Remember, if you don’t know what a rock song is about, it’s about drugs.
Except this one.
Do Simon and Garfunkel’s stuff really count as “rock?”
This is one of my favorite versions done as the opener for The Concert for New York City performed days after the 9/11 attacks.
Yes, within the expanded definition that developed in the 60s. Some of it is more discernibly folk-rock, some more pop-rock, and sure some not at all, but as a collective body of work it falls within the wide net.
And Leaffan, not knowing who is Blake Shelton leaves you no poorer. I could not identify a track by him on hearing, or pick him from a police lineup, myself.