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Did you know that Art Garfunkel and Art Garfunkel Jr now operate as a duo singing sepulchral versions of American pop standards? I’m not sure who the music is for but I admire their entrepreneurial spirit. At first I found the music funereal and weird. But now I’ve started to accept it as a new form whose merits are simply an acquired taste. Something a bit different. And I love to draw them.

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Eric Logan

You really captured the earlobes, a lot of people would have overlooked that

Luke Drotos

My dad said the same thing to me when he passed on the family business (Disclaimer: this is a lie intended for comedic purposes)

Hank Heyming

Would you rather hear Garfunkel and Garfunkel cover Cindy Lauper or Cindy Lauper cover Sound of Silence?

Matthew Coda

John, you're always good for new music recommendations, you renaissance man you.

Brian Tatosky

That seems like a supernaturally smooth bald head

Erik Niells

I think there are few things I’d reject if it meant never having to hear Garfunkel and Garfunkel more than the very brief investigation I just did. Also, hearing a She’s So Unusual era Cyndi do ANYTHING woukd be epic.

Pierpaolo Di Camillo

It's always good to know new things. Expecially if that involves funeral music.

Matthew Coda

I probably would have (and probably still would) said Lauper covering Sound of Silence but hearing G&G cover Time After Time was a delight.

scarygoround

This might not be a recommendation so much as a warning…

Mariel Tam-Ray

This stupendous rabbit hole has sent me down to Junior's "Der Boxer," the third track on "Wie Du: Hommage an meinen Vater," and my life is all the richer.

Sean Kinlin

And so matte! Mine is always at least a little shiny.

Andi Watson

Makes you wish they'd just go fishing together or go see a baseball game or ride a tandem like a normal US dad/son

The Larsen Project

Aw shit, John. Ty for this. This is exactly the kind haunting music I absolutely love.

The Larsen Project

Listening to that entire album has made me a better human.

Jeremy Impson

I'll always vote for hearing something from Ms. Lauper over anything.

Ivan T.W.

Hey, this kind of rules, thanks for the heads up. Musically it reminds me a little of Scott Walker's '70s stuff, though obviously neither of the Arts sound like Scott.

William Cole

I was not ready for this revelation.

Andrew McCarron

It seems Garfunkels the restaurant chain never reopened after COZID

scarygoround

The most middling restaurants of all, a London fixture that no one goes to, a solid 5/10 on Tripadvisor. RIP

Dean Reilly

It's like a baby's scalp!

Rian Murphy

Bless and curse you John, for leading me back into my long-cured "Garfunkel Fever," in which I am unable to determine which of his 1975-1981 album output I find the most thrilling. Though not for lack of effort! It's a lonely crusade...

scarygoround

I’ve never investigated the “Bright Eyes” hitmaker’s solo records. Is it worth catching Garfunkel Fever?

Rian Murphy

It's a fever worth catching IF: a) you have a soft spot for the soft rock called 'yacht', and b) you like to laugh and cry in equal measure as you listen. I consider Artie a tragi-comic icon of that era's earnest privilege; that said, the deep-pile productions he's couched in on these records should appeal to anyone willing to let "Carl and the Passions - So Tough" into their heart. Give "Breakaway" a spin - it's titled after a fantastic Gallagher & Lyle song, not the the wayward Brian Wilson classic, but Bruce Johnston's "Disney Girls" is given a good airing, amongst eclectic entries from other hitmakers of the period. The following album, "Watermark" is a collection of great Jimmy Webb songs (with one interesting exception) equally evocative of the foreign country that is that now-distant time. If those tickle any fancy you may have, then go from there!

scarygoround

I listened to Watermark this week and really enjoyed it.