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"Bookends", also known as "Bookends Theme", is a song by American music duo Simon & Garfunkel from their fourth studio album, Bookends (1968). It appears twice on the track listing, as the first (shortened version) and last (known as the Reprise ) songs on side one of the original vinyl LP .
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.
"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
"El Condor Pasa (If I Could)" (Daniel Alomía Robles; English lyrics by Paul Simon, arranged by Jorge Milchberg) "Mrs. Robinson" "America" "At the Zoo" "Old Friends" "Bookends Theme" "Cecilia" "The Boxer" "Bridge over Troubled Water" "Song for the Asking" Tracks 1, 2 produced by Tom Wilson Tracks 3, 5, 7-10, produced by Bob Johnston
This is music that’s so inherently political, these bookends practically count as protest songs. “Defying Gravity” is a paean to activism, as Glinda and Elphaba debate and then sorrowfully ...
The lyrics are written in blank verse. The song opens, on Bookends, with a crossfade from "Save the Life of My Child". (This effect is not present on the single versions, which begin with a "clean" open.) The song follows two young lovers – "an apparently impromptu romantic traveling alliance" – who set out "to look for America."
Two full songs from the Bookends album are included as one track: "Old Friends" segues into the “Bookends Theme ”, as it does on Bookends and the B-side of the “Mrs. Robinson” single. This is in contrast to the "clean" version of " Bookends " (without the segued string from " Old Friends ") which was featured on Simon and Garfunkel's ...