More than a decade after their bitter split in 1970, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel reunited in 1981 for a concert in Central Park. 'We forgot that essentially, we were done as a team,' Simon says in the new documentary 'In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon'.
"We forgot that essentially, we were done as a team," Simon says about his 1981 reunion with Garfunkel in the new documentary 'In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon'Lizzie Hyman is PEOPLE Magazine's Editorial Assistant. She provides administrative support to the Editor-in-Chief and writes content for both print and digital platforms.
Paul Simon Details 'Broken' Friendship with Art Garfunkel in New Documentary: 'We Had an Uneven Partnership' “The thing that’s interesting about it is like, my band, they’re ready to jump in," Simon adds. "Artie was sitting on the air… he was not taking a bullet for me.”The success of the show led to a brief revival for Simon & Garfunkel. “After the concert in Central Park with Simon & Garfunkel was so big — it was such a big hit — and then that sort of forced us into... forced me into putting the group back together again and doing a tour,” Simon recalls.
“The way we used to work is, I would write songs, and we would work out the harmonies and sing them together. We were friends, we were hanging out,” Simon says. “But, by the time we were doing, Artie’s idea was ‘Give me the songs, and I am going to go to Switzerland and walk and make up the harmonies.’"
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