I was asked to listen to Simon and Garfunkel Bridge Over Troubled Water | First Reaction
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Published 2024-05-05
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All Comments (21)
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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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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.
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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.
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No auto tune, no nonsense lyrics. A beautifully sung song with awesome lyrics. There isn't music like this anymore.
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so strange to realize that there are people out there who have never heard these songs....
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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.
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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.
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If you missed the 1950's and 1960's music, you missed a miraculous time in the industry.
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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.
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One of the most beautiful songs ever written.
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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!
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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.❤
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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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"These guys sing like angels" Yeah that sums it up, brother.
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Simon did not just write lyrics. He wrote poetry. He wrote some of our finer 20th century literature.
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I don't use words like "masterpiece" lightly, it's just that this happens to be one.
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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.
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Hat tip and head bow to the pianist, Larry Knechtel.
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For my money Art has the best purest voice I've ever heard.
