The Boxer
The half-century odyssey of Art Garfunkel
...from the soundtrack of the classic film "The Graduate" to high school English classes where songs like "The Boxer" and "The Sound of Silence" are mined for essay questions. "We've...
Jimmy Cliff Carries the Reggae Torch to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
There are a quite a few, but let me just name one: I would have to say Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, 'The Boxer.' Boxing has always been my favorite sport because when I look at boxing it...
JavaScript and Flash are required to fully enjoy Evri
Fred Wedlock obituary
...folk album at the time) did Fred decide to turn professional. The title track was a parody of Paul Simon's The Boxer, and other tracks included the Adge Cutler song, in Bristol dialect,...
New Music Tuesday: Editors and Charlotte Gainsbourg
...that demands attention, but it seems to make this work against him in this album. Songs like "Papillon"and "The Boxer" feel unbalanced by Smith's voice and the general sound of tracks.
Indie Music Watch
...presence is used well throughout the album, but his restraint in the verses of, blipping ballad, "The Boxer" is equally impressive. The more defined eighties sensibility to the...
Intolerable Cruelty
...Coen Brothers. The soundtrack album features a variety pop songs and cues from Burwell's score. "The Boxer", first by Simon and Garfunkel and then as covered by Colin Linden, opens...
The Boxer
...a fighter by his trade" sounds as if someone mistakenly sang "...and a fighter by his dreams." "The Boxer" was originally written with a verse that is not present in the Bridge Over...
New Orleans Jazz Fest to welcome Simon and Garfunkel
...decade of cultural and political upheaval. They included "The Sounds of Silence," "Hazy Shade of Winter," "The Boxer," "Cecilia" and "Mrs. Robinson," the theme from the landmark film...
2010 Forecast: The Year of Uncertainty
...nostalgic dream. I am so ready for a new decade. And speaking of Paul Simon (above), reading the lyrics of The Boxer, one of my favorite songs from my youth, another few words seemed to hit...
Art Garfunkel can still deliver the goods
...lode of material. Could Garfunkel still deliver the goods? A feistily impressive rendition of "The Boxer" set the stage for him to climb Mt. Everest with his biggest (and most...
Carbon Leaf
...American Music Awards Presents the Coca-Cola New Music Award for "The Boxer." As part of winning they performed "The Boxer" live on the AMAs, becoming the first unsigned band to perform...
Rock royalty tips its cap to the 1960s at Hall of Fame concert in New York
...band of note from New Jersey. Much of the night had been about gentle harmonies with songs such as "The Boxer" and "Teach Your Children," and the audience was clearly ready for some...
