Everything But the Girl

[Sarah]

O_O

This is a cover of a Simon & Garfunkel song from the Bridge Over Troubled Water album.

The one from the 80s is Denise Williams "Let's Hear it for the Boy" on the Footloose soundtrack. You know you've got to understaa-aaa-aa-aand.

I can't tell if you're joking or not...

[David]

Originally Posted by Sarah

O_O

This is a cover of a Simon & Garfunkel song from the Bridge Over Troubled Water album.

The one from the 80s is Denise Williams "Let's Hear it for the Boy" on the Footloose soundtrack. You know you've got to understaa-aaa-aa-aand.

I can't tell if you're joking or not...

I never joke, Sar. I pay so little attention these days to rock music that titles can trigger only hazy memories in my mind. Pop represents my unrecoverable past.

My favorite Simon & Garfunkel song is called "America." You familiar with that one? The video isn't very interesting, but the song is redolent of a certain subculture of the 1960s & of a certain time in our lives, when college begins to seem constraining & bourgeois & our minds are suffused with a burning wanderjahr. A feeling very much like this may have been what compelled Buckingham & Nicks to set out for Los Angeles all those years ago to seek their career fortunes.

[eclipse]

David
Thank yo so much for posting this. I haven't heard it in 20 years, but somehow could sing right along to the lyrics....
That's when you know it's a classic...
Excellent choice to offer your opinion-experience and knowledge of music and culture, of the times
Thanks again,
eclipse~~

[Sarah]

Yes, David. That is a fantastic song. I've listened to S&G records since I was very small.. good emotional/thinking music.

[David]

Originally Posted by Sarah

Yes, David. That is a fantastic song. I've listened to S&G records since I was very small.. good emotional/thinking music.

I downloaded the chords from someone's tab page, & they're kind of weird chords to try to sing the song to.

[Sarah]

Originally Posted by David

I downloaded the chords from someone's tab page, & they're kind of weird chords to try to sing the song to.

I have noticed that about several Simon & Garfunkel songs. When I first download the chord or tab, it looks like it is probably right, but when I start to play it on guitar it's like "woah, wait a minute. this isn't sounding as I thought it would." Tabs of riffs have been fairly accurate - Hazy Shade of Winter, intro to Homeward Bound, portions of The Boxer come to mind, but the chords have sounded funky in relation. I really like Paul Simon, but at this point, I've pretty much decided that I am not attempting any more of his guitar parts for a while. I know several parts of several different songs, but I have yet to put an entire song together smoothly. It seems like there's always that one little curve-ball that I just can't execute.

I'm assuming you're talking about playing the chords on piano and singing along... I've not tried that at all. On piano, I've only ever played Bridge Over Troubled Water and it sounded right, but I have the published sheet music for it.

[Richard B]

How did this EBTG thread turn into S&G? Funny. Really funny.

I didn't know EBTG were still making music. They were so overplayed in SF during their rise to popularity.

S&G music still makes me happy. I will never tire of For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her and Kathy's Song.