SIMON AND GARFUNKEL - Homeward Bound REACTION - Too Beautiful for words - First time hearing

[@kimmaedke2763]

I understand you when you say that this song does something to you. There’s just such a unique quality to it.

[@ChuckHackney]

Such a haunting song. Such amazing lyrics. And such a universal sentiment.❤

[@TrianglesAndCircles]

I trust Cosmo. Another great pick.

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

Oh yeah?? We'll see when I get to my Milli Vanilli picks. ;)

[@TrianglesAndCircles]

@@Cosmo-Kramer Cute. I'm sure your Milli Vanilli picks will create an exodus. Glad you have a good sense of humor.

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

@@TrianglesAndCircles Lol...okay, no Milli Vanilli. However, I do have some guilty pleasures coming down the pike at some point, so, fair warning. ;)

[@marybaillie8907]

From their " Sounds of Silence" album from 1966, this is a masterpiece and a fabulous live performance. Their harmonies are above and beyond anything you could imagine as being earthly possible. Paul on the acoustic guitar, a beautiful accompaniment. Paul wrote this song while living in England and wishing he could get back to America. He was stuck in between train stations and wrote this bit of genius. This was their 2nd hit after "Sounds of Silence". Great reaction Harri. Thanks Harri and Cosmo. Brilliant. My favourite Simon and Garfunkel song. Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦

[@user-eo2cn5kg6t]

One of my favorites by those guys.

[@nickbelezbubjones6528]

Tune 👌

[@flutesong5527]

Paul Simon is a genius lyricist and their harmonies are indeed beautiful - always

[@EvelynPecio-bm9gu]

Woww it's aso a good song Simons has only beautiful voice wow perfect combination yes they did it again👍🥰

[@johnharding7650]

Flawless...so deep and touching

[@frugalseverin2282]

There's a video from SNL of Paul Simon singing this song with George Harrison.

[@knarf_on_a_bike]

Simon & Garfunkle were a part of my youth in the 60s. Your reactions capture the way I felt as a boy, hearing them on the radio and my record player. Thank you! ❤️

[@TheClonemenot]

In about 1971 or 2 my dad bought a reel to reel tape recorder. We tried our best to wear it out listening to Simon and Garfunkel, CCR, and Johnny Cash.

[@albertsmith9315]

Worth checking out... Simon and George Harrison sang this as a duet on SNL in the 2nd season. Just two guys on stools with acoustic guitars. Easy to find video.

[@edwardtmarsh884]

A transcendent moment of live TV for the ages!

[@Sumotori.]

Paul Simon is one of the best lyricist in the history of music. Together with Art Garfunkel, they’re two in one total harmony when singing together. Incredible voices. Thank you brother Harri 🌟🌟🌟

[@BOOMNERD51]

This is my favorite of their earliest songs! ❤️ They grew up loving the Everly Brothers Harmon- ies as did I.

[@trishriley9681]

❤️

[@rastamon52]

The smile on your face is the only reaction we need! Thanks Harri, you're the Best.

[@seanholdom9739]

this was written while paul simon was touring england on his own when their is a beleived he wrote the song travelling through widnes railway station. Home was London where he was staying with his girlfriend Kathy.

[@lbopp8661]

Poetry in Motion ❤

[@maryhuhnke8496]

If there ever was a song that needed headphones..This one is It!!

[@dsusan17]

Good request Cosmo. Harri your reaction was perfect. Yes, such beautiful harmony

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

Glad you liked it, Susan. :D

[@sharontesta6566]

Wow! Ethereal harmonies!

[@davidmaholchic6146]

This live version is particularly good love you

[@maryhosea6475]

Totally agree with everything said about these two. No auto correct or autotune.So much good harmonising back then. Have you listened to the Righteous Brothers? I would love to hear your reaction if you haven't.

[@boosuedon]

Kudos to Paul Simons guitar picking skills!

[@garyneilson3075]

Yeah, that's them alright, I lived my youth accompanied daily by their music and it's always fresh and beautiful,... Still.......

[@garyneilson3075]

(ps.... Appreciate you Harri!!!)

[@carollittle1059]

The genius of Paul Simons writing and their voices melding into one.

[@b.christophergordon9562]

Check out Paul Simon do this song on the original Saturday Night Live with George Harrison

[@dilandilanjoao4310]

This version could be from live in Central Park N.Y.. Fantastic & FABULASTIC & historic album ✌take care

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

Unfortunately, my Intro was shrunk and cropped. But you can still sort of see in it that I've ID'ed the date and venue as Carnegie Hall in NYC from 1972.

[@26shedan]

have always loved this song.

[@bkm2797]

Love this tune, brings back a lot of memories, this was a fascinating time in America, which of course is another excellent tune by these two. Thanks Harri

[@s.oliver5357]

❤❤😊🎉🎉

[@joelliebler5690]

Yes Hari they are considered along with the Everly Brothers, the finest duo in folk rock/ pop history!

[@johnthegreek5836]

Love all songs from Simon and Garfunkel

[@vrvaughn]

I love Paul Simon… his work as a solo artist is great.. but add Art Garfunkel’s voice and it transcends mere music (to me)

[@marygriffiths2950]

Haven't heard this song for years.Thank you Harri.

[@andrewmorton9327]

Paul wrote this on the platform at Widnes Station whilst on a tour of northern England. The love who was waiting silently for him was his English girlfriend Kathy Chitty, so the ‘home’ wasn’t in America.

[@ValerieBoyco]

This is my husband and my song! Harmonies off the charts!

[@jamesdrynan]

Having been a travelling musician for years, this song perfectly portrays that ' stranger in a strange land' feeling. Since Simon wrote the song in England, that was the homesick feeling of the lyric. Good song.

[@willowthegood9035]

Have you heard Seals & Crofts harmonies?

[@sharontesta6566]

Summer breeze

[@marygriffiths2950]

Thank you. I forgot all about Seals and Croft 🤗🤗

[@bkm2797]

Yes, I loved their harmonies, remember them well.

[@Dee-JayW]

Closer To You is to die for!

[@marygriffiths2950]

@@Dee-JayW Yeppers!!!

[@forwardpeace]

On the last line of the chorus, "silently for me," they drop the harmony and join on the same note. At that point, you can hear that Garfunkel's voice dominates. It has a beautiful timbre.

[@famat161]

You will love Paul Simon's solo song "American Tune". The only time they sang it together was during their tremendous Concert in Central Park.

[@bpfromowc]

You need to hear them sing El Condor Pasa.

[@hockemeyer1]

A few more songs written by Paul Simon. "At The Zoo", " Dangling Conversation", "Hazy Shade of Winter", "The Leaves That Are Green", "59th Street Bridge Song", "Bookends", "America", and "Sparrow".

[@awoken1445]

59th Street Bridge Song!

[@karenj3611]

You’re right Harri, too beautiful for words, and Yes to the live version! Thanks Kosmo

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

My pleasure, Caren. _(see what I did there??)_

[@kimberly3131]

What a great description.... Diamonds in your ears.

[@donnamoskowitz4978]

🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@hume1963]

Listen to the Concert In Central Park from 1981. Incredible live performance.

[@raenellefisher8514]

I recommend Cloudy by S&G. It's my favorite of theirs.

[@WendyJoJohnston]

Paul's voice is warm and inviting, like the pond at the edge of the peat bog at my father's, and Art's voice is like the crystal clear drops of warm summer rain. Their music, like that of so many others, has been part of the soundtrack of my life. So many of the early songs still speak to me . . . and I hope they always will. A great request, and your reaction, as always, priceless!

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

Thanks, I'm glad you dug it. And by the way, beautiful imagery. :)

[@jjflash1645]

It’s Simon and Garfunkel. Need I say more?

[@glass2467]

beautiful

[@debbiechang5781]

Another great request from Cosmo Kramer! This is one of my favorite songs from this heavenly duo. And we get to watch Harri enjoy it too. 🌺✌️

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

Thank you, Debbie!

[@awoken1445]

And Art Garfunkel looks so cute( angelic?) on the cover!

[@DocRock71]

I feel really lucky that I had a chance to see them on their Reunion Tour back in the 80's, while I was in the Navy in San Diego. An unforgettable experience!

[@annewoodard6803]

I grew up listening to this album, music perfection.

[@ChuckHackney]

Here again is proof that the 60's and 70's (and i will even give a nod to the 80s) produced the best music and talent in modern times. Also makes me so sad for what passes as popular music today. Something has happened to music. My heart and ears can tell it in spades. Sigh.

[@stevenblock9712]

This was their second big hit, after "Sounds of Silence", and at this time, we knew they were something very special. We were certainly proved right. S&G were in England trying to "make it" when they got a call that "Sounds" had reached #1 after a producer had added electric guitars to their folk sound. They quickly flew home.

[@seanholdom9739]

you are wrong art garfunkel was studing art at new york college paul was touring on his own in england.

[@ritagryphon222]

I once came by taxi into Barcelona at sunrise after spending the night on a train floor and the radio played this… 🧡 I really appreciate your reactions Harri - hugs from Sweden!

[@Cynthia...]

Beautiful song Cosmo, another one I can scratch off of my list. ✌

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

Ahhh, great minds think alike! :D

[@Cynthia...]

@@Cosmo-Kramer and fools seldom differ. 😉😂

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

@@Cynthia... Well, there's that, too. Lol

[@jackiesconiers4230]

Great reaction! Forgot about this one!

[@paulhoward6158]

Beautiful song, beautiful reaction.

[@j.jennings1722]

This is a glorious song. ❤✌

[@davebzen795]

Cosmo - Thanks for sharing this classic among so many classics from Simon and Garfunkel. Harri, your review and commentary were spot-on and enjoyable.

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

You bet, Dave.

[@Imadrummin]

Just wow man. Love this song Cosmo. 👍👍👍

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

Ain't this a great live rendition?!

[@andrewclayton4181]

They were a good combo. It was a sad day when they split up. A touch of acrimony had crept in which was a shame. They left a great legacy of music though.

[@riggermorpus]

You usually only hear such amazing harmonies siblings or twins. The Everly Brothers are a good example.

[@O_Dingo77]

loved it closed my eyes the whole video. Classic

[@jerryb1439]

This has always been one of my favorite Simon and Garfunkel songs.

[@carolinejohnson22]

They wrote it in 1966 🤩

[@jonathanmurphy3141]

I saw S&G on their reunion tour in 2003. Hard, when you said it's "like angels" and live. They had a cracking band, a few of the musicians that played on some original tracks. When they performed "Bridge over troubled water" the whole Area in Chicago sat in rapt attention, and stood in ovation. Sure their voices were getting weatherd -but still great. They had The Everly Brothers come out, and two of their songs, as a four part harmony and guitar, and I was so glad to see the EB's perform, as a fan.

[@richb313]

As a musician this song was written for you.

[@loadedorygun]

there’s something about the cadence in this that’s different. The title phrase in the verses almost comes “early,” and the verses sort of spill out even as they rhyme.

[@booksteer7057]

This live version is far better than the studio version. The latter is backed up by a very intrusive drum.

[@JD_Cool]

Harri's correct, they could have performed this without musical instruments, and it would still glow like a lighthouse beacon. That's the mark of stupendous songwriting.

[@MatthewSbrigzs]

Jackson Browne's Running on Empty listen too The Fuse I'm sure you'll dig it Peace

[@colibri1]

For a live performance by them that's at least as stunning, listen to their November 1969 St. Louis, Missouri, performance of "For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her."

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

I'll be sponsoring that one at some point, for sure.

[@custardflan]

Cosmo Kramer? Hahahaha. Love the choice.

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

_Giddy up!_

[@grahamharley4895]

I understand he wrote this while they were relative unknowns during a UK tour.

[@bobdelp2023]

HEY HARRI 😊 YOU MAY WANT TO HEAR THE ( GLEN CAMPBELL ) VERSION, I KNOW HOW MUCH YOU WERE AMAZED BY GLEN SO. IT'S ON HIS GREAT ALBUM ( BY THE TIME I GET TO PHOENIX ) BY THE WAY, THAT'SSSS A GREAT SONG TOO 😊 BUT OF COURSE GLEN WAS INCREDIBLYYYY WAYYYYY AHEAD OF THE TIMES MUSICALLY!

[@rogerfleming6354]

Harry, you want a real treat on crystalline vocals, checkout Joan Barz’s cover of Stevie Wonders “I Never Dreamed You’d Leave in Summer”

[@Mark7limited]

Great song you should check out

[@anonamoose5673]

I just wish you would play the albums originals.

[@richardjakubiszak1139]

Since you mentioned on the road songs, if you haven't, try Bob Seger Turn The Page.

[@DocRock71]

If you want to hear some of the best harmonies ever, any Linda Ronstadt/JD Souther song will do, but especially Prisoner in Disguise, which is the title track of the album, and also the song Silver Blue off Prisoner In Disguise as well. Stunningly gorgeous harmonies.

[@thedocofrock1890]

really good live version but it was changed up a bit from the original recording. usually i prefer the live but not as much in this case

[@luckylisa5496]

hahahaha Cosmo Kramer 😊

[@Mark7limited]

Sorry, check out My Little Town by Sim& Gar

[@rodb9275]

I was about to comment how this sounded so different than I remember. But it finally dawned on me that I'm thinking of Glen Campbell's version. Which frankly I like better. This is beautiful though.

[@John_Locke_108]

Shame you didn't hear the studio version. Much better overall.

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

This is the version I grew up with because I had this iconic Greatest Hits album. And since I paid for the reaction, I got to choose. Just to make sure my memory served that this live version was indeed better than the studio cut, I listened to them back-to-back, and I was right: this live version is far better.

[@ChuckHackney]

They simply do not compose tunes and lyrics like this anymore. Nor do they have the talent nowdays, by in large, to pull it off. . .