Post by The Curmudgeon on Mar 20, 2016 15:09:49 GMT 2
Instant classic. You ever have one of those instances when you play an album for the first time and it just instantly clicks with you? That happened to me this week.
There's a second hand place near where I work. They deal with games, tablets, electronic goods and they also sell CD's. The prices are ridiculous, 20p a CD. I don't even know what that is in American money, a quarter? Most of the CD's are garbage; boybands, forgotten pop acts and X Factor acts, but there's occasional gold in there. And it's one of those acts where you go "oh, OK, those guys" and move on. But I decided at 20p it was worth a risk. I live dangerously.
So, if you're like me, you've heard of these two. You know a few of the songs. You've seen the movie they soundtracked. But they've never crossed your paths, even though their most famous album is one of the biggest sellers of all damn time. And I got the remastered version for a stinking 20 pence. It's this.
And I..LOVE it. I knew "Bridge Over Troubled Water", but had never actually heard it outside of it being murdered by idiots on reality shows. It's sublime. And I thought the whole album might be teary, "grand" ballads.. nope. Good time rock n roll abounds, with some effortlessly beautiful pop songs all through the album. It's one of those albums that you're sad to hear it end.
Take a listen to this and tell me you don't love it already.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YNsZLtzF18
So anyone else into Simon and Garfunkel? Am I late to the party here?
There's a second hand place near where I work. They deal with games, tablets, electronic goods and they also sell CD's. The prices are ridiculous, 20p a CD. I don't even know what that is in American money, a quarter? Most of the CD's are garbage; boybands, forgotten pop acts and X Factor acts, but there's occasional gold in there. And it's one of those acts where you go "oh, OK, those guys" and move on. But I decided at 20p it was worth a risk. I live dangerously.
So, if you're like me, you've heard of these two. You know a few of the songs. You've seen the movie they soundtracked. But they've never crossed your paths, even though their most famous album is one of the biggest sellers of all damn time. And I got the remastered version for a stinking 20 pence. It's this.
And I..LOVE it. I knew "Bridge Over Troubled Water", but had never actually heard it outside of it being murdered by idiots on reality shows. It's sublime. And I thought the whole album might be teary, "grand" ballads.. nope. Good time rock n roll abounds, with some effortlessly beautiful pop songs all through the album. It's one of those albums that you're sad to hear it end.
Take a listen to this and tell me you don't love it already.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YNsZLtzF18
So anyone else into Simon and Garfunkel? Am I late to the party here?
