Discussion
Enjoying my usual Sunday early routine (bed, coffee, TV.) I was flipping through the channels trying to find something interesting that wasn't a repeat of Top Gear/Mythbusters/Friends, when on Sky Arts I came across a documentary about the making of Paul Simons Graceland.
I'd forgotten what a great album it is. Cheerful, uplifting and intelligent, sometimes you forget how good things are when you haven't listened to them for awhile.
He was saying that basically he was extremely depressed when he began to make it but whole process was very cathartic for him and cheerful way the South African musicians lived their lives despite all the oppression that was going on in that country at time, made him change his outlook on life and music making.
I remember at the time the massive outcry at the time from the Islington career leftists about how terrible it was that he did an album that didn't reference the troubles in South Africa in a political context.
"He's made an album about South Africa and not even mentioned Saint Nelson or Saint Biko!! Ban him!!"
Simons point was that other people were doing that better than he could and he was celebrating the joy in the country and the culture.
40 million copies later those same luvvies....
"Marvellous celebration of the human spirit & the resilience of the South African population, helped break down barriers, helped end Apartheid...."
Great album in any respect. Off to turn it up now.
I'd forgotten what a great album it is. Cheerful, uplifting and intelligent, sometimes you forget how good things are when you haven't listened to them for awhile.
He was saying that basically he was extremely depressed when he began to make it but whole process was very cathartic for him and cheerful way the South African musicians lived their lives despite all the oppression that was going on in that country at time, made him change his outlook on life and music making.
I remember at the time the massive outcry at the time from the Islington career leftists about how terrible it was that he did an album that didn't reference the troubles in South Africa in a political context.
"He's made an album about South Africa and not even mentioned Saint Nelson or Saint Biko!! Ban him!!"
Simons point was that other people were doing that better than he could and he was celebrating the joy in the country and the culture.
40 million copies later those same luvvies....
"Marvellous celebration of the human spirit & the resilience of the South African population, helped break down barriers, helped end Apartheid...."
Great album in any respect. Off to turn it up now.
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