About the duo: Simon and Garfunkel were responsible for me getting interested in music around 1970. They were active from 1964 until 1970, with occasional reunions since then. Both embarked on solo careers, with Paul Simon's being particularly successful. They are among the best-selling music artists, having sold more than 100 million records. My favourite act from the sixties. Simon and Garfunkel currently have five songs in my list of about 200 best pop/rock songs of all time.
About the song: Scarborough fair - Canticle is one of the perennial favourites in Simon and Garfunkels repertoire. It is a track from their excellent 1966 album Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme, and it was also used on the highly acclaimed soundtrack for the movie The Graduate. The song ingeniously takes two traditional, unrelated melodies and slams them together to form a haunting combination. With the beautiful guitar and harpsichord background and probably the best vocals they ever set to tape, which says a whole lot, this has become a long-time crowd favourite. Run time 3:07.
