{"id":41129,"date":"2008-09-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/reviews\/bridge-over-troubled-water-2\/"},"modified":"2008-09-28T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-28T00:00:00","slug":"bridge-over-troubled-water-2","status":"publish","type":"review","link":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/reviews\/bridge-over-troubled-water-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Bridge Over Troubled Water"},"content":{"rendered":"

Like the Police, Simon & Garfunkel released just five albums in their all-too brief time together, and their last ended up becoming their most honored. But while the Police\u2019s Synchronicity <\/i>can\u2019t exactly be deemed a flat-out masterpiece, Simon & Garfunkel\u2019s Bridge Over Troubled Water <\/i>more than earns that lofty distinction. Co-produced by Roy Halee, this album is chock-full of surprises. More upbeat than previous efforts, Bridge <\/i>is also more engaging for the listener. One minute you find yourself being moved to tears with powerful ballads like \u201cThe Only Living Boy In New York\u201d and the soul stirring \u201cThe Boxer,\u201d and the next you are being lifted up by the pure, unadulterated fun sounds of \u201cBaby Driver\u201d and \u201cBye, Bye Love.\u201d<\/o:p><\/p>\n

The duo of Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel show what really can be done with such otherwise mundane instruments like bongos, flutes, and strings (all of which can be found on \u201cSo Long, Frank Lloyd Wright\u201d). And just when you think \u201cKeep The Customer Satisfied\u201d can\u2019t possibly get any better, an unbelievable horn section leaps out of the speakers and takes the underrated track to a whole new level. On \u201cEl Condor Pasa (If I Could),\u201d we get a brilliant sampling of Peruvian music, with the intro inducing even more goose-bumps than the final note of the elegant and heart-wrenching \u201cBridge Over Troubled Water\u201d that had come right before it. Speaking of the award-winning title track, it should be noted that it is a particularly difficult song to sing (future American Idol contestants, take note). The recent re-release of this glorious album contains a bare-bones demo version of \u201cBridge,\u201d as well as a brief bonus track in the form of the foreign language \u201cFeuilles-O.\u201d<\/o:p><\/p>\n

While the vocals and harmonies of Simon & Garfunkel are as strong as ever throughout Bridge Over Troubled Water<\/i> (especially on \u201cKeep The Customer Satisfied,\u201d where their voices absolutely soar) the real scene-stealers on this record have got to be the abundant percussion and horns. One listen to \u201cCecilia\u201d and you\u2019ll be marching and stomping to the heavy rhythms all around your house, while the saxophone on \u201cWhy Don\u2019t You Write Me\u201d keeps the song from becoming just another throwaway. The final number \u201cSong For The Asking\u201d could have been a tad longer, but otherwise it is the perfect capper to a memorable collection of tunes.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

Honestly, I couldn\u2019t find anything wrong with this 1970 release. Therefore, I am pleased to announce that it has been placed as the #1 Pop Album Of All Time on my list of 100 favorites. Yes, it\u2019s true, it even beat out the likes of Madonna and Michael Jackson<\/st1:personname> for the top spot. The pro-peace\/anti-war themes of Bridge Over Troubled Water <\/i>are just as relevant today as they were back then, which only goes to show that the more things change, the more they stay the same. Albums like this one are timeless classics that never, ever, go out of style. Consider it music for your soul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":28217,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[7683],"rating":[5646],"class_list":["post-41129","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-simon-garfunkel","rating-rating-a"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/41129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/41129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=41129"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=41129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}