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Simon & Garfunkel — The Boxer
Album: Bridge Over Troubled Water
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Released: 1969
Length: 5:06
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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 jest
Still, a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest
Mm-mm-mm-mm-mm-mm
Mm-mm-mm-mm-mm

When I left my home and my family
I was no more than a boy
In the company of strangers
In the quiet of the railway station
Running scared
Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters
Where the ragged people go
Looking for the places only they would know

Lie-la-lie
Lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie
Lie-la-lie
Lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie, lie-lie-lie-lie-lie

Asking only workman's wages
I come looking for a job
But I get no offers
Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue
I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome
I took some comfort there
La-la-la-la-la-la-la

Lie-la-lie
Lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie
Lie-la-lie
Lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie, lie-lie-lie-lie-lie

Then I'm laying out my winter clothes
And wishing I was gone
Going home
Where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me
Leading me
Going home

In the clearing stands a boxer
And a fighter by his trade
And he carries the reminders
Of every glove that laid him down
And cut him till he cried out
In his anger and his shame
"I am leaving, I am leaving"
But the fighter still remains
Mm-mm-mm

Lie-la-lie
Lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie
Lie-la-lie
Lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie, lie-lie-lie-lie-lie
Lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie
Lie-la-lie
Lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie, lie-lie-lie-lie-lie
Lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie
Lie-la-lie
Lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie, lie-lie-lie-lie-lie
Lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie
Lie-la-lie
Lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie, lie-lie-lie-lie-lie
Lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie
Lie-la-lie
Lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie, lie-lie-lie-lie-lie
Lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie
Lie-la-lie
Lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie, lie-lie-lie-lie-lie
Lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie
Lie-la-lie
Lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie, lie-lie-lie-lie-lie
Lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie
Lie-la-lie
Lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie, lie-lie-lie-lie-lie
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 ArrayMac wrote:

Over 'In the clearing...' do I hear a saxophone?



I my mind I want it to be a bari sax. but could it be a tenor sax? Anyway, it's on a little playlist of songs with sax in them that I like to keep 🎷😊
Posted 3 weeks ago by mrtuba9    [ Reply ]
Posted 7 months ago by Sofa_King    [ Reply ]
 jasko wrote:

On this album cover if you put your finger over Paul Simonˇs face, it looks like Art Garfunkel has a huge Cossack moustache.




Too funny!  GREAT TUNE!  Thanx RP!   
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Straight 10 without any hesitation.
Posted 2 years ago by cavemanleong    [ Reply ]
 Johnny-smooth wrote:

Remember first hearing this song in my early teens and for some unknown reason then, identifying with it. Some 50 yrs later I now understand. Guess I’m a slow learner.



NO - just  a dreamer - I hope some of those came true...
Posted 2 years ago by Jimusics    [ Reply ]
 sfyi2001 wrote:
Simon and Garfunkel
Greater than the sum of their parts -
FAR Greater.

Much of Paul's solo work was more advanced than his S & G material, although both were great. No need for the hyperbole.
As for Arty, can't argue with you  on that.
Posted 2 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
 mattenuttall wrote:

Is that a horse or a pony clip-clopping in the background?



I believe that is the sound of two empty halves of coconut being banged together.
Posted 2 years ago by damonlazer    [ Reply ]
My god, these guys were brilliant together. When they nailed it, they -really- nailed it.
Posted 2 years ago by bialia    [ Reply ]
Excellent!! ICONIC!! Thanx RP!   
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Over 'In the clearing...' do I hear a saxophone?
Posted 2 years ago by ArrayMac    [ Reply ]
Remember first hearing this song in my early teens and for some unknown reason then, identifying with it. Some 50 yrs later I now understand. Guess I’m a slow learner.
Posted 2 years ago by Johnny-smooth    [ Reply ]
 sfyi2001 wrote:
Simon and Garfunkel
Greater than the sum of their parts -
FAR Greater.

Especially since, as we later learned, Art Garfunkel was actually a negative value.
Posted 2 years ago by acolt    [ Reply ]
 hdavid7 wrote:

I still have this album.....thus dating myself!




Yep ...
Me too!!
Posted 2 years ago by meanderer    [ Reply ]
Genius at work!

Enough said.
Posted 2 years ago by medoras    [ Reply ]
Posts here make me think of John Phillip Souza criticizing Beethoven.
Simon's songwriting skills are up there. May not be your style, but brilliant chords and lyrics.
Posted 2 years ago by Isabeau    [ Reply ]


Simon and Garfunkel
Greater than the sum of their parts -
FAR Greater.


Posted 2 years ago by sfyi2001    [ Reply ]
 Greyerwrit wrote:

Might you consider giving this one a few seconds of silence after it's through to gather ourselves and prepare to go on?



I am blown away by the 33 sucko-barfo ratings. I mean, I really can't believe that those people are out there, listening to RP. A "10" for me...
Posted 2 years ago by Stratocaster    [ Reply ]
 Salamus wrote:

I sure wish I could sing those harmonies like Garfunkel. I would be the 2nd coolest kid on the block. But, alas, I am cursed with a deep, soft baritone. Why God, why? This song is a 10 and that's all there is to it. Now goodnight.


a deep, soft baritone - sounds like you'd be incredible on so many of my favorite tunes
Posted 3 years ago by xcranky_yankee    [ Reply ]
Might you consider giving this one a few seconds of silence after it's through to gather ourselves and prepare to go on?
Posted 3 years ago by Greyerwrit    [ Reply ]
 hdavid7 wrote:

I still have this album.....thus dating myself!



I was nine when this came out.  Decades later, I sang these songs (probably badly to my kids as lullabies.  It apparently stuck as Paul Simon is one of my college-age daughter's favorite artists.
Posted 3 years ago by Typesbad    [ Reply ]
This is one of those songs that I usually follow with a few minutes of plain silence just to let it sink in. I don't have the same skill as BillG to pick a song worthy of coming immediately after this masterpiece.
Posted 3 years ago by DrLex    [ Reply ]
I still have this album.....thus dating myself!
Posted 3 years ago by hdavid7    [ Reply ]
 jasko wrote:

On this album cover if you put your finger over Paul Simonˇs face, it looks like Art Garfunkel has a huge Cossack moustache.


Yes! 
Posted 3 years ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
Is that a horse or a pony clip-clopping in the background?
Posted 3 years ago by mattenuttall    [ Reply ]
 jasko wrote:
On this album cover if you put your finger over Paul Simonˇs face, it looks like Art Garfunkel has a huge Cossack moustache.
 

Hahahahaha...thats brilliant...made my day
Posted 3 years ago by Pioneer_Sing    [ Reply ]
On this album cover if you put your finger over Paul Simonˇs face, it looks like Art Garfunkel has a huge Cossack moustache.
Posted 3 years ago by jasko    [ Reply ]
Spectacular.
Posted 4 years ago by dfphillips1    [ Reply ]
Art's mustache looks like it's  Simon's hair .

Posted 4 years ago by sfyi2001    [ Reply ]
9 for me, only because I need to leave room for songs like Gimme Shelter, Solsbury Hill, and You Can Call Me Al.
Posted 4 years ago by acolt    [ Reply ]
What an extraordinary godlike song!  In his anger and his shame......the fighter still remains.
Posted 5 years ago by woodchuk    [ Reply ]
I sure wish I could sing those harmonies like Garfunkel. I would be the 2nd coolest kid on the block. But, alas, I am cursed with a deep, soft baritone. Why God, why? This song is a 10 and that's all there is to it. Now goodnight.
Posted 5 years ago by Salamus    [ Reply ]
When strings in a song were real...
Posted 5 years ago by mrtuba9    [ Reply ]
 roguewarer wrote:
Wow! Lowest is an "8". This is comforting. Excellent music and arrangement. Timeless. Simon still has it. Absolutely amazing music.

 
A little over 15 years later there are 204 votes of 7 or less, including 25 1's.  Must be that "younger generation".


Posted 6 years ago by countyman    [ Reply ]
Grabs you like an anthem.
Posted 6 years ago by squidish    [ Reply ]
 Grammarcop wrote:
On a recent edition of his radio show on the CBC, Randy Bachman (yes, that Randy Bachman) told the story of how the recording engineers got the echoing "BOOM" sound in this song. 

Paul Simon had a sound in his head — an effect that he wanted — and nothing they tried in the studio worked. So one evening, after everyone had left the CBS building in New York City, the engineers put a snare drum at the bottom of an elevator shaft and a microphone at the top — 22 stories up. 

BOOM! It worked.
 

 
I just made the sound with my mouth when I'd sing this to my kids when they were babies.  That worked too  Always made them laugh. Now they are both seniors. one in college the other in high school, and they still love S&G.
Posted 7 years ago by Typesbad    [ Reply ]
 golfguy510 wrote:
During his performance at the Greek Theater in Berkeley on 6/3, Paul Simon announced the passing of Ali and then played The Boxer. Poignant.

 
To say the least.
Posted 7 years ago by PRoeder61    [ Reply ]
On a recent edition of his radio show on the CBC, Randy Bachman (yes, that Randy Bachman) told the story of how the recording engineers got the echoing "BOOM" sound in this song. 

Paul Simon had a sound in his head — an effect that he wanted — and nothing they tried in the studio worked. So one evening, after everyone had left the CBS building in New York City, the engineers put a snare drum at the bottom of an elevator shaft and a microphone at the top — 22 stories up. 

BOOM! It worked.
 
Posted 7 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
 Beans24 wrote:
Ahhhh! Followed up a great song with one of my top five songs..... You always read my brain, RP. <3

 


Posted 8 years ago by Weenus    [ Reply ]
During his performance at the Greek Theater in Berkeley on 6/3, Paul Simon announced the passing of Ali and then played The Boxer. Poignant.
Posted 8 years ago by golfguy510    [ Reply ]
Ahhhh! Followed up a great song with one of my top five songs..... You always read my brain, RP. <3
Posted 8 years ago by Beans24    [ Reply ]
I remember when my parents first got this album.  The war was raging, some of their college friends went away, some came back alive, we protested, we carried on.  We hung out; we listened to Nashville Skyline, Sgt. Pepper's, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Beethoven, Bach, Miles, Wes.

I listen to RP and college raydidio religiously.  My 16-year old kvetches about RP's being too soft (hey, I'm in charge of the remote control and the whole-house sound system, hee hee), but he continues to place Lay Lady Lay, the last 4 Beatles albums, Simon & Garfunkel, Frank Sinatra, Miles, and Pucini up at the top with Sabbath, Led Zep, Mettalica, Kendrick, & Snoop.  Not long ago, after a couple of years of whining, he inquired about Alt-J (thx RP), and has now been hittin' it pretty good too.

The more things change, the more they stay the same, AND great music ... is ... GREAT.
Rock it RP!
Posted 8 years ago by S-curvy    [ Reply ]
eswiley2 said "wisdom beyond their years". So true. We Americans now of a generation gray haired and balding know all too well and have lived the many emotional and political truths Simon and Garfunkel conveyed through their songs. Perpetual thanks to Bill and RadioParadise for reminding us of such gems of our time.
Posted 8 years ago by chinaski    [ Reply ]
 black321 wrote:
Songwriters couldn't figure out the rest of the lyric?

 
Ah, but if they had, bet you wouldn't remember the song today.

Those "lie-la-lie"s and that reverbed drum really raise the song to hit status.

Wouldn't have chopped the tarts otherwise.
Posted 8 years ago by Paul_Williams    [ Reply ]
imo, it's such a fabulous song, it makes all other sounds drop further back, every added sound to this track is so strong and stirring, and I have to say it's actually fun and filling 
Posted 9 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
The most amazing thing about a lot of their music (Sounds of Silence, Bridge over Troubled Water, The Boxer) is that when they wrote/performed these songs — they were just KIDS.

Wisdom far beyond their years.
Posted 9 years ago by eswiley2    [ Reply ]
 Zeito wrote:
I was reading this article when this song came on.  Paul and Edie apparently have a darker side.  https://www.cnn.com/2014/04/28/showbiz/paul-simon-arrested/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

 
Something off about her anyway (him too.)  Married when he was 50 and she was 25... {#Eek}
Posted 9 years ago by Tippster    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

Like the last four minutes of "Hey Jude"?  There are probably enough lyrics, I always wondered how they got that cannon in the studio. {#Propeller}

 

i heard an interview with Art where he said the "cannon" was a kettle drum sped up a little. They spent fair amount of time getting it just so. I think the hit the whole song, perhaps the whole album, just as perfectly.
Posted 9 years ago by djengs    [ Reply ]
 Andy_B wrote:
Absolutely the best Simon & Garfunkel ever.  A solid 10 heading for 11.

  
Absolutely!

Posted 9 years ago by yurasuka    [ Reply ]
This may have been the first album I bought. Song brings me back to those interesting times. 
Posted 9 years ago by zurcronium    [ Reply ]
prefect.
Posted 9 years ago by govna    [ Reply ]
 black321 wrote:
Songwriters couldn't figure out the rest of the lyric?

 
Like the last four minutes of "Hey Jude"?  There are probably enough lyrics, I always wondered how they got that cannon in the studio. {#Propeller}
Posted 9 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Nothing compares to "Bridge Over Troubled Water".
Posted 10 years ago by marty88210    [ Reply ]
timeless -- {#Sunny}
Posted 10 years ago by moodfood    [ Reply ]
Does anyone else hear the Prince of Denmark's March in there? Or actually...after more thought I think the theme song to the Olympic games?  
Posted 10 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
Songwriters couldn't figure out the rest of the lyric?
Posted 10 years ago by black321    [ Reply ]
Songs about Simon fighting too poignant today.
Posted 10 years ago by Susan_Amati    [ Reply ]
I was reading this article when this song came on.  Paul and Edie apparently have a darker side.  https://www.cnn.com/2014/04/28/showbiz/paul-simon-arrested/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
Posted 10 years ago by Zeito    [ Reply ]
 JuliaH wrote:
I believe this is the only song I've heard on RP that received virtually unanimous praise.  What an extraordinary song!

 
I think this is so as many of us have been there at some point in our lives.  The eternal struggle of life...
Posted 10 years ago by Andy_B    [ Reply ]
Absolutely the best Simon & Garfunkel ever.  A solid 10 heading for 11.
Posted 10 years ago by Andy_B    [ Reply ]
I believe this is the only song I've heard on RP that received virtually unanimous praise.  What an extraordinary song!
Posted 10 years ago by JuliaH    [ Reply ]
10, next please
Posted 10 years ago by Peter_Bradshaw    [ Reply ]
 ycb661 wrote:
I love the chorus, rifle blast included

 
Not a rifle blast, though. Check out these two great pieces on the making of the song. 


https://www.bmi.com/news/entry/takes_from_the_top_recording_simon_garfunkels_the_boxer

The spirit of technical creativity continued weeks later back in New York City. In an effort to fulfill his love of big natural reverb, producer Halee rang up session drummer Hal Blaine, who eventually found himself standing alongside a large empty elevator shaft inside Columbia’s East 52nd Street studio building on an otherwise quiet Sunday afternoon.

“There we were with all these mic cables, my drums, and a set of headphones,” says Blaine. “When the chorus came around — the ‘lie-la-lie’ bit — Roy had me come down on my snare drum as hard as I could. In that hallway, right next to this open elevator shaft, it sounded like a cannon shot! Which was just the kind of sound we were after.”


From another very good article:

https://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=2751

The legendary session drummer Hal Blaine created the huge drum sound with the help of producer Roy Halee, who found a spot for the drums in front of an elevator in the Columbia offices. As recounted in the 2011 Making of Bridge Over Troubled Water documentary, Blaine would pound the drums at the end of the "Lie la lie" vocals that were playing in his headphones, and at one point, an elderly security guard got a big surprise when he came out of the elevator and was startled by Blaine's thunderous drums. 


I just hope the guard got the chance to realize later that he'd witnessed musical history in the making.  
Posted 10 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
https://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/sports/photos/2013/02/04/ali-beatles-1964.jpg
Posted 11 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
I'm with ya, Bill -- I could probably never get tired of hearing this...  So symphonic, soaring, inspired; packs one hell of a punch, even now...
Posted 11 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
there are very few 10s in the world. roy orbison .bo didley, chuck berry.......
Posted 11 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]
 4merdj wrote:
"I am leaving, I am leaving
but the fight still remains!"
knot in my throat ...

 
actually "the fighter still remains" which is similar but open to more interpretation. Great song, great album.
Posted 11 years ago by djengs    [ Reply ]
The only reason it's not godlike is no God could make a song this good
Posted 11 years ago by Sloggydog    [ Reply ]
 paradisepig wrote:
Has to be a 10 ...it just has ...don't argue...{#Notworthy}

 
No argument here
Posted 11 years ago by Keef    [ Reply ]
big stud Romeo Tuma wrote:
as good as it gets...  and what a truly great album...
 

I be the holy ghost of big stud Romeo Tuma...  time flies when we're having fun...  love this song...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
Great album from a great pop music time!
Posted 11 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
I might get tired of hearing this song some day.
 
Posted 11 years ago by msymmes    [ Reply ]
A brilliant album - originally released in January, 1970, not 1969 as indicated above.

This is the last album they recorded together before splitting up.  What a way to go out - in a brilliant flash of pure musical genius.

One of the reasons this album sounds so good is that many of the instruments were played by four members of the famous "Wrecking Crew" - Hal Blaine, Larry Knechtel, Joe Osborn and Gary Coleman.
Posted 11 years ago by grant    [ Reply ]
Has to be a 10 ...it just has ...don't argue...{#Notworthy}
Posted 11 years ago by paradisepig    [ Reply ]
 ziakut wrote:
I absolutely love, love, love the folksy innocence of the beginning...leading into the la la la...part...and then the accompaniment becomes ominous and eerie all the while...keeping the happy "la la la la" at the end....then it returns to innocence again at the end....just *sigh* perfect!!! From an "8" to a rare...."10".

 

Yep......me too. Is in my top 10's
Posted 11 years ago by cactusjo    [ Reply ]
I absolutely love, love, love the folksy innocence of the beginning...leading into the la la la...part...and then the accompaniment becomes ominous and eerie all the while...keeping the happy "la la la la" at the end....then it returns to innocence again at the end....just *sigh* perfect!!! From an "8" to a rare...."10".
Posted 11 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
"A man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest." Strikes some truth in the words on music from RP listeners. What a classic. Easy 10.
Posted 11 years ago by d-don    [ Reply ]
 rdo wrote:

Yeah, isn't it funny how you can have great power in a song without thunderous bass, huge amps, big hair, and screeching guitars?
On second thought, I may have to reconsider the part about big hair.  

Apparently, Paul and Art eventually reconsidered their hair options too.
s&g
Posted 11 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 handyrae wrote:
Nick Drake's Cello Song, followed by the Indigo Girls' Galileo, followed by S&G's The Boxer. Is Bill trying to prove just how pedestrian the Indigo Girls really are?
 
interesting....the same mix just played today
Posted 11 years ago by triskele    [ Reply ]
this was the first record album that i ever bought with my own money. i know every note of every song to this day... love it.
Posted 11 years ago by triskele    [ Reply ]
 slieve wrote:
This is one of the songs that made millions of people sit up and listen to music
 
This cut is a contender for "Best Folk Song Ever Recorded".  It would be a hands-down winner if Simon had resisted the over-orchestrated and far, far too long ending.  Still a terrific cut, some of Simon's best lyrics.
Posted 11 years ago by joelbb    [ Reply ]
This is one of the songs that made millions of people sit up and listen to music
Posted 11 years ago by slieve    [ Reply ]
Nick Drake's Cello Song, followed by the Indigo Girls' Galileo, followed by S&G's The Boxer. Is Bill trying to prove just how pedestrian the Indigo Girls really are?
Posted 11 years ago by handyrae    [ Reply ]
Chills.
Posted 11 years ago by CurrentlyKelli    [ Reply ]
 arserocket wrote:
God they were good
 
dig it
Posted 11 years ago by rascal    [ Reply ]
 lily34 wrote:
i adore this. so powerful.
 
Yeah, isn't it funny how you can have great power in a song without thunderous bass, huge amps, big hair, and screeching guitars?
On second thought, I may have to reconsider the part about big hair.  
Posted 11 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
 nagsheadlocal wrote:
Takes me back to high school, sitting at my desk late at night, listening to the NYC stations. One of the songs that convinced me that there was a big, wide world out there.
 
Me too. Now that I'm old and live in California I can see that my vision about the 'wide world' was pretty much bulls*it. But the sun will come out later and the pretty young girls will promenade and it will all seem to make sense and somehow be OK.
Posted 12 years ago by misterbearbaby    [ Reply ]
I'm having a Simon & Garfunkle sort of day. Hope it picks up a little — maybe to a 'Paul Simon sort of day' would be good.
Posted 12 years ago by misterbearbaby    [ Reply ]
One of the alltime classics!
Posted 12 years ago by photolew    [ Reply ]
 Flipmode wrote:
did you all hear the cover of this song by Mumford & Sons? not bad - but I prefer this version
 
You mean did I hear it after I punched a hole into the PSD button? No, I didn't hear it.
Posted 12 years ago by dwlangham    [ Reply ]
The 15 "1" votes must be jokes.  If not, please stand and be recognized and EXPLAIN YOURSELVES!
Posted 12 years ago by HearsayDave    [ Reply ]
Takes me back to high school, sitting at my desk late at night, listening to the NYC stations. One of the songs that convinced me that there was a big, wide world out there.
Posted 12 years ago by nagsheadlocal    [ Reply ]
did you all hear the cover of this song by Mumford & Sons? not bad - but I prefer this version
Posted 12 years ago by Flipmode    [ Reply ]
The perfect 10.
Posted 12 years ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
I love the chorus, rifle blast included
Posted 12 years ago by ycb661    [ Reply ]
God they were good
Posted 12 years ago by arserocket    [ Reply ]
"I am leaving, I am leaving
but the fight still remains!"
knot in my throat ...
Posted 12 years ago by 4merdj    [ Reply ]
 ziakut wrote:
Great tune! I have always liked the la, la, la di da part.
 
Same here
Posted 12 years ago by Snoopy2    [ Reply ]
Great tune! I have always liked the la, la, la di da part.
Posted 12 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
 romeotuma wrote:


as good as it gets...  and what a truly great album...

 
 
Yup {#Jump}
Posted 12 years ago by Snoopy2    [ Reply ]
i adore this. so powerful.
Posted 12 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
 FooledAgain wrote:

That's weird! I've ALSO heard it 12,446 times, and also am not tired of it, and it's a 10 in my book too!
 
Strange, I would be content with another 12, 446 times and it's a 10 for me as well.  
Posted 12 years ago by LizK    [ Reply ]
Enough already!
Posted 12 years ago by lkovathana    [ Reply ]
 Stratocaster wrote:
Even though I've heard this song 12,446 times, I am still not tired of it.  A well deserved 10 for me.
 
That's weird! I've ALSO heard it 12,446 times, and also am not tired of it, and it's a 10 in my book too!


Posted 12 years ago by FooledAgain    [ Reply ]
Even though I've heard this song 12,446 times, I am still not tired of it.  A well deserved 10 for me.
Posted 12 years ago by Stratocaster    [ Reply ]
wow...my little tube amp just ....absolutely....loved....that.
Posted 12 years ago by oldsaxon    [ Reply ]
Another great album cover simply because it represents their relationship so well, Garfunkle looks sooo pissed!
Posted 12 years ago by sajitjacob    [ Reply ]
this song breaks my heart.
Posted 12 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
 nagsheadlocal wrote:
I remember hearing this for the first time and being captivated by Paul's guitar work - I had not previously realized he was such a gifted instrumentalist. 
 
He's a very talented finger picking guitarist.  Not a bad songwriter either. {#Wink}
Posted 12 years ago by RedGuitar    [ Reply ]
 LizK wrote:
Is it a better hairstyle on the (hair=thining) Paul than a mormon missionary moustache on Art?  
A 10

 kaybee wrote:
How DARE you insult the great Simon & Garfunkel.  Seriously, thanks for my morning laugh, Proclivities!  {#Roflol}{#Lol} {#Roflol}

 Proclivities wrote:

This file has a better view of Art's moustache:
s&g

Brilliant song, by the way.
 
 
 
Art was always shy about that mustache
Posted 12 years ago by terrapin52    [ Reply ]
Is it a better hairstyle on the (hair=thining) Paul than a mormon missionary moustache on Art?  
A 10

 kaybee wrote:
How DARE you insult the great Simon & Garfunkel.  Seriously, thanks for my morning laugh, Proclivities!  {#Roflol}{#Lol} {#Roflol}

 Proclivities wrote:

This file has a better view of Art's moustache:
s&g

Brilliant song, by the way.
 
 


Posted 12 years ago by LizK    [ Reply ]
The way that the "lie lie lie"...just softly lifts up, it seems so angry at first, but it ends so softly, so sadly... and that acoustic thing at the end....How did he think of that? The whole sense of longing....Genius song writing, as usual.

"I am leaving! I am leaving. But the fighter still remains." Genius. 

Posted 12 years ago by oldsaxon    [ Reply ]
 Ballzak wrote:
Funniest damn memory of this song.... Kindergarten at my daughters hippie school years ago and a very cute little four-year-old said she had a song to lead the class in.  Next thing you know she burst into song with all the little cute smiling faces sitting round staring and singing along where they could.  All these adorable, impressionable young kids singing this wonderful song...  Then I, Mr. Responsible Papa remember the line about "... just a come on from the Whores on 7th Avenue..." and I'm thinking, "is she going to hit that line word for word" and "am I going to be able to keep a straight face if she does?"

She did, I didn't. 
 
{#Roflol}

By the way, a very well told story!!!
Posted 13 years ago by dolfan    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

This file has a better view of Art's moustache:
s&g

Brilliant song, by the way.

 
I've laughed myself into hiccups... I hate you. I love you.  I think I need therapy now.

Posted 13 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
Funniest damn memory of this song.... Kindergarten at my daughters hippie school years ago and a very cute little four-year-old said she had a song to lead the class in.  Next thing you know she burst into song with all the little cute smiling faces sitting round staring and singing along where they could.  All these adorable, impressionable young kids singing this wonderful song...  Then I, Mr. Responsible Papa remember the line about "... just a come on from the Whores on 7th Avenue..." and I'm thinking, "is she going to hit that line word for word" and "am I going to be able to keep a straight face if she does?"

She did, I didn't. 
Posted 13 years ago by Ballzak    [ Reply ]
double ten.
Posted 13 years ago by govna    [ Reply ]
This has been a 10 ever since the very first time I heard it back in my RP (radio programming) days.  It still is.  One of the best that will always rank at the very top of my list.  Simply none better.

Posted 13 years ago by Andy_B    [ Reply ]
 keller1 wrote:
If you look at the 60 highest rated songs on RP, these guys are vying with the Beatles, Hendrix and Pink Floyd for the highest overall ratings. 

Amazing.
 
I just commented on that to my wife. Refreshing, gives me hope for humanity :)
Just because something is/was popular, don't mean it ain't good! 
Posted 13 years ago by jb0nez    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

This file has a better view of Art's moustache:
s&g

Brilliant song, by the way.

 
I will never listen to this song or see this album cover the same way again. {#Roflol}
Posted 13 years ago by robco1    [ Reply ]
I remember hearing some interview with Art where he described all they went through to get this "exploding kettle drum" sound. very distinct and effective.
Posted 13 years ago by djengs    [ Reply ]
Simply one of the greatest songs (and you just gotta disregard any category, yes?) ever written—impeccably arranged and produced, and performed to perfection.
Posted 13 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]