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Paul Simon turns 83 tomorrow. I'm a late boomer, but the song sounds relevant today.

Today's modern music is crap, flame away.

1 posted on 10/12/2024 1:42:51 PM PDT by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff
The piano intro is played by Wrecking Crew member Larry Knechtel, who also played the guitar licks in Bread's Guitar Man. He played piano in numerous other hit songs, including Wedding Bell Blues by The 5th Dimension.
2 posted on 10/12/2024 1:50:41 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: DallasBiff
Today's modern music is crap, flame away.

Rock and roll has been going downhill since Buddy Holly died.

3 posted on 10/12/2024 1:58:59 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: DallasBiff
Forever Knight - Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkel - YouTube

Quantum Leap - Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkel - streaming off my website

4 posted on 10/12/2024 1:59:25 PM PDT by mairdie (The Fan Art of Caren Parnes - Miami Vice Music - https://youtu.be/X3oGLE3LYmk)
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To: DallasBiff

Bridge over Troubled Water has always seemed a little sappy to me.


5 posted on 10/12/2024 2:00:29 PM PDT by rexthecat
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To: DallasBiff

Confessing jealousy of Paul Simon right here. May God forgive me.


8 posted on 10/12/2024 2:09:23 PM PDT by xoxox
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To: DallasBiff

No flames, just sadness. There’s great music happening in this world and if you can’t even be bothered to look that’s you damaging your life. Sucks for you. But, not my problem.


14 posted on 10/12/2024 2:18:13 PM PDT by discostu (like a dog being shown a card trick)
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To: DallasBiff

depressing and outdated... check out linkin park’s new song “emptiness machine”... new lead singer is awesome...


23 posted on 10/12/2024 2:34:22 PM PDT by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value and makes people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
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To: DallasBiff

This song inspired “the Long and Winding Road.”

I think McCartney was jealous and wanted to write an epic ballad too.


26 posted on 10/12/2024 2:52:55 PM PDT by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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To: DallasBiff

Garfunkel’s amazing vocals .


35 posted on 10/12/2024 4:22:21 PM PDT by ncalburt ( Gop DC Globalists are the evil)
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To: DallasBiff

“Today’s modern music is crap”

It takes maybe five minutes to write a song these days and another 5 minutes to crank it out on the computer. I believe that there is only ONE modern song and every piece of crap derives from that one song. There’s no talent, creativity, artistry, or musicianship in modern popular music.

I do find lots of interesting and talented young groups on Spotify, but they are often today’s equivalent of the earlier “One Hit Wonder.”


38 posted on 10/12/2024 4:49:10 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (It should be illegal to be here illegally. It should be a crime to be committing crimes in the USA.)
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To: DallasBiff
"“Bridge over Troubled Water” is the titular song of Simon & Garfunkel’s album of the same name."

Come on, man!...It's the title track!..."titular"?...LOL!
51 posted on 10/13/2024 4:30:23 AM PDT by equaviator (If 60 is the new 40 then 35 must be the new 15.)
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