“I was an idiot”
Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel reconcile after a long argument
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The duo “Simon & Garfunkel” has enjoyed great international success for decades. The musicians deliver a number of well-known hits. Now the two are speaking out after a year-long argument – and are hinting at making music together again.
The two US musicians Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, who were at odds for a long time, have made up again. “I had lunch with Paul a few weeks ago,” Garfunkel told the British Times. “It was the first time we had been together in many years. I looked at Paul and said, 'What happened? Why haven't we seen each other?'”
Simon responded to his question by saying that Garfunkel's statements in an interview many years ago had hurt him. “I cried when he told me how much it hurt him. Looking back, I guess I wanted to shake off the nice guy image from Simon & Garfunkel. You know what? I was an idiot.”
As Simon & Garfunkel, the duo enjoyed global success for decades. Now they have agreed to meet again, said Garfunkel. “Will Paul bring his guitar? Who knows. For me it was about talking it out before it's too late. I felt like things were wonderful between us again. When I think about it, I cry. I can still do his Feel the embrace.”
The two musicians, who were born just a few weeks apart in the New York borough of Queens, were among the most successful stars of the music scene as a folk duo, especially in the 60s and 70s – hits like “The Sound of Silence”, “Mrs. Robinson” and “Bridge over Troubled Water” went around the world. After falling out, both continued solo. Garfunkel recently released an album with his 33-year-old son Art Garfunkel Jr.
