![]() ![]() Martin was assassinated on the 4th of April, 1968, barely 24 hours after the official release of the album. Receiving many accolades and positive reviews from industry players, it established the duo as a group to reckon with in the world of rock music.ĭespite the album’s release coinciding with the death of American civil rights activist, Martin Luther King Jr., it was met with overwhelming support from the public. “Bookends”, considered by many as the best album from Simon & Garfunkel, became the turning point in their music career. ![]() The album got into the public domain through Columbia Records, a record label under Sony Music Group. “Bookends” was produced through the collaborative efforts of the group and Roy Halee, an American singer, record producer and a long-time collaborator of Simon & Garfunkel. Recording was done between 19 at Columbia Studio B & E, located in Manhattan, New York City. The duo released “Bookends” on April 3 of 1968 as their 4th studio album. “Bookends” is an album by arguably the biggest rock duos of the 1960s, Simon & Garfunkel. This was when he spent about a year in England. And Bob Johnston (1932-2015), arguably one of the most notable behind-the-scene’ musicians of the late-20 th century, produced the track. “A Hazy Shade of Winter” was written by Paul Simon during the mid-1960s. My Chemical Romance’s Gerard Way and Ray Toro also covered this tune in 2019 for usage on Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy series. It also achieved top 20 status on the both the Billboard Hot 100 and Cash Box Top 100. Where it performed most impressively was in Canada, where the song peaked at number 11 on RPM Top Singles. To note this track was covered, to greater success, by The Bangles in 1987. “A Hazy Shade of Winter” made it onto the top 30 of the UK Singles Chart. their third studio album, which actually did come out in 1966. It was originally a standalone release but eventually serving as the lead single to 1968’s “Bookends”, which proved to be Simon & Garfunkel’s penultimate studio album. As such, “A Hazy Shade of Winter” was actually recorded when the pair was working on “Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme”, i.e. This track was released on 22 October 1966. the vocalist rather perceiving winter all around. What the lyrics further reveal is that internally the vocalist is going through a hard time – something like a midlife crisis if you will – where he’s looking at himself and is not impressed with what he’s accomplished thus far. Relatedly, the second verse can be interpreted as him being impoverished, as in being in need of assistance from the Salvation Army, which is a well-known charity organization.Īnd it may also be such an institution that inspired the third verse, where the vocalist comes off as if he’s regularly the recipient of uplifting advice. But actually feeling more optimistic is easier said than done. However, it does appear that he makes an attempt. But the fourth verse and outro take us back to the first, i.e. Well, we know that this doesn’t speak to his personal or at least concurrent situation when he wrote it, as Simon did so shortly after the release of “Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme”, which proved to a be a pretty successful album for him and Garfunkel. So think about the things that I've said and please let this advice be the lasting mark I've made on humanity, because I am old and my time and ability to contribute to life in other meaningful ways is over.It has been offered that Simon is relaying these lyrics from the perspective of a poet – a theory that is verified in the fourth verse – who has lost hope. Start anew and recapture your sense of possibility.Ĥth verse: Please learn from my experience that your time will go by and you won't even notice as it's going until it's gone. Verse 3: And in striving to serve humanity and better the world in some way, don't Give Up! If things go wrong or seem hopeless, start over even if you just have to pretend that you believe you can succeed in your goals. When you hold your cup out to collect from the world, are your goals only self-serving? Because you would have a more meaningful ride through life if the things you did served to benefit humanity. Verse 2: Think carefully about the goals you choose to strive for. General CommentFirst Verse: My life is ending now, and looking back, I realize that I missed out on things I should have done because I was seeking perfect, fool-proof, failure free, guaranteed opportunities. Simply pretend that you can build them againįunny how my memory skips while looking over manuscripts While I looked around for my possibilitiesĭown by the riverside's, there's bound to be a better ride
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