THE BOXERPAUL SIMON AND BRUCE WOODLEY (1968)

The BoxerPaul Simon and Bruce Woodley (1968)

The BoxerPaul Simon and Bruce Woodley (1968)

Thesis Statement

THE BOXER tells the story of a man who has the courage to take a moral stance against political terrorism in the middle of an undeclared war.

"The Boxer" is a folk rock ballad written by Paul Simon in 1968 and first recorded by Simon & Garfunkel. It was released as the second single from her number one hit "Mrs. Robinson" and reached # 7 on the U.S. charts. He later appeared on their last studio album, Bridge Over Troubled Water, along with its B-side "Baby Driver." It is particularly known for its plaintive refrain, in which the singer sings the melody as "lie-the lie, and the memorable finger-picking guitar played by guitarist Fred Carter, Jr.. Rolling Stone ranked the song # 105 in list of 500 greatest songs of all time.

The original recording of the song is one of the highest yielding, and the duo took over 100 hours of recording. The recording took place in multiple locations, including Nashville, St. Paul's Chapel in New York, and Columbia studios.

"I had a baby Martin, a 000 to 18, and when he began recording in New York with Roy Halee, engineer, and Paul [Simon] was playing his Martin - I think it's a D-18 and was tuned regularly - I had completely written the song lyrically, but had most of the melody and then everything was hearin 'was pieces while he was doing' his fingerpicking fingerpicking ... I think it was. in an open C. I have tried two or three things and Martin then took the baby, which was about a third over his guitar, the sound. (Holden, 1990, 2-5)

"And I turned on the first string to a D, and the development of the string bass to a G, who underwent open-G tuning, with the exception of the fifth string, which was standard. Do some fingerpicking counter with it, just do a roll back slightly, and Iucked a lick. And it became that little roll, and cut it, only Paul and I, two guitars. Then we started to experiment with other ideas and so on . At the end of the day, we were still in the song. Garfunkel was Amblin 'for the study, hummin' and the entry havin 'several times. They were real scientists. It was placed in one hand, and you ...