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What Is It All But Luminous
What Is It All But Luminous: Notes from an Underground Man | Art Garfunkel
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From the golden-haired, curly-headed half of Simon & Garfunkel--a memoir (of sorts): artful, moving, lyrical; the making of a musician; the evolution of a man, a portrait of a life-long friendship and collaboration that became one of the most successful singing duos of their time. Art Garfunkel writes about his life before, during, and after Simon & Garfunkel . . . about their folk-rock music in the roiling age that embraced and was defined by their pathbreaking sound. He writes about growing up in the 1940s and '50s (son of a traveling salesman), a middle class Jewish boy, living in a red brick semi-attached house in Kew Gardens, Queens, a kid who was different--from the age of five feeling his vocal cords "vibrating with the love of sound" . . . meeting Paul Simon in school, the funny guy who made Art laugh; their going on to junior high school together, of being twelve at the birth of rock'n'roll, both of them "captured" by it; going to a recording studio in Manhattan to make a demo of their song, "Hey Schoolgirl" (for $7!) and the actual record (with Paul's father on bass) going to #40 on the national charts, selling 150,000 copies . . . He writes about their becoming Simon & Garfunkel, taking the world by storm, ruling the pop charts from the time he was sixteen, about not being a natural performer, but more a thinker . . . touring; sex-for-thrills on the road, reading or walking to calm down (walking across two continents--the USA and Europe). He writes of being an actor working with directors Nicolas Roeg (Bad Timing) and Mike Nichols ("the greatest of them all") . . . getting his masters in mathematics at Columbia; choosing music over a PhD; his slow unfolding split with Paul and its aftermath; learning to perform on his own, giving a thousand concerts worldwide, his voice going south (a stiffening of one vocal cord) and working to get it back . . . about being a husband, a father and much more.
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kaysworld1
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Simon and Garfunkel have always been a favourite of mine I grew up with them so when I saw this I jumped to the Chance to loan it from the audio library.
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#readingthelibrary #librarybook #artgarfunkel #memoir #manramblings #lifestories #reading #books #musicianwriters #audiobook #audio 🎶📚

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Tjackson
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Adding to my wish list!!! I can‘t wait to read!!!

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Bailedbailed

Wow. Just. Wow.

Not a fan.

Will still listen to his music, but this was not for me.

Schlinkles Agreed. I tried reading the ARC without much success. 7y
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A little self-indulgent and some of his references are rubbing me the wrong way so far. But the prose is kinda dreamy-poetic. I‘ll keep listening. By references, I‘m referring specifically to his comments on women.

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Gonna go over instead of under here (as in Bridge Over Troubled Water) 😀 #underthebridge #lyricalapril

Did you know that he has meticulously kept track of almost every single book he's ever read? Here's his list (that begins in 1968):http://www.artgarfunkel.com/library.html

saresmoore This is awesome. 7y
elkeOriginal A Litsy kind of guy! (edited) 7y
Laura317 I wish I'd done this! He needs to be on Litsy for sure!! 7y
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DivineDiana @Laura317 I totally agree with both of your points! 📚 7y
minkyb Wow! Thanks for sharing! 7y
Karkar Are most of his books in ziplock bags? 7y
Cinfhen That's amazing 😉 thanks for sharing and posting and his music 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 7y
LauraBeth @saresmoore I love looking at peoples' reading lists - famous or not - it's interesting 😀 7y
LauraBeth @elkeo, @Laura317, @DivineDiana well there's no one with the username IHatePaul, so I guess he's not on here ☹️ 7y
LauraBeth @Karkar 😂😂 7y
Cinfhen Sending you love, peace and joy this Easter weekend 😘😘😘 7y
LauraBeth @Cinfhen thanks sweet friend 💕😘 7y
DivineDiana @LauraBeth 😂😂😂 7y
Bette His books look like a couch from the 60s. 😂😂😂 you can sit (slide) but don't touch it! 7y
LauraBeth @Bette I didn't even notice that! 😂😂 7y
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