WOW! Even though I've listened to this beautiful song a hundred times, it sounds strangely unfamiliar when broken down this way. It's like seeing someone you have known all of your life "naked" for the first time. I love it! Garfunkel's voice is so delicately angelic, and Simon's poetry and song writing are simply genius. As their two voices become one, it is Heaven on Earth.
thats why he had become the bitter resentful dwarf. that and because of arts movie career. he felt that his vocal contribution was just as important and, duh, in this case? literally 50:50....and imagine the song only with arts voice and melody.... a dull ditty at best.
i absolutely adore this song as it's both beautifully written and performed but let's give S & G more credit. Any musician would recognize that this song's harmonization is actually pretty simple, so it should come to no surprise that these 2 geniuses could've easily pulled it off on their first record together.
Listening to the split vocal tracks highlights how important they are to the song, and also why the disturbed cover made my skin crawl. Covering a song without the most distinct and wonderful thing about it, and lots of people think its "better".
I think it's a good cover because it's different and it tooks risks, nevertheless, the original have more autenthic feel because it's not flooded by orchestral elements and just a classic vocal harmony and good lirycs made it majestic on his simplicity.
@@adnsaurus Yeah. The disturbed version is utterly lacking in nuance. The video might as well be flashing lights saying "THIS IS EMOTIONAL, HEAR OUR HEAVY EMOTIONAL STRINGS" It's the made to tv tear jerking movie about a kid with downs syndrome and cancer who tries real hard. Just blatant "YOU MUST FEEL NOW" music.
A little help for the ones struggling with music theory: Chords are basically made of three notes (could be two or more than three, but let's say it's three), the root, the third and the fifth. Example: In an A minor chord, the root is A, the third is C and the fifth is E. The first two chords of the song are Eb minor and Db major. In "Hello darkness my old friend", Art is doing the main melody, going from the root (Eb), to the third (Gb), to the fifth (Bb) and then to the fifth of the next chord (Ab). Meanwhile, Paul keeps singing the root of the first chord (Eb) and only changes to the root of the second chord (Db) For me the coolest part is in "Because a vision softly creeping... And the vision that was planted in my brain". In this part, the first chord is also Eb minor, but then it keeps switching between B major (actually Cb major, but let's not get into that) and Gb major. Why do I like this part? Because Paul just keeps singing Gb, which is the third of Eb minor, the fifth of B major and the root of Gb major. Very creative and leaves room for Art's voice to shine So, it doesn't make sense to say that "Paul keeps singing in minor", they are both singing in minor if they are singing a minor chord, the diference is which note of the chord each one is singing. Anyway, thank you very much for the video, I love to listen to multitrack songs
@@xrommamusic1350 is that sarcasm? It's always difficult to tell in text. If not, it's like writing "I went two the store and bought too apples" They sound is correct but they're both misspelled
Thank you, I have always thought of the electric guitar part as godly, and when it starts to go I just loved it, I couldn't get enough of it, I needed to hear it isolated and it's just amazing, I can't even explain how perfect it was for those few moments
I wouldn't say that he sings in minor. He sings a drone-like low harmony, where he (mostly) sings the keynotes. But if you listen to the melody he sings, it's not minor.
This was so cool to listen to! Thank you so much for uploading this! I'm having the time of my life singing melody to Paul's harmony. It was difficult for me to isolate Paul's voice when listening to their recordings before seeing this. Now I have a renewed appreciation for what constitutes harmony. Paul's voice is exquisite here, and so deep in some parts. I can never sing harmony but it's fun to sing Art's part during Paul's harmony while watching this video. A million thanks!
I didn't even noticed the bassline slides and Paul Simon's voice. OMG! I didn't even heard Paul's voice before. Thanks for uploading but separate these tracks like drums only and bass only pls?
How do you improvise a ‘random solo’? What random solo is he improvising? This song is legendary. The session players’ parts are legendary. Listen to it properly.
Thanks for this! Someone posted a link to a recent video of them performing this and it's been stuck in my head ever since. I decided if I can't get rid of it I should at least try to learn Paul's part. Art G.'s is _way_ out of my vocal range.
Garfunkel's part solo didn't sound quite like I expected... very cool to hear the song like this. Though my brain fills in all the missing parts anyway. 😀
Hello darkness, my old friend I've come to talk with you again Because a vision softly creeping Left its seeds while I was sleeping And the vision that was planted in my brain Still remains Within the sound of silence In restless dreams I walked alone Narrow streets of cobblestone 'Neath the halo of a street lamp I turned my collar to the cold and damp When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light That split the night And touched the sound of silence And in the naked light I saw Ten thousand people, maybe more People talking without speaking People hearing without listening People writing songs that voices never share No one dared Disturb the sound of silence "Fools" said I, "You do not know Silence like a cancer grows Hear my words that I might teach you Take my arms that I might reach you" But my words like silent raindrops fell And echoed in the wells of silence And the people bowed and prayed To the neon god they made And the sign flashed out its warning In the words that it was forming And the sign said, "The words of the prophets Are written on the subway walls And tenement halls" And whispered in the sounds of silence
分享歌词： Hello darkness my old friend.I've come to talk with U again.Because a vision softly creeping.Left its seeds while I was sleeping.And the vision that was planted in my brain.Still remains.Within the sound of silence，In restless dreams I walk alone.Narrow streets of cobble stone.'Neath the halo of a street lamp.I turned my collar to the cold & damp.When my eyes were stabbled by the flash of a neon light.That split the night.And touched the sound of silence.And in the naked night I saw.Ten thousand people maybe more.People talking without speaking.People hearing without listening.People writing songs that voices never share.And no one dare.Disturb the sound of silence，"Fool" said I "U do not know."Silence like a cancer grows.Hear my words that I might teach U."Take my arms that I might reach U.But my words like silent rain-drops fell，And echoed in the wells of silence，And the people bow & prayed.To the neon God they made.And the sign flash out its warning.In the words that it was forming，And the sign said "The words of the prophers.Are written the subway walls & tenement halls".And whispered in the sounds of silence
Sinuois 1 year ago Hello darkness, my old friend I've come to talk with you again Because a vision softly creeping Left its seeds while I was sleeping And the vision that was planted in my brain Still remains Within the sound of silence In restless dreams I walked alone Narrow streets of cobblestone ‘Neath the halo of a streetlamp I turned my collar to the cold and damp When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light That split the night And touched the sound of silence And in the naked light I saw Ten thousand people, maybe more People talking without speaking People hearing without listening People writing songs that voices never share No one dare Disturb the sound of silence “Fools” said I, “You do not know Silence like a cancer grows Hear my words that I might teach you Take my arms that I might reach you” But my words like silent raindrops fell And echoed in the wells of silence And the people bowed and prayed To the neon god they made And the sign flashed out its warning In the words that it was forming And the sign said “The words of the prophets Are written on the subway walls And tenement halls And whispered in the sounds of silence”
I'm intrigued by the comment in the video about "notice how he keeps singing minor". I assume the maker of the video doesn't know what that means. If it's a minor chord then it's a minor chord for both singers. It would make no sense whatsoever if they weren't both following the same chord pattern, so there's nothing remarkable about him continuing to sing in a minor key if that part of the song is in a minor key. FYI the first line starts in A minor and ends in G, the second line continues in G and finishes back on Am, and the rest is major chords. Paul sings each of those first two lines entirely on the fundament of each chord, and throughout the song he uses the technique of sticking to a single note within each chord until the chord changes, rather than follow the melody a third above or below like all the Motown songs of that period. This strategy of hanging onto a note until it MUST change is very similar to a bass line, and if you listen to Disturbed's version of the song the overdrive guitar pretty much plays Paul's vocal line an octave down. Vocally the technique is centuries old in two and three part harmonies and is particularly common in ecclesiatical/monastic type singing.
Joe South is playing the electric guitar...Joe was a great studio musician before he became a singer....played on Dylan’s Blonde on Blonde, Aretha’s Chains....etc etc
That would be open to a much more detailed in-video commentary because it's not a simple harmony, it's really a counterpoint made with two different songs that just happen to have a similar enough chord progression that they can interlace. It wasn't written that way, they just noticed the songs had enough in common that they could tweak them a bit to make it work. For a full blown intentional counterpoint from the ground up, have a listen to JS Bach's "Air in D", and you'll spot the similarities in the techniques. Bach pretty much invented contrapuntal music and I'm sure his work influenced ScarboroughFair/Canticle to some degree.
Just in appreciation for how difficult it was back then, technically, to put a band over the original recording, check how the electric guitar flams at 8:02 - these were studio musicians but going against a folk track with timing fluctuations after-the-fact Tom Wilson made magic happen! Hats off for a job well done. In modern DAW system you would be able to chop that out but with tape it would be much more difficult and could destroy everything, waste time trying and not getting the right feel (though there would be a safety copy) This makes me appreciate our modern tools but still yearn for the days of limitations. Ah well an old man ponders days long gone...
The bass, electric guitar and drums were added without S&G’s consent or knowledge, after they’d recorded the acoustic guitar and vocals. Apparently Simon was horrified when he heard it. I think it generally works, but whoever that guitarist is really could have tuned their guitar better.
Are these really from the original multi-tracks from the Columbia vaults? I don’t hear any machine separation artifacts at all! And they have a crispness and liveliness to them lost in the mix. I never noticed how overdriven that lead electric guitar is.
Sorry to disagree but Simon sings plenty of major 3rds throughout the song. The song would sound awful if he sang nothing but minors through the entire length.
mottbone It’s not about singing only minor intervals, it’s about singing in the minor scale which has plenty of major thirds in it. In fact, one of the reasons that someone might say a song in a minor key is more dynamic and interesting are the more compelling brief transitions into what your brain thinks is a major key before being reminded of the true minor roots.
Let's just put it to rest shall we ~ There's no such thing as "singing in minor"... that refers to the key of the song. If you want to be pedantic then this song is not _true_ minor anyway, it's natural minor as opposed to harmonic minor (El Condor Pasa is true minor). Simon just sings the tones from the natural minor scale, whether that be a third or a fifth it's all relative.
The song goes out of rhythm because the musicians other than Simon and Garfunkel were brought on after the music was recorded and had to basically play along to the existing track - which was not perfectly in time because S+G were playing naturally, so they slowed down and sped up slightly when it "felt right" - rubato; accelerando and ritardando. The studio musicians who were brought on to "fill the song out" basically had to try to keep up with it - an impossible task more or less.
Bored in Quarantine: Hello darkness, my old friend I've come to talk with you again Because a vision softly creeping Left its seeds while I was sleeping And the vision that was planted in my brain Still remains Within the sound of silence In restless dreams I walked alone Narrow streets of cobblestone 'Neath the halo of a street lamp I turned my collar to the cold and damp When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light That split the night And touched the sound of silence And in the naked light I saw Ten thousand people, maybe more People talking without speaking People hearing without listening People writing songs that voices never share No one dared Disturb the sound of silence "Fools" said I, "You do not know Silence like a cancer grows Hear my words that I might teach you Take my arms that I might reach you" But my words like silent raindrops fell And echoed in the wells of silence And the people bowed and prayed To the neon god they made And the sign flashed out its warning In the words that it was forming And the sign said, "The words of the prophets Are written on the subway walls And tenement halls" And whispered in the sounds of silence
I always hated how the 'band' kicked in with an out-of-tune note, and on an out-of-sync moment. The only excuse the technician had, was that he wasn't aware that in a while, this song would become so HUGE - HUGE - HUGE.
mcouzijn it's all about those small inconsistencies with music from this era. The Beatles wouldn't sound right without the occasional hiccup. Hell, those are usually my favorite parts. It lets you see into the musicians playing the music, not just the music itself.
Well, the song was originally recorded only with an acoustic guitar and when it started becoming a hit, the producer had a band record overdubs. The problem was that the song didn't have a steady tempo, so the musicians were struggling to go along with the original recording, resulting in out of sync music. :)
bekerglas Glad you are still replying to comments posted on this video. I am fascinated by the separated tracks, and never get tired of listening to one of my favorite songs unfolded. Thanks for posting.
@@eliasga7820 This is impossible for me. Art Garfunkels melody is so deeply ingrained in my mind, I can sing this whilst hearing Paul Simon. Otherwise I can´t manage.
Hello darkness, my old friend I've come to talk with you again Because a vision softly creeping Left its seeds while I was sleeping And the vision that was planted in my brain Still remains Within the sound of silence In restless dreams I walked alone Narrow streets of cobblestone 'Neath the halo of a street lamp I turned my collar to the cold and damp When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light That split the night And touched the sound of silence And in the naked light, I saw Ten thousand people, maybe more People talking without speaking People hearing without listening People writing songs that voices never share And no one dared Disturb the sound of silence "Fools", said I, "You do not know Silence like a cancer grows Hear my words that I might teach you Take my arms that I might reach you" But my words, like silent raindrops fell And echoed In the wells of silence And the people bowed and prayed To the neon god they made And the sign flashed out its warning In the words that it was forming And the sign said, "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls And tenement halls" And whispered in the sound of silence
whenever I listen to a song with harmonies I always find myself slipping into the base harmony by accident instead of the melody, so these kinds of videos are perfect for me, especially since I'm interested in the structure as well
@@normatible9795 From Wikipedia The growing airplay led Tom Wilson, the song's producer, to remix the track, overdubbing electric instruments and drums. Simon & Garfunkel were not informed of the song's remix until after its release. The single was released in September 1965.
"The Sound Of Silence" Hello darkness, my old friend I've come to talk with you again Because a vision softly creeping Left its seeds while I was sleeping And the vision that was planted in my brain Still remains Within the sound of silence In restless dreams I walked alone Narrow streets of cobblestone 'Neath the halo of a streetlamp I turned my collar to the cold and damp When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light That split the night And touched the sound of silence And in the naked light I saw Ten thousand people, maybe more People talking without speaking People hearing without listening People writing songs that voices never share No one dare Disturb the sound of silence "Fools" said I, "You do not know Silence like a cancer grows Hear my words that I might teach you Take my arms that I might reach you" But my words like silent raindrops fell And echoed in the wells of silence And the people bowed and prayed To the neon god they made And the sign flashed out its warning In the words that it was forming And the sign said "The words of the prophets Are written on the subway walls And tenement halls And whispered in the sounds of silence"
Oh WOW! Ive been wanting to sing this properly for as long as i can remember. Paul Simons parts have always been what I have gravitated to. But I had no idea how much of Garfunkel's parts i was stealing on accident. Thank you!
In Highschool i had to sing Paul Simon’s part in the song, practiced it like crazy and nailed it during the performance, while my brother sang Art Garfunkel’s part. To this day its weird and confusing to sing Art’s part to me. Im too used to singing Paul’s part haha.
"He follows Art's part reasonably closely"!???? Interesting how the most pretentious people don't seem to have a clue about what is going on. Paul sings a low harmony to the melody... all the way.
You're absolutely right, Mark. Why would Paul sing and hold a minor 3rd while the guitar is playing a major chord? The song consists of major, minor, sus4 and minor9 chords.
Cesar Romo they both are, its in minor key, but saying simon specifically is "singing in minor" is misleading. the first like, "hello darkness my old friend", they start in unison, art rises to a minor 3rd above, then a fifth. then in "i've come to talk with you again", they start in unison, art moves to a major 3rd above simon, then a fifth, and back to a minor 3rd. it isnt "keeping the minor".
@@DarkandBroody Vibrato is actually 2 notes and adds much if sung correctly for that passage.. Some people really get it and their singing is so much more beautiful.. Others who are really bad like Stevie Nicks, well, there you have it...
Mason Jar Beiler - He sang like that but it was not real vibrato, but sounds like someone who needed to learn how, but did not... He sounded great, back then in the 60's ! That is all that mattered...
The "shaking" is called vibrato and is usually not advised in a two-part with a strong harmony line. However, Art almost gets away with it here because it disguises his inaccurate pitching in several places. With many voices it's fine if one voice - not necessarily the lead - uses vibrato. Composers generally call for vibrato only for solo instruments/voices because more than one creates discord as they are varying pitch at different rates. If you listen to choral singing, especially gospel, you'll notice that only the lead, if there is one, uses vibrato. ABBA uniquely used vibrato for both female voices simultaneously in several songs because somehow they both did it at the exact same speed... That's the only way it can work with two voices and it's why Paul doesn't even try in this song. Not to be confused with Tremelo, which is rapidly alternating volume and extremely difficult for human voice, whereas vibrato is rapidly alternating pitch. Most singers have a natural vibrato and it takes skill to suppress it when singing in harmony. Deliberately exaggerating one's natural vibrato is the cardinal sin of many pop singers who are not the great vocalists they think they are. Basically, if you're not Whitney Houston or Judith Durham, save it for the opera.
Please do the same thing with "Benedictus" by S&G. Been trying master the parts since 1965. The Monterey Pop Festival version has The two voices separated awesomely.
if you mean out of sync with simon and garfunkel's acoustic guitars, it's probably because there was never meant to be any percussion in the song. They were only overdubbed later without Simon and Garfunkels knowledge.
Such beautiful harmony. I've loved this song since the first time I heard it. It is at it's best when performed by both Paul & Art. Although Paul can do a nice solo version, it just isn't as good. Like Ying without Yang! Everything about this original recording is beautiful. The harmony of voices, the subtle folky accoustic rhythm, and the prominent electric guitar all come together so well. Very cleverly written. Absolutely brilliant. Infinitely better than the crap on the charts in this era! "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" is another example of Paul's (and Art's) exceptional talent. "El Condor Pasa/If I could" is also beautiful. Thank you for sharing this video. It was interesting to hear this song broken down to it's individual elements.
Any engineers out there who want to tell me how they got that short reverb on the kit which is so central to these great 60's recordings. Is it echo/delay (same thing) chambers/plates? Is it on the whole kit or just the snare? - its just a short burst. Its also worth mentioning the incredible work of these players to follow a version of just acoustic guitar and vocals that swings so wildly out of time but somehow they managed to get a take down that was usuable. An almost impossible feat I think especially when the song dips so dramatically at the 5.11 spot on the drum take. How did they do that??
back in the 60s drumkits were recorded with 2 microphones. one bass drum, one overhead, if the two microphones were place into the right spot (you need a ruler an some good ears) the invisable 3rd microphone appeared. i once did that setup at my studio, sounds typical 60s, sounds like ringo :-) i guess this recording was done by the wrecking crew, they had some nice real reverb chambers, but in this case its a spring reverb on the drums group master, drums were mixed to one track, together with bass (bouncing) back in the 60s most studios recorded just 4 track.
CODMarioWarfare I’m not sure they used them on drums but they had compressors, likely RCA Ba6a, or something similar, a big beautiful tube beast. You can say primitive but it sounds better than almost anything modern.
This is great, and so good of you, cuz normal mortals like me can't figure out harmonies! Thanks so much; heard it all my life but never discerned this!
There's some amazing talent on this record. What blows my mind is how the drummer is able to keep the eighth notes going on the ride cymbal while simultaneously hitting the hi-hat in time with the snare.
Yeah, it actually goes quite dissonant at about the 8:10 mark. Real clams. I'd like to know how this was originally recorded: how many tracks, and did they overdub right on the tracks? It sounds to me like the 3 guitar parts were written on the same track and since they couldn't repair the later parts without erasing the track and starting over, they just went with it. But I don't really know if that's true. In any case there's definitely a tuning issue and it sounds like it got worse in the later parts. And the out of tune guitar on the full mix makes the vocals seem like they are drifting out of tune by comparison, when they aren't.
"The Sound Of Silence" Hello, darkness, my old friend I've come to talk with you again Because a vision softly creeping Left its seeds while I was sleeping And the vision that was planted in my brain Still remains Within the sound of silence In restless dreams I walked alone Narrow streets of cobblestone 'Neath the halo of a streetlamp I turned my collar to the cold and damp When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light That split the night And touched the sound of silence And in the naked light I saw Ten thousand people, maybe more People talking without speaking People hearing without listening People writing songs that voices never share No one dared Disturb the sound of silence "Fools," said I, "You do not know Silence like a cancer grows Hear my words that I might teach you Take my arms that I might reach you." But my words like silent raindrops fell And echoed in the wells of silence And the people bowed and prayed To the neon god they made And the sign flashed out its warning In the words that it was forming And the sign said, "The words of the prophets Are written on the subway walls And tenement halls And whispered in the sounds of silence."
Listen to the guitar underlying “fool said I you do not know, silence like a cancer grows” - haunting and brilliant. The whole ‘overdub’ band is sensational.
I'd like to point out that when this was originally released, it was a huge flop. Paul Simon with his tail between his legs out in London bouncing around heard the song on the radio. This is following genius producer Tom Wilson bringing in musicians and completing the track giving it exactly what it needed and released it. So Paul went from Rock Bottom to the top of Everest emotionally AND financially within seconds. It ticks me off that Tom didn't get any mention or credit whatsoever. He did however get tons of cash as producer
From the unsettling and poetically profound lyrics to the soothing sound of fingerstyle acoustic to the complementary harmonization of their whispery voices. This song epitomizes perfection. It's pleasently haunting and hauntingly pleasent.
@@painterguylincs Better that a bass player who thinks this cool Jaco lick will fit right in with your bands cover of Brown Sugar. Give me a guy who knows what a root note is every time.
Always thought something was off with this song. Its the electric guitar, its slightly out of tune and makes a few mistakes too. Great to hear the isolations.
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WOW! Even though I've listened to this beautiful song a hundred times, it sounds strangely unfamiliar when broken down this way. It's like seeing someone you have known all of your life "naked" for the first time. I love it! Garfunkel's voice is so delicately angelic, and Simon's poetry and song writing are simply genius. As their two voices become one, it is Heaven on Earth.
Holy shit, the Simon part is kinda difficult to keep without him as reference.
Peter Naranjo yeah. And to think other people always thought Art garfunkel had the power to sing
Norma Tible and what? He can’t sing?
thats why he had become the bitter resentful dwarf. that and because of arts movie career. he felt that his vocal contribution was just as important and, duh, in this case? literally 50:50....and imagine the song only with arts voice and melody.... a dull ditty at best.
Art can hold a tune, but he can’t actually sing. There’s some grotesque warbling on this track.
You’re so wrong. Ever listened to Bridge Over Troubled Water? Garfunkel’s voice is amazing.
It's amazing that they did this kind of harmonization on their first album. Wednesday Morning has some of their most beautiful harmonizations, really.
Wednesday Morning is probably their most beautiful album. Severely underrated.
i absolutely adore this song as it's both beautifully written and performed but let's give S & G more credit. Any musician would recognize that this song's harmonization is actually pretty simple, so it should come to no surprise that these 2 geniuses could've easily pulled it off on their first record together.
I agree. Bleeker Street is a favorite of mine.
After listening to them separately have i realized how tight their harmony really was...
GENIUS!!
dude Paul Simon sang those parts while playing the guitar. What a legend.
Yepp total legend for singing 2 notes and strumming basic open chords. What a genius
@@DarkandBroody absultely agree, he's fantastic!
@@DarkandBroodycomplement or reverse bait counter effective either way nice ear
Listening to the split vocal tracks highlights how important they are to the song, and also why the disturbed cover made my skin crawl. Covering a song without the most distinct and wonderful thing about it, and lots of people think its "better".
Because it is. There's so much more going on musically in disturbed's version, even if there's no vocal harmony
@@DarkandBroody keep telling yourself that
@@heggy_69 except it's true
I think it's a good cover because it's different and it tooks risks, nevertheless, the original have more autenthic feel because it's not flooded by orchestral elements and just a classic vocal harmony and good lirycs made it majestic on his simplicity.
@@adnsaurus Yeah. The disturbed version is utterly lacking in nuance. The video might as well be flashing lights saying "THIS IS EMOTIONAL, HEAR OUR HEAVY EMOTIONAL STRINGS"
It's the made to tv tear jerking movie about a kid with downs syndrome and cancer who tries real hard. Just blatant "YOU MUST FEEL NOW" music.
OH MY GOD THANK YOU FOR THIS! I've been looking for the Bass part and Paul Simon's voice forever! Thank you!
It was a pleasure :)
@@bekerglas Hi @bekerglas... Am I the only one who doesn't know which "program/app" have you used to do this 'Miracle'??!? 😜😉
This really shows the power of their harmony. Amazing. Neither one of them sounds even remotely as magical as they do together.
A little help for the ones struggling with music theory:
Chords are basically made of three notes (could be two or more than three, but let's say it's three), the root, the third and the fifth.
Example: In an A minor chord, the root is A, the third is C and the fifth is E.
The first two chords of the song are Eb minor and Db major.
In "Hello darkness my old friend", Art is doing the main melody, going from the root (Eb), to the third (Gb), to the fifth (Bb) and then to the fifth of the next chord (Ab). Meanwhile, Paul keeps singing the root of the first chord (Eb) and only changes to the root of the second chord (Db)
For me the coolest part is in "Because a vision softly creeping... And the vision that was planted in my brain". In this part, the first chord is also Eb minor, but then it keeps switching between B major (actually Cb major, but let's not get into that) and Gb major. Why do I like this part? Because Paul just keeps singing Gb, which is the third of Eb minor, the fifth of B major and the root of Gb major. Very creative and leaves room for Art's voice to shine
So, it doesn't make sense to say that "Paul keeps singing in minor", they are both singing in minor if they are singing a minor chord, the diference is which note of the chord each one is singing.
Anyway, thank you very much for the video, I love to listen to multitrack songs
OMG thank you, I was deeply distraught by reading ? Minor only????
Perfect explanation.
Actually, 2 notes is a harmonic interval, not a full chord.
Great explanation, though.
Oh you are so cool calling all the chords "-b" why the heck don't you use the # and stop blowing our minds? It's so simple
@@xrommamusic1350 is that sarcasm? It's always difficult to tell in text. If not, it's like writing "I went two the store and bought too apples" They sound is correct but they're both misspelled
Thank you, I have always thought of the electric guitar part as godly, and when it starts to go I just loved it, I couldn't get enough of it, I needed to hear it isolated and it's just amazing, I can't even explain how perfect it was for those few moments
To come in and give this with no notice is totally godly. All the session guys are amazing but the guitar is so perfect it’s unreal.
I love how you can still hear the other parts just softer.
I wouldn't say that he sings in minor.
He sings a drone-like low harmony, where he (mostly) sings the keynotes.
But if you listen to the melody he sings, it's not minor.
This was so cool to listen to! Thank you so much for uploading this! I'm having the time of my life singing melody to Paul's harmony. It was difficult for me to isolate Paul's voice when listening to their recordings before seeing this. Now I have a renewed appreciation for what constitutes harmony. Paul's voice is exquisite here, and so deep in some parts. I can never sing harmony but it's fun to sing Art's part during Paul's harmony while watching this video. A million thanks!
This is quite what I was looking for. Thank you for the upload!
I didn't even noticed the bassline slides and Paul Simon's voice. OMG! I didn't even heard Paul's voice before.
Thanks for uploading but separate these tracks like drums only and bass only pls?
Awesome work mate! It would be great to have a breakdown of "Scarborough fair".
My friend and I are trying to learn this song for guitar and bass, and both vocal parts. This is absolutely amazing. Thank you so much!
Magnifique ! Thank you so much
the eletric Guitar is basically improvising some random solo within the chords hahaha simple and nice
How do you improvise a ‘random solo’? What random solo is he improvising? This song is legendary. The session players’ parts are legendary. Listen to it properly.
this video makes me apreciate even more this song
What a MELODIC-ARMONIC-mix
Thanks for this! Someone posted a link to a recent video of them performing this and it's been stuck in my head ever since. I decided if I can't get rid of it I should at least try to learn Paul's part. Art G.'s is _way_ out of my vocal range.
Garfunkel's part solo didn't sound quite like I expected... very cool to hear the song like this. Though my brain fills in all the missing parts anyway. 😀
Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence
In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence
And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never share
No one dared
Disturb the sound of silence
"Fools" said I, "You do not know
Silence like a cancer grows
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you"
But my words like silent raindrops fell
And echoed in the wells of silence
And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said, "The words of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls"
And whispered in the sounds of silence
8:30
11:30
分享歌词：
Hello darkness my old friend.I've come to talk with U again.Because a vision softly creeping.Left its seeds while I was sleeping.And the vision that was planted in my brain.Still remains.Within the sound of silence，In restless dreams I walk alone.Narrow streets of cobble stone.'Neath the halo of a street lamp.I turned my collar to the cold & damp.When my eyes were stabbled by the flash of a neon light.That split the night.And touched the sound of silence.And in the naked night I saw.Ten thousand people maybe more.People talking without speaking.People hearing without listening.People writing songs that voices never share.And no one dare.Disturb the sound of silence，"Fool" said I "U do not know."Silence like a cancer grows.Hear my words that I might teach U."Take my arms that I might reach U.But my words like silent rain-drops fell，And echoed in the wells of silence，And the people bow & prayed.To the neon God they made.And the sign flash out its warning.In the words that it was forming，And the sign said "The words of the prophers.Are written the subway walls & tenement halls".And whispered in the sounds of silence
Great breakdown...thank you🎶⚒
bellissimo,emozionante
I could listen to the Art-only part all day... tho you can tell it's a part of a greater whole, especially when he goes low on the word "people.."
Sinuois
1 year ago
Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence
In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
‘Neath the halo of a streetlamp
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence
And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never share
No one dare
Disturb the sound of silence
“Fools” said I, “You do not know
Silence like a cancer grows
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you”
But my words like silent raindrops fell
And echoed in the wells of silence
And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said “The words of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls
And whispered in the sounds of silence”
Fun to sing along with.
I'm intrigued by the comment in the video about "notice how he keeps singing minor". I assume the maker of the video doesn't know what that means. If it's a minor chord then it's a minor chord for both singers. It would make no sense whatsoever if they weren't both following the same chord pattern, so there's nothing remarkable about him continuing to sing in a minor key if that part of the song is in a minor key. FYI the first line starts in A minor and ends in G, the second line continues in G and finishes back on Am, and the rest is major chords. Paul sings each of those first two lines entirely on the fundament of each chord, and throughout the song he uses the technique of sticking to a single note within each chord until the chord changes, rather than follow the melody a third above or below like all the Motown songs of that period. This strategy of hanging onto a note until it MUST change is very similar to a bass line, and if you listen to Disturbed's version of the song the overdrive guitar pretty much plays Paul's vocal line an octave down. Vocally the technique is centuries old in two and three part harmonies and is particularly common in ecclesiatical/monastic type singing.
great
Awesome! Is there any chance you could make a version with all but Paul Simon's part?
Is Simon singing slightly "behind"/"after" Garfunkel? Or is it the echo, or the "going out of rhythm" thing ?
Joe South is playing the electric guitar...Joe was a great studio musician before he became a singer....played on Dylan’s Blonde on Blonde, Aretha’s Chains....etc etc
Actually, Al Gorgoni and Vinnie Bell were the two electric guitarists on this version. - He was on the SOS album but not it's title track.
He could have given his guitar a bit more of a tune-up before this session.
I'd like this same thing on Scarborough Fair
That would be open to a much more detailed in-video commentary because it's not a simple harmony, it's really a counterpoint made with two different songs that just happen to have a similar enough chord progression that they can interlace. It wasn't written that way, they just noticed the songs had enough in common that they could tweak them a bit to make it work. For a full blown intentional counterpoint from the ground up, have a listen to JS Bach's "Air in D", and you'll spot the similarities in the techniques. Bach pretty much invented contrapuntal music and I'm sure his work influenced ScarboroughFair/Canticle to some degree.
Paul is doing what is called Oblique motion
Just in appreciation for how difficult it was back then, technically, to put a band over the original recording, check how the electric guitar flams at 8:02 - these were studio musicians but going against a folk track with timing fluctuations after-the-fact Tom Wilson made magic happen! Hats off for a job well done. In modern DAW system you would be able to chop that out but with tape it would be much more difficult and could destroy everything, waste time trying and not getting the right feel (though there would be a safety copy) This makes me appreciate our modern tools but still yearn for the days of limitations. Ah well an old man ponders days long gone...
Cooool
The bass, electric guitar and drums were added without S&G’s consent or knowledge, after they’d recorded the acoustic guitar and vocals. Apparently Simon was horrified when he heard it. I think it generally works, but whoever that guitarist is really could have tuned their guitar better.
Simon Part is sick
Are these really from the original multi-tracks from the Columbia vaults? I don’t hear any machine separation artifacts at all! And they have a crispness and liveliness to them lost in the mix.
I never noticed how overdriven that lead electric guitar is.
I was wondering how you get these multitracks and how to make them for myself on other songs
Sorry to disagree but Simon sings plenty of major 3rds throughout the song.
The song would sound awful if he sang nothing but minors through the entire length.
mottbone It’s not about singing only minor intervals, it’s about singing in the minor scale which has plenty of major thirds in it. In fact, one of the reasons that someone might say a song in a minor key is more dynamic and interesting are the more compelling brief transitions into what your brain thinks is a major key before being reminded of the true minor roots.
Let's just put it to rest shall we ~
There's no such thing as "singing in minor"... that refers to the key of the song. If you want to be pedantic then this song is not _true_ minor anyway, it's natural minor as opposed to harmonic minor (El Condor Pasa is true minor).
Simon just sings the tones from the natural minor scale, whether that be a third or a fifth it's all relative.
It would also sound too poppy, like a throw away song, if Simon chimed with Art's part via a 5th.
I've always found Simon's part so difficult, it is hard to keep singing in minor
baddie Depends if your tenor or baritone
Im bass, and i did it
That's not what minor is
The whole song is in a minor key, paul is just singing the root notes
Found you, fucking dumbass
legit!
The song goes out of rhythm because the musicians other than Simon and Garfunkel were brought on after the music was recorded and had to basically play along to the existing track - which was not perfectly in time because S+G were playing naturally, so they slowed down and sped up slightly when it "felt right" - rubato; accelerando and ritardando. The studio musicians who were brought on to "fill the song out" basically had to try to keep up with it - an impossible task more or less.
😍
Not completely minor
8:32 Garfunkel
Bored in Quarantine:
Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence
In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence
And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never share
No one dared
Disturb the sound of silence
"Fools" said I, "You do not know
Silence like a cancer grows
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you"
But my words like silent raindrops fell
And echoed in the wells of silence
And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said, "The words of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls"
And whispered in the sounds of silence
I always hated how the 'band' kicked in with an out-of-tune note, and on an out-of-sync moment. The only excuse the technician had, was that he wasn't aware that in a while, this song would become so HUGE - HUGE - HUGE.
mcouzijn it's all about those small inconsistencies with music from this era. The Beatles wouldn't sound right without the occasional hiccup. Hell, those are usually my favorite parts. It lets you see into the musicians playing the music, not just the music itself.
Well, the song was originally recorded only with an acoustic guitar and when it started becoming a hit, the producer had a band record overdubs. The problem was that the song didn't have a steady tempo, so the musicians were struggling to go along with the original recording, resulting in out of sync music. :)
Sooooo we can't have a version with the bass ONLY?
Sadly no, the instruments were recorded on the same track apparantly
bekerglas Nope, i just dowloaded one with them separated, look for it there's a guy in hte comments who posted it.
Actually, nope, i cheched and it was basically the same track but with bass/drum reduced but still audible.
bekerglas Glad you are still replying to comments posted on this video. I am fascinated by the separated tracks, and never get tired of listening to one of my favorite songs unfolded. Thanks for posting.
No problem Ken!
My life will never be the same after singing melody to Paul Simon's harmony 😮
Try the opposite: sing simons subharmonic part when listening to garfunkels melody, this is cool too :)
@@eliasga7820 This is impossible for me. Art Garfunkels melody is so deeply ingrained in my mind, I can sing this whilst hearing Paul Simon. Otherwise I can´t manage.
@@eliasga7820 I tried and gave up. Not gonna happen
@@eliasga7820 I did that too, just not *AS* life-altering. I seriously warm up my voice for 7 days in a row just to be able to do this on the 7th day.
@@Tom-ls1vi It's so fun! You can do it!
Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence
In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence
And in the naked light, I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never share
And no one dared
Disturb the sound of silence
"Fools", said I, "You do not know
Silence like a cancer grows
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you"
But my words, like silent raindrops fell
And echoed
In the wells of silence
And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said, "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls"
And whispered in the sound of silence
Seems most commenters don't understand the concept of... harmony singing.
whenever I listen to a song with harmonies I always find myself slipping into the base harmony by accident instead of the melody, so these kinds of videos are perfect for me, especially since I'm interested in the structure as well
I never realized now awesome The baseline was.
Just go bum-bumbum-bum-bumbum-beeyoooooorr-bum-bumbum-beeyoooooorr
nailed it.
It's "bass", not "base".
Kyle Hinish well, yes. I want to know who played bass here
@@normatible9795 From Wikipedia The growing airplay led Tom Wilson, the song's producer, to remix the track, overdubbing electric instruments and drums. Simon & Garfunkel were not informed of the song's remix until after its release. The single was released in September 1965.
8:30 Art Garfunkel singing
11:30 Paul Simon singing
¡Gracias!
no one reads the description?
@@vwlz8637 'sppose not
Simon giving a rather Bob Dylan-like delivery
Thanks for this. Any chance you could do the same for The Boxer?
Yes! The Boxer is one of my favourites.
"The Sound Of Silence"
Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence
In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a streetlamp
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence
And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never share
No one dare
Disturb the sound of silence
"Fools" said I, "You do not know
Silence like a cancer grows
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you"
But my words like silent raindrops fell
And echoed in the wells of silence
And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said "The words of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls
And whispered in the sounds of silence"
Thank u
@@marcosronaldo9129 you are welcome
@Victor Rogers lol
Oh WOW! Ive been wanting to sing this properly for as long as i can remember. Paul Simons parts have always been what I have gravitated to. But I had no idea how much of Garfunkel's parts i was stealing on accident. Thank you!
In Highschool i had to sing Paul Simon’s part in the song, practiced it like crazy and nailed it during the performance, while my brother sang Art Garfunkel’s part. To this day its weird and confusing to sing Art’s part to me. Im too used to singing Paul’s part haha.
5:26 HE---
Thank you, it's just amazing. Love the Paul Simon only part!
I awalys thought that Simon's part was almost imperceptible but realized how important is. And so difficult to keep the minor.
Keep in mind that Paul's track also has the acoustic guitar.
Yes, he plays acoustic with everything. I thought you meant AG as Art Garfunkel at first, haha.
"He follows Art's part reasonably closely"!???? Interesting how the most pretentious people don't seem to have a clue about what is going on. Paul sings a low harmony to the melody... all the way.
You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about.
Geometer John It may be technically 'poor' phrasing. But it's the stark quality of this primal harmony that gives this song it's trademark sound.
Simon didn't "keep singing in minor". He's singing harmony
You're absolutely right, Mark.
Why would Paul sing and hold a minor 3rd while the guitar is playing a major chord?
The song consists of major, minor, sus4 and minor9 chords.
the song is in a minor key, and he is singing harmony diatonic to that key, hands, he keeps singing in minor.
Cesar Romo they both are, its in minor key, but saying simon specifically is "singing in minor" is misleading. the first like, "hello darkness my old friend", they start in unison, art rises to a minor 3rd above, then a fifth. then in "i've come to talk with you again", they start in unison, art moves to a major 3rd above simon, then a fifth, and back to a minor 3rd. it isnt "keeping the minor".
I also don't really get how so many folks make out that Paul's part here is complex. It's essentially a simple harmony.
It's not a complicated part by itself, but when you layer it with Art's vocals and the guitars it makes a complex mix of chords.
You gotta love Paul's baritone. The drum bass out of sync is something we have dealt with for years. I fixed it on my mix
Amazing. Top 10 greatest songs of all time. With the 2 vocals separated they are completely different songs.
The song just feels empty without Paul singing with Art. So I just sing Paul’s beautiful harmonies with Garfunkel.
that's not so easy
And vice versa.
I love the shaking in garfunkels voice, makes it sound much more emotional
Yes, I agree. Vibrato may be a very subtle thing, but it's very effective in adding feeling to the song
@@DarkandBroody Vibrato is actually 2 notes and adds much if sung correctly for that passage.. Some people really get it and their singing is so much more beautiful..
Others who are really bad like Stevie Nicks, well, there you have it...
Mason Jar Beiler - He sang like that but it was not real vibrato, but sounds like someone who needed to learn how, but did not... He sounded great, back then in the 60's ! That is all that mattered...
@@frandanco6289 Can you give an example of a song where Stevie Nicks does it badly so I can hear what you mean?
The "shaking" is called vibrato and is usually not advised in a two-part with a strong harmony line. However, Art almost gets away with it here because it disguises his inaccurate pitching in several places. With many voices it's fine if one voice - not necessarily the lead - uses vibrato. Composers generally call for vibrato only for solo instruments/voices because more than one creates discord as they are varying pitch at different rates. If you listen to choral singing, especially gospel, you'll notice that only the lead, if there is one, uses vibrato. ABBA uniquely used vibrato for both female voices simultaneously in several songs because somehow they both did it at the exact same speed... That's the only way it can work with two voices and it's why Paul doesn't even try in this song. Not to be confused with Tremelo, which is rapidly alternating volume and extremely difficult for human voice, whereas vibrato is rapidly alternating pitch. Most singers have a natural vibrato and it takes skill to suppress it when singing in harmony. Deliberately exaggerating one's natural vibrato is the cardinal sin of many pop singers who are not the great vocalists they think they are. Basically, if you're not Whitney Houston or Judith Durham, save it for the opera.
A bigger queston is how the hell did you get the multi-track?
This song is available in RockBand, hence the multitrack's existence. You just gotta know how to get your hands on it
Please do the same thing with "Benedictus" by S&G. Been trying master the parts since 1965. The Monterey Pop Festival version has The two voices separated awesomely.
David Rakes Yes! That would be awesome!
As an alto,Paul's part, i LOVE this.
When it was just Garfunkel I was humming paul simons part
Me too!
The loss of rythm is appealing to me somehow. Like how Nick Mason's drumming goes way out on Atom Heart Mother. Makes for a rich sound
if you mean out of sync with simon and garfunkel's acoustic guitars, it's probably because there was never meant to be any percussion in the song. They were only overdubbed later without Simon and Garfunkels knowledge.
@@samnicholson5051 it's a polyrhythm 😁
Such beautiful harmony.
I've loved this song since the first time I heard it.
It is at it's best when performed by both Paul & Art.
Although Paul can do a nice solo version, it just isn't as good. Like Ying without Yang!
Everything about this original recording is beautiful.
The harmony of voices, the subtle folky accoustic rhythm, and the prominent electric guitar all come together so well.
Very cleverly written.
Absolutely brilliant.
Infinitely better than the crap on the charts in this era!
"Scarborough Fair/Canticle" is another example of Paul's (and Art's) exceptional talent.
"El Condor Pasa/If I could" is also beautiful.
Thank you for sharing this video. It was interesting to hear this song broken down to it's individual elements.
@@Yeahok-pc2jd Sssshwooosh!
@@Yeahok-pc2jd Yeah, ok then!
6:00 that snare hit coming in tho 🤤
Any engineers out there who want to tell me how they got that short reverb on the kit which is so central to these great 60's recordings. Is it echo/delay (same thing) chambers/plates? Is it on the whole kit or just the snare? - its just a short burst. Its also worth mentioning the incredible work of these players to follow a version of just acoustic guitar and vocals that swings so wildly out of time but somehow they managed to get a take down that was usuable. An almost impossible feat I think especially when the song dips so dramatically at the 5.11 spot on the drum take. How did they do that??
My guess is that it's natural room reverb, in conjunction with relatively few and distant mics as well as no or a little primitive compression.
back in the 60s drumkits were recorded with 2 microphones. one bass drum, one overhead, if the two microphones were place into the right spot (you need a ruler an some good ears) the invisable 3rd microphone appeared. i once did that setup at my studio, sounds typical 60s, sounds like ringo :-)
i guess this recording was done by the wrecking crew, they had some nice real reverb chambers, but in this case its a spring reverb on the drums group master, drums were mixed to one track, together with bass (bouncing) back in the 60s most studios recorded just 4 track.
That "short reverb" on the drum kit sounds like a 15% delay added during the mix to stereo.
A lot of these important 60s records were recorded at Columbia records in NY, the rooms there were known for their reverb.
CODMarioWarfare I’m not sure they used them on drums but they had compressors, likely RCA Ba6a, or something similar, a big beautiful tube beast. You can say primitive but it sounds better than almost anything modern.
11:30 Paul and Simon only
11:30
plz tell me that I was not the only one that sang with him
☺️
Awesome! thanks for this! Every bit is valuable.
Ladies and gentleman...
THIS!!! is music.
This is great, and so good of you, cuz normal mortals like me can't figure out harmonies! Thanks so much; heard it all my life but never discerned this!
This is awesome!!! can`t believe Paul s voice behind! Could you do the same thing for The Boxer??? thank!
There's some amazing talent on this record. What blows my mind is how the drummer is able to keep the eighth notes going on the ride cymbal while simultaneously hitting the hi-hat in time with the snare.
He can do so using his left foot
@@CODMarioWarfare l hear it being hit with a stick
And then came Disturbed and ruined it.
It just needed more synthesized timpanis.😂
Anyone that shits on Art's voice is just crazy. He's essential.
Thank you so much! Is there any chance you could make a separate video just of Paul Simon's vocals?
That's already in this video, it's at the very end
Everyone: Wait, this song has harmony?
Me: Wait, this song has melody?
Electric guitar part is out of tune, and kind of shrill for me. I'm a studio engineer, but if I were producing I would have gone for a different tone.
Yeah, it actually goes quite dissonant at about the 8:10 mark. Real clams. I'd like to know how this was originally recorded: how many tracks, and did they overdub right on the tracks? It sounds to me like the 3 guitar parts were written on the same track and since they couldn't repair the later parts without erasing the track and starting over, they just went with it. But I don't really know if that's true. In any case there's definitely a tuning issue and it sounds like it got worse in the later parts. And the out of tune guitar on the full mix makes the vocals seem like they are drifting out of tune by comparison, when they aren't.
Bouncing was a thing. I can find out how many tracks they were working with by asking a friend.
True... I used to do that on an old 4-track TASCAM cassette PortaStudio!
Paul Simon’s solo sounds so wrong yet so incredible at the same time.
"The Sound Of Silence"
Hello, darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence
In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a streetlamp
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence
And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never share
No one dared
Disturb the sound of silence
"Fools," said I, "You do not know
Silence like a cancer grows
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you."
But my words like silent raindrops fell
And echoed in the wells of silence
And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said, "The words of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls
And whispered in the sounds of silence."
Listen to the guitar underlying “fool said I you do not know, silence like a cancer grows” - haunting and brilliant. The whole ‘overdub’ band is sensational.
I'd like to point out that when this was originally released, it was a huge flop. Paul Simon with his tail between his legs out in London bouncing around heard the song on the radio. This is following genius producer Tom Wilson bringing in musicians and completing the track giving it exactly what it needed and released it. So Paul went from Rock Bottom to the top of Everest emotionally AND financially within seconds.
It ticks me off that Tom didn't get any mention or credit whatsoever. He did however get tons of cash as producer
From the unsettling and poetically profound lyrics to the soothing sound of fingerstyle acoustic to the complementary harmonization of their whispery voices. This song epitomizes perfection. It's pleasently haunting and hauntingly pleasent.
Do you have this for other S&G songs? I'd love to hear Bleecker Street this way.
Amazing listen. Thank you!
Paul is amazing. He sings one note most of the song and it is still beautiful and expressive. What a genius
It's a technique known to all bass guitarists. Basically it's "hang on to that note until it doesn't make sense anymore". :o)
@@painterguylincs Better that a bass player who thinks this cool Jaco lick will fit right in with your bands cover of Brown Sugar. Give me a guy who knows what a root note is every time.
Fun to sing the melody part over Paul's harmony!
Always thought something was off with this song. Its the electric guitar, its slightly out of tune and makes a few mistakes too. Great to hear the isolations.
from 8:37 two distinct voices, complementing each other, criss crossing, the song would be nothing without both. thanks