Voices of Old People

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Voices of Old People is an experimental sound collage track by Simon & Garfunkel that features recorded conversations and ambient sounds of elderly people, reflecting themes of aging and memory.

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Voices of Old People canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf experimental music track ⓘ
song ⓘ
sound collage ⓘ
artist Simon & Garfunkel ⓘ
associatedWithEra 1960s American folk rock movement ⓘ
composer Art Garfunkel ⓘ
Paul Simon ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
featuresVoicesOf elderly people ⓘ
followedBy Old Friends ⓘ
format stereo ⓘ
genre experimental ⓘ
sound collage ⓘ
spoken word ⓘ
hasMood melancholic ⓘ
reflective ⓘ
hasPart snippets of conversations in hospitals ⓘ
snippets of conversations in nursing homes ⓘ
hasStructure continuous collage without traditional verse-chorus form ⓘ
hasTheme aging ⓘ
loneliness ⓘ
memory ⓘ
mortality ⓘ
nostalgia ⓘ
hasTitleLanguage English ⓘ
includedIn Simon & Garfunkel discography ⓘ
isNonSingleTrack true ⓘ
language English ⓘ
medium analog tape ⓘ
notableFor depiction of old age through real voices ⓘ
use of documentary-style field recordings ⓘ
partOfAlbum Bookends ⓘ
performer Simon & Garfunkel ⓘ
precededBy Save the Life of My Child ⓘ
producer Art Garfunkel ⓘ
Paul Simon ⓘ
Roy Halee ⓘ
recordedAt Columbia Studio A, New York City ⓘ
recordedIn 1967 ⓘ
1968 ⓘ
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
releaseYear 1968 ⓘ
side Side A of Bookends ⓘ
trackPositionOnAlbum third track on Bookends ⓘ
usesSound ambient sounds ⓘ
recorded conversations ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bookends → hasTrack → Voices of Old People ⓘ
Overs → precedesInTracklist → Voices of Old People ⓘ