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{{Infobox song|
#REDIRECT [[Bookends#Track listing]]
| Name = Save the Life of My Child
[[Category:Songs written by Paul Simon]]
| Artist = [[Simon & Garfunkel]]
| Album = [[Bookends]]
| Recorded = 1967
| Genre = {{flat list|
*[[Folk rock]]}}
| Length = 2:49
| Label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| Producer = {{flat list|
*Paul Simon
*[[Art Garfunkel]]
*[[Roy Halee]]}}
| Writer = {{flat list|
*[[Paul Simon]]}}
| track_no = 2
| Tracks = {{Bookends tracks}}
}}
"'''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.{{sfn|Fornatale|2007|p=66}}
==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."{{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}}
== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}

== Bibliography ==
* {{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}}
* {{cite book|last=Fornatale|first=Pete|title=Simon and Garfunkel's Bookends|year=2007|publisher=Rodale|isbn=978-1-59486-427-8|ref=harv}}

{{Simon & Garfunkel}}

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[[Category:1968 songs]]
[[Category:Simon & Garfunkel songs]]
[[Category:Simon & Garfunkel songs]]
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[[Category:Songs written by Paul Simon]]
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[[Category:Song recordings produced by Roy Halee]]
[[Category:Song recordings produced by Paul Simon]]
[[Category:Song recordings produced by Paul Simon]]
[[Category:Song recordings produced by Art Garfunkel]]
[[Category:Song recordings produced by Art Garfunkel]]
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[[Category:Song recordings produced by Roy Halee]]

Revision as of 22:56, 7 May 2014

"Save the Life of My Child"
Song

"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

  1. ^ Fornatale 2007, p. 66.
  2. ^ a b Eliot 2007, p. 95.
  3. ^ Trevor Pinch, Frank Trocco. Analog Days: The Invention and Impact of the Moog Synthesizer. Harvard University Press, 2004.]
  4. ^ 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. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Fornatale, Pete (2007). Simon and Garfunkel's Bookends. Rodale. ISBN 978-1-59486-427-8. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
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