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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical work
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
surface form: United States
features Moog synthesizer
crowd noise sound effects
distorted bass sounds
police siren sound effects
spoken dialogue elements
genre experimental rock
folk rock
psychedelic rock
hasTheme alienation
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
bystanders reacting to a potential suicide
narrativePerspective third-person
notableFor dark lyrical content
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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Bookends hasTrack Save the Life of My Child