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Paul Simon — The Obvious Child
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coloradojohn
(A Mile High and then some, Cherry Creek, Denver)
Posted: Apr 08, 2013 - 21:56
 
Sometimes I cannot resist the urge to hear all the songs on this epic recording, even if I just heard one or more the day before.  One of the best, ever...

Namgev
(Flagstaff, AZ)
Posted: Mar 08, 2013 - 10:15
 
 mrselfdestruct wrote:

This is my baby son's favourite song!

 
You should introduce him to Los Fabulosos Cadillacs' song "Matador" - he'll go absolutely wild.



Dunkelstar
(Hershey, PA)
Posted: Mar 08, 2013 - 10:13
 
Great album!

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Mar 08, 2013 - 10:13
 
Great drumming, sadly spoilt by yer man's warbling. 8 for the drumming.

Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: Feb 20, 2013 - 13:30
 

Everybody in my church be dancing...  love it...
 

mrselfdestruct
(Alberta)
Posted: Feb 20, 2013 - 13:30
 

This is my baby son's favourite song!



mistabird
(frei republik allgäu)
Posted: Dec 04, 2012 - 09:20
 
großartig !!

stevendejong
Posted: Dec 04, 2012 - 09:20
 
 mrcanard wrote:
Sounds too much like a marching drum band with lyrics.
 
There is a difference, you know, between a marching band and the ridiculously talented group that invented samba.

mrcanard
Posted: Oct 18, 2012 - 03:56
 
Sounds too much like a marching drum band with lyrics.

lshinkawa
(Berkeley, CA)
Posted: Mar 10, 2012 - 21:08
 
great album!

TerryS
(Another SW)
Posted: Mar 10, 2012 - 21:06
 
 MiracleDrug wrote:


one hell of a rebound on the long rolls for a brush...
 
Olodum really 'live' their music. Neither they, nor their audience, can stand still.

Grammarcop
(Upriver from Zug Island)
Posted: Feb 08, 2012 - 03:59
 
Obvious child? My mother always said I was the "oblivious child."

MiracleDrug
(Earth)
Posted: Jan 23, 2012 - 12:27
 
 Misterfixit wrote:

Tight stretched marching snare drum beaten with metal whisks; 32" bass drum with cloth mallets.

 

one hell of a rebound on the long rolls for a brush...

apd
(Toronto, On)
Posted: Dec 06, 2011 - 13:52
 

bump
 coloradojohn wrote:
This is one of those albums that you put on and feel the god of music leap into your soul...and thank God for good old Paul S and RP!
 



jim1964
(british columbia, but use to ride the IRT to work)
Posted: Dec 06, 2011 - 13:43
 
 scraig wrote:
you played Simon and Garfunkel less than an hour ago...just saying.
 
....uh oh, the fix is in.



black321
(Apogee)
Posted: Dec 06, 2011 - 13:40
 
 cc_rider wrote:
The best part of this song is the drum line. Paul's okay and all, but the drum line really works.
 




If you like listening to a marching band.

scraig
(Santa Barbara, CA)
Posted: Oct 20, 2011 - 11:00
 
you played Simon and Garfunkel less than an hour ago...just saying.

Misterfixit
(Nashville)
Posted: Oct 04, 2011 - 09:02
 
 cc_rider wrote:
The best part of this song is the drum line. Paul's okay and all, but the drum line really works.
 
Tight stretched marching snare drum beaten with metal whisks; 32" bass drum with cloth mallets.


(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Sep 02, 2011 - 23:04
 
 Papernapkin wrote:

You sound like a one-line robot. Do you not think?
 
Thank you...  this song is good for the feet...  we be dancing...  love it...

 

hollirg1
Posted: Aug 02, 2011 - 13:19
 
I love Paul Simon and I like many of the songs on this album, but not this one.  Its a 3 for me.

scrubbrush
(Sea of Calm)
Posted: Aug 02, 2011 - 13:19
 
 coloradojohn wrote:
This is one of those albums that you put on and feel the god of music leap into your soul...and thank God for good old Paul S and RP!

 

This song is especially poignant and beautiful.



coloradojohn
(Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan -- 15 min. west of Shinjuku, center of the freaking Universe)
Posted: Jul 02, 2011 - 03:54
 
This is one of those albums that you put on and feel the god of music leap into your soul...and thank God for good old Paul S and RP!

SuzG
(at my desk)
Posted: Jun 16, 2011 - 09:04
 
 shutter wrote:

I'll third that.  Wholeheartedly.

 

4th. 

I'd rather hear just them.

shutter
(You can't get here from there)
Posted: Jun 16, 2011 - 09:00
 
 Geecheeboy wrote:
cc, I second the motion on the drumline.  Best part of this song.
 
I'll third that.  Wholeheartedly.


TerryS
(The other SW)
Posted: May 15, 2011 - 18:31
 
 Geecheeboy wrote:
cc, I second the motion on the drumline.  Best part of this song.
 

It's Olodum who hail from Salvador de Bahia in Brazil, saw them doing a dance class there by pure chance.

oldviolin
(Esse quam videri)
Posted: Mar 29, 2011 - 09:01
 
Paul Simon is a gifted artist and a beautiful human being and I hope he retreads before he retires...especially 21 years ago...

Zep
(3-2 count, bottom of the 9th, 2 out, bases loaded, and the coach sez take.)
Posted: Mar 29, 2011 - 08:58
 
Caught Paul Simon in Woody Allen's "Annie Hall" last night.  Never realised he had such a thin, nasal, almost whiny speaking voice.  Not so his singing voice.

8.



Geecheeboy
(under a crescent moon and palmetto tree)
Posted: Mar 29, 2011 - 08:53
 
cc, I second the motion on the drumline.  Best part of this song.

hippiechick
(topsy turvy land)
Posted: Mar 29, 2011 - 08:50
 
Paul Simon is one of those artists who needs to retire. His new stuff is just crap.

cc_rider
(Austin Texas. Y'all.)
Posted: Feb 10, 2011 - 08:38
 
The best part of this song is the drum line. Paul's okay and all, but the drum line really works.

kcar
Posted: Feb 10, 2011 - 08:37
 
Haven't heard this in ages! Thanks, RP. 

michaelgmitchell
(Belleville, ON)
Posted: Dec 25, 2010 - 06:20
 
1990? Twenty years ago? God, I'm old.

paulmack
(the hissing swamps)
Posted: Dec 09, 2010 - 11:48
 
 flyboy wrote:
2.  The only reason it isn't a 1 is to leave room for all of Peter Gabriel's songs.
 
Thanks for chiming in, sunshine. How's the gang in Wasilla today, anyway?


oenyaw
Posted: Dec 09, 2010 - 11:40
 
I have long thought of PS as overrated, yet every now and then he hits one particular note, and it's all justified.  This is one of those songs.

Zigi
(Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
Posted: Sep 21, 2010 - 04:19
 
Okay, who ordered the truck of percussionists? :P

flapser
Posted: Aug 20, 2010 - 03:32
 
I love this song! The rythm is amazing!!

Nerubo
(Denver, CO)
Posted: Jun 17, 2010 - 08:29
 
Must...not....air....drum......Gah!  Can't help it!

 

flyboy
(Sarah Palin's Hometown)
Posted: Jun 01, 2010 - 11:20
 
2.  The only reason it isn't a 1 is to leave room for all of Peter Gabriel's songs.

floydoftherocks
(Frisco)
Posted: Jun 01, 2010 - 11:15
 
well, i'm accustomed to a smooth ride..

ahh...
{#Clap}

Ljenny
Posted: May 16, 2010 - 13:36
 
{#Drummer}

It's always great to hear this one again.


rjewyo
(Ventura, CA)
Posted: May 16, 2010 - 13:36
 
Terrific album too..............{#Drummer}{#Bananasplit}

TerryS
(The other SW)
Posted: Apr 14, 2010 - 19:32
 
 AuralSects wrote:


Actually, the drum track was recorded on 8 track, live on a Brazillian street. It was a performance by a drum troupe called OLODUM. He wrote the song and fitted it to the drums later.

Paul explains the process here

http://www.thedreamerofmusic.com/how%20was/h1/h1.htm
 
Saw Olodum drumming for a dance class in a studio, then perform live in a procession in the streets of Salvador do Bahia, Brazil. That was an experience, made all the better by two mid-teen girls from an 'all-dressed in white' school dance troupe goofing about in the back row doing double steps and swivel hip moves long before Madonna even thought of them. Spectacular!



Geecheeboy
(under a crescent moon and palmetto tree)
Posted: Apr 14, 2010 - 19:15
 
This makes me want to go watch Drumline again.

macadavy
(Cascadia's attic, eh?)
Posted: Feb 26, 2010 - 12:52
 
 bb_bubbab wrote:
Paul Simon has always had the gift of taking the unusual musical riff (drums here) and used it in a beautiful new way.

Turn it up!  Tap your toes!
 
That's 'cause his drummer is frequently this man:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Gadd
Listen to Simon's 'Late in the Evening' for an outstanding example of his work.



peacockangel
(Phoenix)
Posted: Feb 26, 2010 - 12:47
 
I remember that girl

bb_bubbab
(Way high in the mountains in SE New Mexico)
Posted: Dec 25, 2009 - 15:24
 
Paul Simon has always had the gift of taking the unusual musical riff (drums here) and used it in a beautiful new way.

Turn it up!  Tap your toes!

crankypage
Posted: Oct 23, 2009 - 19:46
 
I remember reading Simon describe his process of lyric writing - he bounces a ball against a wall and comes up with the lyrics that way. I think it says a lot that he's not a "writer" - it's an oral process. I think he comes up with interesting twists of phrase first and meaning later. 

farbenblinde
(Vereinigten Staaten)
Posted: Oct 23, 2009 - 19:45
 
Paul Simon is one of the most enjoyable artists ever.  I loved this era.  He is a true artist, poet, and musician. 

Papernapkin
(Mountain View, CA)
Posted: Oct 07, 2009 - 21:25
 
 romeotuma wrote:


Listening to this song is good for the ears...
 
You sound like a one-line robot. Do you not think?

Papernapkin
(Mountain View, CA)
Posted: Oct 07, 2009 - 21:24
 
Did Paul Simon die? This is the fourth Simon song I've heard here in the past hour.