History Music / SimonAndGarfunkel

--> I been Ayn Randed, nearly branded
-->Communist, 'cause I'm left-handed.
-->That's the hand I use...[[ADateWithRosiePalms well, never mind]].

* LesserStar: Former TropeNamer. Art Garfunkel has been characterized as the junior partner in the duo, and there is truth in that, as Simon both played guitar and wrote all the music while Garfunkel only sang. However, Garfunkel had the better voice and Simon and Garfunkel's harmonies were the reason for their unique sound, and Art Garfunkel had a big role in the vocal arrangements. (One way to appreciate Garfunkel's role in the group is to listen to Paul Simon's "American Tune" and then listen to the Simon and Garfunkel version recorded during the concert in Central Park). Additionally, Art had the solo on the duo's biggest hit ever, "Bridge Over Troubled Water."

** From "Old Friends": "Old friends / Sat on a park bench like ''bookends''."

* SafetyInIndifference: ''I am a Rock'' is all about this.

* NewSoundAlbum: Their debut, ''Wednesday Morning, 3 AM'', had more of a traditional acoustic folk sound; the second album, ''Sound of Silence'', was where they shifted to more of a rock instrumentation and approach.

* OneWomanSong: "Mrs. Robinson", "Cecelia", "Kathy's Song", "For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her"

* VitriolicBestBuds: Very much a type 1, as anyone who's watched Paul snipe at Art onstage can verify. Simon has referred to Garfunkel as "my partner in arguments" on occasion.

* VitriolicBestBuds: Very much a type 1, as anyone who's watched Paul snipe at Art onstage can verify.

* InTheStyleOf: Their early recordings as Tom and Jerry were a inspired by the EverlyBrothers' sound (whose song "Bye Bye Love" was covered on the ''Bridge over Troubled Water'' album).

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: On ''Bridge over Troubled Water'', "Baby Driver" (a silly little IntercourseWithYou song in great contrast to the very serious tone of most of the other songs) and "Bye Bye Love" (an Everly Brothers cover, and possibly a CallBack to their earlier years as "Tom and Jerry").

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-->He's so unhip that when you say "[[BobDylan Dylan]],"\\
He thinks you're talking about DylanThomas (whoever he was).\\

* HeterosexualLifePartners: This is most notably expressed in "The Only Living Boy in New York" which is basically about Paul missing Art (the "Tom" in the song; in the early days when they performed as "Tom and Jerry," Art was "Tom") when the latter went to Mexico to film ''{{Catch-22}}''.

* LesserStar: Former TropeNamer. Art Garfunkel has been characterized as the junior partner in the duo, and there is truth in that, as Simon both played guitar and wrote all the music while Garfunkel only sang. However, Garfunkel had the better voice and Simon and Garfunkel's harmonies were the reason for their unique sound, and Art Garfunkel had a big role in the vocal arrangements. (One way to appreciate Garfunkel's role in the group is to listen to Paul Simon's "American Tune" and then listen to the Simon and Garfunkel version recorded during the concert in Central Park).

* RepurposedPopSong: "The Sounds of Silence" was used during the film adaptation of ''{{Watchmen}}''. It is also the opening song for ''TheGraduate'', which also uses "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" several times.

* ThisIsASong: "Song for the Asking"