tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371593710878017578.post3255680111604417245..comments2023-05-26T04:46:04.103-07:00Comments on Elastic Steel: Art Garfunkel Wrestles with Plato?Robert Minerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02230724650025013746noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371593710878017578.post-55496104731301483202012-09-04T09:16:50.145-07:002012-09-04T09:16:50.145-07:00I do wonder what it would be like to be Art Garfun...I do wonder what it would be like to be Art Garfunkel. The man has existed for so many years in the shadow of Paul Simon, who (so far as I know) wrote virtually all of the songs. Yet the songs really wouldn't be what they are with AG—his contribution is absolutely indispensable. I mean, listen to a Paul Simon solo album. While none of them are bad, they just don't have the magic that S&G together did. This is partly because Garfunkel's bell-clear tenor adds something so beautiful and so transcendent to the songs--just listen to "For Emily (Wherever I Find Her)"--I'm about to put this on, to remind myself. But I suspect it's also because AG's presence brought out something in PS that cannot have been unearthed by any other means. Collaboration is a mysterious process -- PS must have known that AG contributed something that no one else could have. For this, AG should be celebrated. Anyway, I run on. Thanks for posting the link to the interview, and for this entry.Robert Minerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02230724650025013746noreply@blogger.com