Agree, it takes you on such an emotional journey then turns it up a notch in all aspects towards the end.

My favorite group. A poet and his one man band. But bridge over troubled water, and Cecilia took me into two opposing directions where I just didn't wanna go.😊

Years ago I saw a documentary about the JFK White House years, They were showing a film of him playing with his children in the Oval office with Bridge Over Troubled Water as background music. It was something I will never forget.

The first time I heard Bridge Over Troubled Water, I was moved to tears. I was about 12 years old. Powerful song. This one is too.

I ove that song I listen to original version 1st then live with just Garfunkel singing at central park. Hands in pockets and voice comes out like an angel 😇😊 LV it

The Dangling Conversation was my favorite on the Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme album. Earlier, as far as radio play, it was "I Am A Rock'. But then I was always bipolar. Popular but introspective, nerdy but thought to be cool by classmates, the life of the party and a recluse. I only found out I was truly bipolar many years later.

SO ENVIOUS!!! I'll bet it was one of the MOST MEMORABLE concerts / moments!! LOVE THEM!

Thanks for bringing that concert up. I can recall the broadcast of it being played for years by the local PBS station during its "pledge drives." As a big Simon & Garfunkel fan, I remember how excited my father was the first time it aired. While there have certainly been gaps in the duo working together and it may have been due to some animosities, Simon & Garfunkel have reunited at least 7 different times (or time periods) to work together (according to Wikipedia) again since they split in 1970.

I remember that broadcast live. I think it was on Showtime or HBO at the time.

I was there too. Fantastic concert.

Me either. I was 14 years old there and it was quite the eye-opener!!!!

That was because a lot of the listening public enjoyed the beautiful atmospheric sound, and maybe connected to the universal message of communication...but didn't glean the more subversive and critical undertones. And to be honest, as amazing as this song is, the deleterious effects stemming from its ' hidden message' are worse than anything S&G were criticizing. In fact, we are eating the rotten fruit of the moral degradation that started and followed the inane 'counter-culture' to this very day.

@@gershman23 I was a kid at the time and knew what they were talking about, and also knew they were correct in their evaluation of society. I don't want to get into the politics of the song, and wish you hadn't brought it up, but the social unrest of the '60s and '70s was needed to wake society up, but it fell on many deaf ears and the business world squashed the movement as the participants became disillusioned with the pace of progress, so they sold-out and joined the professional workforce, turning from hippies to yuppies in the '80s. The '60s movement failed, and that's why it's lasting effects are so deleterious. Had it succeeded, the world would be a much better place.

@j.jennings1722 I disagree, respectfully or not, but regardless, since this might not be the right forum, I'll leave it be.

Good perspective.

Oh, definitely. The Simon & Garfunkel original was a warning. The Disturbed version was anger over the warning having not been heeded.

@@bobthebear1246 Well said!

Loved them both

Same, their songs for me were just ok. This song just has barely any emotion in it and the tempo was kind of fast. I love disturbed version and Elvis’ Bridge Over Troubled Water.

If the channel is looking to dive deeper into more songs like "The Sound of Silence" in the future, a "starter list" might include (in no particular order): "What's Going On" by Marvin Gaye, Marvin Gaye's "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)," "Living For The City" by Stevie Wonder, Stevie Wonder's "Higher Ground," "Strange Fruit" by Billie Holliday, Bob Marley's "Redemption Song," "No Woman, No Cry" by Bob Marley and the Wailers, Joni Mitchell's "Big Yellow Taxi," "Born in the U.S.A." by Bruce Springsteen, Joan Baez's "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down," "We Shall Overcome" by Joan Baez, Public Enemy's "Fight the Power," and Gil Scott-Heron's "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" (perhaps one of the first true "rap" songs released in America).

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I disagree. The remixed version sounded too upbeat for the lyrics. The acoustic version fits the melancholy.

You and I are clearly in the minority, but I agree. The other version is considerably better IMO.