Posted on 05/25/2015 3:35:19 PM PDT by rickmichaels
Art Garfunkel has stunned fans by revealing he only became friends with longtime partner Paul Simon, because he felt sorry for him.
In one of his most candid interviews, the Bright Eyes singer tells Britain's Sunday Telegraph he initially quit Simon & Garfunkel and turned his back on showbusiness to become a teacher because he could no longer work with his sidekick Simon.
He says, "I don'€™t want to say any anti Paul Simon things, but it seems very perverse to not enjoy the glory and walk away from it instead. Crazy... (But) he was getting on my nerves. The jokes had run dry.
"A rest of a year was all I needed. I said, 'I'€™m not married yet. I want to jump on a BMW motorbike and tour round Europe chasing ladies'."
But it's his candid remarks about the start of his friendship with Simon, which led the duo to a recording deal as teenage act Tom & Jerry, that will surprise fans the most.
He admits he felt sorry for the singer/songwriter because he was so short, and adds, "That compensation gesture has created a monster.
"George (Harrison) came up to me at a party once and said, 'My Paul is to me what your Paul is to you'. He meant that, psychologically, they had the same effect on us - the Pauls sidelined us. I think George felt suppressed by Paul (McCartney) and I think that'€™s what he saw with me and my Paul.
"Here's the truth: McCartney was a helluva music man who gave the band its energy, but he also ran away with a lot of the glory."
During his interview with the Telegraph, Garfunkel also calls Simon a "jerk" and agrees with the interviewer that the You Can Call Me Al singer has a Napoleon complex, linked to short people hooked on power.
Despite his comments, Garfunkel, who last toured with Simon in 2010, is open to another Simon & Garfunkel tour: "Will I do another tour with Paul? Well, that's quite do-able. As far as this half is concerned, why not?"
It bothers me a little that a lot of my favorite songs are by creeps. Then again who knows for sure?
“Kodachrome” is one swinging song.
Lots of “Product Placement” in that one! LOL!
It makes me wonder....
WHAT a surprise!!!
I once worked with a sound guy who had worked on a Paul Simon tour... He didn’t have a good word to say about the guy either.
...but it was out so long ago, it was known as a "bitchin' song"...
I love the songs by Simon and Garfunkle. I guess I don’t want to hear their dirty laundry. Just sing...........that’s all., \
I have a Nikon camera, but it is a DSLR.
They took my Kodachrome away.
They quit making Kodachrome a few years ago. Now it looks like there may not be any film cameras or films before long.
Ektachrome was better.
JMO.
I read the article this morning, and though I feel you’re basically telling the truth, I also feel you’re stretching it a bit. JMO.
How many times have people used this phrase and meant it hyperbolicly?
Also, it is the interviewer that suggests that Simon has a Napoleon complex and Garfunkel kinda sorta agrees with that as a possibility.
Does anyone know how to write honest headlines anymore?
Ektachrome was faster and less red-biased than Kodachrome. I think it outlasted Kodachrome for a few years, and then the digital axe fell.
A few years ago, I bought two cameras I have wanted for a while. I got two like new N90S bodies for under a hundred dollars each.
Now I sort of regret buying them.
No, Art Garfunkel did not call him that. The reporter did, and Garfunkel said, “maybe”.
The Walgreen near me is selling 35 mm film for $.50 a roll
Sad in a way
James Taylor is another one.
I gots me some Dynachrome, but I keeps it in the ga-rage...
Not likely. The radio stations used to block out the word "crap:"
When I think back on all the ---- I learned in high school, it's a wonder I can think at all!"
ahahahahaha!
I opted for Canons after hitting the wall with My LeicaSonics.
I dont know jack about Garfunkle but as I remember Paul SImon continued to write and record fairly well...long after the duo stopped working togteher
“Mother and Child Reunion” rocks to this day.
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