Simon & Garfunkel’s famously contentious relationship could have healed barely, probably opening the door for a reunion.
In a brand new interview with The Sunday Instances, Artwork Garfunkel revealed he and Paul Simon not too long ago shared a lunch the place they spoke actually with one another about their dangerous blood.
“I actually had lunch with Paul a couple of weeks back, first time we’d been together in many years,” Garfunkel instructed the outlet.
“I looked at Paul and said, ‘What happened? Why haven’t we seen each other?’ Paul mentioned an old interview where I said some stuff. I cried when he told me how much I had hurt him.”
He added, “Looking back, I guess I wanted to shake up the nice-guy image of Simon & Garfunkel. You know what? I was a fool.”
The duo had recognized one another for years earlier than their breakout hit, “The Sound of Silence” in 1965.
Nevertheless, their artistic partnership was a rocky one.
“We had an uneven partnership because I was writing all of the songs and basically running the sessions,” Simon stated in his “In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon” documentary this 12 months. “Artie’d be in the control room … he’d say, ‘Yeah, that’s good,’ but it was an uneven balance of power.”
Simon & Garfunkel parted methods after their acclaimed “Bridge Over Troubled Water” album in 1970. Ten years later, they reunited for a live performance in Central Park and tried to work collectively once more afterward, however the identical points that plagued their earlier collaborations arose once more, and so they break up for good.
In 2014, Garfunkel instructed Rolling Stone that he believed he and Simon would tour once more, saying, “I know that audiences all over the world like Simon and Garfunkel. I’m with them. But I don’t think Paul Simon’s with them.”
A 12 months later, he instructed The Telegraph, “How can you walk away from this lucky place on top of the world, Paul? What’s going on with you, you idiot? How could you let that go, jerk?”
In 2016, Simon spoke with Rolling Stone, and when requested if there was an opportunity they’d reunite, he shut it down. “No, out of the question,” Simon stated. “We don’t even talk.”
Garfunkel now says there’s an opportunity they might no less than proceed their friendship, if not their skilled profession collectively.
“We’ve made plans to meet again. Will Paul bring his guitar? Who knows,” the 83-year-old stated.
“For me, it was about wanting to make amends before it’s too late. It felt like we were back in a wonderful place. As I think about it now, tears are rolling down my cheeks. I can still feel his hug.”
Representatives for Simon didn’t instantly reply to Fox Information Digital’s request for remark.
Garfunkel’s son, Artwork Jr., is working along with his dad on a brand new album and instructed The Sunday Instances, “They’ve had their ups and downs over the years, but after the meeting, Dad was so happy. He called me and said, ‘Paul’s my brother; he’s family.’”
He continued, “I do think there is a possibility of them getting together musically. I’m speaking hypothetically here, but maybe a big TV/charity event. And with a bit of encouragement from their peers in the music industry, that could lead to some new material, a new generation discovering the beautiful music they make together.”
The youthful Garfunkel adopted in his father’s footsteps and sometimes traveled along with his dad and mom and youthful brother on tour.
“One of my strongest memories is Dad and Paul Simon playing a reunion show in front of the Colosseum in Rome. It was 2004, and I must have been 13 or 14. I stood on the stage and looked out at this wave of humanity. More than 600,000 people dancing and singing along, I felt the vibrations through my feet and in my chest. I was taken aback by the power of this music,” he recalled.
“Not long after that I said, ‘Dad, does everyone in the world know you?’ He smiled and said, ‘No, of course not. Maybe half the world, but not the whole world.’”
He added, “That was the point at which I started to get an idea of what Paul and Dad had achieved. I was surprised; my dad is a humble guy. He doesn’t sit around recounting rock ’n’ roll stories. He was always reluctant to talk about himself or the past. I had to tease things out of him.”
