![]() The duo released “Bookends” on April 3 of 1968 as their 4th studio album. “Bookends” is an album by arguably the biggest rock duos of the 1960s, Simon & Garfunkel. ![]() This was when he spent about a year in England. And Bob Johnston (1932-2015), arguably one of the most notable behind-the-scene’ musicians of the late-20 th century, produced the track. “A Hazy Shade of Winter” was written by Paul Simon during the mid-1960s. My Chemical Romance’s Gerard Way and Ray Toro also covered this tune in 2019 for usage on Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy series. It also achieved top 20 status on the both the Billboard Hot 100 and Cash Box Top 100. Where it performed most impressively was in Canada, where the song peaked at number 11 on RPM Top Singles. To note this track was covered, to greater success, by The Bangles in 1987. “A Hazy Shade of Winter” made it onto the top 30 of the UK Singles Chart. their third studio album, which actually did come out in 1966. ![]() It was originally a standalone release but eventually serving as the lead single to 1968’s “Bookends”, which proved to be Simon & Garfunkel’s penultimate studio album. As such, “A Hazy Shade of Winter” was actually recorded when the pair was working on “Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme”, i.e. This track was released on 22 October 1966. the vocalist rather perceiving winter all around. What the lyrics further reveal is that internally the vocalist is going through a hard time – something like a midlife crisis if you will – where he’s looking at himself and is not impressed with what he’s accomplished thus far. Relatedly, the second verse can be interpreted as him being impoverished, as in being in need of assistance from the Salvation Army, which is a well-known charity organization.Īnd it may also be such an institution that inspired the third verse, where the vocalist comes off as if he’s regularly the recipient of uplifting advice. But actually feeling more optimistic is easier said than done. However, it does appear that he makes an attempt. But the fourth verse and outro take us back to the first, i.e. Well, we know that this doesn’t speak to his personal or at least concurrent situation when he wrote it, as Simon did so shortly after the release of “Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme”, which proved to a be a pretty successful album for him and Garfunkel. "It doesn't do anything to mitigate a changing climate or improve the environment, but it does everything to increase the cost of energy.It has been offered that Simon is relaying these lyrics from the perspective of a poet – a theory that is verified in the fourth verse – who has lost hope. "It's all because of the cult-like fascination with decarbonization," he continues. "For the U.S., it's possible to gain back our energy dominance.but we've got to stop this whole-of-government approach that the current administration is unleashing on American energy producers." has now with their new prime minister, who has lifted the ban on fracking to make them energy independent again," he says. "You really need some bold leadership like the U.K. Isaac warns this should serve as a cautionary tale to America, where the Biden administration has similarly banned or restricted fracking and fossil fuel energy production. Great Britain recently lifted its ban on fracking, as it faces an energy supply crunch due to the Russian war in Ukraine. "It's the cold temperatures that are much more dangerous and catastrophic to humans."Įurope is already preparing for the coming cold. "For every person that dies of a heat-related illness, ten people will freeze to death," he says. While those pushing the left's green agenda frequently speak of the climate crisis, Isaac believes the real crisis is the threat to human life from radical environmental policies. "Natural gas prices are high, and that produces most of the electricity we use here in the United us, the cost of coal has quadrupled over the last year." "With higher costs, you've got 1 in 6 families that are now facing disconnect notices from utilities here in the U.S.," he tells KTRH. Jason Isaac, who heads the Life:Powered initiative at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, says the struggle is real for American families. The National Energy Assistance Directors Association (NEADA) projects the average family will pay 17% more for home heating this winter compared with last winter. Energy costs are expected to soar this winter, due to inflationary pressures and continued supply issues. Texans just spent the summer hunkering down in air conditioning and weathering higher power bills, but the real test is coming.
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