Simon n Garfunkel Songs

In June 2020, Giorgina Ramazzotti wrote an amazing story about the two boys Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel entitled “The extraordinary story of Simon & Garfunkel’s life-long feud”. https://www.smoothradio.com/artists/simon-garfunkel/feud-friendship-story-facts-fallout/

The two eleven-year old boys met for the first time in the year 1953 in Parsons High School, Queens, New York. The pair became best friends, and starred together in plays in School’s concert productions and eventually they decided to sing as a duo. However, throughout their sixty-over years of professional relationship, the two were known to have constant arguments with each other. What can be the reason(s) for such feuds.

Apparently, it started way back in their teenage years. You see, they recorded their first successful song together “Hey Schoolgirl” in 1957 when Paul Simon was sixteen years old, but when Paul Simon was approached to record two singles as a solo artist he forgot to tell Art Garfunkel and he was furious. https://youtu.be/Bsqt5jXFkYU He felt betrayed by his closest friend. This set in place a resentment and distrust between the two. You see, Paul Simon was a song-writer as well as a singer but Art Garfunkel was only a singer. Now we can understand why the misunderstanding and the basic mistrust found initially in Art’s attitude towards Paul.

2020 年 6 月，乔治娜·拉马佐蒂 (Giorgina Ramazzotti) 写了一篇关于保罗·西蒙 (Paul Simon) 和阿特·加芬克尔 (Art Garfunkel) 两个男孩的精彩故事，题为“西蒙和加芬克尔终生不和的非凡故事”。 https://www.smoothradio.com/artists/simon-garfunkel/feud-friendship-story-facts-fallout/  
1953 年，这两个 11 岁的男孩在纽约皇后区的帕森斯高中第一次见面。两人成为了最好的朋友，并一起出演了学校音乐会制作的戏剧，最终他们决定作为二人组演唱。然而，在他们 60 多年的职业关系中，众所周知，两人之间经常发生争执。这种争执的原因可能是什么。
显然，它始于他们十几岁的时候。你看，他们在 1957 年合作录制了第一首成功的歌曲“Hey Schoolgirl”，当时 Paul Simon 16 岁，但当 Paul Simon 被要求以独唱艺人的身份录制两首单曲时，他忘记告诉 Art Garfunkel，他非常愤怒。 https://youtu.be/Bsqt5jXFkYU 他觉得被他最亲密的朋友背叛了。这让两人之间产生了怨恨和不信任。你看，保罗西蒙既是一名词曲作者，也是一名歌手，但阿特·加芬克尔只是一名歌手。现在我们可以理解为什么最初在阿特对保罗的态度中发现了误解和基本的不信任。

“Most people look at me and wonder, “How could that guy be depressed?” asked Paul Simon, who was struggling with mental health for many years. “And I now feel that people were seeing a more accurate picture of me than I was. I eventually realised, ‘Jesus, all I’ve been looking at is this thin slice of pie that has got the bad news in it and I am disregarding the rest of the picture’.”

“大多数人看着我想知道，‘那家伙怎么会抑郁？多年来一直与心理健康作斗争的保罗西蒙问道。“我现在觉得人们看到的我比我更准确。我最终意识到，‘天哪，我一直在看的只是这块薄薄的馅饼，里面有坏消息，而我忽略了画面的其余部分’。”

是什么导致了西蒙和加芬克尔之间的裂痕？虽然仍以二人组的身份与 Big Records 签约，但 Simon 以“True Taylor”的绰号发行了单曲“True or False”。事实证明，这让认为这是背叛的加芬克尔感到不安。这将是情绪紧张的开始，这将在 1970 年结束二人组。

What caused the rift between Simon and Garfunkel? While still signed to Big Records as a duo, Simon released a solo single, ‘True or False’ under the moniker ‘True Taylor’. This, it transpired, upset Garfunkel who believed it to be a betrayal. This would be the start of the build-up of emotional tension that would end the duo in 1970.

是什么导致了西蒙和加芬克尔之间的裂痕？虽然仍以二人组的身份与 Big Records 签约，但 Simon 以“True Taylor”的绰号发行了单曲“True or False”。事实证明，这让认为这是背叛的加芬克尔感到不安。这将是情绪紧张的开始，这将在 1970 年结束二人组。

Are they still friends? A spokesperson said: “Paul simply felt the material he wrote is so close to his own life that it had to be his own record. Art was hoping to be on the album, but I’m sure there will be other projects that they will work on together. They are still friends.”

Are they singing together now (Year: 2022)? The Simon and Garfunkel Story is currently touring across four countries and has thirty-nine upcoming concerts up to the year 2024.

他们还是朋友吗？一位发言人说：“保罗只是觉得他写的材料与他自己的生活非常接近，所以它必须是他自己的唱片。艺术希望能出现在这张专辑中，但我相信他们还会有其他项目。一起努力。他们仍然是朋友。”  
他们现在在一起唱歌吗（年份：2022）？西蒙和加芬克尔的故事目前正在四个国家巡回演出，到 2024 年将有 39 场即将举行的音乐会。

Simon and Garfunkel songs contain beautiful lyrics and every lyric tells a story that can be a lesson for the youths of today. Why are the youths of today not listened to such brilliant songs sung from the heart and soul of these two singers, in perfect harmony. May we put our efforts together to ensure that the modern youths can listen to the songs from this pair of brilliant artists.

西蒙和加芬克尔的歌曲包含优美的歌词，每首歌词都讲述了一个故事，可以为当今的年轻人上一课。为什么今天的年轻人不听这两位歌手的心灵和灵魂，完美和谐地唱出如此精彩的歌曲。愿我们齐心协力，让现代青年能够听到这对才华横溢的艺术家的歌曲。

Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer (from The Concert in Central Park) Way back in the year 1980, both Paul Simon and Arthur (Art) Garfunkel was thirty-nine years old and they were both at their best, at their singing prime. We can listen to the clarity of the music that has not been matched by anyone else so far! https://youtu.be/6JUbFj0BIc4

西蒙和加芬克尔 - 拳击手（来自中央公园音乐会） 早在 1980 年，保罗西蒙和亚瑟（艺术）加芬克尔都是三十九岁，他们都处于最佳状态，处于歌唱的巅峰时期。我们可以听到迄今为止其他任何人都无法比拟的音乐的清晰度！ https://youtu.be/6JUbFj0BIc4

Honestly, we do not know how to listen to these songs by this pair without being moved by them, every time we listen to them. Their lyrics contain the hope, the despair, the fatigue, the uncertainty, the determination, the joy, the sadness, the disappointment, the concern and the anxiety, the beauty and the awe and the tears and the weary optimism. They are all emotions present in every music the pair renders to us and we can feel every one of these emotions.

老实说，每次听这对的歌，我们都不知道怎么听才不会被他们感动。他们的歌词包含了希望、绝望、疲劳、不确定、决心、喜悦、悲伤、失望、关心和焦虑、美丽和敬畏、泪水和疲惫的乐观。它们都是他们呈现给我们的每一首音乐中的情感，我们可以感受到这些情感中的每一种。

It is Art’s beautiful voice that makes every one of Paul’s song a classic. It does not matter what came between them but these two artists are destined to perform together.

正是阿特优美的嗓音让保罗的每一首歌曲都成为了经典。他们之间发生了什么并不重要，但这两位艺术家注定要一起表演。

Who’s who? In 2022, both eighty-one years old. Which one is Paul Simon and which one is Arthur Garfunkel?

A fan known simply as Ramaz had said this: “I remember when I first saw the New York Concert from YouTube. It was way back in 1987, when the Iron Curtain began to fall down and the Soviet TV channels started to show some music from the western countries. That was the first time I heard Simon & Garfunkel and I was 18 years old then. To say that I was absolutely amazed is to say nothing. It was the feeling I had never experienced before. It was like I had been living in a closed room with no windows and suddenly somebody opened just one window to show me the world. It is safe to say that my life is divided into two stages: before and after seeing this New York Concert.

一位名叫 Ramaz 的歌迷说过：“我记得我第一次在 YouTube 上看到纽约音乐会的时候。那是在 1987 年，当时铁幕开始倒下，苏联电视频道开始播放一些来自西方国家。那是我第一次听到Simon & Garfunkel，那时我18岁。说我绝对惊讶是无话可说。这是我以前从未体验过的感觉。就像我曾经住在一个没有窗户的封闭房间里，突然有人打开了一扇窗户向我展示了这个世界。可以肯定地说，我的生活分为两个阶段：在看到这场纽约音乐会之前和之后。

Hello darkness, my old friend I’ve come to talk with you again Because a vision softly creeping Left its seeds while I was sleeping And the vision that was planted in my brain Still remains Within the sound of silence … … https://youtu.be/NAEppFUWLfc

Hello darkness, my old friend
I’ve come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence

In restless dreams, I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
‘Neath the halo of a street lamp
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence

And in the naked light, I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never shared
And no one dared
Disturb the sound of silence

“Fools” said I, “You do not know
Silence like a cancer grows
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you”
But my words, like silent raindrops fell
And echoed in the wells of silence

And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
Then the sign said, “The words on the prophets are written on the subway walls
In tenement halls”
And whispered in the sound of silence

Bridge over Troubled Waters - https://youtu.be/WrcwRt6J32o

When you’re weary, feeling small; When tears are in your eyes, I will dry them all, I’m on your side. Oh, When times get rough; And friends just can’t be found; Like a bridge over troubled water I will lay me down. Like a bridge over troubled water I will lay me down.

When you’re down and out, When you’re on the street, When evening falls so hard I will comfort you. I’ll take your part. When darkness comes And pain is all around, Like a bridge over troubled water I will lay me down. Like a bridge over troubled water I will lay me down.

Sail on silver girl, Sail on by. Your time has come to shine. All your dreams are on their way. See how they shine. If you need a friend I’m sailing right behind. Like a bridge over troubled water I will ease your mind. Like a bridge over troubled water I will ease your mind.

Mrs. Robinson https://youtu.be/5JVPdb6Urhw

I’ll rather be a sparrow than a snail, Yes, I would, if I could, I surely would … https://youtu.be/I5zKLtrX_vM

I’d rather be a sparrow than a snail
Yes, I would
If I could
I surely would

I’d rather be a hammer than a nail
Yes, I would
If I only could
I surely would

Away, I’d rather sail away
Like a swan that’s here and gone
A man gets tied up to the ground
He gives the world its saddest sound
Its saddest sound

I’d rather be a forest than a street
Yes, I would
If I could
I surely would

I’d rather feel the earth beneath my feet
Yes, I would
If I only could
I surely would

Scarborough Fair - https://youtu.be/-Jj4s9I-53g

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 (in the deep forest green)
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
(Tracing of sparrow on snow-crested ground)
Without no seams nor needle work
(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
(A sprinkling of leaves)
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
(Washes the grave with silvery tears)
Between the salt water and the sea strands
(And polishes a gun)
Then she’ll be a true love of mine

Tell her to reap it with a sickle of leather
(Blazing in scarlet battalions)
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
(Generals order their soldiers to kill)
And gather it all in a bunch of heather
(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