tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161694830669099204.post5150440160802015384..comments2024-03-17T18:53:56.416-07:00Comments on Cosmic American Blog: The Case for Gracelandyoggothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00233852251148460524noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161694830669099204.post-18886670433674798862011-05-24T22:32:36.403-07:002011-05-24T22:32:36.403-07:00little earl needs a better stereo.
graceland was r...little earl needs a better stereo.<br />graceland was recorded analogue, with digital storage and mixing by roy halee who has some of the best ears in the business !asafrhttp://network4@speakers.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161694830669099204.post-72357227347965004202007-05-17T10:55:00.000-07:002007-05-17T10:55:00.000-07:00Hey could you clarify just why you think S&G sound...Hey could you clarify just why you think S&G sound less "timeless" than the Beatles, Stones or VU, because to me they hold up pretty much about as well, if not better in some places. What does it even mean to "sound like music from the 60s" anyway? To me that just means that it sounds like good fuckin' music!Little Earlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415022026000282965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161694830669099204.post-87291687919965879122007-05-16T16:48:00.000-07:002007-05-16T16:48:00.000-07:00Which albums did you inherit? I think S&G hold up ...Which albums did you inherit? I think S&G hold up pretty well. They definitely sound like music from the 60's, whereas The Beatles, Stones, and Velvet Underground sound more timeless. But I don't mind that.yoggothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00233852251148460524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161694830669099204.post-38369560392070453622007-05-16T00:14:00.000-07:002007-05-16T00:14:00.000-07:00I'll have to wait until I get home next week to li...I'll have to wait until I get home next week to listen to the vinyl copies of these albums I inherited from my parents (well, mum more specifically), but I am very interested in the burgeoning S&G vs. PS discussion. I used to be all about S&G...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15091878725089200945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161694830669099204.post-23143747879926132162007-05-15T21:34:00.000-07:002007-05-15T21:34:00.000-07:00"I fear I'll do some damage one fine day/But I wou..."I fear I'll do some damage one fine day/But I would not be convicted by a jury of my peers/Still crazy after all these years?"<BR/><BR/>I don't get the joke.<BR/><BR/>Me and Julio, Stranded in a Limousine, and Kodachrome are great songs. Other than that, Graceland is the high water mark of solo Simon for me.yoggothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00233852251148460524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161694830669099204.post-31772014872033743642007-05-15T19:45:00.000-07:002007-05-15T19:45:00.000-07:00Oh Lord - I mean Oh Warlord.The key to Paul Simon'...Oh Lord - I mean Oh Warlord.<BR/><BR/>The key to Paul Simon's early solo work was that he'd just split with Garfunkel and wasn't really sure if the public would accept him as a superstar solo artist in his own right, so he deliberately avoided making any kind of big "Bridge Over Troubled Water" statements and just wrote about whatever the hell was on his mind at the time. That's why I love the title "There Goes Rhymin' Simon"; it's so silly and understated. I also love the album cover with the little visual puns of all the song titles. It was like, "Here's a bunch of songs I had lying around, and that's pretty much it." By the time of Graceland, when he had realized that the public would accept him as a superstar on his own, then he was beginning to think of himself again as "Voice of the Baby Boomers," but 1986 was not 1966, and he was out of touch (as were most Baby Boomers). "These are the days of miracle and wonder." 1986? Not for me - and probably not for most people. 1986 SUCKED. Only a certain audience at that time could have believed such a statement, and I don't need to tell you who that was. But on Rhymin' Simon he was just trying to be the voice of himself, and I can identify with that a lot more.<BR/><BR/>I wouldn't say he got nostalgic until "Still Crazy After All These Years," and even that song is pretty funny ("I fear I'll do some damage one fine day/But I would not be convicted by a jury of my peers/Still crazy after all these years"). I don't see what's nostalgic about "Me and Julio" or "Mother and Child Reunion". I would say he didn't go James Taylor until about One Trick Pony, and yes, doing the African thing was more interesting than the James Taylor thing, but not as interesting as everybody says it is. I'm not saying that making music with South Africans was a BAD thing; I'm just saying that it wasn't that great either. If the 80s had been a more musically functioning decade, Graceland would have been seen as an interesting change of pace from an old favorite, not "Album of the Year" or whatever.<BR/><BR/>S&G on the whole is better than solo Simon, I agree, but some of his solo output definitely equals the best of S&G in terms of lyrical sharpness, timeless-sounding production, and sheer catchiness. I would stand behind most of There Goes Rhymin' Simon, "Mother and Child Reunion," "Me and Julio," "Slip Sliding Away," "Stranded in a Limousine," and "You Can Call Me Al." Interestingly, we both seem to share the same opinion of "Loves Me Like A Rock," although the line about the president is still funny.Little Earlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415022026000282965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161694830669099204.post-86663737090342174552007-05-15T16:19:00.000-07:002007-05-15T16:19:00.000-07:00It does rhyme...Now that we're on that subject did...It does rhyme...<BR/><BR/>Now that we're on that subject did you read about the killing of Mullah Duddulah? He sounded like a terrible guy but what an unfortunate name for a warlord! His parents obviously didn't plan on him becoming a mullah.yoggothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00233852251148460524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161694830669099204.post-80073479599295605802007-05-15T15:59:00.000-07:002007-05-15T15:59:00.000-07:00Rhymin' Simon! Rhymin' Simon!How could you lose wi...Rhymin' Simon! Rhymin' Simon!<BR/><BR/>How could you lose with an album title like that?Little Earlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415022026000282965noreply@blogger.com