GEN Z Reacts To SIMON & GARFUNKEL For The FIRST TIME EVER!

[@CraigMcKee]

The line you heard was, "In the naked light I saw... 10,000 people maybe more..." They have uptempo songs and slower ones. And Paul Simon (he's the shorter one) has had a huge solo career after Simon & Garfunkel split the first time. The duo did get back together over the years for tours but never did another studio album together. Other great songs you should check out include The Boxer, Bridge Over Troubled Waters, Mrs. Robinson, and Homeward Bound.

[@johnmac62]

10 years or so after they broke up, they held a free concert in Central Park in New York. They expected a crowd of about 20,000. Instead 500,000 people showed up. This is the video of that concert

[@amyaeschbach3581]

I owned the CD version of this concert in Central Park (free!) as a young teenager! Knew every word of every song. They always transported me to another place! FYI- at the opening of the 9/11 memorial in NYC Paul Simon played this song just a guitar and his voice. There wasn’t a dry eye there. I’ll never forget it!!!!❤✌️. New subscriber here!!!

[@jeannesnodgrass8073]

The studio version is angelic!💕

[@debbers]

❤Loved your reaction to Simon and Garfunkel, Their whole catalog is excellent!

[@javavoicecafe6968]

I was at this concert, up in a tree in the back. They had sprayed the grounds with pesticides before the concert. It was giving me a headache, but all was good up in the tree. Ahh, memories.

[@mogolurch]

1981. concert in central park, new york. over half a million people in attendance.

[@Majs990]

​@@marshastapleton1148 No

[@JeanW-d5i]

Simon and Garfunkel were just fabulous, Jay, there are so many to choose from, please listen to more of them. Paul Simon is still singing today. Please listen to their other songs.

[@sukie584]

I was at this concert, I’m sure you can see me in the crowd. 😂. It was an incredible show.

[@cantabilewoman]

Lucky!

[@javavoicecafe6968]

Me too. I was up in a tree toward the back. ☺️

[@dagmar.6954]

I grew up listening to Simon & Garfunkel & had a lot of their records. Absolutely loved them & their harmonies. You won't find a bad song. They have had so many hits such as "Bridge Over Troubled Water", "The Boxer", "Mrs. Robinson", "Kathy's Song", "Scarborough Fair", "At The Zoo", "Cecilia", "America", "I Am A Rock", "El Condor Pasa" etc. Paul Simon went on to have a huge solo career with lots of great songs.

[@annepinkerton6280]

They wrote this song!!! When Garfunkel was in college, he had a friend who was blind but Garfunkel told him he would help him get through. His friend called him "Darkness!" He used to welcome him with, "Hello, Darkness, my old friend!"

[@mikemiller3069]

In your comment about thinking that you heard the "n" word, you said that "things were less sensitive back then". Are you kidding me? There were race riots in the US in the 1960s. The Civil Rights Act had just passed in the US and racial tension was MUCH HIGHER than it is right now. For the record, I'm almost 65 years old and the only music I've ever heard that uses the "n" word is rap and hip hop. The word you misheard in this song was "naked".

[@s.edwards6485]

Thank you. I can’t believe the younger generation has sunk so low as to mistake “naked” for the n-word. I mean, who’d put that word in a ballad, that too in the 1960s? Either this young man is conditioned to see racism everywhere or he just needs to brush up his reading and listening skills.

[@browniewin4121]

Paul Simon is an outstanding writer, they have so much wonderful recordings as a duo, and he has had an equally huge career after going solo.

[@pennyredproductions]

He says “and in the naked light I saw, 10,000 people maybe more”

[@WinsomeWinslet]

naked light! LOL!

[@ellenjones7819]

This song came out in the mid 1960s. Simon and Garfunkel split up in 1970. I think this video was a reunion concert from the early 80s. It was the first time that they performed since they split.

[@Steve-em1ok]

Enjoyed your reaction, it’s a beautiful song from my younger days. The line you questioned was a follow-up to the previous verse, which had said “My eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light, that split the night.” The following verse continues “And in the naked light I saw, ten thousand people, maybe more.”

[@csmillemiller9812]

It was recorded for tv in the 80’s they wrote it and put it out in the 60’s. No he said “and in the naked light I saw” 😂

[@myowndrum286]

The Simon and Garfunkel album, Bridge Over Troubled Water has been in my music repertoire for over 50 years. It's one I play a lot when I'm working around the yard. My grandfather taught me how to harmonize when we were kids so I like to sing harmony along with them while I clean. There's no one to hear me now but the animals. The horses and dogs seem to enjoy it though. I swear Lupine, a quarter horse mare, does a little dance and nod whenever she hears S and G. LOL

[@donnamikola48]

Bridge Over Troubled Water is one of their best (and in fact one of the best songs ever IMO).

[@NancyMoran-r3b]

NAKED LIGHT!!!!

[@dougca7086]

This concert was at Central Park in New York in front of over a half million people react to the boxer and also Bridge Over Troubled Water

[@kathleenmayhorne3183]

They are the original writers of so many classics.

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

One of the most beloved songs of an entire generation by perhaps the most important singing duo to ever come along. Now you need to go liisten to their biggest hit, and the #1 song of 1970, "Bridge Over Troubled Water," a true masterpiece. Some of their songs were decidedly more upbeat. Check out "Mrs. Robinson" or "Cecilia," for a couple of examples. No, he did not say "the N word." Paul Simon, unlike the hacks of today, didn't have to stoop to coarse language to make a profound point with his lyrics.

[@cathybrookeburt2616]

This is the original version from 1966. I love this version because I grew up with it, however I absolutely love 'Pentatonix' & 'Disturbs' versions. They are like 3 different songs. It shows the artistry when someone can put a whole new twist on a classic & make it just as wonderful, just in a different way.

[@2009kygal]

These two were amazing! They didn't get along, because Paul Simon wrote the songs and felt like his way was the right way. He didn't want Art Garfunkel's ideas. Check out the version Disturbed did. It is very different, but absolutely amazing!

[@notanormi]

Disturbed's version gave me chills!!!!❤❤❤

[@sandrabraswell6352]

They wrote a lot of great songs. I believe this one was in the movie The Graduate. They also wrote Bridge Over Troubled Water you listened to Elvis sing.

[@fidge54]

That was a crowd of about 100,000 people in New York's Central Park

[@Robertscorner1]

Color tv showed up in the 50, but it wasn't until 1965 that color programming became the majority in the united states.

[@jessicalee7119]

In the NAKED light I saw ~ ~ ~ ~

[@marshastapleton1148]

Welcome to "the good old days" ... God bless!

[@PeiPeisMom]

I sang this song in choir at age 9 in elementary school, and that was 1974

[@lindadescafano3749]

Such great music/lyrics back in the day. Bridge Over Troubled Water is another song you might like to listen to.

[@tandaknights9047]

Most of what we learned in 7th and 8th grade choir was Simon and Garfunkel. I'd wager you know a Cover

[@michaelkibble740]

I love this song

[@src5977]

I was in high school - it’s a favorite, definitely good for relaxing after a crazy day….

[@Reba-123]

This was a FREE concert in Central Park !!!! Watched it in TV

[@sukie584]

I was there!

[@Reba-123]

Song written in the mid 60s but this concert was 1981

[@rickcosman9670]

This song is a commentary on how we are embracing technology at the expense of human relationships. This was written at a time before the invention of personal computers and cell phones. The band Disturbed did a cover of this song a few years ago that you should check out. It’s said that Simon and Garfunkel’s version was a gentle warning of the dangers of technology and Disturbed’s version is a reprimand because we did not heed the warning.

[@elevenbucks5682]

I think the first movie made in color was Gone with the wind ,1936.

[@davidw7]

That and Wizard of OZ were 1939. Not first but late 30s began big budget films done in color by Hollywood especially musicals. The 2-color Technicolor process was a film from 1922 not lost with no copies. The cost and intense light had most 30s depression era use B&W. B movies into the 60s still used B&W with full change 60s to color.

[@clhsocial]

This is a live recording from their benefit concert in Central Park, NYC, which was performed around 15 years after the original recording was recorded and released. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Concert_in_Central_Park

[@akires1550]

You should look up the story about these 2 life long friends . Pretty sweet.

[@epongeverte]

Paul Simon went solo and had many great songs.

[@commenceenavoirmarre]

Paul Simon had a big-long and successful career in solo, also.

[@bella-xp7qd]

When did color TV become common in homes? A year later, 1969, almost one-third of all households had color TVs; by 1972, the figure stood at almost half, and by 1984 color sets had penetrated into just over 90 percent of American homes, according to the Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association

[@melissabrooke1146]

I’d say they were just nervous being on stage together, a very rocky relationship even though they tried doing concerts together again which I don’t believe lasted very long.

[@carolgrosklags8933]

That is the original version by the people who originally recorded it

[@csmillemiller9812]

Try Paul Simon’s “I know what I know” off his Graceland album

[@judithmccrea2601]

Your instincts are correct. These guys would never have said the N word. Maybe you could look up the lyrics immediately after you hear something that strikes you as odd. 😊

[@jimwebb9328]

Song lyrics are readily available on a thing called Google. No need to wonder about any song.

[@kathi-k9y]

this was a reunion tour, after a huge career. You need to go deeper into their work. Listen to the Bridge Over Troubled Waters album, I like the Boxer,

[@chrissand6067]

💗 This is a great upbeat song by Simon and Garfunkel, and it shows them in the 60's when they were super big: kzbin.info/www/bejne/inO0qXpmj5xlp68si=vcmWG0QkBuCczhJ5 I was laying on the top of the couch as a little girl, with my brother and sisters all piled on the couch and floor watching them on TV

[@sandramiller6752]

👍🏻👍🏻💯❤️🔥🔥

[@tamnovak]

"In the naked light..."

[@bjw0515]

The word you thought you misheard was naked!

[@2009kygal]

Paul Simon was married to Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia) for a while. The marriage didn't last.

[@DeniseStock]

Kodachrome is a great song by them ❤

[@tammelarodriguez7371]

#flexer💪

[@katherineeasteal662]

They're three excellent covers of this great song around. Disturbed's - dark and powerful; Pentatonix's - no instruments, full of energy; and my personal favourite, Forestella's. That has harmonies to die for.

[@michaelestabrook2018]

the lyric was naked light-not the 'n' word.

[@Todrick451]

ok... now you have to do the cover version by "Disturbed" It is VASTLY superior to this version, in large part because the vocalist is FAR more talented vocally... and also the level of emotion he brings to the song, I cant listen to it without gettng the chiils

[@akires1550]

Yesss

[@jennyph79]

I was JUST about to post the same thing! He definitely needs to see the LIVE version from the Conan O’Brien show though! It's EVEN BETTER. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJyag4mtaK5rm8ksi=Sym9s6bUzKKIi4-l

[@lisathoennes3484]

We did not have screens ba k in the 60s

[@MichelleIHKitch]

They did not say the N word. 😊

[@stuBdoc]

Paul Simon is one of the greatest poets of our generation, a brilliant songwriter, and a killer acoustic guitarist. Garfunkel has a beautiful voice, but is neither a writer nor musician. Love the lyric, "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls, and tenement halls..." The very beginnings of protest and socially-meaningful songs. Released in 1965, I believe, mid-60's anyway.

[@peterdowney1492]

"Cecelia"

[@robertself5930]

color came out in 64

[@dougca7086]

Even if he had said the n-word back in the day that wasn't a bad word people have gotten a little too sensitive about what other people say nowadays why would you take offense of what other people say when they don't mean any ill will

[@SoloGuitar1000]

Not my favorite performance of this song by them. I prefer the Monterey Pop version more: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZKzaWd5qNh9oq8 This is just too slow and the harmonies not as nearly as tight.

[@richdickson2174]

No N-word. Absolutely Not Sir.

[@Reba-123]

How on earth did you miss hear Naked for the N word ????

[@taxiscratcher5935]

Not sure what you meant by the N word...I heard Naked...Anyway, I like Simon and Garfunkel, but the band Distubed did this song, and I honestly like that version better.

[@bella-xp7qd]

Omg. He said Naked light. Didn't say the n word.

[@kaychristensen4394]

A classic! Check out Disturbed's remake. 😎

[@sukioki6983]

No... They DID NOT say the "N" word. How insulting. Very annoying

[@marianfoley5821]

Thinking you heard the n word, maybe you need an ear examination.