anecdote: i ranted so much about how much i hate simon and garfunkel that my friends promised to play simon and garfunkel at my funeral.

this song's great though. probably because they didn't write it.

http://www.geocities.com/paris/villa/3895/

"In the middle ages, people didn't usually take credit for songs or other works of art they made, so the writer of Scarborough Fair is unknown. The song was sung by bards (or shapers, as they were known in medieval England) who went from town to town, and as they heard the song and took it with them to another town, the lyrics and arrangements changed."

tell that to the RIAA, who insist that music can only exist if musicians give their copyright to a major label and have the incentive of being dropped at any moment after spending their advance.

Yes yes, I was inspired to submit Simon and Garfunkel's "Scarborough Fair" from The Graduate after I spotted your submission right here. Thank you for this.

Heres a small list:

Beach Boys
Beatles
Dave Matthews
Earth,Wind and Fire
Elvis Costello
Genesis (w/Gabriel)
Incubus
Peter Gabriel
Pink Floyd
Radiohead
Simon and Garfunkel
Steely Dan
Stevie Wonder
Yes(original band)

Cool video. Love the music. Love the S&G version, too.

Guy's smart. Reminds me of the guy who took apart Cecelia by Simon and Garfunkel, thusly:

"' Making love to Cecelia in the afternoon up in our bedroom
I get up to wash my face, when I come back to bed, someone's taken my place.'

Dude, maybe the girl ain't worth it if she keeps the guy she's cheating on you with in the closet."

Your post inspired me

http://www.videosift.com/video/Simon-and-Garfunkel-El-Condor-Pasa-wonderful-trippy-song

Inspired by winkler1's post!

I absolutely love this song and I had the wonderful opportunity to hear on vinyl over the holidays.

This is possibly the best-known Peruvian song worldwide, partly due to a cover version by Simon and Garfunkel in 1970 on their Bridge over Troubled Water album, which is called "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)" in full. Paul Simon used only the melody and wrote entirely new, unrelated lyrics.

Simon and Garfunkel are an American popular music duo comprising Paul Simon and Arthur "Art" Garfunkel. They met in grade school in 1953, when they both appeared in the school play of Alice in Wonderland (Simon as the White Rabbit, Garfunkel as The Cheshire Cat). They are well known for their close harmonies and sometimes unstable relationship.

The lyrics:
I'd rather be a sparrow than a snail.
Yes I would.
If I could,
I surely would.

I'd rather be a hammer than a nail.
Yes I would.
If I only could,
I surely would.

Away, I'd rather sail away
Like a swan that's here and gone
A man gets tied up to the ground
He gives the world
Its saddest sound,
Its saddest sound.

I'd rather be a forest than a street.
Yes I would.
If I could,
I surely would.

I'd rather feel the earth beneath my feet,
Yes I would.
If I only could,
I surely would.

- More @ Wikipedia