Simon and Garfunkel Postpone Summer Tour

great sue, you are comparing apples to orangutangs. Mr. Boccelli is a great talent -- a classically trained talent. S & G are part of the wonderful folk tradition and continue to be great when the tradition waned. I sang a lot of folk music in my younger days and still love it -- still sing it although no longer in public. I also am classically trained. The voice is different, how it is used is different, the musical selections are different. Peoples' tastes are different. One person's music is another's noise. There is room for both -- and jazz and Broadway and rock and. . . Wow, whatever is our pleasure is available. "What a wonderful world!" to quote the great Louis Armstrong.

kevin...do you know me personally? no, you don't...so don't tell me i dont know anything about music...i listen to good stuff, not just s and g. Although i do enjoy bridge over troubled water, it is about the only one that's written well, noth lyrically and musically...again...don't get your underwear in a wad, freak...=)

Sound of Silence.Best song ever!

they sound decent. If you want to hear a travesty of music from should-have-retireds, listen to Roger Daltrey try to sing, or maybe even Mick Jagger.

LOL,some of the ignorance in the previous posts just astounds me. I grew up listening to my Mom's S & G albums, then when they split, I continued to enjoy Paul Simon's work. As a singer and musician myself, I appreciate not only the vocal ability they always have on every song, but the beauty of the lyrics. If you've never listened to 'The Sound of Silence' in a dark room when you were sad, or felt your heart swell listening to 'Bridge Over Troubled Water', or found the real meaning behind the words of 'You Can Call Me Al', then you have no soul. Or should I say, no musical soul.

I was really looking forward to seeing them in Atlantic City at Trump Taj Mahal, even though ticket prices were unreal, it would have been worth it to see such genius live.

If you don't understand what true genius Paul Simon's writing and performing is, and how Art Garfunkel compliments him perfectly with his voice, then you really should go sit in the corner and be quiet and listen while the REAL musicians talk.

So when are Cylon & Garfunkel going on tour?

They were flying overseas to pick up a fast million bucks here & there.

That's how Garfunkel caught the virus that led to this problem.

So they screwed their own tour by being greedy.

These guys have nowehere to go. Garfunkel is rich, and Simon is mega-rich. No one wants Garfunkel doing any solo cd anymore, and Simon never understands the "market" and makes cds that are not commercial.

They live well, but really have nothing to do, except appear together.

Meanwhile as Garfunkel tries to not look bald, Simon tries to hide how fat he's gotten.

Meanwhile Bob Dylan croaks on like a bullfrog who sometimes knows the lyrics.

It's not a pretty sight.

And The Rolling Stones COULD make a good cd, but they never will again.

And The Everly Brothers, who impacted on all these characters can STILL make a perfect cd, but the public simply quit buying Everly Brothers records in 1964.

Old is gold

Simon and Garfunkel's music is too brainy, too intelligent for todays low-brow, knuckle-dragging troglodytes. Music and music fans have been getting dumber and increasingly tasteless for at least 3 decades, now. American culture as a whole is on a dangerous path that reveres and rewards stupidity and bad art, bad music. People - and corporate radio - are discriminating against older artists who have much more to say - more soul and musical talent -- than 90% percent of the new crowd. But youth, no matter how callous and hollow, is what the marketers want -- they want new meat for the new, gullible, hormone driven audience. The kids and the young artists labor under the delusion that they are in control, but they will soon learn that they are not. The suits are still in control and what you punks think means absolutely nothing. The suits will market your shitty, immature music for you, but you'll never have a career as long and respectable as Simon & Garfunkel or Springsteen, or James Taylor & Carol King, or Pink Floyd or the Eagles. So, shut the fuck up and respect your elders -- the people who built the foundations of this business, so that you could add your paltry offerings to the game. Grow the fuck up.

At this point in time, I'd gladly settle for just Paul Simon. No disrespect to Garfunkel, but Simon wrote and sang lead on most of their songs anyhow....feel better, Art. Hit the road, Paul...and soon.