Paul Simon - Bridge Over Troubled Water (Live Rhymin') video free download


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Duration: 07:13
Uploaded: 2012/02/08

Paul Simon's great live performance of "Bridge Over Troubled Water" with backup help from Gospel group, The Jessy Dixon Singers. In this version, Paul plays the song in the key of D, the key that he originally wrote the song in.

Sometimes I actually like this version better than the original one by Simon & Garfunkel. I guess it depends on my mood. This version has a completely different feel and pacing to it as opposed to the original one with Garfunkel. Both versions are great, and the song itself has gone down in history as one of the most covered songs in music. Here are just a few of the many cover versions done by some of music's biggest artists:

-Aretha Franklin

-Elvis Presley

-The Jackson Five

-Johnny Cash

-Willie Nelson

-Roberta Flack

-Bobby Darin

Comments

9 years ago

ktownva

A very special version. Thanks for uploading.

10 years ago

doorshoe

Nothing like the writer of a song singing that song. WOW

10 years ago

doorshoe

WOW! YES! WOW!

11 years ago

ReckoningReckoner

This gives me shivers. I like this so much more than the original.

11 years ago

Rosie Tobin

Best version of this song..

11 years ago

Hoodoo You Love?

Thanks for the correction on that. I was just noticing that the other day when playing on the guitar!

11 years ago

John S. Maj

About 'this record - I had a very special and fantastic experience back in the final 70 ' I had been working late - I put this record on the turntable - I had the door standing open about the third number began to get birds that sat in the bushes and trees around my houses - it was all kinds of birds - sparrows - woodpeckers - which was suppose to last about 20 - 25 different kinds of birds When the LP was finish they flew all together one by one quiet - and after 10 minutes they were all gone

11 years ago

pgalub

Hate to nit pick, but the key is D. ;) Thanks for posting.

11 years ago

Jayoung1000

As much as I love the original Simon and Garfunkel version, I actually like this one better. There's a lot more soul in this one.

12 years ago

Hoodoo You Love?

@Emenaus You're so lucky to have been able to see a tour like this. I bet it was unbelievable. I saw Simon a few years ago in Boston and he still is great. I'm sure back then though he was even better. I know exactly what you mean about the goosebumps. There are very few writers out there that can touch you with their lyrics like Paul does

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