These Two Idiots - Tumblr Posts - Page 3
Heard that scream, I fuckin' knew it? Well, that was me.
But I mean, of course he didn't like Peggy, no surprise. Jokes aside, I remember reading that apparently she very much encouraged Paul to go solo because he was the shit and didn't need anyone beyond himself. If only for this, it's understandable that she wasn't Artie's favorite person on Earth. Like, the only understandable statement in all of this.
“He added somewhat wistfully, "One thing I used to really love about Simon and Garfunkel was that it was a public statement of friendship. It was a good thing for people to see in these times; I was sorry to see it end.”’
The Daily Illini, 10/01/71
In which Art has strong opinions about Peggy, claims he likes being swarmed by people, and tries to chase down a “bastard” photographer.
Gotta love them. 🤣
No really, I've always loved these tiny bits before Central Park, don't know why but here we are. In case anyone wants to see the whole thing, here it is. Artie was in great shape that night, uh?
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There is no heterosexual explanation for this, is there?
simon & garfunkel — we’ve got a groovy thing goin’
★ shivaree, 1966
This is funny, even funnier because after my dad introduced me to their music, he was the one telling me that they were obviously involved in a romantic relationship, while I couldn't understand why he said so. I was about 11, in my defense. Anyway, a few years later I could see why he said so, and the older I get, the better I understand.
my dad just gave me all his cds and it makes me so sad he listened to simon and garfunkel and never thought or figured out that they fucked each other and that’s why they don’t talk anymore. like do i even bother telling him… would he even understand…
FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY
How did I miss this till today?!
How do I find this interview??
How do I breathe again...?
Art: I remember that period as an inevitable splitting up of the two of us that was an expression of what felt right at the time.
Paul: It’s strange to be partners, you know, especially you get to be forty - in your forties, you know - and you’re partners, you know. ‘Well, Paul, you think that? Well how does Artie feel about it?’ I mean, like, well, what difference does it make?
- Good Morning America, 1983
Point taken.
he always holds his cig so gayly. be honest
As much as I don't enjoy thinking about their death, I often do - and I expect nothing less than this from our beloved drama queens.
And a biopic. A great one, like Walk the Line. Please.
If Simon and Garfunkel die, I'm expecting them saying some shit like "Art and I die because we had to hide our gay forbidden love from a misapproving world"
No, yeah, of course, I mean... Paul was just literally singing about how half of his life was gone when Artie was in Mexico, but yeah, pure male companionship. Gotta love that definition, gonna use it for them from now on.
An early demo of Simon and Garfunkel’s “The Only Living Boy in New York” (excerpted from the 1975 BBC series on the duo). I wish this line had made it into the final version!
"You know Steve Martin" 🫠
And who do we think was the muse for this beauty, uh?
Now I recall love when it died
How we both parted, how we both cried
People still ask why we two are apart
People don't know what I wish in my heart
Just you and I
Sharing our own private world
When on earth were you "normal", Artie?
Like, when you went to teach in Connecticut right after the global smash of BOTW, because that's what normal™ people do? Get a normal™ job and a normal™ girlfriend?
Fuck off.
WHEN YOURE VERY YOUNG YOURE INSANE. YOURE A FANATIC ABOUT YOUR LOVES. THE WORLD HASNT SHOWN YOU HOW TO CORRAL THE THING AND BE NORMAL
But look at the hands in both pics though 😭
love looking at pictures of simon and garfunkel on pinterest cause it’s always just a nice photo of them and then the caption is a link to an article that says “garfunkel just told us he wants simon dead”
This is SO them.
Simon and Garfunkel core 😭
You should know that he's womanly wise.
And not only that.
he always holds his cig so gayly. be honest
He's an asshole and I hate him.
"AcTuAlLy I'Ll Do It AlL" fuck off already Paul.
so i was wondering who 50 ways to leave your lover could be about.
according to this 2011 independent article it’s not about peggy harper, who was paul simon’s wife at the time.
and in the 1972 rollingstone interview simon said peggy helped him build up the courage to leave simon&garfunkel and set off on his own, which resonates curiously with what the unnamed woman says to the narrator in the song.
the chorus is interesting too, considering that garfunkel has said that he wasn’t even aware of the simon&garfunkel breakup initially - they parted ways and that was that. simon just left, much like the narrator of the song.
the implication is there is all i’m saying 🤔
Especially when I hear him. 💀
A bit late, but happy birthday to BOTW btw!
every time i see paul perform bridge over troubled water without art i think i die a little
Oh yes.
And I remember reading somewhere that he supposedly said he didn't want to look like Dustin Hoffman's songwriter, something along those lines.
Yes Paul, that's exactly what people would've thought, first thing, of course, of course.
remember when paul simon said no to doing the midnight cowboy soundtrack
He's so very normal about Paul, uh?
Happy Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel conception day guys (February 5th) (I’m not even joking)
It's so easy to forget they were angry at each other sometimes, when they're looking at each other like that.
The Concert in Central Park, 19 September 1981