Simon and Garfunkel

[QueenCityHillbilly]

What's your favorite?

Mine is "For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her"

 

[mathmajors]

'Homeward Bound', the live version from 'Greatest Hits'.

 

[Kakia69]

The Sound of Silence

Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence

In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
I turn my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence

And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never shared
No one dared
Disturb the sound of silence

"Fools," said I, "you do not know
Silence like a cancer grows
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you"
But my words like silent raindrops fell
And echoed in the wells of silence

And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls
And whispered in the sound of silence"

 

[Kakia69]

..and, of course..

Kathy's Song

I hear the drizzle of the rain
Like a memory it falls
Soft and warm continuing
Tapping on my roof and walls

And from the shelter of my mind
Through the window of my eyes
I gaze beyond the rain-drenched streets
To England where my heart lies

My mind's distracted and diffused
My thoughts are many miles away
They lie with you when you're alseep
And kiss you when you start your day

And a song I was writing is left undone
I don't know why I spend my time
Writing songs I can't believe
With words that tear and strain to rhyme

And so you see I have come to doubt
All that I once held as true
I stand alone without beliefs
The only truth I know is you

And as I watch the drops of rain
Weave their weary paths and die
I know that I am like the rain
There but for the grace of you go I

 

[Kakia69]

Originally posted by QueenCityHillbilly
What's your favorite?

Mine is "For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her"

that's such a great song, too, Q.


What a dream I had
Pressed in organdy
Clothed in crinoline
Of smoky burgundy
Softer than the rain

I wandered empty streets
Down past the shop displays
I heard cathedral bells
Tripping down the alleyways
As I walked on

And when you ran to me
Your cheeks flushed with the night
We walked on frosted fields
Of juniper and lamplight
I held your hand

And when I awoke
And felt you warm and near
I kissed your honey hair
With my grateful tears
Oh I love you girl
Oh I love you

 

[TW1GGY]

do you people have any taste???

 

[Kakia69]

Originally posted by TW1GGY
do you people have any taste???

most of us have taste. it's not our fault that we were born when we were and subjected to the music that existed then. I definitely favor present day music, but when it comes to sappy romantic shit...i have to lean to the old stuff.

 

[TW1GGY]

sorry I just like something with an edge on it.... S&G is just boring..... just not my taste....

 

[lex]

ahhh twig, have you listened to

"scarborough fair"? what about "50 ways to leave your lover"? "kodachrome"? have you, twig?

i like most of them, but i think my best one is the theme from the graduate, "mrs. robinson".

"...jesus loves you more than you will know, oh oh oh...

heaven holds a place for those who pray, hey hey hey..."

 

[mathmajors]

Re: ahhh twig, have you listened to

Originally posted by lex
"50 ways to leave your lover"? "kodachrome"? have you, twig?

Paul Simon solo tracks. No way Twig listened to those.