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"The Only Living Boy in New York" by Simon & Garfunkel - PigPen Cover Series

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A series of covers requested by our Kickstarter Backers. Sophomore album "Whole Sun" out now. A very special thanks to Theatre For A New Audience. http://www.pigpentheatre.com/

"The Only Living Boy in New York" is a song written by Paul Simon and performed by Simon & Garfunkel. It is the eighth track from their final studio album, "Bridge Over Troubled Water".

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20 Comments

@mpt5731 8 years ago

This is one of the best covers of any song I have ever heard.

@bradywade 3 years ago

A sat in my car, beside a lake, rain pouring down and cried. Heavenly.

@jrsoares3074 5 years ago

Paul Simon was blessed with the gift of music, and the rest of us were blessed with Paul Simon.

@nicolek.3614 7 years ago

One of those videos that make you super glad you’re a human being.

@laurence1654 3 years ago

Best cover of this song anywhere.

@tedstjohn9997 1 month ago

I’m not sure I even know the meaning behind the lyrics, but this song has always haunted and saddened me. And I play it again. And outstanding cover 💔

@JRLNeal 7 years ago

Great version. Hats off to the bass player in particular. Spot on.

@elsteel7107 7 years ago

Oh, I'm dying. I was nine years old when this song hit the charts, and it's broken my heart ever since. I never really knew why or how it affected me so much. I just realized that this was the very season my parents divorced, and suddenly, Dad was just gone. This is the loveliest rendition I've ever heard.

@tonybero 7 years ago

HOW HAS THIS BEEN ON THE INTERNET FOR THREE YEARS, AND I'M ONLY SEEING IT JUST NOW??!??

@unclebobunclebob 7 years ago (edited)

This song is about Art Garfunkel going off to make his first movie...Catch 22...and being all worried about it. Paul Simon wrote it for Artie. The name Tom comes from their first name as a duo...Tom and Jerry.

@gmajorspresents 6 years ago

I am glad to have met Artie in 1975 when I was 15 years old. He had an apartment above a florist across the street from the train station in Katonah NY. Artie is one of the good guys !

@TheJimMcD3SB 8 years ago

The reverence for this material, and the sheer joy in performing it, is palpable.

@Banglaroadbarhopping 2 years ago

OMG. What just happened??I got through the whole thing with my jaw in my lap, and then the tears came and I can't stop. I am utterly stunned. Amazing.