![]() ![]() “I lived a life of pleasant sorrows,” he sings in one of the most memorable lines, “until the real deal came.” For most of the project’s 33-minute runtime, it’s just Simon’s near-whisper and his acoustic guitar, fingerpicking his way through a spare, dewy landscape. The quiet is arresting, almost uncanny-the sound of venturing into the backyard in the early morning after a long night of rain. Coincidentally, The Cyrkle also released a cover of “Cloudy” on their 1966 debut album, Red Rubber Ball-the title track ( see below) was also co-written by Simon and Woodley.On the 81-year-old’s latest record, Seven Psalms, he silences his surroundings. Woodley would continue to collaborate with Simon and also co-wrote the track “Cloudy,” off Simon and Garfunkel’s Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme. The album, which also features a cover of The Beatles‘ 1965 hit “Yesterday,” went to No. Off of Australian folk-rock group The Seekers’ fifth album, Come the Day, “I Wish You Could Be Here” was written by Simon and the band’s guitarist Bruce Woodley. “I Wish You Could Be Here,” The Seekers (1966) I held her close, but she faded in the nightģ. Once my heart was filled with the love of a girl I’m twenty-two now, but I won’t be for longĪnd the leaves that are green turn to brown I was twenty-one years when I wrote this song “Leaves That Are Green” was also recorded with more instrumentation for Simon and Garfunkel’s 1966 album, Sounds of Silence, and was also the B-Side to their hit “Homeward Bound,” off their follow-up album, Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme. ![]() Originally written by Simon for his 1965 album, The Paul Simon Songbook, singer Dorris Henderson recorded and released a stirring rendition of “Leaves That Are Green” several months earlier on her album, There You Go, with John Renbourn. “Leaves That Are Green,” Dorris Henderson (1965) Here are five songs Simon wrote or co-wrote for other artists, including several that were recorded by outside acts first before being released by Simon and Garfunkel.ġ. It’s like a puzzle to find the right words to express what the music is saying.”Īdding to the catalog of songs he wrote with Simon and Garfunkel and his solo catalog, from his 1965 debut, The Paul Simon Songbook, post-Simon and Garfunkel to the present, there were a handful of songs that Simon wrote for other artists, some of which were also recorded later on by the folk duo. Rhythm plays a crucial part in the lyric-making as well. The words often come from the sound of the music and eventually evolve into coherent thoughts-or incoherent thoughts. Of the songwriting process, Simon added “I spend more time writing music than writing words. I think you could look at my work as divided into three distinct periods: Simon and Garfunkel, pre-‘Graceland’ solo albums, and ‘Graceland’ to the present.” And, of course, the changing perspective of aging. “There are the usual song subjects: love songs, family, social commentary, etc. “I don’t see large themes that span my songwriting career unless it’s the story of my life,” said Simon in a 2011 interview with American Songwriter. ![]()
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