"Save the Life of My Child" | |
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Song by Simon & Garfunkel | |
from the album Bookends | |
Recorded | December 14, 1967 Columbia Studio A |
Studio | Columbia 7th Ave, New York City |
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Length | 2:49 |
Label | Columbia |
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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).
"Save the Life of My Child" was one of many songs on Bookends recorded with production assistant John Simon. [1]
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 Robert 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 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]