PAUL SIMON - You Can Call Me Al | FIRST TIME HEARING REACTION

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[@magicbrownie1357]

This entire album (Graceland) is phenomenal.

[@0okamino]

Every bit of it.

[@punkydoodle4774]

This is a great comedic video. Chevy Chase is an original SNL member. The backstory to the song, according to what I've read, is that Paul and his first wife, Peggy, were at a party and the host was introducing them as Al and Betty. It's funny how Chevy thinks the bongo stand is a table. Sets things on it and they fall right through. Paul Simon is so talented. Love this song and video.

[@fayesouthall6604]

Paul is best friends with SNL head guy Lorne Michaels

[@0okamino]

I love how that joke is continued with Chevy eventually reaching over to pick up his drink again, but of course, it isn’t there. Paul plays the dejected second banana in his own video so well, too.

[@kmach1000]

You would love "50 ways to leave your lover"!😊

[@jollyrodgers7272]

that's a master class in Chord Progressions.

[@subwaygoddess1]

🎶 "You just slip out the back, Jack" 🎶

[@HelynnHeels]

You need to experience "Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes (from The African Concert, 1987)". I guarantee you will love it and I would love to see your reaction to it.

[@DarrellFanning-bx7xz]

Graceland

[@user-ph9wt3ue7c]

Great bass line

[@0okamino]

Two. Bakithi Kumalo and Paul Simon both play bass on this track (with Paul playing a six string bass).

[@skinmeister1]

I agree with others suggesting to react to "Fifty Ways to Leave your Lover" from Paul Simon next ...you won't be disappointed!

[@KJ-4321]

This is such a great song! Paul is super talented! As someone else said, you would LOVE “Diamonds on the soles of her shoes” Also “Under African Skies” .. “Graceland.” It’s fun watching these live on the African concert from 1987. 😀

[@timhelgeson7453]

“Late in the Evening” is a must from Paul Simon!

[@happymethehappyone8300]

A MUST HEAR Classic,, Paul Simon "Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard" 🔥❤️🔥

[@mikerichards67]

Again all anyone can say is pure genius again by Paul Simon. The Graceland album is simply put one of the greatest albums recorded.

[@clifton8929]

Paul Simon has released some great solo albums and songs, including 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover-Still Crazy After All The Years and The Boy In The Bubble. Good stuff, Shawn.

[@stevetournay6103]

This was from Paul Simon's stunning 1986 Graceland album, which made stars of a number of previously rather obscure South African "township" musicians. Did what Stan Getz did with Brazilian bossa nova in the 60s or Ry Cooder with Cuban son in the 90s. That bass lick near the end of this song is one of the best ever recorded... Paul Simon was often much more about the actual sounds of words than their meaning, when it came to lyrics. He was nicknamed Rhymin' Simon... Ladysmith Black Mambazo was a township harmony group. They're heard all over the Graceland album. Thanks to the exposure Simon's album provided, they became well known, and sought after, outside South Africa, and my favourite recording of them is on the song Lullaby, recorded by Josh Groban. Check that out, it's exquisite.

[@bryandamkaer3646]

Fun song and fun video.... always loved them both.

[@beverlybrown2673]

The album this is from, Graceland, was made in South Africa during apartheid. Paul Simon took a lot of heat for breaking the boycott, but he collaborated with several Black African musicians and singers, giving them exposure and an audience that never would've heard them otherwise. The background singers, a Black African a capella group called Ladysmith Black Mambazo, toured with him around the world, and got a recording contract of their own as a result.

[@plantfeeder6677]

I think this video really sold this song. Paul Simon wrote some interestingly great songs back in the day.

[@mikehackeson5092]

Two of Simon's earlier solo songs, which are each great in their own ways, are "Loves Me Like A Rock" and "Kodachrome".

[@bellabunnell3174]

Kodachrome is an all-time fave!

[@mikefetterman6782]

The backing vocalists are the group Ladysmith Black Mombazo. They are very popular on the African continent especially, South Africa. They have a lot of great sounding songs. Here is a performance of theirs. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJTPqIV7eK2ijcU

[@threekidzmom04]

I couldn't wait to see your face when Chevy Chase registered! Priceless!

[@SpuzzyLargo]

Three of my favorites are from his first solo album after S&G broke up (his second solo LP): "Mother and Child Reunion," "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard" and "Duncan."

[@yinzer]

impossible not to smile at this.

[@markanderson9059]

If you think this one was weird you need to listen to Fifty ways to leave your lover. Santa

[@HRConsultant_Jeff]

Paul got into many African and World beats as he progressed through the years.

[@dougca7086]

Besides the original Saturday Night Live Chevy Chase did the Fletch movies and also the vacation movies as well as other movies such as Caddyshack obviously Paul Simon is very short a Chevy Chase is very very tall

[@lesblatnyak5947]

Everybody let's get down and boogie ✨️🎶✨️

[@user-gu1zb6cw6t]

Kinda lightweight but fun, especially with Chevy.

[@waltw4537]

Such a great fun tune.Nice choreography, lol. Thanks.

[@dougca7086]

React to 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover

[@bobschenkel7921]

Got to see Paul Simon on the "Graceland" tour, where he had more of a World Beat feel and backing band that was much more eclectic than his S&G years. He had the group Ladysmith Black Mombazo with him, a sort of combo of The Temptations and Gregorian Chanting, very, very cool. A truly international concert, and a great evening in The Spectrum.

[@GinMae]

Thanks so much Shawn.. a humorous video.. for a great song... as noted, this whole album was amazing... (featuring Ladysmith Black Mombasa)... appreciate your reaction...

[@richardcranium5048]

I always loved this video

[@jollyrodgers7272]

Paul's solo discography is very extensive, but Art Garfunkel solo had some good ones too - my favorite being his 1975 cover of I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU, which went to #1 on the US adult contemporary chart. For Paul Simon, try GRACELAND, 50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER, LOVES ME LIKE A ROCK, SLIP SLIDIN' AWAY, LATE IN THE EVENING, STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS..... and the list goes on .....

[@hopeklemann1]

😊 this is a fun one and I love Chevy Chase. another fun one from Paul Simon is called: 50 ways to leave your lover.

[@richardcranium5048]

I believe that back before he joinef the Saturday Night Live cast that Chevy played drums in Steely Dan

[@0okamino]

They weren’t Steely Dan yet, but yes, it was them.

[@bellabunnell3174]

​@0okamino yes!

[@tenjed4224]

Paul Simon did his concert in Central Park and was honored by Mayor Dinkins for all he has done for the people of NYC. It was the last major concert at central park, as from there on either the summer stage was used. Or the field area only allowed up to 75,000 to attend a show. Up to Simon, Central Park held unlimited concert spaces.

[@jamesdignanmusic2765]

Paul is very influenced by different music styles from around the world - has been ever since the Simon and Garfunkel song "El Condor Pasa". On the Graceland album he became fascinated by music from southern Africa, particularly South African zydeco. Many of the instruments and vocals on the album were by members of South African band Ladysmith Black Mambazo. It's an amazing album - as are most Paul Simon albums, both with and without Art Garfunkel!

[@jackiefallowfielddukes1554]

The other guy is Chevy Chase.

[@laurakali6522]

If you like movies, watch Seems Like Old Times. Chevy is hilarious in it.

[@RiverSong5683]

Chevy Chase, lol. Great comedic take on this song by Simon.

[@ErikValdezmoodybluepoet]

Chevy Chase was in a psychedelic baroque pop band called Chamaeleon Church who released an album in 1968.

[@paulrt3]

Some other great tunes from Paul Simon's solo career: "Loves Me like a Rock" and "Kodachrome"

[@mapegatkinson92]

That is Paul Simon singing not Chevy for newbies.

[@0okamino]

Which is not to say that Chevy can’t sing. He even does a great Randy Newman impression.

[@pattymckitrick7436]

❤❤great memory ❤❤

[@bellabunnell3174]

I love this song and video. Great album all around.

[@pcl8993]

👍👍👍

[@ptournas]

I think you would also enjoy "One Man's Ceiling Is Another Man's Floor" by Paul Simon.

[@TexasDonna-xu6fq]

It's been so long since I've seen this! LOL. It is so campy but so funny and good! 🤠

[@coopm3087]

Paul Simon is so much better on his own. Any song you pick is incredible hope you drive deeper into his music I think you'll really enjoy it

[@miconis123]

Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard should be next

[@mucksmith3569]

A man walks down the street It’s a street in a strange world Maybe it’s the third world Maybe it’s his first time around He doesn’t speak the language He holds no currency He is a foreign man He is surrounded by the sound, the sound Cattle in the marketplace Scatterlings and orphanages. He looks around, around He sees angels in the architecture Spinning in infinity He says, “Amen!” and “Hallelujah!” I love these lyrics only he left out the part about a man adopts his only son Franco...or maybe that's the "Hallelujah" part... Eighteen years ago my wife & I met 5 month old Francisco Jose Smith in a hotel lounge in Guatemala City...the foster family didn’t speak English and we didn’t speak Spanish. The interpreter never showed up so we communicated by me drawing pictures of my wife’s questions. While we played International Pictionary so to speak it was love at first site and the single greatest day of our lives...so as time flies now we continue to be thankful, to be a family, and to rock each others world. Amen! Hallelujah!

[@JulieFreyHomeWebBiz]

Simple music videos are contrast to more complicated, probably expensive productions. You get a similar vibe in the Phil Collins music video "Don't Lose That Number".

[@tinapatterson5022]

🥰

[@librarylady13]

[@jayheck1323]

Chevy Chase, who as a jerk and disliked by almost everyone that worked with or knew him, didn't deserve to be in this video with the great Paul Simon. I'm sure Simon realized what a mistake it was in the years after. The Graceland Album which this was on, is a masterpiece!

[@bellabunnell3174]

🥱

[@gaildevaney6074]

My take is that this video is a playful parody of the resentment/bitterness Simon felt whenever the praise for his smashingly successful songs was heaped on Garfunkel (for vocals), rather than Simon, for composing it. This video takes it one step further where it's a lip-syncing imposter who steals the spotlight away from him, and mocks Simon's contribution.

[@andymccracken4046]

The music was played by African musicians.

[@murraytown4]

One of the best tracks off one of the greatest albums of all time. Absolutely terrible video.

[@bellabunnell3174]

Phish!

[@merryklascius584]

Great song , stupid video , it happens!!!

[@fayesouthall6604]

Silly rather than stupid

[@bellabunnell3174]

Bet you're fun at parties. My friends and I do the moves every time we hear this song.

[@andreaschmall5560]

I don't know why they ever made such a stupid video to go with this song. It did not age well at all. What was the purpose of having Chevy Chase lip sync the words? They must have been high.

[@brotherbob3569]

Just having fun.

[@andreaschmall5560]

Apparently they were and as I said...they must have bern high. I'm betting there are folks who have watched this nowadays who think Chevy Chase is the singer. This just always came off as dumb to me.

[@lesblatnyak5947]

Your cornflakes mouldy this morning? doh!

[@andreaschmall5560]

@@lesblatnyak5947 No but the visual of this music video is.

[@bellabunnell3174]

You're in the minority on this one. This video was HUGE.