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(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: May 20, 2011 - 18:20
 



This is the best track from Paul Simon's new album that I have heard so far on RP...  I will wait to hear it again before I consider rating it...

 


JoepKoperdraat
Posted: Apr 19, 2011 - 04:55
 

I'm going back to Graceland!!!!!!!!!!!! Sounds directly familiair

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Apr 19, 2011 - 04:55
 

The "taketa-tiketa" style of mouth music is mildly irritating, depending on context, and Paul Simon is seriously irritating, so that's a 2 from the Nottingham jury and a mute. Soz. To some, Paul Simon pays homage to the 'world' styles he uses, to others he expropriates them, and I fall into the latter camp. Compare and contrast with Peter Gabriel, who is self-effacing and plainly has deep respect for the 'world' musicians he works with.

I use 'world' as a shorthand for non-Anglo music, though knowing full well that it's a highly Anglocentric and culturally imperialist term, but needs must. So there {#Nyah}