Bridge Over Troubled Water (4:52)
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“Bridge over Troubled Water” is the title song of Simon and Garfunkel’s final album together, Bridge over Troubled Water, released January 1970. It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on February 28, 1970, and stayed at the top of the chart for six weeks. It was replaced at the number-one spot by The Beatles’ “Let It Be”. “Bridge over Troubled Water” also topped the adult contemporary chart in the U.S. for six weeks.
This song’s recording process exposed many of the underlying tensions that eventually led to the breakup of the group after the album’s completion. Most notably, Paul Simon has repeatedly expressed regret that he allowed Art Garfunkel to sing this song as a solo, as it focused attention on Garfunkel and relegated Simon to a backing position. He felt an unwanted jealousy when Garfunkel received thunderous applause after performing the song, feeling that the acclamation should have been for him (“That’s my song! I wrote it!”). Art Garfunkel initially did not want to sing lead vocal, feeling it was not right for him. “He felt I should have done it,” Paul Simon revealed to Rolling Stone in 1972. Garfunkel said that the moment when he performed it in Madison Square Garden in 1972 was “almost biblical”. In recent performances on the “Old Friends” tour, Simon and Garfunkel have taken turns singing alternate verses of the vocal.
As the song ends, drums and piano build in a crescendo to an extraordinary climax. The last note, on a violin, is a long, drawn out E-flat that lasts ten seconds.
This song’s recording process exposed many of the underlying tensions that eventually led to the breakup of the group after the album’s completion. Most notably, Paul Simon has repeatedly expressed regret that he allowed Art Garfunkel to sing this song as a solo, as it focused attention on Garfunkel and relegated Simon to a backing position. He felt an unwanted jealousy when Garfunkel received thunderous applause after performing the song, feeling that the acclamation should have been for him (“That’s my song! I wrote it!”). Art Garfunkel initially did not want to sing lead vocal, feeling it was not right for him. “He felt I should have done it,” Paul Simon revealed to Rolling Stone in 1972. Garfunkel said that the moment when he performed it in Madison Square Garden in 1972 was “almost biblical”. In recent performances on the “Old Friends” tour, Simon and Garfunkel have taken turns singing alternate verses of the vocal.
As the song ends, drums and piano build in a crescendo to an extraordinary climax. The last note, on a violin, is a long, drawn out E-flat that lasts ten seconds.
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Bridge Over Troubled Water live in 1969.
When you're weary, feeling small,
When tears are in your eyes, I will dry them all;
I'm on your side. when times get rough
And friends just cant be found,…
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When you're weary, feeling small,
When tears are in your eyes, I will dry them all;
I'm on your side. when times get rough
And friends just cant be found,…
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ICEFAN wrote:
ONE OF THE BESF CLASSICS EVER
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One of the most beautiful songs ever
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One of songs that i can really say, that it is COMPLETE. Just a masterpiece ...
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Very, very beautilful and soothing.
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" AWESOME "
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it one of the gerats song ever :)
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GREAT! Wonderfull song
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Masterpiece.
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this is just beautiful <3
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time is endless with this song
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art garfunkel trancends
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wow
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wondeful........the best!!!!!!!!!
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Love this song
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hawaothman wrote:
I just listened to this. I know, I'm late. its such a lovely song.
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sternfinderin wrote:
Ein Lied, bei dem man Gänsehaut bekommt ... So ein schönes Lied kann KEINER ein zweites Mal singen., als diese beiden. Einfach unvergesslich.
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Never get tired of this song, all you need is a glass of wine and a fire
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budak6 wrote:
Music is history..
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First album I bought!
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