Simon and Garfunkel are the kind of group you do not listen to for months. Then you play one song and proceed to play everything they ever recorded . They are just that good.....
Or you listen to them once and never stop listening to them actually. I guess it's been over half a year since I started listening to them seriously (earlier I used to know only a few songs like Mrs Robinson or The Sound Of Silence). It was like discovering when my home is. Since that time I've been listening to their songs almost every day (except the days when I was ill or outside home). Hope that I will never stop, even when I'm old.
@@somebodysaccount No worries. You won´t. - I am 62. And these guys are singing my youth. I will listen to their music - and sing along - to my last day.
@@somebodysaccount True, thats me. All through lockdown... Day and night. Listening to them right now through my earphone, while I paint my doors. They've been my lockdown companion. Love them endlessly.
This great old song helped me change my life. Back in the mid-1970s, I was in a bad, destructive relationship that was not healthy for either of us. I found myself sitting in traffic wondering what the hell I was going to do, when all of a sudden, like the answer to a prayer, this song began. All of a sudden I knew what to do and two weeks later, I was free, still screwed up, but free. Thanks Paul.
I was at this concert with my girlfriend and when we got there it looked like Woodstock because over 500,000 people showed up.. One of the best free concerts I have been to..
At the time of this concert I was 9 years old and already a fan of their music. Obviously I could not attend since I was just a german child, but I SWORE to myself that I would attend a S&G concert some day. Made my dream come true in 2013 at their "Old Friends" reunion tour ... bought the tickets online, flew in from Germany to Los Angeles and watched them at the Staples Center ... singing along the entire concert ... with tears in my eyes. Childhood dream come true ... :)
I was a 14 year old guitar novice and remember seeing this concert in German TV and being completely blown away. The chords, harmony, melody of Paul Simon (solo or with Art Garfunkel) are just out of this world.
Everything is great, the sharpness of the horns, Gadd's space, the guitar solo. I love love love the chorus. But what really sticks out is the rhodes playing of Richard Tee, which is unbelievably groovy.
These guys will never go out of style. Elegance is a quality synonymous with the spirit. Simon & Garfunkel not only proved it, but they are a living example of this ideal.
Awesome band! There were absolutely no weak links. I wish the camera had panned to the piano a bit more often. That dude was smooth. I don't think I've heard a better performance of this song. Ever. Anywhere.
Also a drummer and agree. It's like Elton John dialing up Dee Murray on Love Lies Bleeding. Gadd's part, like Murray's, makes the song, and the marquee name recognized they needed to be second billing for once.
Many, many years ago, when i discovered this song on the S&G concert in Central Park LP, i realised that i was going to be a Paul Simon fan much more than a S&G fan...
Just saw Paul in Bend, Oregon at the Les Schwab Amphitheater. 🎶(06/24/17)🎶 His entire performance was unforgettable and EVERYTHING I had come to expect!!! It was a perfect ending to a amazing evening! 🕊A living legend!!! 🎶🎸🎶
Classic! After all these years the Song still comes to mind and brings a laugh, smile, and words of wisdom in times when you or a friend feels there's no easy way out.
This song and Mother and Child Reunion, Gone At Last and Loves Me Like A Rock are the few 70's Paul Simon hits that probably couldn't be done as Simon and Garfunkel duets.
With time I'v come to think that what makes this epic concert so good is the quality of the arrangements to these rather pop/folk orientated songs to suit the big orchestra of this event. This plus the absolute first class performance of every musicien up there that night. I just can't get enough of listenings to all the various instruments parts.
God I love Paul Simon this song has been going thru my head all Christmas time. I was lucky enough to see Paul & Art with the Everly brothers in Hyde park London I was gobsmacked. Paul I love you thank you for your incredible music I just hope you read this
A great song from my childhood memories that my late Dad loved. The drums in this song fit well with the bicentennial year of 1976 which is the year this song took off on the charts.
This is why I fell in love with Paul Simon's music. Timeless hits such as Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover, Sounds of Silence. Legendary songwriter and timeless musician. I wrote a version of this called Fifty Ways To Tell A Sermon.
But if they pushed it to the point where I feel like giving a sermon that's an encyclopedia worth.. that's where I'm ironically giving them the "TLDR fuck off" version. (Because it's just not worth it giving the covert sadist the satisfaction of showing too much sweat anymore!)
this song was more to showcase the others in the band so it's ok Art doesn't sing. The spotlight of this song goes as much to the drummer as it does Paul.
The same goes with "You can call me Al". The bass line and the guitar licks make this song (together with the brass section, not sure who wrote that). Paul ist one of the greatest songwriters of all time, no doubt, but he sure had good luck with his fellow musicians, too.
Love these two like crazy. I also love to hear Paul sing this song. Love to watch his expressions, when he sings this... Also when he sings Al. He has a very sexy smile on his face. I absolutely love to hear and watch these two. Love them endlessly.
Long before I ever had a lover, I loved this song. Lawddddddddd, I was what 5, 6 years old? I adored this song, and in an odd, preternatural way, I understood the angst involved in leaving your lover.
Simon and Garfunkel are the kind of group you do not listen to for months. Then you play one song and proceed to play everything they ever recorded . They are just that good.....
Or you listen to them once and never stop listening to them actually. I guess it's been over half a year since I started listening to them seriously (earlier I used to know only a few songs like Mrs Robinson or The Sound Of Silence). It was like discovering when my home is. Since that time I've been listening to their songs almost every day (except the days when I was ill or outside home). Hope that I will never stop, even when I'm old.
@@somebodysaccount No worries. You won´t. - I am 62. And these guys are singing my youth. I will listen to their music - and sing along - to my last day.
You are so right Peter Black.
@@somebodysaccount True, thats me. All through lockdown... Day and night. Listening to them right now through my earphone, while I paint my doors. They've been my lockdown companion. Love them endlessly.
Absolutely..doing that right now..can't stop!
This great old song helped me change my life. Back in the mid-1970s, I was in a bad, destructive relationship that was not healthy for either of us. I found myself sitting in traffic wondering what the hell I was going to do, when all of a sudden, like the answer to a prayer, this song began. All of a sudden I knew what to do and two weeks later, I was free, still screwed up, but free. Thanks Paul.
Best. Story. Ever. Back when music...was...well....MUSIC!!!!
Thanks for sharing brother
So did you slip out the back or hop on the bus?
@@Geoff4822 he made a new plan stan
I like how you said 'still screwed up but free'. It's never as simple as a song, right? But it's doable once you see a light in the tunnel. :)
I was at this concert with my girlfriend and when we got there it looked like Woodstock because over 500,000 people showed up.. One of the best free concerts I have been to..
At the time of this concert I was 9 years old and already a fan of their music. Obviously I could not attend since I was just a german child, but I SWORE to myself that I would attend a S&G concert some day. Made my dream come true in 2013 at their "Old Friends" reunion tour ... bought the tickets online, flew in from Germany to Los Angeles and watched them at the Staples Center ... singing along the entire concert ... with tears in my eyes. Childhood dream come true ... :)
Wow . You are so lucky. Bless are you. ✨😇🤟🏻. From Italy. 🇺🇸🇮🇹. 🌈
I was waaaay to young to be at any S&G concerts. But we had PBS. And that concert was broadcast once a year to coincide with the Fall pledge season.
Simon and Garfunkel didn't go to Woodstock. Woodstock came to them. Let that sit in for a minute..
One of the best free concerts.... 🤣
Steve Gadd, bossing EVERYTHING.
That snare swings
Truth
holy shitballs, i was wondering who played that intro so smooth then checked the comments. 2 googles later, it's gadd. ty
One of the best drum Groove intros ever
*Steve Godd
Gadd, Richard Tee and Anthony Jackson - what a rhythm section!
Whoa who's tickling the ivory? My hero
That Gadd-Tee-Jackson rhythm section also played for Grover Washington.
I was a 14 year old guitar novice and remember seeing this concert in German TV and being completely blown away. The chords, harmony, melody of Paul Simon (solo or with Art Garfunkel) are just out of this world.
Me 2 got me the album when I went to Sweden on holiday the othe week!
When the drums are just as famous as the song.
100% I love playing this on drums
Thanks to Steve's time in the military.
Steve is a Gadd.
@@slide_drexler Thank Gadd he was available to play this gig.
I never thought the band would be able to capture the funky chorus, but I was pleasantly surprised. 👍🏽❤🎶
Everything is great, the sharpness of the horns, Gadd's space, the guitar solo. I love love love the chorus. But what really sticks out is the rhodes playing of Richard Tee, which is unbelievably groovy.
For me, Anthony Jackson. Without question, Anthony Jackson.
Apparently it's Steve Gadd's birthday today - so Happy Birthday Steve - I have always admired your playing.
His voice is a national treasure and along with Paul Simon's masterful song writing spoke for an entire generation.
More than one generation. At least 3 in my family. ❤ 😍
This is only Simon singing
Paul Simon ist verdammt gut. Stimme betörend, toller Songwriter, Gitarrist und Performer. Immer elegant und mit Understatement.
I’m 81 and I still find new ways to enjoy S &G.
These guys will never go out of style. Elegance is a quality synonymous with the spirit. Simon & Garfunkel not only proved it, but they are a living example of this ideal.
Amazing drumming by Gadd, as always, and killer guitar solo by David Brown from 2:57-3:42.
I read that as David Bowie and needless to say I was quite confused.
I thought it was Dave Mustaine.
@@johnjuan6698 Hahaha! He’s a badass too, though
Yes! Like his drumming on Aja, he’s as good as you could imagine
Super musical solo
Gosh! I almost forgot this song! Simon is perfect and this concert should become a symbol for music, real music not what we hear now on media.
Drummer, keyboardist, 2 saxophones, 2 trumpets and 3 guitarists, now that’s a band
Steve Gadd, one of the best drummers of all times
The whole band is top notch 👌
They feel the music
He has beautiful eyes
Oh yeah.. sex on legs Simon...💕
wow, this backing band is just terrific!
Awesome band! There were absolutely no weak links. I wish the camera had panned to the piano a bit more often. That dude was smooth. I don't think I've heard a better performance of this song. Ever. Anywhere.
Some of the best drumming ever in popular music
As drummer who plays & uses this grove a lot I would like to say thank you Steve Gadd & Paul Simon for recording it ;)
Also a drummer and agree. It's like Elton John dialing up Dee Murray on Love Lies Bleeding. Gadd's part, like Murray's, makes the song, and the marquee name recognized they needed to be second billing for once.
What an absolutely stunning arrangement of people on stage. Much love.
Who do you see? That is Don H. too?
By far my favourite version of this song - the horn section sample of "Hold On, I'm Coming" is a big part of why.
Paul Simon is really talanted😀🌹
hey you - Too bad that spelling isn't one of your talents.
Ya think? 😉
Steve Gadd forever!! Happy birthday to Paul who turns 77 years young today.
Many, many years ago, when i discovered this song on the S&G concert in Central Park LP, i realised that i was going to be a Paul Simon fan much more than a S&G fan...
The hand motion and little laugh at 2:22 are great.
The incomparable Steve Gadd on drums.
Got this album when I was a teenager & this was one of my favourite songs.... the arrangement more than the message. Could listen to it all day
Just saw Paul in Bend, Oregon at the Les Schwab Amphitheater. 🎶(06/24/17)🎶 His entire performance was unforgettable and EVERYTHING I had come to expect!!! It was a perfect ending to a amazing evening! 🕊A living legend!!! 🎶🎸🎶
Lucky you
I have serious concert envy! 😘
The lyrics are amazing, chord progression? Just wow! What i really love though,the drums,so much creativity there !
Classic! After all these years the Song still comes to mind and brings a laugh, smile, and words of wisdom in times when you or a friend feels there's no easy way out.
Ever single one of them on the stage a consummate musician in their own right ❤️
That was held in my last year in college in 1981. It was covered heavily by the local news networks in NY/NJ. A terrific high school song.
The band was f'n awesome in this one.
Such an awesome Steve Gadd lick!
50 ways to use Art as an artistic backdrop
This song and Mother and Child Reunion, Gone At Last and Loves Me Like A Rock are the few 70's Paul Simon hits that probably couldn't be done as Simon and Garfunkel duets.
With time I'v come to think that what makes this epic concert so good is the quality of the arrangements to these rather pop/folk orientated songs to suit the big orchestra of this event. This plus the absolute first class performance of every musicien up there that night. I just can't get enough of listenings to all the various instruments parts.
Steve Gadd, genius. Garfunkel looks so inspired clapping his hands!
God I love Paul Simon this song has been going thru my head all Christmas time. I was lucky enough to see Paul & Art with the Everly brothers in Hyde park London I was gobsmacked. Paul I love you thank you for your incredible music I just hope you read this
Although I still rather like the Simon & Garfunkel formula, this one of the only Simon is jolly good
Ahhh Paul is so cute!!! How adorable😍
I really like this song. I realise it’s Paul Simon’s. Art is just listening in 💜😁
Sure Paul is great, but what an awesome band !
GOD what a handsome man!
Paul’s beyond handsome - those eyes OMG 😱
Gadd's Drums pattern is superb,Simon's talks singing and Art ,oops,is looking for something to do!
Throughout the concert, even in the songs he did sing, you could tell he's uncomfortable.
My old new favorite song!! Love it!!
Good musicians , the drummer is excellent!
+Happey67 Drummer is Steve Gadd. A legendary drummer known for his grooves.
+Hyun Sung Thanks for the information.
Check him out in the band stuff.. legendary stuff
what a great groove lesson.
Simply extraordinary musical arrangement and musicianship.
Just in the park making music with friends. What a lineup of talent right there
As always, hats off to Steve Gadd.
Hi-hats off to Steve Gadd :)
Thats Anthony Jackson on bass, btw.
A great song from my childhood memories that my late Dad loved. The drums in this song fit well with the bicentennial year of 1976 which is the year this song took off on the charts.
Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr Steve Gadd on drums. What a riff he came up with for this song?!
Listen to "Crazy Army". The riff came from his marching band cadences.
This song would not be the same without Steve Gadd's drumming.
It's great but he looks terribly bored playing it.
Paul Simon is just down to earth
That is absolute poetry by Steve Gadd!
This is why I fell in love with Paul Simon's music. Timeless hits such as Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover, Sounds of Silence. Legendary songwriter and timeless musician.
I wrote a version of this called Fifty Ways To Tell A Sermon.
But if they pushed it to the point where I feel like giving a sermon that's an encyclopedia worth.. that's where I'm ironically giving them the "TLDR fuck off" version. (Because it's just not worth it giving the covert sadist the satisfaction of showing too much sweat anymore!)
Oh dear. So young. I was born older than that.
Thank you, dear Daddy, for keeping me safe.
Genius.
This is my first time listening to the song and is incredible
Oh. Mah. Gadd.
In Gadd we trust!
For Gadd's sake ?
Gadd damn!
Don't make jokes about God
Gadd only knows
This song was my first real listen of Paul Simon after reading about him in a Rock n Roll photography book. So glad I found his music, now with Art.
Classy, intelligent, humorous.
Love when Steve Gadd's on the drums
Always thought that was one of the funniest songs as a 70z kid. 😂 Still love it today at 51. 💖
This is great! This is how it should have been done, originally, to include the background vocals in the original version.
What a good marching drum by Steve;)
Love, love, love. Thank you so much for making this song part of our life experience! 😻💞💞💞
0:31 50 ways to leave your lover
^
Die in Minecraft
Masterpiece!!!
Stevie Gadd on drums... Iconic lick!
An absolute masterpiece.
3.50 Drumming genius Stevie Gadd..........................
18 Years Old. No Plan - Other than gas - Forever burned in my memory - Pure Love!!
What a Masterpiece
3:45 Steve Gadd is a damn beast on the drums!
Good Gadds that was awesome!!!
Omg 😲 I shared with my 30yr old GRANDson❗❗😱
Music 🎶 is GREAT. Enjoy. Oldie but goodie z. 😀
this song was more to showcase the others in the band so it's ok Art doesn't sing. The spotlight of this song goes as much to the drummer as it does Paul.
The same goes with "You can call me Al". The bass line and the guitar licks make this song (together with the brass section, not sure who wrote that). Paul ist one of the greatest songwriters of all time, no doubt, but he sure had good luck with his fellow musicians, too.
Steve Gadd
Damn and i thought it was about gettin rid of the kids for the weekend
The drum pattern is obviously the lung of the song,but Paul's vocal performance is suberb,he talks singing!!!
Genius beyond question
I love the tempo of this song
Fabulous piano !
Oh my, first time heard this song was in the movie The tender bar a few weeks ago. What have I lost all these years?
Looking for this song the last 20 years. Lisening to it at the radio, but didn’t now who play this song😳
THAT' S everlasting Music.....🎉🎉🎉
Merveilleux !!!
Love these two like crazy. I also love to hear Paul sing this song. Love to watch his expressions, when he sings this... Also when he sings Al. He has a very sexy smile on his face. I absolutely love to hear and watch these two. Love them endlessly.
Garfunkel thinking "Gee, I could have used this slapper on my album Scissors Cut"
Long before I ever had a lover, I loved this song. Lawddddddddd, I was what 5, 6 years old?
I adored this song, and in an odd, preternatural way, I understood the angst involved in leaving your lover.
Ça groove à max.
One of the best songs ever. Thx
Only 778k views. Interesting.....
Beautiful live rendition!!
And the die in minecraft version has more views
What a voice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I Love This Song 💖💖
Can someone say something about Richard Tee on the piano and Fender Rhodes .Absolute genius . RIP Mr .Tee .
Thanks- I never knew his name but his performance was absolutely outstanding
everyone that knows this song ALWAYS sings the lines everytime while bobbing our heads in synchronicity. 100% true
In the morning I began to see the light! Got myself free...i just slipped out the back!
Gadd! Master! Thank you...