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This era in general has so many amazing artists. I had this old jukebox that I got running from 1972 and it had 45s in it. I listened to all of them and it really expanded my mind on music. Good on you for checking this out.
I'm 46, laying in a hospital bed, about to have a cardiac procedure after my 3rd heart attack. I can hear my Dad singing to me from across the aether.. and there is no divide, no space between the years.. he is here with me. ❤
This song came out in 1970, my mom was 33 years old. She loved it, played it , sang it all the time. Now she is 87 and has Alzheimer’s dementia. Peace and a beautiful smile overtake her when I play it for her these days and she mouths all the words. Memories are precious things.
Hugs to your precious mom and you. My mom passed last year at 88. She still had her mind. The docs kept asking me questions and I told them to speak with her bc beneath her weathered face was the same woman who raised 5 kids and we never bossed her. My mom loved all their albums. I find comfort knowing she and dad are dancing in the Great Beyond. She was the kindest spirit I've ever known and she loved me when I was so unlovable and troubled. I hope I'm half the mom she was for my 3 girls.
Music can reach into the minds of Alzheimer's patients like nothing else. I used to bring a boom box to my mother's "memory care" home and play show tunes and songs everyone knew from the 1940s and 1950s. People sang along. My mom's verbal ability always improved when I played music with lyrics. Keep playing for her.
My grandma was just diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. This comment brought a tear to my eye. Since her diagnosis I’ve been trying to learn as much as I can about it. I’m having her make a list of her favorite songs through the decades of her life. So I can play them for her when she can no longer remember. 😢 music has always been in my heart so this will be a gift to each other. ❤
I played this at my 37 year old daughters funeral. She had spina bifida but worked and never told me she wished she could walk. The last 4 years of her life she was on a ventilator because a huge mistake was made on her in the hospital. When it says shine on silver girl I feel the is her going to heaven and she has been freed from this life. I love you and miss you Abby!
@MrVvulf I never heard of her before so I checked out her version of BOTW Are you serious that you prefer this screachy wingy winy version to the original. She ruined it.She couldn't even sing one line without breathing. Karaoke....
Paul Simon is one of the greatest songwriters in history, and a bona fide genius. Art Garfunkel's voice has no equal. We all got lucky the day they started singing together.
I come across this, a "younger" person hearing, being introduced to, music that, essentially, was part of our lives in 60s and 70s. I feel a bit of elation, it's wonderful for them - they have a brand new, amazing, world to explore. But I also feel a little sad, because most of them will never know. And the music now, with some amazing exceptions, well... PS Wait until he hears Graceland.
@@tomaswilliamson9685 Agreed. Having grown up when the songs came out it’s very hard to believe younger people have not (or pretend to have not) hear them. S&G have so many timeless classics under their belt.. Please react to El Condor pasa (S&G again, in a latino flower power mood) and Cecilia from the same album.
A local eye doctor was on a morning radio station telling the story of his blind brother in college needing someone to read his text books for him. His room mate volunteered to do that for him. Upon graduation the brother gave the room mate the money he needed to pursue his dream of becoming a singer…that room mate was Art Garfunkel.
I firmly believe in "pay it forward." That your brother helped bring such a beautiful voice to the world must give endless joy and pride to your family. Thank you. ❤❤
This is an emotional tune for me. My mom loved this song and she wanted it played at her funeral. As she was minutes from death and it was just the two of us in the room I cried and sang the worst version of this song ever. I’m glad I did it.
@@thefish5861Polo said his music exposure was primarily rap. I respect his desire to expand his knowledge about different genres of the music many of us grew up with. You can see his deep appreciation of well written music, and I appreciate his feedback.
A friend of mine who is a great music lover said "The first time I heard Bridge over troubled water, I was so moved that I thanked God that I lived in a world that had such beauty in it." Couldn't have put it better myself.
This is one of the healthiest comment sections I've seen on the internet. So many people sharing stories of love and loss and expressing their sympathies. You're all wonderful people. Thank you.
My dearest friend, Griff, died of AIDS at age 31 in 1989. I sang this song at his funeral. It was the hardest thing I ever did, and I barely got through it before I broke down. But it spoke to him and to me, and I just HAD to sing it. It is a prayer, and a comfort.
Hello. I was a respiratory therapist back when AIDS was new. It didn’t really even have a name yet. We didn’t even know how to clean the equipment properly. It still brings tears to my eyes when I remember those young people and the terrible way they died. It’s hard to explain to anyone now what that time was like, and I was the same age as them. Some were younger. My heart goes out to you.
I get you. I'm 66, so I was 12 the year it came out. The album was one we all played a lot, and as for you, this duo plus their solo careers have come along with me for most of my life. "Bridge Over Troubled Water" has such a pure sound and beautiful lyrics! It's truly a masterpiece.
Paul wrote this laying on his bed, accompanied by his guitar. He called his manager and said I think I wrote my greatest song, but I can't sing it, Art has to. It's for Art. ❤ Thank you for your heartfelt review of this masterpiece.
This our song for our beautiful daughter. 32 years ago I was pregnant with twins, a girl and a boy. We lost the little girl at 6 months, but wers grateful to have a healthy son. 17 years later my husband and I were asked to let a young lady stay with us for the summer (very long story why). She looked so much like our son we were taken aback and she was born the day we lost our daughter. She kept expecting us to turn her out. When she went to college she was trying to make arrangements to stay with friends at her first fall break, even though we told her we had her room ready. It took sometime, but she learned to believe she always had a home with us and we eventually adopted her. She is now working on her PhD, living with her wonderful partner, and working at a rewarding career. She is our Silver Girl, all her dreams are on their way, and we're still a bridge of troubled water for her.
So happy to know I’m not alone. I got my kids grown. Lots of miscarriages and complications to get the one birth child I have. I adopted. And i raised a boat ton of fosters. Some for a few months, some for years. I’m done now. A grumpy old lady, that just wants peace. I used to mow the grass for peace. Hickory trees in the yard, if you come out, you will get fired on by the nuts coming out of the mower. And I could pretend I didn’t hear 4 or 5 kids squabbling, for an hour or so. I could hear them. My kids have made their way. Across the spectrum. My hand is still out, but you better need it.
Paul Simon is a musical genius. Art Garfunkel is a master vocalist. What a team they are. I'm a 60 year old black woman, and this song has.always brought a tear to my eye.
Hi, I m a 61 year old woman raised in East Germany - and was touched by bridge over .. , Scarborough Fair and homeward bound. And I loved the graduate .. - guess why ..
This song holds so many wonderful memories of my youth. Art Garfunkel had the most beautiful voice. Sadly, he is unable to sing anymore. He suffers from vocal cord damage due to his smoking.
In 1970 when this came out, I was 15, and my oldest brother had died tragically, unexpectedly.... Bridge Over Troubled Water was a balm to my aching soul. Glad it still resonates 'like angels singing'...
My 17-year-old sister was killed in an accident in 1972 when I was 13. I loved this song but became somewhat obsessed with it after that, even buying the sheet music and playing it on the piano constantly (I still have that sheet music). Looking back, I guess it was part of my healing.
In 1965 I went to a Gene Pitney concert in Montreal. So the warm up guys come on stage to the roar of cat calls and boos. They did their thing and left to a standing ovation. It was Simon and Garfunkel!
How was Gene Pitney? I always loved his music (was exposed as a young girl by my older brother in law) but was disappointed in a clip I saw of him performing on TV...let's just say his songs were much more powerful than his performance.
@@Daprince740 His hit at the time was Town Without Pity. It’s the only song of the concert I remember. What I remember most about that concert was the complete change in attitude from the audience with Simon & Garfunkel.
When Art sang the song from Watership Down - "Bright Eyes" _that_ song makes me tear up...(of course, it helps if you've read the book or watched the animated film giving you the backstory).🐰🐇🐇
Art Garfunkel truly sounds like an angel. I remember buying "I Only Have Eyes For You" by him and loving it. I thought it was a new song. Then my mother told me it was a standard. Lol. Either way, Art brought this dreamy, angelic quality to the song. Love it to this day.
When Simon’s vocal joins Garfunkel’s at “sail on silver girl” that is a moment of sheer magic. Still sends a shiver down my spine to this day, fifty four years since the album was released.
So, so true. Musicians of genuine skill and authentic lyricists writing about more than just love stories made the 60s, 70s and 80s (and the 90s a bit) a golden era for popular music. We never had it so good!
This was one of my dad's favourite songs. He died of lung cancer and was in palliative care the last two days. There was a music therapist that came round the day he died and played three songs for him. He was quite out of it at that point, heavily medicated and couldn't speak. She played two Scottish folk songs for him, as my dad was brought up in Scotland, and then I asked if she could play this song. She said yes, and I turned to my dad and asked if he wanted to hear Bridge Over Troubled Water. He went from seeming very out of it and barely responsive to suddenly very aware of me and what I was asking. His eyes shone, and he nodded his head in quick short bursts and raised his eyebrows up, which was what he used to do all the time when he was very excited about something. She played the song beautifully, and I could see my dad was responding positively, that he got some comfort from it. It took me a few years after he died before I was able to listen to that song again, and even 14 years after his death I still tear up. It's even more impactful given the lyrics.
My heart is with you. My tear jerk song about my dad is Up Up and Away. My dad loved me at my most unlovable mired in alcoholism. He blamed himself. I got sober 10 yrs b4 he passed and made amends ....assuring him it wasn't his fault. I was there for him when he passed and for my mom 15 yrs later. She never gave up on me either. Tho I know they're dancing in a Great Beyond as my dad's beautiful tenor voice sings, Would you like to ride in my beautiful ballon...I still get sad for missing them. I'll never have that kind of love again on earth but I cherish the memories of having it all once. How damn blessed I was. It brings me joy and gratitude.
Such a powerful testimony to the mysterious magic of music. To be honest this was never my favourite track of theirs but then some years ago I went to see Paul Simon in Edinburgh at the castle. The setting was unbelievably romantic - from where I sat I could see the sea and the sunset and Paul Simon. He came out unannounced and performed the most heartstopping version of this song. Like the best of his music (and that is a very large percentage of it!) this song conveys the beauty and awe of being alive as well as simultaneously expressing the sadness and pain of being fragile and mortal beings. That is as good a way of leaving this life as I would wish. That, and knowing that one is loved and cherished in the way your words so beautifully convey. Lucky dad to have had you in his life.
A little technical note: when this song was being created the producer wanted the big, booming sound you hear from the drums near the end. The recording studio was in a high-rise building in New York City, but they flew a drummer in from LA. On a Sunday, when no one was in the building, they set up the drum kit way down at the far end of a hallway, right in front of the elevator. They opened the elevator doors, then lowered the mic down into the elevator shaft. Those Booms are the sound of that bass drum echoing and reverberating through that elevator shaft! There were no computers or processing apps back in the day, if you wanted a specific sound it had to be done organically.
What a great thing to know, thank you for this. It makes me think of the (strange) sounds on the Beatles albums. Mr George Martin was the genius behind most of the sounds and beautiful arrangements. ❤
And Paul loved her version so much that when the song was nominated for the Grammy, he asked Aretha to sing her version live on the Grammy broadcast instead of doing the S&G version.
Whoa I didn’t know any of this. Now I have to find Aretha Franklin singing the song. Weirdly, it’s never been one of my favorite Paul Simon/S&G songs growing up listening to my dad‘s record collection, but hearing it now, for the first time in years… yep, it’s brilliant
I listen to this song for the first time by Elvis (and his version is still my fav) and I had no idea about Aretha singing it too. I'll go search it now. Thanks.
I was asked to sing this song at the funeral of my closest childhood friend by her parents. During the second chorus, her Mother grabbed my hands and started singing along with a breaking, grief-stricken voice and fell to her knees. I have no idea how I finished...it was an out of body experience. I have not listened to this song since. I forgot how powerful it is.❤
I was in high school. Nobody understood me. I didn't understand myself. This song touched my heart with love. It still brings tears to my eyes 54 years later.
Same here. My sister bought the album. I was maybe 13 or 14 when I started playing the album myself. I fell in love with Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. I only told one person when I was either in Jr. High or high school and I got a weird look. We know now more than ever just how incredible this song is.
What a song! Kudos to Paul Simon for allowing Art Garfunkel to shine on this one.... If you don't get a tear in you eye on this one, then you probably aren't human.... It is an anthem to being human.
I read many years later that Paul said he regretted letting Art sing it. Still, Paul is moody and he may say something different today. Most people agree Art did a beautiful job. It gives me goosebumps.
@@pennybourban3712The problem was that he wrote it in a key that was too high for himself to reach the top notes, then he got moody about Art singing most of it!
It's late 1960's. I'm attending a Christian school and we are learning a new song in choir class. It's a contemporary, secular, very popular group, Simon & Garfunkel, with new hit record, Bridge Over Troubled Water. I already know what a fabulous choir director we have, but this is fabulous!!! All of my classmates know this group/duo and adore this song!!! Our director rewrote the music in a way where it was incredible for all of us to present at some school function, maybe a holiday!!! We practiced hard and presented a moving, angelic sound that even today, all these decades later I'm still proud to have been a part of!!! I'm 69 this year. 🌟 🇺🇲 🙏🕊️❤️
I'm 76 years old and when this song first came out within a week. Almost every single person I knew could sing. To this song, the memories were edged in our minds. Because we would play it over and over it was huge. It had meaning and it really showed the amount of talent that existed and we're talking about talent with any kind of technology simply the voice. The instruments all of it real all of it done without computers. Man looking back, I'm so grateful that I was 18 in 1967 and got to experience the greatest music ever during the 526 greatest years of my life. There is no better music than the music from 1967 to 1975.
I'm 61, I've been wishing I was born in 1949/50 my whole life. I grew up in Vancouver BC and I would have hitch hiked and crossed the border to get to all that extreme coolness that was happening with music back then! As it was I was going to concerts at the PNE Coliseum from the time I was 16 in 1978 until around 2004, I think it was, where I finally saw my favorite band Pink Floyd. I had seen many other greats but this was the one I had to see come hell or high water! It was the only concert I had been really hoping I would finally see and it happened, and it was perfect ending before my health declined.
This song has such raw beauty. I am 67, and this is my favorite song of my youth. I still cry when I hear it, not for sadness but for the truth and humanity that flows from these two artists. I had all the S&G vinyl albums and played them when I got home from school: It was a beautiful place where I could escape to which was filled with joy, truth, love and peace. The voices are angelical and filled my heart, healed parts of me. This song was a huge part of who I became/am becoming still. First time viewer. God bless you for posting this video. Peace and love.
I sang this at my best friend’s funeral at her request. I got to “see how she shines” And I was done. Her funeral was a year after her death because of Covid. I hadn’t really started to mourn her until I started singing. She would have laughed her ass off. then cried with me. It was one of the last songs she remembered. In the words of my besty; Screw you Alzheimer’s!
A black gospel inspired song written by two secular Jews, one a great songwriter/singer & the other a superb tenor. Could only happen in America. Wonderfully produced too.
I remember how desolate and inconsolable I was the day that S and G broke up. It was shortly after this album was released and it just seemed unimaginable that the two lads that gave us so many inspirational songs couldn't get along any more. It was the end of something almost magical....like watching the last unicorn die.
@alpine1600s... POLO already reacted to it back on October 30, 2022. It was his 2nd reaction to S&G, I believe?? I'm not able to post a link to it on here, sorry. It's a great reaction though!!
when I saw them in concert, Art Garfunkel's voice just soared over everyone's heads and filled the arena. You could hear a pin drop and it just sent shivers up your spine.
We played this at my 97 year old grandmas funeral. She loved this song and would sing it from her heart. She absolutely loved her family. She would tell us the greatest stories about her life and loved to reminisce about special times in our life. Unfortunately we lost her to dementia. I was lucky to have her for 55 years and miss her every day.
I find it remarkable that you chose to post this yesterday. Yesterday marked the 38th anniversary of my mother's death. I was nine when she passed, but I have very vivid memories of her and this song. It was absolutely her favorite song, and I remember her and my aunt sitting at the piano, playing it and singing it with such passion. I watched your video with tears streaming down my face as I haven't heard this song in years. I am so glad that you found the unimaginable beauty in this song as well. THANK YOU FOR THIS ❤
My father died when I was 9, in1971. Before he passed he got the Bridge Over Troubled Water album for my sisters and me. We listened to it hundreds of times that year, and it helped us grieve. I still cry like a baby when I hear it. It also taught be to be kind to others. It was very lovely to hear your thoughts on the song.
These two, Dylan, Judy Collins, James Taylor, Pete Seeger, Woody and Arlo Guthrie, they influenced my generation and we were so lucky to have them all as new artists
Yes, Art Garfunkel has the voice of an angel and Paul Simon is a musical genius. This is simply one of the most beautiful songs ever written. I am fortunate to have grown up with this music.
Simon (the shorter guy) is a true musical genius. He wrote this and all their songs. He and Garfunkel were High School friends who formed this duo. Art Gunfunkel who normally sang harmony sings lead in this, their biggest hit by far (among the dozens they had). But as a friend and bandmate, Garfunkel is/was VERY high maintenence. I saw an interview with Paul Simon during one of their many breakups asking him why he put up with all of Art's issues. Paul's answer... "listen to him, he has the voice of an angel".
Art Garfunkel has one of the purest voices I've ever heard, it is so beautiful it's ethereal. The songs they wrote (especially Paul Simon) were pure poetry--they hit right in the heart and stay there. Sadness, despair, love, beauty, it's all there. Every one of their songs is a masterpiece.
I was in middle school cafeteria when I first heard this. It inspired me as a pianist but when I heard the words Sail on Silver girl, sail on by, I nearly cried in public. Thank you so much Polo, and the patron who suggested it.
Thank You for Listening to the Music for as long as you did,without Pausing and Talking, so foamr You are the Only One who Listens Pretty Much then Reacts. I had Forgotten just how Beautiful this Song is and How Much I Still Love it after All These Years. PHENOMENAL SONG,PHENOMENAL ARTISTS, SIMON & GARFUNKEL ❤
Add the Vietnam war -the first televised nightly-as a backdrop, and you can see why this and The Sound of Silence were hits played continuously. We needed this.
Just had a conversation with my mother about that era of the Vietnam war when I was growing up. The war was on the nightly news for a solid decade and my folks were worrying that my brothers and I were going to graduate HS and end up immediately drafted and off to fight because there just wasn't an end to it in sight.
@@duanevp And now they make stuff we buy, just like Japan did after WWII. I think we should stop electing trigger-fingers to run our foreign policy. These countries still are willing to take our devaluing dollars, but when they aren't anymore, they won't want us a customers if we have nothing to offer. Trade is a two-way win. War is a two-way lose. Devaluation of the dollar is how we pay for wars.
@duanevp I saw my older friends get drafted , my uncle. We also had terrorist organization, my best friend uncle ( army) was killed in Germany in1969 by members of the red army faction, damn Vietnam War .
Sobbed my way through this song. My mother loved this song and when it was released, she bought the album and played this track LOUD when she was feeling very blue. She passed in 2020, and she is at peace now. Love you and miss you, Mom.
One of the most beautiful songs I've Ever heard. I graduated High School in 1974. I sang in the High School Chorus all my High School years. We had to sing this song in concert. I got so emotional during this song, as many of us did. We so loved doing this song, and got a standing ovation. There is no one else like Simon and Garfunkel. Just so much talent, Heaven sent. Thank you for bringing back so many memories.
When my daughter graduated from college I wrote in a card for her the verse, "sail on silver girl your time has come....," etc. To me, I was sending her out into the world on her own. She was my shining silver light and I had to let her go. But I would be there if she needed me. She moved away and made a wonderful and successful life. But she knew that I would always be there if she needed me. Song always brings tears to me.
I grew up listening to Simon and Garfunkel with my Dad in the 70’s. When he passed away unexpectedly in 2019 this is the song I kept coming back to. Then in 2021 my beautiful little sister got brain cancer and I was able to go to her and spend most of my time with her and care for her til she passed. Again, this song said it all for me. I remember listening to it on the plane after her funeral and crying all the way back home. It will always take me back to those sad occasions but in a cathartic way. It is a beautiful piece of artistry.
My favorite song ever. This album has been on repeat for most of my life. When my daughter was in kindergarten, each child got to bring in music to play in the classroom when it was their turn to be “Star of the Week”. She brought Bridge Over Troubled Water.
Some years ago I was in a very dark place. My father had passed and my mother was becoming increasingly frail. As I suffered from depression, I felt totally overwhelmed and mentioned to my minister that I felt like I was drowning. She took me aside and prayed with me asking that the Lord would send me a "boat" to rescue me. While travelling down the motorway to visit my mother some 20 minutes later I turned on the car radio and heard this song being played. Interesting that you compared the singers to angels as that night I felt peace. Fastest answer to prayer I ever received.
The first song that hubby and I danced to at our wedding. He’s always been my bridge. I’m now ill and will be sailing on silver girl. Thanks for this tonight, just what I needed to hear.
Paul Simon wrote this as a hymn. The third verse was written for his then girlfriend, and the reference "Silver girl" was because she was distressed at finding her first grey hairs...
I was just a little girl when it came out - still remember it so vividly. The transistor was on high in the kitchen and my mum singing loudly when she was making dinner. Music brings memories back wether you want it or not. And for me this song brings back lovely happy memories and feelings. Great reaction Polo & thank you! ✌️💚
Lol!!! On this comment thread when you say you are “older,”. I’m assuming you’re at least 100! 😂. I’m 75… Bless you! Where would the music scene be without us? Where would we be without our timeless great music? Whether it’s Beach Boys or Led Zep, it was important and great! Don’t forget Woodstock, the Dead, Creedence, the Band, Jimi & Janis’ ❤❤❤❤❤
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dont know if youve heard "the boxer" .if not you need to! and the original studio version. the live is good but doesnt have the power.
This era in general has so many amazing artists. I had this old jukebox that I got running from 1972 and it had 45s in it. I listened to all of them and it really expanded my mind on music. Good on you for checking this out.
Listen to “Scarborough Fair”please
Fkn right on Polo... I like the subtleness of your reaction. It was beautiful. Cheers.
Blacktop Mojo "It won,t last " is highly recommended
I'm 46, laying in a hospital bed, about to have a cardiac procedure after my 3rd heart attack. I can hear my Dad singing to me from across the aether.. and there is no divide, no space between the years.. he is here with me. ❤
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good luck and hope you feel ready to sail in the sunshine, soon....
Prayers to you @ladyruby🙏🏼
Much love to you ❤
Sending love to you and here’s to a speedy recovery! 😘 Your words were beautiful. ❤️
This song came out in 1970, my mom was 33 years old. She loved it, played it , sang it all the time. Now she is 87 and has Alzheimer’s dementia. Peace and a beautiful smile overtake her when I play it for her these days and she mouths all the words. Memories are precious things.
Hugs to your precious mom and you. My mom passed last year at 88. She still had her mind. The docs kept asking me questions and I told them to speak with her bc beneath her weathered face was the same woman who raised 5 kids and we never bossed her. My mom loved all their albums. I find comfort knowing she and dad are dancing in the Great Beyond. She was the kindest spirit I've ever known and she loved me when I was so unlovable and troubled. I hope I'm half the mom she was for my 3 girls.
Music can reach into the minds of Alzheimer's patients like nothing else. I used to bring a boom box to my mother's "memory care" home and play show tunes and songs everyone knew from the 1940s and 1950s. People sang along. My mom's verbal ability always improved when I played music with lyrics.
Keep playing for her.
My grandma was just diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. This comment brought a tear to my eye. Since her diagnosis I’ve been trying to learn as much as I can about it. I’m having her make a list of her favorite songs through the decades of her life. So I can play them for her when she can no longer remember. 😢 music has always been in my heart so this will be a gift to each other. ❤
I heard it in December 1969.
I can’t believe he has never heard this song. In fact, I don’t believe it.
I played this at my 37 year old daughters funeral. She had spina bifida but worked and never told me she wished she could walk. The last 4 years of her life she was on a ventilator because a huge mistake was made on her in the hospital. When it says shine on silver girl I feel the is her going to heaven and she has been freed from this life. I love you and miss you Abby!
Oh my. My deepest condolences on the passing of your sweet girl. May you be surrounded by comfort and love.
Thank you so much!
Thank you for sharing that. Blessings to you 🩷.
You got me crying pal. This song is almost religious. Incredible.
I am so sorry for your loss...
One of the most beautiful songs ever written.
The rendition by So Hyang has become my favorite performance of this song.
An amazing arrangement and performance.
100%
So beautiful
It's like a prayer 🙏
@MrVvulf
I never heard of her before so I checked out her version of BOTW
Are you serious that you prefer this screachy wingy winy version to the original. She ruined it.She couldn't even sing one line without breathing.
Karaoke....
@@robdee9341I agree. It was absolutely shite.
Paul Simon is one of the greatest songwriters in history, and a bona fide genius. Art Garfunkel's voice has no equal. We all got lucky the day they started singing together.
Up there with Lennon & McCartney, the Gershwin brothers, Cole Porter, and Irving Berlin.
I come across this, a "younger" person hearing, being introduced to, music that, essentially, was part of our lives in 60s and 70s.
I feel a bit of elation, it's wonderful for them - they have a brand new, amazing, world to explore.
But I also feel a little sad, because most of them will never know. And the music now, with some amazing exceptions, well...
PS Wait until he hears Graceland.
Preach
@@tomaswilliamson9685 Agreed. Having grown up when the songs came out it’s very hard to believe younger people have not (or pretend to have not) hear them. S&G have so many timeless classics under their belt..
Please react to El Condor pasa (S&G again, in a latino flower power mood) and Cecilia from the same album.
Just wish Paul wasn't such a sh*t to Art over the years...
A local eye doctor was on a morning radio station telling the story of his blind brother in college needing someone to read his text books for him. His room mate volunteered to do that for him. Upon graduation the brother gave the room mate the money he needed to pursue his dream of becoming a singer…that room mate was Art Garfunkel.
Wow.
Whoa.
I firmly believe in "pay it forward." That your brother helped bring such a beautiful voice to the world must give endless joy and pride to your family. Thank you. ❤❤
That’s beautiful.
Thanks for sharing that ❤
This is an emotional tune for me. My mom loved this song and she wanted it played at her funeral.
As she was minutes from death and it was just the two of us in the room I cried and sang the worst version of this song ever.
I’m glad I did it.
You should be glad - sail on silver girl, sail on by. Brought tears to my eyes first time I heard it (and many times after).
That's also my wish.
Beautiful
This was my dad's favorite song. We played it at his service as well. 😊
@@veronicahaleyeah ❤️
so strange to realize that there are people out there who have never heard these songs....
It makes me wonder how many marvels I’m missing because I don’t listen to “That genre.”
I actually doubt that these “first time hearing” videos are legit.
@@thefish5861 😊 If I thought that, I wouldn’t watch them.
@@thefish5861Polo said his music exposure was primarily rap. I respect his desire to expand his knowledge about different genres
of the music many of us grew up with. You can see his deep appreciation of well written music, and I appreciate his feedback.
People grow up in different cultures, with different music tastes.
A friend of mine who is a great music lover said "The first time I heard Bridge over troubled water, I was so moved that I thanked God that I lived in a world that had such beauty in it." Couldn't have put it better myself.
Best comment this year.
This is one of the healthiest comment sections I've seen on the internet. So many people sharing stories of love and loss and expressing their sympathies. You're all wonderful people. Thank you.
What a lovely thought! Thank you for pointing that out. I get so used to nastiness in comments that I forget how many nice people are posting as well.
Thank you!
It's amazing how music brings like-minded souls together....great comment!
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The comments are bringing me to tears.
My dearest friend, Griff, died of AIDS at age 31 in 1989. I sang this song at his funeral. It was the hardest thing I ever did, and I barely got through it before I broke down. But it spoke to him and to me, and I just HAD to sing it. It is a prayer, and a comfort.
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I’m so sorry about Griff! The sweetest person I’ve ever known also died of AIDS in 1989…he hadn’t even turned 30. His name was Jeff.
Hello. I was a respiratory therapist back when AIDS was new. It didn’t really even have a name yet. We didn’t even know how to clean the equipment properly. It still brings tears to my eyes when I remember those young people and the terrible way they died. It’s hard to explain to anyone now what that time was like, and I was the same age as them. Some were younger. My heart goes out to you.
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I’m 74. Simon and Garfunkel wrote the soundtrack to my life. Loved them for over 50 years.
I get you. I'm 66, so I was 12 the year it came out. The album was one we all played a lot, and as for you, this duo plus their solo careers have come along with me for most of my life. "Bridge Over Troubled Water" has such a pure sound and beautiful lyrics! It's truly a masterpiece.
I don’t know anyone in my age group who didn’t have their albums!
68 here and am with you
Soundtrack of my life, too. Beautifully put.
Same age, same story.
"These guys sing like angels" Yeah that sums it up, brother.
Paul wrote this laying on his bed, accompanied by his guitar. He called his manager and said I think I wrote my greatest song, but I can't sing it, Art has to. It's for Art. ❤ Thank you for your heartfelt review of this masterpiece.
Dear god!!! i absolutely LOVE it
Some music just hugs your soul. Decent sound system lights off your favourite drink and just listen
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@carlsrant8038. This is how you listen to them, I couldn’t have said it better. Brings back so many memories and feelings
50 years before autotune and years before common use of multi track recording.
This our song for our beautiful daughter. 32 years ago I was pregnant with twins, a girl and a boy. We lost the little girl at 6 months, but wers grateful to have a healthy son. 17 years later my husband and I were asked to let a young lady stay with us for the summer (very long story why). She looked so much like our son we were taken aback and she was born the day we lost our daughter. She kept expecting us to turn her out. When she went to college she was trying to make arrangements to stay with friends at her first fall break, even though we told her we had her room ready. It took sometime, but she learned to believe she always had a home with us and we eventually adopted her. She is now working on her PhD, living with her wonderful partner, and working at a rewarding career. She is our Silver Girl, all her dreams are on their way, and we're still a bridge of troubled water for her.
May God bless you all of your day's,blessings from Glasgow X
Wow. 😢
Thank you for telling us your amazing story. So glad you were blessed with 2 Silver Girls.
So happy to know I’m not alone. I got my kids grown. Lots of miscarriages and complications to get the one birth child I have. I adopted. And i raised a boat ton of fosters. Some for a few months, some for years. I’m done now. A grumpy old lady, that just wants peace. I used to mow the grass for peace. Hickory trees in the yard, if you come out, you will get fired on by the nuts coming out of the mower. And I could pretend I didn’t hear 4 or 5 kids squabbling, for an hour or so. I could hear them. My kids have made their way. Across the spectrum. My hand is still out, but you better need it.
@stephaniefain1863
God bless you, your a beautiful soul, blessings from Glasgow X
No auto tune, no nonsense lyrics. A beautifully sung song with awesome lyrics. There isn't music like this anymore.
Or you just dont know some..
Plenty of great music nowadays, forever evolving and pushing sound to newer boundaries. Just have to know where to look :)
Everybody's defending new music and missing your point. The best duet in history with no electronic or digital enhancement.
@@TimRoyalPastortim Because no one is making piano ballads anymore I guess
We're out here, just not on the big play lists. Check out sound cloud and band camp. A lot of really good song writing out here.
Paul Simon is a musical genius. Art Garfunkel is a master vocalist. What a team they are. I'm a 60 year old black woman, and this song has.always brought a tear to my eye.
Hi, I m a 61 year old woman raised in East Germany - and was touched by bridge over .. , Scarborough Fair and homeward bound. And I loved the graduate .. - guess why ..
Art did a heck of a lot more than just sing. He contributed much of the piano arrangement in this wonderful song!
I am a 60 yr old white woman who a sister from another mother on this
This song holds so many wonderful memories of my youth. Art Garfunkel had the most beautiful voice. Sadly, he is unable to sing anymore. He suffers from vocal cord damage due to his smoking.
@@geonerdWhere did you read that Art did piano arrangement? Larry Knechtel played the piano -- I never heard he had help from Art.
In 1970 when this came out, I was 15, and my oldest brother had died tragically, unexpectedly.... Bridge Over Troubled Water was a balm to my aching soul.
Glad it still resonates 'like angels singing'...
My 13 year sister passed away in 1975 and we played this in her memory
My 17-year-old sister was killed in an accident in 1972 when I was 13. I loved this song but became somewhat obsessed with it after that, even buying the sheet music and playing it on the piano constantly (I still have that sheet music). Looking back, I guess it was part of my healing.
In 1965 I went to a Gene Pitney concert in Montreal. So the warm up guys come on stage to the roar of cat calls and boos. They did their thing and left to a standing ovation. It was Simon and Garfunkel!
Wow! You were there when it happened! ❤
@@loreman7267 Yes. I’m an old man!
How was Gene Pitney? I always loved his music (was exposed as a young girl by my older brother in law) but was disappointed in a clip I saw of him performing on TV...let's just say his songs were much more powerful than his performance.
@@Daprince740 His hit at the time was Town Without Pity. It’s the only song of the concert I remember.
What I remember most about that concert was the complete change in attitude from the audience with Simon & Garfunkel.
Would have loved that
Congrats on discovering one of the greatest male vocalists to ever live. Art Garfunkel.
When Art sang the song from Watership Down - "Bright Eyes" _that_ song makes me tear up...(of course, it helps if you've read the book or watched the animated film giving you the backstory).🐰🐇🐇
And one of the best songwriters Paul Simon.
Art Garfunkel truly sounds like an angel. I remember buying "I Only Have Eyes For You" by him and loving it. I thought it was a new song. Then my mother told me it was a standard. Lol. Either way, Art brought this dreamy, angelic quality to the song. Love it to this day.
@DanalynTuthill-yl4hd Absolutely ❤ that song!!!
Art Garfunkel ❤. Paul wrote them and Art brought them to life. Never the same after…
74 now. We had the best music in 1960s, 70s...it was amazing. Just simply amazing. ❤
The best!! So many examples!!
When music was music and not a computer.
Right on!
When Simon’s vocal joins Garfunkel’s at “sail on silver girl” that is a moment of sheer magic. Still sends a shiver down my spine to this day, fifty four years since the album was released.
I agree. Everyone talks about Art's voice, quite rightly, but i have always loved Paul's voice. He harmonizes so beautifully. ❤
I've got whole body goosebumps at this part, always do. I anticipate them
I bawl every time I hear it.
Yes, their harmonies are amazing. It's my sister's favourite part of the song.
The strings and orchestra really bring the feels as well.
The older I get, the more I appreciate the music I grew up with. Didn't know how good I had it.❤
Same here!
So, so true. Musicians of genuine skill and authentic lyricists writing about more than just love stories made the 60s, 70s and 80s (and the 90s a bit) a golden era for popular music. We never had it so good!
Exactly my feeling also.
For those of us who know, it still continues
I knew in the 60's and early 70s that the music was special.
I don't use words like "masterpiece" lightly, it's just that this happens to be one.
I agree. it seems like everything these days is a "masterpiece" and it diminishes the meaning of the word. But this is unquestionably one.
This was one of my dad's favourite songs. He died of lung cancer and was in palliative care the last two days. There was a music therapist that came round the day he died and played three songs for him. He was quite out of it at that point, heavily medicated and couldn't speak. She played two Scottish folk songs for him, as my dad was brought up in Scotland, and then I asked if she could play this song. She said yes, and I turned to my dad and asked if he wanted to hear Bridge Over Troubled Water.
He went from seeming very out of it and barely responsive to suddenly very aware of me and what I was asking. His eyes shone, and he nodded his head in quick short bursts and raised his eyebrows up, which was what he used to do all the time when he was very excited about something.
She played the song beautifully, and I could see my dad was responding positively, that he got some comfort from it.
It took me a few years after he died before I was able to listen to that song again, and even 14 years after his death I still tear up. It's even more impactful given the lyrics.
You always will tear up when you hear this song because you’ll be thinking of your dad. Embrace the tears. They show how much you loved him.
My heart is with you. My tear jerk song about my dad is Up Up and Away.
My dad loved me at my most unlovable mired in alcoholism. He blamed himself. I got sober 10 yrs b4 he passed and made amends ....assuring him it wasn't his fault. I was there for him when he passed and for my mom 15 yrs later. She never gave up on me either.
Tho I know they're dancing in a Great Beyond as my dad's beautiful tenor voice sings, Would you like to ride in my beautiful ballon...I still get sad for missing them. I'll never have that kind of love again on earth but I cherish the memories of having it all once.
How damn blessed I was. It brings me joy and gratitude.
Such a powerful testimony to the mysterious magic of music.
To be honest this was never my favourite track of theirs but then some years ago I went to see Paul Simon in Edinburgh at the castle. The setting was unbelievably romantic - from where I sat I could see the sea and the sunset and Paul Simon. He came out unannounced and performed the most heartstopping version of this song. Like the best of his music (and that is a very large percentage of it!) this song conveys the beauty and awe of being alive as well as simultaneously expressing the sadness and pain of being fragile and mortal beings.
That is as good a way of leaving this life as I would wish. That, and knowing that one is loved and cherished in the way your words so beautifully convey. Lucky dad to have had you in his life.
Music IS my therapy! (MDD)---IT can rear its ugly head at any time, and for fact, it has 😞 💔
@@juliecrane9647 God bless you, dear Julie. Our parents are with us only once on this earth, but forever in Heaven!
Hat tip and head bow to the pianist, Larry Knechtel.
Indeed, it is glorious.
Larry passed not long ago. His gospel take on this is timeless.
Thanks for naming him! Heavenly piano
The piano in this is so stunning.
Thank you for the credit! The piano is amazing too!
A little technical note: when this song was being created the producer wanted the big, booming sound you hear from the drums near the end. The recording studio was in a high-rise building in New York City, but they flew a drummer in from LA. On a Sunday, when no one was in the building, they set up the drum kit way down at the far end of a hallway, right in front of the elevator. They opened the elevator doors, then lowered the mic down into the elevator shaft. Those Booms are the sound of that bass drum echoing and reverberating through that elevator shaft! There were no computers or processing apps back in the day, if you wanted a specific sound it had to be done organically.
What a great thing to know, thank you for this. It makes me think of the (strange) sounds on the Beatles albums. Mr George Martin was the genius behind most of the sounds and beautiful arrangements. ❤
@@Mkrnh6448Geoff Emerick, the engineer on Rubber Soul, Revolver and Sgt. Pepper, had more to do with the sounds themselves.
Thank you for posting this information. I am 65. I appreciate this.
WOW, thanks for sharing this! ❤
Thank you. The sound is so big and spacious at the end. I appreciate this note.
Aretha said she layed down and cried upon hearing this for the first time. She KNEW she had to record it.
And Paul loved her version so much that when the song was nominated for the Grammy, he asked Aretha to sing her version live on the Grammy broadcast instead of doing the S&G version.
Whoa I didn’t know any of this. Now I have to find Aretha Franklin singing the song. Weirdly, it’s never been one of my favorite Paul Simon/S&G songs growing up listening to my dad‘s record collection, but hearing it now, for the first time in years… yep, it’s brilliant
And somehow her version is every bit as amazing as the original, maybe even better.
She murders it, all the subtlety gone
I listen to this song for the first time by Elvis (and his version is still my fav) and I had no idea about Aretha singing it too. I'll go search it now. Thanks.
I was asked to sing this song at the funeral of my closest childhood friend by her parents. During the second chorus, her Mother grabbed my hands and started singing along with a breaking, grief-stricken voice and fell to her knees. I have no idea how I finished...it was an out of body experience. I have not listened to this song since. I forgot how powerful it is.❤
Thank you for sharing this, Nicole. What a beautiful story. It brought years to my eyes.
I’ll be singing it at a funeral next week. Just beautiful. I will fall apart.
What a beautiful and heartfelt comment. I'm sitting here crying and reading it over and over. Wonderful thing you did for that family ❤
I was in high school. Nobody understood me. I didn't understand myself. This song touched my heart with love. It still brings tears to my eyes 54 years later.
Same here. My sister bought the album. I was maybe 13 or 14 when I started playing the album myself. I fell in love with Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. I only told one person when I was either in Jr. High or high school and I got a weird look. We know now more than ever just how incredible this song is.
Simon did not just write lyrics. He wrote poetry. He wrote some of our finer 20th century literature.
I agree with you. He is one of the greatest poets of our generation. "The Boxer" and "Kathy's Song," both equally amazing lyrics.
Yes! No shade on Bob Dylan, but Paul Simon is our nation's poet, IMO.
I agree. My dad said the same.
I has used his lyrics in my English litetature class in Japan. Many of them seemed very impressed with poetry in their songs.
this is why older music cannot be forgotten by younger generations, gems will be lost.
Am 67, thats one of the most beautiful songs Paul Simon ever wrote. Brings me to tears everytime
Me too❤️❤️
Art Garfunkel. One of the most under rated voices in rock. Incredible.
Absolutely. Art Garfunkle’s voice is absolutely gorgeous.
Definitely not underrated.
This song alone puts the notion that Paul Simon was being dragged down by Art Garfunkel.
@@maryrosekent8223 Did you forget to finish the sentence?
@@Coowallsky
I absolutely did: [is simply not true!]. Molto grazie!!!
What a song! Kudos to Paul Simon for allowing Art Garfunkel to shine on this one.... If you don't get a tear in you eye on this one, then you probably aren't human.... It is an anthem to being human.
I read many years later that Paul said he regretted letting Art sing it. Still, Paul is moody and he may say something different today. Most people agree Art did a beautiful job. It gives me goosebumps.
@@pennybourban3712The problem was that he wrote it in a key that was too high for himself to reach the top notes, then he got moody about Art singing most of it!
Can't even get through whole song.
At my dad's side now ... COPD struggling to breathe ❤
The world needs to stop and take a good listen to this song. We need to find respect, empathy and humanity before it's too late.
It's late 1960's. I'm attending a Christian school and we are learning a new song in choir class. It's a contemporary, secular, very popular group, Simon & Garfunkel, with new hit record, Bridge Over Troubled Water. I already know what a fabulous choir director we have, but this is fabulous!!! All of my classmates know this group/duo and adore this song!!! Our director rewrote the music in a way where it was incredible for all of us to present at some school function, maybe a holiday!!! We practiced hard and presented a moving, angelic sound that even today, all these decades later I'm still proud to have been a part of!!! I'm 69 this year. 🌟 🇺🇲 🙏🕊️❤️
That’s a BEAUTIFUL memory Patricia!
Art Garfunkel has an incredible voice....and Paul Simon's songwriting and arranging....chills....always.
His voice was peaking.
I'm 76 years old and when this song first came out within a week. Almost every single person I knew could sing. To this song, the memories were edged in our minds. Because we would play it over and over it was huge. It had meaning and it really showed the amount of talent that existed and we're talking about talent with any kind of technology simply the voice. The instruments all of it real all of it done without computers. Man looking back, I'm so grateful that I was 18 in 1967 and got to experience the greatest music ever during the 526 greatest years of my life. There is no better music than the music from 1967 to 1975.
I'm 61, I've been wishing I was born in 1949/50 my whole life. I grew up in Vancouver BC and I would have hitch hiked and crossed the border to get to all that extreme coolness that was happening with music back then!
As it was I was going to concerts at the PNE Coliseum from the time I was 16 in 1978 until around 2004, I think it was, where I finally saw my favorite band Pink Floyd. I had seen many other greats but this was the one I had to see come hell or high water! It was the only concert I had been really hoping I would finally see and it happened, and it was perfect ending before my health declined.
You said it buddy…you said it
1969 one of my Favorite Years of Music
I was 18 in '68! Agreed that we experienced the greatest music for.3 decades!
@@patriciavoelkel2021 same here!
This song has such raw beauty. I am 67, and this is my favorite song of my youth. I still cry when I hear it, not for sadness but for the truth and humanity that flows from these two artists. I had all the S&G vinyl albums and played them when I got home from school: It was a beautiful place where I could escape to which was filled with joy, truth, love and peace. The voices are angelical and filled my heart, healed parts of me. This song was a huge part of who I became/am becoming still. First time viewer. God bless you for posting this video. Peace and love.
Can you remember playing a song over and over to write the lyrics down, learning as you went along? There was no google to give it at a click 😊
Simon & Garfunkel’s harmonizing can’t be beat. True legends
My husband was my bridge over troubled water. God rest his soul.
He would say you were his bridge.
Husbands are definitely like that!
It's not goodbye...
Only See you later!
@@loreman7267I hope so….
lucky 🍀 you ;) my husband (x) was the troubled water
I cannot hear this song without crying. It's so beautiful.
I sang this at my best friend’s funeral at her request. I got to “see how she shines”
And I was done. Her funeral was a year after her death because of Covid. I hadn’t really started to mourn her until I started singing. She would have laughed her ass off. then cried with me. It was one of the last songs she remembered. In the words of my besty;
Screw you Alzheimer’s!
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A black gospel inspired song written by two secular Jews, one a great songwriter/singer & the other a superb tenor. Could only happen in America. Wonderfully produced too.
Simon wrote it.
@@leonardshevlin7260As was every song recorded by Simon & Garfunkel.
Paul Simon was the writer but your point is valid.
I remember how desolate and inconsolable I was the day that S and G broke up. It was shortly after this album was released and it just seemed unimaginable that the two lads that gave us so many inspirational songs couldn't get along any more. It was the end of something almost magical....like watching the last unicorn die.
@@Martin.Wilson
Like the Beatles, only one could understand why the Beatles couldn’t stay together.
How do you not get chills when you hear this song.
"The Boxer" is next for Simon & Garfunkel. 🧐👍
@alpine1600s... POLO already reacted to it back on October 30, 2022. It was his 2nd reaction to S&G, I believe?? I'm not able to post a link to it on here, sorry. It's a great reaction though!!
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Good call.
I recently introduced my teenager to Simon & Garfunkel The Boxer
And The Dangling Conversation - purest poetry.
I thank God I was born in 1952, because this was the music of my youth.
Me too. Born same year 😊
Me too. Same age. Still cry when I hear it.
1953 for me..never got better except for Karen Carpenter!!!!!
1951 here. Floating on the clouds of Paul’s composing and lifted on the wings of Art’s voice. Never fails. And I need lifting today. Thank you, Polo.
‘56 for me and I’ve always loved their music.
Voices from a profoundly turbulent era. Timeless.
For my money Art has the best purest voice I've ever heard.
And Karen Carpenter was the female version of perfection!!
Yes!
Art’s album Fate for Breakfast is one of my favorites.
And Cat Stevens.
One of the most perfect voices in pop music matched with one of the most perfect pop songs ever written.
She ruined it..
Pop song lol
@@andythoms8130
One of the greatest pieces of music that will still be played a thousand years from now is not a pop song.
@@robdee9341 I was mocking it being called a pop song...
If you missed the 1950's and 1960's music, you missed a miraculous time in the industry.
It was a horrible time in the industry. It was a brilliant time in music.
"SOUNDS LIKE ANGELS".
Yeah, I couldn't have said it better Polo.
when I saw them in concert, Art Garfunkel's voice just soared over everyone's heads and filled the arena. You could hear a pin drop and it just sent shivers up your spine.
What year was that?
We played this at my 97 year old grandmas funeral. She loved this song and would sing it from her heart. She absolutely loved her family. She would tell us the greatest stories about her life and loved to reminisce about special times in our life. Unfortunately we lost her to dementia. I was lucky to have her for 55 years and miss her every day.
Art. Freaking. Garfunkel. This song has moved me for 3 decades.
I’ve heard it and played it on piano a thousand times. I am sitting here in tears again.
Same, every single time
5 decades for me.
Only 3? This was 1970 ish.
Top of both singles and LP charts in UK and USA at the same time. Probably most of the rest of the world too
It's Paul Simon's song.
It's a Masterpiece of American Music! Hard not to appreciate it! So glad you enjoyed it!
I've been listening to this song for 50 yrs. It still has the capacity to bring tears to my eyes.
I find it remarkable that you chose to post this yesterday. Yesterday marked the 38th anniversary of my mother's death. I was nine when she passed, but I have very vivid memories of her and this song. It was absolutely her favorite song, and I remember her and my aunt sitting at the piano, playing it and singing it with such passion. I watched your video with tears streaming down my face as I haven't heard this song in years. I am so glad that you found the unimaginable beauty in this song as well. THANK YOU FOR THIS ❤
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An astonishing coincidence that brought one of the Great American songwriters together with one of the most gifted pop tenors of his generation.
Truly might be a smidge of divinity in this song.
coincidence? they grew up together in Queens. WTF is coincidental about that.
Both are generational talents. That doesn't happen evert day. @@no834
Hearing this in real time at 6 years old and hearing it again at 60, facing a divorce and losing my son and home is a journey I wish on no one.
Prayers to you
There is always a light at the end of the tunnel. Never give up.
Hugs
Peace be with you.
Life takes many turns. This is not the end. Stay strong, there will be light in your life again.
My father died when I was 9, in1971. Before he passed he got the Bridge Over Troubled Water album for my sisters and me. We listened to it hundreds of times that year, and it helped us grieve. I still cry like a baby when I hear it.
It also taught be to be kind to others.
It was very lovely to hear your thoughts on the song.
Sorry you lost your papa when you were so young. I’m sure it has hurt your heart over the years. I hope you have found joy in life.
One of the greatest collaborations in music history, Simon and Garfunkel.
This song is second to none. So beautiful.
One of the timeless all time greats, thank you for pulling this up
👍✅x💯. Beautiful. 🖖❤
These two, Dylan, Judy Collins, James Taylor, Pete Seeger, Woody and Arlo Guthrie, they influenced my generation and we were so lucky to have them all as new artists
CSN&Y
Joni
Yes, Art Garfunkel has the voice of an angel and Paul Simon is a musical genius. This is simply one of the most beautiful songs ever written. I am fortunate to have grown up with this music.
Simon (the shorter guy) is a true musical genius. He wrote this and all their songs. He and Garfunkel were High School friends who formed this duo. Art Gunfunkel who normally sang harmony sings lead in this, their biggest hit by far (among the dozens they had). But as a friend and bandmate, Garfunkel is/was VERY high maintenence. I saw an interview with Paul Simon during one of their many breakups asking him why he put up with all of Art's issues. Paul's answer... "listen to him, he has the voice of an angel".
It takes two! Paul had his own Issues. Never listen to one side of a story!
Art Garfunkel was amazing in this song. Beautiful Masterpiece
Art Garfunkel has one of the purest voices I've ever heard, it is so beautiful it's ethereal. The songs they wrote (especially Paul Simon) were pure poetry--they hit right in the heart and stay there. Sadness, despair, love, beauty, it's all there. Every one of their songs is a masterpiece.
Who hasn't been down and out? I was and my brother was my Angel. He saved me. Such an inspirational song.
They captured the joy, the disillusionment, the hope of the late 60s and early 70s. Brilliant. Beautiful.
I'm 65, and I distinctly remember my little mom saying "His voice must be what angels sound like when they sing."
I was in middle school cafeteria when I first heard this. It inspired me as a pianist but when I heard the words Sail on Silver girl, sail on by, I nearly cried in public. Thank you so much Polo, and the patron who suggested it.
Paul Simon was an inspired songwriter and Art Garfunkel had a once-in-a-generation voice. They were magical. 8:45
Thank You for Listening to the Music for as long as you did,without Pausing and Talking, so foamr You are the Only One who Listens Pretty Much then Reacts.
I had Forgotten just how Beautiful this Song is and How Much I Still Love it after All These Years.
PHENOMENAL SONG,PHENOMENAL ARTISTS, SIMON & GARFUNKEL ❤
Add the Vietnam war -the first televised nightly-as a backdrop, and you can see why this and The Sound of Silence were hits played continuously. We needed this.
Just had a conversation with my mother about that era of the Vietnam war when I was growing up. The war was on the nightly news for a solid decade and my folks were worrying that my brothers and I were going to graduate HS and end up immediately drafted and off to fight because there just wasn't an end to it in sight.
@@duanevp And now they make stuff we buy, just like Japan did after WWII. I think we should stop electing trigger-fingers to run our foreign policy. These countries still are willing to take our devaluing dollars, but when they aren't anymore, they won't want us a customers if we have nothing to offer. Trade is a two-way win. War is a two-way lose. Devaluation of the dollar is how we pay for wars.
yes
@duanevp I saw my older friends get drafted , my uncle. We also had terrorist organization, my best friend uncle ( army) was killed in Germany in1969 by members of the red army faction, damn Vietnam War .
My daughter survived totaling a truck and I played this for her when she couldn’t sleep. It makes me cry now every time I hear it.
Sobbed my way through this song. My mother loved this song and when it was released, she bought the album and played this track LOUD when she was feeling very blue. She passed in 2020, and she is at peace now. Love you and miss you, Mom.
One of the most beautiful songs I've Ever heard.
I graduated High School in 1974. I sang in the High School Chorus all my High School years. We had to sing this song in concert. I got so emotional during this song, as many of us did. We so loved doing this song, and got a standing ovation.
There is no one else like Simon and Garfunkel. Just so much talent, Heaven sent.
Thank you for bringing back so many memories.
"For Emily Whenever I May Find Her" is an absolute must.
I absolutely LOVE that song and have listened to it a thousand times and CRY every single time 😭😭😭
Yes!
Also “April Come She Will” is so sweet
Oh gosh, I forgot to add 'For Emily..'
Beautiful. Sublime.
so true
When my daughter graduated from college I wrote in a card for her the verse, "sail on silver girl your time has come....," etc. To me, I was sending her out into the world on her own. She was my shining silver light and I had to let her go. But I would be there if she needed me. She moved away and made a wonderful and successful life. But she knew that I would always be there if she needed me.
Song always brings tears to me.
Art Garfunkel’s voice is pure perfection!!!!!
It really is.
I grew up listening to Simon and Garfunkel with my Dad in the 70’s. When he passed away unexpectedly in 2019 this is the song I kept coming back to. Then in 2021 my beautiful little sister got brain cancer and I was able to go to her and spend most of my time with her and care for her til she passed. Again, this song said it all for me. I remember listening to it on the plane after her funeral and crying all the way back home. It will always take me back to those sad occasions but in a cathartic way. It is a beautiful piece of artistry.
Paul Simon wrote the words and Art Garfunkel does have an angelic voice and together they are priceless 💖😭
My favorite song ever. This album has been on repeat for most of my life. When my daughter was in kindergarten, each child got to bring in music to play in the classroom when it was their turn to be “Star of the Week”. She brought Bridge Over Troubled Water.
Some years ago I was in a very dark place. My father had passed and my mother was becoming increasingly frail. As I suffered from depression, I felt totally overwhelmed and mentioned to my minister that I felt like I was drowning. She took me aside and prayed with me asking that the Lord would send me a "boat" to rescue me. While travelling down the motorway to visit my mother some 20 minutes later I turned on the car radio and heard this song being played. Interesting that you compared the singers to angels as that night I felt peace. Fastest answer to prayer I ever received.
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They had so many songs that were just … perfection !!!
One of the greatest vocal performances of all time.
Bought this album when it first came out and never got tired of playing the music....
I love watching young people discover the music I grew up listening to.
I cried the first time I heard this in 1970.
I'm crying now.
Thanks.
The first song that hubby and I danced to at our wedding. He’s always been my bridge. I’m now ill and will be sailing on silver girl. Thanks for this tonight, just what I needed to hear.
God bless you
Old Friends. Know it brings us joy when the 'youngsters' GET our songs.
Old Friends, sat on the park bench like bookends...
Great song Old Friends ✌️
This song makes my throat ache from trying not to cry. It's just so elegant and beautiful. Thanks for bringing this back to me.
Don't fight the tears. This song gets me every time.
This entire album is 100% medicine for your soul. My favorite cut is "The Boxer."
Polo listened to _The Boxer_ a while back. You can catch his reaction in last year's videos if you'd like.
The Boxer- full cut version.
I loved the entire album.
One of the best duos in the history of music. It just doesn't get better. I think you would truly love their catalog of music!
Paul Simon wrote this as a hymn. The third verse was written for his then girlfriend, and the reference "Silver girl" was because she was distressed at finding her first grey hairs...
I was just a little girl when it came out - still remember it so vividly. The transistor was on high in the kitchen and my mum singing loudly when she was making dinner.
Music brings memories back wether you want it or not. And for me this song brings back lovely happy memories and feelings.
Great reaction Polo & thank you!
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Isn't it the most comforting song. I'm an older person and I've always loved their music
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Lol!!! On this comment thread when you say you are “older,”. I’m assuming you’re at least 100! 😂. I’m 75… Bless you! Where would the music scene be without us? Where would we be without our timeless great music? Whether it’s Beach Boys or Led Zep, it was important and great! Don’t forget Woodstock, the Dead, Creedence, the Band, Jimi & Janis’ ❤❤❤❤❤
I love so many songs by Simon and Garfunkel, but no song hits me right in the heart like this one!