Ana iya cewa mafi nasara duo rock duo na 1960s, Paul Simon da Art Garfunkel sun ƙirƙiri jerin kundi masu ban sha'awa da waƙoƙin wakoki waɗanda ke nuna waƙoƙin waƙoƙin mawaƙa, sauti da sautin guitar lantarki, da basirar Simon, ƙayyadaddun waƙoƙi. .
Duo ya kasance koyaushe yana ƙoƙari don samun ingantaccen sauti mai kyau da tsabta, wanda sau da yawa wasu mawaƙa ke sukar su.
Mutane da yawa kuma suna da'awar cewa Simon bai sami damar buɗewa gabaɗaya ba yayin aiki a matsayin duo. Wakokinsa, da kuma muryarsa, sun yi kama da sabon salo da zarar ya fara sana’ar solo a shekarun 1970s.
Amma mafi kyawun aiki (S & G) na iya kasancewa daidai da rikodin solo na Simon. Duo da gaske sun ci gaba cikin sauti yayin fitar da kundin su guda biyar.
Faɗin nau'in nau'in ya faɗaɗa daga daidaitattun sassa-rock-rock zuwa waƙoƙin Latin da shirye-shiryen da bisharar ta rinjayi. Irin waɗannan nau'ikan salo iri-iri da haɓakawa za a nuna su daga baya a cikin ayyukan solo na Simon.
Tarihin rikodi na farko
A gaskiya ma, tarihin samuwar da kuma rikodin farko na rukuni ba ya fara a farkon rabin 60s. Mawakan sun yi yunƙurinsu na farko na rubuta waƙoƙi shekaru goma da suka wuce.
Abokan yara waɗanda suka girma a Forest Hills, New York, koyaushe suna rubuta nasu waƙoƙi kuma suna rubuta musu kiɗa. An rubuta rikodin farko a cikin 1957 a ƙarƙashin rinjayar wani duet - Everly Brothers.
Na farko daya daga cikin samarin, wanda sa'an nan suka kira kansu Tom & Jerry, ya buga Top 50. Waƙar da ake kira "Hey Makaranta", ko da yake an yi nasara mai kyau, ba da daɗewa ba an manta da duet kuma ba ta kai ga komai ba.
Mutanen sun daina yin kiɗa tare, kuma Simon ya yi iya ƙoƙarinsa don neman aiki a masana'antar kiɗa. Shi, kyakkyawan marubucin waƙa, har yanzu bai sami farin jini sosai ba.
Daga lokaci zuwa lokaci Simon ya rubuta waƙa ga wasu masu fasaha ta amfani da sunan Tico & The Triumphs.
Shiga tare da Columbia
A farkon shekarun 60s, waƙar jama'a ta rinjayi Simon da Garfunkel.
Lokacin da suka sake fitar da bayanansu, sai suka kira salon su mutanen. Ko da yake tushen pop music iya wasa a hannunsu a cikin kira na rare music da jama'a.
An sanya hannu kan alamar Columbia, mutanen sun yi rikodin farawarsu ta farko a cikin 1964, a cikin dare ɗaya kawai.
Waƙar ta farko ba ta yi nasara ba, amma an jera duet Simon & Garfunkel a matsayin mai zane, kuma ba Tom & Jerry ba, kamar yadda yake a da. Mawakan sun sake rabuwa.
Simon ya koma Ingila inda ya ke buga kidan jama'a. A can ya yi rikodin kundin solo na farko da ba a sani ba.
Taimako daga Tom Wilson
Anan ne labarin mawaƙa Simon da Garfunkel zai iya ƙarewa idan ba don tasirin tasirin furodusan su Tom Wilson ba, wanda a baya ya samar da ayyukan farko na Bob Dylan sosai cikin nasara.
A cikin 1965 an sami ci gaba a cikin dutsen jama'a. Tom Wilson, wanda a baya ya taimaka wa Dylan wajen inganta sautinsa na lantarki da na zamani, ya ɗauki mafi nasara ɗaya daga cikin kundi na farko na S & G mai suna "The Sound of Silence" kuma ya ƙara gitar lantarki, bass da ganguna a ciki.
Bayan haka, waƙar ta haura zuwa saman ginshiƙi a farkon 1966.
Irin wannan nasarar ya zama abin ƙarfafawa ga duo don sake haɗuwa da kuma shiga cikin ƙarin rikodin. Simon ya dawo daga Burtaniya zuwa Amurka.
Tun daga 1966-67, duo ya kasance bako na yau da kullun akan sigogi daban-daban. An ɗauki waƙoƙin su a cikin mafi kyawun rikodi na zamanin jama'a. Waɗanda suka fi samun nasara sune "Daure Gida", "Ni Dutse ne" da "Inuwar hunturu".
Rikodin farko na Simon da Garfunkel ba su da ƙarfi sosai, amma mawaƙa sun ci gaba da inganta.
Simon ya ci gaba da haɓaka ƙwarewar rubutun waƙar sa yayin da duo ya zama mafi nasara a kasuwanci da kuma shiga cikin ɗakin studio.
Ayyukansu ya kasance mai tsabta da ɗanɗano wanda ko da a zamanin shaharar kiɗan hauka, duo ya kasance a cikin ruwa.
Mawakan sun yi nisa sosai daga ayyukan rashin hankali don canza salon su, kodayake ya riga ya zama ɗan “fiye”, wanda suka sami damar haɗa masu sauraro da shi.
Waƙar Simon da Garfunkel sun ja hankalin masu sauraron sassa daban-daban, daga pop zuwa masu sauraron dutse, da kuma ƙungiyoyin shekaru daban-daban.
Duo ba'a iyakance ga kiɗa ga matasa da matasa ba, amma ya haifar da wani abu na musamman da na duniya.
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary da Thyme (marigayi 1966) shine kundi na farko mai daidaituwa da gogewa.
Amma na gaba aiki - "Bookends" (1968), ba kawai a hade a baya saki singles da wasu sabon abu, amma kuma nuna girma balaga na band.
Daya daga cikin wakokin kan wannan albam, “Mrs. Robinson", ya zama babban nasara, ya zama ɗaya daga cikin shahararrun mawaƙa na ƙarshen 60s. Har ila yau, an yi amfani da shi azaman sautin sauti a cikin ɗaya daga cikin fina-finai na lokacin - "The Graduate".
Aiki daban
Haɗin gwiwar biyun ya fara raguwa a ƙarshen 60s. Maza sun san juna tsawon rayuwarsu, kuma sun shafe kusan shekaru goma suna wasa tare.
Simon ya fara jin ra'ayoyinsa da ba a gane su ba sosai saboda ƙuntatawa akai-akai na aiki tare da mawaƙa iri ɗaya.
Garfunkel ya ji an zalunce shi. Domin dukan kasancewar duet, bai rubuta komai ba.
Hazaka na Simon sun ɓata Garfunkel sosai, kodayake muryarsa, wato mafi girman tenor, na da matukar mahimmanci ga wasan duet da wasan kwaikwayo.
Mawakan sun fara yin rikodin wasu ayyukansu daban-daban a cikin ɗakin studio, ba tare da ɗan wasan kwaikwayo ba ko kaɗan a cikin 1969. Daga nan sai Garfunkel ya fara gudanar da aikinsa na wasan kwaikwayo.
Kundin haɗin gwiwa na ƙarshe
Album din nasu na baya-bayan nan mai suna "Bridge Over Traubled Water", ya shahara sosai, wanda ya kai makwanni goma. Rikodin ya ƙunshi 'yan wasa guda huɗu tare da hits kamar "The Boxer", "Cecilia" da "El Condor Pasa".
Waɗannan waƙoƙin sun kasance mafi yawan buri da ƙwaƙƙwaran kida.
"Bridge Over Traubled Water" da "The Boxer" sun fito da ganguna masu ruguzawa da kuma rubuce-rubucen ƙwararrun ƙungiyar makaɗa. Kuma waƙar "Cecilia" ta nuna ƙoƙarin farko na Simon don shiga cikin rhythms na Kudancin Amirka.
Hakanan wanda ya ba da gudummawa ga shaharar kundi shine shahararren ɗan wasa na Garfunkel, wataƙila muryar da aka fi sani a shekarun 60s da 70s.
Duk da cewa "Bridge Over Matsala Ruwa" shi ne album na karshe na duo mai dauke da sabbin abubuwa, mawakan da kansu ba su fara shirin raba hanya ta dindindin ba. Koyaya, hutu a hankali ya juya zuwa rushewar duet.
Simon ya fara aikin solo wanda ya ba shi farin jini kamar yin aiki tare da Garfunkel. Kuma Garfunkel da kansa ya ci gaba da aikinsa a matsayin dan wasan kwaikwayo.
Mawakan sun sake haduwa sau ɗaya a cikin 1975 don yin rikodin waƙar "My Little Town", wanda ya buga ginshiƙi na Top 10. Lokaci-lokaci, sun kuma yi tare, amma ba su zo kusa da sabon aikin haɗin gwiwa ba.
Wani wasan kwaikwayo na 1981 a cikin Central Park na New York ya ja hankalin magoya bayan rabin miliyan kuma an yi masa alama ta hanyar fitar da kundi na wasan kwaikwayo.
Mawakan kuma sun zagaya a farkon shekarun 80s, amma an soke kundi na studio da aka shirya saboda bambancin waka.
