![]() The live "Bye Bye Love" reveals a greater kinship with the Everly Brothers than with Dylan, and an even stronger engagement with their audience clapping a massive backbeat and yelling along with the song, that rambunctious crowd in Ames, Iowa, remains one of their most intuitive collaborators. In some ways, Bridge sounds like a chronicle of Simon and Garfunkel's career and collaboration over the years, especially the album-ending send-off. "The Only Living Boy in New York" conjures a very specific sense of melancholy abandonment, which makes it a companion to the title track's pledge of steady friendship and devotion. Even after it's been Zach Braff'ed, the song still retains its considerable evocative power and remains one of the most natural and surprising juxtapositions of sonics and sentiment in Simon's catalog. Thanks to the echo-chambered vocals, disembodied organ, and Joe Osborn's melodically prominent bass, "The Only Living Boy in New York" sounds practically weightless, as if Manhattan were as lonely and desolate as the moon. ![]() The title track derives its outsize drama not only from Garfunkel's intense, measured vocals but also from the resonating percussion, which mimics the echoing crack of sound against a cathedral wall. Especially on this subtle remastering, Bridge reveals a surfeit of strange, exciting sonic details, as Simon, Garfunkel, and co-producer Roy Halee insert small flourishes of sound, such as the disruptive skiffle beat on "Why Don't You Write Me" or the audience rhythm section on the live version of "Bye Bye Love". The album cuts on Bridge hold up arguably better than the singles- or maybe it's just that we've all heard the title track and side-two opener "The Boxer" so many times, while songs like "Keep the Customer Satisfied" and "Baby Driver" still sound less familiar, and therefore full of surprises. Despite the breadth of sound- and despite the splintering of their relationship- Bridge sounds like a unified statement enlivened by styles and rhythms not often heard on pop radio at the juncture of those two decades. ![]() Later, "Keep the Customer Satisfied" swells with gargantuan blasts of brass, "Baby Driver" revs up some R&B sax, and "Cecilia" sounds impossibly infectious with its pennywhistle solo and handclap/thighslap percussion. Especially coming after the grandiose gospel of the title track, the song sounds both exotic and humble. He wrote new English lyrics about the rural versus the urban, and he and Garfunkel sang them over the original instrumental track. The tune is hundreds of years old, but Simon came to it via a contemporary Peruvian group called Los Incas. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.This diverse album contains the roots of Paul Simon's subsequent incorporation of African and South American rhythms into astute pop songs, especially "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)". Previously appeared on Paul Simon's album Still Crazy After All These Years and Art Garfunkel's album Breakaway (both from 1975)Ĭharts Chart performance for Old Friends Chart (1998)Ĭertifications Certifications for Old Friends Region Previously unissued live recording (Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York) " That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine" - 3:28.Previously unissued live recording ( Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York) " The Only Living Boy in New York" - 4:00.Previously unissued live recording (Memorial Auditorium, Burlington, Vermont)įrom the album Bridge over Troubled Water (1970)įrom the album Bridge over Troubled Water Previously unissued live recording ( Memorial Auditorium, Burlington, Vermont) "You Don't Know Where Your Interest Lies" - 2:20Ĭhristmas recording, previously appeared on Columbia Special Products compilations A Very Merry Christmas (1967) and Dreaming of a White Christmas (1981).Previously unissued live recording (Lincoln Center, Manhattan, New York City, New York) Previously unissued live recording ( Lincoln Center, Manhattan, New York City, New York) "A Poem on the Underground Wall" - 4:30." For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her" - 2:06." The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" - 1:55."Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall" - 2:10įrom the album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme.Previously unissued outtake from the Sounds of Silence sessions version) (1966) Sounds of Silence ( UK version) "We've Got a Groovy Thing Goin'" - 1:59įrom the album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme ( U.S.Some of these outtakes subsequently appeared on both the reissues of Simon & Garfunkel's five studio albums as well as the later boxed set The Columbia Studio Recordings (1964-1970).įrom the album Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. The three-disc anthology collects most of the duo's best-known works, and also includes previously unreleased outtakes. Old Friends is the second box set of Simon & Garfunkel songs, released in November 1997.
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