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Fakin' It

Certain Songs #2215: Simon & Garfunkel – “Fakin’ It”

October 30, 2021 by Jim Connelly

Album: Bookends
Year: 1967

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During the entire year of 1967, when their peers were releasing at least one, sometimes two albums per year — plus accompanying non-album singles — Simon & Garfunkel put out a grand total of two singles. There were a few reasons for this: Paul Simon had become caught up in the seriousization of rock ‘n’ roll, and decided to focus on album writing instead of single writing. At the same time, he ran into a case of writers block, These two things were probably somewhat related, as raising your ambitions means that every outpouring from your muse is that much more suspect.

Also, he’d been roped into contributing to the soundtrack for Mike Nichol’s The Graduate, which — well, let’s talk about that in the next post..

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Filed Under: Certain Songs Tagged With: Bookends, Fakin' It, Simon & Garfunkel

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