{"id":204810,"date":"2024-01-22T11:40:48","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T11:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whynow.co.uk\/?post_type=read&p=204810"},"modified":"2024-02-21T14:15:06","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T14:15:06","slug":"how-a-stint-in-england-inspired-one-of-paul-simons-most-famous-songs","status":"publish","type":"read","link":"https:\/\/whynow.co.uk\/read\/how-a-stint-in-england-inspired-one-of-paul-simons-most-famous-songs","title":{"rendered":"How a stint in England inspired one of Paul Simon\u2019s most famous songs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Paul Simon and his flame-haired compadre Art Garfunkel were very much the poster boys of the folk-rock surge throughout the 1960s<\/a> in the US<\/a>. The pair\u2019s immaculate harmonies and wide-eyed, wistful lyricism coincided with the renewed sense of optimism of the era, the tangible sense of political and cultural progress that felt genuinely within reach. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their music still sounds like a time capsule of America<\/a> at the time. However, some of their earliest work was influenced by Simon\u2019s frequent stints in England, who was famously the wordsmith of the two. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of Simon & Garfunkel\u2019s most famous songs, in fact, was the result of a particular experience in a small town just outside of Liverpool<\/a>. The song? \u2018Homeward Bound\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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