Texas King Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Cf_vl31nrxw/hqdefault.jpg The Boxer! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 (edited) The Boxer is a good one. I would say my favorite is America. :musicnote: "Kathy, I'm lost", I said,though i knew she was sleeping."I'm empty and achingand I don't know why."Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpikethey've all come to look for America... :musicnote: Edited August 31, 2017 by Lorraine 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steevo Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 The Sound of Silence. Encapsulates all I love about them. Enough said. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 The BoxerAmericaBridge Over Troubled WaterThe Sound of SilenceI Am a RockThe Only Living Boy in New YorkHomeward Bound Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits is ingrained in my musical DNA. When I first heard it as a young boy I fell in love with it and had no care that it was a greatest hits album. It holds together so well, like a proper album. It's perfectly paced and reveals the strengths of Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. Love it. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat 3 Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Impossible for me to say. Like ReRushed, their music has been a part of my life forever. Their greatest hits was one of the first albums I owned. When we were little my family would go on day trips and my sister and I would sit all the way in the back of the station wagon and sing every song word for word. Their music is just as magical to me today as it was then. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 The Boxer, definitely The Boxer. Or maybe America? Yeah, those two. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edhunter Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Keep the Customer Satisfied 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 I forget how old I was when their first 45 came out - 11 maybe, I think it was 1965 - it was either Homeward Bound or Scarborough Fair. Used to love singing along to their records. Even today, when I listened to America, I sang along. Still makes me tear up. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Sail on, silver girlSail on byYour time has come to shineAll your dreams are on their waySee how they shineOh if you need a friendI'm sailing right behind 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steevo Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 (edited) I forget how old I was when their first 45 came out - 11 maybe, I think it was 1965 - it was either Homeward Bound or Scarborough Fair. Used to love singing along to their records. Even today, when I listened to America, I sang along. Still makes me tear up. SF and The Boxer are also extremely well made as well...and obviously Bridge Over Troubled Water can turn on the tears for many reasons... There's been a few great covers you may like. Edited August 31, 2017 by Steevo 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Did you ever read Paul Simon's biography? I picked my copy up in - of all places - The Dollar Store. I guess it didn't sell well, but I thought it was a good book. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Principled Man Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 The BoxerAmericaI Am A Rock 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjbear05 Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 AmericaScarborough Fair/CanticleFakin' It 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steevo Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Did you ever read Paul Simon's biography? I picked my copy up in - of all places - The Dollar Store. I guess it didn't sell well, but I thought it was a good book. No but I thought of you with Pete's autobio I picked up recently...50c from a library sale...couldn't believe it, all pics intact! :o 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 AmericaScarborough Fair/CanticleFakin' ItFakin' It is another good one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Seasons change with the sceneryWeaving time in a tapestryWon't you stop and remember meAt any convenient time? Hang on to your hopes, my friendThat's an easy thing to sayBut if your hopes should pass awaySimply pretend That you can build them again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HemiBeers Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 wow so many solid tunes it's hard to pick one...or even a few. I wore out that greatest hits album as a kid. It never felt like a blatant money grab of recycled songs with a couple new filler tunes. I guess if I had to pick 3:scarborough fairsounds of silencececelia (fun tune that breaks up the heavy songs). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien Girl Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Mrs. Robinson 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien Girl Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 And Cecelia with it's addictive beat is great fun to sing... I used to work at a summer camp in my early 20s...there was a girl working there name Cecelia. And occasionally throughout the summer the rest of us would break in to a rousing rendition of it. She haaaated it. Hmmm...I wonder why? :P 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HemiBeers Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 great basic tunes that I remember (almost) learning on guitar when i started out. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HemiBeers Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 And Cecelia with it's addictive beat is great fun to sing... I used to work at a summer camp in my early 20s...there was a girl working there name Cecelia. And occasionally throughout the summer the rest of us would break in to a rousing rendition of it. She haaaated it. Hmmm...I wonder why? :Pat least you didn't sing 'baby got back'. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 And Cecelia with it's addictive beat is great fun to sing... I used to work at a summer camp in my early 20s...there was a girl working there name Cecelia. And occasionally throughout the summer the rest of us would break in to a rousing rendition of it. She haaaated it. Hmmm...I wonder why? :PI agree. I used to think the song was funny, and it does have a good beat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueschica Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 The BoxerAmericaBridge Over Troubled WaterThe Sound of SilenceI Am a RockThe Only Living Boy in New YorkHomeward Bound Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits is ingrained in my musical DNA. When I first heard it as a young boy I fell in love with it and had no care that it was a greatest hits album. It holds together so well, like a proper album. It's perfectly paced and reveals the strengths of Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. Love it.Impossible for me to say. Like ReRushed, their music has been a part of my life forever. Their greatest hits was one of the first albums I owned. When we were little my family would go on day trips and my sister and I would sit all the way in the back of the station wagon and sing every song word for word. Their music is just as magical to me today as it was then. Reading both of these from Rerushed and RGLT brought back so many memories, some of them bittersweet. Simon and Garfunkel's music was everywhere when I was young; with friends, their older siblings, youth group, even parents liked them. I had the Greatest Hits album and loved it- the same moving songs as so many here, they really all are wonderful. The bittersweet part is that our family was close friends with a family a short distance away. We really grew up in each other's houses; camping together; and riding in the back of each other's station wagons. We had a lot of kids the same age but they also had an older brother, Rich, who was cool, had all the Simon and Garfunkel albums, and we all learned to sing Baby Driver together. I still remember all the words. Rich was killed in a bad auto accident 31 years ago and left 3 small children behind. I hadn't thought of him in awhile and came across a great photo of him a few days ago, sharing OLD photos with my daughter; then reading this about Simon and Garfunkel and the station wagons today reminds me really clearly of those times. Strange serendipity but I will take it. (BTW his kids grew up to be totally awesome; I'm pretty sure he knows it.) Thanks for letting me ramble. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleMoon Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 Lots of great songs to choose from but some of my faves are: The Sound of SilenceThe BoxerMrs. RobinsonScarborough FairCeciliaBridge Over Troubled WaterA Hazy Shade of Winter 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronos Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 "For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her." (The live version from the Greatest Hits album.) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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