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ELVIS - Bridge Over Troubled Water (NEW mix! Great sound!)

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Back when I was in junior high school, the singer who eventually become known as the "King" came on the scene with songs like "Jailhouse Rock", "Love Me Tender", "Heartbreak Hotel", and many more awesome songs of his day... After He served in the United States Army, and as Elvis Presley matured, his songs had more meaning, more depth and the one I have selected for his first song on today' Music Interlude is one made famous by many an artist titled Bridge over Troubled Water This particular rendition has received some 23,907,011 VIews since it was uploaded to YouTUbe in 2008... I hope you all enjoy it...

LYRICS:

"Bridge Over Troubled Water"
(originally by Simon & Garfunkel)
(from "That's The Way It Is" soundtrack)

When you're weary, feeling small
When tears are in your eyes I will dry them all
I'm on your side, oh, when times get rough
And friends just can't be found

Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
Oh, like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down

When you're down and out, when you're on the streets
When evening falls so hard, I will comfort you
I'll take your part when the darkness falls and pain is all around

Yes, like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
Oh, like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down

Sail on, silver girl, sail on by
Your time has come to shine
All your dreams are on their way
See how they shine
Oh, if you need a friend
I'm sailing right behind

Yes, like a bridge over troubled water
I, I will ease your mind
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind

Writer(s): Paul Simon

Additional Notes:
This song is considered Simon & Garfunkel's signature song.

The single won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year and Song of the Year at the Grammy Awards of 1971.

Elvis Presley's cover of this song was included in the original theatrical release of the documentary "Elvis: That's the Way It Is" in 1970. It was shot during one of his Las Vegas shows on the 11th of August 1970.

When Paul Simon attended one of the Elvis Presley's shows in Las Vegas in summer of 1970 and saw Elvis perform the song, he has allegedly said, "That's it. We might as well all give up now."

and so it stands...

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Happy Fathers Day Kerry.
Thank you my friend Sgt (Join to see) for posting the music video of Elvis Presley performing a rendition of the classic Paul Simon authored song "Bridge Over Troubled Water."
He did a great job IMHO.
Rest in peace Elvis Presley.

Song background https://www.songfacts.com/facts/simon-garfunkel/bridge-over-troubled-water
"Paul Simon wrote this about providing comfort to a person in need. It started as a modest gospel hymn but became more dramatic as he put it together. Speaking in the documentary The Making of Bridge Over Troubled Water, Simon said, "I have no idea where it came from. It came all of the sudden. It was one of the most shocking moments in my songwriting career. I remember thinking, 'This is considerably better than I usually write."
Art Garfunkel sang this alone, although he thought Simon should have sung it. Says Simon, "Many times I'm sorry I didn't do it."

Simon often sang it at his solo shows; at the last concert of his 2018 farewell tour, he introduced it by saying, "I'm going to reclaim my lost child."
At first, Simon thought the opening lyrics were too simple: "When you're weary, feeling small.When tears are in your eyes, I will dry them all." He later realized that it was this simplicity that helped give the song a universal appeal.
Simon wrote this song with just two verses, considering the song "a little hymn." Garfunkel and producer Roy Halee heard it as more epic, and convinced him to write a third verse, which Paul did in the studio (the "Sail on, Silvergirl part"). This was very unusual for Simon, as he usually took a long time writing his lyrics. Simon's "little hymn" got a grand production, and after hearing it, Paul thought it was too long, too slow and too orchestral to be a hit. Clive Davis at Columbia Records is the one who heard the commercial appeal of the song, and insisted they market it like crazy and use it as the album title.
This was one of the few songs to top the US and UK charts at the same time. It was #1 in the US for six weeks, #1 in the UK for three.
In 1971, this won five Grammy Awards: Song of the Year, Record of the Year, Best Contemporary Song, Best Engineered Record, and Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists. The album also won Album of the Year.
This is one of the most-covered songs ever. In the '70s, so many people sang a version that it became a bit of a joke, the punch line being that most renditions were terrible, as the song is very hard to sing with any competence. Years later, the Lynyrd Skynyrd song "Free Bird" reached a similar level of musical ubiquity.
Elvis Presley did a version of this song that helped win over many critics who claimed he was not a great vocalist. It appears on his 1970 album That's The Way It Is."

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