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Music Appreciation

Swede

(37,672 posts) Thu Apr 21, 2022, 07:11 PM Apr 2022

Bookends - Simon and Garfunkel

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Bookends - Simon and Garfunkel (Original Post) Swede Apr 2022 OP

I was just thinking about this song the other day... whathehell Apr 2022 #1

As the song goes... Swede Apr 2022 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author whathehell Apr 2022 #3

I don't know how old you are, Swede whathehell Apr 2022 #4

Oh yeah. Swede Apr 2022 #5

Their voices blend so perfectly... 3catwoman3 Apr 2022 #6

whathehell

(30,293 posts)

1. I was just thinking about this song the other day...

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Thu Apr 21, 2022, 07:52 PM

Apr 2022

The line "How terribly strange to be 70" came to mind.

Seventy seemed strange to me too when I first heard this song at age 18...Now, I'm 72, and those two guys are pushing 80. .C'est la vie.

Swede

(37,672 posts)

2. As the song goes...

Reply to whathehell (Reply #1)

Thu Apr 21, 2022, 07:54 PM

Apr 2022

Long ago it must be
I have a photograph
Preserve your memories
They're all that's left you

Response to Swede (Reply #2)

whathehell This message was self-deleted by its author.

whathehell

(30,293 posts)

4. I don't know how old you are, Swede

Reply to Swede (Reply #2)

Thu Apr 21, 2022, 09:08 PM

Apr 2022

but I'm guessing it easier to ponder that thought when you're as young as S&G and I once were.

Swede

(37,672 posts)

5. Oh yeah.

Reply to whathehell (Reply #4)

Thu Apr 21, 2022, 10:04 PM

Apr 2022

I ain't no spring chicken.

3catwoman3

(27,981 posts)

6. Their voices blend so perfectly...

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Fri Apr 22, 2022, 01:46 AM

Apr 2022

…that it is hard to tell, in some songs, which voice belongs to which artist. This is one of those.

Such a gentle melody.

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