Much of the material was crafted alongside producer John Simon (no relation), who joined the recording when Paul Simon suffered from writer's block. Simon's lyrics concern youth, disillusionment, relationships, old age, and mortality. Side two largely consists of unused material for The Graduate soundtrack. Side one of the album marks successive stages in life, the theme serving as bookends to the life cycle.
Bookends is a concept album that explores a life journey from childhood to old age.
The duo had risen to fame two years prior with the albums Sounds of Silence and Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme and the soundtrack album for the 1967 film The Graduate. Bookends is an aptly-titled literary album covering themes of loss, the American Dream, youthful innocence and old age. They were one of the best-selling music groups of the 1960s, and their biggest hitsincluding 'The Sound of Silence' (1965), 'Mrs.
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Sale Price 13.50 13.50 15.00 Original Price 15.00' (10 off) FREE shipping Favorite Add to Dragon Bookends LifeCoByBri. Bookends by Michael Brenneis & Paul Hastil, released 22 April 2020 1. American folk-rock duo consisting of singer-songwriter Paul Simon and singer Art Garfunkel. Simon & Garfunkel - Bookends Music Album Cover Vintage Canvas Poster (No Frame) JianqingJianqing. Produced by Paul Simon, Roy Halee and Art Garfunkel, the album was released on April 3, 1968, in the United States by Columbia Records. Bookends (album) Fourth studio album by American music duo Simon & Garfunkel. Bookends is the fourth studio album by American music duo Simon & Garfunkel.