#simon and garfunkle

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Song of the Day - "The Boxer"

Today marks the 55th anniversary of Simon and Garfunkel releasing the single “The Boxer” - March 21st, 1969.

The plaintive ballad, written by Simon, was recorded over a hundred plus hours in several different recording venues - from under the dome at St. Paul’s Chapel at Columbia University in New York, to Nashville’s Columbia Studio. The Nashville sessions included famed pedal steel player Curly Chalker, harmonica player Charlie McCoy, and guitarist Fred Carter, Jr. who played with Simon.

The famous bullet-sounding drum was the legendary Hal Blaine of the Wrecking Crew, who they placed in a hallway next to the elevator shaft for get the effect they wanted - that sounded like a cannon going off.

Simon has said the lyrics were a metaphor for his feeling beat up by critics, but as it evolved it became more about poverty and loneliness.

The famous “lie la lie” chorus was a place-holder of Simon’s for which he hadn’t written lyrics yet… but it just kinda stuck. But he says every time he does them, he’s embarrassed.

As for legacy, it is one of the very few songs Dylan ever covered. A beauty of a ballad...

(Mary Elaine LeBey)

#Mary Elaine LeBey #songs #music #my favorites #Simon and garfunkle #The Boxer #stories #songwriters

[thinking-grenades]

Feeling better today. They only have a few simon and garfunkle songs on here lol

#me #simon and garfunkle #music #spotify #fyp #purple #mood #good #good things #mirror selfie #selfie #omg #life #Spotify

[allinsideyourhead]

Someone (in fact, multiple different someones) had one job, aaand they failed, miserably.

#simon and garfunkle #was there no such thing as proofreading #paul simon #art garfunkel #simon and garfunkel #s&g

[plexiglassonion]

btw paul simon wrote the boxer about davy jones

#the monkees #davy jones #simon and garfunkle

[sun-wukong-kinnie-2]

And every stop is neatly planned (for a poet and a one man band 🎻)

#HOMEWARD BOUND SIMON AND GARFUNKLE IS SO ROCKY #LIKE OHHHHHHH MY GOD #LISTEN TO IT NOWWWWW #anyway tried out a different rendering style on this I think I like it #lackadaisy #lackadaisy rocky #lackadaisy fanart #rocky rickaby #my art

[itsrocketsurgery]

highlights from the comments of todays drawfee video

#drawfee #my favorite bit since the crazy frog simon and garfunkle cover #adult cocomelon my beloved

[vyeoh]

Guys why did Beyonce make a terrible country song

#vio.txt #like not to be a hater but as a country and american folk fan. its so bad #like. does she think country music is just saying buzzwords about trucks and whiskey #shes a great artist but this is just a very confusing move #AND THE SOUND CLOUD ASS BANJO BEAT 💀💀 AND THE SIMON AND GARFUNKLE WHOOPS #THEYRE NOT EVEN COUNTRY HEADINHANFS

[janebonbon]

I'm drawing a bit tonight, a treat to myself! Trying to be kinder to myself etc etc.. Though I have had an idea! I have always thought art streams seemed nice! But I am terrible at talking (autism!!) But I've recently had a thought. What if I had an art stream along with music live from my reel to reel? I know I can find out someway to get it to work, surely! But I think it sounds fun. One of those cozy sorts of streams!!

#Of course that isn't to say I wouldn't talk!! #I think it would be nice to have the music from it though! #The reels last for at least an hour or so so it's decently long that I'm not switching them constantly to interrupt my flow state! #and my partner has some stream equipment I think I can borrow if I ask politely if I need anything! #As nervous as i am to be percieved while drawing I can't help but wonder!! #anyway anyway anyway... I just think it could be neat! #Out of my comfort zone a teeny bit but i'd be willing to try it! Only if others would like to see it of course!! #I recently found a simon&garfunkle reel2reel at a shop and it's quickly become a favorite of mine... #dolly's rambles

[highways-are-liminal-spaces]

October 2022 (pt. 1)

#my video diaries #this is the move from chicago --> juneau #mountains #canada #alaska #song is america by simon and garfunkle #insp. credit ofc to filmnoirsbian

[fastcardotmp3]

omg I just checked out the kas Chrissy playlist and then the other playlists. A) you have great taste B) The Boxer x Steve (esp from White Rabbit) wow I cry

my playlists!! my beloved little songs!!!

I shamelessly love the kas!chrissy playlist, I'll just listen to it sometimes for funsies because I am my own best audience (and I am also @judasofsuburbia's best audience because em also made a kas!chrissy playlist and it's !!!!!!! SICK)

and The Boxer....... LIKE. because listen look at this and tell me that's not our Steve who loses everything he knows, has to replace it with this mangled version of it, and then still returns, still has to figure out where in this old place the new him belongs by way of following those he trusts through life!

but then ALSO, you've got a verse like this next one which is just Eddie all the way, this guy who has turned every hardship he has ever faced into narrative over reality and has to come to terms with the fact that the story will not "fix" him, that if he wants to change on the other side of it, he has to do it himself:

so yeah!!! the boxer indeed.......

#sorry for simon and garfunkle rambling on main #ask #dot thought

[iwrotemrtambourineman]

paul simon, paul simon and george harrison - saturday night live 

she is an icon and she is the moment

#snl #who among us wouldn't be a confused garfunkle groupie at the sight of turkey paul simon

[det3rra]

the lover

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[ID: A digital drawing of Blackbeard from Our Flag Means Death, painted like a tarot card. Blackbeard is a Māori man with long, dark hair tied up in a half-up-half-down hairstyle. He is wearing a purple robe and is crying pinkish tears. Framing Blackbeard is two pistols, one of which has a red piece of fabric wrapped around its handle, and a big yellow moon that is right behind his head. He is surrounded by pink and blue smoke, as tentacles rise up behind him on either side. End ID]

#this took me so stupidly long #but god. if this man isnt so sad. #picture me better by weyes blood #or #america by simon&garfunkle #my art #blackbeard #edward teach #our flag means death #our flag means gay

[moonage-dancer]

every time I close my eyes, I see him...

#first one is different than the others but i just found it funny #this is just a fraction of the garfunkle content out there #havent even gone on youtube yet #i feel bad for artie #actually nah its hilarious #simon and garfunkel #paul simon #art grafunkel #silly goofy #siily man #silly name #art ira garfunkel

[starvingartistss]

i was listening to old 70s music and decided to draw arthur with that kind of vibe in mind. love him sm tbh

#rdr2 arthur #rdr2 #rdr2 community #arthur morgan #hes so cute in his bell bottoms #my headcanon is that he listens to simon & garfunkle and drives a light blue pick up truck #rdr2 art #rdr2 AU #rdr2 70s AU #this is a candid photo #i might do other characters tbh

[gin-juice-tonic]

thanks youtube for wasting 10 minutes checking if my video with no audio in it has copyrighted audio in it

#copyrighted by simon and garfunkle

[the-power-of-the-dog]

full offense but i am inclined to defend every love, every ending or maybe theres no obligation now..?

#simon garfunkel #why do i only post abt simon garfunkle when my gfs not here? is it bc im yearning? lonely? maybe both