The song was used in the 2009 film (500) Days of Summer. Although at the time Simon & Garfunkel were already established pop stars, 1968's Bookends cemented their place as pop legends and went on to become one of the duo's alltime classic albums. The piece closes the entire suite with the "resigned admonition" to "Preserve your memories / They're all that's left you." In popular culture Simon and Garfunkels Bookends is one of my common sources for these exercises, and I had been using the version of the disc thats included on the Collected.
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"The text refers to the passage of time, and to memories of a loved one, and thus fittingly concludes the series of intervening songs, which address interpersonal relationships at times of life that progress from song to song," wrote James Bennighof, author of The Words and Music of Paul Simon. The “Bookends Theme ( Reprise)” contains vocal accompaniment from the duo. The “Bookends Theme ( Reprise)” is preceded by " Old Friends", which segues into the song with a single high, sustained note on the strings. The song is a brief acoustic piece (once compared to English rock band the Moody Blues) that evokes "a time of innocence." The "Bookends Theme" that opens and closes side one is played on the acoustic guitar, with no additional instruments. The featured classic album is Bookends by Simon and Garfunkel (Columbia, 1968) one of the finest albums of the era, and one of the finest pop albums of.
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