Simon and Garfunkel are a household name across the world, famous for such classics as Mrs. Robinson and The Sound of Silence. As individuals they have also found fame, but they have not yet come to peace with the circumstances surrounding their break-up in 1970.

As the duo ascended to musical immortality with their album Bridge Over Troubled Water, the (then) biggest selling album of all time, the niggles between the two turned into an ugly spat that was eventually beyond reconciliation. These quotes from Art Garfunkel’s interview with the Telegraph this past week:

“I want to open up about this. I don’t want to say any anti Paul Simon things, but it seems very perverse to not enjoy the glory and walk away from it instead. Crazy. What I would have done is take a rest from Paul, because he was getting on my nerves. The jokes had run dry…

How can you walk away from this lucky place on top of the world, Paul? What’s going on with you, you idiot? How could you let that go, jerk?”

[Garfunkel] adds that at school he felt sorry for Paul because of his [small] height, and he offered him love and friendship as a compensation. “And that compensation gesture has created a monster”.

The two had first met as far back as 1953 in New York, forging a friendship that was to last until the acrimonious split. Off the back of the above quotes you’d think any prospect of the two teaming up to relive their glory days is less than likely, but Garfunkel hasn’t given up hope just yet:

Will I do another tour with Paul? Well, that’s quite do-able. When we get together, with his guitar, it’s a delight to both of our ears. A little bubble comes over us and it seems effortless. We blend. So, as far as this half is concerned, I would say, ‘Why not, while we’re still alive?’

But I’ve been in that same place for decades. This is where I was in 1971.

Sounds like someone might need to let it go. No that was not a Frozen reference people, stop your humming at once.

[source:telegraph]