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| Name = Save the Life of My Child |
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[[Category:Songs written by Paul Simon]] |
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| Artist = [[Simon & Garfunkel]] |
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| Album = [[Bookends]] |
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| Recorded = 1967 |
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*[[Folk rock]]}} |
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| Length = 2:49 |
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| Label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]] |
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| Producer = {{flat list| |
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*Paul Simon |
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*[[Art Garfunkel]] |
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*[[Roy Halee]]}} |
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*[[Paul Simon]]}} |
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| track_no = 2 |
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"'''Save the Life of My Child'''" is a song by American music duo [[Simon & Garfunkel]] from their fourth [[studio album]], ''[[Bookends]]'' (1968). |
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==Background== |
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"Save the Life of My Child" was one of many songs on ''Bookends'' recorded with production assistant John Simon.{{sfn|Fornatale|2007|p=66}} |
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==Composition== |
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An audio sample of the band’s first hit, "The Sound of Silence", softly plays during a cacophony of sounds near the end of "Save the Life of My Child."{{sfn|Eliot|2007|p=95}} John Simon, who was credited with production assistance on the song, created the bassline by playing a Moog synthesizer with help from Bob Moog himself.{{sfn|Eliot|2007|p=95}}<ref>Trevor Pinch, Frank Trocco. ''Analog Days: The Invention and Impact of the Moog Synthesizer''. Harvard University Press, 2004.]</ref> James Bennighof, author of ''The Words and Music of Paul Simon'', considers the churning, distorted groove and electronic instrumentation an accompanying textural element to the subject matter: suicidal suburban youth.{{sfn|Bennighof|2007|p=34}} "Save the Life of My Child" is a dramatic story involving drugs, violence and a mother and child relationship. According to James Bennighof, the song "deals with individual crises in crowded urban settings, along with references to larger societal forces and at least a hint of some transcendent perspective."{{sfn|Bennighof|2007|p=34}} |
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== References == |
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== Bibliography == |
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* {{cite book|last=Bennighof|first=James|title=The Words and Music of Paul Simon|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=ShBhKL-9SLIC|year=2007|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-275-99163-0|ref=harv}} |
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* {{cite book|last=Fornatale|first=Pete|title=Simon and Garfunkel's Bookends|year=2007|publisher=Rodale|isbn=978-1-59486-427-8|ref=harv}} |
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"Save the Life of My Child" is a song by American music duo Simon & Garfunkel from their fourth studio album, Bookends (1968).
Background
"Save the Life of My Child" was one of many songs on Bookends recorded with production assistant John Simon.[1]
Composition
An audio sample of the band’s first hit, "The Sound of Silence", softly plays during a cacophony of sounds near the end of "Save the Life of My Child."[2] John Simon, who was credited with production assistance on the song, created the bassline by playing a Moog synthesizer with help from Bob Moog himself.[2][3] James Bennighof, author of The Words and Music of Paul Simon, considers the churning, distorted groove and electronic instrumentation an accompanying textural element to the subject matter: suicidal suburban youth.[4] "Save the Life of My Child" is a dramatic story involving drugs, violence and a mother and child relationship. According to James Bennighof, the song "deals with individual crises in crowded urban settings, along with references to larger societal forces and at least a hint of some transcendent perspective."[4]
References
- ^ Fornatale 2007, p. 66.
- ^ a b Eliot 2007, p. 95.
- ^ Trevor Pinch, Frank Trocco. Analog Days: The Invention and Impact of the Moog Synthesizer. Harvard University Press, 2004.]
- ^ a b Bennighof 2007, p. 34.
Bibliography
- Bennighof, James (2007). The Words and Music of Paul Simon. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-275-99163-0.
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(help) - Fornatale, Pete (2007). Simon and Garfunkel's Bookends. Rodale. ISBN 978-1-59486-427-8.
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