HELLO???

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? 

As usual, not sure whether I should laugh or cry at this. Both? Both. Both is good.

The whistling..the hand gesture… Steady on there, Paul…

This really hurts, and that's why it's worth sharing.

it’s so cool that generations of people have experienced mental illness while listening to simon & garfunkel in their kitchens

"Love ruled our lives."

Don't even know why the hell this popped to my mind today, it's so sad and so sweet.

Who will speak at whose funeral?

“When I said: "You’ll outlast me, you live more carefully.” He said: “Write out what you want.” Okay, it’s hard to say I knew him well, He was enigmatic to himself. Which of us was more aware? Which the elder? I was born November fifth. He on October thirteenth – a few weeks premature, you following me? He was born three weeks before me, my dear, But he was a premature baby. Were we both conceived at the same instant? February 5th 1941, the dead middle of winter, In the heart of World War Two Was I born at the right time? For seventy years his arm has been around my shoulder. He’s dazzled me with gifts. I nurtured him in his youth. He brought me into prominence. I taught him to sing. He connected my voice to the world. I made him tall. All of our personal belongings are intertwined. We say it’s exhausting to compete, But we shine for each other. It’s still our favorite game. It goes on, this embrace, whether I speak for him, or he for me. Love ruled our lives. It rules the mourners, And the winner of longevity.“

by Art Garfunkel

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A birthday poem delivered at Paul Simon’s 70th birthday party in 2011, written and read by Art Garfunkel.

Happy 71st Birthday, Paul Simon!

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Transcribed from the BBC 4 radio interview with Art Garfunkel, broadcasted on November 28, 2011.

Hear Garfunkel’s reading.

Forever loving all and I mean all of their work, but Parsley holds a special place in my heart.