Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Very different pop music than what I was expecting but overall the album was good.

8/10 Best songs: Scarborough Fair / Centicle, The 59th Street Bridge Song, A Simple Desultory Philippic, For Emily Wherever I May Find Her, 7 O'clock News/Silent Night Good lord this album is hard to rate. It starts incredibly strong (Scarborough Fair is possibly my favorite from the album), gets a bit dull/repetitive towards the middle, and ends just as strong as it begun. In a lot of ways this is my ideal album: it covers so much ground lyrically that it's kind of stunning. Unfortunately I do think musically it's somewhat all the same. Nevertheless, Simon & Garfunkel are a bit of a revelation and I'm really excited to hear more of them in the future.

wen disco para un día nubladito

Sixties folk fare from S&G

Eh, good tunes emerge. Not the biggest fan of the varying quality though. I was most intrigued by the Dylan pastiche and Silent Night news collage. I'm sure (and know) that they have brighter work (7/10, 3/5 on this scale)

Some songs are relatable to me such as Homeward Bound. Or The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine...

A bit dated.. Doesn't quite do it for me.

Good stuff. Kind of ended with a whimper though.

Really short but sweet listen. Personal favourites are Cloudy, Feelin Groovy, TBBGPM and A Simple Desultory Philippic.

Me pareció apropiado para el momento en que los escuche

Grew up with mom cleaning the house to this album. It’s not very exciting or fun compared to the songs I love. It’s a lovely safe album but kind of dull compared to some of Paul’s writing.

It’s curtains for you, Paul Simon, get out of my herb garden! “Homeward Bound” and “59th Street Bridge Song” cannot fail to seduce me with nostalgia for childhood car journeys; they had a knack for performing two or these of these perfect little magic tricks per record. Hindsight of what a prat Simon is colours my grifter suspicions, delicacy and idealism window-dressing for a calculating hit machine, yet at its worst it’s honeyed melodic wallpaper.

I've know these songs forever, but only recently discovered their history and Simon's somewhat strained relationship with the UK folk scene (pattern emerging). Nevertheless, their first really good album with numerous earworms, and a sample of "dramatic" news from the era that acts now as a window into a better time.

There are some good lyrical songs on this album it has a chill melo vibes 6.87/10

😃

Some really lovely songs here. Quintessential 1960s album - beautiful harmonies and melodies. Feels a bit like a miniature time-machine, this. The only song I really didn't enjoy was the "Desultory Philipic," which is a Dylan parody that 60 years later feels like low-hanging fruit. Otherwise - really good stuff. FOUR STARS

***Agood easy listening album

Scarborough Fair - I like the gentle vocals and kind of whimsical backdrop, production about the echoing Patterns - I like the guitar and the framing of the beginning, interesting vocals and build up with drums Cloudy - i like the imagery at the beginning, i love the lyrics very relatable!!!, i could definitely listen to this song a lot. the voices in the back i like, slightly melancholic, I really like this song I find it very relatable. Homeward bound - very resonate because I'm at gov school, melancholic, good harmonies and word flow, guitar and drums, the production sound slightly scratchy, imperfect but that's what i like about it The Big Bright Green Pleasure - more upbeat than the last one, catchy beat, more unusual vocal style, seems like drugs, it's kind of fun, i don't love the guitar in the back, it's weirdo but interestingo The 59th Street Bridge Song - gentle, restrained vocals, classic guitar, intimate sound, veeery sixties sound, reassuring in my opinion patterns i'm seeing: imagery and specific details of a setting, a scene that evokes an emotion although I don't have much to compare it to yet, I like the sound of it

Good

Very nice progression throughout Start almost haunting but develops into sentimental

I've always found something off about Simon & Garfunkel. On the one hand, they unequivocally have produced wonderful individual songs (like this record's "Homeward Bound") on the strength of Paul Simon's songwriting. But too often they stray into maudlin twee folk noodling, as in the lamppost cavorting on "59th Street Bridge." I prefer Simon solo, where he stretched his range and ambitions.

Breezy and cozy folk pop, as you've come to expect from Simon & Garfunkel. They have amazing chemistry vocally, the harmonies are so beautiful. The guitar backing instrumentation is simple but super mesmerizing. This record brings me inner peace (like all their records).

s.s., 1966 -> 3

Amazing that this is 60 years old and I seem to remember listening to it at so many different times . Lovely, anyone who sings about Emily Dickinson and Robert Frost is up there in my book. Always think about Homeward Bound when I'm sitting on Warrington Bank Quay platform. Good solid 4.

I've never trusted Simon and Garfunkle and I'm sure the truth will come out one day. Wanted to dislike this but you can't deny it's pretty good in parts.

Me gustó, un folk atmosférico que no suena tan viejo. Suena muy cálido y doméstico. Mi fav fue the dangling conversation. Me da vibes a casa de los 70s: luz suave, cotidiano y elegante. Overall, muy muy bien.

Mythique.

Consistently good.

Really good again. They’re one of those that I just haven’t taken the time to explore. I like their hits, and I like a few of Paul Simon’s solo tracks, but I’m coming to find that they’re so deep in the lexicon for a reason. Initially I would have said that Bookends or Bridge Over Troubled Water are better, but the more I listened I’d say this is probably right on par with them. Still a very easy, lovely sound. I will say that this one has some really deep, poetic philosophy woven into the songs, which is no surprise because these guys are songwriters, and some of the best to ever do it, I’m finding.

An excellent album I'd say. They really do have many good songs.

Обожаю альбом, под одну можно потанцевать вальс, а на других просто танцевать

Most likely my favorite Simon & Garfunkel record. Really aged well.

a little too slow/folky for me

As someone who’s largely gravitated toward folk rock and last few years, I’m a huge Simon and Garfunkel fan. I’ve listened to so much of their stuff over the years, but honestly I mostly listen to a playlist of theirs shuffled, so will be fun to listen to this again front to back. Just going in, a few favorites are here. Homeward Bound is probably my favorite Simon and Garfunkel song. Their harmonies are so perfect. It’s crazy. Some great songs on the first half. Scarborough Fair, Homeward Bound, 59th St Bridge Song are all classics. The Dangling Conversation is an absolute gem to start the second half. A somewhat underrated Simon and Garfunkel song that’s one of their best. It seems some songs get a little lost between the really good ones. Making it feel a little bit uneven. But their vocals always keep you engaged. Love the random Dylan inspired A Simple Desultory Philippic. It’s a fun song, even if it’s kinda out of nowhere. I can’t tell if it’s an homage or an insult as a song. It’s followed by Art’s probably best vocals on the album with For Emily Whenever I May Find Her. Then it closes with the Silent Night news coverage song. Love this. Feels like they hit another gear on some songs which elevates a lot of it. Even if it doesn’t fully all hit that 5 level. I’m torn between a 4 and 5. There are some of my favorite songs ever here yet all of it just doesn’t reach that level. Really good listen. Thinking about it now, and feels like a 5.

Classic but not my jam, haunting rendition of silent night ups it to 4 stars

Great album. Love the harmonies. Simon has a way of making acoustic songs still “rock.”

There’s a scene in the movie Almost Famous where the main character’s mom (Frances McDormand) takes his sister's (Zooey Deschanel) copy of S&G's Bookends, points to their eyes, and says she can’t listen to them because they're on drugs. I used to scoff at that scene as a teenager, because I'd heard their music and there's no way they were cool enough to do drugs like that. As I get older I realize two things can be true: you can be on drugs AND you can be extremely boring. "A Simple Desultory Philippic" is probably the one exception here, but it's also an aggressive attempt at copying Bob Dylan (and even includes a Dylan reference), so it has to be discounted slightly.

Very tavern like, nature feel. Calming, almost made me fall asleep - in a good way. Leah - 6/7 Leprechauns Austin - 4.5/7 Leprechauns

Нічим не вражає, але вцілому нормально

Such lovely, lovely music.

Not even the fact that it's by Simon & Garfunkel will save it from the fact that it's f*lk rock.

Very delightful to listen to. It puts the soul at ease.

Actually really enjoyed this beyond Scarborough fair and silent night, they shouldn't have bothered with those. It has a layered but sparse acoustic sound that is quite unique, particularly for the time. Lots of clever guitar parts too that keep the tracks from becoming too samey. Seems I've given a 4 to every Simon & Garfunkel that's come up, have to accept I'm a fan.

Big Cylon and Garfunkel fan, I have the Bookends LP framed in my hallway to ward off the demons. This album is relatively tame, but nothing wrong with that. Scarborough Fair, Patterns, Homeward Bound, The 59th Street Bridge Song and For Emily are intricate, delicate, entertaining short songs. Super vocals, sparse, confident, perfectly judged guitar, and when the tracks are more developed this is well-judged. Paul Simon is an amazing writer, singer, and guitarist, and his partnership with Art Garfunkel is where they both shine the best. I'm going to knock a point off for the horrible 7 o'clock News/Silent Night track at the end - really indulgent and an utter disgrace to include on this near-perfect folky album.

All very nice, but oh so beige. Very short though so didn't get too much. A simple desultory phillipic was intentionally an imitation of Dylan I assume? Is it at diss track or more of a tribute? I liked "a poem on the underground wall". Silent night is unnecessary and crap. I listened through twice, I do enjoy bits of it, but stand by the beige comment 3

I haven't listened to this in well over 20 years, but I still knew the words to every song. Simon and Garfunkel were huge parts of growing up for me. 5/5

8.0/10 I really liked this album! I love folk, so this was right up my alley. Scarborough Fair / Canticle is my favourite I think :)

Very odd, interspersed with classics

Relisten

Aight

Pleasantly surprised by this one, I really enjoy the medieval vibes in some of these songs...

Simon & Garfunkel's 1966 album "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme" is a proto-punk album, and I will not be elaborating.

*Has fantastic tracks like Homeward Bound and Scarborough Fair *This record sounds great and is certainly of quality, singer songwriting just doesn't excite me enough to get a 5

8/10

Soft, poignant, interesting

cute

Coming to the conclusion that I don't really like Simon & Garfunkle, although I must have Stockholm syndrome with some of their songs like 'Homeward Bound' off this album and 'the Boxer' off another one. '59th Street Bridge Song' sums up these dudes for me ... feeling groovy bada bada dada dah .... grrr gets on my tits. However, I will agree that 'A simple desultory phillipic' is quite a clever pastiche of one Robert Zimmerman and 'Silent Night/7 o'clock news' is pretty good too. I'll give it 3 stars.

This was more interesting than Bookends for sure, I feel it had more layers and generally much more going on. Still, it had a hard time holding my attention. The music is very pretty for sure, but just doesn't hook me.

All is groovy.

The both of them have lovely voices. I like this one much better than Bookends. Some of the best harmonizes in the industry. Starts off with the lovely and quiet “Scarborough Fair/Canticle,” but picks up some energy, especially with the “The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine.” This is the first time I’ve heard “A Simple Desultory Philippic,” which I find very fun. “7 O’Clock News / Silent Night” was a good song to end on.

Two Paul Simon fives already on this list, and this record sits in honest relationship to both of them — clearly connected to the same songwriting genius, operating within constraints that the solo work eventually shed. Garfunkel's voice adds something irreplaceable: pure, precise, and completely complementary to Simon's writing in ways that give these arrangements a beauty the solo records don't have. But the duo format also defines the ceiling, and the genre-hopping adventurousness that made Graceland and the 1972 debut so remarkable wasn't available here. The special moments are real and worth naming. "Homeward Bound" has that quality of emotional directness and melodic precision that defines Simon's best work — written on a train platform in England and sounding exactly like it. The harmonies throughout are immaculate, the arrangements more sophisticated than anything the duo had attempted before, and the whole record shows an ambition that points clearly toward what Simon would eventually do on his own. The closing "7 O'Clock News/Silent Night" is a concept worth appreciating even when the execution leaves you not fully on board — Silent Night's harmonies playing underneath an increasingly grim news broadcast is technically impressive and emotionally ambivalent in equal measure. The artistry is clear. The payoff is debatable. A genuine four — special moments, beautiful voices, and a record that sits honestly below the solo work for reasons that are specific rather than critical.

Paul Simon is just as overrepresented on this list as the Byrds or Elvis Costello. All of them made pretty okay music, but none of them at that essential. So, I really don't want to rate this 1 out of spite, but with every new entry (this is my 6th Paul Simon record) my readiness to listen sympathetically declines. So, this has some good songs and some stinkers and way too little dynamics for my taste. And Holy Night? Wow, even worse than El Condor Pasa.

leuke studeermuziek...

this was soooo nice to listen to on a bright sunny day. this one will stick with me for a while

best silly album, ni volledig mijn stijl, silent night was ni nodig

👍

Chilled, for Slow days

3,83 1. "Scarborough Fair / Canticle" 2. "Homeward Bound" 3. "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)"

It's fine, but there are better Simon & Garfunkel albums on this list. This one just isn't one that I'm especially into.

really fun, love some of the guitar things. it sounds like something that grandma would be absolutely obsessed with or like play when she's cooking. favorite on the album is Scarborough fair / canticle.

The album gave me a familiar feeling. Like spending a windy summer day in a field surrounded with people you care about. It felt lighthearted. Gave me the sensations of the brush of a subtle breeze on your skin. The instruments that can be heard at the background of every song are exquisite. Really great songwriting.

I'm generally put off by the earnest nature of folk and find Paul Simon's solo stuff verging in unbearable, so expected little from this record. But the combo of the relentless pace of a record that refuses to overstay its welcome and the harmonies of the two leads makes for an enjoyable listen. Will never be in my regular rotation, but definitely one I'll check out again,

This is... really boring, right? I don't wanna be like that, but this is kinda like "Tea for the Tillerman" in that it's SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO boring. I love Simon and Garfunkel, more than any of you know, but none of these songs are even remotely their best. Like, come on!!! We've all heard "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard," or "Like a Bridge Over Troubled Water," or "Sound of Silence" for goodness sakes! These are watershed moments in 20th century singer-songwriter music! But these Jewish boys with the beautiful voices are unfortunately short of incredible songs here. "Scarborough Fair/Canticle," "Homeward Bound," "The Dangling Conversation," and especially "Flowers Never Bend With the Rainfall" are all very good, but there are so many songs that just don't make an impression, and some, such as "Desultory Philippic" that are just outright bad. Is it unenjoyable? No. Is it great? No. Is it impressive? Absolutely not, not for a duo as prolific as this. But is it good? Sure, dawg. Sure. 7.2/10

I LOVE IT!!! It scratches the itch so good and I love the sharp wit and the cohesion and that feeling of a deep love of music. It's so simple and so complex and HEAVENLY!!!

pleasant

good but it wasn't really clicking with me. Idk why. Outro song is rly nice. I can't find anything I actually dislike so uh 4

Ok so, I think I owe Paul Simon a formal apology. In my review for Graceland, I wrote that “His solo career post Simon & Garfunkel had promise but Graceland was a difficult and confusing choice made by a man trying to find himself again in other people’s culture.” And you know what… when I wrote that I thought higher of Simon & Garfunkel. But now, after listening to this and Bookends, I want to say that maybe Simon & Garfunkel wasn’t as great as I thought. And maybe Paul Simon had to do what he could to regain relevance. Onto this album though, there were exactly 2 songs I had heard from this album prior, Homeward Bound and 7 O’Clock News. And those are probably the only ones I will relisten to. Mostly Homeward Bound although 7 O’Clock News makes an interesting christmas playlist. Season: Early Winter Favorite Song: Homeward Bound

Very cute and fun. I'm not typically a folksy fan but I really enjoyed this one.

Se if it is a bit too hippy drippy, but there are a few absolute essentials of American music. Those voices.

simon e garfield

Simon and Fuckknuckle. Perfection

I like a bit of Simon & Garfunkel; this was a bit and I liked it.

A pretty good album, I enjoy some Garfunkel stuff, but I think there’s a bit too much praise over the years. Three star.

Hippiefolk, maar heel mooi wel

wel mooi, minder mijn ding

Ça de laisse ecouté, je met un 3 mais dans certaines conditions ça peut être un 4, genre pendant un Roadtrip d'ete

Come with me now to the ancient days of 1966, where Simon and Garfunkel presents their third studio album, *Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme*. Despite sounding more like a decent basis for a French recipe, it remains an album. Let's check it out. Right up front, track one, loud and clear. We have the classic track from Simon and Garfunkel, *Scarborough Fair / Canticle*, which gets into the title drop of the album right up front. The second line, ambitious indeed. Then it proceeds to be a tinkling, acoustic, near-round of a song with intricate lyrics which are a hybrid of English and Scots folk music (Scarborough Fair is an entire series of songs) and an entirely different song in the answer part of the call and answer. A song about war and its pointlessness. You know what? I like this one. Am I generally all about the twee folk music? No, but sometimes a man just has to accept the green hills of England and washing graves with silvery tears. Now, if you excuse me, I'm going to go buy a panel van and paint a wizard and a dragon on the side. We're sticking with the acoustic strings, but throwing in a little bongo for track two, *Patterns*, which in the modern vernacular might be expressed as, "the Black Pilled Song." The singer-protagonist is lying in the darkness, staring at the wall, looking at the shadow of the trees beyond his window, falling on the wallpaper. In that tangled web of shades and shifting leaves, he sees a reflection of his life, something he can't control, something beyond him. "Like a rat in a maze, the path before me lies and the pattern never alters until the rat dies." There is no way for him to escape it, nothing that he can do to change it. It is the very model of a modern existential crisis, which is why I'm not that crazy about it. Beautifully technically executed, wonderfully sung. But damn it, that's way too much weakness in one place for me to get behind. *Cloudy* may be the song that I'm just not flower child enough to vibe with, even though I understand it and appreciate elements. Again, masterfully, technically executed, beautiful musicianship, excellent singing. Absolutely no complaints about that. It's light, it's airy, it reflects what it sings about. From Tolstoy to Tinkerbell, down from Berkeley to Carmel. How often do you hear songs actually make a reference to Tolstoy? Berkeley slightly more often. Carmel almost never. This was back in the days when hitchhiking 100 miles was maybe not perfectly safe, but certainly a lot better experience than it is today. I don't think either Simon or Garfunkel worried about waking up with a missing kidney. An STD, sure, but not a missing kidney. A song about drifting without aim or care, which to some people I'm sure sounds kind of amazing, but to me it sounds pointless, which is the point. Track four is a third of the way through the album, and we have another certified banger, which is again one of the most popular songs of the late 60s and one that you would recognize even if you are one of those filthy Gen Zs. *Homeward Bound* is one of those kinds of songs that every popular band has to make at least one of in their entire legacy. It's a song about touring, about being on the road and how you wish that you weren't. How you wish you were at home with your girlfriend, your wife, your lover, perhaps even your dog, listening to somebody else's music and not staring out at strangers' faces. "But all my words come back to me in shades of mediocrity like emptiness and harmony. I need someone to comfort me." I think every creative endeavor leaves you feeling like that sooner or later when it or if it becomes your livelihood. Everything you do seems like it's not as good as the best you've ever done, and maybe you'll never see those days again. You just want to go home and stop, put it all down. No, don't worry. That was just a speck of dust in my eye. We're fine. Holy crap, I have never heard the *Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine* before. Seriously, where has this song been hiding all of my life? It is a direct criticism of consumerism! It would be just as relevant aired on the radio today, if anyone actually listened to the radio, as it was in 1966. It probably will be relevant until the end of time. Because if there's one thing that we know, it's that human beings are always looking for a way to get out from under, to eliminate their pain, to turn off their brain, to get respect, to drop their worries, to avoid the cruel blows of outrageous fate. That's what this song is about, selling somebody on the way out. Just buy it. Hurry up and order one. The limited supply is very nearly gone. I love this thing. What is the big bright green pleasure machine? No idea. It doesn't matter what it is. You want one because it'll save you from yourself. Personally, I think it's a big green suicide booth. Just imagine the ad for it in the Sears and Roebuck catalog. If you've ever seen a Sears and Roebuck catalog, which you may not. The *59th Street Bridge Song* is a song that I didn't know I knew. The moment I heard the beginnings of the melody, it locked in. If it had been called "Feeling Groovy," I would have instantly recognized what it was. You know what? I don't hate it. This is a song about nothing, a very particular kind of nothing. The kind of nothing which is just having a good morning, being out in the sun, having a good time, being happy with life. No concerns, no worries, nothing to do, nothing to be responsible for. Maybe plopping your ass down in the hammock, staring up at the sky, smiling with your hands behind your head, looking forward to a chill day. That's it. That's the whole song. That's all it's about. You would think I would find it reprehensible, but it's so guileless in its joy that I can do nothing but sing along and feel a little bit of it as well. No, this is okay. Welcome to mood whiplash. Your host is *The Dangling Conversation*. A song about a relationship gone cold in a house that's not a home with a partner that you no longer connect with, but make polite, meaningless conversation which sounds like it should have meaning, but really is just going through the motions of pretension to meaningfulness. "Can analysis be worthwhile? Is the theater really dead?" High-minded discussions of cultural relevancy, none of which matter. One partner reads Emily Dickinson and the other Robert Frost, but the books don't matter to them either. Their bookmarks only mark the time they've lost. It's a cold, sterile life with a partner that is only shadow. If you were looking for upbeat, happy, cheerful music, this is not it. It is, however, the first track that has a fairly serious amount of orchestration with violins and cymbals and other swelling instrumentality. After some of the very pared down songs earlier on the album, it's interesting that the dangling conversation is entirely superficial, decorated by high-minded works, but ultimately hollow. Good job, Simon and Garfunkel. You're knocking it out of the park. In a weird way, *Flowers That Never Bend with the Rainfall* is not quite a mirror of *Patterns*. It's interesting to me that as far as I can tell, *Patterns* is the second track on the album and *Flowers That Never Bend with the Rainfall* is track eight. If we assume both sides have the same number of tracks, this would make *Flowers* the second track on the B-side. Where *Patterns* is absolutely the black-pilled song, *Flowers* is also quite black-pilled but has a different response. Instead of entirely being resigned to the darkness, *Flowers* decides to simply pretend the pattern doesn't exist, to "continue to pretend my life will never end and flowers never bend with the rainfall." However, the singer-protagonist is not sure that the dark and small reflection in the mirror is his own because he's blinded by the light of God in truth and righteousness, unable to see what is literally right in front of him. He can't see the pattern, though he knows the outcome. It's another resignation to fate rather than struggling against it. But it's a resignation with the knowledge that the end has already been chosen by his deliberate pretense. Again, another beautifully technically rendered song with a message that rubs me the wrong way. I know what I am. And then there's *A Single Desultory Philippic*, which may be the most in-joke song I have heard in the last six months, and I listen to Steel Panther regularly. If you don't know anything about the 60s, the historical context, or the political players, then most of this song won't make any sense to you at all. You won't know who Maxwell Taylor is or Norman Mailer. You'll probably have heard of the Rolling Stones and the Beatles, and if you're educated, likely Ayn Rand. You might even realize that the middle of the song is a straight up multi-genre parody of Bob Dylan and The Beatles, but you might not know why. There's two references to Mick Jagger in here, and it's hilarious because Simon and Garfunkel suggest they're tired of Mick Jagger in 1966. I'm pretty sure that man was just on tour last year (2025). This is beautiful. It's well constructed. It's beautifully performed. It makes all the coolest references. I dig it. Play it on repeat. *For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her* is perhaps the simplest song on the album. It can be summed up by saying, "Man, I really love my girl and I am grateful that I get to wake up next to her after dreaming about her." That's it. That's the whole song. That is the entirety of the message. That is the entire architecture of the song itself. It is the entire encapsulation of the meaning. There is no hidden secret. There is no subtlety to be revealed. There's no analysis that will turn up anything within the text of the song itself. It's plain, it's simple, it's straightforward—but then there's the title. "Whenever I may find her" is an interesting way to put that. That implies that the songwriter hasn't found Emily, that the girl he's so grateful for is not in his life, at least not yet. The swerve is not in the song itself, but in the title. It's kind of brilliant. Once you see it, you can't unsee it. Once you think it, you can't unthink it. What of *A Poem on the Underground Wall*? It's not necessarily immediately obvious what it's about. It's deliberately obfuscated in complicated language, in indirect expression. It provides a high-minded presentation of a low-minded event. Basically, it's about a guy writing a rude word on an ad in the subway and thinking that he's done something. He didn't even spray paint it. He wrote it with a crayon. He ducks back into a niche when the subway hits the stop and opens its doors because he doesn't want to be seen. It pulls out. He scrawls something on an ad and runs out of the station. "His heart is laughing, screaming, pounding." There is a certain art to expressing the utterly mundane in the highest of poetic fancy. It may be one of my favorite expressions of irony as a methodology. My problem is I can imagine a lot of rude words which are comprised of four letters, and I want to know which one he had in mind. The album closes with *7 O'Clock News / Silent Night*, which is exactly what it says on the tin. It is simultaneously a lovely, gentle performance of Silent Night, the centerpiece of Christmas music. You know it, you love it, you can probably sing it by heart with no musical accompaniment. In this case, it's set against someone using their broadcaster voice to essentially read off the top stories of the day, which center around Congress being unable to pass an anti-discrimination bill, Lenny Bruce dying of an overdose, Martin Luther King saying that he's going to attend an open housing march in the Chicago suburb of Cicero. Richard Speck going on trial for the murder of nine nurses in Chicago and Richard Nixon talking about how Vietnam will last another five years unless it actually sees some support. This is point and counterpoint. Contrast by presentation. Frankly, I think it's a little heavy-handed compared to the rest of the album, which has either been simple messages or indirectly delivered things. This is raw and extra ironic in retrospect, in ways that I'm sure that no one at the time could imagine. It's an attempt at direct messaging, which I think is misplaced, though I am sure there are people who absolutely adore it. How do I feel about *Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme*? Well, aside from the fact that it is delicious, as an album, I like it quite a lot. By and large, it doesn't try to ram things down your throat. It's well performed musically, professionally mixed, beautifully orchestrated, and well written. Even when I'm not crazy about the songs, I recognize what they're trying to do and how they're trying to perform it. Is this a hippie album? Absolutely. No question. But it's not the dirty, annoying, politically vapid hippie sort of thing. It's people having a good time in the park and walking up to you and offering you a daisy, not because they're trying to convince you of anything or convey a message other than, "Hey man, it's a beautiful day, and this is a beautiful thing. I want you to be part of it." I'm cool with that, just like I'm cool with this album. We can be friends.

Meh. Not my cup of tea, but very fine songcrafting

First listen, this is pretty much what I expected. A lot of these songs are ones I absorbed through cultural osmosis. Big highlight is 7 o'clock news. Really struck me first time I heard it. Really good singer songwriter stuff, has a good balance of their various sounds.

My parents weren't that into music when I was younger, but they did have some records. This was one of them. It's definitely of its time but I came around on S&G being "parent music" a long time ago. I saw them live! still great in 2003. It's a shame Martin Carthy never got his owed royalties for Scarborough Fair. "I've got no deeds to do, no promises to keep / I'm dappled and drowsy and ready to sleep / Let the morning-time drop all its petals on me / Life, I love you, all is groovy" - how can one hate that? It's so pure and wholesome and optimistic. The buoyancy and quasi-Dylan vibe (both admiring and parodying) keep this in 4 star territory as the filler tracks between the hits are pleasant and loaded with hippie folkie vibe. If there were another song home run (I count 3) I'd probably give it 5.

I've always just tolerated Paul Simon but as I get older I find that I enjoy his music much more. This is a very smooth listen.

Forced to sing this at primary school. Hate it with every atom in my body. How do I give negative ⭐️?

These two, man.

***

Really fantastic songs!! Maybe nostalgia but still

Good listen, nothing standout

The vibe as a whole was alright, the song flow between each other pretty decently. I didn't save any song.

Álbum que no te crees que sea de esa época me gustó mucho

Beautiful album.

Some of my all time favorites!

2.5 - Meh

Some lovely songs on this one (e.g. 'Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall'). Probably slots in just behind Sounds of Silence at first listen

Really used to like these two guys. And they have some really nice songs. But the rest is not so special. This album shows it very well in my opinion, some great songs, some boring ones.

Surprisingly good! Very haunting. I found myself laughing at how tongue in cheek it was. It's hard to judge on its own merit since sometimes it feels like a parody of itself.

304/1089 ooh some chamber folk, this is probably gonna be a bit of me Scarborough Fair is iconic and really timeless, Patterns is also good. so i also know Homeward Bound which is pretty sweet the album was nice and chill, i love a bit of this type of folk faves: Scarborough Fair, Patterns, A Poem on the Underground Wall 75/100

Yeah!

Now why do I enjoy this folk sound, when I have been sour on a lot of other folk/folk rock albums in this project? They're not afraid to be lively and danceable (for the most part)

I get it’s revolutionary and I appreciate that. Would I listen in full again? Mmmm maybe? Would I go out of my way? Mmmm maybe? It’s an album. It was good. It was part of the rotation growing up. Eh. Also Paul Simon’s voice really annoys me idk why.

It was super cool and chill, standouts for me were patterns, dangling conversation and a poem. Also loved 7 o'clock news/silent night as and ending. I think I'm not used to this sound well enough to find the whole album as compelling as I could though.

I've lost my harmonica Albert

Un classique

A couple of good songs, but the rest is fairly dull. 3 stars or C+.

Song 1: Scarborough Fair/ Canticle -- wir droppen den album title einfach song 1 lol- "then she´ll be a true love of mine" geht lwk hart- sehr ruhig- nettes lied aber es fehlt "der moment" oder hook.. Song 2: Patterns -- coole drum sounds- dramatischer aber immernoch lowfi production- Song 3: Cloudy -- "I havent seen you in a long time" - schönste sounds bis jetzt Song 4: Homeward Bound -- kenn ich schon - banger - Song 5: The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine -- schnellstes lied bis jetzt - we live in a society - groovy am ende Song 6: The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin` Groovy)- kenn ich schon- groovy- idk ob ich mag wie er "groovy" singt lol- süsses kleines lied Song 7: The Dangling Conversation -- wieder ruhiger- interessante instrumente- gutes lied, mag den text Song 8: Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall -- schon gespeichert- mittleres tempo - ähnlich stark wie das lied davor Song 9: A Simple Desultory Phillippic- Rockiger aber selbst für ´66 eher nüchtern- straight edge (?)- komische lyrics, muss vllt nochmal angeguckt werden Song 10: For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her- sehr ruhig- bereits gespeichter- emily mentioned roter kreis- ganz nett aber idk es fehlt für mich diese extra note mal wieder Song 11: A Poem on the Underground Wall -- gespeichert - lyrics die "hart" aufeinander folgen- stärkere emotionen als bei einigen anderen liedern tho Song 12: 7oclock news/ silent Night -- xmas lied all of a sudden ??? huh - coast to coast vibe mit unterlegtem monolog - Album: Sammlung netter kleiner Lieder - Lofi vibes und production- winter stimmung 6 oder 7 lol von 10 ?

Solid Album. Not as many heavy hitters some of their other stuff but still worth a listen

Good stuff

I didn't know about this record, more pleasant and even more creative than the one every body knows from S & G,

Good album but not exactly my speed

Whimsical storytelling with beautiful vocals

Good god. It sounds like how a scratchy, turtleneck feels.

Very crazy and pretty cool!

Do you think medieval bards actually sounded like simon and garfunkle? Fave Tracks: Patterns, The Dangling Coversations, A Simple Delsultory Philippic

I enjoyed this album, but not enough to put it on repeat on Spotify or anything. I do know a lot of the songs, just from hearing them my entire life.

If I were in a different mood I might rate higher. Very well written songs. I know that I was craving more energy so I’ll come back and re rate another time I think.

Did not expect to enjoy it this much!

personal rating: 9/10

El album en si no es el tipo de musica que suelo escuchar, no me disgusta, escucharia mas musica de este tipo pero no diria q es mi favorita. Primera: esta buena pero no la agregaria a la playlist, aunque la volveria a escuchar. 7/10 Segunda: me gusto la letra pero el estilo de musica medio country no tanto. 6/10 Tercera: me gusto me hizo acordar a la onda de los beatles. 8/10 Cuarta: creo q es hasta ahora la que mas me gusto, no es tan lineal y me encanta el ritmo y la letra. 9/10 Quinta: es medio country cosa q no me termina de gustar. 4/10 Sexta: medio cortita pero me gusto 8/10 Septima: bastante chill me gusto bastante. 7/10 Octava: no me termino de convencer, pero no esta mala la volveria a escuchar 7/10. Novena: no me gusto mucho. 5/10 Decima: muy tierna me gusto bastante 8/10 Onceava: no me termino de convencer me puso nerviosa 6/10 Doceava: trata de un tema historico, me hace acordar a una cancion de navidad, no me gusta estar escuchando la radio de fondo. 5/10 En fin, no diria que es uno de los mejores albumes que esuche pero tiene canciones basntante buenas. En promedio es un 7.

what a pleasant little album. Love the joyful springy melodies, feel like this would go crazy on a summer morning walk through a park. not even my taste of music but i can see myself coming back to this, like!

Beautiful and in ovaries, a great album.

Music for all levels of depression

Lovely album

This was quite nice. No other way to describe it. I was thinking maybe a strong 3 to a low 4, but I’ve come to a conclusion: it’s a 4. While writing this review, I gave it a second listen, and now I’m thinking it’s a strong 4. It’s just so nice. So cozy.

Its alright, nothing amazing

Every song is just a rip off of “Teamocil” by Dr. Fünke’s 100% Natural Good-Time Family Band Solution.

Staples of the era but either overplayed or uninteresting.

I think this is overall my favorite Simon and Garfunkel album. The second half of Bookends is still my favorite run, but I find Patterns and Cloudy and Pleasure Machine songs that you don't really think about when you think about Simon and Garfunkel incredibly interesting.

Not their best. Don't know why it's on this list. IMHO it has no stand out tracks.

Fairly straightforward Simon and Garfunkel. Personally I prefer some of their other albums to this one, though I did like the last song, 7 O'Clock News/Silent Night. The singing of Silent Night over the top of the reading of news stories about war and death was profound.

Simon and Garfunkel always hit an sweet spot by me. This is probably my most favourite album, but that is subject to change over time. 4/5

On their way to greatness...

Soooo pretty. Yeah these guys knew what they were doing.

4 stars

I’ve only heard the single for this album so it was nice to finally listen to all of it.

Pleasant enough, bit dull in parts

Heel leuk! Ik kende maar 1 liedje.

Very light music, easy to listen to or just to keep as a background sound.

esse cd me fez entrar numa toca de coelho que eu cheguei até na macedônia. e agora sei que as palavras desultory e philippic existem

I knew this band from the German version of Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme, and this album is just incredibleeee, 28 minutes are not enough!!

Not something I would choose to listen to, but when I was listening to it I enjoyed it.

there are some great songs on this album, some I still enjoy listening to today. While it's not quite a 5 star in my book, this album has some great lyrics, great harmonies by S&G, and fun songs to sing along to. If there were a 4.5 rating, this album would get that.

This is pretty beige, although nice in parts. 'Homeward Bound' is a nice exercise in nostalgia, and Scarborough Fair always rates a glimmer of recognition. Ultimately, though, a lot of it passed me by and left absolutely no impression at all.

Beautiful melodies and harmonies. A little all over the place as a whole.

Yeh, pleasant enough, never gonna be one of my go to listens, but nice to hear something other than Bridge for a change 🤣

Great album

Very good

It remains a good album.

Not my cup of tea.

iii

Loved this, but not their best album.

stunning

Vaya tostón

Nunca tinha parado para ouvir, mas muitas dessas músicas me são familiares. Que (re)descoberta, poder parar ouvir.

no me gusto tanto

Strong harmonic vibes and lyricism.

A little to folky Homeward bound Feeling groovy

It's a beautiful album. There's nothing quite like Paul Simon's songwriting, and especially here. Beautiful instrumentals go hand in hand with the dark storytelling in the lyrics. The album feels like a walk through a lush garden on a dark and cloudy day. My favorite track is probably Flowers Never Bend With the rainfall, with The Dangling Conversation being a close second. I hadn't heard this album before but it might be Simon and Garfunkel's best work. It's a masterpiece.

one of my favorites

not my type

Is it possible for something to be pleasant to a fault? If it is, this album is a perfect example. Paul Simon is a rock-solid songwriter, his harmonies with Art Garfunkel sound excellent, and the songs are all beautifully arranged, but the cutesiness can get to be a bit much sometimes. I like folk music a lot, and I'm not against music sounding sweet and cozy like this, but all the nature imagery and lullaby-esque melodies and glockenspiel parts on songs like Cloudy or 59th Street Bridge feel like eating too much ice cream and getting a stomachache. My favorite aspect of this album was the sound of recording, I loved the ramshackle feeling of it. It almost sounds cavernous at times, like you're listening to them in a massive, empty concert hall with amazing acoustics. This was solid but definitely not my favorite in this style. Also, credit where credit is due, the Bob Dylan parody was pretty funny.

Have it on vinyl, really like it.

Nice

I'll admit that this isn't my favorite Simon & Garfunkel album at all. It's caught in the crossroads of folk, psychedelia and rock 'n roll, and although it includes some great songs "Homeward Bound", there's a lot of slop and crap on here too (I won't name specifics). Still, the moments of greatness make it worth a listen.

-Scarborough Fair / Canticle : Gave the vibe of an ancien forest civilisation in a video game (ex. Zelda) i rate it 6/10 -Patterns : Vibe of a horse ride in Red Dead Redemtion 2 in the desert, i rate it 3/10 -Cloudy : the vibe of the song (instruments) doesnt match the lyrics. i rate it 5/10 -Homeward Bound : I liked the melodie, i rate it 7/10 -The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine : interesting lyrics ig, but not that bad, just has old vibes. i rate it 4/10 -The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) : weird but in a groovy way. i rate it 4/10 -The Dangling Conversation : I love the instrumental in the backround, i rate it 8/10 would listen to it again -Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall : if summer time if it had an instrumental, i rate it 6/10 -A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara'd Into Submission) : weird ass name but wtv, but a fun vibe ig. i rate it 4/10 -For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her : cute, i rate it 6/10 -A Poem On the Underground Wall : nothing much to say 6/10 -7 O'Clock News / Sielnt Night : litt. a chrismas song and a murder news show wtf, 6/10 *I had to remember that this is a 60s album*

Folksy

4.5

2.75. I nearly fell asleep.

As a kid, I always thought of Simon & Garfunkel as corny music for grown-ups. It’s still that, but also way weirder than I was expecting.

I've always loved Simon & Garfunkel but none of the songs I really love were on this album.

2.25 - I want to like this. I like plenty of music inspired by this, but I just don't like this.

Grew up with PS. Best songwriter ever?

bem normal, nada muito cativante, mas divertido até

Exactly what you’d expect from a Simon & Garfunkel album - beautifully harmonious vocals, some nifty guitar work and a load of catchy melodies. My difficulty as always is that I can’t imagine a time when I would reach for this. Definitely good, but just an album to appreciate rather than love.

Some 60s songs sound very repetitive or much of the same, but that's not a smart observation, that can be said for pretty much every single era in music. I loved the opening and closing pace, every song builds up and eventually builds back down.

17. 사이먼 앤 가펑클 - 파슬리, 세이지, 로즈마리 앤 타임 (1966) 총 12곡 수록, 28분. 잔잔하고 좋은 노래들이 많음 근데 난 잔잔한 노래보다는 시끄러운 노래가 좋음 더 댕글링 컨버세이션은 괜찮나? 싶기도 한줄평: 그 이 밴드 뭐 유명한거 있지 않았나 취향: ★★☆☆☆ 재방문: ★★☆☆☆

Lovely melodic harmonious music

Groovy, very nice album.

Actually quite good

Theres a reason this is a legendary album. Beautiful but not sleepy. Better than the two of them apart.

I had no clue what I was getting into but I ended up really liking it. I feel like there was two different vibes on this album. One of them is a solid 5 but the other is like a 3 so the album overall would have to be a 4. This is something I’m very happy to have found and will definitely listen to more of their music.

I thought I only knew a couple of these songs but somehow almost all of them have snuck into my memory along the way. I was dreading putting this album on, but I have enjoyed it far more than I ever would have guessed. It's all so chilled, it made me feel relaxed, like nothing is a big deal, everything's alllll good. It helps that Paul Simon has a voice like honey, all smooth and sweet. I wish it lasted longer, not something I often think of these albums.

its giving the beatles in the best way possible. Not in a like “copy paste” way but such a similar but really very authentic way and i love that. Also love the names of the songs and im such a frrrreaaaaak for good ass song names. adored this. would love to listen again in summer and also love that its only 28mins, just as long as my attention span can handle. Favs were: Homeward Bound and Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall.

Too soft. And not the good kind of soft. Doubt I will listen again.

3.5

S & G are always good.

❤️

love this album :> the woodsy guitar tunes and political themes truly scream 60s to me. no one did it like simon and garfunkel.

Review - the rare album where my main complaint is it's not long enough. Beautiful music, and actually nice that you can listen to it twice an hour. Really the only miss on it is the anti-Dylan screed of A Simple Desultory Philippic, but it did at least teach me two new words. Rating - 9/10 Need to hear? YES

A fun ride through history. S&G have been kings of the folk genre since their debut and this album showcases that strength.

Spicy.

POURQUOI IL Y A DOUCE NUIT RAAAAAAAHHH c'est littéralement juste bob dylan

omg... een kerstlied gecombineerd met de horror van vietnam... ironisch... ja niet m'n favoriete s&g dit. homeward bound en philippic waren m'n favoriet

Me gusta mucho la guitarra, la mayoría podría ser soundtrack de Anne with an E, muy country? 9/10

You'd be hard pressed to find a groovier record. Paul Simon cranks them out!

l’album parfait pour un cozy morning de printemps avec une touche de witchy vibes, c’est si bon, ça s’écoute si bien

Honestly, it's fine. I'm a massive Paul Simon fan. A few transcendent tracks, but 2/3 filler

Me sorprendió tmb

Yeah, this was pretty good. Morose as all hell to begin with, but it does pick up significantly towards its mid-section, so it's not uniform in terms of mood in the way I thought it might have been. The chemistry between Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel is abundantly clear throughout, and the way that their vocals entwine with one another really does lend the album a hypnotic quality and a level of sophistication that I wasn't expecting. I would need to be in a specific headspace to reach for it again, but not an unenjoyable way of spending 28 minutes as I got ready this morning.

Nobody likes this boring crap. As I recall, Bluto smashed their guitar on the wall

For en tidskapsel. Godt og blandet

Veldig nært en 4er. Lander på en sterk 3 er

Ridder-musikk? Denne falt ikke helt i smak.

Så utrolig fint. Sterk firer.

Mye gull som er tidløse klassikere, men et par dølle låter også. Snuser på femmeren.

Most of these songs are a little too precious for my taste (I bet Belle and Sebastian love this album). Homeward bound is still a classic though (and the 59th street bridge song to a lesser extent)

2.5

I loved the vibe and it reminded me a lot to the beatles. Great recoommendatioon!!

the boys can play

I'm more of a greatest hits guy when it comes to S&G.

Strong 8/10

Great stuff here. The hits are hits for a reason - great melodies well thought out. A nice surprise was A Simple Desultory Philippic. That’s the most fun song I’ve heard in a long time. It loses a star for the 2 songs that felt like filler. Which is odd for a 28 min album.

Forgettable but ok. 3.2

C+

Awesome!!!!!!!!!

This was not my cup of tea. I can understand that based on lyrics it can be a good listen but it all feels bland and all similar.

Fucking MAGICAL. i think i loved everything here. holy fuckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk music is beautiful??????????

I think on the right day I would be able to enjoy this album fully. I found it pretty boring aside from the stretch of The Dangling Conversation- For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her. People seem to enjoy homeward bound, but it is slightly slow for my taste. This is the same for most of the album actually, for a daily listen it is not upbeat enough for me. My ideal listening spot for this album would be a nice picnic area on a warm spring day. For these reasons I am going 3 stars. Sorry guys, loved the guitar and vocals.

I probably would have appreciated this more had I been born 10-20 years earlier.

It has been education reading some of the negative reviews here. I didn't come here to disagree with the idea that mid-60s Paul Simon lacks bite - that's accurate. There's attempted satire, sure, but Paul Simon ain't Frank Zappa. Nor do I disagree that the album is much more of its time than timeless, the paradox of folk music being that it should be both completely in the present and outside of it. The heavy cultural weight of the sixties makes that past present very obvious here: Vietnam war, feeling groovy, Dylan parody, no drums. 7 O'clock News/Silent Night might be gauche, but it's blunt combination of the timeless and the timely gets me every time, even on a sunny April afternoon. Sorry if that makes me a dope or a dupe. And I certainly wouldn't want to argue with Paul Simon himself about the record. He hates The 59th Street Bridge Song and, when puzzled by his own antipathy to Homeward Bound later on, realised what he disliked about it was "the words." Sure. They're somewhat winsome. A tad juvenile. Personally, I don't like the "one-night stand"/"one-man band" rhyme on uneven parts of the meter, but... the tune, as with most of the tunes on the record, is exquisite. In the lyric itself, he sets himself up for exactly this disappointment: "But all my words come back to me in shades of mediocrity." He knows the labour that has gone in and the craft that has been attempted. He knows where it falls short of his expectation. He knows when he has worked hard and Art Garfunkel has reaped the rewards. And the listener is even aware of where it falls off in fashion, where it falls off in clarity and good will. But the melodies are another matter, especially in this simple setting, where they are especially exposed. The melody comes to the listener, as fait accompli, and it either hits them or it doesn't. No doubt hours of craft went into each one, but melodic failure is almost inscrutable to most listeners who themselves have never written a song seriously. Indeed, most songwriters will deny knowledge of how the good ones came to them. There is no question of bite, no question of context, no question of juvenilia - there is effort and there is luck. Paul Simon got both here and, even if the negative reviews here speak a more specific truth than many of the positive ones, not an ounce of that truth interferes with my enjoyment of this record, which is beautiful music, even if it isn't perfect music. 3 A Simple Desultory Philippic is a failed attempt at comedy and 7 o Clock News/Silent Night is a failed attempt at poignancy; I find both truly cringeworthy. It says a lot about the depth of beauty elsewhere on Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme that I do actually listen to it from time to time - probably more often than I listen to Bridge Over Troubled Water. Scarborough Fair/Canticle, Homeward Bound, and For Emily… with those three tracks on the album you could slap almost anything else on there and it would be good enough. And they did, and threw in an absolutely hideous album cover just to be sure. 2.5/5

han mich eigentlich fast ned ufd musig chöne achte wills ned so spannend gsi isch, bis Silent night am Schluss cho isch wo mi biz fertig gmacht het. Da hets leider gar ned garfunklet. 2 halbvertröchneti Rosmarin-büsch

Meh

80

This album feels like fall

First time listening to a Simon & Garfunkel album end to end, and it was a consistently pleasant listen. A short, mellow and inoffensive 28 minutes, that I can appreciate without ever wanting to listen again

Gutes Songwriting, schöne Songs gutes Gitarrenwork. Muss aber nochmal reinhören

Wonderfully melodic, dark yet happy, quirky yet intelligent, serious but at times feels like parody. Comedy has not been kind to folk music & Simon & Garfunkel, which is why it feels like parody. These ARE the guys they are making fun of. I'm not gonna worry about it, they seem to have good sense of humor. They turned Garfunkel into a verb on A Simple Desultory Philic. The sound byte on 7 o' clock News/Silent Night is indeed frightening with the war & protests & Richard Speck. 4

Nope

if it wasn't for A Simple Desultory Philippic, this would've been a 4.

Heavenly

I suppose it sever occurred to me that these fools only had five studio albums (6 if you consider The Graduate Soundtrack) Wow! These guys sure know how to write POP songs!!! Every time I listen to S&G now, I'm always so surprised how much of a proclivity they have for goofiness. I guess the modern "FOLK" music "MOVEMENT" makes a lot more sense with that in mind. I guess whimsicality is dead in 2026. There's no space for songs like "Feelin' Groovy" anymore. Everything is corny now. Nothing can be cute. I'm not saying I'm exempt. I find a lot of shit corny. A nice reminder that 28 minute album was to remind me to be a little silly. That Dylan impersonation was rough, though.

aw :) that's nice :)

FINALLY. SOME GOOD FUCKING FOOD. thanks mom for taking me to scarborough fair. all timer. less so for the other stuff. cloudy, dangling conversation, that one song bon iver bit for the emma album title - great 59th street, flowers never bend, homeward bound (chorus), parts of silent night - good the bar for satire is profoundly low. green pleasure machine is just ticket to ride (god(s) almighty i'm not ready for justbhow much beatles im gonna have to listen to doing ts 😃) but even more mid. simple desultory belongs in one of those "non rap song diss tracks" vids. i'm not gonna say don't let these guys cook social commentary but. america has to be the fluke of all time. also the songs don't develop all that much. limitations of the technology of the time but. mrs robinson's 4 minutes. take a little time to flesh them out. guess this former was a step to the latter. 3.1 - 5 (entirely scarborough fair, take it out it's like 4.4?)

Some great numbers here. Thank goodness these two formed a partnership to create this classic sound. Excellent, just a couple of fillers in the mix but a really good album.

A charming collection of folk and more contemporary songs reflecting the state of America in 1966. Not my favourite from Simon & Garfunkel, but one I return to regularly.

Dans l’ensemble, c’est un bon albums, certains morceaux sont un peu court malheureusement… 3+/5

when i saw the folk tag i was dreading this because i really do not like folk music. but when the first song started i was like oh! it might be nice! then the rest of the album played. i could not care less about this type of music and i don't understand why anyone would. i'm so sorry the only track that made me feel some semblance of emotion was the last one, but even then it felt kind of heavy-handed. thank the heavens that this was short, unlike some other folk albums i've listened to and similarly disliked fave track: scarborough fair / canticle

great album from s&g. not one of their best, not one of my favourites, but there are some absolute bangers on there.

7 O'Clock News is still devastating. Robert McNamara'd has a line about Phil Spector that has aged interestingly. So many beautiful songs on one short (29 minute) album.

a delicious roast chicken

It's been a while since I listened to this one. Simon and Garfunkel made some excellent music together. Great album with lots of great tunes. Dig it.

Not my go to music of choice but they have some good tunes.

first half made me feel something at times, totally get why one would love them. folksy stuff isn’t typically my thing but parts were good. second half so boring. also robert mcnamara song sounded like bob dylan, maybe all 60s rock folk is by dylan

What an absolutely beautiful album. It blends in meaningful and poetic lyrics with melancholy tunes in a seamless and artistic way. It definitely requires a certain introspective mood to listen to, and is best listened to alone (even better if surrounded by nature, maybe on a park bench or under a beautiful tree?). My own exposure with this album may have me biased though as it was not a first listen…. The lyrics to the song “the dangling conversation” in particular was on the cork board in my room in uni and listening to it brought back some good memories. All in all, listening to this album feels like submersing into yourself and having a good look around and appreciating the melancholy as well as the silver linings. Will listen again.

The Good: It is an album about herbs!!! The Bad: Not the kind of herb we’d been craving for… The Ugly: The skunk face you’ll get smoking the afore mentioned 4… First song, sounds familiar… there’s that song on the Joe Cocker album Mad Dogs & Englishmen where he sings a “duet” with Leon Russell… go check that one out, as it is one of the finest live songs ever. Anyway, Paul and Art aren’t going to cover a Dylan song, so let’s keep listening, shall we? We’ve got ‘60s folksy music, with a little psychedelic mixed in (hence the herbs), which is the kind of music I really am starting to dislike… thanks in no small part to this little journey we are on. But I digress… song 3 comes along… BAM, I’ve heard that one… and it is GOOD. Wait a second, are you telling me that Paul & Art wrote that many hits??? I don’t recall how many times I listened to the album yesterday, but what I do know is that it was lovely on the background, it is nicely short, and more importantly, there are 12 songs so you are sure to find something you will like. I can’t, in good conscious, give this album 5*, as it is ‘60s folksy, but I will give it 4* with a huge thumbs up!!!

Highlights: Scarborough Fair/Canticle, Homeward Bound, The 59th Street Bridge Song, For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her. 3.6

Pretty lovely to be honest. Those vocals, especially when they harmonise. Spellbinding. Some great songs, a few duds but overall an immersive, melodic pleasure to listen to.

These song titles are for a prog album, but with the length of hyperpop or something. Oh shit, "Patterns" sounds awesome. I think I may have found vocal forward music I like? It just has to be folk?

later stuff will get a 4 or 5

I generally really respect the song-writing and their ability to tell stories. And I usually like the plucking they do. But as a whole, the music isn’t something I’d be bumping on a road trip, or while working, or while hanging with friends, or while in my feels. So like, idk when I would ever actually listen to it.

Scarborough Fair/Canticle is sooo pretty & folky (apparently it’s a folk song that dates back to Middle Ages). I can tell Sufjan Stevens is inspired by S&G! (vocals in Cloudy especially) Overall, the sound has such an intimate and film-like quality. Simple Desultory Philippic is unexpectedly funny (“folk rock” “I lost my harmonica, Albert.”) For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her is really tender & beautiful; A Poem on the Underground Wall is really cool. 7 O’clock News / Silent Night is SUCH. A highlight of this album. It features S&G singing Silent Night softly as a (fake) newscaster reports actual news from that year—politics, murder, protests, etc. As the song goes on, the newscaster becomes louder. This track is really evocative, eerie, and meaningful; it speaks to how society tries to drown out/cope with social issues.

Not my favourite Simon and Garfunkel album

A classic. This album expanded my mind the first time I heard it

really pretty. stronger than bridge over troubled water imo. less cheesy and more consistent

Gut, aber nicht mein Ding.

a classic with several favourites. First time I'd heard the full album.

Thankfully short

Decent. The Dylan parody is, funnily enough, more interrsting than almost all the other songs on herr.

Pretty music, pretty harmony, pretty boring. But good. I'm not likely to seek out S&G, but for a few of their songs. So, nice to listen, but not as highly ranked by me as they deserve.

You had me at harpsichord. They are a band I always forget is amazing. In my head they're just some random folk duet, but the music is secretly very diverse. It's subtle and honestly pretty complex in a sneaky sort of way.

Weird album art, but a killer album. Scarborough Fair, 59th St Bridge Song, Homeward Bound all on the same album?? Fantastic. Wild that the album itself touted "The Dangling Conversation" as one of their singles off of it. It feels to me one of the least interesting songs on the record. Really enjoyed "Patterns", "Cloudy", "The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine", and the Bob Dylan kind of parody (if you can call it that?) that is "A Simple Desultory Phillipic" when it came to songs I didn't know before. Feels rare to have an album that is fun to listen to top to bottom.

A great classic album

lindo disco, ameno, canciones agradables, bien de la época

Probably S&G's Pet Sounds moment with an experimental, melodic and beguiling album. Scarborough Fair and Homeward Bound don't seem to date at all. Fun getting re-acquainted with this album.

Mostly great but punctuated by real downer moments of beatnik bullshit.

Scarborough Fair/ Canticle: No es para NADA mi estilo. Me da un poco de miedo, tipo es medio tetrica, no me gusto. Patterns: Los mismo, para nada mi estilo, peeeeroooooo, la instrumental de esta esta muy buena. Igualmente no la pondria en una playlist asi como para escucharla. Cloudy: Otra vez, no es mi estilo. Mejor que la primera es, pero tampoco la escucharia. Homeward Bound: Buenas vibras, pero todas me parecen turbias. The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine: Creo que es una de las que mas me gusto, muy buena vibra, peor tampoco me encanta. The 59th Street Bridge Song: Me da miedo The Gangling Conversation: No se pero esta me da muco¿ho mas miedo que las demas, al menos el principio. Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall: Esta es buenas vibras, una de las que mas me gusto. A Simple Deultory Philippic: No es mi estilo de musica, pero meh. For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her: Me da miedo basta A Poem on the Underground Wall: No me gusto 7 O'clock News /Silent Night: La que mas miedo me dio lejos. En concljusion, la muscica de esta epoca y de este tipo me parece muy turbia, tipo me da mucho miedo mal. No es mi estilo, no me gusto la verdad

Es hermoso, pero no es mi estilo. Lo debería de volver a escuchar

Kind of a musical whiplash jumping into this after yesterday's Snoop Dogg. Charming and nostalgic on the tracks I was already familiar with, the unfamiliar tracks didn't jump out to me. Could be the juxtaposition with the gangsta rap but everything here just felt soft.

Boy, could these two harmonize! And Paul Simon, despite the fact that he appears to be kind of an asshole, is a helluva songwriter. I find it ironic that he wrote a (spot-on) Bob Dylan parody ("A Simple Desultory Philippic (or How I Was Robert McNamara'd into Submission)") when some of his own lyrics are clearly written in a very Dylanesque school. "7 O'Clock News/Silent Night" is a little mawkish, but there are enough really good songs here to overcome that, even though there are usually better recordings of those songs on other albums.

Love the lyricism at play here, it's simply one of my favorite albums of all time. Elegantly simple.

Great length. Very pleasant. Second song I’ve listened to on this list that mentions midtown east in the title. Used to go to the Trader Joe’s under the bridge. High 4 / low 5

Pretty good

Good stuff. Route of the rat will not go away until the rat dies

7/10

Maaginen. Sopii metsälenkille. Rauhallinen, mutta mukana myös menevämpää musaa. Sopivan mittainen (28min), en olisi jaksanut kuunnella enempää. Taiteellisia kappaleita mukana.

Good album, brings out simon & garfunkels best Best songs: For emily, whenever i may find her Scarborough fair/ canticle Homeward bound 6.5/10

I'm guessing its not one of their best.

Short and sweet little album!

It’s not exceptional

sabia lo bueno que eran pero nunca escuche el album, BUENISIMO. canciones a playlist: 1/12

Probably the worst album I’ve ever heard

HOOOOMEWARD BOUND I WISH I WAS Can't listen to that song without thinking of The Leftovers using it in a brilliant karaoke scene. Fantastic show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWWGf8BT0YU (Doesn't make a lick of sense without context but take this as a rec) Love Simon and Garfunkel (not to mention Paul Simon's solo stuff, holy Graceland!), but more so their stuff off Bridge Over Troubled Water than their earlier stuff like this. I'd say I've been missing out. Love the blatant Dylan parody in "A Simple Desultory Philippic"

Yeah this was nice, I’d heard the first track already quite a few times and nothing else. Was consistently good all the way through. A simple desultory philipic sounds like a bob dylan song. Not really sure how I felt about the silent night rendition, probably a skip for me for any other non December listens 4

Me gustaron: Flowers never bend with the rainfall, homeward bound, for emily whenever i may find her, scarborough fair, patterns. Esta chévere, me gustó. Es como esta musica que hacen que siempre va a ser buena, no va a sonar mal, pero tampoco me cambia la vida. También creo que es muy de un momento en específico.

A pleasant listen, but not nearly as exciting or memorable as Bridge Over Troubled Water or even Bookends. I appreciate this more for the promise that it shows (which S&G later lived up to and then some) than as a work standing on its own. 3.5/5, rounding up.

3/5 Favorites: The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy), Cloudy, The Dangling Conversation Should it be on the list: Yes

Gorgeous. Should have given bookends a 5, this is slightly below bookends and bridge. Scarborough fair is a top 3 Simon & Garfunkel song

Delicious. I didn't give bookends a 5, though it's definitely grown into one. I wonder if this album will too. Bit of an odd end tho..

Nope. Cant do the whole album.

A really calming album with soft vocals and instrumental. Some known songs that I recognized are Homeward Bound and The 59th Street Bridge Song. Good to have in the background on a calm spring noon when there is still activity in the house. A very good album, 8/10, will try to find a vinyl of it.

6/10

8/10 Me gustó, buen album. Me hace acordar a The Beatles, tienen un ritmo parecido, suave y tranquilo, pero que no aburre

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