>>>>>I went to sleep early after a grueling but satisfying week. Now I am wide awake in the wee hours and surfing youtube, rewatching some old favorites like Secretariat in the Belmont and Bruce Springsteen and Tom Morello playing together at the Rock and Roll HOF ceremony.
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>>>>>Somehow from one link to another I came to a live performance of Simon and Garfunkel singing "Bridge Over Troubled Water." I consider it about the most perfect song ever written if you exclude "Amazing Grace." Years after the fact Paul Simon said in an interview that when he wrote that song he knew right away he had nailed it. He wasn't being egotistical, he just knew this one was a winner after so many misguided attempts. As the songwriter and as a guy with a good singing voice he wanted to sing the lead. They rehearsed it in the studio and at one point they switched parts and Art Garfunkel sang lead. Paul was man enough to say, yeah, this one is Art's. He just does it better. Enjoy!
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>>>>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYKJuDxYr3I
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>>>>Not bad for a song about heroin I guess...
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>>>Really? I never knew that. I didn't know Paul Simon had any experience with heroin, either.
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>>Turns out I was wrong about that - Tamar found some more accurate info.
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>Yes, I read the rest of the thread. Not much shocks me any more but that would have really surprised me.

Heck I'd believed the heroin story for years and years - now I feel rather foolish about it. I've never really been a big fan of the song myself - in huge part because when I was (much) younger my twin sister played it over and over and over so much it makes my blood boil every time I hear it now...hahahahaha. I did send an email to my twin sister pointing out what Tamar found.

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