This was during apartheid and he got a lot of opposition from people who underestimate the power of music , and introduced the world to African musicians , best thing Paul Simon has ever done . Music is for everybody
@anthonyferris89124 ай бұрын
@steviesellers Wokery was telling us what we should and shouldn’t do and how to do it, even back then…nothing changes. Simon was right and I still have the CD.
@steviesellers4 ай бұрын
@@anthonyferris8912 I dont know what woke is
@richardhargrave60824 ай бұрын
It was a ground breaking album at the time So I bought it Its still ground breaking. Its wonderful
@bellesque8614 ай бұрын
Simon is a musical genius. This was a great song in a great album.
@tribalwoman1384 ай бұрын
I love Paul Simon, I've listened to him for many years.
@dramaqueen6G4 ай бұрын
Paul Simon was a really low point in his personal and professional life in the early 70s when a friend invited him to come to South Africa and spend some time with the musicians there. Simon got a lot of criticism for ignoring the boycott, but he formed deep friendships there and produced this transcendent album. And as a result many of the musicians he played and recorded with there ended up touring with him and gaining massive attention, which they never would have gotten otherwise. Watch one of the live videos of this, it will leave you smiling from ear to ear.
@dagmar.69544 ай бұрын
Such a great song from the "Graceland" album! Paul Simon is such a great singer songwriter. After his success with Simon & Garfunkel in the 60's, Paul Simon went solo in 1970. He has a huge library of songs such as "Mother & Child Reunion", "Me & Julio Down By The Schoolyard", "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover", "Still Crazy After All These Years", "Gone At Last", "My Little Town", "Kodachrome", "Loves Me Like A Rock", "The Boy In The Bubble" etc.
@larryross94924 ай бұрын
I saw his concert while he was in his African period. Best Damn Concert I Ever Saw!
@davidlewis88144 ай бұрын
That grin and that easy swing - that’s it!
@alexanderkutschera14918 күн бұрын
You are so right!!!! I personally am a huge fan
@TheDivayenta4 ай бұрын
The singers are from South Africa. Ladysmith Black Mbaze. The whole album has an African feel.
@Olivia-fm2gw4 ай бұрын
Check out "The Obvious Child" the official video performance. The Brazilian drummers are fantastic.
@CherylHughes-ts9jz15 күн бұрын
Yes! The best drumming I've ever seen/heard! The first time I ever heard it I was in my car I had to pull over to listen 😂❤😂
@Olivia-fm2gw14 күн бұрын
@@CherylHughes-ts9jz I don't think this song as well known as some of his other his songs.
@CherylHughes-ts9jz14 күн бұрын
@@Olivia-fm2gw you're right and it's a shame ☮️
@melissakhalar18424 ай бұрын
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@susangirardi36552 ай бұрын
This was the first mixed race concert in South Africa.
@noppawut34424 ай бұрын
❤❤ Paul Simon ❤❤
@AFL67pitt3 ай бұрын
Paul Simons solo career is every bit as good as any Simon & Garfunkle Listen to You Can Call me Al from this same Album
@LukeMaynard2 ай бұрын
I've heard and loved this song and this recording of it so many times. I can't believe I didn't hear this through headphones in my whole life. It's so weird to hear the horns in stereo, and the decision to have the right-ear horns cut out before the left again and again in the little fanfare section. But take out one ear, and then take out the other, and you can hear how tightly syncopated the horns are. More than 30 years later, I'm still hearing new things in every layer of this beautiful record.
@PjRjHj4 ай бұрын
Bakithi Kumalo's fretless bass lines 🔥
@georgejackson35704 ай бұрын
I absolutely love this song and yes the bass line is one of the best things about it. Really clever and melodic.
@calicocat8563 ай бұрын
I love what you said about Paul Simon going into other kinds of music. One of my favorites is a relatively recent Samba called The Afterlife. It’s a quirky, funny take on a rather serious subject. There are several versions on KZbin, but I suggest the original 12 year old one. It’s just him and the band sitting around and playing.
@jackrussell39513 ай бұрын
When people ask me what the best album ever made was I always say, "Besides Graceland?" I mean it kind of objectively just is.
@williamhenderson15214 ай бұрын
Please react to "Still Crazy After All These Years"
@kellywann37944 ай бұрын
You d should check out The Boy in the Bubble. Good job.