Sounds of Silence - Simon and Garfunkel
BLAST from the PAST Sounds of Silence Faizul Khan Tanim reveals the impact of the legendary band’s iconic album Ardent fans still try to decode the sounds of silence, though the magical duo singer-songwriters Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel released their last record Bridge Over Troubled Water more than four decades back. Simon and Garfunkel’s first studio album, released in 1964 was titled ‘Wednesday Morning, 3 AM’ but they did not receive recognition until their second compilation ‘Sounds of Silence’, which was released in January 1966. Many believe when the original acoustic version of 'The sound of silence' from the first album was re-produced and given a rock sheen, folk-rock debuted and the vocal harmony-enthralled Simon and Garfunkel were catapulted to something far different from that era’s contemporary folkies. The album begins with ‘The Sound of Silence’ and ends with ‘Roving Gambler’. In between are the tracks ‘Blessed’, the romantic melodrama of ‘Kathy's Song’,...