Thursday, October 18, 2012

the sound of silence by Simon & Garfunkel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvsX03LOMhI

cool facts about the song:

This was one of the songs Simon & Garfunkel performed in 1964 when they were starting out and playing the folk clubs in Greenwich Village. It was their first hit.

In the US, this hit #1 on New Year's Day, 1966.

Simon & Garfunkel did not write this about the Vietnam War, but by the time it became popular, the war was on and many people felt it made a powerful statement as an anti-war song.

Paul Simon took 6 months to write the lyrics, which are about man's lack of communication with his fellow man. He averaged one line a day.

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