CURRENTLY LISTENING TO - 2021

After our drive into the Lowlands today we sat out and listened to ...





And this ..

 

Nick

 

Nick

 

An interesting aside is this:
Paul Simon learned the song in 1965 while visiting British folk singer Martin Carthy in London. Art Garfunkel adapted the arrangement, integrating elements of another song Simon had written called "Canticle," which in turn was adapted from yet another Simon song, "The Side of a Hill."

The pair added some anti-war lyrics that reflected the times; the song was on the soundtrack of the movie "The Graduate" (1967) and became a huge hit for the pair after the soundtrack album was released in January 1968. The soundtrack also included the Simon & Garfunkel hits "Mrs.Robinson" and "The Sound of Silence."

Simon & Garfunkel gave Carthy no credit on their recording for the arrangement of a traditional folk song, and Carthy accused Simon of stealing his work. Many years later, Simon settled the issue with Carthy, and in 2000 they performed together in London.

 

I've always liked the in Pet Shop Boys and Dusty Springfield

 

The fabulous Everly’s.
Would you believe their mother is still alive I believe .

 

This is why I love YouTube, stumbled across this group a couple of days ago. Can't even remember how and I sort of like that... Some of their stuff really reminds me of traditional Bulgarian and Greek music.

Nick

 

Yes I just looked it up on Google and she's 102 born in 1919