Simon and Garfunkel ( The Concert in Central Park 1981 ) Full Concert 16:9 HQ
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
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The Concert in Central Park, released in February 1982 on Warner Bros. Records, is the first live album by American folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel. It was recorded on the 19th September 1981 at a free benefit concert on the Great Lawn in Central Park, New York City, where the pair performed in front of an audience reported at the time as 500.000 people. Later estimates determined that the maximum number of people who could fit in the park space was 48.500. A film of the event was shown on TV and released on video. Proceeds went toward the redevelopment and maintenance of the park, which had deteriorated due to lack of municipal funding. The concert and album marked the start of a three-year reunion of Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel.
TRACKLIST:
00:00:00 INTRO
00:01:16 Mrs. Robinson
00:04:40 Homeward Bound
00:09:00 America
00:13:40 Me and Julio
00:16:57 Scarborough Fair
00:20:57 April Come She Will
00:23:18 Wake Up Little Susie
00:25:40 Still Crazy After All These Years
00:29:30 American Tune
00:33:43 Late in the Evening
00:38:01 Slip Slidin' Away
00:42:44 A Heart in New York
00:45:34 The Late Great Johnny Ace
00:49:33 Kodachrome/Maybellene
00:54:40 Bridge over Troubled Water
00:59:30 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
01:03:55 The Boxer
Encore
01:10:24 Old Friends / Bookends Theme
01:13:30 The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)
01:15:53 The Sound of Silence
Encore
01:22:13 Late in the Evening (Reprise)
01:26:05 END
Musicians:
Paul Simon - vocals, guitar
Art Garfunkel - vocals
Pete Carr, David Brown - guitar
Anthony Jackson - bass guitar
Richard Tee - keyboards
Steve Gadd, Grady Tate - drums
Rob Mounsey - synthesizer
John Gatchell, John Eckert - trumpet
Dave Tofani, Gerry Niewood - saxophone
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TRACKLIST:
00:00:00 INTRO
00:01:16 Mrs. Robinson
00:04:40 Homeward Bound
00:09:00 America
00:13:40 Me and Julio
00:16:57 Scarborough Fair
00:20:57 April Come She Will
00:23:18 Wake Up Little Susie
00:25:40 Still Crazy After All These Years
00:29:30 American Tune
00:33:43 Late in the Evening
00:38:01 Slip Slidin' Away
00:42:44 A Heart in New York
00:45:34 The Late Great Johnny Ace
00:49:33 Kodachrome/Maybellene
00:54:40 Bridge over Troubled Water
00:59:30 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
01:03:55 The Boxer
Encore
01:10:24 Old Friends / Bookends Theme
01:13:30 The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)
01:15:53 The Sound of Silence
Encore
01:22:13 Late in the Evening (Reprise)
01:26:05 END
Merci pour la liste des chansons
Amazing and wonderful show.
Big thanks!!! ...
Thank You, Totally Awesome ❣️❣️❣️
Wishing Everyone the Very Best, In Jesus Christ Our Lord & Savior 🐕🐥💞
@@pascalinedjeangoury2658 Chaque fan du Simon & Garfunkel devrait connaître ces chansons, chacune d'entre elles!
I was there! Different planet, folks. If anybody had told you what was coming by 2024 you would have thought they were out of their minds! 🙏 Wishing peace to all who read this message
Isn't there something great about being at a concert that you were excited to go to, but it turned out to be a HUGE event. I know this doesn't compare, but we were at the U2 Concert at Joe Louis Arena and Dana Carvey was brought into a live feed to play drums while he was playing Garth on SNL. A great night. We sure could use a bridge over America's troubled waters right now.........God help us find out way.
❤🙏
I was listening in Stereo Brother, Love and Peace
"How cool were they, .... that Night"?
I was there too, magical night wen the city was great!
@@thedynamicsolo4232😅
The lyric "how terribly strange to be 70" hits differently these days.
"I have come to look for America" as a flight attendant with Swissair in the early 80s. I always listened to Simon & Garfunkel sitting in the crew bus after long flights from Europe, the bus, that brought us downtown. Their magical songs, the landscape passing by, it felt like everything was possible. And it was. Thank you for this very special music.
Man, this brings back memories. I had just started my freshman year at Washington University, and I flew in for this concert. Got there 6 hours early, so I was sitting about 50 feet from the stage. Timeless and unforgettable.
Wonderful! Greetings from Germany!
That is awesome! When the camera pans over the audience, can you see your approximate location? What a wonderful experience to have!
Sweet memories! LOVE how the fans cheer at mention of "counting the cars on the New Jersey turnpike" and "The Statue of Liberty." Guess you CAN go home again ....... or a quick trip back in time ....
I saw them 2 years later in Toronto. I took one picture and my camera jammed. I remember my girlfriend saying "this is your song" when they played Kodachrome. It's funny now but it wasn't then.
1:16:38 tells whole thing of Simon & Garfunkel. One of the greatest artists in human history and the hero of our generation.
Absolute perfection.
yes love
Lord, I loved them. Still do. Can't even imagine life without them.
Amazing songs and atmosphere. Arguably "April comes, she will"was one of Paul Simons best ever songs he wrote. . He got garfunkel to sing it, so he could take everything in. It was based on a true story of a relationship that did not work out.
Love this band!!!
Vakert, rörande. Jag var hemma hos min nya tjej...där fanns skivan. Minnen ❤❤❤
Amazing...and not a single phone in the air. Incredible times when we all just lived in the moment.
Just because they hadn't been invented yet. Otherwise you would have seen thousands of 'em.
@@knust2329 I was about to say exactly that, word by word 😅
Aww, sweeties, missing the point entirely.
@@jackiexgardner1071 What's your point?
Simon & garfunkel you are unforgettable. Manoel Barbosa Neto Visgueiro from Arapiraca AlagoasBrazil. I love you since I was a boy, now I'm 56. Forever in my hearts.
I was 13 years old and went to visit my Dad in Mid-town Manahattan on his lunch / dinner break. We walked into Central Park and passers by told us that Simon & Garfunkel were going to reunite and do a show...for free! This is probably one of my happiest childhood memories! I remember Dad scrambelling to find a payphone to call-in and let them know he wasn't planning on coming back from lunch! I'm so greatful that this was recorded for properity and it showed up on my playlist! This was the NYC that I loved and remember! Yo, Ed! Best Mayor Ever!
So, so lovely.
What a sweet story! I'm a big Simon & Garfunkel-fan myself! This concert was legendary! They also recorded it on a double-LP and I listened to it countless times. It's one of my favorites.
Best *dad* ever! What a great memory to have.
What a wonderful story! God, I can only imagine what it must have been like back then - and for free, to top it off!!! So happy you have those memories!
Are you so lucky. 🌟🍀🌌. I grown up with S&G e also Paul Simon alone. For me, Is my Life. From Italia. 🇺🇸🇮🇹. God bless America e N.Y.C. and viva l'Italia. 🗽🌇🌆🌃. 🤟
This moment should be preserved as a National Treasure of the United States of America.
It's that special. This unites people. This unites a country. We need more of this.
It even got so far that it spread across the Atlantic. Here in the Netherlands we were very aware that this was something really special, something uniting indeed.
US was only out on war, but then Trumph came, and the no war, was no why the unvoted elite wished how the country would go to,
So Biden came, Grandpa could fall dead any time, and still can..
but even a blind and deaf person it can know Trumph will win..
And so he should. or ww3 is between chine and the (self pronounced Allmighty USA)
i thought every fact, when usa invaded any country..
set up an airfield base, just bc they thought, we are usa..
and what about vietnam, of yea i cheer for those ppl that were to chicken to go into war..
Or now iran for oil, and the same now in 2024
usa never learnd a thing.. oil oil oil, thats all usa wants...
But Electrick PC, shall be a thing.
And usa pll.. oke we all vote for Grand Pa Biden..
We all love to watch back to as what did he say..
its a usa thing.
Trumph against war.. Nah the elite dont want that, so they make up votes.. in 1 night 2.3 milllion votes aginst
looks real..
There is nothing that will unite America, it has become a nation divided and full of hatred, only God can truly unite mankind is flawed.
NY When It Used to Be Cool. Sad Now.
No one, and I mean NO ONE sings "Bridge Over Troubled Water" like Art Garfunkel. He was born to sing that song.
Considering the difference of opinion between Simon and Garfunkel, leading to heated arguments and so on, an interviewer once asked Paul Simon why he'd kept working with Art Garfunkel. Simon replied, "Have you ever heard an angel sing?"
@@mooneyes2k478 I thought he sounded great on Slip Slidin' Away here.
"Bride over troubled water", "Scarborough fair", "wake up little susie" nobody sing that in a better way than these both.
It was said in a quote that Simon regretted giving it to Art to sing because "It was my song", but the fates did a wonderful job letting Garfunckel lead on that one. His voice certainly is out of this world. I watched some liner notes and I guess Art didn't want to sing it, amazing how things work out is it not? When I am warming up to lead singing at church, if I can I run through it once to make sure I can almost reach a low falsetto. Thank you men for your music.
@@mooneyes2k478 No one sings ANYTHING like Simon & Garfunkel!
I was there with my then girlfriend soon to be wife a month later and this was a great show. Certainly, brings back many memories of the early 80s. We will be celebrating our 41st anniversary at the end of this October.
Beautiful! Congratulations🌹🌹
Hope you had a lovely anniversary.
Congrats!
Mazl tov!! 💞
thé Best of pop
The healing power of Simon and Garfunkel's music
Just not to their relationship 😂
They get along like brothers who always fought. They've known each other since they were in early grade school. Art grew up 3 too 5 blocks from Paul. So that's over 70 years so far, they are both still alive! Do you have a sibling that you love but can only stand to be around them for a certain amount of time?
I pull this up when I am low.
@@jenniferstephens4191 Same..................... hope your day is a goodone!
@@giannecarlob3937 They have always been friends. When they stopped working together they still stayed friends. After their split they have more concerts and shows they have done together over the decades than many groups did in their entire careers.
Paul Simon said in front of Art Garfunkel on a talk show that they grew up together as kids. They were in elementary school together and formed Simon and Garfunkel in Junior Highschool.
Paul said because they knew each other so well since they were children that being around each other 24/7 for over 20 years had to stop because their closeness made them know how to irritate each other. When they were bored traveling together they would both try to get under each other's skin. They started this when they were just kids. You can probably find the video on UA-cam.
They both said there was never a time that they were not best friends. They mutually realized it was time to stop touring together and create music separately.
Doing the same thing years on end is difficult at best to do.
I remember this concert as if it was yesterday❤
Beautiful, beautiful evening with exquisite singing. Just wandered into Central Park - no tickets - no scanning - no queues. Just plop yourself down on the lawn. Magical!
Thank you for releasing the entire performance 🥰
Wow how awesome 🥳
Sounds BEAUTIFUL #Lisa Choy
It was the 80's. So much has changed. I bet it was magical!!!!
Were you there????
@@brittanychristine4172 - one of the highlights living in NYC !
I know I commented several years ago, but this concert was amazing in 1981 and is still appreciated today in 2023.
I was a teen in 1981 and was a fan then. I really enjoyed this concert and was able to see it multiple times on HBO.
Now I can view it on UA-cam and it is still a wonderful concert, establishing Simon and Garfunkel as legends in the music industry.
I am with you. Art nails Bridge live, better than the record. Paul was such a good song writer. Why was there such a rich songwriting period from 1960 to 1980, never to be repeated again? There was something very special about that time window.
Still in 2024
Greetings!!! From the Philippines! What a wonderful music very nice songs the lyrics and the melody . It`s been a lifetime music. Thanks Everyone!!!
And they were humble. Paul my favorite a good man. No duo equals their remarkable harmony. You can’t have one without the other.
I was at this show and it was amazing. I remember it was a beautiful early fall evening - picnicking on the lawn and the crowd was fun because everyone was so psyched to be there. Watching this video 40 years later reminds me of just how lucky I was to be there.
Oh man! Im jealous! What an experience!!
Jealous here too. I watched it live on TV, but that was nothing compared to actually being there. I've watched it over and over on youtube, and I am still blown away each time. What a show they put on!
You are very Lucky good for you❤
Wow......der pure Neid bei mir gerade.....tolle unvergessliche Erfahrung!
Ohne Handys vor allem........
Heutzutage undenkbar und für immer vorbei sowas .....😢
@@kerstinbz genau! Man lebst jetzt durch den Handy!
if ever I will own a time machine, this is exactly the time and place where I want to go!
Me too
Yep. If there was one concert I could go back and see live, it's this one.
I would go back to San Francisco 1968. Simon and Garfunkel were famous then.
SAME 😢
SI AMORE;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;love
My S&G story : I was wounded during the Tet offensive in 1968, Flown by Medevac chopper to Tan Son Nhut Air Base where I was stabilized and shipped to U.S. Navy Hospital in San Diego California, As the Plane lifted off and the wheels clunked into place the Pilot played Homeward Bound over the P.A. system, 66 wounded Men started to Cry as it sunk in that we were indeed Homeward Bound.
Thanks for this story
Thank you
Teary eyed reading this. Thank you for your sacrifice.
You ve made me cry. Take care Love 💜
Thank you for your service and sacrifices
The sound engineer did awesome job in this production. Better sound than LP
500.000 people. no fighting, nobody spraying the crowd with gunfire. everyone just enjoying it like they should be. great performance. Anybody else notice the interaction when the line at the end older we get we are more a less the same {paraphrasing}. Simon gave a smile and the crowd reacted then Garfunkel put his hand on Paul's back. Great to see them both enjoying their company and playing together. The crowd danced all night.
Just 500?
it was 750k
I've always liked that part of the Boxer. That touch from Garfunkel is now immortalized for us to experience over and over.
@@philjonesthegoat3600 Nobody knows for sure. It was an estimate, just like Woodstock.
@@tyleralbrecht2623 - nice one LOL :-)
These two had such a beutiful dark sound with their voices together. A beautiful dark sound, obviously recognized with the Sounds of Silence and Bridge. But all their other stuff had the same quality just so amazing it will never be duplicated., Simons guitar is so majestic just like John Denver, Garf wether his hands were in his front pockets, back pockets, or on the mic. The dude was one of the greatest vocalists of our time. Wish I would have seen them live.
Beautiful songs and hits.
They are dark?
They are for joy, sitting in groups on grass and come together with your family and your friends.
Sounds only good.
When I was 10 ou 11 I used to listen to this concert in a cassete, almost in loop, everyday, in my home, in Portugal. I simply loved and knew all the songs by heart. Almost 40 years later I have the chance not only to listen but to watch all the concert. Great memories. Thank you internet. Thank you youtube and @re-masterpieces1403
I have to wonder if Simon and Garfunkel had any idea they would draw the crowd that they did. Estimated to be 500,000 people. I would have been freaking! This is one of the best live concerts I've ever seen!
The best Era ever. In music history. You cannot hear that kind of singers and blending of voices, todays sounds is just noise.
I agree and so do so many others. I am a baby boomer born 1950 it was and is the best music era with different genres all fantastic. The singers today seem to scream and all they background sound drowns some of them out.
They wrote poetry then.
Paul Simon is a musical and poetical genius. Art Garfunkel adds an almost angelic, other-worldly quality to it.
I was there and it was my first day of work at The New York Times and I lied to my boss that I had to go to the doctor 👩⚕️ to
That's a great story! Love it 😅
Wow that's a surprise someone lying that works for NY times
I hope you didn’t get fired
Naaaaa ! You Needed Absolute , Bed Rest !!! Lucky You !!! Great Concert !!
@@henrymusser2425boom boom
This is simply amazing. I was about 15 when our national TV broadcasted "The Concert in Central Park". Later on my mother purchased the double album. I couldn't have enough of it. At the time I was into Joy Division, Bauhaus, The Cure, U2, Iron Maiden, Marillion, Dire Straits... All very different styles. But these were songs from about the time I was born (1969). It was a surprise for both my parents and myself that I liked this so much. Today, at 54, I found myself singing along and remembering every word to every song. It's been some 30 years since I last listened to that album. This just proves that some artists and their songs are timeless.
Thank you a million times to the people who decided to film this masterpiece!
Simon and Garfunkel, just amazing. Let's also not forget the AMAZING musicians backing them. What an amazing group of artists!
They had to be world-class musicians to back up Simon & Garfunkel. 🥳
Steve Gadd on drums.
Whether you're a fan of S and G or not, it's hard to deny that "Bridge over Troubled Waters" is one of the greatest songs of all time.....a masterpiece, brilliantly performed here
Yeah, except that the pianist really butchered the melody, especially in the beginning --- it sounds like he's hammering out the Anvil Chorus instead of nuancing the gentle intro.
@@Quacks0 yes...I noticed he stuffed up a bit...you can see by his reaction at about 6 seconds into the song that he also knows he did ...but despite that, still a great performance, esp from Art ...those vocals at his peak...wow
That was my wife's dad's favorite song. I never got it and put The Boxer at number one!
Yes best vocal and how could anyone doubt Simons song writing skills? Too bad they couldn’t have made amends and continued on with their gift that they had together.
*Concordo*
One of the greatest singer song writers in human history sharing a stage with arguably the greatest voice in human history. Enjoy this folks. Won't see this level of greatness more than a handle of times in your lifetime.
And yes, you bet your ass they're "partners in arguments." Such are many, many brothers. ❤
Don't get carried away. !
Paul Simon is such an amazing musician, but there is something so magical when Art sings lead and Paul harmonizes. Bridge Over Troubled Water is a masterpiece and Art sings it perfectly, and Richard Tee is on the piano I swear he's one of the best pianists I've ever heard!!! I used to listen to The Boxer on replay years ago and never got tired of it! The Sound of Silence is still my all-time favorite song. Disturbed's version is excellent, but imo Simon and Garfunkel still did it best!
Sometimes music is more than just some groovy tunes. Sometimes music is spiritual.
1981..... I was there. Appoximately 500,000 peaceful fans. It was a beautiful concert.
Wow. I was in Tennessee in college at the time and I just remember wanting to be there so very bad. I watch this concert now at least once a month. You’re very lucky.
beautiful surrely but amazing is the good word, for a good world...
So they were about 40. Simon looks especially young
I love how naked Simon's lyrics are, he lets us peek into his troubled soul...rock on Paul
When America was America
If i could choose one concert to go back to, this would be it!
It’s close.. but I’d like Pink Floyd : original Pompeii show 🐝😎
I definetly would Join you
Is it just me who loves the tone of Paul’s voice? Whilst Art is quite rightly lauded for his spectacular vocal skills, Paul’s voice has a luminous and really quite special tone which I absolutely adore! ❤
Absolutely. Paul's voice has a mellowness to it that is so beautiful.
Agreed. It is especially lovely when he sings harmony with Art.
You wäre right, i think too 😊
I always appreciate what Paul’s voice brings to a song.
And he is so underrated as a guitarist. I aspire to play as well as him, not thrashing some noisy leas guitar.
I'm crying. They're so young here. Simon and Garfunkel, forever.
Estão vivos ainda?
@@sebastiaosouzalima3874 Yes, Paul is 80 now...
I don't care how.old they are now, the more I'm eager to listen to their songs. I want also to hear them once more at 80 of age.
God bless them long life
@@sebastiaosouzalima3874 They were 40 years old here in 1981.
Art is Today 80 Years old Thanks for your Fantastic voice 😘😘😘😘😘
Art was beautiful. So cool.
They were 40 years old here. Had nothing to prove. Had done it all by then - together & solo. At their peak. How lucky to have this concert for posterity. How great to be a Baby Boomer to have lived thru these years with Simon & Garfunkel as our musical voice.
I'm a genX'r barely(I think it ended in 1965) lol and I love SIMON & GRAFUNKEL. I was almost 17 at this concert. I will say this, my parents had S&G albums,8 tracks, cassettes all over the house. I heard their music and Fleetwood Mac's RUMORS, CCR, almost daily back in the 1970's. EDIT: additional content.
Ok, Boomer.
@@justmeeagainn Oh, please - grow up.
@@justmeeagainn Immature. Have a tissue.
"Can you imagine us years from today. Sharing a park bench quietly. How terribly strange to be 70"
I love Art ❤ Garfunkel. The way he stands with his thumbs resting in his pockets like he's so at home on stage. His arms crossed with no thought at all. Just singing to probably the biggest crowd they've ever catered to.
actually, he seems to me very close off to the frowd and especually Simon
@@pouetpouetdaddy5 wrong, you're blind
@@pouetpouetdaddy5well they had adifficult period just prior to this concert if I remember correctly. They did a comcert later for new orleans, that was almost as mesmerizing, and the lyrics hit home even harder them visualising the actual age of most of their lyrics
poor artie. at the beginning, he was very nervous and trying to relax. his arm movements at the end of songs were so stiff his new harmonies didn't always work. especially in 'america'. paul could have made it easier.
Were two voices ever more perfectly made for each other … what a joy to hear this again.
Lennon/McCartney
Lennon & McCartney and Phil and Don Everly, but I agree S &G are up there too. Also three voices - Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmy Lou Harris.
Well, I agreed with @amyhayden8137 regardless of Lennon/McCarthy, the beachboys, etc. etc. etc. all are treasures of mankind ... They all have their own extraordinary gifts
Linda Ronstadt is thee greatest but most under appreciated voice of all time. The woman could literally sing the phone book and make the hair on the back your neck stand up.
Gram Parson & Emmilou Harris c'mon!
One of the greatest NYC nights. I was at this concert, nothing but joy all around. a must see video for all generations. It's a good reminder of how great they were and Paul Simon's younger voice and extraordinary songwriting talent.
Yep Paul was the dominate one but no denying how their voices harmonized to one perfectly. They have no equal.
The world may never again see a vocal duo like these two men formed. Their voices formed perfect unisons and translucent harmonies of crystalline clarity and effortless beauty. It is a pity they were so ill suited to be around each other personally. Their voices sang of peace and harmony but they were imperfect men who could not abide each other and were easily set to anger by any perceived slight. Who knew that this concert would offer the world the last opportunity to hear these musical giants in peak form? The musical wonders that could have been created by these two as partners since 1981 are too great to contemplate. Instead this concert is a sort of musical epitaph for one of the greatest musical duos in music history. We can only marvel at their brilliance as we observe this remarkable document of musical expression in living form. I wish for peace for these two giants of music, but somehow I fear they will leave this planet very unsatisfied with how their lives turned out and the many questions of what might have been.
Well hardly an epitaph as they reunited several times since for tours and released the 'Old Friends' album very successfully.I also doubt either of them will leave the Earth less satisfied for not staying, musically, where they were in the 60s. Simon is equally remembered for putting World Music on the map with some ground-breaking solo records. Garfunkel has also produced his share of solo work. There is no saying they want to be back in their youth just because we prefer their music then.As for their arguments; they've had an on-off friendship for 70 years - more than any of their marriages have lasted but professionally they don't want the same things. I hardly think either of them will lose any sleep over it. They sound pretty chilled!
They are still friends. They chose the friendship in the end over the careers
Would you believe I was there? Me neither. That was awesome video and audio with 0 ads. I'd like to thank you for uploading it. I've seen it 10 times, but it never gets old. Take Care.
I've seen it a 10000 times, LOVE it!!!
I was there too and I don't believe it!
Almost 40 years have passed since playing this concert. The boy who was a middle school student is now faces 60 years old. Really time flows like an arrow.
Actually 42 years. A middle school student at that time would be between 52 and 56 years old.
@@autumnsilverwolves Yep. I was 19 when this event took place. I watched it live, on TV, from Middle Tennessee. I am 61 years old. I love internet, because I can watch it again and again. I was a hard core metalhead back then, but I still enjoyed the heck out of this concert. Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel have some amazing voices!
Arrows don't flow. Maybe fly?
Me, too.
Best live concert ever performed by one band. Timeless. Art's final note on BOTW still gives me chills 40 years later.
I put this show up there with Queen in Philly in '76, Pink Floyd in 19⁷7 on their Animals tour, and seeing Frampton in 1976. Al EPIC! I was about 15 then.
I think The Who had the best live performance
Come on man... best concert of all time? Simon and Garfunkel are legends but that is silly, this probably isn't even their best concert
Art's voice gives me chills on several. He hits such a high note at the end of America but especially Scarborough Fair. Beautiful. And April Comes is glorious
@@dino9921 I'm sure he just forgot about New Kids On The Block. 🤦
No matter how many times I watch/listen to this - I'm transported - not only to a time, that is part of it - to a gathering of liked souls - and we have a hell of a good time. Their combined talent rocks my soul. TY
LIKE U ALICE, love, from Bretagne, France...
One of the greatest concerts that I can remember! And I've seen a few in my time. Loved these two,,,,, My new husband and I insisting on watching them against my beloved Dad's objections. Not that he disliked them, just that he thought it was a waste of time. Well, needless to say it was the BEST!!!
Me and my grandpa spent my teen years debating and inspecting every moment of this show... some of the healthiest moments of my growing up years.
their harmony really sync'd up at Scarborough Fair. Incredible performance.
Two beautiful human beings singing the theme tunes of my life. Thankyou guys, love you ❤
When I was in 4th grade our music teacher played their music over and over again. She then said u will never forget their music for the rest of ur lives.
I'm now in my 50s and I still remember it like it was yesturday. I wish I could see her again... just to thank her for introducing us to the best singers that ever played!!!
Could 2 guys ever have such good harmony in their voices again...Plus some of the best songs ever written..They had Lennon & McCartney beaten... I'm still getting shivers when every song starts...😊😊😊
Not sure about beaten, but certainly equal to, especially since Paul Simon wrote all the songs. Paul was one of the best songwriters of that time window.
Everly brothers always gonna be up there too, but Simon and Garfunkel… one of the best
I have to disagree that they had John and Paul beaten! But they were JUST as TALENTED and innovative!!!! Extrodenarily talented!!!!!
As a New Yorker, seeing Ed Koch walk in to introduce the band.
Pure New York.
"Oh but to go back-in-time!To the people of the 50s;60's70's and 80's we rocked yall and were peaceful just having a beautiful night listening to the best singers;it was heaven-on-earth Lord make it this way once more;Blessings;Love&Prayers y'all"
And if the Lord doesn't do anything, we need to work on it ourselves.
@@susanmercurio1060 The smallest light always shines!
What a fantastic concert, I love watching it over and over again. It never gets old
Gee. No fighting or shootings. Wonder why
In February 2009, I flew back to New Jersey to be with my only child, son, who was a US Coast Guard Seaman at Sandy Hook, New Jersey USCG station- #1343 BAINBRIDGE ISLAND. I'd never flown alone before - imagine that - 53 years old - flying alone. I stared out the United window the entire time, anxious, eager, listening to Bookends, Bridge Over Troubled Water, from California to Newark. It was the first time we'd ever been apart. After I landed in Newark and got my rental car withOUT GPS, I found a radio station, and just as Simon and Garfunkel's AMERICA came on the radio singing about getting lost at the New Jersey Turnpike - I WAS GETTING LOST ON THE NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE. I will NEVER FORGET THAT. AND my son and I had GREAT time celebrating his 19th birthday in Time Square at The Shark Fin where an East Bay California uncle told me his nephew cooked - and he indeed took 'care' of us. We then took flowers to Trinity Church for my Los Angeles coworker who died on Flight 11 on 9/11/2001. I will never forget the wonderful people of New York and New Jersey. And every time I hear 'AMERICA' and 'AMERIAN TUNE' I start to cry. Thank you, Paul and Art. From a young baby boomer military mom in kommiefornia. You have NO idea how much joy you gave hundreds of millions of us from the 60s until now. THANK YOU.
Hey thank you for sharing such all time uplifting music and singing. Ii am in .New Zealand
I worked at Gucci on 5th Ave at 21 yrs old. We walked down the street and had the most Amazing experience of my life.
Going on 42 years later this music sounds just as magical and fresh today as then! Timeless!!
This is the best concert ever recorded
and its beautiful in H.Q 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
And a big shout out for the back up band. Its like all the stars were in alignment that night in Central Park
@@sandrap6321 yea the whole band amazing 👏 as well 👍
@@sandrap6321 Absolutely!
They’ve never sounded any better together than on this night. I listen to this album all of the time!! ❤️
Maybe that's because of the fantastic musicians supporting them; they're all world class session musicians in their own right. But I suppose when Paul Simon calls they come running!!
Yes dont forget the Musicians. The Backbone.
Art's vocals were over dubbed post production for the most part, because his actual vocals weren't very good. Also, he doesn't use his higher harmonies for a lot of the parts he does on the album version. He mostly just sings with Paul on his scale.
A very good friend passed on today and he was a music lover. I am recalling the times we enjoyed listening to his vinyl records. For all the good memories.
Sorry for your loss. Keep enjoying his joy in music
They skipped the part where he says “I hope that we’re blasting Central Park West and 5th Ave pretty much away”. I wish I could find the real, uncut full album I grew up listening to. 😭😭😭
This is the best ever live stage video of S&G I found in YT. Superb and high quality. Thanks for uploading👍👍👍
The beauty of all this is we can turn the cl ock back and see these guys just how we wanted them to be, frozen in time, wish i could say the same for myself!!!
They had faces that showed no lines…at the peak of their youth and beauty. ❤
Art found the notes, and hit them beautifully. Even in his tenor notes. Quite the voice. I aspire to be like him
I can’t go many days without listening to some or all of this concert. Perfect food for the soul. I hope Paul and Art read all these comments to know how loved they and their music is. I would go as far as to say this is the best concert ever recorded and I’m blessed to be able to watch it whenever I want to. Love from the UK ❤❤
The best duo ever in the musical industry.
Not the best, but, one of the best
Gratefully, there is no "best." We have been blessed.
Lennon and McCartney comes to mind as well.
Fantastic concert.
Paul Simon is a songwriting genius!
Art Garfunkel has the most beautiful heavenly voice.
What a pair of highly professional artists.
They don't make them like this anymore.
Pure Magic.
So was Art. "Bridge" was his.
@@jenniferstephens4191 No that Paul , I believe Art may have contributed the last line
Poets
'MGMT' duo met as random draw form room freshman in college and dropped out after the first year. Where there is one, there is another, and another... Paul and Art are legends, to be sure.
Agree
For all who lived through these times Cheers...for all who is discovering this for the first time..even a bigger CHEERS... Let's drag this 🎵 to all generation's.. Cheers
I'm from Brazil, when I was 14 years old I watched this concert on a black and white tv, I always imagined what it would be like to be in a spectacle of this magnitude, I never managed to, but I had the opportunity after 7 years to live in Boston, where I had the opportunity to visiting Central Park and I imagined them singing there where I was at that moment, in a place where I saw on black and white TV, it was very emotional that marked my life.
NYer's, and many Americans, know and remember exactly where they were when this concert played. It's just one of those iconic moments in America's history.
I remember just where I was when JFK was shot. In 1981 I was a welfare mother with two EBD children, going back to college and I was too swamped with my own life even to know that this concert took place.
I am very happy to find it now when I have the free time to appreciate it.
I was there with my dad. We're from Indianapolis but went there 2 times a year for the jewelry show. I remember the day as clear as it was yesterday. Also talked to Paul outside an off Broadway show called Billy Bishop Goes to War at intermission standing outside. He was kind to me.
Paul Simon is a good man, very humble. He extended his hand to Art before they started.
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You for uploading. Had this on CD, but dumped the payer and have been searching for a long time on You Tube. Brings back so many memories. Don't know anyone who doesn't like at least 1 S&G song. Arguably the best harmonizing duo ever....
Correct
Arts vocal on Bridge Over Troubled Water gave me goose bumps...good lord what a talent!
Indeed.
I've always loved America as well.
Dunno why but I can watch again and again
I was at this concert in Central Park on the great lawn on Sept. 19th 1981 an excellent concert ! 😎
20+ years later and still comforting me on bad days. Timeless comfort for a challenging time.
ME TOO.
This exactly.
Yes indeed whenever I feel down All I have to do is turn on my Bluthooth and listen to their songs specially Central Park concert yes it is comforting. Yes Paul is a brilliant composer and Art is awesomely a good singer very angelic voice I never get tired listening to their songs. No more like them very irreplacesable duo.😢
Bridge Over Troubled Water has been my favorite song since I was nine. It just has a presence ♥️
My dad and I used to wear out this album in his 2006 Volkswagen Jetta when I was in high school, doing our best to decipher Paul's beautifully poetic lyrics. Wonderful times. Preserve your memories, they're all that's left to you.
The horn section in Late In The Evening is one of the best (if not the best) horn sections in a song ever.
Agree. Magical moment 😌
j'avais 16ans à l'époque... c'est un concert que je revoie avec beaucoup de plaisir. Merci à eux deux, Merci essentiellement à Mr Paul Simon pour ses compositions qui nous ont apporté un peu de joie de vivre dans ce monde difficile à traverser... Merci aussi de toutes façons à Mr Garfunkel pour la beauté de sa voix et de ses contre-chants. May God bless them...
Let only good music caress your hearts fans & let it sound just this good, everybody sing along and never let any evil dare to harm you, childhood memories are the sweetest, how childish we used to be those years back, let's turn back kids for a while then ❤🎉❤
What beautiful sentiments to go along with this masterful concert.
So simple, our lives were then.
No Trump. No MAGA. No Jan. 6.
Hello Darkness, my old friend.
My love affair with NYC began when I first heard this album played by a relative. Never been there but heck I think I know the vibe thanks to this. NYC 1981 must've been a magical place.
I was 16 or 17 when I watched this on tape for the first time. And it is unforgetable. Makes part of the sound track of my life. Thanks for that.
Same...............my parents watched it live I think it was on HBO? Hbo was pretty new back then. They recorded on the pretty new VHS player; I think my brother has it. Those players were huge and very expensive! My Mom was so mad at my Dad when he brought it home, It was $1000! LOL
@@monicanv69 Same....yep it was on HBO....I was 14 at the time...my family all sat together in the living room and watched. Wonderful childhood memory.
I was like 15 or 16 that time a never ending song that will last forever through different generation. Blessed all people who created this beautiful concert. Thank you Simon and Garfunkel for beautiful songs!
The version of America is simply stunning...truly one of the best live albums.
I was there 1981, 17 years old, what a different world then! I remember as a teenager I wanted to go more into the future, I thought the WORLD would be a better place.. boy was I wrong, I wish I could go back now…
In 1968, I was 21 year old Catholic senior in college. During a practice-teaching assignment, I met a 17 year old Jewish high school senior.
Seven weeks later, we were engaged. We couldn't date like normal couoles, for fear that I'd be disciplined for dating a student.
We sat at the Connectticut shore and listened to S&G for hours and hours.
In January, I lost this man--my husband of almost 54 years. The music of S&G brings me so much comfort now.
Bless you!!
Music binds hearts under and over the sky. You were very lucky for experiencing true love.....
Your heartfelt comment made me cry. At least we have music like this. From Germany hugs, prayers and Gesundheit.
Sorry for your lost
Beautiful story😊
OMG, I SWEAR I COULD'NT GIVE ENOUGH PRAISE TO THESE GUYS , BRILLIANT DOESNT COVER IT, ❤❤❤
This is my parents show but i think it s mine too. Is there something better today?
I remember watching this on TV (HBO I think) when it was broadcast. I was wishing so badly I could have been there. This is one of the best recorded concerts ever! Many years later, I was able to see Paul in concert as well as Paul & Art.
Walking around the eerie streets of NYC during the pandemic lockdown the lyrics of The Sound of Silence seemed prophetic 😮 Anyone else felt that?
Classic masterpieces sang live by 2 of the most popular musical artists of the 20th century. Most of the music hits were from the classic movie The Graduate (1969)