My favorite song would have to be Bridge Over Troubled
Water, by Simon and Garfunkel. Hands
down. No question.
At the darkest points in my life, this song either came on
the radio or I put it on the CD player. I
hummed it to myself in the dark when I needed someone to tell me that it would
be all right. I knew, in my rational
mind, that it would be, but the emotional part of my mind doubted it.
When I was 19years old I went to the Concert in Central Park and, at dusk, Art Garfunkel sang this
song. And half a million people sang
along, under their breaths. We could all
hear Art, but we also added our voices.
It was unbelievable.
Paul Simon once said that he hated the bridge "Sail on
silver girl" part. It had nothing
to do with the rest of the song. I must
disagree – it makes the song so much stronger.
With that shift, that change of key, the song moves from
"there, there, it'll be okay" to "you're okay now. Go. Do."
I love this song.
What's your favorite song?
note: I took the photo. In Australia
This is my favourite song too. I was 13 when the album and single were released and dominated the UK charts for months. There are plenty of other songs that I love, but this one still affects me most powerfully after all these years.
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