Simon and Garfunkel- Bridge Over Troubled Water

DSCN2183This was 80 cents.  I bought this last Memorial Day during Half Price Books 20% off sale.  Subsequently, I spent all day today at six Half Price locations for the Labor Day 20% sale.  All in all, I now have too many records and am very backlogged for the blog.  Very limited record shopping for the rest of the year now and quite frankly, that is my favorite part of doing the blog.GTY_Art_Garfunkel_paul_simon_ml_150526_16x9_992

I bought this record because a) at the time, I was really short on what I considered “Good” records and b) I had recently read an interview with Art Garfunkel which had been circulating the Internets.  In it, Artie comes off pretty bitter about the dissolution of the duo.  Obviously, after all these years there is still some resentment.  I would comment further but who am I to deny someone a grudge?

The Article in Question

A very funny Paul Simon skit from SNL 1986 that still picks on Artie

S&G Webpage

If you know noting about this album, released in 1970, it was their fifth and final album, it contained their two biggest signature tunes (the title track, and “The Boxer), and I believe it was their best seller as well as best critically acclaimed work.  It sold over 25 million copies and a Grammy for Album of the Year.

 

DSCN2184I went with “So Long Frank Lloyd Wright” which is a rather cheeky tribute to Artie and a foreshadowing of the impending breakup.  According to an interview in The Scotsman from 2000, Artie claimed that he did not get the symbolic meaning of the song until several years after its release, which I think is hilarious.  Way to be aware of things, buddy.simon_and_garfunkel

This is a classic album.  Have a good Saturday.  I will be at Half Price Books in Sugarland and Pearland today and will probably be listening to records for the rest of the year.

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