Save the Life of My Child
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"Save the Life of My Child" is a dark, socially conscious song by Simon & Garfunkel that explores urban despair and a threatened suicide, notable for its experimental production and use of sound effects.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Save the Life of My Child canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical work
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song ⓘ |
| album | Bookends NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | Simon & Garfunkel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Art Garfunkel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Paul Simon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronologicallyFollows | Patterns NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronologicallyPrecedes | America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Paul Simon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsMotifFrom | The Sound of Silence GENERATED ⓘ |
| containsMusicalQuotation | The Sound of Silence GENERATED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| features |
Moog synthesizer
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crowd noise sound effects ⓘ distorted bass sounds ⓘ police siren sound effects ⓘ spoken dialogue elements ⓘ |
| genre |
experimental rock
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folk rock ⓘ psychedelic rock ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
alienation
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family conflict ⓘ social commentary ⓘ threatened suicide ⓘ urban despair ⓘ youth crisis ⓘ |
| includedIn | Simon & Garfunkel discography ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Paul Simon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | studio recording ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
a child on a building ledge
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bystanders reacting to a potential suicide ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dark lyrical content
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experimental production ⓘ use of sound effects ⓘ |
| partOf | Bookends NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Simon & Garfunkel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Art Garfunkel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Paul Simon NERFINISHED ⓘ Roy Halee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedBy | Simon & Garfunkel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Columbia Records ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1960s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1968 ⓘ |
| side | Side one of Bookends ⓘ |
| trackPosition | opening track of Bookends ⓘ |
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