SIMON & GARFUNKEL
Simon & Garfunkel - Bookends, Their Most Underrated Songs (A Butterboy Compilation) CD1+CD2
Simon & Garfunkel were an American folk-rock duo consisting of singer-songwriter Paul Simon and singer Art Garfunkel. One of the best-selling music groups of the 1960s, their biggest hits—including "The Sound of Silence" (1965), "Mrs. Robinson" (1968), "The Boxer" (1969), and "Bridge over Troubled Water" (1970) reached number one on singles charts worldwide.
Simon and Garfunkel met in elementary school in Queens, New York in 1953, where they learned to harmonize together and began writing material. By 1957, under the name Tom & Jerry, the teenagers had their first minor success with "Hey Schoolgirl", a song imitating their idols the Everly Brothers. In 1963, aware of a growing public interest in folk music, they regrouped and were signed to Columbia Records as Simon & Garfunkel. Their debut, Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M., sold poorly, and they once again disbanded; Simon returned to a solo career, this time in England. In June 1965, a new version of "The Sound of Silence" overdubbed with electric guitar and drums became a major U.S. AM radio hit, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The duo reunited to release a second studio album, Sounds of Silence, and tour colleges nationwide. On their third release, Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (1966), the duo assumed more creative control. Their music was featured in the 1967 film The Graduate, giving them further exposure. Their next album Bookends (1968) topped the Billboard 200 chart and included the number-one single "Mrs. Robinson" from the film. The duo's often rocky relationship led to artistic disagreements and their breakup in 1970. Their final studio album, Bridge over Troubled Water, was released that year and became their most successful, becoming one of the world's best-selling albums. (Wikipedia)
Here are 40 underrated songs by the duo. Enjoy!
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Track lists
CD1
01 Bookends Theme 0:32
02 Flowers Never Bend With the Rainfall 2:08
03 April Come She Will 1:51
04 A Poem on the Underground Wall 1:51
05 America 3:36
06 Citizen of the Planet 3:14
07 At the Zoo 2:18
08 Cloudy 2:19
09 Hearts and Bones 6:58
10 Leaves That Are Green 2:18
11 Old Friends 2:35
12 Overs 2:19
13 Punky's Dilemma 2:17
14 Richard Cory 3:01
15 So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright 3:42
16 Sparrow 2:44
17 The Dangling Conversation 2:41
18 Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. 2:10
19 Bleecker Street (Demo) 2:46
20 A Hazy Shade of Winter 2:17
CD2
21 The Only Living Boy in New York 3:54
22 For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her 2:07
23 Fakin' It 3:13
24 A Most Peculiar Man 2:34
25 A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara'd Into Submission) 2:22
26 Patterns 2:39
27 Baby Driver 3:16
28 You Don't Know Where Your Interest Lies 2:20
29 Why Don't You Write Me 2:46
30 Keep the Customer Satisfied 2:37
31 Somewhere They Can't Find Me 2:32
32 The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine 2:51
33 Blues Run the Game 2:55
34 Save the Life of My Child 2:48
35 He Was My Brother 2:43
36 My Little Town 3:51
37 Blessed 3:18
38 Benedictus 2:34
39 Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream 2:13
40 Bookends Theme 1:24
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01 Bookends Theme 0:32
02 Flowers Never Bend With the Rainfall 2:08
03 April Come She Will 1:51
04 A Poem on the Underground Wall 1:51
05 America 3:36
06 Citizen of the Planet 3:14
07 At the Zoo 2:18
08 Cloudy 2:19
09 Hearts and Bones 6:58
10 Leaves That Are Green 2:18
11 Old Friends 2:35
12 Overs 2:19
13 Punky's Dilemma 2:17
14 Richard Cory 3:01
15 So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright 3:42
16 Sparrow 2:44
17 The Dangling Conversation 2:41
18 Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. 2:10
19 Bleecker Street (Demo) 2:46
20 A Hazy Shade of Winter 2:17
CD2
21 The Only Living Boy in New York 3:54
22 For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her 2:07
23 Fakin' It 3:13
24 A Most Peculiar Man 2:34
25 A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara'd Into Submission) 2:22
26 Patterns 2:39
27 Baby Driver 3:16
28 You Don't Know Where Your Interest Lies 2:20
29 Why Don't You Write Me 2:46
30 Keep the Customer Satisfied 2:37
31 Somewhere They Can't Find Me 2:32
32 The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine 2:51
33 Blues Run the Game 2:55
34 Save the Life of My Child 2:48
35 He Was My Brother 2:43
36 My Little Town 3:51
37 Blessed 3:18
38 Benedictus 2:34
39 Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream 2:13
40 Bookends Theme 1:24
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