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Podcast: Song Lyric Meanings
Episode: "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Simon and Garfunkel
Description: Song Lyrics Meaning - Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel
Bridge Over Troubled Water is the fifth and final studio album by American folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel, released in January 1970 on Columbia Records. Following the duo's soundtrack for The Graduate, Art Garfunkel took an acting role in the film Catch-22, while Paul Simon worked on the songs, writing all tracks except Felice and Boudleaux Bryant's "Bye Bye Love" (previously a hit for the Everly Brothers).
With the help of producer Roy Halee, the album followed a similar musical pattern as their Bookends...