Best Simon and Garfunkel song?

[trof]

I nominate Mrs. Robinson.
The lyrics are just terrific.

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Close Second: Punky's Dilemma

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Definitely written 'under the influence'.

[nadine_mn]

1. I have always loved Cecilia

[Arkansas Granny]

4. That was the first song my oldest son learned to sing.

He was just 3 yo at the time, so most of it was hard to understand, but he really rocked on the chorus.

[LeftishBrit]

27. Me too.

I actually know someone who was such a fan that she named her daughter 'Cecilia' after the song character. Not sure that she's exactly someone I'd want to be *named after*, but I still like the song!

[Yavin4]

39. If You Like Cecillia, Check Out This Version

[ohiosmith]

2. The Boxer.

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[pink-o]

8. That's my first pick! n/t

[Paladin]

15. Mine As Well. (n/t)

[zanana1]

18. The Boxer says it all. nt

[DFW]

45. I agree--The Boxer--or it's updated version: "The Congressman" (see lyrics)

The Congressman

I’m a pampered rich boy
So my story’s often told
Dad bought my seat in Congress
Through a campaign full of nonsense such are promises,
All lies and jests
But the voters hear the parts they like
And disregard the rest, Hmm-mm-mmm

When I left my home for Washington
I left both of my twin boys
In the company of strangers
Two nannies with pierced noses kept them running scared
Wouldn’t you? They would go flag down police cars,
Telling tales that are not true
Doing just the thing most Congresspeople do:
Lie lie LIE, lie lie lie lie lie lie lie,
Lie lie LIE, lie lie LIE lie lie lie LIE lie lie lie lie LIEEEE


I go begging down on K Street
To finance my next campaign,
But I get no offers,
Just a hint to spend some more time with my family.
I do declare, there were times when I was so hard up,
I’ve spent my weekends there
Lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie

Then I’m laying out my bathing suits
And wishing I was gone
Mexico!
Where the CNN reporters aren’t seeking me
Seeking meeeeeeeeee, Mexico!


In D.C. there stands a Congressman,
Politician by his trade
And he carries the reminders
Of ev’ry contribution and
Cash hand-out, and golf junket
Til he boards his private plane,
“I am leaving, I am leaving,
I R S, I feel your pain!”

Lie lie LIE lie lie lie lie LIE lie lie lie LIE
Lie lie LIE! Lie lie LIE lie lie lie lie!
Lie lie LIE! Lie lie LIE lie lie lie lie LIE lie lie lie lie LIE!

[Bonhomme Richard]

3. America is one of my favorites.

[pink-o]

9. That's my second pick! n/t

[Arkansas Granny]

5. El Condor Pasa

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[alphafemale]

34. You'll like this then, maybe. It comes from a Peru folk song.

[Arkansas Granny]

36. I liked that very much. Thank you.

[Ptah]

6. My Senior English teacher in high school {Class of 1969} asserted

My Senior English teaches on high school {Class of 1969} asserted
that the only contemporary poets were Simon & Garfunkel.
I still cannot refute.


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
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[Swede]

7. Sounds of Silence

[pacalo]

14. That's my choice, too. "America" is my second pick.

[MicaelS]

38. Definitely Sounds of Silence n/t

[OmahaBlueDog]

10. My Little Town

The portrait of the quaint American town juxtaposed with sinister overtones.

[Generic Brad]

17. I second that

I was a teen when that song came out and even back then I felt like they were describing my life.

[rug]

11. For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her

[emilyg]

21. Like it for

obvious reasons. Emily

Second choice - Sounds of Silence

[rug]

22. .

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[begin_within]

12. Lyrics: Mrs. Robinson. Music: Bridge Over Troubled Water. Both: Sounds of Silence.

[1gobluedem]

13. Bridge Over Troubled Water

For this line alone (although all of the lyrics are so powerful): "When evening falls....so hard."

Next faves: April, Come She Will and For Emily Wherever I May Find Her just for the sheer beauty of Art Garfunkel's voice.

[rurallib]

16. it literally changes from day to day

today "It's a Hazy Shade of Winter" and "Kathy's Song"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

19. After 9/11, the first musical performance on SNL was Paul Simon, "The Boxer"

It was always a powerful song, but watching / listening to him sing it to police, firefighters and rescue workers while New York was still in a state of shock took it to a whole new level. Proof that "understated" sometimes equals "amazing."

[kwassa]

20. Stairway to Heaven

One of their very best.

[limpyhobbler]

23. Amazing songwriters but I only like them if somebody else plays their songs.

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2)

[rufus dog]

25. That cover of Mrs. Robinson is one of my all time favorite covers

Were the the same ones who did Henley's Boys of Summer?

In both cases songs that were covered much better than the original.

[limpyhobbler]

30. that was a different band

boys of summer was a different band. I think maybe the "ataris", not sure. Definitely not the lemonheads though

[mrmpa]

24. April come she will-very simple but poetic demise of a relationship

April come she will
When streams are ripe and swelled with rain;

May, she will stay,
Resting in my arms again

June, she´ll change her tune,
In restless walks she´ll prowl the night;

July, she will fly
And give no warning to her flight.

August, die she must,
The autumn winds blow chilly and cold;

September I´ll remember.
A love once new has now grown old.

[LeftishBrit]

26. The Boxer, I think

[HopeHoops]

28. "The 59th St. Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" - favorite song when I was in kindergarten.

[applegrove]

32. I loved that song when I was a kid too.

[HopeHoops]

43. I still do. It's the only earworm I don't mind.

[Bake]

29. All of them. But if I had to choose ONE, it'd be The Boxer (today, anyway).

I wonder what Paul Simon's favorite is.



Bake

[applegrove]

31. Kodachrome. I loved the harmonies in that song.

[oberliner]

44. That's not a Simon and Garfunkel song

It's Paul Simon solo.

I think he is harmonizing with himself.

[unionworks]

33. Gotta be the Boxer

The anger and truth in the song is staggering

[solara]

37. Sounds of Silence is my first pic

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



America is a close second

Let us be lovers, we'll marry our fortunes together
I've got some real estate here in my bag
So we bought a pack of cigarettes, and Mrs. Wagner pies
And we walked off to look for America

[oberliner]

40. Only Living Boy in New York

Any takers for that one?

[Doc_Technical]

42. +1

[ChazII]

41. So many to choose from but I'd have to say

Sound of Silence followed by Bridge Over Troubled Water.

[DFW]

46. Tie for second place (for me):

Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall

Still Crazy After All These Years

[Laura PourMeADrink]

47. America !!!!!! nt