The Real Reason Simon & Garfunkel Broke Up

Simon & Garfunkel hit the top of the charts with their 1966 album "Sounds of Silence," which featured the hits "I Am a Rock" and "The Sound of Silence." The folk rock duo, comprised of Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, is arguably best known for 1968's "Mrs. Robinson," a huge hit from the soundtrack to Mike Nichols' movie "The Graduate." So why did Simon & Garfunkel call it quits shortly after, in 1970? Did a relatively obscure follow-up movie from Nichols really lead to the breakup of what may be the most successful folk music duo of all time? This is the real reason Simon & Garfunkel broke up.
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[@GrungeHQ]

What is your favorite song by Simon & Garfunkel?

[@rhymeocerous]

Why?

[@meyerj75]

All of them!

[@kaylaisawesome9952]

Wednesday morning 3 am

[@caveman3021]

The Boxer

[@kennyblikraful]

I am a rock

[@katarinakrnjevic8183]

Simon and Garfunkel were one of best music duo , it's shame that didn't stay together long.

[@supposedhumanmars]

Thanks for the great video. I love Simon & Garfunkel and it's cool to see a video being made about them in 2022.

[@ryansmith6786]

Not all musicians in bands or groups that rise to fame will get a long. A lot of reasons is creative differences or too self-centered. Simon & Garfunkel is a prime example.

[@romersonherradura7675]

"The Sound of Silence" is my most favorite greatest hits and in there album

[@Jennifr1966]

Their harmony was just incredible. I wish they could have found a better way to work together. Hiding their plans was not the way to go.

[@meyerj75]

Two brilliant minds venturing two different directions is a recipe of disaster. Unfortunately, it happened with these days though they would both have successful solo careers in the end but would struggle to reconnect in the future despite a 1975 NBC's Saturday Night appearance and their only post breakup single, "My Little Town".

[@Ilgenfixit80]

America might be my favorite. I married a girl from Michigan who was born in Saginaw so that line of the lyrics stand out among the rest.

[@victorysaber1608]

People are human. It is interesting they split relatively around the same time the Beatles did their last performance together on Apple roof. Rough few years for music I guess.

[@Gibbo1]

Breaking up was the best thing they ever did

[@supersaiyaman11589]

how do you figure breaking up was the best thing they ever did they were very good together and could have continued to be great.

[@Gibbo1]

@@supersaiyaman11589 not getting together in the first place would have been more favourable

[@supersaiyaman11589]

@@Gibbo1 sounds to me that neither one of them understood what the words work as as team means and that is what broke them up.

[@Gibbo1]

@@supersaiyaman11589 every time I hear bridge over troubled water I feel like throwing myself off of it.

[@supersaiyaman11589]

@@Gibbo1 if they were only going to be together for a few years the should have never gotten together in the first place.even though their music was good they did not make a good amount of it to rely matter in the long run imo.my point if they had this much trouble working together they should have never gotten together.

[@arthurnewmanltd5670]

When Paul Simon was playing coffee houses in England nobody knew who he was. It was the JOINT recording of the Sounds of Silence that made them stars. Arts incredible voice was a huge part of their success. Many love their work together much more than Paul Simon’s solo work. The recent documentary Restless dreams shows how vindictive Paul Simon seems to be. The 2016 independent biography has many examples of him not giving proper credit for songs where he used other writers work. He can’t stop bashing Art Garfunkel. Agree he has huge ego issue.

[@HartDoug]

That IS sad; instead of greeting each other, “Wow! That was AWESOME! How have you been doing? Want to get together for a ‘reunion tour’ (or something)”, they just ignored each other and were quietly jealous of one another... Sad!

[@lexkanyima2195]

It's like Oasis

[@XooXXooX]

Who cares it's all idle gossip - Nothing lasts forever. Not even Earth will. We're all doomed. Enjoy the music while you still have ears.

[@andyscott5277]

Let’s be honest, though they had some great music, ultimately Paul didn’t really need Garfunkel. Paul’s solo material is arguably better, or as good as anything they produced together.

[@tbonesteak1481]

That wasn’t it. It was Paul’s ego mostly

[@andyscott5277]

@@tbonesteak1481 and you know that from personal experience…? What I wrote was my own perspective, but if I wrote songs even half as good as Paul I’d be pretty confident in my abilities as well, some might mistake said confidence for "ego." I also personally know someone who worked with Garfunkel and said he was a nightmare. So maybe that had something to do with it…?

[@daviebowie8665]

@@tbonesteak1481 Really? I thought Mother and Child Reunion already dissuaded the doubts regarding to Paul Simon?

[@vaskylark]

I think you totally just dismissed the harmonies of Simon and Garfunkel. How do you even do that, pretend it didn't exist? Weird. They were better together. Period.

[@andyscott5277]

@@vaskylark there wouldn’t even be any harmonies without Paul’s melodies. Take out Garfunkel’s harmonies, and the songs are still amazing. A session singer could have sang Garfunkel’s parts, and the songs would have been equally successful.

[@cjjones258]

Hello Darkness, my old friend...

[@Jennifr1966]

I still think Garfunkel was wrong.

[@ReddoFreddo]

So Garfunkel doesn't sound like he was always the nicest guy (the Napoleon complex comments) but Simon seems to be the problem here.

[@nolavout3025]

Tit for tat they both need to grow up, life is short, in their case, very short!!!!

[@notmuchfortalk]

Egos don't get bigger than Paul's, and I'm sure the coke doesn't help.

[@andyscott5277]

You know him personally?

[@brianpratts]

Art ego was also the problem too

[@notmuchfortalk]

@@andyscott5277 you'd be surprised how closely.

[@notmuchfortalk]

@brianpratts both had an ego, that's true. But this says a lot - "on being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Garfunkel thanked Simon for the good times, labelling him “the person who most enriched my life by putting those songs through me”. To which Simon responded, “Arthur and I agree about almost nothing. But it’s true, I have enriched his life quite a bit.” " I'm perhaps a little personally biased, not knowing Art at all and know the things I do about Paul. But his is a massively over inflated ego.

[@andyscott5277]

@@notmuchfortalk surprise me.

[@dennisbraulick3727]

Oh good gracious, just two super egos that couldnt be happy..

[@allenlaw9145]

Chilidsh reasons really then