HOMEWARD BOUND
SIMON AND GARFUNKEL
SONGWRITER: PAUL SIMON
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: PARSLEY, SAGE, ROSEMARY AND THYME
LABEL: COLUMBIA RECORDS
GENRE: FOLK
YEAR: 1966
Simon & Garfunkel were an American folk-rock duo consisting of singer-songwriter Paul Simon and singer Art
Garfunkel. They were one of the best-selling music groups of the
1960s, and their biggest hits—including "The Sound of Silence" (1965), "Mrs.
Robinson" (1968), "The Boxer"
(1969), and "Bridge over Troubled Water"
(1970)—reached number one on singles charts worldwide.
Simon and Garfunkel met in elementary school
in Queens, New York,
in 1953, where they learned to harmonize together and began writing material.
By 1957, under the name Tom & Jerry, the teenagers had their first minor
success with "Hey Schoolgirl", a song imitating their idols the Everly
Brothers. In 1963, aware of a growing public interest
in folk music, they regrouped and were signed to Columbia Records as Simon & Garfunkel. Their debut, Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M., sold
poorly, and they once again disbanded; Simon returned to a solo career, this
time in England. In June 1965, a new version of "The Sound of
Silence" overdubbed with electric guitar and drums became a major U.S. AM radio hit, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
The duo reunited to release a second studio album, Sounds of Silence,
and tour colleges nationwide. On their third release, Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (1966), the duo assumed more creative control. Their music was
featured in the 1967 film The
Graduate, giving them further exposure. Their next álbum
Bookends (1968) topped the Billboard
200 chart and included the number-one
single "Mrs. Robinson" from the film.
The
duo's often rocky relationship led to artistic disagreements and their breakup
in 1970. Their final studio album, Bridge over Troubled Water, was
released that year and became their most successful, becoming one of the world's best-selling albums.
After their breakup, Simon released a number of acclaimed albums, including
1986's Graceland.
Garfunkel released solo hits such as "All I Know"
and briefly pursued an acting career, with leading roles in two Mike Nichols films, Catch-22 and Carnal
Knowledge, and in Nicolas
Roeg's 1980 Bad Timing.
The duo have reunited several times, most famously in 1981 for "The Concert in Central Park",
which attracted more than 500,000 people, one of the largest concert attendances in history.
Simon & Garfunkel won 10 Grammy Awards and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990. Rolling Stone ranked them number 3 on its list of the 20 Greatest Duos of All
Time. Richie
Unterberger described them as "the most
successful folk-rock duo of the 1960s" and one of the most popular artists
from the decade. They are among the best-selling music artists, having
sold more than 100 million records. Bridge over Troubled Water is ranked
at number 172 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
"Homeward Bound" is a song by
American music duo Simon
& Garfunkel written by Paul Simon and produced by Bob
Johnston. The song was released as a single on
January 19, 1966 by Columbia Records.
The song appears on the duo's third studio album,
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (1966), although it was recorded during the sessions for their
second album Sounds of Silence and included on that album in the UK. It was their second single, the
follow-up to their enormously successful breakthrough hit "The Sound of Silence". It
performed very well domestically, peaking at number five on the Billboard Hot 100,
remaining on the charts for 12 weeks. Internationally, the song performed best
in Canada, where
it hit number two; it was also a top five hit in the Netherlands.
A live version of the song is included on the
compilation Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits, and it
was also performed during the duo's legendary 1981 reunion, The Concert in Central Park.
I'm sitting in the
railway station
Got a ticket for my destination
On a tour of
one-night stands
My suitcase and guitar in hand
And every stop is neatly planned
For a poet and one-man band
Homeward bound
I wish I was
Homeward bound
Home, where my thought's escaping
Home, where my music's playing
Home, where my love lies waiting
Silently for me
Every day's an
endless stream
Of cigarettes and
magazines
And each town looks
the same to me
The movies and the factories
And every stranger's face I see
Reminds me that I long to be
Homeward bound
I wish I was
Homeward bound
Home, where my thought's escaping
Home, where my music's playing
Home, where my love lies waiting
Silently for me
Tonight I'll sing my
songs again
I'll play the game and pretend
But all my words come
back to me
In shades of mediocrity
Like emptiness in harmony
I need someone to comfort me
Homeward bound
I wish I was
Homeward bound
Home, where my thought's escaping
Home, where my music's playing
Home, where my love lies waiting
Silently for me
Silently for me.
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