(from The Paul Simon TV Special, 1977)

Paul Simon cape (and tie) & Art Garfunkel sweater appreciation post- London, c. October 1966.

Absolutely one million percent holding hands in the last one, it’s not even up for discussion.

For seventy years his arm has been around my shoulder

He’s dazzled me with gifts-

I nurtured him in his youth-

He brought me into prominence-

I taught him to sing-

He connected my voice to the world-

I made him tall-

All of our personal belongings are intertwined

Ok who did this?

Simon & Garfunkel

can’t believe that John Lennon recorded a demo in his home almost half a century ago and the little cassette tape was saved and then cherished for years and years and years and then eventually people figured out a way to make it into a real song and now I get to listen to that song while I sit at my desk at work.

Paul and Arthur - sexy little minxes

You know what Artie I fucking hate when people don't communicate

Yeah man me too !

From notable communicators Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel who will not be petty and miscommunicate and blow things out of proportion and stop talking for ages rinsing and repeating this cycle

I would like the to add the way Paul speaks about Art in the second part of In restless dreams too. Specifically the bit where he talks about working with Art on Hearts and Bones (before his part got scrapped). Paul just seems so hurt about his relationship with Art and this is probably how he copes with it?

"We do not refer to Beatles songs as early Paul McCartney songs or early George Harrison songs. They are Beatles songs. (...) Rolling Stones songs are not referred to as Jagger's or Richards’s songs. Ray Davies wrote most of the Kinks’ songs but we do not call them early Ray Davies songs. The songs of Simon & Garfunkel were a collaborative effort, and are distinctly different from Paul Simon’s successful solo career. The works of Simon & Garfunkel have won many awards in the name of Simon & Garfunkel. They are in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in the name of Simon & Garfunkel." "Art Garfunkel was Paul Simon’s missing ingredient. Without him you’ve got smoke but not the explosion that was Simon & Garfunkel."

Thanks fuck somebody said this. Bravo.

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