Product Description Includes the A-sides of all 16 S&G singles to make the Billboard charts, as well as three B-sides and one album cut. desertcart.com Augmenting 1972's Greatest Hits with additional tracks, Best of... now stands as the preeminent one-disc introduction to the music of Simon & Garfunkel. Containing everything Greatest Hits offered except for the live version of "59th Street Bridge Song" (the original studio hit resurfaces here) and the incandescent "Kathy's Song," the updated retrospective boasts 20 tracks, in contrast to its predecessor's 14 selections. Added to the mix are the likes of "Hazy Shade of Winter," "The Only Living Boy in New York," "Song for the Asking," and "My Little Town," a one-off the twosome did five years after they ended their phenomenally successful partnership. Remastered from the original source tapes, Best of... also boasts far superior sound to the earlier hits collection. --Steven Stolder Review: Excellent Theme Music for the Most Tumultuous Era in the Annals of the World - Admittedly before MY time these two thoughtful artists provide the musical backdrop for the tumultuous 1960s and its wars,social upheavals',drug emergence,and the Space Race. The album starts with te thoughtful,profound:Sound Of Silence which is a song I can fully relate to from its very first line:Hello darkness,my old FRIEND,Ive come to talk with you again. Ever since becoming irreparably crippled from medical malpractice and watching Michigans ONLY Level-One Trauma Center get -AWAY with their ineptitude in utterly destroying my livelihood/ability to work with not SO much as a slap on the wrist,I find my life infinitely more bearable by seeking refuge in the serene solace of my non-conscious, transcendent 1st Manitude MIND. Read:abiding within my fascinating,exciting,wondrous DREAMS. So darkness has INDEED been an old friend of mine since 2011 wen I trained myself to sleep a full 16 hours each day with a wide purple sweatband serving as a blinder over my striking ocher eyes,shielding them from the cruel,encroaching light of Sols rays,heralding yet another day of pure misery on this miscarried world!! Like the narrator says:In restless sleep,I walked along narrow streets of cobblestone; Often in MY dreams I tread the strait,quaint thoroughfares of the ancient capital city of the enormous stately realm of Isronus;august Oxion!! The sound of silence is indeed a haven of great respite from the harsh,cacaphonic clamour of the waking worlds nadir,vulgar,irrational,mocking denizens. :I Am A Rock is another ballad I can empathize with,as being naïve,with a decidedlynadir opinion of myself for 4 decades exposed me to one heartache/rejection after another in a continuous succession since my first emotional trauma in 1988!! I had since then learned to BE my OWN best friend and company!! I thus began to INTRAact rather than interact,and this withdrawal from the vapid exterior to the 1st-magnitude interior did indeed spare me rejection,betrayal and treachery,as I walked in my sires counsel to me of learning to love MYself,before I profess to love for any other!! S,I concur wit:Dont speak to me of love. I've heard THAT word before. Its sleeping IN my memory. I wont DISTURB the slumber of feelings that have DIED. If I never LOVED,I never WOULD have cried!! A rock FEELS no PAIN,and an island NEVER cries!! Old Friends/Bookends swings my mind to the FIFTY+ year friendship of my uncle and his close buddy and family friend Leroy. The lyrics paint a vivid portrait of two friends traveling through the decades together. One line that really brought to mind my uncle and his childhood friend:Sitting on a park-bench quietly;how terribly STRANGE to be SEVENTY!! As in spite of all the wild times of their adolescence and young adulthood together they recount to me,both of them are currently over 70 years-old and remain close confidants after surviving side-by-side through the chaotic times this album pays homage to!! Review: Such terrific music - This album really takes me back to the 70s when I was a teenager. I loved Simon & Garfunkel then and I love them even more now. I am enjoying this compilation of their hits very much.
A**R
Excellent Theme Music for the Most Tumultuous Era in the Annals of the World
Admittedly before MY time these two thoughtful artists provide the musical backdrop for the tumultuous 1960s and its wars,social upheavals',drug emergence,and the Space Race. The album starts with te thoughtful,profound:Sound Of Silence which is a song I can fully relate to from its very first line:Hello darkness,my old FRIEND,Ive come to talk with you again. Ever since becoming irreparably crippled from medical malpractice and watching Michigans ONLY Level-One Trauma Center get -AWAY with their ineptitude in utterly destroying my livelihood/ability to work with not SO much as a slap on the wrist,I find my life infinitely more bearable by seeking refuge in the serene solace of my non-conscious, transcendent 1st Manitude MIND. Read:abiding within my fascinating,exciting,wondrous DREAMS. So darkness has INDEED been an old friend of mine since 2011 wen I trained myself to sleep a full 16 hours each day with a wide purple sweatband serving as a blinder over my striking ocher eyes,shielding them from the cruel,encroaching light of Sols rays,heralding yet another day of pure misery on this miscarried world!! Like the narrator says:In restless sleep,I walked along narrow streets of cobblestone; Often in MY dreams I tread the strait,quaint thoroughfares of the ancient capital city of the enormous stately realm of Isronus;august Oxion!! The sound of silence is indeed a haven of great respite from the harsh,cacaphonic clamour of the waking worlds nadir,vulgar,irrational,mocking denizens. :I Am A Rock is another ballad I can empathize with,as being naïve,with a decidedlynadir opinion of myself for 4 decades exposed me to one heartache/rejection after another in a continuous succession since my first emotional trauma in 1988!! I had since then learned to BE my OWN best friend and company!! I thus began to INTRAact rather than interact,and this withdrawal from the vapid exterior to the 1st-magnitude interior did indeed spare me rejection,betrayal and treachery,as I walked in my sires counsel to me of learning to love MYself,before I profess to love for any other!! S,I concur wit:Dont speak to me of love. I've heard THAT word before. Its sleeping IN my memory. I wont DISTURB the slumber of feelings that have DIED. If I never LOVED,I never WOULD have cried!! A rock FEELS no PAIN,and an island NEVER cries!! Old Friends/Bookends swings my mind to the FIFTY+ year friendship of my uncle and his close buddy and family friend Leroy. The lyrics paint a vivid portrait of two friends traveling through the decades together. One line that really brought to mind my uncle and his childhood friend:Sitting on a park-bench quietly;how terribly STRANGE to be SEVENTY!! As in spite of all the wild times of their adolescence and young adulthood together they recount to me,both of them are currently over 70 years-old and remain close confidants after surviving side-by-side through the chaotic times this album pays homage to!!
M**K
Such terrific music
This album really takes me back to the 70s when I was a teenager. I loved Simon & Garfunkel then and I love them even more now. I am enjoying this compilation of their hits very much.
D**R
Great harmony.
I am on old timer and always liked their music.
K**L
Would purchase again
Yes. Great tracks
R**O
Very good collection and sound quality
Excellent collection, my father love it. Very good sound quality, specially using a HiFi equipment.
M**A
This is timeless music at a fantastic value. Great for music students. Perfect packaging by Amazon.
I bought this cd for my 15 y.o. daughter because she heard "The Sound of Silence" on the radio and loved it. She is in chorus and also plays piano so I thought the songs would be interesting to her. So glad I purchased it because she loves all of the music and is now playing many of the songs on the piano. This is a great example of timeless music, and with 20 tracks on the cd and it costing well under $10 it was a terrific value. Amazon packaged this cd in a very snug and secure corrugated cardboard wrap and it arrived to me in perfect condition. I subscribe to Amazon Prime and received the package in 2 days, as promised. The cd includes The Sound of Silence, Homeward Bound, I Am A Rock, The Dangling Conversation, Scarborough Fair, The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feeling Groovy), A Hazy Shade Of Winter, At The Zoo, Fakin' It, Mrs. Robinson, Old Friends, The Boxer, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Cecilia, The Only Living Boy In New York, Song For The Asking, If I Could, For Emily Whenever I May Find Her, America, My Little Town.
A**R
Good to have this! Helpful!
A favorite list of tunes!
A**R
LOVE Simon and Garfunkel.!!
Grew up with Simon and Garfunkel. Their music is comforting to listen to - as well as Singing-a-Long to. The CD case was in GOOD condition and the CD plays well in my CD player. Recommend this CD.
P**D
Simon and Garfunkel were probably the best exponents of the folk/rock idiom to come along in the late 1960's. Their songs told stories; their lyrics weaved images that we could relate to. Their voices were totally suited to the songs they sang and blended together beautifully. This CD has all of their top songs including "The Sound of Silence" and "Mrs. Robinson", two numbers that were used very effectively in the film, "The Graduate". My only regret is that this compilation of their best material does not include "Richard Corey"...the story of the spoiled rich kid who eventually shoots himself.
R**O
Credo sia presente tutto il meglio della discografia del duo
T**S
Tolle CD , da werden Erinnerungen wach !!!
A**V
Les titres les plus connus sont présents sur l'album. Donc ce CD est un bon investissement.
M**E
Bij mijn bestellingen staat vermeld dat ik het heb ontvangen maar in werkelijkheid werd het niet geleverd en een antwoord op mijn klacht kwam er ook niet!!!
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