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Love the friendship between Artie and Sandy, and love the "Hello, Darkness" anecdote.

In case English suits you better than French, there you go and if you want a video here's to you.

"In his memoir, 'Hello Darkness, My Old Friend', Greenberg credits Garfunkel with lifting him from the pits of despair and helping him to begin navigating life as a blind man at just 20 years old.

'He changed all of his habits to help me out', Greenberg said of Garfunkel. 'He would take me out in the City, walk me to class, help me fix my tape recorder.

'Most importantly, he would read to me regularly. He’d walk into the room and say, "Sanford, Darkness is going to read to you from The Iliad today", or "Sanford, Darkness is going to read to you today". I suppose he meant that, for me, his voice was emerging from the darkness.

Because he called himself Darkness, I decided that should be the title of my book.'

Sweet or what?

And Paul of course found inspiration in all of this beauty for one of his most wonderful songs, which is also pretty sweet to me.

Bonsoir obscurité

La belle histoire derrière l’un des plus grands succès de Simon et Garfunkel Derrière l’un des plus grands succès du rock des années 1960, “The Sounds of Silence” de Simon et Garfunkel, se cache le témoignage de l’indéfectible amitié d’Art Garfunkel et d’un camarade en détresse face à la maladie. Les chansons qui ont fait le succès de Simon et Garfunkel dans les années 1960 et 1970 résonnent…

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