Awesome song from 2 legends! ❤
In the two years I’ve been doing these music posts, I’ve only played three by Simon & Garfunkel, so it’s about time for another, don’t you think?
Released in 1969, this song hit #1 in Canada, #6 in the UK, and #7 in the U.S.
In a 1984 interview, Paul Simon said that he wrote this song when critics were writing harsh things about his music – he was the boxer. Said Simon …
“I think the song was about me: everybody’s beating me up, and I’m telling you now I’m going to go away if you don’t stop. By that time we had encountered our first criticism. For the first few years, it was just pure praise. It took two or three years for people to realize that we weren’t strange creatures that emerged from England but just two guys from Queens who used to sing rock’n’roll. And maybe…
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I can’t remember one bad S & G song, this one iis sublime.
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Masters of their craft, the boxer has so much depth and meaning it just tugs at our heartstrings.
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