In the process of conveying emotion and feeling, people take different routes in going about such a task. Some people draw, some debate, and others write. Paul Simon, a genius
with words and music, wrote poems to describe his feelings on politics, love, and the ways of
life. Hearing or reading a Paul Simon song gives a person a blessed experienced, they had just seen real emotion, an oddity in these days. One Simon song that stands out above the rest is also probably his most famous, "The Sounds of Silence". Like many other Paul Simon pieces, the contradictory title is not the only confusing aspect of the song, each line conveys complex yet meaningful words.
The 60's was a decade dominated by great musicians: Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, and Jimi
Hendrix. Paul Simon is another man that tackled music and took it to the level of excellence, like
the other 60's music idols. In his song "The Sounds of Silence", he puts multiple concepts of importance into one 35 line poem,......
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