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Simon & Garfunkel — For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her (live)
Album: Bridge Over Troubled Water
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Released: 1969
Length: 2:18
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What I dream I had:
Pressed in organdy;
Clothed in crinoline of smoky Burgundy;
Softer than the rain.

I wandered empty streets
Down past the shop displays.
I heard cathedral bells
Tripping down the alley ways,
As I walked on.

And when you ran to me
Your cheeks flushed with the night.
We walked on frosted fields of juniper and lamplight,
I held your hand.

And when I awoke and felt you warm and near,
I kissed your honey hair with my grateful tears.
Oh I love you, girl.
Oh, I love you.
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As Mrs. Simon told her son, “Paul, you have a nice voice. But Artie has a FINE voice.”
 Cynaera wrote:
To me, this song is more about the mood than the profundity (or lack thereof) of the lyrics. I love the ambiance it creates. Today, we have a riotous thunder and lightning storm raging outside, though the temperature is near 80 degrees. Somehow, the gentleness and quiet beauty of this song underscores the violence of the elements out of our control, and it's just magical. Nope - not gonna close my window - I want that rain and wind to come through and give us all a good dousing. I want that thunder to ripple across the sky and drown out my music.

Dang - for the first time in a couple of weeks, I'm happy to be alive. {#Sunny}


13 yrs later, I hope life is still good ;D
 On_The_Beach wrote:

OK, this is on another level.
9 > 10


Its an eleven
OK, this is on another level.
9 > 10
 haretic wrote:
Thank you Bill and Rebecca for finding and playing this gem for us. Art Garfunkel's performance here is just pure perfection!

I have to point out that the album listed (Bridge Over Troubled Water) is incorrect. I believe this is from a 2003 collection titled "The Essential Simon and Garfunkel."



It was originally on Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
 eyke wrote:

This is on the "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme" album not "Bridge Over Troubled Water". 



True, but this is the live version from the 1972 Greatest Hits compilation.
 Cynaera wrote:
To me, this song is more about the mood than the profundity (or lack thereof) of the lyrics. I love the ambiance it creates. Today, we have a riotous thunder and lightning storm raging outside, though the temperature is near 80 degrees. Somehow, the gentleness and quiet beauty of this song underscores the violence of the elements out of our control, and it's just magical. Nope - not gonna close my window - I want that rain and wind to come through and give us all a good dousing. I want that thunder to ripple across the sky and drown out my music.

Dang - for the first time in a couple of weeks, I'm happy to be alive. {#Sunny}


Such a poetic soul. Greatly missed.
This is on the "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme" album not "Bridge Over Troubled Water". 
This is just beautiful.
There really is something dream-like about this song -- Garfunkel's high tenor voice, the pure emotion behind the delivery, and for the music nerds, the concluding chord with the third on the base (sounds like a D/F# to me) to leave a little tension. And of course, the rapturous applause from the audience who appreciate that they've just heard a magical performance. 
 Cynaera wrote:
To me, this song is more about the mood than the profundity (or lack thereof) of the lyrics. I love the ambiance it creates. Today, we have a riotous thunder and lightning storm raging outside, though the temperature is near 80 degrees. Somehow, the gentleness and quiet beauty of this song underscores the violence of the elements out of our control, and it's just magical. Nope - not gonna close my window - I want that rain and wind to come through and give us all a good dousing. I want that thunder to ripple across the sky and drown out my music.

Dang - for the first time in a couple of weeks, I'm happy to be alive. {#Sunny}


you are missed
 kcar wrote:

It was a different time. The song's also about passionate young love so its emotion may seem excessive or unmeasured. But I remember being so in love as a young man that my skin was singing out to the world. 


Your skin was singing Simon & Garfunkel?
ahhhhhhhhhh
Man oh man.

 kcar wrote:

It was a different time. The song's also about passionate young love so its emotion may seem excessive or unmeasured. But I remember being so in love as a young man that my skin was singing out to the world. 
 

yes indeed
 chyk5 wrote:
I've always felt S&G had an incredible talent, but am I the only one who finds these lyrics a little precious?! What am I missing?

 
It was a different time. The song's also about passionate young love so its emotion may seem excessive or unmeasured. But I remember being so in love as a young man that my skin was singing out to the world. 
Simply finely astute pure tlc in a song 💯
I LOVE THIS.
To me this is a "stop what you're doing and listen now" song. It never fails to move me: Art's voice, the crescendo (gutar and voice), the knowledge that the performance was live.

Shivers down the back, dust in the eye. Beautiful.

One of the best pieces of evidence for how music can plug directly into the soul.
 Cynaera wrote:
To me, this song is more about the mood than the profundity (or lack thereof) of the lyrics. I love the ambiance it creates. Today, we have a riotous thunder and lightning storm raging outside, though the temperature is near 80 degrees. Somehow, the gentleness and quiet beauty of this song underscores the violence of the elements out of our control, and it's just magical. Nope - not gonna close my window - I want that rain and wind to come through and give us all a good dousing. I want that thunder to ripple across the sky and drown out my music.

Dang - for the first time in a couple of weeks, I'm happy to be alive. {#Sunny}
 
Godspeed.
c.
Thank you Bill and Rebecca for finding and playing this gem for us. Art Garfunkel's performance here is just pure perfection!

I have to point out that the album listed (Bridge Over Troubled Water) is incorrect. I believe this is from a 2003 collection titled "The Essential Simon and Garfunkel."

LOVE THIS SONG since I'm fifteen :)
Even though I love virtually every song every recorded by S & G, this is one of those gems that I've always really loved the most.  It made it onto many of the mixed tapes that I made "back in the day".  Incredibly beautiful; a prime example of the heights that folk music reached in the 60's.  However,  I do prefer the studio version from "Parsley, Sage...…."
Thank you for playing that Bill!
Sometimes when a songs lyrics and musical composition or perhaps a passage I've read are just right they place a direct hit to my heart and mind. Sometimes when I'm alone I'll cue up a few of these personal favorites and pensively listen to them one after the other, tears streaming down my face. For Emily Wherever I May Find Her is one of those songs. A Song For You...In My Life...Guinnevere...Genesis...Harvest Moon...4+20...one time I was at a street fair in Deep Ellum and read Graham Nash's hand scribbled song lyrics to Our House doodled onto a sheet of paper and that crushed me standing there in silence, my eyes watered up and me biting my lip. I find Nat King Cole's Mona Lisa especially beautiful among several others of his.
 
Excuse me, I have to get some tissues...
Should be:

Sort of like watching an episode of Cheers --- evocative of a time when people weren't pissed off all the time and you could actually sing a love song.
Wonderful.
That is still the biggest 'tache in music!!
My choice for the most blissful love song ever recorded.
 chyk5 wrote:
I've always felt S&G had an incredible talent, but am I the only one who finds these lyrics a little precious?! What am I missing?

 

Define precious. Anyway, other than being slightly sappy lyrics that were written by idealistic, romantically yearning slightly wistful 20 somethings with their whole lives before them, there is little wrong with them.  I'm certain that many/most of us have felt similarly, and for those that didn't or don't, it may be more of an issue for them than with the lyricist and/or composer. 
This must be what angels' voice sound like 
 passsion8 wrote:
Thanks for playing the gentle sweet stuff too. Excellent.
 

I lost a friend on RP because I didn't know how to control my bipolar illness, and I think of her every time I hear this song. Sorry Emilia.
jeez, you keep doing it! beautiful songs from the 60's.
 SPACEDOG wrote:
Still a 10...
 
Same...
 RedTopFireBelow wrote:
Wow...  what a playlist we have today!!!   Makes work somewhat enjoyable..

{#Dancingbanana}

 
If you are on RP, every day has an incredible playlist
 chyk5 wrote:
I've always felt S&G had an incredible talent, but am I the only one who finds these lyrics a little precious?! What am I missing?

 
Context: there's a line between elegant / sensitive and precious
Timing: there's almost 50 years between then (1969) and now (2018)

They were interesting times.
Thanks for playing the gentle sweet stuff too. Excellent.
Its a shame these two couldn't have played to gether longer......
 Noé wrote:
Love you girl ?? I want to understand {#Lol}

 
{#Whisper}
Love you girl ?? I want to understand {#Lol}
 sfyi2001 wrote:


 

Come in here, dear boy, have a cigar.
You're gonna go far, you're gonna fly high,
You're never gonna die, you're gonna make it if you try; they're gonna love you.

But you gotta get a hair cut first. 




is it Valentines' Day?  holy smoke this is bursting with sweet passion
A beautiful song, and I remember a beautiful story I read about Art Garfunkel in the Columbia alumni magazine.  He was friends with a blind student, and one day when they were downtown, Garfunkel told his friend that he had to leave so he would have to find his own way back to campus.  The blind student was in a panic, but managed to find his way back, with Garfunkel following him close by all along.  There's something very touching about that.
 chinaski wrote:
Paul and Arty...a national treasure. 

What I dream I had:
Pressed in organdy;
Clothed in crinoline of smoky Burgundy;
Softer than the rain.
I wandered empty streets
Down past the shop displays.
I heard cathedral bells
Tripping down the alley ways,
As I walked on.
And when you ran to me
Your cheeks flushed with the night.
We walked on frosted fields of juniper and lamplight,
I held your hand.
And when I awoke and felt you warm and near,
I kissed your honey hair with my grateful tears.
Oh I love you, girl.
Oh, I love you.


I'm ashamed to say I've never read the lyrics to this song, always snarkely thinking about it as overwrought in the same way as Bluto feels about the guitarist in Animal House. Fully expecting to have my preconceived notions confirmed, I was shocked to find myself so moved by the beauty of Simon's lyrics and the ethereal echo of Garfunkel's voice.


Sreamlike
 Cynaera wrote:
To me, this song is more about the mood than the profundity (or lack thereof) of the lyrics. I love the ambiance it creates. Today, we have a riotous thunder and lightning storm raging outside, though the temperature is near 80 degrees. Somehow, the gentleness and quiet beauty of this song underscores the violence of the elements out of our control, and it's just magical. Nope - not gonna close my window - I want that rain and wind to come through and give us all a good dousing. I want that thunder to ripple across the sky and drown out my music.

Dang - for the first time in a couple of weeks, I'm happy to be alive. {#Sunny}

 
bump
that one there leaves me breathless

beautiful 
Paul and Arty...a national treasure. 

What I dream I had:
Pressed in organdy;
Clothed in crinoline of smoky Burgundy;
Softer than the rain.
I wandered empty streets
Down past the shop displays.
I heard cathedral bells
Tripping down the alley ways,
As I walked on.
And when you ran to me
Your cheeks flushed with the night.
We walked on frosted fields of juniper and lamplight,
I held your hand.
And when I awoke and felt you warm and near,
I kissed your honey hair with my grateful tears.
Oh I love you, girl.
Oh, I love you.

So beautiful, absolutely timeless...
Artie Garfunkel's angelic vocal with Paul Simon's immaculate guitar—heaven.
double bump On_The_Beach : )       joyful and sad
excellent live performance and recording
Career-defining performance.
Timeless.
 Cynaera wrote:
To me, this song is more about the mood than the profundity (or lack thereof) of the lyrics. I love the ambiance it creates. Today, we have a riotous thunder and lightning storm raging outside, though the temperature is near 80 degrees. Somehow, the gentleness and quiet beauty of this song underscores the violence of the elements out of our control, and it's just magical. Nope - not gonna close my window - I want that rain and wind to come through and give us all a good dousing. I want that thunder to ripple across the sky and drown out my music.
Dang - for the first time in a couple of weeks, I'm happy to be alive. {#Sunny}
 
bump
Beautiful
 jhorton wrote:
This guy could really sing. If he wasn't such an a**hole, he'd probably be famous.

 
Art was an a**hole?  I'd always heard it was his former partner (boss) who better-filled that description.
This song always brings back the exquisite ache of youth for me. Sigh.
Mr G sure has an awesome voice!      steady rain this morning    . . .
Wow...  what a playlist we have today!!!   Makes work somewhat enjoyable..

{#Dancingbanana}

solid bump to you too On_the_Beach, next time you're on Cooper's Neck I'll join you in a single malt toast to Cy!  Cheers
 haljordan wrote:
I'm always a little disappointed when the first notes of "The Boxer" don't follow after the applause. 

 
Heh, I see someone else has been listening to The Greatest Hits CD pretty extensively too. Good to know I have company {#Roflol}
Unbelieveably beautiful.  Even after all the years that have passed, this song still hits the spot.

And for all of us that are thinking, "Man, I'm getting old!", Art is 71 years old as of today — I looked it up.
 impediguy wrote:
What's so amazing about this song is that it is performed, and consequently performed exquisitely in front of a silent and mesmerized audience. Thier tempo is hardly pulsing or steady, but their rhytm is unmistakeable, and I especially like Garfunkel's satin vocal as it falls slightly behind the accompanyment of the guitar. I wish their were words for exactly how this made me feel, but it certainly left me with melancholy jo:. "I liked it" would have bee an understatement.
 
Nicely said. Love this exquisite song.

absolutely beautiful classic...
 
Wow. The best male vocal I've ever heard.

One of the greatest vocalists that I have heard in my lifetime, and likely other's lifetimes as well
What a dream I had
dressed in organdy
clothed in crinoline
of smoky burgundy
softer than the rain

I wandered empty streets down
past the shop displays
I heard cathedral bells
dripping down the alley ways
as I walked on

and when you ran to me
your cheeks flushed with the night
we walked on frosted fields
of juniper and lamplight
I held your hand

and when I awoke
and felt you warm and near
I kissed your honey hair
with my grateful tears
oh, I love you
oh, I love you



Sweet!

This guy could really sing. If he wasn't such an a**hole, he'd probably be famous.
I am so going to Garfunklepalooza this year!
 misterimpatient wrote:
I have loved this song for at least 40 years. I'm not stopping now. 

 
Ditto!
...and then Blutto smashes the guitar in the stairwell?
wow. i forgot all about this. beautiful.

imagining someone singing this about me...brings tears. 
Still on a great roll this Sunday's playlist RP! Simon & Garfunkel always welcome.
 haljordan wrote:
I'm always a little disappointed when the first notes of "The Boxer" don't follow after the applause. 
 
^^ This ^^
I have loved this song for at least 40 years. I'm not stopping now. 

 impediguy wrote:
What's so amazing about this song is that it is performed, and consequently performed exquisitely in front of a silent and mesmerized audience. Thier tempo is hardly pulsing or steady, but their rhytm is unmistakeable, and I especially like Garfunkel's satin vocal as it falls slightly behind the accompanyment of the guitar. I wish their were words for exactly how this made me feel, but it certainly left me with melancholy jo:. "I liked it" would have bee an understatement.
 
Very good analysis.  An absolutely gorgeous song.
A beautiful song that brings beautiful memories.
Nice!
Can't believe I never rated this until now...

What's so amazing about this song is that it is performed, and consequently performed exquisitely in front of a silent and mesmerized audience. Thier tempo is hardly pulsing or steady, but their rhytm is unmistakeable, and I especially like Garfunkel's satin vocal as it falls slightly behind the accompanyment of the guitar. I wish their were words for exactly how this made me feel, but it certainly left me with melancholy jo:. "I liked it" would have bee an understatement.
awe... didn't know this was in the playlist, so sweet, innocent and different from the more known songs  {#Good-vibes}
 kcar wrote:


I was absolutely smitten with a girl named Emily when in high school and used to dream about her to this song. Sigh. She finished high school in three years and went on to bigger and better things but I held onto that image of her as the ideal love for years...
 

yep.  this song is all about ideal love.  although the name "emily" really fits, doesn't it?  wouldn't quite be as romantic, if he had called it, say, "Gertrude" or "Margie", ya know?  {#Rolleyes}
I'm always a little disappointed when the first notes of "The Boxer" don't follow after the applause. 
 frink_1 wrote:
I saw a video of the Red Hot Chili Peppers covering this song between a raucous "Californication" and "Give It Away".  One of the most surprising live numbers I've ever seen.
 
I saw that concert..  it was in italy some years ago.  John Frusciante was giving the peppers a break and he broke into this song.  He did a great job w/ it but seemed a bit self conscious at one point and started yelling the words into the mike.  mebbe he just needed to rock...
 Rooney wrote:
I had quite a full-on adoring relationship going when this song came out...and used to fantasize to it.  the object of my affection met me in my dreams, in the rain, in front of a cathedral somewhere ...except it was a pee coat and a scarf of smoking burgundy, not krenolin and organdy.  you get my drift...
 

I was absolutely smitten with a girl named Emily when in high school and used to dream about her to this song. Sigh. She finished high school in three years and went on to bigger and better things but I held onto that image of her as the ideal love for years...
Extra-syrupy, I'm afraid.  I've never enjoyed this song, though I really like most of what S&G have done.
 ubuntourist wrote:
Paul and Art were able to make me happy to be sad. Or something.
 
Strangely, I know what you mean! {#Yes}
Good song but I rated Games w/o Frontiers higher.
Exquisite.
Art Garfunkel has the voice of an angel.
Paul and Art were able to make me happy to be sad. Or something.
Sublime......................
I had quite a full-on adoring relationship going when this song came out...and used to fantasize to it.  the object of my affection met me in my dreams, in the rain, in front of a cathedral somewhere ...except it was a pee coat and a scarf of smoking burgundy, not krenolin and organdy.  you get my drift...
I saw a video of the Red Hot Chili Peppers covering this song between a raucous "Californication" and "Give It Away".  One of the most surprising live numbers I've ever seen.
 Cynaera wrote:
To me, this song is more about the mood than the profundity (or lack thereof) of the lyrics. I love the ambiance it creates. Today, we have a riotous thunder and lightning storm raging outside, though the temperature is near 80 degrees. Somehow, the gentleness and quiet beauty of this song underscores the violence of the elements out of our control, and it's just magical. Nope - not gonna close my window - I want that rain and wind to come through and give us all a good dousing. I want that thunder to ripple across the sky and drown out my music.
Dang - for the first time in a couple of weeks, I'm happy to be alive. {#Sunny}
 
Enjoyed your post. {#Cheers}
To me, this song is more about the mood than the profundity (or lack thereof) of the lyrics. I love the ambiance it creates. Today, we have a riotous thunder and lightning storm raging outside, though the temperature is near 80 degrees. Somehow, the gentleness and quiet beauty of this song underscores the violence of the elements out of our control, and it's just magical. Nope - not gonna close my window - I want that rain and wind to come through and give us all a good dousing. I want that thunder to ripple across the sky and drown out my music.

Dang - for the first time in a couple of weeks, I'm happy to be alive. {#Sunny}

They certainly set a great mood for youngsters intent on love.

 
chyk5 wrote:
I've always felt S&G had an incredible talent, but am I the only one who finds these lyrics a little precious?! What am I missing?

 


Very nice!
 chyk5 wrote:
I've always felt S&G had an incredible talent, but am I the only one who finds these lyrics a little precious?! What am I missing?

 
I think it depends on how love-sick you are when you write/listen to it. {#Smile}

I've always felt S&G had an incredible talent, but am I the only one who finds these lyrics a little precious?! What am I missing?

Art's voice is pretty awesome for a live performance.  The guitar is beautiful, too.
I haven't heard this in so many years—thanks for the nostalgia!

{#Sunny}

 paraclete wrote:
This is great, but the original studio version is bettah!
 
{#Yes}

 romeotuma wrote:
This song is soooo good for the ears...
 
It's so good for insomnia. Perhaps I ought to rip a copy and play it at bedtime {#Sleep}
Great set again!! Thanks RP!
Angelic pipes.
manbirdexperiment - with some of the CRAP you've added, YOU hate this song?

Unbelievable.

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 paraclete wrote:
This is great, but the original studio version is bettah!
 
Absolutely right!!

Hearing this song makes me want to believe that there is still a shred of hope to cling to in this lifetime...the sound is incomparable...the feeling, sublime.

Absolutely stunning, this song sends chills through me ...
I think that there are few better incantations of those three words.
WOW   very nicely done
This is great, but the original studio version is bettah!
One of the most romantic songs ever, always makes me think of a long-ago love!

to the times i ask if history or this century them will bring others two extraordinary musicians and so amazing singers as Paul Frederic Simon & Arthur Ira Garfunkel, that had filled the imaginary one of some generations in the whole world. - ** 9 **