Pentru că de la postarea aceasta a venit vorba de „Simion şi Telefunken”, porecla pe care au primit-o fraţii Blaj în numele lui Simon and Garfunkel… să ne aducem aminte de unul dintre cele mai tulburătoare cîntece scrise în secolul trecut: „Sound of Silence” de Simon and Garfunkel. Din nou întreb: de ce aceia care au primit lumina adevăratei cunoaşteri nu pot scrie versuri măcar la fel de reuşite?Dacă aveţi cunoştinţă de vreo formaţie evanghelică, creatori de vers şi muzică de bună calitate ca pe vremea cînd două voci şi o chitară făceau muzică adevărată.
Hello darkness, my old friend,
I’ve come to talk with you again,
Because a vision softly creeping in,
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 out 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 whisper’d in the sounds of silence.”
Marius Cruceru 
Sînt impresionat! De două ori!
În primul rînd că aduceţi în discuţie unul dintre cele mai tulburătoare cîntece „din lume” cu (subtil) mesaj creştin – The Sound of Silence.
În al doilea, că prezentaţi formaţia (parcă la limita kitsch-ului) „Gregorian” – un produs Michael (Mihai) Creţu.
În ceea ce priveşte Sound of Silence, se simte fundalul cultural ebraic al autorilor (… „the words of the prophets are written on the subway walls/And tenement halls./ And whisper’d in the sounds of silence…”); mi se pare interesant şi înţelesul oarecum ezoteric al versurilor, tipic poeziei moderne. O bijuterie muzicală. Alături de altă bijuterie, tot marca Simon & Garfunkel: The Boxer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdKjEHfHINQ&w=420&h=315
„I am just a poor boy
Though my story’s seldom told
I have squandered my resistance
For a pocket full of mumbles such are promises
All lies and jests
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest
When I left my home and my family
I was no more than a boy
In the company of strangers
In the quiet of the railway station running scared
Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters
Where the ragged people go
Looking for the places only they would know
Lie la lie …
Asking only workman’s wages
I come looking for a job
But I get no offers,
Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue
I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome
I took some comfort there
Lie la lie …
Then I’m laying out my winter clothes
And wishing I was gone
Going home
Where the New York City winters aren’t bleeding me
Bleeding me, going home
In the clearing stands a boxer
And a fighter by his trade
And he carries the reminders
Of ev’ry glove that layed him down
Or cut him till he cried out
In his anger and his shame
„I am leaving, I am leaving”
But the fighter still remains”
Lie la lie …
da, formaţia nu-mi place, dar am vrut un pic altceva decît Simon and Garfunkel.
N-aş spune că acest cîntec are un sens creştin.
este pur şi simplu poezie de bună calitate.
in ce-i priveste pe simon si garfunkel trebuie sa tinem cont ca ei fac parte dintr-o generatie de poeti-cintareti valorosi si cred eu inegalabili.
poezia si muzica erau gemene intr-un sens modern atit rafinat cit si salbatic.
poezia si muzica au mai fost gemene doar in cazul psalmilor.
sunt si ei niste psalmisti moderni ai timpului lor.
Aşa cum spui, Emanuel, material din acela nu se mai fabrică, din păcate!