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sir pball

(5,253 posts) Tue Mar 3, 2020, 02:43 PM Mar 2020

Paul Simon is a much better musician and songwriter, but goddamn, when Art was singing..

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Paul Simon is a much better musician and songwriter, but goddamn, when Art was singing.. (Original Post) sir pball Mar 2020 OP

A truly angelic voice. dawg day Mar 2020 #1

Art definitely had the voice... Wounded Bear Mar 2020 #2

it's the harmony of the two singing paul's songs nt msongs Mar 2020 #3

Goosebumps, chills and thrills - both... 3catwoman3 Mar 2020 #4

Just because they don't usually perform together anymore, nt sir pball Mar 2020 #5

I was afraid one if them had died. 3catwoman3 Mar 2020 #8

Always the tragedy they could not get along. Both were better together than apart, IMO hlthe2b Mar 2020 #6

This song by Art Garfunkel is really good. Archae Mar 2020 #7

From his debut solo album, Angel Clare... lastlib Mar 2020 #9

I saw him solo in the early '70s when I was still in junior high. bluedigger Mar 2020 #10

Love that band Ahpook Mar 2020 #11

dawg day

(7,947 posts)

1. A truly angelic voice.

Reply to sir pball (Original post)

Tue Mar 3, 2020, 02:44 PM

Mar 2020

I play his version of Bridge over Troubled Waters when the Trump-stress gets too much for me.

Wounded Bear

(63,861 posts)

2. Art definitely had the voice...

Reply to sir pball (Original post)

Tue Mar 3, 2020, 02:50 PM

Mar 2020

Paul was like Dylan. Wrote a lot of good music, but so-so on the vocals.

msongs

(73,086 posts)

3. it's the harmony of the two singing paul's songs nt

Reply to sir pball (Original post)

Tue Mar 3, 2020, 03:04 PM

Mar 2020

3catwoman3

(28,616 posts)

4. Goosebumps, chills and thrills - both...

Reply to sir pball (Original post)

Tue Mar 3, 2020, 03:05 PM

Mar 2020

...then and now.

Their voices blended so perfectly it was hard to tell which emanated from whom.

Theirs was the music of my late teens and early adulthood. It spoke to me the and still does.

Why the candle?

sir pball

(5,253 posts)

5. Just because they don't usually perform together anymore, nt

Reply to 3catwoman3 (Reply #4)

Tue Mar 3, 2020, 03:11 PM

Mar 2020

3catwoman3

(28,616 posts)

8. I was afraid one if them had died.

Reply to sir pball (Reply #5)

Tue Mar 3, 2020, 04:37 PM

Mar 2020

Went to Google right away and was relieved to find both bios still in the present tense.

hlthe2b

(112,852 posts)

6. Always the tragedy they could not get along. Both were better together than apart, IMO

Reply to sir pball (Original post)

Tue Mar 3, 2020, 03:11 PM

Mar 2020

Archae

(47,245 posts)

7. This song by Art Garfunkel is really good.

Reply to sir pball (Original post)

Tue Mar 3, 2020, 04:03 PM

Mar 2020

"Bright Eyes"

lastlib

(27,580 posts)

9. From his debut solo album, Angel Clare...

Reply to sir pball (Original post)

Tue Mar 3, 2020, 06:52 PM

Mar 2020

...(a MAGICAL listening experience, BTW!)

hearing this one (and knowing the soft spot it has in my heart, thanks to an amazingly beautiful lady (story for another time, maybe)), I get major chills down my spine!