David of inrumford has responded to the previous Heck Of A Guy post, Selected Sounds Of Silence – Simon, Garfunkel, Cohen, Dylan, Fraser, & Alizee with links to a series of what Davhe id accurately labels “one way conversations” with Paul Simon about the early days of Simon and Garfunkel, Simon’s take on songwriting, the significance of “Graceland” to his own life, and more, interspersed with some classic and some revised Paul Simon songs.
Sounds Of Silence
In Part 1, Simon discusses the evolution of “Sounds of Silence” (which differs in some significant details from the Wikipedia rendition of the story). Part 2 is a reworked version of “Sounds of Silence” that is striking.
David’s invitation follows:
For those who feel Paul Simon’s music, in all its permutations, was (and still is) an integral part of their life’s soundtrack, this is a fun listen.
Enjoy!
Paul Simon Speaks
- Paul Simon Speaks – Part 1
- Paul Simon Speaks – Part 2
- Paul Simon Speaks – Part 3
- Paul Simon Speaks – Part 4
- Paul Simon Speaks – Part 5
- Paul Simon Speaks – Part 6
- Paul Simon Speaks – Part 7
- Paul Simon Speaks – Part 8
Bonus: Hearts And Bones
David calls this a woefully underappreciated tune on a woefully underappreciated album.
Paul Simon’s Hearts And Bones from Negotiations & Love Songs 1971-86
To clarify any confusion ( and not to be a stickler), the actual title of the song is “The Sound of Silence”.
Love the eclecticism of this blog. Well worth the pixels!
Heck, I’m a stickler so it seems fair that you should be as well. Paul Simon, on the other hand, was pretty loose on the “Sounds Vs Sound” point. The song in this case may have been titled “The Sound of Silence,” but I think Wikipedia is correct that The song was originally called “The Sounds of Silence,” and is titled that way on the early albums in which it appeared and on the single. In later compilations, it was retitled “The Sound of Silence.” Both the singular and the plural form of the word appear in the lyrics. Cohen was equally easy-going about whether that bird was on “A Wire” or “The Wire.”