Reviews (page 8 of 13)
Awesome album, probably not their best, but Homeward Bound is amazing and there are many more strong tracks on this record.
Another enjoyable album from Simon and Garfunkel.
Mooie liedjes duren niet lang. Dat bewijst dit album maar al te goed.
What a fantastic album. Unfortunately I don't think it's as good as the later stuff in their careers and there are some clunkers on here, but it's definitely a sign of things to come.
Listened Before? N An album that just FEELS like 60s NYC. Even to someone who wasn't there. These guys made magic when it came to their harmonies, and Simon's writing. I love this album. It has everything from low and slow ballads, to scathing political commentary. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: 59th Street Bridge Song, Scarborough Fair
A very joyful album by Simon and Garfunkel (also very short). Simple melodies, accompanied by soft voices of two singers, falling into abundance of sweetness at times. There was couple of very interesting songs, especially quite surprising "Silent Night" song, normal Christmas Carol, with radio news broadcast in the background (moving into foreground as the song progresses). News are pretty depressing, but very telling of current times. Very interesting idea. Other parts of album include the more famous "Scarborough fair", or "Homeward Bound", which are really nice folk pieces, just a bit too soft in my opinion, as if written for people with anger issues. But otherwise, very interesting album, and a good listening session.
Simon and Garfunkel had a smooth partnership. They made each other sound better. This album was one of the springboard into that whole folk rock thing. A number of well known cuts but some I had not listened to previously. Poetic lyrics with minimal accompaniment
I don't know where that fair is, but text me the details, and I'll be there. I read that many critics have considered it a breakthrough in recording for the duo and one of their best efforts. I agree.
Nice, easy-listening tunes, as expected from S&G, although I was surprised by the subtle political and social criticism of the last track: 7 o'clock news/Silent night.
First time I’ve heard the originals of some of these. Pretty interesting. I got a Beach Boys vibe at times.
This is a classic 60s album, the one where Simon and Garfunkel really came into their own. I think after Sounds of Silence, a lot of people probably thought they were going to be a one-hit wonder but this album demonstrated a duo with a lot of talent and staying power. Scarborough Fair, Homeward Bound, 59th Street Bridge Song, and For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her are all all-time classics. The rest of the album is mostly filler material, except for the closer 7 O'clock News / Silent Night, which is really moving and beautiful in its own way. I'm torn between 4 and 5 stars for this album. I would give it 5, but I do think there are a fair amount of throwaway songs on here, and at times it's a bit naive and pretentious so I'm going with 4. Plus that shirt Paul Simon is wearing on the album cover is worth at least a 0.25 point deduction.
culls calm moves me
soOOooo sweet. the OG twee boiz
Classic
Some amazing songs here, and some pretty good ones. Probably not gonna listen to it as a whole too often, but I'll certainly be coming back to my favorites.
Favorite: homeward bound
Well this is something. I'm just enjoying the political undercurrents I never appreciated. 5 stars for touching on Lenny Bruce. Minus 1 star for trying to appropriate Scarborough Fair as your own song, a nursery rhyme we all learnt when we were 3 years old
Gorgeous and haunting at the same time. I need to get some of their stuff on wax for sure.
What can I say, I'm a sucker for Simon and Garfunkel. Stand out song for me is definitely "flowers never bend with the rainfall", but all their songs are great
I liked it more than expected. Found it strong throughout with anti war themes. Great melodies as well.
Still LOVE this album. Still HATE the title font. Can't believe it was today when I figured out the Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine was cannabis. First time I heard The 59th Street Bridge Song - rainy morning in Vechta, West Germany. I had my yellow Sony Walkman/radio and was walking down a cobblestone street alone. Mind blown! The Dangling Conversation is a nod to Art's reading obsession/love (see https://www.artgarfunkel.com/library.html) The whole album just reeks of 1966. Lots of lovely jingly-jangly (see Flowers Never Bend With the Rainfall). ******** Post-listening note: I discovered that Art's son, Art Jr., has an album in German called "Wie Du: Hommage an Meinen Vater" in which he sings the classics auf Deutsch. Art Jr's grandparents were German and played a big role in his life. My delight = Andre's annoyance. I think any German speaker will enjoy it immensely. Geil!
Folky trace, surprisingly good
4. Solid album. Some great tracks on here and the weaker ones are mostly fine/harmless. 7 O'clock News / Silent Night is not particularly insightful or good to listen to. Standouts: Patterns, Homeward Bound, Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall.
Living in the 60s must have been dope with all of these great vocal harmonies running around. Obviously this album is filed to the brim with them. Other than that I don't have a huge amount to say about it. It's a Simon and Garfunkel album. They didn't make a huge number of albums together, but all of them were good. This doesn't have the best production quality, at least on the version that I listened to. You can hear that it's a good album, but it's also evident that there is some loss of audio quality. Overall I liked Bridge Over Troubled Water better, but this is still a very beautiful album. I don't even like folk music, but it's hard for me to see how you wouldn't like this 4/5
Approaching their best...
Cool album
The harmonies.
Better than I thought!
Folk
One of their better albums. Would revisit this if I was in the right mood.
5 4
Not my genre... But the songs are good, and only 28 minutes total, so enjoyable overall. Patterns and homeward bound best songs 4/5
Vem sade att vita gossar inte har själ!!!
The eponymous opener is divine. The other tracks are great
Nice and short
It feels a little sacrilegious to not give Paul Simon full marks but this is a little too folky for me. A couple of brilliant songs on here but it almost feels like he’s trying to be a poetic genius where as at his best it comes across as less contrived. If not for his later work, I’m sure this would be 5 stars, so not really a fair metric…
This is probably my least favorite S&G album, but that being said it is still amazing.
Beautiful.
The middle child in the duo's discography. A mixed bag of brilliant and pleasantly meh. Scarborough Fair, Homeward Bound, and Feeling Groovy were the best cuts on here. For Emily is okay here but massively improved live. This album also features the most haunting version of a christmas carol Silent I've ever heard.
Surprisingly layered. Good stuff.
This project made me realize I’d only really listened to singles and greatest hits of this duo. Hearing the deeper cuts and sequences in the actual albums (as well as the studio versions of several songs I had only heard a live cut of) has been eye opening: the weirder, more experimental stuff. Percussion! Anyway it’s a great album.
An album of highs and lows. Less keen on the hippyish stuff but songs like there were also some great songs in there. Not sure how to rate really...
Comment peut on ne pas aimer
envie d'aller au dodo zzzzzzz
Very fond of this album. The olde worlde English fete aspect of American folk never got less annoying than it is on the opening track. But they switch up the style of music a few times as the album runs. I love S&G's voices working together across the album. "Patterns" is lovely poetic songwriting. The first four tracks are basically untouchable, but I'm less in love with side B of the album. "A Simple Desultory Philippic" I've always found annoying as Paul Simon doing a Bob Dylan impression is only interesting one time at most. I have to say, I think Sounds of Silence is a more consistent album, even though it is surpassed by the opening four tracks of this follow-up. Putting three of their five albums in this 1001 list seems questionable, especially when Sounds of Silence isn't one of them. 4*
Silent Night. Civil Rights Act 1968. 1974 Women's Rights, 1988 Disability
Solid album, sounds like a classic. 4/5
Simon and Garfunkel are WELL into drugs on this one and it's glorious. Really dog this one.
I mean it's great. Opening with a folk standard misleads you as it brings you arch, clever, optimistic folk-pop afterwards. If you don't love A Simple Desultory Phipillic or The 49th Bridge Street Song, I have no time for you.
weird to think of a time before these songs existed. their first really good album with numerous classics, and a sample of news from the era that sounds like a relic of a better time in comparison to now
Iconic. Can’t hear the title track without singing along, and there are many other singalong tracks on this disc. It staves off the advancement of time well.
Some of Paul Simon's worst instincts are on display, but there's enough good stuff here to rescue it. Best track: The Dangling Conversation
A banger
Classic 60s
I often check out the day-old pastry section of our grocery store for deals. As one might expect, it’s a hit and miss situation. I have walked away with some delectable goodies at rock bottom prices. However, the other day I purchased a package of cookies- soft style lemon, filled with blueberries- that turned out to be just average, maybe even a little below. But that’s the nature of the pastry seconds community. Some things work, others don’t. When they do, they’re delicious. When they don’t, well… Think of the songs on Simon & Garfunkel’s 'Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme' as items in the day-old pastry section (although most of this LP rightfully belongs in the main display case containing the fresh baked stuff). Certainly, the recipes looked pretty good on a couple of the numbers, but the actual taste fell a little flat: ‘The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine’ with it’s tired 60’s critique of commercial television, and Simon’s tongue-in-cheek (I think?) mock Dylan on ‘A Simple Desultory Philippic.’ Thankfully, though, most of the LP is stocked with fresh out of the oven tollhouse cookies (complete with pecans), and even a big glass of ice cold milk. One cannot help but delight in the aroma of joyful innocence emanating from ‘The 59th Street Bridge Song.’ Same for tasting the more wistful (another predominate 60s emotion) flavor of songs like ‘Cloudy’ or ‘Homeward Bound.’ The best of the bunch, for me, were the Simon guitar accompaniments to Garfunkel’s lead vocals on, for example, ‘For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her.’ Paul Simon’s lyrics tend to overshadow his equally talented guitar playing, ‘Patterns’ and ‘The Dangling Conversation’ being two tasteful examples of subtle fills and an overall commanding technique. And Art Garfunkel’s baby skin soft, tender vocals on songs like ‘Scarborough Fair’ and ‘For Emily’ are about the stuff of dreams ‘pressed in organdy.’ About Simon’s lyrics- with a modicum of words, the scenes he sets on ‘A Poem on the Underground’ or ‘The Dangling Conversation’ is wonderful to behold. Furthermore, his meter and general word play throughout are like herbs enhancing an entree. He describes a relationship on ‘The Dangling Conversation’ thusly: ‘Like a poem poorly written we are us out of rhythm, couplets out of rhyme in syncopated time.’ The entire LP was carefully bookended by two songs, the final being the juxtaposition of the hopeful dream for the world in the birth of Jesus with the nightmare of the actual state of the world in 1966, in particular related to war. The opener, ‘Scarborough Fair’ is typically dismissed as a quaint nostalgic glimpse into the mid 60s, but a closer look at the lyrics Simon sings in contrast to the more familiar ones from Garfunkel reveals something different. (And, just a hint of a harpsichord accompaniment, in case you forgot what decade you were listening to.) I’m a big fan of Rosemary. I enjoy it in foods both savory or sweet. Sage and Thyme are great around Thanksgiving, important flavors, but they are best used judiciously and with restraint. Parsley, though, is mostly a throwaway, an afterthought, served as a garnish on a diner special-of-the-day plate back in the 60s. Thankfully, 'Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme' goes easy on the Parsley and heavy on the Rosemary.
Lovely
Good songs, short.
Familiar with S&G’s more famous work, First time listening to this album, and really enjoyed it, brilliant folk album.
Then they did a more creative job but it's a great album
If the only track on this album had been 'Scarborough Fair/Canticle', it would still be worthy of this list. One of those rare songs that no matter how often I hear it, it never gets old. Still haunting and beautiful. 'Homeward Bound' still moves me too. The rest of the tracks showcase how ridiculously talented these two are as songwriters, singers, (and a guitar player in Paul's case), and performers. Great stuff.
One of the greatest duos of all time. Great heart-warming folk music with beautiful poetry. This album is a masterpiece, most of the songs were a lesson for me when I was studying playing the guitar. I give it 4 stars, just because "Bridge Over Troubled Water" is the best S&G album.
Classic
not a S&G fan (only solo Paul) but i was surprised how much i liked this. 59th street bridge song is the best.
Ohhh, First song on this voyage: Scarborough Fair. I remember listening to this song as my friends cottage as a kid. It definitely has some sentimental value to it. I don't know if I would put it on if I didn't have that connection to it.
Baladas de S&G. Un 4.
Very mellow. It's easy to connect the dots from this album to modern folk.
Beautiful voices 👍
quase lá
Pretty good, and the 7pm News song is powerful.
Very good little album. Absolutely beautiful songwriting, instrumentation, and vocals. A few of the faster cuts felt too aggressive for the tone of the album, but they are still good as stand-alone songs. 8/10
They are by far the best harmonizers ever. Such great music. However, if there is one criticism... it's that they are too damn smart. I do not know what a simple desultory phillipic is
As much as I love "Bridge Over Troubled Water" and much of "Bookends", my knowledge of Simon and Garfunkel's music outside of that is limited to the Greatest Hits album, which I have played many times. Imagine my surprise when both "Homeward Bound" and "59th Bridge Street Song (Feeling Groovy)" came crashing in with uptempo drums and extra instrumentation. It removed the intimacy I'm used to from these songs and rushed them along a bit too much. Maybe it's just because I'm used to the acoustic-only versions, but it got me thinking about some of the other songs on the album and wondering if they'd have benefited from being more stripped back. Sometimes it felt they hadn't got the arrangements quite right, as they intruded on Simon's excellent songwriting and the duo's peerless harmonies. The overblown strings in "The Dangling Conversation" and the incessant bongos in "Patterns" are two examples: both sound much better in live versions or solo renditions by Simon. Sometimes, though, it's gorgeous and tastefully done: the harpsichord in "Scarborough Fair/Canticle", or the celesta in "Cloudy". There's a lot of beauty across the record for sure, but most of it comes from the duo themselves. The real thing that matters here is, of course, the actual songs. "Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall" is a lovely, breezy song and one of Simon's simplest, catchiest tunes. "A Simple Desultory Philippic" is a wryly amusing Dylan send-up and "7 O'Clock News/Silent Night" is... exactly what it sounds like, but prettier. And yes, despite its arrangement here, "Homeward Bound" is still an absolute classic. It goes without saying that Garfunkel's vocals are sublime throughout, but the best showcase of them is the amazing "For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her": he gives a tender, yearning performance that swells imperceptibly into overflowing emotion. Simon is an underrated guitar player too and accompanies each song beautifully (as two examples, listen to the fingerpicking in "Feeling Groovy" and the trills in "Cloudy"). It might not scale the heights of the duo's later work, but there's still a brilliant set of songs here.
Smooth & nice
Simon admits the drum track on Homeward Bound was a mistake. Check out any live performance with just him and a guitar and I suspect you’ll agree.
Exciting new sounds in the old folk tradition <3 8/10
Don't Garfunkle me bro!
Gentle, dreamy, folk. I enjoyed this more than I thought I would!
Let me start this review by saying that I forgot to mention in my previous [somewhat crass] review of S&G's Bookends, that the song "America" is absolutely their best. I love that song and it makes me tear up almost every time I hear it. So, I'll be adding a start to this record to bring their team average back up. Now, the "spices" record... It's cool. But it's so safe. It's cozy I guess. It's like sitar in 60s music. When we hear it now, it seems cliche, but at the time it was revolutionary. Likewise, the gentle delivery of quasi-social/political themes by folk singers wasn't always a predictable thing. And I think this record is much better if you listen with that understanding. Which is what I tried to do. There are elements on this record that feel medieval - most obviously the first track. I like that. And I like that it was picked up decades late by one of my favorite bands Fleet Foxes (not that there weren't other folk bands in the interim that did this as well). I should also say that I love the sweetness of the vocals. And, Paul Simon is such a great fingerstyle guitarist.
Bra blandning mellan lugn rock och folk. 4/5
Simon and Garfunkel are referents. Very good singers and his compositions are very fine. In this album is very interesting the first song and the fourth.
After listening to this, I can understand why people wanted Simon and Garfunkel to get back together. Bliss and serenity, who wouldn't want more of these dudes harmonizing?
Melhor música: Scarborough Fair/Canticle
Some absolutely gorgeous music on this album. The "hits" are all beautiful; Scarborough Fair, Homeward Bound and The 59th Street Bridge Song, but there are also some lesser known songs like Patterns and The Dangling Conversation and For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her. A beautiful album 4 🌟
so viele tolle nummern, homeward bound ist eins meiner fave lieder von ihnen. das stille nacht / news- mash up find ich weird.
My least favourite of the four main Simon and Garfunkel albums but still a great folk album regardless
1. Beautiful and ethereal opener. 2. much more funk to the second track. 3. countryish - lovely textures 4. more upbeat folk sound with beautiful breaks 5. rock with psych organ sound 6. more intimate and folksy again 7. sun kissed keys add a lot to this one 8. extremely sweet vocal harmonies and melodies 9. large swing, again more rocky 10. maybe the slowest song on here. love their finger picked acoustic work 11. more upbeat - but very much folksy and pretty. focused storytelling here and employs a speak sing type of delivery. 12. odd ending - piano led cover of silent night with social critique. It is pretty thought provoking, but feels at odds with the general tone of the album Overall a very beautiful and delicate album of folky pop. The guys have wonderful synergy with their vocal tone and always seem to pick the sweetest harmonies to use. The guitar playing in general is a standout too, with intricate finger picked playing. The few times S*G step outside of their genre comfort zone the quality dips - I'm mostly impressed by the folk. I will relisten to dig into the lyrical content
This is a great album. Excellent lyrics and unbelievable instrumental work. I`m very happy to discover more songs from Simon & Garfunkel.
Scarborough fair is pure folk beauty. End to end folk bangers.
Short but very sweet. Homeward Bound is probably my favourite S&G song, which immediately earns the album a few stars. The rest of the album is a good mix of softly sung folk and more upbeat tracks to boogie along to. An easy 4 stars
The third Simon & Garfunkel album we got. I rated the other two as 5's but found this one a little weaker in comparison. It's still soothing, the arrangements are still wonderful, the lyrics still poetry. But the overall quality just seemed a bit lower to me compared to Bridge Over Troubled Water and Bookends. Some of the standout tracks such as the fantastic Scarborough Fair or For Emily were clear 5-star songs to me and the album as a whole is still a very good 4.5. But I'm rounding it down because it's not quite as good as the other two albums.
Plena època hippie i aquests dos treuen un dels discos més representatius del moviment. Enclaustrat entre l'himne atemporal de 'Sound of Silence' i els discos icònics 'Bookends' i 'Bridge Over Troubled Waters', de vegades no se li presta l'atenció deguda. I se la mereix. De tant sentir-les, cançons com 'Scarborough Fair' o 'Homeward Bound' semblen ja part de la memòria colectiva... però aquí és on van nèixer... i per darrera, temes de molt bona factura com 'Emeily Whenever I May Find Her', 'Cloudy ' 'Fellin' Groovy'
Pretty good, I'm not always a fan of some bloke with an acoustic guitar, but they managed to do a good enough job top get past the barrier
1966. Scarborough Fair / Canticle, Homeward Bound, Patterns
nice combination of poetic lyrics, great vocal harmonies and a good instrumental backup
There's a lot to enjoy on this album if you allow yourself. Favourite tracks are "Homeward bound", "Feeling groovy", "Patterns" and "A simple desultory". A really good album.
Gentle and enjoyable
Great album, very easy going and mellow vibe
Feeling groovy feeling herbal! I'm fond of Homeward Bound, it always popped in my head when passing Widnes train station, not that I ever stopped off in Widnes, perish the thought! *shudder*
Solid stuff
Some of these songs sound dated (in good and bad ways). Some seem oddly prescient.
I enjoyed this more than I expected. I knew the more famous songs but the other ones surprised me by their melody and composition. 7 O'clock news is particularly poignant.
Like all albs, this album is of its time. Very enjoyable and gives a nostalgic feeling for my childhood.
I like "Homeward Bound" the best. 7 o'clock News was a little heart-wrenching.
buttery smooth
Delicate, twee maybe, but some great songwriting, and unique delivery
Near perfect. 7 o'clock/Silent Night is heartbreakingly pretty.
I somehow never realized that “Scarborough Fair” was a traditional English folk song. I guess it seemed like it fit in Simon & Garfunkel’s wheelhouse so well. But instead it’s music that has endured for 400+ years, changing and evolving along the way but with modern artists still performing it. Makes me wonder what will become of today’s music 400 years in the future. Will it be preserved? Still performed? Will the bones of today’s songs be manipulated and changed into something different? The 1001 features things from the modern era that must be listened to in order to understand popular music in the 20th and 21st centuries. And that occasionally included a few traditional works from 100 years ago, or 400 years ago. It also included covers and reinterpretations of the Great American Songbook and classic blues and rock songs that many different artists performed. There’s less of that today. Less traditional music being performed by modern stars, less songbook hits covered and interpreted by many artists. You get occasional covers, but they are much rarer than in the mid 1900s. Today there is more music than ever before, and it's more accessible than ever before. But will it last? Will it stand the test of time? Or will the abundance lead to nearly all of it being quickly forgotten? What will exist from the 1001 in any form in the year 2500? Maybe one of Simon & Garfunkel’s original songs, several of which have permeated into the cultural subconscious, will be the “Scarborough Fair” of the far future? But I think it’s more likely than in the age of preserving everything, somehow nothing really survives.
I realized that A) I have this album on tape that a friend in high school made for me but I had no idea the tape he made was a straight album; and B) he must have run out of room on that one side because I have never heard the last 3 tracks before.
Great classic songwriting.
Très bon album, c'est du S&G, on s'attend pas à autre chose
Top beetje uptempo album van Simon en Garfunkel, vooral het nummer homeward bound spreekt me aan
One of the albums I grew up with, so it's difficult to rate 'objectively' - but I still think it holds up really well as a folk album.
Great writing, great songs. Really of all of Paul Simon's hits, PSR&T is prolly my least favorite.
I enjoyed it, was a foot tapper to me, some great songs i knew some I didn't.
Folksy, nostalgic, great album! 4.4/5
When Garfunkel still had the voice of an angel, and Simon's genius was on ready display. This is a fine record, and one I had never listened to (before today) from beginning to end.
Despite being iconic, it's kinda renfaire for my taste. Songwriting is strong but the vocal harmonies don't always sound good to me. Much like Wu-Tang, I would have to be in a specific mood to really want to listen to this, except it's probably the direct opposite mood. 8
Good stuff
Pop consistente, voz e violão marcantes pela simplicidade, e apresenta hits.
I know a bit of S&G, but was pleasantly surprised by complex harmonies. More than enough to forgive the missing Oxford comma.
Didn't expect to be quite so into this, but it's great.
Good stuff. Hard to go wrong with these guys.
pretty great
Excellent album, Dylan ? Essex bound .
Doesn't have any of the greatest hits, but it's still a great album.
This is actually so insanely good. This album has it all. I would give it 4.5/5 if possible.
A great folk rock album that says a lot in a very little amount of time.
Classic
4 for nostalgia
Simon is an incredible songwriter. Maybe Garfunkel is, too! I don't have a good way to judge that. But beyond a classic like Homeward Bound, did you hear how he totally sold the dorkiness of 'Feelin' Groovy'??? This isn't my favorite Simon stuff, but it's pretty dang good.
a bit too soft rock-ish for me. Better after a couple of listens. A bit eclectic. Homeward Bound is known to me.
A good album with some really solid tracks
Great chill singer songwriter vibes. A classic by all accounts. Awesome for a chill morning jam.
Simon & Garfunkel's first masterpiece, Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme was also the first album on which the duo, in tandem with engineer Roy Halee, exerted total control from beginning to end, right down to the mixing, and it is an achievement akin to the Beatles' Revolver or the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds album, and just as personal and pointed as either of those records at their respective bests.
Absolutely gorgeous, so easy to get lost in. Great lyrics as well.
A classic.
A stunning album in the most part, some of the tracks are songwriting perfection. Just beautiful. Would have went to 5 if it wasn’t for a bit of a lull and a couple of tracks that I found irritating.
Like the Bob Dylan inspired track
I love this album. It's such an easy thing to listen to.
Another favorite of my parents. S&G music is so soothing and pretty with the harmonies, almost meditative.
So good. So so good. I had heard almost every song as "singles", but in the context of an album, it makes it so much better!
Fantastic harmonies and wonderful songs
Well recorded and produced collection of songs, short songs at that! First time I’ve listened to this album and enjoyed it very much, just a bit short..! The musicianship and vocal performance in particular is excellent.
Between church and peace
Love this album! Heavenly voices
So good. Some of the best road trip music of all time. Chillest of the chill.
This has a more upbeat sound compared to Bridge Over Troubled Water. Different but good.
Hot take: this is easily the best of the 19 Paul Simon related albums on this list. For real though, with the exception of that pleasure machine song that sounds like The Monkees and the super depressing final track, I was kind of bowled over by how well this continues to hold up, especially for an album named after a spice rack.
Fand ich stark 4
Dudeldididai, bissi geweint, aber bin alles in allem zufrieden.
Die zwei härtesten Schwänze im Singer-Songrwriter Fickstall sind nach über 50 Jahren immernoch pulsierend und standhaft im Ohrenkanal! Schöne Melodien spritzen in geöffnete Mäuler und stopfen gierige Löcher. NIMM MICH DU GEILER GITARRENBOCK!!!! Knackiges Album, macht spaß, manchmal auch traurig. Weirder flex beim letztem Lied mit Anti-War/Weihnachtscrossover, I get it. Aber musikalisch keine Schönheit. 4*, war enttäuscht, dass es nur so kurz war (that's what she said)
Impactful storytelling mixed with delightful guitar. Wonderful album
It was nice! Short and sweet. Almost Lord of the Ringsish.
Iconic album.
Mellow
Pastoral and academic, but not inaccessible.
This would be 4.5 if we could do those. Know so many of these songs but didn’t know their titles.
1st song favorite. Sounds like something Taylor’s mom used to jam to for sure, but overall 70s vibe.
Some classics
Sweet.
How could you not love this album? One of the best ever.
2 good
Lovely
My favourite rendition of Scarborough Fair. The others in the album are decent.
Classic album
Great album filled with soothing folk rock songs and amazing vocal harmonies
A Simple Desultory Philippic är en 5+ sarkastisk sågning av Bob Dylan.
Lovely classic
Very dreamlike and polished they are every imagery driven there’s a couple hits in here that I didn’t know where on this album solid listen overall
Was not too keen on it at first, but eventually becomes tolerable. A Simple Desultoy Philippic was a nice surprise; clever lyrics name-dropping some of the greats. 7 O'Clock News/Silent Night would be an interesting rework if they did a new one each decade.
Gosh, good album but listening to this made me realize how much better Paul Simon is on his own.
I mean, I know they are highly lauded. So, a bit of the Radiohead effect here. The lyrics are really great! But it was just a little bit of a summer for me that never gained heat.
I blinked and missed it. Seriously was this only around 15 minutes long? Some great songs (duh), some more very much meh songs. The highs are high, and beyond the obvious I appreciate the arrangement/production but I just can't motivate myself to move my mouse a little further right to click 4 stars instead of 3.
I wasn’t the biggest fan, but it has a large variety of songs and they worked with the amazing paul simon. I loved Homeward bound, but unfortunately this album isn’t typically within my taste, but i can fully appreciate it as a great album!
This was a very easy listen, even if I wasn't blown away. The closest I came to that feeling was when the nostalgic and homely "Homeward Bound" came on. The melodies and harmonies are gorgeous all throughout the brief running time. The playful Bob Dylan pisstake "A Simple Desultory Philippic" shows a group that doesn't take itself too seriously. Things can feel overly cutesy and precious at times, look at the wimpy "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" for example. Despite a slight undercurrent of hippie stink, this breezy folk record holds up quite well.
Not their best work, unsure of what it is doing on this list. S&G always seemed a bit tame in comparison to the other folk acts at the time. The Dylan parody falls kind of flat.
I didn't find this as good and nice and awesome as I thought I would. lots of classics on here, just didn't blow my mind!
I don't listen to a lot of Simon and Garfunkel. This album was pretty good, it didn't have any super stand out moments to me. Though I found it did share a similar sound to Sounds of Silence, which I'm more familiar with. That prompted me to click on that album and start reading the apple music info on Sounds of Silence. Not much to mention, but they mentioned "I Am a Rock" was the title track of the album. And I've been thinking about that.
'The Graduate' is one of my favorite movies and watching it in college sent me down an S&G rabbit hole. I think is a really beautiful album, and "Scarborough Fair" takes me back to that summer every time I hear it.
It’s enjoyable. Not the most interesting thing they ever did. I think doing a recording of "Scarborough Fair" during peak Dylan, after "Girl From the North Country" is an interesting choice. I also think Paul Simon's shirt on this cover is an interesting choice. "Homeward Bound" is a semi-great song but that's as far as I'll go with it.
Not the best album by them but still very easy to listen to and a great closer
An interesting relaxing album, it feels like you listen to this on a field full of flowers and the life is good Fav sogns - Scarborough Fair / Canticle, The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine, The Dangling Conversation 3/5
Сара 3 Марко 3
I didn’t love the ending, very Christmasy for the middle of June. Other than that, it’s a good album
For the album to be 27 minutes, unfortunately the quality of the songs had to be sacrificed. 3/5
Lindazo, aunque no para tanto Nota: 3.1
Groovy
To quote a reel, "hi, I'm Paul Simon" "hi Paul Simon, I'm Art Garfunkel" "what the fuck"
I don’t know if it’s for me, but it’s interesting seeing how influential they were sounds like Elliot smith. Obviously love the classic S&G. The silent night cover was beautiful
3.7/5 liked it better this time gentle folk
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)
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.
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.
There are some good lyrical songs on this album it has a chill melo vibes 6.87/10
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.
s.s., 1966 -> 3
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.
a little too slow/folky for me
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.
Нічим не вражає, але вцілому нормально
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
Very odd, interspersed with classics
Relisten
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.
leuke studeermuziek...
best silly album, ni volledig mijn stijl, silent night was ni nodig
Chilled, for Slow days
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.
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
pleasant
simon e garfield
A pretty good album, I enjoy some Garfunkel stuff, but I think there’s a bit too much praise over the years. Three star.
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
Meh. Not my cup of tea, but very fine songcrafting
***
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.
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.
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
A couple of good songs, but the rest is fairly dull. 3 stars or C+.
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
Good god. It sounds like how a scratchy, turtleneck feels.
Very crazy and pretty cool!
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.
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!
Music for all levels of depression
Lovely album
Its alright, nothing amazing
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.
Pleasant enough, bit dull in parts
Very light music, easy to listen to or just to keep as a background sound.
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 🤣
A little to folky Homeward bound Feeling groovy
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.
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
2.75. I nearly fell asleep.
I've always loved Simon & Garfunkel but none of the songs I really love were on this album.
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.
3.5
You'd be hard pressed to find a groovier record. Paul Simon cranks them out!
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.
Veldig nært en 4er. Lander på en sterk 3 er
Ridder-musikk? Denne falt ikke helt i smak.
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)
I loved the vibe and it reminded me a lot to the beatles. Great recoommendatioon!!
I'm more of a greatest hits guy when it comes to S&G.
Forgettable but ok. 3.2
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.
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
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
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?)
Dans l’ensemble, c’est un bon albums, certains morceaux sont un peu court malheureusement… 3+/5
a delicious roast chicken
Not my go to music of choice but they have some good tunes.
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.
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.
Gut, aber nicht mein Ding.
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.
Mostly great but punctuated by real downer moments of beatnik bullshit.
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.
7/10
I'm guessing its not one of their best.
sabia lo bueno que eran pero nunca escuche el album, BUENISIMO. canciones a playlist: 1/12
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.
3/5 Favorites: The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy), Cloudy, The Dangling Conversation Should it be on the list: Yes
6/10
Bra men ikke helt min greie
* THEY MADE THE BOXER? My personal replays: The 59th Street Bridge Song, For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her
Bueno bien
No es mi estilo, pero está lindo. Creo que es muy experimental en terminos de sonidos pacíficos. Aún no se que genero es, debo descubrirlo.
estuvo muy ameno de escuchar, no me voló la cabeza pero bien 3 estrellas
Ups and mehs
Good