# Simon and Garfunkel's Bottom Line Announcement

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simon-and-garfunkels-bottom-line-announcement/200553>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 9, 2003, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simon-and-garfunkels-bottom-line-announcement/200553 "2003-09-09T16:26:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2003, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simon-and-garfunkels-bottom-line-announcement/200553/21 "2003-09-28T20:59:43Z")

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> \*Originally posted by doctordoowop \*  
> \*\*DMark- well someone heard & liked Sounds of Silence-but it was changed before it was a hit. It 1st had acoustic guitar(s) only-the electric & drums were added & the rest is history. \*\*

It is acoustic on their first album, _Wednesday Morning 3 AM_ Then some geniius at CBS decided it might soud good with an electric backing, and the rest is history.

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**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2003, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simon-and-garfunkels-bottom-line-announcement/200553/22 "2003-09-28T21:15:26Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Short Guy \*  
> \*\*So you’re saying the tour is for Art’s sake?  
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Nahh, just kind of a tongue-in-cheek poke at Art. I’m not sure what Art has been doing lately. I wish they would come down here to FL though.

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