They showed a little medly of songs on the news and I still remembered all the words. I had forgotten what a force those 2 were in music. Beautiful harmony!
"Old friends....sat on the parkbench like bookends...newspaper blowin' through the grass lands on the round toes - - of the high schoes - - of the old friends......."
Saw that on CNN tonight. S&G were my first concert ever at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium in Queens. I saw them again a few years later at Hunter College on LI.
I HAVE to get tickets if they're coming to Florida...
Yeah, i read that too... thanks for posting it Hope.
I won't miss it.
btw, in AG's bio, it says the two grew up together around Forest Hills in Queens (so they started out right at home with that concert) and first sang together publicly about age 11...
I sure would like to make it to the Nov 9 concert, gonna try.
ahem...I, the Matilda, met the skinny boy songsters back when the earth was still cooling...
here's how long ago that was...S & G were "appearing" at the Montgomery Wards store located in Chicago's Evergreen Plaza (the first "enclosed shopping experience" aka mall)circa 1966...
the boyz were at the head of a long line of adulating girls...some thought they were part of Paul Revere and the Raiders...lol. Their first album was just released and being hawked there...pick up the album and the short or tall would autograph it. I had no dough for the album, but knew all the songs...sang them in a southside coffeehouse...but when I got up to them, we sang two lines of harmony together and they signed my Winston cigarette. It was cool (not the cigarette, the whole groovy happening...lol)
It was my last cigarette, smoked it on the way home. Oh yes, I do remember being stalked by the Wendy Ward finishing school rep...lol...I guess I was sight, a barefoot blonde toting a carpetbag full of paints and a disdain for all things "Carnaby Street."
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They will be together?
They were GREAT together. Then Garfunkle thought he would be a big movie star and split...
Big mistake.
Never really like Paul Simmon as a solo.
I will keep my eyes out if they head this way.
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hello darkness my old friend
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Just heard that on the news. Very cool!
They showed a little medly of songs on the news and I still remembered all the words. I had forgotten what a force those 2 were in music. Beautiful harmony!
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That's wonderful..........
"Old friends....sat on the parkbench like bookends...newspaper blowin' through the grass lands on the round toes - - of the high schoes - - of the old friends......."
Barbs they are - - true barbs!
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Saw that on CNN tonight. S&G were my first concert ever at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium in Queens. I saw them again a few years later at Hunter College on LI.
I HAVE to get tickets if they're coming to Florida...
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That was my first introduction to them in person ...I wonder if we were at the same concert.
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Thanks for the info Paw! If ya want to head this way to see the concert, we'd be happy to house ya.
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To every man his own truth and his own God within.
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Art a movie star? well he needs to get some hair grease or something then??/
probably not a problem these days as he went bald by now anyway. lol We are all getting old.
Paul Simon is the most talented man did you hear his African tour a few years back?? OOo what a show!!
will they come to NY?? probably I will go..
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I do confess, there were times I was so lonely I took some comfort there....
Here's the cities on their tour:
Auburn Hills, Michigan
Cleveland, Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
Chicago, Illinois
St. Paul, Minnesota
Denver, Colorado
Seattle, Washington
Portland, Oregon
San Jose, California
Oakland, California
Las Vegas, Neveda
Phoenix, Arizona
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis, Missouri
Sacramento, California
Anaheim, California
San Diego, California
Los Angeles, California
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Hartford, Connecticut
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
New York City
Philadelphia, Pensylvania
East Rutherford, New Jersey
Boston, Massachussetts
Washington, DC
Sacramento, California
Anaheim, California
San Diego, California
Atlanta, Georgia
Tampa, Florida,
Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
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Well, that bites.
The closest they'll be to here is Atlanta.
The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenement halls
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...yeah, and skipping music mecca Indianapolis altogether!
Slow down, you move too fast.
You got to make the morning last.
Just kicking down the cobble stones.
Looking for fun and feelin' groovy.
:P-->
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and not anywhere near Texas... well... I guess technically they're all 'near' Texas...
...let us be lovers we'll marry our fortunes together...
... big hitter, the lama...
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Art Garfunkel is a nice fellow and a decent singer with a good ear for harmony.
Paul Simon is one of the brilliant artists of his (our) generation.
Graceland and Rhythm of the Saints among others were masterpieces. All Garfunkel can add is nostalgia and familiar harmonies.
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pawtucket
they should call it the California and then a few other cities tour
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Cindy!
What date for the Chicago show...anyone know?
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Like a bridge over troubled water...
I used to listen to that and pretend Jesus was singing it to me.
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I can go to it practically anywhere!!!!!!
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I think the Bridge Over Troubled Water album was the first one I ever bought (by anybody)... or at least it's the one I liked the most.
http://www.artgarfunkel.com
Oct 18, 2003 Auburn Hills, Michigan THE PALACE OF AUBURN HILLS On Sale Sept 15
Oct 20, 2003 Cleveland, Ohio GUND ARENA On Sale Sept 15
Oct 22, 2003 Columbus, Ohio SCHOTTENSTEIN CENTER On Sale Sept 15
Oct 24, 2003 Chicago, Illinois UNITED CENTER On Sale Sept 15
Oct 26, 2003 St. Paul, Minnesota: XCEL ENERGY CENTER On Sale Sept 15
Oct 30, 2003 Denver, Colorado PEPSI CENTER On Sale Sept 22
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Nov 2, 2003 Portland, Oregon ROSE GARDEN ARENA On Sale Sept 22
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Nov 6, 2003 Oakland, California OAKLAND ARENA On Sale Sept 15
Nov 8, 2003 Las Vegas, Nevada MGM GRAND ARENA On Sale Sept 22
Nov 9, 2003 Phoenix, Arizona AMERICA WEST ARENA On Sale Sept 20
Nov 12, 2003 Sacramento, California ARCO ARENA On Sale Sept 15
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Hope R.
They're going to be on Letterman on Friday night.
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Yeah, i read that too... thanks for posting it Hope.
I won't miss it.
btw, in AG's bio, it says the two grew up together around Forest Hills in Queens (so they started out right at home with that concert) and first sang together publicly about age 11...
I sure would like to make it to the Nov 9 concert, gonna try.
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They have a website up and running
http://www.simonandgarfunkel.com/
Without peeking, How many songs did they record approximately?
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$48.25 - $123.25 for tickets to the Arco Arena show on November 12th.
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Tip the canoe, here's deja vu...
ahem...I, the Matilda, met the skinny boy songsters back when the earth was still cooling...
here's how long ago that was...S & G were "appearing" at the Montgomery Wards store located in Chicago's Evergreen Plaza (the first "enclosed shopping experience" aka mall)circa 1966...
the boyz were at the head of a long line of adulating girls...some thought they were part of Paul Revere and the Raiders...lol. Their first album was just released and being hawked there...pick up the album and the short or tall would autograph it. I had no dough for the album, but knew all the songs...sang them in a southside coffeehouse...but when I got up to them, we sang two lines of harmony together and they signed my Winston cigarette. It was cool (not the cigarette, the whole groovy happening...lol)
It was my last cigarette, smoked it on the way home. Oh yes, I do remember being stalked by the Wendy Ward finishing school rep...lol...I guess I was sight, a barefoot blonde toting a carpetbag full of paints and a disdain for all things "Carnaby Street."
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Matilda, that's a great story... I think I'll just pick one and go to it... back in their youth they were "Tom and Jerry"...
"...it took me four days to hitchike from Saginaw..."
... big hitter, the lama...
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