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"Bridge over Troubled Water" features lead vocals by Art Garfunkel and a piano accompaniment influenced by gospel music, with a "Wall of Sound"-style production. [4] [5] It was the last song recorded for the album, but the first completed. [6]
"Keep the Customer Satisfied" is a song by American music duo Simon & Garfunkel from the group's fifth studio album, Bridge over Troubled Water (1970). It was included as the B side of their signature hit, "Bridge over Troubled Water".
Bridge over Troubled Water is the fifth and final studio album by the American folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel, released on January 26, 1970, by Columbia Records.Following the duo's soundtrack for The Graduate, Art Garfunkel took an acting role in the film Catch-22, while Paul Simon worked on the songs, writing all tracks except Felice and Boudleaux Bryant's "Bye Bye Love" (previously a hit ...
The lyrics are the same as the title - the use of over is not in the sense of a bridge that is above and to the other side of troubled water, it is in the sense of a person who is bridging-over, that is reducing or overcoming, troubled water (or a person's worries and concerns).
Simon was left alone in New York writing songs for Bridge over Troubled Water, hence the very lonely feelings of "The Only Living Boy in New York." Simon refers to Garfunkel in the song as "Tom", alluding to their early days when they were called Tom and Jerry , and encourages him to "let your honesty shine . . . like it shines on me". [ 1 ]
[1] [10] "Mary Don't You Weep" became The Swan Silvertones' greatest hit, [11] and lead singer Claude Jeter's interpolation "I'll be your bridge over deep water if you trust in my name" [12] served as Paul Simon's inspiration to write his 1970 song "Bridge over Troubled Water".
It was released in April 1970 as the third single from the duo's fifth and final studio album, Bridge over Troubled Water (1970). Written by Paul Simon, the song's origins lie in a late-night party, in which the duo and friends began banging on a piano bench.
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