Brilliant! They made some of the most epic timeless songs ever. Simon is one of the best songwriters ever. Im not sure how much Garfunkel contributed lyrically but his voice was angelic.

These two could harmonise with the best of them and their music had something to say. Paul Simon had a much better solo carreer but Art Garfunkle is at his best in duets.

Every single song by this duo is amazing. I love to listen to every album straight through. Thank God for Simon & Garfunkel.

These guys created some great tunes when they were together!

Really good at their peak, with lots of classic hits, Garfunkel's ethereal voice, and Simon's top notch songwriting skills. Conversely, out of their studio LP'S, only "Bookends" was an album that was consistently good throughout, the rest were uneven IMO: and they're not exactly overflowing with lots of good tunes that don't get played on the radio anymore, though they do have some.

Good before the split. Both were a joke when apart.

I'm not big into most 'soft rock' and mainstream stuff but S & G are one of the few exceptions. Garfunkel had a great voice and many of Simon's songs are very evocative for me. 'Bridge..' and 'Sounds of silence' make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. A pair of masterful tunes. The more uptempo material is almost as great like 'Cecilia' and 'The boxer'. The best ever pop duo ever.

Beautiful, thoughtful music that still holds up all these years later.

Everytime i compare Paul's and Art's voices to today's singer, i wonder why did we ever leave the golden years.

Is this really what it has come to? Has so much time passed and memories faded that Simon and Garfunkel now fall into the catagory of soft rock? I suppose I shouldn't be too critical of my younger friends who were not there in the 1960s when Simon and Garfunkel, The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, Mamas and Papas and Bob Dylan ushered in the era of folk/rock. Though S & G are often credited as the originators of folk/rock it was neither Simon nor Garfunkel who electrified the music to give it the new sound. It was their American producer Tom Wilson. He got word that in the summer of 1965 some Florida radio stations had been getting requests for The Sounds of Silence which was a track from their first album Wednesday Morning, 3 AM, which had flopped commercially. Wilson dubbed in guitars and drums and released the song as a single. That act of dubbing turned folk into folk/rock and a new genre of music was officially born. By December 1965 the song climbed to number 1. While neither Simon nor Garfunkel were happy about what Wilson had done to the song they couldn't deny its success so their next album, titled Sounds of Silence had a mixture of both electric and acoustic tunes. Released in Jan 1966 (and rereleasing Wednesday Morning at the same time) folk/rock had now become part of the popular culture and a single, I Am A Rock reached #3 by the summer. Social commentary was the current trend at the time, much as it is today, but S & G did not need to pepper their songs with obscenities or sexual innuendos in order to be relevent to what people were thinking. The songs were meant to ask questions but also feed the mind. Some of their songs made you think, others made you daydream. In Oct 1966 they released Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme which further refined the folk/rock sound. Several successful singles came from the album which also contained their much talked about 7 O'Clock News/Silent Night, an accurate commentary of the time. S & G sang the Christmas Hymn Silent Night and a newscast is slowly brought up in volume from the background to the forefront. They supplied the music for the 1967 movie The Graduate and released the soundtrack album in Jan 1968. The film brought a renewed popularity for the song Sounds of Silence and the album went to #1. 1968 saw a marked increase in violence in America. By mid year both Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy had been murdered, anti war and civil rights demonstrations had become violent gatherings and violent groups such as the Weather Underground, Black Panthers, Students for a Democratic Society and Yippies (violent hippies) dotted the cultural landscape. April of 1968 S & G released Bookends. It hit #1 and 2 singles, At The Zoo and Fakin It reached #16 and #23. As some people were in the streets using fists to make their points, S & G's music gave people an intellectual (as well as melodic) means to express the new point of view. Those who wished to assist the cause but did not want to resort to violence found legitimacy is S & G's music. While radicals called for the burning of America, S & G fans were singing counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike they've all come to look for America. Unless you were a late teenager or of college age at the time, it's difficult to imagine how important it was to have an intellectual and mature musical expression to help present the views of the counterculture. Rock had branched off into psychedelic and violent directions with the popularity of bands such as Jimi Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane, Moby Grape, Cream, Big Brother and the Holding Co and the Doors. S & G's music brought a calm amid the storm with songs that spoke from the conscience as well as from the heart. On Jan 1970 the Bridge Over Troubled Water album was released. While the title song, in my opinion, was overproduced, with orchestration sounding like Phil Spector's wall of sound, it also contained songs in the more traditional S & G style. The album produced a number of singles and almost every song seems to have its own following. The Boxer, Baby Driver, Keep the Customer Satisfied, are a just a few tunes which gained popularity. The music of S & G spoke to a generation when it was searching for words, and they gave us melodies of unusual quality at a time when Hendrix was utilizing amplifier feedback and the Beatles were experimenting with backwards tape loops. Although there were a number of high quality folk/rock groups it was Simon and Garfunkel who wore the crown and when they broke up, folk/rock was declared officially dead. It saddens me that so much has been forgotten and now years later their music is classified as simply soft rock. But if this is how they are to be rated, then I feel that they should be at the top of the list.

'Bridge personified, for some of us, what was great and memorable about the 60's, but I've always thought that Kathy's Song was the prettiest lyric and music combination Paul Simon ever produced. And America is still hauntingly relevant today. Fun to reminisce.

Some pretty good songs, my favorite among them include Feelin' Groovy and Cecilia. However, they are still quite slow and often drag on for too long.

amazing. i've heard their music all my life. my parents love them so much, they named me Cecilia (no joke). Simon And Garfunkel own a small piece of my heart and make me so happy.

One of the best duos in music history. Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel had two voices that just sounded good together, and they were incredibly talented songwriters. They had some wonderful songs which are still good today which include The Sound of Silence, Mrs Robinson, The Boxer, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Cecilia and more.

Simon and GArfunkel had some great songs. I liked the pretty Bridge over Troubled waters.mrs. Robinson,to name a couple. I wish they could have stayed together longer than they did.

My dad and I share very different tastes in music, but Simon & Garfunkel is a band we both love. Songs like Bridge Over Troubled Water, Cecilia, and several classic tunes that graced and elevated The Graduate film have definitely stood the test of time. I appreciate their simple, gorgeous, distinctive craftsmanship and am glad they decided to tour again after all this time.