#A Most Peculiar Man by Simon & Garfunkel

[wizard-laundry]

He was a most peculiar man

He lived all alone within a house

Within a room, within himself

A most peculiar man

[uncleasad]

(Song.link for other services: Richard Cory, A Most Peculiar Man)

That these two run together in my mind, like they are doing now, is perhaps not that surprising since they lead off the B side of Sounds of Silence one after the other, in this order. (“Richard Cory” is based on the famed Edward Arlington Robinson poem reflecting on the depression of the Panic of 1893.) On the other hand, the tones could not be more different—yet in the end, both men still end up in the same place.

In American Lit in high school, we listened to the Simon & Garfunkel version of “Richard Cory” when studying Robinson’s poem, but I don’t think our teacher thought to play the next song on the album as well…

And Mrs. Riordan says he has a brother somewhere Who should be notified soon

[countrymikelover]

have any of you guys ever even heard these songs ☝️

[humanundead]

songs eliminated in round 1: anji

simon and garfunkel showdown masterpost

[doublestarsystems]

don’t you wish you had movie footage of your life and the life of your loved ones so you could make an edit of your deceased dad to Simon and Garfunkel’s “A Most Peculiar Man”. don’t you all wish that

[theclowncowboy]

the loneliness permeates

or how ive found myself withdrawn and alone again in the name of protecting myself

1.My Own Private Idaho dir. Gus Van Sant / 2. On loss by Jonny Boldoc / 3. Taxi Driver dir. Martin Scorsese / 4. Hurt by Johnny Cash / 5. Inside Llewyn Davis dir. Joel and Ethan Coen / 6. The House With Nobody In It by Joyce Kilmer / 7. Five by Margaret Ely Webb / 8. 500 Days of Summer dir. Marc Webb / 9. Succession season 3 episode 1 dir. Mark Mylod / 10. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein / 11. Nighthawks by Edward Hopper / 12. Little Girl Looking Downstairs at Christmas Party by Norman Rockwell / 13. A Most Peculiar Man by Simon and Garfunkel

[motherrhag]

sometimes this song hits wayyy too hard

[girlwikipedia]

all simon & garfunkel songs i could think of ranked

1. wednesday morning

2. ms robinson

3. flowers never bend with the rainfall

4. scarborough fair

5. leaves that are green

6. the boxer

7. me and julio

8. april come she will

9.  a most peculiar man

10. for emily

11. homeward bound

12. the sound of silence

13. patterns

14. a porm on the underground wall

15. richard cory

16. Cecilia

17. el condor pasa

18. we have a groovy thing

19. big bright green

20. 7oclock silent night

21. bleecker street

22. my little town

23. song for the asking

24. you dont know where your interest lies

25. the times they are achanging

26. 59th street

27. blues runs the game

28. last night i had the strangest dream

29. why dont you write me

30. bridge over troubled water

31. the only living boy

32. feuilles-o

33. i am a rock

34. go tell it on the mountain

35. anji

36. the dangling conversation

37. punky

38. cloudy

39. late in the evening

40. slip slidin away

41. a simple desultory

42. kathy's song

43. peggy-o

44. 50wtlyl

45. blessed

46. america

47. the sun is burning

48. american tune

49. keep the customer satisfied

50. you can tell the world

51. comfort & joy

52. somewhere they cant find me

53. overs

54. benedictus

55. silver haired daddy

56. citizen

57. so long flw

58. still crazy

59. old friends

60. bye bye love

61. bookends theme

62. voices of old people

63. baby driver

[autistic-puffin]

i don't know why it just now occurred to me to do so but i checked out the simon and garfunkel corner of tumblr and wow???? amazing????? seeing people talk about songs and lyrics that i've been obsessing over since i was in middle school????? and shoutout to the people mentioning a most peculiar man as the saddest song because it really is just so heartbreakingly sad okay (but also of course i am a rock is also extremely sad and also let's just please talk about how sad that whole album is, it's so sad and reading about paul simon being depressed and lonely in london when he wrote some of them made all the sense in the world but also made me extremely sad)

[neilphen]

i also got tagged by @monkberryfields to shuffle top 10 on repeat songs on my main but im gonna answer on this account instead 😎👍

1. The Long and Winding Road - The Beatles

2. Flying on the Ground Is Wrong - Buffalo Springfield

3. Me & Magdalena - The Monkees

4. Dont Go Near The Water - The Beach Boys

THIS ALBUM?? most underrated ever. i am a surfs up truther .

5. Old Friends - Simon and Garfunkel

6. When Im Gone - Phil Ochs

7. Dirty Work - Steely Dan

8. A Most Peculiar Man - Simon and Garfunkel

9. Tell Me Why - The Beatles

10. This Magic Moment - Misfits/Ronnie Spector

ill tag @harmonicabisexuals @boshemians and uhhh @big-barn-bed if u havent done it/want to ofc .

[deathbylag2]

Song lyrics that I’d like to use in conversation but will never the chance to:

(This list is subject to change)

“He died last Saturday”

from A Most Peculiar Man by Simon & Garfunkel

Never an appropriate time to sing this

“What’s my number?”

from Baby Driver by Simon & Garfunkel

My phone number is cemented in my memory

“Tom”

from The Only Living Boy in New York by Simon & Garfunkel

I don’t know anyone who goes by Tom

“Tom, get your plane right on time”

from The Only Living Boy in New York by Simon & Garfunkel

Even more specific

“The leaves that are green turn to brown”

from Leaves that are Green by Simon & Garfunkel

Not easily understandable enough

“Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah”

from Spring and a Storm by Tally Hall

Rude

“I see you, not too far”

from Who You Are by Tally Hall

Niche ig

“Catch me floating circles in my fish bowl”

from Saturday by Twenty One Pilots

I’m not a fish, unfortunately.

[messagestomegan]

A Most Peculiar Man § Simon & Garfunkel

[trukqsofficial]

A Most Peculiar Man | Simon & Garfunkel

[humanundead]

simon and garfunkel showdown masterpost

[porciaenjoyer]

what are YOUR top 5 favorite simon and garfunkel songs…..

eek um america, april come she will, a most peculiar man, song for the asking, homeward bound.. honourable mention 7 o’clock news / silent night that’s a christmas song to me and doesn’t count

[cheeeerie]

NO LITERALLY.

Just earlier today I was thinking of what Art contributed to the duo. It wasn’t song writing, because Simon did all of that. Simon was the better guitarist, and although some consider Garfunkel to be the better singer he hardly ever soloed. My dad and I literally call them “Simon and the other guy” as a joke.

But if it was true that he contributed nothing, then Simon’s solo career would have been just as good as their career together. And don’t get me wrong, You Can Call Me Al is a great song, it’s super fun, it has meaning— but it’s not Sound of Silence. It’s not The Dangling Conversation or The Boxer or Patterns or A Most Peculiar Man. Alone, Paul Simon made good music, but he never again created the magic that was The Canticle.

That’s because Art Garfunkel was the magic.

Platonically or Romantically or just musically, however you want to interpret it, those two were made for each other. Their relationship was pure magic, and it reflects in their discography—and in their solo discographies, when all their magic was gone.

my guitar teacher was complaining about art garfunkel not contributing anything. he doesnt even know he was the muse