I don’t think he ever got over what happened with Tom & Jerry.’ "But Artie knew Paul wrote the songs and thus controlled the future of the pair. "Paul often thought the audience saw Artie as the star because he was the featured singer, and some people probably thought Artie even wrote the songs. "They both envied the other’s place in the team," he said. Simon & Garfunkel's manager, Mort Lewis, was growing concerned about the rivalry between the pair. In the 2017 biography Paul Simon: The Life, Simon told author Robert Hilman: "I remember during a photo session Artie said, 'No matter what happens, I’ll always be taller than you.' Did that hurt? I guess it hurt enough for me to remember 60 years later." Read more: Take The Simon & Garfunkel Lyric Challenge And if you start to roll it together, that’s what you focus on."Īrt Garfunkel, it seemed, had noticed Paul's insecurities and had used them at times to unsettle his singing partner. When asked what was the bad news he concentrated on, Simon said: "Being short. Robinson & Not Fade Away (Live) by Simon & Garfunkel I eventually realised, 'Jesus, all I’ve been looking at is this thin slice of pie that has got the bad news in it and I’m disregarding the rest of the picture'." In 1984 he said: "Most people look at me and wonder, “How could that guy be depressed?” And I now feel that people were seeing a more accurate picture of me than I was. Paul was in and out of therapy and struggled with his mental health for many years. In just a few short years, Simon & Garfunkel had become millionaires, but cracks between the pair were beginning to show. The pair's next two albums Sound Of Silence and Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme were big hits and when they recorded the soundtrack for The Graduate in 1967, the song 'Mrs Robinson' topped the charts for nine weeks straight. Read more: Art Garfunkel Calls Paul Simon ‘An Idiot’ For Splitting The Duo The album was mostly ignored by critics and public alike, however, 'The Sound of Silence' gathered momentum on its own.īecoming increasingly popular among university students who played the record on campus, in January 1966 - two years after its release - 'The Sound Of Silence' it went to number one in the Billboard charts. Both had been working on their music separately and Garfunkel was particularly impressed with a new song of Simon's 'The Sound Of Silence'.Ĭolumbia Records signed the duo who - despite worries they sounded a law firm - renamed themselves Simon & Garfunkel and in 1964 released the album Wednesday Morning, 3AM. The pair decided to give things another go. The standout, though, is America, a wistful, fruitless search for the land of the free.Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge over Troubled Water (from The Concert in Central Park) Bookends (Simon and Garfunkel, 1968)įlitting from gentle guitars to brash, experimental Moog, Bookends is Simon and Garfunkel at their poppiest (Mrs Robinson, written for The Graduate), weirdest (Punky’s Dilemma) and most agitated (Fakin’ It). It is fitting for an album of such candid introspection – although there are lighter moments, such as the samba-influenced Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard. On Everything Put Together Falls Apart, he turns from the microphone halfway through a line to scratch his beard, as if so deep in thought he has forgotten he is recording. There are a few intriguingly scruffy moments on Simon’s first post-Garfunkel album. While the follow-up was hastily compiled, it was more assured than their debut, embracing a heftier folk-rock sound and showcasing Simon’s ability to dart between wit and desolation. Sounds of Silence (Simon and Garfunkel, 1966)Īfter the failure of their 1964 debut, Wednesday Morning, 3am, Simon and Garfunkel’s career was shocked back to life by a new, electric version of that album’s The Sound of Silence. Simon and Garfunkel backstage at Top of the Pops in the mid-60s.
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