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[SusanGordon-bfcg]

Riding in the car with my 5 year old listening to Scarborough Fair. When it ended, she turned to me and said " I'm glad Parsley saved Rosemary in time!"

[RicoCosta]

Man for a minute I thought you weren't gonna get the meaning then at the last minute you nailed it. Impressive. As far as the meaning of the herbs, I found this on a website: "For the Romans, parsley was a symbol of death and rebirth often used to decorate tombs; sage was a healing herb and thought to impart immortality and wisdom; rosemary was the herb of remembrance used both at weddings and funerals; thyme was said to give courage." Fascinating stuff for an all-time classic.

[objectiveobserver]

Two songs put together. The first is about a former love and the singer gives her impossible tasks to become his love once again; the singer doesn't really love her and does not want her.

The second song (the words in parenthesis) is about a call to war for a cause the nobody even remembers. The battle takes place in the night while civilians, including a small child, are sleeping; the village is ambushed and children are dead.

This song is so soft and beautiful that you think it is a feel good tune. The lyrics say otherwise.

Thank you for your reaction. You did your research and get it. Most reactors have no clue. I love your reactions and I am a subscriber.

[AliasMark]

I'm sure you can understand the impact these guys had on us all back then. Every song so thought provoking with brilliant arrangements. Nice choice

[DrStrangelove]

She'll never be his true love because he is dead, he died in the war and left her behind.

[mikecaetano]

Nice! Simon & Garfunkel took their recording of "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" to the top forty in the US in 1968. The roots of "Scarborough Fair" trace as far back in time as 1670. In terms of pop music, Simon & Garfunkel went into deep time on this one, and pulled it off with style!

[dannycasson]

I think it's a harpsichord you're talking about. A magical song. Takes you to a different time
and place. This is about as perfect a song as you'll ever hear. Just an incredible song.

[santacruz]

Lots of medieval images in this song. It was written end of the sixties when the Vietnam war was on its horrible peak. Its basically a wonderful anti war song. A masterpiece if you ask me.

[debrabeck]

This is one of the most 1960’s “peace” songs that I can think of, and it doesn’t refer to Vietnam once. Great reaction, thank you for choosing it.

[mtnvalley]

Man! Now THAT! was a great reaction to an old fave. Loved it, thanks!

[joonzville]

The Scarborough Fair song is an old English folk song. Simon & Garfunkel made a counterpoint song of this with the other verses - the ones in parentheses (I think those verses were written by Paul Simon).

Scarborough Fair was in the repertoire of my high school choir. We were absolutely thrilled when this came out from S&G in ‘66! We sang our version (same tune without the counterpoint verses) at almost every concert for several years, it was really popular.

[tzcomp]

I'm sure I had the incredulous look on my face the first time I listened to this song in 1966 that you had reacting to this video.

[dianefiske-foy]

There’s another version of the song on Esteban Richmond’s channel that’s titled “Scarborough Fair - The History behind Lyrics” that tells the history of the song while a woman named Amy sings a version of the song. There are different versions of the song and no one knows who wrote it.

[kh-zf]

Its two songs in one. The one was written in the 15 hundreds. The other is an anti vietnam war song written by simon and garfunkel. Combined to make an interesting song.

[chriswiedeman]

I came across a live video of S & G with TV host, Andy Williams in 1968 all singing this song together. It was fantastic!!

[BrooklynBear]

Nice work! Impressive unpacking of complex lyrics.

[frankiebowie]

At the height of the Vietnam war, there were all kinds of antiwar songs in the top 40. That’s one way music has changed. Now nobody really gives a 💩?
We have issues that need to be addressed, but Pop music is failing us.

[ElizasGrammy]

Rushed right over here when I saw what you were reacting to. Thank you!!! 🙂

[chris...]

These are two different songs woven together.
One is a traditional English folk song that goes back to at least the mid-17th century ("Scarborough Faire") and the other an anti-war song Paul Simonn wrote ("Canticle").
I would say that what both songs have in common is conflict and the impossibility of resolution.
Another meaning for the two songs together is that the one at the faire is a lover awaiting for her beau to return from war, but he was cut down in the conflict. He can never return to her nor be her true love again because he is no longer in this world, hence the impossible tasks that would need to be done before he could reunite with her.
The herbs mentioned in the folk song are just filler words, a kind of 'do-be-do-be-do' or 'la-la-la'

Please do a reaction to Simon & Garfunkel's "7 O'clock News/Silent Night".

[elliegee]

Such an incredible song, one of my S&G faves!