sail on silvergirl...

[sigh]

Sail on silver girl
Sail on by
Your time has come to shine
All your dreams are on their way
See how they shine
When you need a friend
I'm sailing right behind...


one of my valentine's gifts was a five CD set of their complete, original Columbia recordings

i didn't think i'd like them, really, always having thought of paul simon as a pop star, but as the music unfolded, one CD after the other, i found myself totally enraptured by their music...simon's songs and garfunkle's voice are a perfect mate

this song is utter magic...a masterpiece not only in musical form but in reflecting the age in which it arrived

released in 1970, after what was perhaps the most divisive year in american history since the civil war, it offered a bridge, a way to healing...ironically, it was their last studio album together...shortly after, they followed the lead of the beatles and walked away from the era that had brought a freshness to our society not seen since the roaring 20s

my love remembers hearing it on the radio as she cruised main street with her high school friends

as for me, i wouldn't be born for another five years...

anyone remember this one?

 

[Guest]

 

[MaddyBaby]

Okay, Sigh? I think we are neighbors! Seriously.... I live near St.Louis.. a bit north in IL!

 

[sigh]

Okay, Sigh? I think we are neighbors! Seriously.... I live near St.Louis.. a bit north in IL!

i'm a few hours away from saint louis, but that's still pretty close

hi neighbor!

 

[MaddyBaby]

Then you are 2 hours and 30 minutes from me. Hey! Nice to meet ya.

 

[sigh]

In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
I turn my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night...


this one was originally released in 1964...intelligent music in an age of yah, yah, yah...

 

[CarolineOh]

I have that same set, it's wonderful. I was surprised to realize how many more songs I knew than I thought I did.

 

[redblooded]

Started listening to SImon & Garfunkle in th early 80's and I still listen tio them + Eagles. S&G wrote some of the best music I have ever heard.

 

[riff]

50 ways to leave your lover

slip out the back, jack
make a new plan, stan
you don't need to be coy, roy
just listen to me.
hop on the bus, gus
ya don't need to discuss much...
just.. (forgot words)
and set your self free

 

[espressolover]

Are you goin' to Scarborough Fair

Parsley sage, rosemary and thyme

Remember me to one who lives there

She once was a true love of mine
I just love that song!

 

[alexandraaah]

I grew up listening to my parent's s&g records; I haven't been able to shake them since. In a good way.

 

[MidnightsBlue]

Are you goin' to Scarborough Fair

Parsley sage, rosemary and thyme

Remember me to one who lives there

She once was a true love of mine
I just love that song!

Tell her to reap it with a sickle of leather
parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
And gather it all in a bunch of heather
Then she'll be a true love of mine

I love that song too

 

[espressolover]

It's a beautiful song!

 

[CarolineOh]

I grew up listening to my parent's s&g records; I haven't been able to shake them since.

The songs or the parents?

 

[sigh]

the brilliance of scarborough fair/canticle is that it's actually TWO songs being sung simultaneously

released in 1966, these guys were so sophisticated...


Are you going to Scarborough Fair?
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
Remember me to one who lives there
She once was a true love of mine

Tell her to make me a cambric shirt
(On the side of a hill in the deep forest green)
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
(Tracing a sparrow on snow-crested ground)
Without no seams nor needlework
(Blankets and bedclothes the child of the mountain)
Then she'll be a true love of mine
(Sleeps unaware of the clarion call)

Tell her to find me an acre of land
(On the side of a hill, a sprinkling of leaves)
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
(Washes the ground with so many tears)
Between the salt water and the sea strand
(A soldier cleans and polishes a gun)
Then she'll be a true love of mine

Tell her to reap it in a sickle of leather
(War bellows, blazing in scarlet battalions)
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
(Generals order their soldiers to kill)
And to gather it all in a bunch of heather
(And to fight for a cause they've long ago forgotten)
Then she'll be a true love of mine

Are you going to Scarborough Fair?
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
Remember me to one who lives there
She once was a true love of mine

 

[april-wine]

I picture you dancing around flowers in your hair.......

 

[La Principessa]

Re: 50 ways to leave your lover

slip out the back, jack
make a new plan, stan
you don't need to be coy, roy
just listen to me.
hop on the bus, gus
ya don't need to discuss much...
just.. (forgot words)
and set your self free

just drop off the key Lee
and set yourself free......

Love that song!

 

[sigh]

I am just a poor boy
Though my story's seldom told
I have squandered my resistance
For a pocketful of mumbles
Such are promises
All lies and jests
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest


in all my life i've never really listened to their songs...now i find i can't stop...i suppose the infatuation will end someday, but i'll regret it when it does

that always happens with music, doesn't it? you find something you really love and it carries you on...lifts you up...but then eventually, though you still love it, you realize that it'll never again be quite the same as that first time you took off with it

ah well...luckily i've always found another...and another...

 

[Nigel]

I had the good fortune of seeing Simon and Garfunkel in the tour they did after their HBO "Concert in Central Park" special. It was truly a magical night.....their harmonies were glorious, and the music (both old and new) never sounded better. Even the gentle banter between them was funny(after singing "Ba-da-da-da-da-da-da, Feelin' Groovy"...in the music break....Artie said "I'm so embarrassed...", to which Paul replied "YOU'RE embarrassed? I wrote it....").

It was months after I'd seen the concert that the end of the concert was so poignant to me. In an interview with Paul Simon about his new album "Hearts and Bones," which was to be a Simon and Garfunkel album (after the success of the Central Park concert and following tour), Paul said that Artie didn't want to work in the studio with him - he requested that Paul lay down his tracks and put them on a tape for him - and Artie wanted to go to Europe with his Walkman and write his harmonies...then come back to record his vocal tracks without Paul there. Paul, being the producer and therefore in charge of the sound of the album, balked at the idea....he had different ideas for the sound of the piece and wanted to work with Artie with different harmonies and so forth. They were at loggerheads, and the album became a Paul Simon album.

Which brings me back to the end of the concert. From the seats I had I could see backstage, where two white stretch limos idled. Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel finished their last encore....waved and bid us goodnight, and walked backstage. I saw Paul get into one limo...and Art got into the other. The limos then pulled away, each going different ways......taking these two talented men in different directions.

Nigel