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* OldShame: Somewhat averted. In their heyday they'd do a good-natured, not-entirely-serious version of their early Tom & Jerry hit "Hey Schoolgirl" in concerts.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: A positive example of this is responsible for the duo's entire ''career''. Short history: they first released "The Sounds of Silence" in 1964 in a completely acoustic version on their debut album. Said album tanked, then the two split and Simon moved to England. A year later, Music/TheByrds spearheaded the folk-rock movement with their electrified covers of Music/BobDylan songs. Sensing an opportunity, in June 1965 Dylan's producer Tom Wilson took the original backing track and overdubbed electric guitar, bass and drums, borrowing members of Dylan's backing band. (If you listen closely, you can actually hear the band go out of sync with the original recording at one point.) Not bothering to consult either Simon or Garfunkel, the new version of the song was released as a single and slowly climbed up to #1. Simon returned from England, reunited with Garfunkel and the two went on to more success, though they only agreed to if the execs promised they'd never pull a stunt like that without telling them first.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: A positive example of this is responsible for the duo's entire ''career''. Short history: they first released "The Sounds of Silence" in 1964 in a completely acoustic version on their debut album. Said album tanked, then the two split and Simon moved to England. A year later, Music/TheByrds spearheaded the folk-rock movement with their electrified covers of Music/BobDylan songs.songs, while the original S&G version of "Silence" started picking up radio airplay in the UsefulNotes/{{Boston}} area. Sensing an opportunity, in June 1965 Dylan's producer Tom Wilson took the original backing track and overdubbed electric guitar, bass and drums, borrowing members of Dylan's backing band. (If you listen closely, you can actually hear the band go out of sync with the original recording at one point.) Not bothering to consult either Simon or Garfunkel, the new version of the song was released as a single and slowly climbed up to #1. Simon returned from England, reunited with Garfunkel and the two went on to more success, though they only agreed to if the execs promised they'd never pull a stunt like that without telling them first.
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** Simon's 1983 album ''Hearts and Bones'' was originally conceived as a Simon & Garfunkel reunion album, but once recording began the duo started bickering and Garfunkel wound up leaving the project.
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** Simon's 1983 album ''Hearts and Bones'' was originally conceived as ''Think Too Much'', a Simon & Garfunkel reunion album, album following ''A Concert in Central Park'', but once recording began the duo started bickering and Garfunkel wound up leaving the project.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: "Thirty dollars pays your rent on Bleecker Street." Though it's a reference to Judas and those thirty pieces of silver, a metaphor used a few times by the duo.
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** They were asked to play Woodstock, but declined because Art Garfunkel was the in middle of filming ''Film/CatchTwentyTwo'' and they wanted to start writing songs for what would become the ''Music/BridgeOverTroubledWater'' album as soon as he finished.
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** They were asked to play Woodstock, Film/{{Woodstock}}, but declined because Art Garfunkel was the in middle of filming ''Film/CatchTwentyTwo'' and they wanted to start writing songs for what would become the ''Music/BridgeOverTroubledWater'' album as soon as he finished.
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* PopularityRedo: Simon, who'd gained a bit of a following as a folksinger in England, recorded and released the UK-only album ''The Paul Simon Songbook'' in 1965. It contained re-recordings of two songs from ''Wednesday Morning, 3 AM'' ("The Sound of Silence", "He Was My Brother"), but the rest were new songs. However, all but two of them were eventually re-recorded with Simon & Garfunkel. Even the two that weren't still got used: "A Church is Burning" was performed live, and "The Side of a Hill" was altered into the "Canticle" counterpoint of "Scarborough Fair".
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* PopularityRedo: Simon, who'd gained a bit of a following as a folksinger in England, recorded and released the UK-only album ''The Paul Simon Songbook'' in 1965. It contained re-recordings of two songs from ''Wednesday Morning, 3 AM'' ("The Sound of Silence", "He Was My Brother"), but the rest were new songs. However, all but two of them were eventually re-recorded with Simon & Garfunkel. Even the two that weren't still got used: "A Church is Burning" was performed live, and "The Side of a Hill" was altered into retooled as the "Canticle" counterpoint of "Scarborough Fair".
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* PopularityRedo: Simon, who'd gained a bit of a following as a folksinger in England, recorded and released the UK-only album ''The Paul Simon Songbook'' in 1965. It contained two new versions of songs from ''Wednesday Morning, 3 AM'' ("The Sound of Silence", "He Was My Brother"), but the rest were new songs. However, all but two of them were eventually re-recorded with Simon & Garfunkel. Even the two that weren't still got used: "A Church is Burning" was performed live, and "The Side of a Hill" was altered into the "Canticle" counterpoint of "Scarborough Fair".
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* PopularityRedo: Simon, who'd gained a bit of a following as a folksinger in England, recorded and released the UK-only album ''The Paul Simon Songbook'' in 1965. It contained re-recordings of two new versions of songs from ''Wednesday Morning, 3 AM'' ("The Sound of Silence", "He Was My Brother"), but the rest were new songs. However, all but two of them were eventually re-recorded with Simon & Garfunkel. Even the two that weren't still got used: "A Church is Burning" was performed live, and "The Side of a Hill" was altered into the "Canticle" counterpoint of "Scarborough Fair".
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* PopularityRedo: Simon, who'd gained a bit of a following as a folksinger in England, recorded and released the UK-only album ''The Paul Simon Songbook'' in 1965. It contained two new versions of songs from ''Wednesday Morning, 3 AM'' ("The Sound of Silence", "He Was My Brother"), but the rest were new songs. However, all but two of them were eventually re-recorded with Simon & Garfunkel. Even the two that weren't still got used: "A Church is Burning" was performed live, and "The Side of a Hill" was altered into the "Canticle" counterpoint of "Scarborough Fair".
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* TroubledProduction: ''Bookends'' took more than a year to finish, partly because they stepped away from it to work on the music for ''Film/TheGraduate'', and partly because the duo had trouble articulating a vision for the album, hiring scores of outside musicians (partly to take advantage of a loophole in their contract that forced the label to pay for session musicians) and exhibiting perfectionist tendencies in doing dozens of takes of song ''sections'', let alone full songs. "Punky's Dilemma" reportedly took over 50 hours of studio time to finish. Simon struggled with the album's lyrics. He wrote a lot of them while [[ArtisticStimulation high on hashish]], and he later admitted to some CreatorBacklash feelings about them, feeling that the influence of the drug led to a tone of self-absorbed {{Wangst}}. Columbia staff producer John Simon (no relation) arrived in the middle of the sessions and helped get the duo to focus more, but then he abruptly left the label at the start of 1968, forcing Simon, Garfunkel and engineer Roy Halee to finish the album. Interestingly, this seemed to kick-start their creativity, as they wrapped up the sessions by recording three standout songs ("Mrs. Robinson", "America", "Old Friends").
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: "Thirty dollars pays your rent/On Bleecker Street"
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** Though it's a reference to Judas and those thirty pieces of silver, a metaphor used a few times by the duo.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: "Thirty dollars pays your rent/On rent on Bleecker Street"
**Street." Though it's a reference to Judas and those thirty pieces of silver, a metaphor used a few times by the duo.
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* ShortLivedBigImpact: As a duo, Simon and Garfunkel only recorded five studio albums together over six years. So beloved are their songs that their five studio albums have been the source for more than three times as many "Greatest Hits" albums.
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* BreakawayPopHit: "Mrs. Robinson" from ''Film/TheGraduate'' is an interesting inversion, as Paul Simon only wrote the chorus for the movie and they didn't bother finishing and recording the complete song until ''after'' the movie had become a hit.
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* BreakawayPopHit: "Mrs. Robinson" from ''Film/TheGraduate'' is an interesting inversion, as Paul Simon Music/PaulSimon only wrote the chorus for the movie and they didn't bother finishing and recording the complete song until ''after'' the movie had become a hit.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Simon's 1983 album ''Hearts and Bones'' was originally conceived as a Simon & Garfunkel reunion album, but once recording began the duo started bickering and Garfunkel wound up leaving the project.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** They were asked to play Woodstock, but declined because Art Garfunkel was the in middle of filming ''Film/CatchTwentyTwo'' and they wanted to start writing songs for what would become the ''Music/BridgeOverTroubledWater'' album as soon as he finished.
** Simon's 1983 album ''Hearts and Bones'' was originally conceived as a Simon & Garfunkel reunion album, but once recording began the duo started bickering and Garfunkel wound up leaving the project.
** They were asked to play Woodstock, but declined because Art Garfunkel was the in middle of filming ''Film/CatchTwentyTwo'' and they wanted to start writing songs for what would become the ''Music/BridgeOverTroubledWater'' album as soon as he finished.
** Simon's 1983 album ''Hearts and Bones'' was originally conceived as a Simon & Garfunkel reunion album, but once recording began the duo started bickering and Garfunkel wound up leaving the project.
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* ShrugOfGod: In 2008, Creator/StephenColbert facetiously asked Simon why the narrator of "Cecilia" would need to get up and wash his face after making love. Simon noted "Well, it’s the ’60s, so I can’t remember."
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Simon's 1983 album ''Hearts and Bones'' was originally conceived as a Simon & Garfunkel reunion album, but once recording began the duo started bickering and Garfunkel wound up leaving the project.project.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: A positive example of this is responsible for the duo's entire ''career''. Short history: they first released "The Sounds of Silence" in 1964 in a completely acoustic version on their debut album. Said album tanked, then the two split and Simon moved to England. A year later, Music/TheByrds spearheaded the folk-rock movement with their electrified covers of Music/BobDylan songs. Sensing an opportunity, in June 1965 Dylan's producer Tom Wilson took the original backing track and overdubbed electric guitar, bass and drums, borrowing members of Dylan's backing band. (If you listen closely, you can actually hear the band go out of sync with the original recording at one point.) Not bothering to consult either Simon or Garfunkel, the new version of the song was released as a single and slowly climbed up to #1. Simon returned from England, reunited with Garfunkel and the two went on to more success.
** Though they only agreed to if the execs promised they'd never pull a stunt like that without telling them first.
** Though they only agreed to if the execs promised they'd never pull a stunt like that without telling them first.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: A positive example of this is responsible for the duo's entire ''career''. Short history: they first released "The Sounds of Silence" in 1964 in a completely acoustic version on their debut album. Said album tanked, then the two split and Simon moved to England. A year later, Music/TheByrds spearheaded the folk-rock movement with their electrified covers of Music/BobDylan songs. Sensing an opportunity, in June 1965 Dylan's producer Tom Wilson took the original backing track and overdubbed electric guitar, bass and drums, borrowing members of Dylan's backing band. (If you listen closely, you can actually hear the band go out of sync with the original recording at one point.) Not bothering to consult either Simon or Garfunkel, the new version of the song was released as a single and slowly climbed up to #1. Simon returned from England, reunited with Garfunkel and the two went on to more success.
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** Though
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* BreakawayPopHit: "Mrs. Robinson" from ''TheGraduate'' ''Film/TheGraduate'' is an interesting inversion, as Paul Simon only wrote the chorus for the movie and they didn't bother finishing and recording the complete song until ''after'' the movie had become a hit.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: A positive example of this is responsible for the duo's entire ''career''. Short history: they first released "The Sounds of Silence" in 1964 in a completely acoustic version on their debut album. Said album tanked, then the two split and Simon moved to England. A year later, TheByrds spearheaded the folk-rock movement with their electrified covers of Music/BobDylan songs. Sensing an opportunity, in June 1965 Dylan's producer Tom Wilson took the original backing track and overdubbed electric guitar, bass and drums, borrowing members of Dylan's backing band. (If you listen closely, you can actually hear the band go out of sync with the original recording at one point.) Not bothering to consult either Simon or Garfunkel, the new version of the song was released as a single and slowly climbed up to #1. Simon returned from England, reunited with Garfunkel and the two went on to more success.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: A positive example of this is responsible for the duo's entire ''career''. Short history: they first released "The Sounds of Silence" in 1964 in a completely acoustic version on their debut album. Said album tanked, then the two split and Simon moved to England. A year later, TheByrds Music/TheByrds spearheaded the folk-rock movement with their electrified covers of Music/BobDylan songs. Sensing an opportunity, in June 1965 Dylan's producer Tom Wilson took the original backing track and overdubbed electric guitar, bass and drums, borrowing members of Dylan's backing band. (If you listen closely, you can actually hear the band go out of sync with the original recording at one point.) Not bothering to consult either Simon or Garfunkel, the new version of the song was released as a single and slowly climbed up to #1. Simon returned from England, reunited with Garfunkel and the two went on to more success.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: A positive example of this is responsible for the duo's entire ''career''. Short history: they first released "The Sounds of Silence" in 1964 in a completely acoustic version on their debut album. Said album tanked, then the two split and Simon moved to England. A year later, TheByrds spearheaded the folk-rock movement with their electrified covers of BobDylan songs. Sensing an opportunity, in June 1965 Dylan's producer Tom Wilson took the original backing track and overdubbed electric guitar, bass and drums, borrowing members of Dylan's backing band. (If you listen closely, you can actually hear the band go out of sync with the original recording at one point.) Not bothering to consult either Simon or Garfunkel, the new version of the song was released as a single and slowly climbed up to #1. Simon returned from England, reunited with Garfunkel and the two went on to more success.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: A positive example of this is responsible for the duo's entire ''career''. Short history: they first released "The Sounds of Silence" in 1964 in a completely acoustic version on their debut album. Said album tanked, then the two split and Simon moved to England. A year later, TheByrds spearheaded the folk-rock movement with their electrified covers of BobDylan Music/BobDylan songs. Sensing an opportunity, in June 1965 Dylan's producer Tom Wilson took the original backing track and overdubbed electric guitar, bass and drums, borrowing members of Dylan's backing band. (If you listen closely, you can actually hear the band go out of sync with the original recording at one point.) Not bothering to consult either Simon or Garfunkel, the new version of the song was released as a single and slowly climbed up to #1. Simon returned from England, reunited with Garfunkel and the two went on to more success.
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* OldShame: Somewhat averted. In their heyday they'd do a good-natured, not-entirely-serious version of their early Tom & Jerry hit "Hey Schoolgirl" in concerts.
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* OldShame: Somewhat averted. In their heyday they'd do a good-natured, not-entirely-serious version of their early Tom & Jerry hit "Hey Schoolgirl" in concerts.
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* OldShame: Somewhat averted. In their heyday they'd do a good-natured, not-entirely-serious version of their early Tom & Jerry hit "Hey Schoolgirl" in concerts.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Some of the extra instrumentals on "59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" were from DaveBrubeck Quartet members Joe Morello and Eugene Wright.
* HeyItsThatVoice: The newscaster voice on "7 O'Clock News/Silent Night" is Charlie O'Donnell, a longtime DJ and game show announcer who was probably best known for announcing ''Series/AmericanBandstand'' and ''Series/WheelOfFortune''.
* HeyItsThatVoice: The newscaster voice on "7 O'Clock News/Silent Night" is Charlie O'Donnell, a longtime DJ and game show announcer who was probably best known for announcing ''Series/AmericanBandstand'' and ''Series/WheelOfFortune''.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Some of the extra instrumentals on "59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" were from DaveBrubeckQuartet members Joe Morello and Eugene Wright.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: "Thirty dollars pays your rent/On Bleecker Street"
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* HeyItsThatVoice: The newscaster voice on "7 O'Clock News/Silent Night" is Charlie O'Donnell, a longtime DJ and game show announcer who was probably best known for announcing ''Series/AmericanBandstand'' and ''Series/WheelOfFortune''.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: A positive example of this is responsible for the duo's entire ''career''. Short history: they first released "The Sounds of Silence" in 1964 in a completely acoustic version on their debut album. Said album tanked, then the two split and Simon moved to England. A year later, TheByrds spearheaded the folk-rock movement with their electrified covers of BobDylan songs. Sensing an opportunity, in June 1965 Dylan's producer Tom Wilson took the original backing track and overdubbed electric guitar, bass and drums, borrowing members of Dylan's backing band. (If you listen closely, you can actually hear the band go out of sync with the original recording at one point.) Not bothering to consult either Simon or Garfunkel, the new version of the song was released as a single and slowly climbed up to #1. Simon returned from England, reunited with Garfunkel and the two went on to more success.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Simon's 1983 album ''Hearts and Bones'' was originally conceived as a Simon & Garfunkel reunion album, but once recording began the duo started bickering and Garfunkel wound up leaving the project.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Simon's 1983 album ''Hearts and Bones'' was originally conceived as a Simon & Garfunkel reunion album, but once recording began the duo started bickering and Garfunkel wound up leaving the project.
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* BreakawayPopHit: "Mrs. Robinson" from ''TheGraduate'' is an interesting inversion, as Paul Simon only wrote the chorus for the movie and they didn't bother finishing and recording the complete song until ''after'' the movie had become a hit.
* ExecutiveMeddling: A positive example of this is responsible for the duo's entire ''career''. Short history: they first released "The Sounds of Silence" in 1964 in a completely acoustic version on their debut album. Said album tanked, then the two split and Simon moved to England. A year later, TheByrds spearheaded the folk-rock movement with their electrified covers of BobDylan songs. Sensing an opportunity, in June 1965 Dylan's producer Tom Wilson took the original backing track and overdubbed electric guitar, bass and drums, borrowing members of Dylan's backing band. Not bothering to consult either Simon or Garfunkel, the new version of the song was released as a single and slowly climbed up to #1. Simon returned from England, reunited with Garfunkel and the two went on to more success.
** Though they only agreed to if the execs promised they'd never pull a stunt like that without telling them first.
* ExecutiveMeddling: A positive example of this is responsible for the duo's entire ''career''. Short history: they first released "The Sounds of Silence" in 1964 in a completely acoustic version on their debut album. Said album tanked, then the two split and Simon moved to England. A year later, TheByrds spearheaded the folk-rock movement with their electrified covers of BobDylan songs. Sensing an opportunity, in June 1965 Dylan's producer Tom Wilson took the original backing track and overdubbed electric guitar, bass and drums, borrowing members of Dylan's backing band. Not bothering to consult either Simon or Garfunkel, the new version of the song was released as a single and slowly climbed up to #1. Simon returned from England, reunited with Garfunkel and the two went on to more success.
** Though they only agreed to if the execs promised they'd never pull a stunt like that without telling them first.
