He met his future singing partner, Paul Simon, in the sixth grade. Between 1956 and 1962, the two had performed together as Tom & Jerry. Garfunkel ("Tom Graph") chose his nickname because he liked to track, or "graph" hits, on the pop charts. Garfunkel attended Columbia University in the early sixties, where he sang with the Kingsmen, an all-male a cappella group. While at Columbia, he was also a Brother of the Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity. In 1962 Garfunkel earned a Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in art history, followed eventually by a Master's degree in mathematics.
In 1963 he and Simon reformed the duo under their own names as Simon and Garfunkel and released their first album, Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. on Columbia Records in October 1964. It was not a critical success, and the duo effectively split again after recording. The next year their producer Tom Wilson lifted the song "The Sound of Silence" from the record, redubbed an electric backing onto it, and released it as a single, which eventually went to #1 on the Billboard pop charts. They reunited and went on to become two of the most popular artists of the 1960s, releasing a total of five studio albums. However, citing personal differences and divergence in career interests, they split following the release of their most critically acclaimed album, Bridge Over Troubled Water, in 1970.
Solo career
In the 1970s, Garfunkel released a few solo albums, and although he did not reach the heights that Simon and Garfunkel had reached, he still scored hits with "I Only Have Eyes For You" (a 1934 song originally written by Harry Warren [1]) and "Bright Eyes" (both British #1 hit singles), and "All I Know" (#9 in the United States). A version of "Bright Eyes" also appeared in the movie Watership Down. He briefly reunited with Paul Simon in the 1975 hit "My Little Town".
Art Garfunkel (centre) with his band after the show at Liseberg fairground on June 4 1998
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Art Garfunkel (centre) with his band after the show at Liseberg fairground on June 4 1998
In between, he also acted in a few movies, including Catch-22 and Carnal Knowledge (1971) with Jack Nicholson, Candice Bergen, and Ann-Margret.
Following disappointing sales of his 1981 album Scissors Cut, Garfunkel reunited with Paul Simon for the famous concert in Central Park. The subsequent world tour went well musically, but they had disagreements during the tour, with the disappointment for Art Garfunkel that Paul Simon excluded Art's voice from the new album that was announced as a S&G album and came out as a new Paul Simon solo album Hearts and Bones. The reason for that was that Paul Simon's songs were very personal. After this, Garfunkel left the music scene for several years, but returned in 1988 with the album Lefty. None of these projects garnered much critical success, and Garfunkel did not release another album until 1993's Up 'til Now. Perhaps his most noteworthy recent release is his live 1996 concert Across America, recorded live at the registry hall on Ellis Island. The concert features several musical guests, including James Taylor, Garfunkel's wife, Kim, and his son James Arthur.
Garfunkel also performed the theme song for the 1991 television series, "Brooklyn Bridge", and in 1998 Garfunkel sang "The Ballad of Buster Baxter" for an episode of the PBS Kids cartoon Arthur.
Recent events
In 2003, Garfunkel made his debut as a songwriter on his well-received Everything Waits to Be Noticed album. Teaming up with singer-songwriters Maia Sharp and Buddy Mondlock, the album represented some of Garfunkel's strongest solo performances to date, and contained several songs whose origins were poems penned by Garfunkel. Everything Waits to Be Noticed is recognized as his first true effort at songwriting, save his teenage years with Paul Simon in Tom and Jerry.
In 2003, Art Garfunkel and Paul Simon reunited one more time and buried their disagreements once and for all. The world tour in 2003 and 2004 that followed was this time very joyful and was a big success. After the tour, they went their own ways.
Garfunkel made news in early 2004 when he was arrested for possession of cannabis.
The only new recording on the collection The Art Garfunkel Album (1984), the song "Sometimes When I'm Dreaming" (written by Mike Batt), was re-recorded in 2005 by ex ABBA singer Agnetha Fältskog on her comeback album My Colouring Book.
In August 2005, Garfunkel received his second cannabis possession charge after a state police trooper found a joint in the ashtray of his car while in New York State. [2]
In 2006, Garfunkel signed with Rhino Records (revived Atco Records,) and his first Rhino/Atco album Some Enchanted Evening was released in America on January 30, 2007. [3] In late February 2007 during a German television interview to promote his new album Some Enchanted Evening, Garfunkel expressed interest in reuniting with Paul Simon on a new album.
Easy Living
Art Garfunkel Lyrics
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Its easy to live when you're in love
And I'm so in love
There is nothing in life but you
I never regret the years that I'm giving
They're easy to give when you're in love
I'm happy to do whatever I do for you
For you maybe I'm a fool
But its fun
People say you rule me with one wave of your hand
Darling, its grand
They just don't understand
Living for you is easy living
Its easy to live when you're in love
And I'm so in love
There's nothing in life but you
In this song, Art Garfunkel speaks about how easy life is when he is in love with someone. The lyrics depict how his love for this person is unconditional and brings him immense joy. He speaks about how he doesn't regret spending all his time with this person or doing anything for them because love makes everything easy. The lyrics suggest that he is ready to do anything for the person he loves, even if others think he is foolish for it. The chorus repeats this notion of how love makes living easy, and there is nothing but the person he loves in his life.
Garfunkel sings about how people think he is being controlled by the person he loves. But, in reality, he is happy and content. He finds solace in being with this person and is willing to do anything to make them happy. The song is a beautiful representation of how love can change the perspective of life and make everything seem more accessible. The singer acknowledges that despite what others say or think, being in love makes life worth living.
Overall, this song is a celebration of love and how it can make living an easy feat. The lyrics beautifully capture the essence of being in love and how it can alter one's worldview, making everything seem more effortless.
Line by Line Meaning
Living for you is easy living
It is effortless to live life when you are in love with someone and that someone is the reason for your existence.
Its easy to live when you're in love
Being in love makes every day a little brighter and a little easier to get through.
And I'm so in love
I am deeply and madly in love with you and it makes everything worth it.
There is nothing in life but you
You are my everything and my reason for being.
I never regret the years that I'm giving
I never for a moment regret all the time, effort and devotion I give to our relationship.
They're easy to give when you're in love
Being in love with you makes it effortless to invest my time and energy into our relationship.
I'm happy to do whatever I do for you
I feel immense joy and pleasure in doing anything for you and will continue to do so.
For you maybe I'm a fool
I am willing to be seen as a foolish or irrational for the love I have for you.
But its fun
Being in love with you is exciting and pleasurable, even if it comes with its own set of challenges.
People say you rule me with one wave of your hand
Others may believe that you have complete control over me and my actions.
Darling, it's grand
But I see it as a grand and beautiful thing, not a negative one.
They just don't understand
Others may not see or understand the depth of our love and connection.
Living for you is easy living
Once again, I reiterate that living for you is effortless and worth every moment.
There's nothing in life but you
You remain the most important, cherished and loved person in my world.
Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Capitol CMG Publishing, Songtrust Ave, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: LEO ROBIN, RALPH RAINGER
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