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About This Track
“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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PULPMANRAV wrote:
Brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Enigmatic_Smile wrote:
Gives me shivers every time.. Ending is masterpiece
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KeithandLor wrote:
Brandy U R Awesome For real Gurl
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KeithandLor wrote:
so deep and profound
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penguinpagey wrote:
Such a fantastically composed song
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ferric18 wrote:
A classic -- impossibly good.
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NAYRB1979 wrote:
First heard this track on my father's vinyl years ago. Still blows me away every time I hear it. Not an oldie, a classic
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islewriter wrote:
"After all these years, the, 'Bridge' is still standing" ~~~~ Amazing, simply, Amazing !!
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crawlpalmetto wrote:
Superb performance, amazing ending.
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kemp678 wrote:
My favorite duo of ALL TIME......
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BowieFreak wrote:
One of my all time favourite songs.
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kissesneverdie wrote:
This track is so soothing, it sets up the rest of the album perfectly. One of the greatest, hands down.
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oldiesfanjohn wrote:
oldie but goodie !
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grassNjams wrote:
Goose bumps, Like a beautiful woman.
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lovelylilies wrote:
Brilliant song! so touching.
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Musik-Heart wrote:
bin mal gespannt, ob es funktioniert mit einem comeback der Band
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DerekBowie wrote:
I could like this song if it weren't so overblown
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scientist4u wrote:
Beautiful..
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NitaD1 wrote:
The ending always gives me massive goosebumps!!!
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NitaD1 wrote:
What else can be added to say how wonderful this classic is!
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