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The heavy guitar riff of “Hazy Shade of Winter” took the single to #13 on the singles charts as Simon sounds close to rage that “the leaves are brown/there’s a patch of snow on the ground”. “Fakin’ It” is an up-tempo rock song that sees Simon speak of imposter syndrome to a chorus of handclaps. Paul Simon describes the second side of the album as “throwaway tracks”, with some dating back to the Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme recording sessions. The title track then reappears at double it’s length as the first version and closes out side one. This leads beautifully into the guitars and strings of “Old Friends” sitting on a park bench like “bookends”. “Voices of Old” is a sound collage put together by Art Garfunkel of folks in two different seniors’ homes speaking about life. “Bookends Theme” is a lovely acoustic number that is interrupted by a dissonant Moog synthesizer slash that announces the arrival of second track “Save the Life Of My Child” that also contains a snip of “The Sound of Silence” amongst the chaos. The eventual recording sees the first side contain a concept journey from the start of life through being elderly. Robinson being in a mental institution and later talks about watching a political debate that claims “when you’ve got to choose/every way you look at it, you lose”.īookends got off to a difficult start with producer John Simon (no relation) being brought in to help Paul with a bout of writer’s block before eventually leaving the project, the album was then produced by the duo with Roy Halee. The single is best remembered from the soundtrack which obscures its lyrics about Mrs.
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Robinson” would hit #1 on the US singles chart with its full version appearing on side two of the duo’s Bookends album released that April. The Graduate OST released in January 1968 saw Simon & Garfunkel become a very big deal on an album that featured their name in bold print even if they only contributed one new song.