Well, Bookends Took A Long Time To (write And) Record Indeed, And I Remember Reading Somewhere That Part

Well, Bookends took a long time to (write and) record indeed, and I remember reading somewhere that part of the delays were due both to Paul's writer's block and to Artie not feeling too well for some periods of time through 67/68. But I may be wrong. Or it may be false anyway.

Nevermind what they went through to make it though, as they did a marvelous job on that album. Saying that Bookends is not "put together adequately" is bullshit, artist.

Anyway, thanks to this "Hell was frozen over" I now have a picture of Paul and Artie burnt in my brain: them begging some CBS boss, possibly Mr Davis himself, in a Jake Blues style. Ifkyk.

"Honest! I ran outta gas. I had a flat tire. I didn't have enough money for cab fare. My tux didn't come back from the cleaners. An old friend came in from outta town. Someone stole my car. There was an earthquake, a terrible flood, locusts! It wasn't my fault! I swear to God!"

Today’s episode of ‘reviews that use a whole lot of words to say nothing of value,’ featuring a very odd series of attempted insults towards Bookends. Supposedly “hell was frozen over” during the writing/recording process and “Simon and Garfunkel were unable to really put it together adequately.”

A few people might disagree 💀

The Daily Bruin, 04/18/68

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

Thanks fuck somebody said this. Bravo.

americanthinker.com

Do not allow Art Garfunkel to be written out of history

There was a magical time for modern music, loosely between 1955 and the end of the 20th century, yet a very small percentage of it will surv

Honestly, if we don’t get a scene like this in season 2 of Our Flag Means Death, what even is the point?? 

I've always found that look Paul gives him so soft... considering what happened during the rest of the song, I stick to tenderness in this gaze.

And the other idiot still asking himself 50 years later or so why didn't he write him.

"In May of ’69, Mike took the film to Rome, and Paul’s writing changed from “I know your part’ll go fine”—words of a deep friendship (“The Only Living Boy in New York”)—to “Why don’t you write me?”—words of frustration.

(...)

Why didn’t I write him? No doubt Paul and I enriched each other’s lives immeasurably. Where could the crazy notion come from of moving on from this wonderful duo? From hurt. From crazy motion. If Paul felt Mike had given me the means to “sock it to him,” maybe I was doing just that. Why didn’t I write him? Who are these two sensitive Jewish boys whose mothers loved them so much? Who throws the stone and who throws the return stone? Whose stone is imagined? Whose real?"

Of course, taken from What Is It All but Luminous: Notes From An Underground Man by Artie himself.

hes so crazy like. if i dont hear from you right now im going to kill myself

Well well well, glad I'm not the only one fascinated by the Paul (Verlaine)/Arthur (Rimbaud) thingy.

something something Paul Verlaine and Arthur (Artie) Rimbaud