He may have sung about the sound of silence, but Paul Simon's inspirations make a joyous noise. His warm, introspective moments contain the uplifting harmonies of The Everly Brothers blended with the intricate acoustic fingerpicking and supple vocals of Bert Jansch. When he marries poetry to percussion, you can hear the firebrand folk of Bob Dylan and the bossa-nova rhythms of Antônio Carlos Jobim.