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You can take her new single for a spin &#8211; and read her love letter to Simon &amp; Garfunkel&#8217;s &#8216;Bookends&#8217; &#8211; down below.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-hassal-overpopulator\">Hassal &#8211; &#8216;Overpopulator&#8217;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"--aspect-ratio:1.3333333333333;\" title=\"Hassall - Overpopulater Music Video\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yzD4WD3R4S0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hassall: <\/strong>The first time I heard Simon &amp; Garfunkel, I was in the lounge room at Dad&#8217;s house. I got to pick the record that night &#8211; <em>Bookends.<\/em> (Probably for the cool cover art, a black and white picture of a young, close-up Paul and Art in turtlenecks). I laid there, my back on the carpet, first listen. The inner-leaf lyric sheet was clutched in both hands above me, blocking the big light. I followed each song word for word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was the first time I understood what songwriting was, I think. Or maybe, what it had the potential to be. This hit me a little during the song &#8216;America&#8217; and then a LOT during the song &#8216;Overs&#8217;. Man alive, those lyrics are good. Listening to Paul Simon&#8217;s songwriting,&nbsp; I remember thinking it sounded like a poem that someone had designed music around so that every little word and line felt exactly the way the words intended it to. Later on, I learned that it&#8217;s called prosody, and I&#8217;m forever in the pursuit of it. The way he toys with tempo, and the entire arrangement is so well shaped and placed &#8211; it just makes sense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"--aspect-ratio:1.3333333333333;\" title=\"Simon &amp; Garfunkel - Overs\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_uIrXfVtXbI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Side A of <em>Bookends<\/em> is made up of six songs and one recording of old people talking (Garfunkel&#8217;s contribution). It&#8217;s a concept half-album that follows the human lifecycle chronologically and it is heartbreaking. The &#8216;Bookends Theme&#8217;, which plays at the start and end of the side (fittingly) is the thickest nostalgia I&#8217;ve ever felt in music, and it makes me so weepy in a good way. Side B is a collection of songs that were written for the film <em>The Graduate<\/em> (including &#8216;Mrs Robinson&#8217;). These songs are so bouncy and lyrically whacked-up, yet relentlessly clever in a way that completely cuts the fat.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Top tracks if I&#8217;m at gunpoint: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. &#8216;Bookends Theme &#8211; Reprise&#8217; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. &#8216;Overs&#8217; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. &#8216;Punky&#8217;s Dilemma&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Special shoutout: When I saw Zooey Deschanel&#8217;s character gift her brother the <em>Bookends <\/em>12&#8243; in the movie <em>Almost Famous<\/em> I fell in love (with her). It&#8217;s probably why I have a fringe now.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-further-reading\">Further Reading<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/musicfeeds.com.au\/news\/simon-garfunkels-sound-silence-climbing-charts-thanks-sad-affleck\/\">Simon And Garfunkel\u2019s \u2018The Sound Of Silence\u2019 Is Climbing The Charts Again, Thanks To \u2018Sad Affleck\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/musicfeeds.com.au\/news\/triple-j-announces-hottest-100-of-australian-songs-for-50th-anniversary\/\">triple j Announces \u2018Hottest 100 Of Australian Songs\u2019 For 50th Anniversary<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/musicfeeds.com.au\/news\/blusher-announce-racer-ep-share-new-single-and-headlining-tour-dates\/\">Blusher Announce \u2018RACER\u2019 EP, Share New Single And Headlining Tour Dates<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The first time I understood what songwriting was&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":768,"featured_media":570937,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"xe_is_sponsored":false,"xe_sponsored_img":0,"xe_sponsored_url":"","xe_sponsored_start_date":"","xe_exclude":false,"xe_exclude_from_yahoo":"","created_by_alias":"Hassall","just_watch_slug":"","just_watch_year":"","just_watch_title":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[1173679],"tags":[1210594,1193937,1180967],"class_list":["post-570936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-hassall","tag-love-letter-to-a-record","tag-simon-garfunkel"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.5 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Love Letter To A Record: Hassall On Simon &amp; 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