Excuse me, what is the name of the theme song of the American movie The Graduate, and who sang it?

The Sound of Silence (the theme song of graduates) is very popular as the theme song of 1967 American film The Graduate. It was originally composed by Shaershan Monk and Calvin three years ago, and Dave Guruky skillfully musicalized the piece. As a classic movie of Oscar 1968, The Graduate starring dustin hoffman was one of the favorite movies of American young people in 1960s and 1970s. For college students in China in 1980s and 1990s, this film is almost a window for them to get in touch with western civilization and youth life. Naturally, the beautiful and simple music of this film is also one of the reasons why they are fascinated.

The soundtrack album of The Graduate was produced by paul simon and garfinkel, famous American folk groups. This album also made paul simon and garfinkel big stars. The melody of The Sound of Silence is slow and deep, and the lyrics are full of an illusory artistic conception. Listening carefully, it seems to be telling a kind of youthful and helpless catharsis. At present, I seem to see an ignorant girl walking alone in a narrow and cold alley paved with pebbles. The noisy crowd gradually disappeared behind her, and there was endless night ahead ... The song was too deep if it belonged to folk songs, but it was too delicate if it oscillated with strong music. Musically, it created a class neutral body, which should be the biggest reason for its success. This song was written in the 1960s. The 1960s was an eventful year for the United States, which experienced a series of turbulence and anxiety. Internally, anti-racial discrimination and civil rights awareness are high; Go abroad with a heavy burden of "Vietnam War". At the time of domestic troubles and foreign invasion, American spiritual leader President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas on1October 22nd, 1963 165438, which shocked the whole world and made the whole country sad. The anti-violence and anti-racial discrimination movement led by Dr. Martin Luther King, the black human rights leader, is in full swing, and the voice of anti-Vietnam War in China is also growing. President Kennedy fell, and the dreams of the American people were shattered! In this time and space background, American folk singer paul simon wrote this well-known and thought-provoking song: The Sound of Silence, dedicated to the turbulent 1960s. It's a pity that such a good song was not favored when 1964 was released, and people still listened but didn't hear it. Columbia Records will not consider rearranging the song and releasing it as a single unless a DJ likes it very much and increases the frequency of playing it on the radio. However, it seems destined that paul simon's talent should not be buried by the times. So the most beautiful duet in history, Simon and Garfinko (Simon &; Garfunkel) was reborn in this rearranged "The Sound of Silence".

Let's discuss in detail the "Song of Protest", the first sober-up. When discussing this song, you may have a question, is this song "The Sound of Silence"? The sound of silence? The sound of silence? If Simon sings alone, it is the sound of silence; if two people sing together, it is the sound of silence. Is there a definite article the? The track of the second album is the Sound of Silence, without The. So it depends on which album you buy, but most music books and periodicals are printed in the form of The Sound of Silence. The correct song title should be this.

This song itself is a wonderful poem with a rigorous structure. It's really difficult to do everything in translation, so I have to leave out the phonological part and try to keep the form and meaning (content and structure) of the original poem in the process of text conversion, and then reread it when my translation skills are improved. Based on the meaning of this song, this paper discusses it paragraph by paragraph and explores its deep meaning.

This song * * * is divided into five sections, which are linked together in one go. In the first paragraph, the speaker came to his old friend in the dark and poured out his heart as an old friend. It can be seen that he has always been lonely, and it is not the first time to be alone or to meditate in the dark. This time, what I want to tell my dark friends is an illusion that haunts my mind. Vision is translated into illusion because it often appears in the narrator's dreams, which is so unreal but so real.

The second paragraph is about the phantom reality. In the dream, the narrator is always uneasy and walks alone on the cobblestone street. Judging from the words "glow under the street lamp" and "I turned my collar over to the cold dam", it must be a wet and cold night. On such a lonely and cold night, he was awakened by the sudden neon lights and experienced the real "silence". "Light" originally had positive meanings such as civilization, hope and enlightenment. Here, paul simon reversed this image.

The third paragraph enters the climax of the phantom. Naked is naked, naked women are naked women, naked eyes are naked eyes, and naked light is light without lampshade, which is very strong because it is direct. He saw thousands of people in such strong light. These people are talking, but the content of the conversation is empty and meaningless, so they are talking without saying; ; On the other hand, the person who receives the word is listening in one ear and out the other, so he is absent-minded, so he is listening but not listening. He can skillfully put these ordinary and simple words together to achieve artistic effects. He is really a master of folk songs. In addition to empty talk and absent-mindedness, some people sing insincerely and without feelings when writing songs. Writing songs is one thing, singing is another. People's voices can't be shared with their own songs. Even so, no one dares to face up to this problem and disturb this silence. So the narrator is anxious and warns them angrily that "silence" is terrible, because silence will spread like cancer until everyone is swallowed up. He asked everyone to listen to him carefully so that he could help them. However, no one paid attention to him. His words are like silent rain dripping at the bottom of a silent well, which can't arouse a ripple. In this way, everyone is still the same, worshipping and praying for the neon god they created. The neon gods here are interrelated with the neon lights in the second paragraph, and the meaning of the symbols is vividly displayed. It was not until this section of the five-line subway wall and the six-line Tanglou hall that the real meaning finally appeared. Subway walls are usually the homes of homeless people, and serviced apartments are better than slums at best. In contrast, neon lights form a strong contrast, which represents capitalist civilization and its decadent material enjoyment. In the second paragraph, paul simon used a metaphor to turn the positive meaning represented by light upside down, making it the source of chaos, because the stinging neon lights make people unable to see the direction, and because people covet material comforts and ignore the things around them. Therefore, neon lights are a symbol of money worship. Just as the narrator tried in vain to set things right, a warning message flashed in the neon sign, which read: "The prophet's words were written on the subway wall and in the lobby of the apartment." Prophets are not people who can predict the future mentioned in religion, but homeless people and poor people. They often write their complaints and dissatisfaction on subway walls and apartment halls, but these voices are drowned out in this materialistic society.

Writing here, we can find that this song basically contains two themes, one is attacking capitalist money worship, and the other is alienation and indifference between people, which leads to the loss of human communication ability. In fact, these two themes are mutually causal. Since the word "silent public" appeared, silence is almost equal to indifference. The next paragraph is taken from a note written by art garfunkel for Simon's first book. From the annotation of the song "The Sound of Silence", we can get a glimpse of one or two:

The Sound of Silence is a major work. At that time, we were looking for a song with a wide range of themes. No one expected that the theme of this song was even worse. 1 1 month, Paul already has the theme and melody of this song, but the birth of this song still needs three months of hard work, and the process of hard work is sometimes frustrating. February 1964, 19, this song was written by myself. Its theme is that people can't communicate with each other. The author sees that the scope of communication between people is limited to superficial and commercial transactions (neon signs can show it). Because there is no serious communication, no serious understanding-"people say nothing, listen to nothing", no one dares to risk reaching out.

(Take my arm so that I can reach out to you) Disturb the silence. The poet's efforts are also in vain (but my words are like raindrops falling silently in countless silent wells). The ending is puzzling. This is my understanding of this song, but like other good works, it is best for everyone to interpret it themselves. This song tells us that when meaningful communication fails, the only sound left is silence.

"In today's era of advanced technology and unimpeded Internet, Simon's The Sound of Silence is of epoch-making significance. Simon's song seems to tell us: "In a sea of people, people follow others, and we feel lonely all the time.". Stop and let's have a good communication, otherwise human relations will deteriorate day by day and become the victims of science and technology in the new century. "

Lyrics: You are so dark, my old friend, you are so dark, my old friend.

I came to talk to you again.

Because an illusion crept in quietly, because an illusion came quietly to me.

I left its seeds when I slept.

An illusion implanted in my mind. This illusion took root in my mind.

It still bothers me.

The sound of silence is accompanied by the sound of silence.

In an uneasy dream, I walk alone in an uneasy dream.

A narrow street paved with cobblestones.

Under the halo of the street lamp, under the halo of the street lamp.

I turned up my collar against the cold. I turned up my collar against the cold and humidity.

When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of neon lights.

It cuts through the night sky, cuts through the night sky.

Touch the sound of silence. Touch the sound of silence.

In the dazzling light, I saw naked light.

Ten thousand people, maybe more. I see thousands of people.

People talk but don't talk, people talk but don't talk to each other.

People who listen but don't listen can listen, but don't listen.

Songs written by people, voices never shared. Songs written by people can't be sung.

No one dares to disturb the silent sound.

"Fool" I said, "You don't know that silence grows like cancer" I said, "Fool, don't you know that silence grows like a chronic disease?

"Listen to me, I may teach you to listen to what I say to you.

Grab my arm, I may reach you, hold me and hold out your hand.

But my words are like silent raindrops, but my words are like raindrops.

Echo in the silent well, echo in the silent well.

People bow and pray to the neon god they created. People bow and pray to the neon god they created.

The sign flashed its warning and prayer in the sacred light.

The words it forms are indicated between the lines.

The sign says: It tells people.

The prophet's words were written on the subway wall.

Apartment hall and residential hall

Whisper in the silent voice. "Whispering in a silent voice.