Okay so real talk: tell me, is this sudden Simon-thread-bumping some kind of passive-aggressive revenge thing vs. the Leonard Cohen partisans in that other thread?
(Either way, I'm on board. "Under African Skies" still makes me happy just by existing.)
― leica bridge over troubled cameras (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 13 August 2018 02:20 (five years ago) link
Nah, this is just a great album (you heard it hear first).
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 13 August 2018 02:22 (five years ago) link
It was just hearing that Graceland remix album that made me bump it yesterday. But hearing that and seeing Angelique Kidjo live earlier this week got me thinking about 80s African-influenced pop.
― ... (Eazy), Monday, 13 August 2018 02:49 (five years ago) link
It does feel like its moment has cycled around again, somehow...
― empire bro-lesque (morrisp), Monday, 13 August 2018 03:02 (five years ago) link
A while back someone posted a copy of the bootleg cassette that may have inspired Simon. Whether that was true or not who knows, but I know I downloaded a copy and that it was a great listen. Anyone remember the title so that I can find it on my computer?
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 13 August 2018 12:19 (five years ago) link
Oh, that was easy:
http://www.kleptones.com/blog/2012/06/28/hectic-city-15-paths-to-graceland/#.W3F3cy2ZPVo
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 13 August 2018 12:22 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYJv6nol0Fw&feature=youtu.be
Crazy comments in here.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 13 August 2018 12:28 (five years ago) link
that's a cool belew story but not sure I completely get the point - he's doing the main riff on YCCMA or he's doing some weird synth buried in the mix?
― niels, Monday, 13 August 2018 14:12 (five years ago) link
Pretty sure he's saying he did the main "horn" riff! As "played" by Chevy and Paul here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq-gYOrU8bA
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 13 August 2018 14:15 (five years ago) link
wow, that's kinda wild
― niels, Monday, 13 August 2018 14:23 (five years ago) link
Oh, that was easy:http://www.kleptones.com/blog/2012/06/28/hectic-city-15-paths-to-graceland/#.W3F3cy2ZPVo― Josh in Chicago, Monday, August 13, 2018 1:22 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, August 13, 2018 1:22 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
All these years and I've never heard that. It was worth logging on one more time.
― Ned Trifle X, Monday, 13 August 2018 14:33 (five years ago) link
Josh - thanks for the link, that tape is great.
― empire bro-lesque (morrisp), Monday, 13 August 2018 16:49 (five years ago) link
Long 1987 profile:
Queens Bound: https://t.co/30spdF201Y pic.twitter.com/qrzNEnqJxO— Esquire Classic (@EsquireClassic) March 27, 2019
― ... (Eazy), Wednesday, 27 March 2019 14:23 (five years ago) link
lol paul simon qualified as angst in 1987 what fn babies
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 27 March 2019 17:20 (five years ago) link
Over the mountain, down in the valley, live some bitter Los Lobos
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Friday, April 10, 2015 3:43 PM (six years ago) bookmarkflaglink
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 5 February 2022 19:30 (two years ago) link
Mentioned it in the main Simon thread, but the 5-hour audio doc on Paul Simon covers a lot of Graceland ground, including some of the jams that led to the songs, and the complications of the whole thing. Worth buying (or streaming on Audible), for sure.
― deep luminous trombone (Eazy), Saturday, 5 February 2022 20:30 (two years ago) link