Impossible Choice, But Still.

Impossible choice, but still.

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I'd like to know what Artie was talking about... well, maybe I can guess, given the era, but still.

Art Garfunkel and Paul Simon at a press conference, New York, September 1981.

© Michael Putland

I don't see errors in these lines above.

Happy Valentine's Day, y'all! 😏

Presenting the two most eligible young Jewish bachelors of the 60s…complete with the worst hairlines you’ll ever see on two men in their 20s, a pair of ‘effortlessly cool’ stares that in fact took far too much effort, and the ridiculously uneven bags under Art’s eyes. Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone 🤩

HELLO???

What even is this??

I love everything about it and I want more. 👀

Plus, love seeing Artie with a guitar, rare and therefore more precious reminder that he could play too. Not as good as Paul (who is?), but he knew how to strum - his early solo (teen) records show that.

Anyway, please someone find the whole footage of these idiots in red matching sweaters and share it with us all.

So the other day I saw a Simon & Garfunkel video over at Twitter, and the first three seconds was this. This particular video seems to be a summary from a documentary on ARTE, a cultural French-German tv channel.

Does anyone know where this is from? Is there a full video? What on earth was going on?

Not only do we have the both of them in matching outfits (of course), but we also have Art gesturing and singing ‘da da duhs’, Paul is less than impressed (lol), and ARTIE HOLDING A GUITAR? 

I wonder how well he could play it. We’ve all seen him on electric guitar during the recording of ‘We’ve Got A Groovy Thing Goin’’ for Shivaree but I’m sure we can all agree that not much live playing and singing was going on there. 

Anyone have any insights about this? 

Simon & Garfunkel, everybody.

Uhm, facts.

Sharing earphones is so romantic until you have to decide who gets Simon and who gets Garfunkel