Simon and Garfunkel

I have loved Simon and Garfunkel for a long time. Ever since I was a young teenager singing it aloud in the shower to my parent's old cassette tapes. To me, it's pure poetry. Can you think of more poetic music than what these guys created? I mean, who else can name a song: A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara'd Into Submission) and get away with it? They even sing about poetry: "You read your Emily Dickinson, and I my Robert Frost..." and they expand on the mysterious world of Richard Cory, a supposed fictitious character brought to life though Edwin Arlington Robinson's 1897 poem.

Speaking of Robinson, try The Graduate. Before there was Dan in Real Life, (500) Days of Summer, and Friday Night Lights, Simon and Garfunkel did the entire movie soundtrack thing.

And back to poetry... bring on the nature.

"Hey Sunshine, I haven't seen you in a long time. Why don't you show your face and then mind mine?"

"But look around, leaves are brown now / And the sky is a hazy shade of winter. Look around,
leaves are brown / There's a patch of snow on the ground."

"April come she will
When streams are ripe and swelled with rain;
May, she will stay,
Resting in my arms again
June, she´ll change her tune,
In restless walks she´ll prowl the night;
July, she will fly
And give no warning to her flight.

August, die she must,
The autumn winds blow chilly and cold;
September I´ll remember.
A love once new has now grown old."

Just now I am realizing how many of these songs my mom sang to me growing up:
"Are you going to Scarborough Fair? Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme"
"Slow down, you move too fast. You gotta make the moment last..."

Not only is the music inspiring (ie: Anji) but the lyrics and vocals are uplifting.

Although difficult to choose a favorite, I think my all time favorite is The Sound of Silence with a close following by For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her.
So what's your favorite Simon and Garfunkel song?