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Favorite Paul Simon (Simon & Garfunkel) Song?

post #1 of 50
10/20/08 at 7:56pm
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I have just started listening to his solo stuff having listened to every S&G album 10 times. But his live version of "American Tune" is my favorite of anything he has done. What is yours?

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post #2 of 50
10/20/08 at 9:16pm
Richard Cory
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post #3 of 50
10/20/08 at 11:00pm
I really like the entire graceland album. I think thats all of his solo work Ive heard. robbie
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post #4 of 50
10/20/08 at 11:03pm
The Boxer. just a great story sung in a song.

-Jeff
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post #5 of 50
10/20/08 at 11:04pm
Graceland is the best for me, followed by Bookends.
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post #6 of 50
10/20/08 at 11:22pm
If you pressed me, probably El Cóndor Pasa, even though it's a cover. EDIT: You know what, I changed my mind. America for me.
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post #7 of 50
10/20/08 at 11:33pm
Absolute favorite, for various sentimental reasons, is "You Can Call Me Al."

some others:

Graceland
Homeward Bound
The Only Living Boy in New York
Hearts and Bones
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post #8 of 50
10/21/08 at 4:05am
They are great storytellers, Simon & Garfunkel. My favorites are: Wednesday Morning 3 AM Sound of Silence Homeward Bound Bridge Over Troubled Water 59th Bridge Street Song Scarborough Fair America The Boxer I Am a Rock
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post #9 of 50
10/21/08 at 11:24am
The list of my Paul Simon favorites is simply too long. The album of his I resort to most often is There Goes Rhymin' Simon. The album's theme seems to be how Simon views the delicate nature of relationships over time.

It's his second solo album and was recorded in several studios. Kodachrome sets the opening mood. He used a studio in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and some of the area talent (a Gospel group called The Dixie Hummingbirds) for the bright sound of Loves Me Like A Rock. It's a fine old Gospel song about a mother's love. Something So Right is still likely Simon's ultimate love song. American Tune that michaeljkrell discusses in the original post is actually a J.S. Bach guitar tune reworked by Simon.



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post #10 of 50
10/21/08 at 11:40am
april come she will
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post #11 of 50
10/21/08 at 11:53am
Me & Julio Down By the School Yard

JK. Never really got into the solo Simon. Seriously though, S&G have an awesome body of work. Very difficult to pick a favorite.....
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post #12 of 50
10/21/08 at 12:22pm
Sound of Silence.
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post #13 of 50
10/21/08 at 3:29pm
Solo would probably be "Still Crazy After All These Years".

S&G would be "The Boxer", "The Sounds of Silence", "Homeward Bound", and "I Am A Rock"
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post #14 of 50
10/21/08 at 4:34pm
Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes
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post #15 of 50
10/21/08 at 4:57pm
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Originally Posted by Full Canvas View Post
American Tune that michaeljkrell discusses in the original post is actually a J.S. Bach guitar tune reworked by Simon.

My roommate first mentioned American Tune to me because of that reason...
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