Art Garfunkel: Moved to tears by reunion with Paul Simon

Together they were responsible for hits such as “The Sound of Silence” and “Bridge Over Troubled Water”. But an argument divided the duo Simon & Garfunkel and ensured that they didn’t want to meet again for many years. Now Art Garfunkel (83) has revealed that a recent reunion with his former musical partner Paul Simon (83) moved him to tears.

When he recently met Paul Simon, he asked: “What happened? Why haven’t we seen each other anymore?” reports Art Garfunkel in the conversation, in which his son Art Garfunkel Jr. (33) was also present. “Paul mentioned an old interview in which I had said some things. I cried when he told me how much I hurt him back then. Looking back, I think I wanted to shake up Simon & Garfunkel’s nice-guy image. And you know what? I was a fool!”

In 2015, Garfunkel didn’t leave Simon in good stead. Among other things, he was upset about the end of their musical collaboration in 1971, when, in his opinion, they had “reached their commercial and artistic peak” and Simon “escaped”. He also made fun of the small height of his colleagues and friends. “I tried to give him love, but in doing so I created a monster,” was the headline of the interview at the time.

Garfunkel told the Times that they had now made plans to meet more often. Whether Paul will bring his guitar with him is still up in the air. “For me it was about making it right before it’s too late,” said the 83-year-old. It felt wonderful. “When I think about it now, tears run down my cheeks. I can still feel his embrace.”

“Dad was so happy. He called me and said, ‘Paul is my brother, he’s part of the family,'” reports Garfunkel Junior, also speculating on a possible musical reunion of the famous duo. “I think there’s a chance they could make music again. I’m saying that purely hypothetically, but maybe at a big TV or charity event.”