05 december, 2024

Simon & Garfunkel - Silent Night / Seven O'Clock News (1970)


"7 O'Clock News/Silent Night" is a song by American music duo Simon & Garfunkel from their third studio album, Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (1966). 
The track is a sound collage juxtaposing a rendition of the Christmas carol "Silent Night" with a simulated "7 O'Clock News" bulletin consisting of actual events from the summer of 1966. 
The track is a sound collage and simply constructed: it consists of the duo singing "Silent Night" in two-part harmony over an arpeggiated piano section.
The voice of the newscaster is that of Charlie O'Donnell, who was then a radio disc jockey. As the track progresses, the news report assumes a greater presence through an increase in volume. "The result rather bluntly makes an ironic commentary on various social ills by juxtaposing them with tenderly expressed Christmas sentiments." 
The mix on the track purposefully clashes with the piano accompaniment mixed solely to the left channel and the news solely to the right channel while vocals remain in the middle.


 1.  Seven O'Clock News / Silent Night  (1:59)
        Producer – Bob Johnston
        Written-By – Paul Simon


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Credits

"Recording first published in 1966"
From Album "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme" 


Notes
Label:  CBS – 2493 
Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single 
Country:  Netherlands 
Released:  Dec 1970 
Genre:  Folk
Style:  Vocal, Folk Rock 

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