"We Do Not Refer To Beatles Songs As Early Paul McCartney Songs Or Early George Harrison Songs. They

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

Thanks fuck somebody said this. Bravo.

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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

i'm both dumber and smarter than you think so don't underestimate me because i'm actually smart about a lot of stuff but also don't be surprised if i'm dumb about some other stuff hope that helps

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

I was only familiar with the top right, nice to see a couple more in which you can really see them, too. Very grateful for @more-or-less-the-same 's precious work finding these gems! 💜

Muhlenberg College, 4/19/68: Paul briefly stealing Art’s soon-to-be signature style, Art embracing his terrible posture, and a bunch of people who could stand to look a little more invested in the whole thing.

Ah yes, I'm sure Artie would have contributed more to songwriting (and spent less time ill/exhausted) if he wasn't studying in the meantime.

Don't believe me? Listen to his album Everything Waits to Be Noticed, he co-wrote many of the songs and they're beautiful. Just think what he and Paul could've created if only he had more time/trusted more in his songwriting abilities.

dear god we need to rethink simon and garfunkels entire career. he was literally in grad school