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The song is a brief acoustic piece (once compared to English rock band the Moody Blues) that evokes "a time of innocence." [2] [3] The “Bookends Theme ” is preceded by "Old Friends", which segues into the song with a single high, sustained note on the strings. [4] The “Bookends Theme ” contains vocal accompaniment from the duo.
Bookends is a concept album that explores a life journey from childhood to old age. Side one of the album marks successive stages in life, the theme serving as bookends to the life cycle. Side two largely consists of previously-released singles and of unused material for The Graduate soundtrack. Simon's lyrics concern youth, disillusionment ...
The short companion song "Bookends Theme (Reprise)," addresses loss and the fleeting nature of memories, and of time spent together. On the album "Old Friends," the title generally conveys the introduction or ending of sections, and the song builds upon a "rather loose formal structure" that at first includes an acoustic guitar and soft mood. [3]
"Mrs. Robinson" is a song by American folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel from their fourth studio album, Bookends (1968). The writing of the song was begun before the 1967 film The Graduate, which contained only fragments of it. The full song was released as a single on April 5, 1968, by Columbia Records.
"Kathy's Song" (Live) – 3:23 "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)" (Daniel Alomía Robles; English lyrics by Simon, arranged by Jorge Milchberg) – 3:08 "Bookends" (same track as "Bookends Theme" from the Bookends LP; although cross-faded from "Old Friends" on Bookends, on this album it is a stand-alone track) – 1:21
A bookend is an object, or often one of a pair of objects, used to hold a row of books upright on a shelf, while Bookends is a 1968 album by Simon & Garfunkel. Bookend or Bookends may also refer to:
This is an alphabetical list of songs written or co-written by the American singer-songwriter ... "Bookends Theme" (Two versions, one instrumental, one with vocals ...
The "later Folia" is a standard chord progression (i-V-i-VII / III-VII-[i or VI]-V / i-V-i-VII / III-VII-[i or VI7]-V[4-3sus]-i) and usually features a standard or "stock" melody line, a slow sarabande in triple meter, as its initial theme. This theme generally appears at the start and end of a given "folia" composition, serving as "bookends ...