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Bridge Over Troubled Water; Simon&Garfunkle, a 43 y/o recording, STILL gently powerful
July, 17, 2013 | lee martell

Posted on 07/17/2013 7:20:08 PM PDT by lee martell

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1 posted on 07/17/2013 7:20:08 PM PDT by lee martell
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You had, what, 43 years to learn to spell your “Garfunkle’s” name! FAIL!


2 posted on 07/17/2013 7:23:28 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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as I recall, that song competed with the "Revolution" by the Beatles...it should have been an even bigger hit.....

thinking lately that Paul Simon is a genius in music...

3 posted on 07/17/2013 7:24:01 PM PDT by cherry
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To: lee martell

I just knew your second sentence was wrong. But lo and behold - Wikipedia says you’re right.

I woulda bet money this song was from before 1970.


4 posted on 07/17/2013 7:24:44 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: lee martell

Doesn’t rate a vanity. Especially from a n00b who signed on last month.


5 posted on 07/17/2013 7:24:53 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Without GOD, men get what they deserve.)
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To: lee martell

I think I’d better start a vanity about Bobby Vinton’s “Roses Are Red”. Whoever wrote it, I think is a “genius”.


6 posted on 07/17/2013 7:26:42 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Live from 1969.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYKJuDxYr3I


7 posted on 07/17/2013 7:27:32 PM PDT by goodnesswins (R.I.P. Doherty, Smith, Stevens, Woods.)
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I dated a little girl back in the Summer of 1970. She was cute and smart but now that I look back on it, I don’t see what I saw in her back then.

One thing I do remember about her was “Bridge Over Troubled Waters” was her favorite song. She later became President of Chi Omega at Mississippi State or at least that is what one of their football players told me.


8 posted on 07/17/2013 7:28:34 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
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This is my favorite tune by Simon & Garfunkle, recording under the name Tom & Jerry. It nosed into the Billboard Hot 100 during the last week of 1957 and climbed to #54.

Hey, School Girl--Tom & Jerry

9 posted on 07/17/2013 7:28:52 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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Great song. Now I’ll have to find a YouTube and listen to the song. Next time include a link please ;)


10 posted on 07/17/2013 7:29:54 PM PDT by LuvFreeRepublic
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To: yarddog

My favorite was by Simon, “Kodachrome”. A really swinging song.


11 posted on 07/17/2013 7:30:04 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
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The ONLY album I ever received as a gift was a Simon & Garfunkel from my ex-h....both long gone...but, they were my favorite when I was 18...and still in the top few...


12 posted on 07/17/2013 7:30:55 PM PDT by goodnesswins (R.I.P. Doherty, Smith, Stevens, Woods.)
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OK, so I’m right - a little - after all.

Wikipedia goes on to say....”The single was released on January 26, 1970” and “Simon wrote the song in the summer of 1969 while Garfunkel was filming Catch-22 in Europe.”


13 posted on 07/17/2013 7:31:28 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: LuvFreeRepublic

see post 7


14 posted on 07/17/2013 7:31:41 PM PDT by goodnesswins (R.I.P. Doherty, Smith, Stevens, Woods.)
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To: yarddog
I dated a little girl

How little was she, you prevert?


15 posted on 07/17/2013 7:32:52 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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You and I apparently share being awed by really great music. Nice post.
16 posted on 07/17/2013 7:33:14 PM PDT by Straight Vermonter (Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge_over_Troubled_Water_(song)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUd71o9nWGM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I4IvBUo8b8

https://www.youtube.com/results?q=flight+of+the+conchords+garfunkel


17 posted on 07/17/2013 7:33:50 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (McCain or Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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To: lee martell

YES...and I liked them much more than the BEATLES!!! (And, I was told I looked like Paul McCartney....being a young woman, I did NOT take that as a compliment, but the gal was a Beatle crazy girl.)


18 posted on 07/17/2013 7:34:59 PM PDT by goodnesswins (R.I.P. Doherty, Smith, Stevens, Woods.)
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To: Revolting cat!

You are correct, the name Garfunkel is spelled differently than I had thought. Thank you.


19 posted on 07/17/2013 7:35:12 PM PDT by lee martell
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Nice to see that some of the S&G songs are being re-recorded by modern artists.

I especially like the Mumford and Sons version of “The Boxer”.

20 posted on 07/17/2013 7:35:22 PM PDT by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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