sensitive!
TWD66 3 years ago
my favorite all-time song (I'm 55)
turtspot 3 years ago 4
i hear this and its like i am back in high school....not really hearing the meaning until now.
endless66 3 years ago 3
I wish we weren't stuck in the dangling conversation; I miss you so much.
lookoutmrfrodo 3 years ago
i know what you mean
turtspot 3 years ago
Lovely tribute!
Billysrose71 3 years ago
This song is amazing.
Jimmymcjimthejim 3 years ago
it has always been you, my darling, that i have loved over all else.
almadora 3 years ago
Paul Simon wrote this, but I think Art easily could have. It sounds more like him.
youvebeenthunderstru 3 years ago
yeah i agree, art is more poetic. i love this song so much
hfrankien 3 years ago
or Jimmy Webb perhaps.
noahf67 2 years ago
hard to suggest a rap artist that can come close to these feelings. Sad that we have come to such phrases as "bitches and "hoes" and call it talented lyrics.
gdanggatto 3 years ago 30
I totally agree!
dejahoje 3 years ago 9
ACK, I hit thumbs down instead of up!
damiongringe 3 years ago 2
no problem damiongringe. Let me give you one instead. :-)
gdanggatto 3 years ago 2
d'oh, sorry 'bout that, i've got two accounts, i'll give you a thumbs up with the other one
fatei 3 years ago
@gdanggatto Their are some great rap artist that are able to convey a lot of emotion through lyrics and intonation, unfortunately they don't get alot of exposure. Listen to Guarantees by a group called Atmosphere. But nothing quite stacks up to the greatness that was Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel
djliquefaction 1 year ago
@gdanggatto Rap is for people who are tone deaf, I guess everyone needs an outlet.
SiriuslyEz 1 year ago
@gdanggatto you are soooooo right!!!!
rickert02 1 year ago
@gdanggatto i totally agree with you,:)
This is what you can really call music=)
MissDubstep 1 year ago
@gdanggatto
lol
genowhirl 1 year ago
Depressing song, but such an apt metaphor for so many marriages (mine included....)
davinort 3 years ago
And how the room is softly faded
And I only kiss your shadow, I cannot feel your hand
You're a stranger now unto me...
Beautiful song, but harsh. Really harsh.
GoldDraconian 3 years ago
It's just so true......great words well spoken......Thank you Simon & Garfunkel
Elly58Jack63 3 years ago
Man! These guys were great together. Thanks for the memories.