Old Friends

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"Old Friends" is a reflective, melancholic song by Simon & Garfunkel that poignantly explores aging and the passage of time.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Old Friends canonical 8
Old Friends / Bookends 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf musical work ⓘ
song ⓘ
album Bookends ⓘ
artist Simon & Garfunkel ⓘ
associatedAct Art Garfunkel ⓘ
Paul Simon ⓘ
composer Paul Simon ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
describes elderly men sitting on a park bench ⓘ
featuresInstrument orchestral arrangement ⓘ
strings ⓘ
featuresVocalStyle two-part harmony ⓘ
firstReleaseFormat studio album track ⓘ
followedBy Bookends (Reprise) ⓘ
linked to: Bookends
follows Overs ⓘ
genre folk ⓘ
folk rock ⓘ
hasNotableLine Can you imagine us years from today, sharing a park bench quietly? ⓘ
How terribly strange to be seventy ⓘ
hasQuality melancholic ⓘ
reflective ⓘ
isPartOfMedleyWith Bookends (Reprise) ⓘ
linked to: Bookends
language English ⓘ
lyricist Paul Simon ⓘ
narrativePerspective third person ⓘ
partOf Bookends ⓘ
performer Simon & Garfunkel ⓘ
producer Art Garfunkel ⓘ
Paul Simon ⓘ
Roy Halee ⓘ
recordedBy Simon & Garfunkel ⓘ
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
theme aging ⓘ
friendship ⓘ
passage of time ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

Bookends → hasTrack → Old Friends ⓘ
Merrily We Roll Along → notableSong → Old Friends ⓘ
Starting Over → hasTrack → Old Friends ⓘ
Starting Over → hasCoverSong → Old Friends ⓘ
Lesley Duncan → notableWork → Old Friends ⓘ
Old Friends → title → Old Friends ⓘ
The Concert in Central Park → hasPart → Old Friends / Bookends ⓘ
linked to: Old Friends
Voices of Old People → followedBy → Old Friends ⓘ