Simon & Garfunkel - American Tune

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Simon & Garfunkel - American Tune

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Imagine all the people living for today and tomorrow.
From Central Park Concert at New York in 9th Sep 1981.
Sorry for my poor translation.
Many thanks.

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When You Put It ... ( 8 months ago by JollyPollyDolly1)

When You Put It That Way I Totally Support Garfunkel, But It Doesn't Stop Me Loving Paul. I Wish I Wasn't So Shallow And Could Support The Not-So-Handsome One But That Isn't Me.
It's Been Great Talking To You! Thanks For Your Insight.

This song has ... ( 8 months ago by nessie96)

This song has strains from it that remind me of the choruses in Bach's St. Matthew's Passion...same chord progression and harmonic structure.

So deep and vivid, ... ( 8 months ago by JungleJim3377)

So deep and vivid, So well articulating the emptiness of the american dream. It makes me melancholy.

well paul simon ... ( 8 months ago by NordicT)

well paul simon directly adopted the theme from the song "mein gmüt ist mir verwirret" just as bach did in his matthews passion ;) so they have the same source

thanks for that ... ( 8 months ago by nessie96)

thanks for that information!!!!

aptly put , a ... ( 7 months ago by Gerogiancounty)

aptly put , a wonderful song to sing after being served an eviction notice ( chill out mate ! )

great of you to put ... ( 7 months ago by 2aMu6)

great of you to put the multilingual subtitles
奈良から有り難う！

wakarimas ( 6 months ago by ohqueluna)

wakarimas

they are so great i ... ( 5 months ago by newyorktown)

they are so great i love that dvd.

When you think that ... ( 5 months ago by cvitamin1026)

When you think that Paul wrote his first songs as a teenager. I mean this is real talent.
And this one, American Tune, is my favorite. Amazing.

As a writer, I ... ( 5 months ago by souscheflani)

As a writer, I idolize Paul Simon. Listening to his singing, his poetry, is very humbling for me.

Por Diosssss!!!!! ... ( 4 months ago by maestroderobotecnia)

Por Diosssss!!!!! Qué canción!!!!

thank you for ... ( 4 months ago by PIOPPPI)

thank you for translating

Array ( 4 months ago by jazzmanppl)

beautiful.
"i dont know a soul thats not been battered"

Compare this melody ... ( 4 months ago by miamidavid)

Compare this melody to the ancient J.S. Bach hymn "O Sacred Head" and hear the melodic and harmonic similarity.

Bach is the ... ( 3 months ago by brickbat66)

Bach is the foundation .
I Love this song.
O Sacred head Now wounded,
With grief and shame weighed down,
Now scornfully surrounded,
with thorns thy only crown.

This song is simply ... ( 3 months ago by nessie96)

This song is simply brilliant....my favorite by Paul Simon.

Foi e será a melhor ... ( 2 months ago by andreluba)

Foi e será a melhor dupla de folk de todos os tempos

The tune was ... ( 2 months ago by clucaspik)

The tune was written by Hans Leo Hassler around the year 1600 - used by Bach over a hundred years later.
Paul has also utilized it quite well - Wow!!

All thanks to ... ( 2 months ago by kydavid2)

All thanks to skymods3 for posting this lovely version of a gripping song. Can't say anything about the Japanese translation. But they sing at the end "you can't be forever blessed". It makes a huge difference to suggest they're singing "you can be ..."!
By the way, does anyone know if this song was revived much in 2003 when America invaded Iraq??

I'm pretty sure the ... ( 1 month ago by jabrother)

I'm pretty sure the original lyric was meant to be "You can't be forever blessed" which is fitting with the tone of the song overall...and also is a slam in the face to those people like GW that think we can do whatever we want because we are America and we are a Christian nation. This song is a true masterpiece and I think it deserves to be recognized as a national anthem for the USA.

kydavid2, as far as ... ( 1 month ago by foundationandempire)

kydavid2, as far as I recall, song had no revival in 2003 due to american "intervention" cough, cough in iraq. However, right after 09/11/2001 with wtc collapse, the lyrics in the bridge - "I dreamed I was dying, statue of liberty, dreamed I was flying, etc" seemed to be somewhat suggestive of people dying in the wtc Ironically, less radio play because many songs that mentioned flying (fire and rain for ex.) and disasters -(1941 mining disaster , bee gees ) were unofficially banned for awhile

Interesting. People ... ( 1 month ago by kydavid2)

Interesting. People read what they want to think into lyrics, I guess. I remember assuming at the time that the SoL was "sailing away to sea" in disgust over the war in Vietnam - a bit like "catching the last train for the coast". I wonder what it would take for this song to be revived successfully. Nobody could get away with looking/acting like that in front of a camera any more. But are there any such sublime voices out there these days?

I hope someone ... ( 1 month ago by pappy2865)

I hope someone reads this and shares with me a special moment that I see in this video. I have loved this song for years, and this is truly the best version I have ever heard. I am extremely moved by the looks on their faces at the end. It appears to me that they are both choking up, and could barely hold it together to finish. In no way comparing myself to them, I have had this happen to me during performences when the sheer beauty of the music overwhelmed me. Did anyone else catch this?

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