终于,在无数乐迷的引颈期盼下,因为理念不合而解散近20几年的美国诗人二重唱团体-赛门与葛芬柯,2002年葛莱美颁奖典礼的开场,在艺人达斯汀霍夫曼的介绍之下,Paul Simon和Art Garfunkel再度聚首,领取葛莱美所颁发的终生成就奖。就在Paul Simon的吉他伴奏下,Art Garfunkel清澈高亢的歌声唱出成名曲『The Sound Of Silence』,相信当场勾起了许多5年级西洋乐迷们的无限回忆。好消息还不只如此,接下来他们更宣布于2003年开始举办名为【老朋友Old Friends】的演唱会,根据Paul Simon的说法,此次演唱会是特别为了曾经和赛门与葛芬柯一同成长的乐迷而举办的,想见见老朋友而举办的演唱会。
Simon & Garfunkel's Old Friends: Live On Stage is a live ary from their highly successful &Old Friends& reunion concert tour of 2003, with The Everly Brothers as special guests. Both the CD and DVD were released in December 2004.
The CD and DVD were taken from a series of shows at New York's Madison Square Garden in early December 2003.
Both the DVD and the double CD set include a new studio song, &Citizen of the Planet&, written by Paul Simon in the 1980s and recently completed with Art Garfunkel. The DVD contains two Simon & Garfunkel songs that were omitted from the double CD set: &Keep the Customer Satisfied& and &The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)&. There are also two additional songs performed by The Everly Brothers, which are not included on the CD. The DVD includes a series of clips from Simon & Garfunkel's rarely seen 1969 television special Songs for America as part of its extra features.
Both the CD and DVD are available separately and together as a package.