Simon & Garfunkel - Cecilia
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Uploaded on Feb 27, 2010
"Cecilia" is a song written by US musician Paul Simon. It was first recorded by Simon and Garfunkel for their 1970 album Bridge Over Troubled Water. When released as a single, it reached #4 in the US charts. The single did not chart in the UK, despite being released as the follow-up to Simon and Garfunkel's number one hit "Bridge Over Troubled Water".
The "Cecilia" of the title is generally interpreted as being a capricious lover, causing both anguish and jubilation to the singer. However, another interpretation[1] is that Cecilia might refer to St. Cecilia, patron saint of music in the Catholic tradition, and thus the song might refer to the frustration of fleeting inspiration in songwriting. St. Cecilia is mentioned in another Paul Simon song, "The Coast" (from his 1990 album The Rhythm of the Saints): "A family of musicians took shelter for the night in the little harbor church of St. Cecilia."
The song's recording is also quite funny. The Song's foundation was a percussion track in the house Paul was renting on Blue Jay Way in LA. Paul and Art slapped their thights, Eddie Simon thumped a piano bench and a friend strummed a guitar with its strings slackened to the point of atonailty. Roy Halee did the rest.
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dcaimbeul 2 weeks ago
Met a girl named Cecilia, song stuck in my head for last 36 hours...help me.
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Cecilia Weems 4 weeks ago
i have had this song sung to me my entire life.... crazy, but i love it
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Wanda Echoes 2 days ago
back to a more simpler time and life...full of great buddies
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Erik Seifer Januska 3 days ago
suddenly there are a lot of cecilias
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mtnboyjohn 3 days ago
As long as this song exists you will never forget your name lol.
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internationalgiant1 4 days ago
this is such an amazingly constructed track
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Quaz Gutierrez 4 days ago
Hahahaaaa hUPfl
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325fruit 4 days ago
do you get around?
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R3L3NTL3SSNARK 5 days ago
I remember this like it came out yesterday
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Dray Costello 5 days ago
Tis a brilliant tune.
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William Forrest 6 days ago
Love that beginning! The rest ain't so bad either!
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james mohan 6 days ago
does she shake your confidence daily? most mother in laws do
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