I attended this concert with my Wife, Kathy. Kath died a few years ago. Each time I hear this concert, I know that somewhere in that vast crowd, our claps and cheers are heard, together.
Yes .that's because they could sing back then .NO help from computers and stuff !! Today cannot sing live because they can't sing... Heard heard them sing years later. They sound just as good today as they did thirty years ago
This is amazing, but it's hilarious you say "dead silent" when you can hear the audience yelling and talking in the background through all of it except the parts where it's just simply too loud to hear the audience in the background haha.
@@saitodosan9377 It's hilarious that you actually think Art can sing loudly enough to drown out half a million people! Don't be so darned literal! There is clapping and cheering at the start' but you do not hear the crowd through out. Perhaps dead quiet was the wrong phrase', The crowd is not yelling and cheering through out like with Elvis, or the Beatles.
@@fergiephan1983 Well...I'll give you that. They're still not exactly silent but I can definitely meet you in the middle and admit they're not nearly as loud as I made them sound. They're definitely not quiet, but indeed not LOUD loud like your example of Elvis. Also it's not his voice that drowns him out, it's the rest of the band that drowned them out. Either way, it's an amazing performance of this song.
Both Art & Paul were so talented! Instead of bickering like little boys, they should've "Forgiven & made up" & continued making beautiful music for all of us musically-untalented of the world to enjoy & reach the heights with! Neither focused on being grateful for the immense gifts God gave them, nor did they fully appreciate their duo partner for the abundant wealth they brought to them. Alas, we're thankful for what we got, like this video above.
He stands there with his hands in pockets/jeans. 500,000 people there. He sings a song with more meaning than most people even look into. He nails it. He does not grandstand. He MEANT it. The music and the moment will likely be rare to be seen again. Absolutely beautiful.
His only grandstanding was after the song when he made very small fist pumps. I would guess he was so thrilled he 💯 nailed it. Paul, in the background, didn't even look at him at the end of song. Odd!
@@mlrdh Paul was taken with that moment. He said later that all he could do was look at the faces around him. People standing in complete awe, people shedding tears and completely transfixed by one of the greatest vocal performances in popular music
I was there. Yes, it was a great day, but I had no idea how "significant" this day was. im my humble opinion---one of the greatest days in music history. I am at the end of my life now..Wow, what a ride. This song just reminds me of how much time has passed and how quickly it goes. If you are young....Im not preaching and your life is yours to live as you choose, but trust me--The days are long but the years are short.
I wasn't there, but received the vinyl albums of the concert from Columbia Record Club and they immediately became favorites. Even today, I can put the whole concert on my computer in the choir room where I earn my living as music director, and sing every word. Many times my parishioners come in and sing along, lol. At age 70 I wouldn't trade anything for this musical treasure. My 8th grade art teacher introduced my class to Simon & Garfunkel in 1968, and my life has been richly blessed because she did.
He literally wrote the song for him… Art screwed him by not telling him he was leaving to film another movie bc he was worried Paul wouldn’t finish writing this song FOR HIM… kinda shitty when you think about it.
In the open air, in the middle of the largest city in the country, in front of a reported 500,000, with just a piano accompaniment, emotional and perfect! What a performance of this amazing song.
I went the night before and spread my blanket dead center of the stage 50 feet from the front. I got there about 11 at night and there were 50 people there. It was very finely drizzling but it stopped for good around 2am. By 8am, 100,000 people were there. By noon 200,000 and by showtime, which I seem to remember was about 7pm, my wife joined me and there were around 400,000 people. When Art sang Bridge...you could hear a pin drop. It was like an angel singing and I, along with tens of thousands of others were definetly choked up. It was a moment I'll never forget !
I made it to many memorable musical events in my younger days. I missed many too! Events I could have gotten to had I been paying attention and made the effort. One that's always bothered me was The Allman Brothers at The Ludlow Garage in Cincinnati in 1970. I only lived 20 miles away! Coincidentally, the 53 year anniversary of that performance is in just a handful of days. Color me envious that you were at this one!
Going through a few challenges now & I've always loved this song but many a night now during recovery from total knee surgery I keep returning to this song. This song by Art Garfunkel rates with the greatest, like many by Roy Orbison
My husband and I saw Simon and Garfunkel in 2003, just months after he had received a terminal lung cancer diagnosis! He hadn’t been feeling well at all from all the chemo and radiation he had taken all summer. But the Everly Brothers were opening the concert and knowing we would never have this chance again, we got two of the last available tickets. We got them so late, we were seated behind the stage!. The entire concert was indescribable!! But when they turned to sing this to those of us behind the stage and their performance was mirrored on the jumbotron hanging to the right of us, we both hugged each other close and listened with tears streaming down our faces to the most beautiful possible song at that time in our lives being sung right to us. It felt like it was meant to be, That memory will forever live in my heart and mind. Mark lost his battle with Agent Orange lung cancer in May, 2006….💙 On that day, this memory took on a deeper, more poignant meaning. I will always miss him, but this song, will always connect me with him till we meet again. 💙
That sounds like a wonderful moment for you both, sorry for your your loss, I too am battling the horrible cancer and chemo treatment but a lot of the time music feeds the soul, take care!
Whenever someone tries to convince me how great modern music is, I play this. One man and his voice. No light show, no dancers, no autotuning. One man standing there, singing. Holding a half million people enthralled.
I met Art Gunfunkel in 2015. We talked for 20 minutes. I talked to him about how much I loved this performance and he said it was an amazing night. A real pleasure to meet him. A true icon!
Just stands there and NAILS it. My favorite song of all time. Just a beautiful melody and the best version by far is my Mr. Garfunkel. To stand there looking like someone’s English Teacher (No Disrespect ) I mean just so unassuming and humble, and give one of the greatest performances EVER Live in front of thousands of people in person and millions more via TV, just incredible. Bravo Art.
My little kitty who was my best friend and my soulmate and who truly saved my life and was made of nothing but love and gentleness had silver fur. She died in my arms. I play this and think of her. Sail on silver girl. I’m sailing right behind. What a beautiful song.
Artie looks like an angel wearing a halo - his eyes and skin are just so pure and glowing , such a genuine and authentic vocal performance - it’s like heavenly and otherworldly. I watch this all the time. Lynda Peterson
IF you don't get chills from hearing this rendition, then it's time to get your blood pressure checked NOW. What a voice!!! Art Garfunkel can sing. And sing extremely well. Wow!
I was eight, and I was there. My Father's side of the family is related to the Garfunkel's, distant cousins. All of our paternal grandparents were Romanian Jews who emigrated from Iasi in Romania to NYC. I almost share a birthday with him, he's November 5th, I'm November 6th. My Father was born the same year as Art, in 1941, and they grew up in the same neighborhood in Forest Hills, Queens. They apparently played together as young kids, until my Father's family moved to Far Rockaway, Queens and they lost contact. SO, when we went to the Central Park concert in 1981, it had been DECADES since my Father and Art had seen each other. It was ABSOLUTELY surreal. I was confounded I was (albeit distantly) related to him. I didn't get to meet him, (heavy security obviously) but it was an experience that changed me FOREVER. It was also around this time (I was in second grade) that I started getting musical myself, so apparently, it's in the genes. 🤣
I arrived in New York in 1991 and I’d never heard this song before. I was going to be an exchange student in the US for one year, great things were happening. But when I heard this recording, everything else paled in comparison: this song, exactly this performance, was by far the most important thing that happened to me that year.
You can see the moment when he just knows he's got this, and later, once he's nailed it. An impossible piece performed flawlessly with an impossible gift.
I have a great set of pipes and can just barely get through this song, he has such good range and can bring a real big sound when he needs to. I play this on TH-cam in my car sometimes, thinking of my friends, my children and how much life is behind me now, it's still powerful decades later.
While i wasnt lucky to go to central park for the concert, I remember watching it on HBO with some friends, Art nailed this song ,this is music at its best... cherish the memories
If you hear their back story of children getting together in grade school it's amazing. Wonder what their paths would have been if they hadn't those early years together. But omgosh what they made for us and for our world was pure wonder. I hope it lives for all time.
This song always makes me cry - it's so beautiful and meaningful to me and to so many others. Thank you Garfunkel, your voice gives me shivers it is so beautiful !!
That last verse when he sings I will ease your mind when he's holding that note if you pay attention he does run out of breath just barely before the note was supposed to end but he gave it his all and you can't count shit like that against him art is the real star of the show
This is what you call" A True True Classic"!!! Untouchable!! Very very well written by Mr.Simon!! And Art flew with the well written lyrics!! This is what you call "Genius""!!! ❤❤❤
Both Garfunkel and Tee are outstanding. One of the best live vocal performances I've ever heard. Who can sing this song perfectly in front of half a million people? Art says, "Hold my beer." LOL
I love it at the end when he nailed miiiiiiiiiiiiind!!! and he knew it! That is the look of pride in one's work, nice job. Great moment in music history.
His long term girlfriend killed herself a few years before this concert. April, Come She Will during this concert is also one where he has tears in his eyes
“Artists” of today with their “tracks” That’s how it’s done. No tricks, no nonsense. Artie crushes this. A master performance with those high notes?! Bravo!!
It's amazing to see him sing this so close up. You can tell how much he puts into it. Such a beautiful performance! True masters of music and emotion. Thanks S & G!
When you're weary Feeling small When tears are in your eyes I'll dry them all I'm on your side Oh, when times get rough And friends just can't be found Like a bridge over troubled water I will lay me down Like a bridge over troubled water I will lay me down When you're down and out When you're on the street When evening falls so hard I will comfort you I'll take your part Oh, when darkness comes And pain is all around Like a bridge over troubled water I will ease your mind Like a bridge over troubled water I will ease your mind Sail on silver girl Sail on by Your time has come to shine All your dreams are on their way See how they shine Oh, if you need a friend I'm sailing right behind Like a bridge over troubled water I will ease your mind Like a bridge over troubled water I will ease your mind
Didn’t understand the meaning till now. Just stopped by a store while this song is playing over the radio. I get out of my car. A tree before the store door. Sounded like 100s of birds chirping. It gave me pause. I just looked up and listened for some moments. Went in and came back outside to quite. It was a beautiful moment I won’t forget.
Thanks Paul and Artie for sharing your talents with the world! Whatever you both benefited personally from your careers we the public has gained tremendously as well. Thank you both sincerely
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I attended this concert with my Wife, Kathy. Kath died a few years ago. Each time I hear this concert, I know that somewhere in that vast crowd, our claps and cheers are heard, together.
Thats beautiful. Be well brother
🙏🏽
Beautiful story. I just said a prayer for you and Kathy..
How bet
How beautiful ❣️
No fancy dance moves, or costume. He just kept 500,000 people dead silent with his voice. That is true talent!
Yes .that's because they could sing back then .NO help from computers and stuff !!
Today cannot sing live because they can't sing...
Heard heard them sing years later. They sound just as good today as they did thirty years ago
This is amazing, but it's hilarious you say "dead silent" when you can hear the audience yelling and talking in the background through all of it except the parts where it's just simply too loud to hear the audience in the background haha.
@@saitodosan9377 It's hilarious that you actually think Art can sing loudly enough to drown out half a million people! Don't be so darned literal! There is clapping and cheering at the start' but you do not hear the crowd through out. Perhaps dead quiet was the wrong phrase', The crowd is not yelling and cheering through out like with Elvis, or the Beatles.
@@fergiephan1983 Well...I'll give you that. They're still not exactly silent but I can definitely meet you in the middle and admit they're not nearly as loud as I made them sound. They're definitely not quiet, but indeed not LOUD loud like your example of Elvis.
Also it's not his voice that drowns him out, it's the rest of the band that drowned them out.
Either way, it's an amazing performance of this song.
Just a 500,000 people making the missing symbol clash
Paul Simon wrote an incredible song but he should be grateful he had Garfunkel to sing it so beautifully.
Paul specifically wrote Bridge Over Troubled Water for Art to sing.
It kills me when people don't acknowledge Art. They were a duo like no other.
Agreed! This song contains pain, joy, and beauty. All brought to the forefront by the voice of Art Garfunkel!
Both Art & Paul were so talented! Instead of bickering like little boys, they should've "Forgiven & made up" & continued making beautiful music for all of us musically-untalented of the world to enjoy & reach the heights with! Neither focused on being grateful for the immense gifts God gave them, nor did they fully appreciate their duo partner for the abundant wealth they brought to them. Alas, we're thankful for what we got, like this video above.
Actually, Art wrote much of the piano arrangement.
He stands there with his hands in pockets/jeans. 500,000 people there. He sings a song with more meaning than most people even look into. He nails it. He does not grandstand. He MEANT it. The music and the moment will likely be rare to be seen again. Absolutely beautiful.
His only grandstanding was after the song when he made very small fist pumps. I would guess he was so thrilled he 💯 nailed it. Paul, in the background, didn't even look at him at the end of song. Odd!
@@mlrdh Paul was taken with that moment. He said later that all he could do was look at the faces around him. People standing in complete awe, people shedding tears and completely transfixed by one of the greatest vocal performances in popular music
@@mlrdh he was pumping his fist to the music. Imagine nailing those notes live years later. Very few singers can hit those notes live.
@@cindyinnew thank you for that info. I thought it was odd that he would not look over at Art.
I love you, Artie 💜💜💜
Probably one of the best live vocal performances ever.
Yep, up there with “If I Can Dream” from Elvis’ comeback special.
Yep!
I was 6 when this song was released, even as a six year old it stirred me. Still does and I haven’t heard a better vocal performance since.
One of the few that enjoyed as much as the original version.
No doubt
I was there. Yes, it was a great day, but I had no idea how "significant" this day was. im my humble opinion---one of the greatest days in music history. I am at the end of my life now..Wow, what a ride. This song just reminds me of how much time has passed and how quickly it goes. If you are young....Im not preaching and your life is yours to live as you choose, but trust me--The days are long but the years are short.
Truth…
You Bet
❤❤so true
im 76yo and you are right,people be positive as the days go by fast
I wasn't there, but received the vinyl albums of the concert from Columbia Record Club and they immediately became favorites. Even today, I can put the whole concert on my computer in the choir room where I earn my living as music director, and sing every word. Many times my parishioners come in and sing along, lol. At age 70 I wouldn't trade anything for this musical treasure. My 8th grade art teacher introduced my class to Simon & Garfunkel in 1968, and my life has been richly blessed because she did.
I will never get over how Artie sticks his hands in his pockets and casually sings with the voice of an angel. The beauty seems so effortless to him.
He put everything into it at the same time.
Simon showed grace and class to let Art take this as a solo..
He literally wrote the song for him… Art screwed him by not telling him he was leaving to film another movie bc he was worried Paul wouldn’t finish writing this song FOR HIM… kinda shitty when you think about it.
They have a complicated past. Thankful for the beautiful music they made together
Art Garfunkel is a national treasure
As is the man who wrote the song. This is one of the best songs ever created (sung here by a man who had the perfect voice to pull it off).
Well said!
Yes he is .
International treasure ❤
In the open air, in the middle of the largest city in the country, in front of a reported 500,000, with just a piano accompaniment, emotional and perfect! What a performance of this amazing song.
Played this for my Dad.
He’s in hospice.
I love you Dad 💙🙏
Prayers for your Das 🙏🏼
@@Roberttuck5611
Thank you
Bless you both
@@asdfghjk8876
Thank you🙏
Prayers x
I went the night before and spread my blanket dead center of the stage 50 feet from the front. I got there about 11 at night and there were 50 people there. It was very finely drizzling but it stopped for good around 2am. By 8am, 100,000 people were there. By noon 200,000 and by showtime, which I seem to remember was about 7pm, my wife joined me and there were around 400,000 people. When Art sang Bridge...you could hear a pin drop. It was like an angel singing and I, along with tens of thousands of others were definetly choked up. It was a moment I'll never forget !
WoW. What a story. What an experience. What a day to remember. Many more to come. 🙏
I made it to many memorable musical events in my younger days. I missed many too! Events I could have gotten to had I been paying attention and made the effort. One that's always bothered me was The Allman Brothers at The Ludlow Garage in Cincinnati in 1970. I only lived 20 miles away! Coincidentally, the 53 year anniversary of that performance is in just a handful of days. Color me envious that you were at this one!
Beautiful
Thank you so much for giving us the Reality of this performance! love it!
I was there too... wasn't Bridge the last song? and I remember fire works at the end....
I like the piano player. There’s a lot of emotion in his playing.
There's nothing like Larry Knechtel's original. Haunting and beautiful.
@@kevinfedora898 I just listen to it again. It is beautiful and subtle.
Richard Tee on the keys!!
500,000 people strong in silence in NY. That’s pure gold… this man has one of the best voices ever
Recorded many times but no one else can sing this song like Art Garfunkel, nobody.
Listen to So Hyang version. She is the only one that gives justice to this song.
NOBODY…and I mean NOBODY
This song aches...it echoes deep within....anyone who knows struggle, big or small, recognizes its power to comfort
Well said!!!
Going through a few challenges now & I've always loved this song but many a night now during recovery from total knee surgery I keep returning to this song. This song by Art Garfunkel rates with the greatest, like many by Roy Orbison
@@shaykatz5648 best wishes for a speedy recovery
Wow! You said what I have been feeling all these years but could not put into words! Thank you. God bless you.
@@dawnt5487 Thank you! Slowly but surely progress is being made at 1st it was like baby steps.
My husband and I saw Simon and Garfunkel in 2003, just months after he had received a terminal lung cancer diagnosis! He hadn’t been feeling well at all from all the chemo and radiation he had taken all summer. But the Everly Brothers were opening the concert and knowing we would never have this chance again, we got two of the last available tickets. We got them so late, we were seated behind the stage!. The entire concert was indescribable!! But when they turned to sing this to those of us behind the stage and their performance was mirrored on the jumbotron hanging to the right of us, we both hugged each other close and listened with tears streaming down our faces to the most beautiful possible song at that time in our lives being sung right to us. It felt like it was meant to be, That memory will forever live in my heart and mind. Mark lost his battle with Agent Orange lung cancer in May, 2006….💙 On that day, this memory took on a deeper, more poignant meaning. I will always miss him, but this song, will always connect me with him till we meet again. 💙
😔🌊👥🙏😢🥀🌹⛅
That sounds like a wonderful moment for you both, sorry for your your loss, I too am battling the horrible cancer and chemo
treatment but a lot of the time music feeds the soul, take care!
Wonderful ❤
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Beautifully said....😢
I have heard it a million times.. I am still crying like it is the first time...
Really solid piano work here by the late, great Richard Tee. Unreal vocal performance by the man himself......Artie!
That was, and still is, probably one of the best vocal performances ever to hear live.
If only once , in this day and age could we find someone with this talent again.
Effortless beautiful voice. I believe my generation is more emphatic because of the music we grew up on.
Interesting way of looking at it.
Rarely does a live performance sound better than the already fabulous master recording. This is one of those times, IMO
Wow. He has beautiful eyes. How did I miss that for 43 years?
Mesmerizing
I have noticed that, while he has some odd features, if you can look past them he was actually quite handsome.
When I was 14 I had a horrible illness this song 🎵 gave me the strength to survive. God healed me. 🙏 thank you also Simon and Garfunkel
Whenever someone tries to convince me how great modern music is, I play this. One man and his voice. No light show, no dancers, no autotuning. One man standing there, singing. Holding a half million people enthralled.
This is such a beautiful song, Art did a great job singing it.
I met Art Gunfunkel in 2015. We talked for 20 minutes. I talked to him about how much I loved this performance and he said it was an amazing night. A real pleasure to meet him. A true icon!
email me a picture of you two
Just stands there and NAILS it. My favorite song of all time. Just a beautiful melody and the best version by far is my Mr. Garfunkel. To stand there looking like someone’s English Teacher (No Disrespect ) I mean just so unassuming and humble, and give one of the greatest performances EVER Live in front of thousands of people in person and millions more via TV, just incredible. Bravo Art.
I wholeheartedly agree with everything you wrote.
I think one could argue with much certainty that Bridge Over Troubled Water is one of the Top 3 songs ever written in the history of music.
My little kitty who was my best friend and my soulmate and who truly saved my life and was made of nothing but love and gentleness had silver fur. She died in my arms. I play this and think of her. Sail on silver girl. I’m sailing right behind. What a beautiful song.
The ending is incredible
I'm 24 today, and this performance moves me to tears. 💞 I would've loved to have seen this live.
Artie looks like an angel wearing a halo - his eyes and skin are just so pure and glowing , such a genuine and authentic vocal performance - it’s like heavenly and otherworldly.
I watch this all the time.
Lynda Peterson
Much agree! God shared with us the gift of his voice.
Art has one of the clearest singing voices this song will be in my heart forever Amen
Amen! ❤
IF you don't get chills from hearing this rendition, then it's time to get your blood pressure checked NOW. What a voice!!! Art Garfunkel can sing. And sing extremely well. Wow!
And tears too
I was eight, and I was there. My Father's side of the family is related to the Garfunkel's, distant cousins. All of our paternal grandparents were Romanian Jews who emigrated from Iasi in Romania to NYC. I almost share a birthday with him, he's November 5th, I'm November 6th. My Father was born the same year as Art, in 1941, and they grew up in the same neighborhood in Forest Hills, Queens. They apparently played together as young kids, until my Father's family moved to Far Rockaway, Queens and they lost contact. SO, when we went to the Central Park concert in 1981, it had been DECADES since my Father and Art had seen each other. It was ABSOLUTELY surreal. I was confounded I was (albeit distantly) related to him. I didn't get to meet him, (heavy security obviously) but it was an experience that changed me FOREVER. It was also around this time (I was in second grade) that I started getting musical myself, so apparently, it's in the genes. 🤣
Can I come to your family reunion?
Yep, that pianist knows this is gonna be good...
I believe this is one of the greatest songs ever written
June 2023, I still get actual goosebumps. Thanks, Art and Paul.
Over 500,000 people were there! On the inside of the album there is a shot of the crowd, INCREDIBLE!
His voice is so pure. It’s unbelievable
This is just a perfect performance. To me, it’s like amazing grace for out time. Never tire of listening to this.
I arrived in New York in 1991 and I’d never heard this song before. I was going to be an exchange student in the US for one year, great things were happening. But when I heard this recording, everything else paled in comparison: this song, exactly this performance, was by far the most important thing that happened to me that year.
Ive always been a fan of Simon and Garfunkel but i forget how great his voice really is.
The more i listen the more amazed at the piano playing i am
The piano is fabulous! Best I've heard for this song
Love how piano player looks over to make sure Garfunkel is there at the start of the song
Fabulous piano playing!
You can see the moment when he just knows he's got this, and later, once he's nailed it. An impossible piece performed flawlessly with an impossible gift.
I have a great set of pipes and can just barely get through this song, he has such good range and can bring a real big sound when he needs to. I play this on TH-cam in my car sometimes, thinking of my friends, my children and how much life is behind me now, it's still powerful decades later.
he truely is a master at what he does.
What a set of balls you have to have to do a solo like that in front of 200,000+ people!
And he’s as calm as anybody possibly could be.
Supposedly 500,000. I don't know if that's accurate.
Being a one in a million talent probably helps with the confidence I would think.
@@jeffallen6754 Indeed. He'd been told since he was a child what a rare and fantastic voice he had.
One of the greatest songs ever; in my opinion, the greatest performance of this song ever, and a great video to watch with a wonderful piano player!
This song is such an incredible work of art. Brilliant writing. Exquisite singing. It's hauntingly beautiful.
I was lucky enough to be there, but way in the back. Great evening
Must be a great feeling of pride & accomplishment knowing you voiced one of the most iconic songs in music history!!!!
If you can go into Central Park and break this off....you are Art Garfunkel. Magnificent
Totally great "Bridge Over Troubled Water" written by Paul Simon Art Garfunkel totally nailed this beautiful song!
wow Garfunkel's voice was one of a kind and this song really does soothe your mind man I love this song
This song was written by Paul Simon. But man! Garfunkel owns it!
Well, he wrote it for Art to sing, so that makes sense
While i wasnt lucky to go to central park for the concert, I remember watching it on HBO with some friends, Art nailed this song ,this is music at its best... cherish the memories
TAKE A GOOD LOOK LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS IS REAL MUSIC. THIS IS REAL TALENT.
I'm surprised to not see any comments about Richard Tee CRUSHING the piano part on this! I love the little bit of sassiness he puts in his pause.
I saw that too
Dude played this for weeks maybe months before this performance dude had it all nailed
Não tem como isso passar desapercebido eu sempre admirei pois sua contribuição como músico foi incrívelmente brilhante um monstro
Thank you for the name of the pianist. Off to look ❤
The greatest people are humble. That describes Art Garfunkel.
May be the best LIVE performance of any song to me from anyone. It gives me goosebumps every time I listen to it.
Its great how at the songs end..he knew at that instance it was one of the greatest live performances that will ever be done....
Art surely poured his heart out on this live performance.
I don't understand how this doesn't have over a million views by now.
Modern listeners aren't even interested if there's not a three minute rap break in the middle 😒
Art’s voice was sublime. Probably still is.
If you hear their back story of children getting together in grade school it's amazing. Wonder what their paths would have been if they hadn't those early years together. But omgosh what they made for us and for our world was pure wonder. I hope it lives for all time.
This song always makes me cry - it's so beautiful and meaningful to me and to so many others. Thank you Garfunkel, your voice gives me shivers it is so beautiful !!
I love his voice; He can sing acapella if he wanted to. He's singing on his own without help from all of the modern studio gadgets.
This is my Jesus song. Many a dark time, it seems that he sings this to me and I find comfort.
I remember being a little girl and my grandmother, who was born in 1898, just loved this so much.
Not sure it’s the greatest live vocal performance of all time, but it’s my favorite for sure.
That last verse when he sings I will ease your mind when he's holding that note if you pay attention he does run out of breath just barely before the note was supposed to end but he gave it his all and you can't count shit like that against him art is the real star of the show
Brilliant. And that pianist is fantastic.
Richard Tee. Rest in peace.
This voice is one of the best of the best! Just beautiful!
Chills, man...that whole final section.
Still amazing, after all these years.
This is what you call" A True True Classic"!!! Untouchable!! Very very well written by Mr.Simon!! And Art flew with the well written lyrics!! This is what you call "Genius""!!! ❤❤❤
Both Garfunkel and Tee are outstanding. One of the best live vocal performances I've ever heard.
Who can sing this song perfectly in front of half a million people? Art says, "Hold my beer." LOL
I love it at the end when he nailed miiiiiiiiiiiiind!!! and he knew it! That is the look of pride in one's work, nice job. Great moment in music history.
One of the best vocals in history! What a beautiful tenor voice!
I love Garfunkel's little fist pump at the end. He knows he nailed it.
Nobody! Can sing this like Art! 👍❤
0:39 he actually has watery eyes. I get goosebumps listening to this song
His long term girlfriend killed herself a few years before this concert. April, Come She Will during this concert is also one where he has tears in his eyes
“Artists” of today with their “tracks” That’s how it’s done. No tricks, no nonsense. Artie crushes this. A master performance with those high notes?! Bravo!!
I cry every darn beautiful time i hear it
Same
It's amazing to see him sing this so close up. You can tell how much he puts into it. Such a beautiful performance! True masters of music and emotion. Thanks S & G!
This is a concert at it's finest! Music, songs, a band....no glitter, no extras....
The ba ba ba fist pump n "wow" at the end is so awesome. u know he loved this performance!
When you're weary
Feeling small
When tears are in your eyes
I'll dry them all
I'm on your side
Oh, when times get rough
And friends just can't be found
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
When you're down and out
When you're on the street
When evening falls so hard
I will comfort you
I'll take your part
Oh, when darkness comes
And pain is all around
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind
Sail on silver girl
Sail on by
Your time has come to shine
All your dreams are on their way
See how they shine
Oh, if you need a friend
I'm sailing right behind
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind
I was born in 1970. I love you Artie. I seem to be the bridge in my family. Thank you.
Dude has the voice of an angel. What more can be said?
This is the first song I ever danced to with my dad. I can't hear it without crying, but I HAVE TO listen to it because it's just so beautiful.
The voice of an angel!
What a feeling that must be,that many people mesmerized by his voice, what a talented man
Didn’t understand the meaning till now. Just stopped by a store while this song is playing over the radio. I get out of my car. A tree before the store door. Sounded like 100s of birds chirping. It gave me pause. I just looked up and listened for some moments. Went in and came back outside to quite. It was a beautiful moment I won’t forget.
Paul’s fabulous song that is brought to amazing heights by Art’s voice!
Thanks Paul and Artie for sharing your talents with the world! Whatever you both benefited personally from your careers we the public has gained tremendously as well. Thank you both sincerely
Classic. So beautiful.