Another beautiful reaction to such a beautiful and timeless song. Revisiting all of this music through younger eyes (and ears) keeps me in gratitude for coming of age in a time of so much musical genius and grace. Thank you for sharing your journey with us.
I agree. Scarborough fair/ canticle was my favorite of Simon and Garfunkel . We sure grew up in an amazing time of raw talent and music. So picky to this day due to them spoiling my ears and heart and ❤ soul
Riding in the car with my 5 yr listening to this ... When it was over, she looked at me and very solemnly said, "I'm glad Parsley saved Rosemary in time" ❤
I’m a 70 year old watching a very smart, insightful and wise young man doing music reactions on a lot of the music I grew up on. So much fun. I love witnessing your love of music. You are doing a great job
I'm 67 and I was thinking the same thing. Intelligent, insightful, and a pleasure to listen to. Great song with it roots in old Great Britain. Keep up the good work young man.
I’m 74 and also love the younger generations keen observations to music we grew up with and love.. And their reactions are so real,and so are their emotions…thanks …April’s come she will,sounds of silence At the zoo,59th st. bridge song are couple to listen to
*Bro! The song is rooted in a Scottish ballad from the late 1600s. It's the tale of a young man who instructs the listener to tell his former love to perform for him a series of impossible tasks, such as making him a shirt without a seam and then washing it in a dry well, adding that if she completes these tasks he will take her back. As mentioned, often the song is sung as a duet, with the woman then giving her lover a series of equally impossible tasks, promising to give him his seamless shirt once he has finished with those.* 🙌🏾💪🏾👊🏾
Thank you for this explanation. Many folk singers of the late 1950s / early ‘60s sang old Scottish, Welsh, Irish and English ballads written centuries before. Joan Baez sang and made popular many of them in her repertoire, like “Barbara Allen.” Some of these ballads were beautiful in melody, but lyrically hid a quite gruesome or sad story. Simon wove an anti-war message among the “Scarborough Fair” which you can hear in the background. He and Garfunkel were the perfect pair to weave both into a mesmerizing song.
As teenagers, we took refuge in our bedrooms at night to find relief from news of the VietNam war. We lost so many brothers, uncles, and boyfriends to that terrible disaster. Simon and Garfunkel were one of our "musical saviors" during that horrible period in our life. Thanks for your musical journey. I'm enjoying so much watching you appreciate our music.
I love your reactions man ,I feel like you have an old soul… should’ve been a child of a 60s… and thank you for letting this song play through ,I feel sometimes that the commentators just stop the song so many times, it ruins the vibe of this song. So thanks man, very cool😎😎😎
Yes!! Music is meant to be experienced first by LISTENING to all the instruments and the voice coming together. Understanding the song often comes later, even if you have the lyrics. I find it distracting when a reactor is trying to decipher every lyric as the song is playing and before listening first. To me, seeing young people's facial reaction is the best because it reminds me of my friends reactions when I got to be the one sharing a new song/band with them. You are doing this right as far as I can tell because you are keeping it real. love n peace
Another great reaction. I love how you put your heart into them. When I saw this it popped into my head if you've ever gotten into the catalogue of beautiful music of the 1 & only Cat Stevens? He has a long list I believe you'd really appreciate. "Morning Has Broken" is stunning. Thanks again MD👍❣
The herbs are a reference to a very sought after purchase you might make at a 1640s fair. A good assortment of herbs were not always available at the general store, so cooks were excited to go to the fair and buy them in bulk. In the original thread song, the line read, "Savory sage, rosemary and thyme." Simon and Garfunckel changed it for their version of the song. There was no refrigeration back then. Meat was heavily spiced to make it more palatable, especially when it was starting to spoil. Herbs and spices were traded like currency.
When Paul Simon comes in with the canticle, you suddenly melted into a very beautiful smile at hearing his genius. I get so touched at seeing younger people react positively to the older music and musicians of yesteryear.
I haven’t been able to embrace my music since my wife was killed in a tragic automobile accident over a decade ago. She was my muse, my motivation, my purpose for composing, my sounding board, and my number one fan. Your reactions have reignited my passion. Reliving my first time hearing these wonderful songs through new eyes is the catalyst. Tonight I pulled out the Gibson SG and plugged it into my 1200 watt Carvin through a classic Digitech 2112 artist and began to remind my fingers of their purpose in life. Thank you. I’ve over a dozen guitars that long for my attention that have been sitting in cases pleading for my touch. Please keep me on the path I was meant to embrace.
✨ Great reaction, again! Yeah this song has a magical/spiritual tone that will make you miss the medieval life you never lived. 🙂 "El Condor Pasa" is another of theirs that will transport you to another level. Thank you, stay warm!
You'll find out what the two songs mean and also the more you listen to this type of music you'll learn how much talent there was during your grandparents time
Just beautiful! There is an extended version with lyrics and a Renaissance era sounding interlude on YT you may want to check out on your own time. Well worth it for the experience.
It is 2 songs sung at the same time. It's called Counterpoint. The Scarborough Fair is a medieval song redone & Canticle is an 1962 Paul Simon anti war song he wrote when he was 22 years old. You are right about the herbs meanings. It's both about war. Scarborough is a soldier who has these impossible tasks for his lover & Canticle could be same soldier relaying his war experience. There is a longer version. You are so insightful, thank you for enjoying & appreciating this amazing music & duo. You should watch their 1981 Concert in Central Park, where 500,000 people attended. It's on TH-cam.
In class with Dreezy! Great music. Paul Simon solos; Slip Sliding Away Love's Me Like A Rock 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover,,, Late In The Evening You Can Call Me AL Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard,,, There! That's a good start. Peace 🕊️☮️♾️😎🎸🤟🏼
If you haven't done it already you need to react to The Sound of Silence live at Central Park New York in front of over a half million people and also Bridge Over Troubled Water live at the same concert
Nice reaction. Glad for you that you continue to enjoy S&G's amazing music. Not much to add to what's been said by my fellow commenters. However, since you really enjoy their harmonies, I direct you to two songs ftom their first album: "Benedictus" and "Bleaker Street."
This was the first of their songs I remember hearing. This one helped me learn to pick a guitar…followed it, with my friend playing the other guitar. We learned together!
We have a medieval fair ground place call Scarborough Faire near Dallas, TX and every year everyone gets dressed up in costumes and they have have old fashioned food, rides, shops.
“Scarborough Fair” is a traditional British song from the Middle Ages. “Canticle” is a song about war that Paul Simon wrote and recorded prior to this version that blends the two songs together. I’ll be 63 tomorrow 😱 and I never realized this was a combination of two songs until I started watching reaction videos. I could catch some of the “Canticle” lyrics when Paul was still singing after the “SF” line ended. Even now, having read the lyrics, I can’t decipher most of the “Canticle” lyrics when I listen to the song.
The other song in the background, Canticle, is an anti-war theme, which was very in tune with the times (mid-60's, Vietnam War/Cold War era). Look up the lyrics.
This is music that I heard when I was a young kiddo. So it’s etched into my brain somehow. Another popular song for school chorus, although our seventh grade choir teacher assigned as “the boxer”. So that was pretty radical in the late 70s. He did change the word whore to wolf though. We really didn’t have access to lyrics back then. Not until the 80s did they start printing them. That’s why there are so many misheard lyric videos from back then lol 🎉
The roots of "Scarborough Fair" trace as far back in time as 1670. In terms of pop music, Simon & Garfunkel went into deep time on this one, and pulled it off with style! "Remember me to one who lives there \ For she once was a true love of mine" -- Bob Dylan released his take on the tune as the song "Girl from the North Country".
Great reaction. I never thought too much about the meanings of the herbs (like flowers they are symbols). Parsley= death and rebirth. Sage= healing, immortality, and wisdom. Rosemary= remembrance. Thyme= courage. As this is a story of a man headed to war, very impactful. Well done!
This song runs throughout the film called The Graduate, setting the tone perfectly. Simon and Garfunkel did the soundtrack so if you want to react to all the songs on the album first before watching the movie, that might be a good way to go about it ;) Good listening!
S&G is one of my favorite groups. Add Joni Mitchell, CSN&Y, Chicago, Blood Sweat and Tears, Fleetwood Mac, Pink Floyd, Supertramp, and GENESIS. You must dive into Genesis, especially from the '70s. Superb musicianship, lyrics, songwriters.....the whole package. I know you will be fascinated by the complexity and beauty of their music. Truly musicians musicians.
My thoughts about this are that is written from the perspective of a medieval time and a man at war. He wants her to either prepare for him coming back or planning his death and funeral by gathering the things he needs from Scarborough fair. That’s just my take. If you choose to listen to El Condor Pasa it’s an old Peruvian song sung by the Aztecs. Paul Simon wasn’t afraid to travel the world and pick up old historical music. He also has an amazing solo career. If you decide to check it out I would recommend Graceland
I finally watched a reaction to “El Condor Pasa”. I had ignored others because I didn’t recognize the name. As soon as it started I realized what it was. Beautiful song.
I must concur with other subscribers, to see such an insightful young man who is so willing to listen to songs from so long ago, that were such an important part of my generations coming of age, weather it is rock, folk, disco etc., watching you honestly react to all of this great music and understanding how much great music there was and now is has me reliving so many great times growing up. Thank you for being so willing to see what came before.
I agree with your philosophy on lyrics, and I've commented on other channels about just how distracting they can be to hearing the fullness of the song. With lyrics it's a sound _and_ sight experience, but with just listening to the audio it's all about the sound and hearing it like we did on the radio. Today's music is all about the lyrics it seems, so people try to do the same with classic music but they miss the fullness of the song. I applaud your reasoning!
A lot of reactors want to watch a performance or video of a song, which in some cases is great. I think it’s usually best to listen to the studio version to hear it done the way the artist wanted it. Then the viewers will tell the reactor if there’s a live version or video they should watch. I really like your comment. We grew up listening to music but younger generations grew up watching it. Of course, our music didn’t require visuals to keep our attention.
@@terri2494 Thanks Terri. And I agree with you -- if it's a popular song we will be more than happy to watch a 'double dip' of Studio/Live. It will often make it even more exciting for us to see it Live with them because the stage was set for them to know how GOOD they are Live. Unless there's a loud cry by many to do it Live first, the best choice is always Studio.
Yes, this one really requires the lyrics as this is actually 2 distinct songs being sung simultaneously, and each is complex.Check it out, you won't be sorry. There is information on the internet regarding each song as well. Love the depth of your reactions. Just found you a few days ago, and subbed immediately.
The recording I had played a newscast in the background but it's been so long the only one I remember was about Richard Speck stabbing 9 student nurses while one hid under the bed and survived. Many decades ago, I don't remember the others
This song is a combination of a traditional English ballad and an anti-war song (“generals order their soldiers to kill, and to fight for a cause they’ve long ago forgotten”). It’s so beautiful. S&G have done so many great songs. Another truly gorgeous song that never gets reacted to is “For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her.”
If you want something thought provoking and haunting on the subject of aging, try "Old Friends" from the Bookends album. Often overlooked, but it shouldn't be.
Loved this one when I got the album as my birthday present way back when! I was just 12 years old but somehow related to this touching song about old friends.
There are two very different songs being layered here. Neither are love songs. The first song is a diss song about a former love interest. Art Garfunckel is singing that part and he's asking this former love to complete impossible tasks in order to be considered to once again be a potential lover. He does not love the lady, nor does he really want her back. The second song is sung by Paul Simon. It is about war. Soldiers are preparing to ambush a small gathering of civilians while they sleep on a cold winter night. The generals order the soldiers to kill for a cause that is so in the past, nobody even remembers or cares about it anymore. This song came out in 1966, but it didn't gain as much recognition as it did in 1968, during the Vietnam Conflict/War. The US was involved in a foreign country's conflict and they were killing not only soldiers, but also civilians with dirty warfare. Our country was very divided about what was happening and our young men were forced by the draft to participate. The crazy thing about this song is that Simon and Garfunckel's voices are so similar, it is hard to pick out what words go to which song. Together in harmony, it is hard to hear when they are both singing because they sound like one full and very rich vocal. The music starts off soft, almost like a lullaby with just a guitar and triangle bell. When the harpsichord kicks in, it is also very soft. The end of the song is like the beginning, soft like a lullaby. Read through the lyrics. Listen to the song twice more, first focusing on one song, then the other. As beautiful as the song sounds, the lyrics are deep and dark. Great review.
Back then we were a little bit more innocent than people today, not much but we were. So you could do a song like this about a woman without a really meaning undevoted love, although back then undevoted love was more common than it is now
What you can do with lyrics--you can listen without them pulled out BUT THEN after that pull them up real quick and take a look and analyze real quick IF when on first listen you could use it to be clear on what they said--other reactors do that and it does NOT have to take too much extra time.
Another beautiful reaction to such a beautiful and timeless song. Revisiting all of this music through younger eyes (and ears) keeps me in gratitude for coming of age in a time of so much musical genius and grace. Thank you for sharing your journey with us.
Though Scarborough is not in Scotland but in England (Yorkshire)
I agree. Scarborough fair/ canticle was my favorite of Simon and Garfunkel . We sure grew up in an amazing time of raw talent and music. So picky to this day due to them spoiling my ears and heart and ❤ soul
I vote for "The Sound of Silence" next! You'll love the lyrics as well
Riding in the car with my 5 yr listening to this ... When it was over, she looked at me and very solemnly said, "I'm glad Parsley saved Rosemary in time" ❤
What a sweetheart, wonderful!! 🥰
Oh my gosh. So precious. I'm glad, too! 😀
Hilarious! ❤
I’m a 70 year old watching a very smart, insightful and wise young man doing music reactions on a lot of the music I grew up on. So much fun. I love witnessing your love of music. You are doing a great job
I'm 67 and I was thinking the same thing. Intelligent, insightful, and a pleasure to listen to. Great song with it roots in old Great Britain. Keep up the good work young man.
As one 70 yo to another doesn’t it seem terribly strange.
I’m 74 and also love the younger generations keen observations to music we grew up with and love..
And their reactions are so real,and so are their emotions…thanks …April’s come she will,sounds of silence
At the zoo,59th st. bridge song are couple to listen to
*Bro! The song is rooted in a Scottish ballad from the late 1600s. It's the tale of a young man who instructs the listener to tell his former love to perform for him a series of impossible tasks, such as making him a shirt without a seam and then washing it in a dry well, adding that if she completes these tasks he will take her back. As mentioned, often the song is sung as a duet, with the woman then giving her lover a series of equally impossible tasks, promising to give him his seamless shirt once he has finished with those.* 🙌🏾💪🏾👊🏾
Thank you for this explanation. Many folk singers of the late 1950s / early ‘60s sang old Scottish, Welsh, Irish and English ballads written centuries before. Joan Baez sang and made popular many of them in her repertoire, like “Barbara Allen.”
Some of these ballads were beautiful in melody, but lyrically hid a quite gruesome or sad story.
Simon wove an anti-war message among the “Scarborough Fair” which you can hear in the background. He and Garfunkel were the perfect pair to weave both into a mesmerizing song.
As teenagers, we took refuge in our bedrooms at night to find relief from news of the VietNam war. We lost so many brothers, uncles, and boyfriends to that terrible disaster. Simon and Garfunkel were one of our "musical saviors" during that horrible period in our life. Thanks for your musical journey. I'm enjoying so much watching you appreciate our music.
I love your reactions man ,I feel like you have an old soul… should’ve been a child of a 60s… and thank you for letting this song play through ,I feel sometimes that the commentators just stop the song so many times, it ruins the vibe of this song. So thanks man, very cool😎😎😎
Yes!! Music is meant to be experienced first by LISTENING to all the instruments and the voice coming together. Understanding the song often comes later, even if you have the lyrics. I find it distracting when a reactor is trying to decipher every lyric as the song is playing and before listening first. To me, seeing young people's facial reaction is the best because it reminds me of my friends reactions when I got to be the one sharing a new song/band with them. You are doing this right as far as I can tell because you are keeping it real. love n peace
Oh yes!! While they're nitpicking the lyrics they're missing the beauty and the emotion of the music. I can't watch ones that do that.
Great reaction to another all time great S&G classic. You're doing it the right way.
"The Sound of Silence" next. Arguably their biggest song.
One of the most beautiful songs ever
Another great reaction. I love how you put your heart into them. When I saw this it popped into my head if you've ever gotten into the catalogue of beautiful music of the 1 & only Cat Stevens? He has a long list I believe you'd really appreciate. "Morning Has Broken" is stunning. Thanks again MD👍❣
There's nothing so peaceful and positive as old hippy music. And this one's gorgeous!! Nice to see such appreciation for this beauty.
We used to sing this in High School choir. How can you not sing these harmonies? Magic
Rosemary is for remembrance
The herbs are a reference to a very sought after purchase you might make at a 1640s fair. A good assortment of herbs were not always available at the general store, so cooks were excited to go to the fair and buy them in bulk. In the original thread song, the line read, "Savory sage, rosemary and thyme." Simon and Garfunckel changed it for their version of the song.
There was no refrigeration back then. Meat was heavily spiced to make it more palatable, especially when it was starting to spoil. Herbs and spices were traded like currency.
When Paul Simon comes in with the canticle, you suddenly melted into a very beautiful smile at hearing his genius. I get so touched at seeing younger people react positively to the older music and musicians of yesteryear.
This is my absolutely favorites song of theirs! I close my eyes and I am a maiden at a medieval Faire. Magical!
I was 15 when this was released and it was a revelation✨
I haven’t been able to embrace my music since my wife was killed in a tragic automobile accident over a decade ago. She was my muse, my motivation, my purpose for composing, my sounding board, and my number one fan.
Your reactions have reignited my passion. Reliving my first time hearing these wonderful songs through new eyes is the catalyst. Tonight I pulled out the Gibson SG and plugged it into my 1200 watt Carvin through a classic Digitech 2112 artist and began to remind my fingers of their purpose in life. Thank you. I’ve over a dozen guitars that long for my attention that have been sitting in cases pleading for my touch. Please keep me on the path I was meant to embrace.
I'm so sorry for your loss
The Sound of Silence was the song that put them on the map ✌️❤️
Check out the Moody Blues "Nights in white satin" "Tuesday afternoon" "Ride my see saw" "Legend of a mind" "I'm just a singer in a rock and roll band"
"The Voice" "Gemini Dream"
Wonderful to watch you react. Your face tells.🫶🥰
✨ Great reaction, again! Yeah this song has a magical/spiritual tone that will make you miss the medieval life you never lived. 🙂 "El Condor Pasa" is another of theirs that will transport you to another level. Thank you, stay warm!
On El Condor Pasa I was told that the song was banned in the Soviet Union for its lyrics.
So great to see the younger generation listening and appreciating these classic songs. Keep up the great reactions 🙂❤️
Have you reacted to Simon & Garfunkel "The Boxer" yet? This song will blow you away.
I think, "Kathy's Song" has the most beautiful lyrics I've ever heard. It's on of my S&G favorites, so poetic!
You'll find out what the two songs mean and also the more you listen to this type of music you'll learn how much talent there was during your grandparents time
Just beautiful! There is an extended version with lyrics and a Renaissance era sounding interlude on YT you may want to check out on your own time. Well worth it for the experience.
This song demands a second replay with lyrics it's just one of those songs
It is 2 songs sung at the same time. It's called Counterpoint. The Scarborough Fair is a medieval song redone & Canticle is an 1962 Paul Simon anti war song he wrote when he was 22 years old. You are right about the herbs meanings. It's both about war. Scarborough is a soldier who has these impossible tasks for his lover & Canticle could be same soldier relaying his war experience. There is a longer version. You are so insightful, thank you for enjoying & appreciating this amazing music & duo. You should watch their 1981 Concert in Central Park, where 500,000 people attended. It's on TH-cam.
@@marianfoley5821 that was a great concert. I think HBO or Showtime broadcast it live at the time. Huge event!
In class with Dreezy! Great music. Paul Simon solos;
Slip Sliding Away
Love's Me Like A Rock
50 Ways To Leave Your Lover,,,
Late In The Evening
You Can Call Me AL
Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard,,, There! That's a good start. Peace 🕊️☮️♾️😎🎸🤟🏼
Great list, except I'd recommend it in reverse order! 🤣
@SK-lk3iu It's more up to the patreon $ than me! 😉
🌸 1984 in Seattle.. my very first concert was the Simon and Garfunkel reunion tour.
If you haven't done it already you need to react to The Sound of Silence live at Central Park New York in front of over a half million people and also Bridge Over Troubled Water live at the same concert
I was a young child when this came out and I have always loved this one, it’s so ethereal and dreamy.
I like that you're doing your reactions in the ways that suit YOU. This is your gig, man. Props to you for staying true.
Thank you. Loved it!
Goes directly to your soul!❤️
You do it your way,that's why we watch isn't it people?
Nice reaction. Glad for you that you continue to enjoy S&G's amazing music. Not much to add to what's been said by my fellow commenters. However, since you really enjoy their harmonies, I direct you to two songs ftom their first album: "Benedictus" and "Bleaker Street."
Another great reaction.
Bridge over troubled waters,
The Boxer
This was the first of their songs I remember hearing. This one helped me learn to pick a guitar…followed it, with my friend playing the other guitar. We learned together!
We have a medieval fair ground place call Scarborough Faire near Dallas, TX and every year everyone gets dressed up in costumes and they have have old fashioned food, rides, shops.
“Scarborough Fair” is a traditional British song from the Middle Ages. “Canticle” is a song about war that Paul Simon wrote and recorded prior to this version that blends the two songs together.
I’ll be 63 tomorrow 😱 and I never realized this was a combination of two songs until I started watching reaction videos. I could catch some of the “Canticle” lyrics when Paul was still singing after the “SF” line ended. Even now, having read the lyrics, I can’t decipher most of the “Canticle” lyrics when I listen to the song.
Another great reaction man. Love that you let it play through
April Comes She Will is another beauty.
There aren't things I could add to the previous posters, just that I am so very pleased you have found this beautiful song.
The other song in the background, Canticle, is an anti-war theme, which was very in tune with the times (mid-60's, Vietnam War/Cold War era). Look up the lyrics.
Such excellent poets and musicians. Iconic.
This is music that I heard when I was a young kiddo. So it’s etched into my brain somehow. Another popular song for school chorus, although our seventh grade choir teacher assigned as “the boxer”. So that was pretty radical in the late 70s. He did change the word whore to wolf though. We really didn’t have access to lyrics back then. Not until the 80s did they start printing them. That’s why there are so many misheard lyric videos from back then lol 🎉
This song just washes over you.❤
The roots of "Scarborough Fair" trace as far back in time as 1670. In terms of pop music, Simon & Garfunkel went into deep time on this one, and pulled it off with style! "Remember me to one who lives there \ For she once was a true love of mine" -- Bob Dylan released his take on the tune as the song "Girl from the North Country".
Heavenly. Thanks darlin. ❤😊
Like your connection between the herb context and the message of the lyrics. It is a beautiful observation. Keep up your great work.
Two NYC guys won us over with this British inspired song.
Such a beautiful song. I love all your reactions. ❤❤❤❤
Great reaction. I never thought too much about the meanings of the herbs (like flowers they are symbols). Parsley= death and rebirth. Sage= healing, immortality, and wisdom. Rosemary= remembrance. Thyme= courage. As this is a story of a man headed to war, very impactful. Well done!
Sometimes canticle is a chant or round it's the style of laying another song/verse atop another coming in at a later moment
This song runs throughout the film called The Graduate, setting the tone perfectly. Simon and Garfunkel did the soundtrack so if you want to react to all the songs on the album first before watching the movie, that might be a good way to go about it ;) Good listening!
S&G is one of my favorite groups. Add Joni Mitchell, CSN&Y, Chicago, Blood Sweat and Tears, Fleetwood Mac, Pink Floyd, Supertramp, and GENESIS. You must dive into Genesis, especially from the '70s. Superb musicianship, lyrics, songwriters.....the whole package. I know you will be fascinated by the complexity and beauty of their music. Truly musicians musicians.
I remember at school assembly singing feeling groovy in rounders,pretty radical for NZ
This song is very hard to get a feel of what it's about! You can listen to it hundreds of times, and still realize things you didn't hear before!
My thoughts about this are that is written from the perspective of a medieval time and a man at war. He wants her to either prepare for him coming back or planning his death and funeral by gathering the things he needs from Scarborough fair.
That’s just my take.
If you choose to listen to El Condor Pasa it’s an old Peruvian song sung by the Aztecs.
Paul Simon wasn’t afraid to travel the world and pick up old historical music.
He also has an amazing solo career.
If you decide to check it out I would recommend Graceland
I finally watched a reaction to “El Condor Pasa”. I had ignored others because I didn’t recognize the name. As soon as it started I realized what it was. Beautiful song.
Google the history. You are wrong.
My Mom loved them and in turn so do I. Mrs Robinson please 🙏 Great reaction and Peace out 🙏 ☮️ ✌️BTW I live in Scarborough Ontario 😅
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this song can put you in a trance...in a good way
I must concur with other subscribers, to see such an insightful young man who is so willing to listen to songs from so long ago, that were such an important part of my generations coming of age, weather it is rock, folk, disco etc., watching you honestly react to all of this great music and understanding how much great music there was and now is has me reliving so many great times growing up. Thank you for being so willing to see what came before.
I agree with your philosophy on lyrics, and I've commented on other channels about just how distracting they can be to hearing the fullness of the song. With lyrics it's a sound _and_ sight experience, but with just listening to the audio it's all about the sound and hearing it like we did on the radio. Today's music is all about the lyrics it seems, so people try to do the same with classic music but they miss the fullness of the song. I applaud your reasoning!
A lot of reactors want to watch a performance or video of a song, which in some cases is great. I think it’s usually best to listen to the studio version to hear it done the way the artist wanted it. Then the viewers will tell the reactor if there’s a live version or video they should watch.
I really like your comment. We grew up listening to music but younger generations grew up watching it. Of course, our music didn’t require visuals to keep our attention.
@@terri2494 Thanks Terri. And I agree with you -- if it's a popular song we will be more than happy to watch a 'double dip' of Studio/Live. It will often make it even more exciting for us to see it Live with them because the stage was set for them to know how GOOD they are Live. Unless there's a loud cry by many to do it Live first, the best choice is always Studio.
Yes, this one really requires the lyrics as this is actually 2 distinct songs being sung simultaneously, and each is complex.Check it out, you won't be sorry. There is information on the internet regarding each song as well.
Love the depth of your reactions. Just found you a few days ago, and subbed immediately.
The recording I had played a newscast in the background but it's been so long the only one I remember was about Richard Speck stabbing 9 student nurses while one hid under the bed and survived. Many decades ago, I don't remember the others
You mean you haven’t listened to ”Sound of Silence”? The definitive Simon & Garfunkel song. Go listen to it RIGHT NOW.
I second the recommendation for Cat Stevens on your 70s exploration.... "Father and Son" is the song for you, hands down.
Please also try .... Art Garfunkel .... All I know
I agree. It's the music and voice that I experience first, then, if I like it, I'll listen to the words. Guess that's why I'm not crazy about rap.
The Sound of Silence had to be more requested than this one, but OK. 🤷😃 This is a good one too.
The underlying is the death of a soldier who died, who wants to be remembered by his true love. Great anti war song. Great reaction❤
This song is a combination of a traditional English ballad and an anti-war song (“generals order their soldiers to kill, and to fight for a cause they’ve long ago forgotten”). It’s so beautiful. S&G have done so many great songs. Another truly gorgeous song that never gets reacted to is “For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her.”
'America', by S&G is one of my favorites by them. Check it out.
If you want something thought provoking and haunting on the subject of aging, try "Old Friends" from the Bookends album. Often overlooked, but it shouldn't be.
Loved this one when I got the album as my birthday present way back when! I was just 12 years old but somehow related to this touching song about old friends.
I think you would like Traffic "Low Spark of High Heeled Boys".
This version LIVE is even BETTER -
Simon & Garfunkel, Andy Williams - Scarborough Fair/Canticle - Live
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I agree! You beat me to it, but I’m glad to see that someone else thinks so.
@@clhsocial The THREE together is unbeatable - Andy Williams voice matches with Garfunkel PERFECT.
Simon voice is no match for those two
It's like kissing the Angels .
Amazing duo!
What an insightful young reviewer you are.
What a duo!
There are two very different songs being layered here. Neither are love songs. The first song is a diss song about a former love interest. Art Garfunckel is singing that part and he's asking this former love to complete impossible tasks in order to be considered to once again be a potential lover. He does not love the lady, nor does he really want her back.
The second song is sung by Paul Simon. It is about war. Soldiers are preparing to ambush a small gathering of civilians while they sleep on a cold winter night. The generals order the soldiers to kill for a cause that is so in the past, nobody even remembers or cares about it anymore.
This song came out in 1966, but it didn't gain as much recognition as it did in 1968, during the Vietnam Conflict/War. The US was involved in a foreign country's conflict and they were killing not only soldiers, but also civilians with dirty warfare. Our country was very divided about what was happening and our young men were forced by the draft to participate.
The crazy thing about this song is that Simon and Garfunckel's voices are so similar, it is hard to pick out what words go to which song. Together in harmony, it is hard to hear when they are both singing because they sound like one full and very rich vocal. The music starts off soft, almost like a lullaby with just a guitar and triangle bell. When the harpsichord kicks in, it is also very soft. The end of the song is like the beginning, soft like a lullaby.
Read through the lyrics. Listen to the song twice more, first focusing on one song, then the other. As beautiful as the song sounds, the lyrics are deep and dark.
Great review.
Beautiful song x
Man you gotta hit Doobie Grey and his hit Drift Away. A true one hit rock classic
Oh my gosh, yes!!! 👍🏻🔥❤
For a little heavier, more political S&G, check out Hazy Shade of Winter, At the Zoo, America, or Mrs. Robinson.
The first choice is always live performance Play the song like this you need the lyrics because it's two songs in one sang at the same time
Please do a side by side of America, originally by S & G, covered spectacularly by Yes ❤🎉😊
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Back then we were a little bit more innocent than people today, not much but we were. So you could do a song like this about a woman without a really meaning undevoted love, although back then undevoted love was more common than it is now
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Where can I those headphones cos they are fire
These ones are ‘Turtle Beach 70 Recon’ should be bale to find them on amazon!
Another great album,unlike anything else
You are far and away the best reactor on TH-cam
. Use those brains and go to plrase
You're really going like Paul Simon's music after he broke with art.
A canticle is is a song or a chant.
A beautiful anti war song from 1966.
Only one tiny thing wrong with this song is the pronunciation of Scarborough!
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What you can do with lyrics--you can listen without them pulled out BUT THEN after that pull them up real quick and take a look and analyze real quick IF when on first listen you could use it to be clear on what they said--other reactors do that and it does NOT have to take too much extra time.
Daydreaming music
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