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January 27, 2012
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Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (1964) | Simon & Garfunkel Side 1You Can Tell The WorldLast Night I Had The Strangest DreamBleecker StreetSparrowBenedictusThe Sounds of Silence Side 2He Was My BrotherPeggy-OGo Tell It On The MountainThe Sun Is BurningThe Times They Are a-Changin’Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. This album was unnoticed when first released in 1964. Later on, when Simon & Garfunkel had their first radio successes (around 1966), they re-released it. In my opinion, the essence of this genius duet is distilled into that record. I particularly like Benedictus (divine harmonies), He Was My Brother, Bleecker Street (sheer poetry in this one, highly symbolic: the fog coming like a shroud over the city deals with the theme of creative sterility according to Art Garfunkel…), Sparrow (Quite symbolic too: The oak tree represents greed, the swan, vanity, and the wheat, hypocrisy), Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (really smooth melody and beautiful lyrics) and of course the first version of The Sounds of Silence (just classic).Since I first heard it, Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. became one of my classic folk albums, I highly recommend it to all those of you who never heard of it, it’s just beautiful.

Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (1964) | Simon & Garfunkel

Side 1
You Can Tell The World
Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream
Bleecker Street
Sparrow
Benedictus
The Sounds of Silence

Side 2
He Was My Brother
Peggy-O
Go Tell It On The Mountain
The Sun Is Burning
The Times They Are a-Changin’
Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.

This album was unnoticed when first released in 1964. Later on, when Simon & Garfunkel had their first radio successes (around 1966), they re-released it.

In my opinion, the essence of this genius duet is distilled into that record. I particularly like Benedictus (divine harmonies), He Was My Brother, Bleecker Street (sheer poetry in this one, highly symbolic: the fog coming like a shroud over the city deals with the theme of creative sterility according to Art Garfunkel…), Sparrow (Quite symbolic too: The oak tree represents greed, the swan, vanity, and the wheat, hypocrisy), Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (really smooth melody and beautiful lyrics) and of course the first version of The Sounds of Silence (just classic).
Since I first heard it, Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. became one of my classic folk albums, I highly recommend it to all those of you who never heard of it, it’s just beautiful.

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