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Subject: Re: The Sound of Silence

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jw

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Date Posted: 19:54:33 08/11/07 Sat
In reply to: L. 's message, "The Sound of Silence" on 14:39:18 08/04/07 Sat

Awesome song, when i first heard it in school in the 70's, i was told that it was about how artificial our lives have become. Wikipedia claims it is about the kennedy assasination, but i don't see how the lyrics are connected to kennedy's assasination. Simon and garfunkel wrote great music, especially in the 60's to early 70's, it is always a pleasure to listen to.

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>From another Board:
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>Artist: Simon & Garfunkel
>Sounds of Silence
>
>
>Hello darkness, my old friend
>I've come to talk with you again
>Because a vision softly creeping
>Left its seeds while I was sleeping
>And the vision that was planted in my brain
>Still remains
>Within the sound of silence
>In restless dreams I walked alone
>Narrow streets of cobblestone
>'Neath the halo of a street lamp
>I turned my collar to the cold and damp
>When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
>That split the night
>And touched the sound of silence
>
>And in the naked light I saw
>Ten thousand people, maybe more
>People talking without speaking
>People hearing without listening
>People writing songs that voices never share
>And no one dared
>Disturb the sound of silence
>"Fools", said I, "You do not know
>Silence like a cancer grows
>Hear my words that I might teach you
>Take my arms that I might reach you"
>But my words, like silent raindrops fell
>And echoed
>In the wells of silence
>And the people bowed and prayed
>To the neon god they made
>And the sign flashed out its warning
>In the words that it was forming
>And the sign said, "The words of the prophets are
>written on the subway walls
>And tenement halls"
>And whispered in the sounds of silence

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Subject	Author	Date
Re: The Sound of Silence	L.	08:06:58 08/15/07 Wed