scarborough fair Scarborough Fair

Singer: sarah brightman

Album: Sound of Nature

are you going to scarborough fair Are you going to Scarborough Fair?

parsley sage rosemary and thyme.

remember me to one who lives there Say hello to the people who live there

she once was a true love of mine

tell her to make me a cambric shirt a muslin shirt

parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme

without no seams nor needle work needlework

then she'll be a true love of mine

tell her to find me an acre of land acres of land

parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme between the salt water and the sea strand

then she'll be a true love of mine

tell her to reap it with a sickle of leather the sickle to harvest parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme and gather it all in a bunch of heather Heather

then she'll be a true love of mine

are you going to scarborough fair?

parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme

remember me to one who lives there

she once was a true love of mine

the end

This song is a cover by the Paul Simon group

Introduction by Paul Simon

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February 21, 2001 13:43 Sina Entertainment

The founder is Paul Frederic Simon, born in the United States on October 13, 1941 new jersey

In Newark, he first entered the music scene as a duo called "Tom And Jerry" with his partner Art Garfunkel.

In 1957, they hit the US hit charts with their influential rock song "Hey, Schoolgirl". After releasing an album, they separated, mainly so that they could return to school. Although Simon later worked mainly for Carole King Records, he did not make another record until the early 1960s. Simon had used various pseudonyms to release some second-rate songs in the United States between 1962 and 1963, such as "Motorcycle" under the name Tico And The Triumphs and "The Lone Teen-" under the name Jerry Landis. Ranger".

After moving to Europe in 1964, he began performing in various folk clubs in Paris and London, England. After returning to New York, he signed with CBS Records, produced by Tom Wilson, and reunited with his old partner Garfunkel. Their 1964 album Wednesday Morning, which included the song "The Sound Of Silence", did not sell well, prompting Simon to return to London. At the same time, he produced The Paul Simon Songbook, a solo effort in which he recorded the songs on an almost zero budget. These include some now well-known works such as "I Am A Rock," "A Most Peculiar Man" and "Kathy's Song." After he returned to the United States, his career with Garfunkel was supported by his producer, who re-electronically processed their work "Sound Of Silence" and renamed it "The Sounds Of Silence", producing a folk rock hit. , and made sales surge to the highest point in the US market. Between 1965 and 1970, Simon and Garfunkel became the most successful recording duo in American pop music history. Their partnership eventually ended due to differences in their understanding of music. After the cooperation ceased, Simon began to engage in songwriting work in New York, preparing to develop a different form of solo album - the Paul Simon album. His work incorporates Latin, reggae and jazz styles, including "Mother And Child Reunion" and "Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard".

A year later, Simon finally made a comeback. His album was very successful in sales, and his two hit songs "Kodachrome" and "Take Me To The Mardi Gras" earned him high popularity. business income. His concert tour "Live Rhymin Concerts" was a great success, and some of the songs in the concert had a clear collaboration style between Simon and Garfunkel. In 1975, his artistic career reached its peak, and his work "Still Crazy After All These Years" won two Grammy Awards (for Best Recording and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance of the Year). One of the songs from this album, "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover," propelled Simon to the top of the US singles charts. At the same time, "My Little Town", a collaboration with Garfunkel, also performed well.

Later, Simon appeared in the production of Woody Allen's film "Annie Hall", he completed the production of the outstanding single "(What A) Wonderful World" with Garfunkel and James Taylor, and then released a The album was a hit and also included the lead single "Slip Slidin' Away". He also transferred the record label from CBS Records to Warner Bros. Records. In 1980, he released the album "One-Trick Pony", which was based on his movie of the same name. The film included two segments starring Lovin' Spoonfu and Tiny Tim, but the album didn't have the desired impact, and was even inferior to some "rock-related" music.

After understanding this, Simon put a lot of effort and time into writing songs, and he also postponed the release of his next album at that time. Meanwhile, the album recorded in Central Park by Simon and Garfunkel sold particularly well. This clearly shows that the alliance between producers can still produce results, but this situation is not immediately applied. Instead, Simon concentrated on developing his next album, which was eventually released in 1983 and was titled Hearts And Bones. But it didn't sell as well as expected, even though it included the single "The Late Great Johnny Ace" (a reference to the bleak 1950s and the murdered Beatles frontman John Lennon). Faced with the album's poor sales and facing a lot of criticism, Simon panicked and felt that he was on the verge of creative failure. This changed in 1984, when Simon was introduced to the vibrant black music of South Africa.

After the band USA For Africa recorded "We Are The World'", Simon was completely immersed in this black African music. After that, Simon released an album called "Graceland", which became the most charming and commercially profitable album in the 1980s. During the production process, many people contributed to it, including Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Los Lobos, Linda Ronstadt and Rockin' Dopsie and The Twisters. This musical form and subsequent tour led to accusations (misinterpreted by the American Anti-Apartheid Committee) that Simon undermined the boycott of South African culture. The success of this album, which combines cultures and traditions, is a classic example of actors integrating their performances into folk music. Simon also incorporated rap, calypso, and blues into his early shows. The album includes the famous tunes "The Boy In The Bubble" (with technical pictures) and "You Can Call Me Al" (inspired by a funny case of mistaken identity). Although "Graceland" seemed impossible to continue at the time, Simon continued his cultural research work in conjunction with Rhythm Of The Saints, a company that mainly studies African and Brazilian music and cultural factors.

In 1994, Simon married Edie Brickell. He then began working on his Broadway musical "The Capeman," which was based on a true story in El Salvador, where a wealthy Puerto Rican gang member was convicted of murdering two white men in New York in 1959. Imprisoned as a teenager.

The album also collaborated with poet Derek Walcott and veteran Broadway artists Jerry Zaks and Joey McKneely during the production process. However, after 59 previews and 68 official performances, the album songs had to be released in March 1998. Canceled on the 28th. The reason was continued protests by relatives of those involved in the case. Simon and his investors allegedly lost $11 million in revenue. The singer had to go back into the studio to work on You're The One, his first album in ten years. In this album, Simon's song structure is a bit like the Western-Eastern songs he is most familiar with (unlike "Graceland", which is mainly African in form). The change in feel is quite striking, with traditional Western instruments being used in the production of this album, influenced by musicians from different continents.