Simon & Garfunkel - Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
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Artist: Simon & GarfunkelBrand: SIMON & GARFUNKEL
Edition: Music CD
Format: Extra tracks, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2001-08-21
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
- Scarborough Fair/Canticle
- Patterns
- Cloudy
- Homeward Bound
- The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine
- the 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)
- The Dangling Conversation
- Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall
- A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara'd Into
- For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her
- A Poem On The Underground Wall
- 7 O'Clock News/Silent Night
- Patterns
- A Poem On The Underground Wall
Free Music Notes for Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
Free Music Review: An Overlong Review of one of S&G's Best
Hit: 5 Stars
Well, in my humble opinion this is one of the best of S&G's albums(so I will proceed to write a dreadfully overlong review.) It feels to me like a transition between their two first albums and their later ones, featuring a combination of the earlier-style folk and a very distinctive emerging style of Paul Simon. While there are one or two songs on here that I could live without, the vast majority of the songs on here are amazing, and this new version sounds amazing as well. Honestly, practically all of the beloved CDs I own are some form of Paul Simon, but I do love this album without TOO much bias. All right, enough of my ramblings, I'm sure it is quite apparent how much I love this music. About the songs:1. Scarborough Fair--An intricate, timeless song. It's almost hypnotizing, and sounds eerily ancient, rich without being overly lush. "I LOVE THIS SONG!"-Arpi
2. Patterns--It's got classic S&G elements, these poetic and angst-laden lyrics and a strong but winding tune. I say angst, but it's not obnoxious or over-bearing in any way. Other than that, it's got very original instrumentals and is intriguingly understated.
3. Cloudy--It's a bit on the sweet side, at least in sound, with sugary-sounding parts, but they pull it off! It moves along, with a solid tune and interesting lyrics, especially by the middle.
4. Homeward Bound--It's just one of those songs that I adore. It's simple but it moves and is at once a folk song and a rock song. There's something about the tune (especially the very end) that is so poignant and interesting. (And if you feel the chorus is a bit rushed, check out "Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits," which has a slower, more laid-back version.)
5. Big Bright Green Pleasure machine--Oh, look, another song I love. This is a great song, flat out. It's probably the most rock-like song on here, with those satirical, almost humorous S&G lyrics that tend to come around. It's also got really interesting and distinctive chords that complete the song. What does this all mean? It's the song on here that I have listened to ten times in a row and danced around to countless times. It's true.
6. The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)--Well...it's cute, it's palatable, and I like the words, but honestly it's not one of my favorites. But at least it's done by S&G. When done by someone else it could possibly get pretty painful. Actually, there's a version I much prefer on "Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits." It's a bit less cutesy.
7. The Dangling Conversation--OK, I hate to admit this but I do NOT like this song. I want to, I really do, but it's ruined (in my opinion) by a Wall-of-Sound style string section. It's the only time on this album that they've used this, which I appreciate, but unfortunately it was enough to ruin one otherwise perfectly good song.
8. Flowers Never Bend With the Rainfall--Well I DO like this song, very much in fact. It's folksy; a good, catchy song. Listen to the lyrics, too--they're what make this song really interesting and powerful. The second verse gets me every time; it seems strikingly genuine.
9. A Simple Desultory Philippic (or How I was Robert McNamara'd Into Submission)--It's a skillful parody song, but it's also good on its own. This is an interesting maybe-partly-definitely-Bob Dylan parody, but it also SOUNDS great. (And in the third verse he does an impressive Dylan rendition.) How can you not love a song that manages to rhyme with "Garfunkel?" ("I've been Mothered, Fathered, Aunt and UNCled, been Roy Haleed and Art GarfUNKeled.") It's wonderfully dated, and it's interesting too if you take a bit too long to think about it. You've just got to hear it. "I've lost my harmonica, Albert."
10. For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her--This is probably the only sweet, Garfunkel-esque song that I really like a lot, and NOT just because I share a name with the title. The words are beautiful, it's really simply a poem set to a powerful tune and a great performance. It's passionate and sweet, but not sickly sweet. It feels real and genuine, and isn't overly lush for my taste.
11. A Poem on the Underground Wall--It's another song on this album that I love, and reminds me of "The Sounds of Silence," in the way it sounds. It's a great earlier S&G song, and if you listen to it enough to get the little vignette of a story, it's sad but not tragic, real and gritty but not grim.
12. 7 O'clock News Silent Night--What can I say about this song? It's more a piece of artwork, an interesting social commentary; turn it up and listen to the newscast sometime. It's not one that I would listen to ten times in a row, but it's interesting as a relic of the time, and a striking juxtaposition of blatantly opposing messages. It's been laughed at, but in honestly, I like this piece. It's distinctive.
This album is very meaningful to me (as if you couldn't tell), and if you're looking for an introduction to S&G, this is a good album to listen to. It is an interesting blend between the true folk of earlier S&G and the later, more distinctively Simon-esque folk-rock. It's eclectic, there's folk and rock, protest and traditional influences, poetry and social commentary. But it's held together by the intelligent but not presumptuous lyrics and musical integrity. Garfunkel's contribution really rounds this one out. Overall, this is an extremely worthwhile and enjoyable album.
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Release Date: 21-AUG-2001
When a retrofit of electric guitars transformed "Sounds of Silence" into Simon & Garfunkel's folk-rock entrée, the partners and their label hastily followed with a like-titled album mixing Paul Simon's acoustic folk songs with plugged-in bids for radio play. By contrast, this successor, released less than a year later, more coherently and convincingly reveals Simon's broadening horizons as a writer and the duo's nascent studio perfectionism. The title song remains a haunting signature piece, relying on acoustic guitar and harpsichord to carry its contrapuntal marriage of English ballad and antiwar plaint; such acoustic delicacy prevails throughout and has proven more durable than by-the-numbers wattage. The first great S&G album, the set includes "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)," "Homeward Bound," "Dangling Conversation," and Art Garfunkel's luminous solo piece, "For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her." (The 2001 reissue adds a pair of unreleased demos to the original work.) --Sam Sutherland
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