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REVIEW
Album Lacks Diversity
BY MIKE EPFS
(BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS, Simon and Garfunkel
(Columbia KCS99I4)
Paul Simon, that “poet and one-man band,” and his clear-voiced
harmonizing associate Art Garfunkel have, after over a year’s time,
finally produced anew album.
“Bridge Over Troubled Waters,” in its variety of song types and
themes, is a bit of a departure for Simon and Garfunkel. The album
includes their current hit song, “Bridge Over Troubled Waters,” a
wonderfully soothing Paul Simon song, which features the clear high
voice of Art Garfunkel in a fine solo performance until he is joined in
harmony by Paul Simon on the last stanza.
RECENT HITS
Also featured on the album are their recent hits, “The Boxer,” a
haunting and dark Paul Simon song-poem, and “Baby Diver,” a
rocking, driving number with an almost 1950’s style arrangement. Also
reminiscent of the 1950’s is a rousing live recording of the old Everly
Brothers hit “Bye, Bye, Love.”
The other songs, aside from “El Condor Pasa,” a Peruvian folk tune
with English lyrics by Paul Simon, and “Why Don’t You Write Me,”
another hard-driving song featuring some old-time rock and roll sax
playing, are mostly what we have come to expect from Simon and
Garfunkel, Of these favorites are “Satisfied” and the brief but
beautiful “Song for the Asking.”
WELL DONE
Almost all of the songs on the album as individual works are
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well-written and well-performed and therefore are worthwhile and
enjoyable. “Boxer” and “Bridge Over Troubled Waters” are almost
worth the price of the album in themselves.
The album, however, is by no means perfect. If the album is to be
faulted it is for the lack of a central theme or even a continuity of
mood between the songs, as evidenced on two of their earlier and, in
some ways, more satisfying albums, “Bookends,” and “Parsley, Sage,
Rosemary, and Thyme.”
The diversity of themes and variety of musical styles on this album
preclude establishing a central theme or mood for the album.
COMMUNICATE
Still, Simon and Garfunkel have that close clean harmony that has
become their trademark. This, along with the ability of writer-guitarist
Simon to create word pictures of power and beauty, and the
consistently tasteful vocal arrangements of Art Garfunkel, plus superb
production quality, insures that almost everything they attempt will
be successful.
“Bridge Over Troubled Waters,” while now their most successful
album, cannot be called anything but very well done.
Simon and Garfunkel continue to sing what they feel, and their
listeners cannot help sharing their feelings with them. They say things
that need to be said, things that one enjoys hearing, and things that one
wishes did not have to be said. They communicate.
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NEARLY 100 MUSIC LOVERS crowded into the Snack Bar to hear Les Rogers, Margaret Jaccino,
and Harry Hiawatha perform for Maxwell’s Coffee House. The coffee house is expected to open every
Tuesday night.
Coffee House Provides
Entertainment Weekly
Maxwell’s Coffeehouse opened
its doors to another capacity
crowd Tuesday night at 8 p.m. in
the snack bar of the student
center. Les Rogers, a campus
guitarist and folk singer, led the
performance and kept things
moving with variations in the
program.
With songs ranging from “An
O’Henry Ending” to the “Ballad
of Hollis Brown,” Rogers began a
rather traditional program
before the group. His short
narration of a familiar story with
a different interpretation set the
mood for a relaxed and informal
folk gathering.
Margaret Jaccino, a talented
member of the Folk Club, joined
Rogers with her own guitar and
rich vocal tone. Setting a change
of pace, they played “Freight
Train” as a guitar instrumental.
HARRY HIAWATHA
A guest appearance was made
by Harry Hiawatha known for his
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campus newspaper column. The
natively dressed Indian sang four
songs varying from an Indian
drum-like rhythm to a familiar
Indian ballad. Harry was a joke
with the folk fans, but they
seemed to follow the real protests
introduced by his songs.
Les Rogers concluded the
entertainment with a group of
songs including “WTiat’s Her
Name.” This version of a one
way conversation conveyed in
music was especially well-taken
by the applauding crowd. A
“hard-hitting” protest song about
mining conditions, “Coal Tatto”
brought the coffeehouse en
tetainment to an end.
VARIETY’
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program came from Bob Dylan
and other folk writers of national
fame, but some of it was the work
of individuals on campus and of
the singers themselves. The
variety in the music kept the
interest of the folk enthusiasts.
Folk Club president Malcolm
Storey announced that the cof
feehouse will continue its folk
fests for its growing number of
listeners on Tuesdays at 8 p.m in
the snack bar. Admission is 50
cents and this includes refresh
ments, too.
Next week Maxwell’s Coffee
House will feature two local folk
groups. Singers Irene Young,
Kathy Klimaszewski, and Sandy
Staples will open up the first half
of the coffee house. After the
break, Ruth Lacey and Lee
Hunter will perform.