Radio 4 should leave thgings alone like thgat, if they can't do a job properly!
I love all that album! I found it quite amnazing!
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Radio 4 should leave thgings alone like thgat, if they can't do a job properly!
I love all that album! I found it quite amnazing!
Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life(Berthold Auerbach)
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Did I say radio 4, Bbm? Sorry I meant Radio 2 - I think Graceland's pretty great too.Originally Posted by Brassbandmaestro
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No problems!
Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life(Berthold Auerbach)
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Can't remember if this was mentioned in this thread, may be of interest to some readers
http://www.worldmusic.net/news/news/...ion-in-london/
Very big news, interesting timing and a lot of dilemmas. This one, that one or (I really shouldn't financially) neither.
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Very interesting doc I caught last night on the Imagine strand, but without whatsisname (always a), about Graceland. Ladysmith reminding of the effect they had when they first burst on the scene - hadn't seen the clip from Saturday Night Live before. I was interested in Simon's stance, politicians v artists, which he made with the son of Oliver Tambo who was far too reminiscent of Oliver Reed, but forgave him in the end (spoiler alert) - also an interesting suggestion of why the Boyoyo Boys are not on the album, when in some ways they were the original inspiration. Needless to say woke up this morning with the 'Mississippi Delta was shining like a National Guitar' in my ear.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode...African_Skies/
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saw it as well very good story of making the album and the deep relationships involved ... i am happily convinced that Simon was right to do it and all the pontificating boycotters were not ...Simon did something inherently non-hostile positive and exemplary ... and his refusal to kow tow to the serious political weight thrown at him is admirable imv ... and the music speaks now just as powerfully as it did originally ...
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Terrific the way he talked of the influence of the musicians in the way he wrote the verses for Graceland I thought. Also, PS had first seen Ladysmith on a BBC film, made secretly in South Africa in the late 70s - here's a couple of takes from Rhythm of Resistance from Youtube - looks well worth a look at the whole thing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kCr8L9PlO0
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I thought it was an excellent programme and PS, for once, came out of it very well although the Grauniad disagrees. He was, I thought, scarily honest to admit to almost racist thoughts re the Boyoyo Boys performance and to state that he just wanted to get the hell out of there.
For me I woke up singing (well you know what I mean) Homeless much to the irritation of Lady Gould and then my workmates!
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I don't think the guy from the Grauny likes Paul Simon.
In the doc, I liked the way PS talked about the artist's place in the hierarchy of things, especially where the politicians were concerned. There was a suggestion that the artist could come as long as it was on the terms of the politicians, and he wasn't prepared to do that, maybe because it would affect the art. Reminded me of the story of Richard Feynmann wanting to go to Tanu Tuva, and folk said well you're a Nobel Prize Phycisist - so he was told 'all you need to do is go to Moscow - present some lecture or another and then in the process get the required visa to take you to Kyzyl' - he said, 'What would be the fun in that?'. Of course he never did get there!
But more than anything the programme reminds me of how fantastic Ladysmith were when they first appeared. They were everywhere for a while from Beans' ads to Sesame Street. Then we forget how wonderful they sound because their sound was so distinctive. Great to be reminded of it and the incredible voice of Joseph Shabalala in particular.
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