I am sure that Simon and Garfunkel were considered as folk rock - especially because of the instrumentation used in "Sounds of Silence". They most certainly had an effect upon my musical upbringing. I quite nearly wore the grooves off every LP of theirs I had. The lyrics of many of their early songs have become part of my vocabulary (largely a tribute to Paul Simon, I know).

"...Like a rat in a maze, the path before me lies..."
"...And I watch as her breasts softly rise, softly fall..."
"...His heart is laughing, screaming, pounding..."
"...And as I watch the drops of rain, weave their weary paths and die..."
"...I kissed your honeyed hair with my grateful tears..."
"...When I look back on all the crap I learned in high school, it's a wonder I can think at all..."

I'm sure I could go on.