Simon & Garfunkel - Old Friends Live on Stage (Deluxe Edition) (2 CD/1 DVD)
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Artist: Simon & GarfunkelEdition: Music CD
Format: Live
CD Release Date: 2004-12-07
Music Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Old Friends/Bookends
- A Hazy Shade of Winter
- I Am A Rock
- America
- At the Zoo
- Baby Driver
- Kathy's Song
- Tom and Jerry Story
- Hey, Schoolgirl
- The Everly Brothers Intro
- Bye Bye Love (The Everly Brothers with Simon & Garfunkel)
- Scarborough Fair
- Homeward Bound
- The Sound of Silence
- Mrs. Robinson
- Slip Slidin' Away
- El Condor Pasa
- The Only Living Boy in New York
- American Tune
- My Little Town
- Bridge Over Troubled Water
- Cecilia
- The Boxer
- Leaves That Are Green
- Bonus Track: Citizen of the Planet
- Opening Montage (America inst.)
- Old Friends/Bookends
- A Hazy Shade of Winter
- I Am A Rock
- America
- At the Zoo
- Baby Driver
- Kathy's Song
- Tom and Jerry Story
- Hey, Schoolgirl
- The Everly Brothers Intro
- Wake Up Little Susie
- All I Have To Do Is Dream
- Bye Bye Love (The Everly Brothers with Simon & Garfunkel)
- Scarborough Fair
- Homeward Bound
- The Sound of Silence
- Opening Montage
- Mrs. Robinson
- Slip Slidin' Away
- El Condor Pasa
- Keep The Customer Satisfied
- The Only Living Boy in New York
- American Tune
- My Little Town
- Bridge Over Troubled Water
- Cecilia
- The Boxer
- Leaves That Are Green
- The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)
Free Music Notes for Old Friends Live on Stage (Deluxe Edition) (2 CD/1 DVD)
Free Music Review: Like Drinking Vodka and Lime
Hit: 5 Stars
Hello again people. I really have to stop handing out 5 star reviews this season like they were candy canes. However, if something is worthy of it - as this c.d./dvd set is - then I am justified. Simon and Garfunkel are just classic. I remember "The Sound of Silence" when it came out having such a big impact at the time. That was the season of alienation, and S & G really had their hand on the pulse.
A quick story. It was either late '66 or early '67, and I'm in school and this girl in front of me turns around and asks if anyone wanted tickets to see Simon and Garfunkel at Carnegie Hall? She had two. Gave them away "free" to me and someone else. I was way too young to go into New York City by myself. But I did anyway. Guess how much the tickets were? A whopping FIVE DOLLARS!!!! And that was alot for a concert at that time. Anyway... the concert was pure magic. Only Paul on guitar and harmonies. It was rich, lush and angelic. What can you say about a blend of vocals like this except that it is as near to perfection you can get. I have always remembered that concert as one of the best I've ever seen. I believe the c.d. "Simon and Garfunkel Live 1967" is as close to the concert that I saw.
Anyway..... when I heard they were reuniting for a concert tour, I just had to go. And, believe me, this time around the tickets were nowhere near as cheap. Still, I went to see them at The Continental Arena in N.J. on the night of December 8th, 2003 and was excited to find that they used part of that very night for the DVD. The evening was as excellent as the DVD shows, however, you viewers have the advantage of seeing them up close. It's hard to get a view like that 100 rows out or so.
This package is worth it - ten times over believe me. It is a retrospect of their career with excellent side musicians who recreate all the particulars of the original recordings and then some. S & G's mock feud bantering puts the audience in a great mood. The evening sails smoothly and the introduction of The Everly Brothers adds icing to the cake. Paying homage to their influences - S & G provide a genuine warmth to the concert.
I do want to point out one song inparticular. When they did "Bridge Over Troubled Water", Paul took the second verse. An interesting variation, but it works fine. Also, near the end, the piano goes into a strange key variation...... most noticably. I am assuming it was done to accomodate Garfunkel's ending to the song. In any event, the song was a mainpoint in a fine evening.
I could go song by song in this review but it would be a big yawn. Suffice to say - S & G are professionals and they definitely do not disappoint in this offering!!
If you are looking for classic pop music with alot of grace - an EXTREMELY HIGH recommendation for this one. Whew....that was hard. Being totally serious for a change is a difficult challenge. But Simon and Garfunkel are worth it! Goodbye for now people!
Old Friends Live on Stage (Deluxe Edition) (2 CD/1 DVD) Poster
One may never be able to go home again, but that hasn't kept Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel from trying every other decade or so. This two-CD plus DVD live set (recorded in December 2003 at the Meadowlands and Madison Square Garden) shows their musical chemistry has transcended the years--and no small amount of acrimony. But while their '80s live reunion was marked by an aura of celebration, this one floats on an undercurrent of bittersweet resolve. There's no mistaking the elegiac tone of the title track, while stark readings of "Hazy Shade of Winter" and "Sounds of Silence" can't help but evoke the scars of 9/11. A musical circle is completed as the Everly Brothers step in for a joyous "Bye Bye Love," while elsewhere Simon's musical restlessness inspires a subtly jazzy reworking of "Slip Slidin' Away" and Garfunkel adds his stately grace to his partner's "American Tune." The album concludes with S&G's first new studio recording in 30 years, the plaintive, irony-studded plea "Citizen of the Planet." --Jerry McCulley
Recommended Simon & Garfunkel Discography
 Bridge over Troubled Water |  Sounds of Silence |  Bookends |
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