History Music / BridgeOverTroubledWater

* BigApplesauce: "The Only Living Boy In New York".

--> ''I'm on your side/ When times get rough/ And friends just can't be found''

* 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 ''Film/CatchTwentyTwo''.

* SingingSimlish: "The Boxer" and its "Lie la lie" chorus.

* StudioChatter: While Garfunkel sings "So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright"'s fadeout to the words ''so long'' producer Roy Halee is heard on the recording calling out: ''So long already, Artie!''
* TakeThat: "The Boxer" was interpreted as a TakeThat to Music/BobDylan, but Simon has {{Jossed}} that interpretation, explaining that it was actually about himself in a period he felt like he was constantly criticised. Dylan's own CoverVersion of it was seen as a TakeThat in return.
* TakeThatAudience: "Keep The Customer Satisfied".
--> ''Everywhere I go, I get slandered, libelled''

* BreakUpSong: "Cecilia" and "Bye Bye Love". Most of the album has a feeling of breaking up and saying goodbye. Not surprising seeing that the band itself wasn't getting along as well as they used to. "So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright" was for instance written by Simon as a veiled reference to Garfunkel, something Garfunkel himself wasn't informed about at the time.

* AlbumTitleDrop:
--> ''Like a bridge over troubled water''.

* CoverSong: The 1913 Daniel Alomía Robles song "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)" and Music/TheEverlyBrothers song "Bye Bye Love".

# "Keep The Customer Satisfied" (2:33)

# "The Only Living Boy In New York" (3:58)

# "Song For The Asking" (1:49)

''Bridge Over Troubled Water'' is the fifth and final studio album by Music/SimonAndGarfunkel, released in 1970. It is one of the best-selling albums of all time. It scored hit songs with the title track, "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)", "The Boxer" and "Cecilia" and was awarded the 1971 UsefulNotes/GrammyAward for ''Album Of The Year''. It was listed at nr. #51 in ''Magazine/RollingStone'''s [[UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]] and ''Magazine/TimeMagazine'' included the album in their [[TimeAllTime100Albums 2006 list of 100 timeless and essential albums.]] A weird, but true fact is that former US President UsefulNotes/LyndonJohnson [[BigNameFan listened a lot to this album]] in the final years of his life, because it cheered him up when he felt down.

* ObsessionSong: "Why Don't You Write Me", complete with a threat of suicide near the end

''Bridge Over Troubled Water'' is the fifth and final studio album by Music/SimonAndGarfunkel, released in 1970. It is one of the best-selling albums of all time and generally acclaimed as their MagnumOpus. It scored hit songs with the title track, "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)", "The Boxer" and "Cecilia" and was awarded the 1971 UsefulNotes/GrammyAward for ''Album Of The Year''. It was listed at nr. #51 in ''Magazine/RollingStone'''s [[UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]] and ''Magazine/TimeMagazine'' included the album in their [[TimeAllTime100Albums 2006 list of 100 timeless and essential albums.]] A weird, but true fact is that former US President UsefulNotes/LyndonJohnson [[BigNameFan listened a lot to this album]] in the final years of his life, because it cheered him up when he felt down.

* 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 ''Literature/CatchTwentyTwo''.

--> ''I'm on your side. When times get rough''

!! Bridge Over Tropes Full Water:

'''''Bridge Over Troubled Water''''' is the fifth and final studio album by Music/SimonAndGarfunkel, released in 1970. It is one of the best-selling albums of all time and generally acclaimed as their MagnumOpus. It scored hit songs with the title track, "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)", "The Boxer" and "Cecilia" and was awarded the 1971 UsefulNotes/GrammyAward for ''Album Of The Year''. It was listed at nr. #51 in Magazine/RollingStone's [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time]] and Magazine/TimeMagazine included the album in their [[TimeAllTime100Albums 2006 list of 100 timeless and essential albums.]] A weird, but true fact is that former US President UsefulNotes/LyndonJohnson [[BigNameFan listened a lot to this album]] in the final years of his life, because it cheered him up when he felt down.

'''''Bridge Over Troubled Water''''' is the fifth and final studio album by Music/SimonAndGarfunkel, released in 1970. It is one of the best-selling albums of all time and generally acclaimed as their MagnumOpus. It scored hit songs with the title track, "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)", "The Boxer" and "Cecilia" and was awarded the 1971 UsefulNotes/GrammyAward for ''Album Of The Year''. It was listed at nr. #51 in Magazine/RollingStone's [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time]] and Magazine/TimeMagazine included the album in their [[TimeAllTime100Albums 2006 list of 100 timeless and essential albums.]] A weird, but true fact is that former US President UsefulNotes/LyndonJohnson [[BigNameFan listened a lot to this album]] in the final years of his life, because it cheered him up when he felt down.

'''''Bridge Over Troubled Water''''' is the fifth and final studio album by Music/SimonAndGarfunkel, released in 1970. It is generally acclaimed as their MagnumOpus. It scored hit songs with the title track, "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)", "The Boxer" and "Cecilia" and was awarded the Grammy Award for ''Album Of The Year''. It's one of the best-selling albums of all time. Magazine/TimeMagazine included the album in their [[TimeAllTime100Albums 2006 list of 100 timeless and essential albums.]] A weird, but true fact is that former US President UsefulNotes/LyndonJohnson [[BigNameFan listened a lot to this album]] in the final years of his life. It cheered him up when he felt down.

'''''Bridge Over Troubled Water''''' is the fifth and final studio album by Music/SimonAndGarfunkel, released in 1970. It is generally acclaimed as their MagnumOpus. It scored hit songs with the title track, "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)", "The Boxer" and "Cecilia" and was awarded the Grammy Award for ''Album Of The Year''. It's one of the best-selling albums of all time. A weird, but true fact is that former US President UsefulNotes/LyndonJohnson [[BigNameFan listened a lot to this album]] in the final years of his life. It cheered him up when he felt down.

--> ''I'm on your side/When times get rough/And friends just can't be found''

'''''Bridge Over Troubled Water''''' is the fifth and final studio album by Music/SimonAndGarfunkel, released in 1970. It is generally acclaimed as their MagnumOpus. It scored hit songs with the title track, "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)", "The Boxer" and "Cecilia" and was awarded the Grammy Award for ''Album of the Year''. It's one of the best-selling albums of all time. A weird, but true fact is that former US president UsefulNotes/LyndonJohnson [[BigNameFan listened a lot to this album]] in the final years of his life. It cheered him up when he felt down.

Side 1
# "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
# "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)"
# "Cecilia"
# "Keep The Customer Satisfied"
# "So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright"

Side 2
# "The Boxer"
# "Baby Driver"
# "The Only Living Boy In New York"
# "Why Don't You Write Me?"
# "Bye Bye Love"
# "Song For The Asking"

# "Feuilles-O"
# "Bridge Over Troubled Water (Demo)"

* QuestioningTitle: "Why Don't You Write Me?"
* {{Rockumentary}}: ''Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America'' is a rather unique television special that aired on CBS in 1969. Much of the special is a fairly conventional rockumentary featuring interviews with the duo, footage of the duo working in the studio, and film from the 1969 tour. This portion includes {{Early Bird Cameo}}s of "The Boxer", "Bridge Over Troubled Water", and "So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright". The rest of the film is a series of montages of the social and historical upheavals of TheSixties (civil rights protest, UsefulNotes/RobertFKennedy's funeral train, etc), with Simon and Garfunkel songs as the musical accompaniment.

--> ''Everywhere I go, I get slandered, libeled''

'''''Bridge Over Troubled Water''''' is the fifth and final studio album by Music/SimonAndGarfunkel, released in 1970. It is generally acclaimed as their MagnumOpus. It scored hit songs with the title track, "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)", "The Boxer" and "Cecilia" and was awarded the Grammy Award for ''Album of the Year''. It's one of the best-selling albums of all time. A weird, but true fact is that former president UsefulNotes/LyndonJohnson [[BigNameFan listened a lot to this album]] in the final years of his life. It cheered him up when he felt down.

# "Why Don't You Write Me"

* BreakUpSong: "Cecilia", "Bye Bye Love". Most of the album has a feeling of breaking up and saying goodbye. Not surprising seeing that the band itself wasn't getting along as well as they used to. "So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright" was for instance written by Simon as a veiled reference to Garfunkel, something Garfunkel himself wasn't informed about at the time.

* CoverSong: "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)", "Bye Bye Love".
* EverythingIsBetterWithGospel: "Bridge Over Troubled Water" was influenced by gospel music, specifically the Swan Silvertones' "Mary Don't You Weep", which has an immediate lyrical inspiration in the song. Despite that the song has no huge choir, but the piano work is certainly similar to a gospel tune.

* IntercourseWithYou: "Cecilia", "Baby Driver".

* UsefulNotes/{{Peru}}: "El Cóndor Pasa (If I Could)" has a decidedly Peruvian atmosphere, down to the panflute playing. Simon based the song on a traditional Peruvian folk tune- or so he thought, because it turned out to be a 1913 composition by Peruvian musician Daniel Alomía Robles.
* {{Rockumentary}}: ''Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America'' is a rather unique television special that aired on CBS in 1969. Much of the special is a fairly conventional rockumentary featuring interviews with the duo, footage of the duo working in the studio, and film from the 1969 tour. This portion includes {{Early Bird Cameo}}s of "The Boxer", "Bridge Over Troubled Water", and "So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright". The rest of the film is a series of montages of the social and historical upheavals of TheSixties (civil rights protest, Robert Kennedy's funeral train, etc), with Simon and Garfunkel songs as the musical accompaniment.

** The line ''I'l be your bridge over deep water if you trust in me'' frop the song "Mary Don't You Weep" by Swan Silverstones was the inspiration for the title track.
** The ''silver girl'' in "Bridge Over Troubled Water" is a reference to Simon's wife Peggy.

* UsefulNotes/{{South America}}: "El Cóndor Pasa (If I Could)" and "So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright" have a decidedly South American musical atmosphere.

'''''Bridge Over Troubled Water''''' is the fifth and final studio album by Music/SimonAndGarfunkel, released in 1970. It is generally acclaimed as their MagnumOpus. It scored hit songs with the title track, "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)", "The Boxer" and "Cecilia" and was awarded the Grammy Award for ''Album of the Year''. It's one of the best-selling albums of all time.

* AlbumTitleDrop: ''Like a bridge over troubled water''.
* BigNameFan: An weird, but true fact is that former president UsefulNotes/LyndonJohnson listened a lot to this album in the final years of his life. It cheered him up when he felt down.

'''''Bridge Over Troubled Water''''' is the fifth and final studio album by Music/SimonAndGarfunkel, released in 1970. It is generally acclaimed as their MagnumOpus. It scored hit songs with the title track, "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)", "The Boxer" and "Cecilia" and was awarded the Grammy Award for ''Album of the Year''. 's one of the best-selling albums of all time.

''Bridge Over Troubled Water'' is a 1970 album by Music/SimonAndGarfunkel, generally acclaimed as their MagnumOpus. It scored hit songs with the title track, ''El Condor Pasa'', ''The Boxer'' and ''Cecilia'' and was awarded the Grammy Award for ''Album of the Year''. 's one of the best-selling albums of all time.

!! Bridge Over Tropes Full Water

* BreakUpSong: ''Cecilia'', ''Bye Bye Love''. Most of the album has a feeling of breaking up and saying goodbye. Not surprising seeing that the band itself wasn't getting along as well as they used to. ''So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright'' was for instance written by Simon as a veiled reference to Garfunkel, something Garfunkel himself wasn't informed about at the time.
* BigApplesauce: ''The Only Living Boy in New York''.
* CoverSong: ''El Condor Pasa (If I Could)''.
* EverythingIsBetterWithGospel: ''Bridge Over Troubled Water'' was influenced by gospel music, specifically the Swan Silvertones' ''Mary Don't You Weep'', which has an immediate lyrical inspiration in the song. Despite that the song has no huge choir, but the piano work is certainly similar to a gospel tune.
* 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 ''Literature/CatchTwentyTwo''.
* IntercourseWithYou: ''Cecilia'', ''Baby Driver''.
* LyricalDissonance: ''Baby Driver'', which sounds like an innocent children's song if you look at the title, but is actually about a boy who lives a comfortable life in a protected home, but who searches for adventures and one day decides to have his first sexual experience.

* OneManSong: ''So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright''.
* OneWomanSong: ''Cecilia''.
* PepTalkSong: ''Bridge Over Troubled Water''.
* UsefulNotes/{{Peru}}: ''El Cóndor Pasa'' has a decidedly Peruvian atmosphere, down to the panflute playing. Simon based the song on a traditional Peruvian folk tune- or so he thought, because it turned out to be a 1913 composition by Peruvian musician Daniel Alomía Robles.

** The line ''I'l be your bridge over deep water if you trust in me'' frop the song ''Mary Don't You Weep'' by Swan Silverstones was the inspiration for the title track.
** The ''silver girl'' in ''Bridge Over Troubled Water'' is a reference to Simon's wife Peggy.
** ''So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright'' is a tribute to architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

* UsefulNotes/{{South America}}: ''El Cóndor Pasa'' and ''So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright'' have a decidedly South American musical atmosphere.
* 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" (a cover of Music/TheEverlyBrothers, and possibly a CallBack to their earlier years as "Tom and Jerry").
* StockSoundEffects: ''Baby Driver'' has car noises.
* StudioChatter: While Garfunkel sings ''So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright'''s fadeout to the words ''so long'' producer Roy Halee is heard on the recording calling out: ''So long already, Artie!''
* TakeThat: ''"The Boxer"'' was interpreted as a TakeThat to Music/BobDylan, but Simon has {{Jossed}} that interpretation, explaining that it was actually about himself in a period he felt like he was constantly criticized. Dylan's own CoverVersion of it was seen as a TakeThat in return.
* TakeThatAudience: ''Keep The Customer Satisfied''.

* BigNameFan: An weird, but true fact is that former president UsefulNotes/LyndonBJohnson listened a lot to this album in the final years of his life. It cheered him up when he felt down.