Tracks
- Bookends Theme
- Save the Life of My Child
- America
- Overs
- Voices of Old People
- Old Friends
- Bookends
- Fakin' It
- Punky's Dilemma
- Mrs. Robinson
- A Hazy Shade of Winter
- At the Zoo
Bookends is an uninspiring album. Most of the songs are pseudo-intellectual folk or folk rock.
The music is good enough and Simon and Garfunkel sing well and they sound especially good when they sing close harmony. And, maybe I just don't get it, but I think the lyrics are pretentious crap pretending to unveil universal or personal truths. Maybe wit is confused with wisdom. If you are going to be smart with your lyrics then be smart, otherwise don't. There is no directive for rock and roll music to enlighten the masses.
I can see why this album is on the 1001 Albums list, though. It's paving the way to that Hell also known as Adult Contemporary Rock. So, if you like that kind of music, this will be perfect and if you must listen to this album, the better songs are Mrs. Robinson and A Hazy Shade of Winter. America is a popular song but it epitomizes the pretentious crap that Paul Simon writes.
★★★★★★☆☆☆☆
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