First Time Hearing | Paul Simon - Diamond On The Soles Of Shoe Reaction 

This was during apartheid and he got a lot of opposition from people who underestimate the power of music , and introduced the world to African musicians , best thing Paul Simon has ever done . Music is for everybody

Paul Simon one of the greatest song writers

It was a ground breaking album at the time So I bought it Its still ground breaking. Its wonderful

Paul Simon was a really low point in his personal and professional life in the early 70s when a friend invited him to come to South Africa and spend some time with the musicians there. Simon got a lot of criticism for ignoring the boycott, but he formed deep friendships there and produced this transcendent album. And as a result many of the musicians he played and recorded with there ended up touring with him and gaining massive attention, which they never would have gotten otherwise. Watch one of the live videos of this, it will leave you smiling from ear to ear.

Simon is a musical genius. This was a great song in a great album.

I love Paul Simon, I've listened to him for many years.

Such a great song from the "Graceland" album! Paul Simon is such a great singer songwriter. After his success with Simon & Garfunkel in the 60's, Paul Simon went solo in 1970. He has a huge library of songs such as "Mother & Child Reunion", "Me & Julio Down By The Schoolyard", "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover", "Still Crazy After All These Years", "Gone At Last", "My Little Town", "Kodachrome", "Loves Me Like A Rock", "The Boy In The Bubble" etc.

You are so right!!!! I personally am a huge fan

I saw his concert while he was in his African period. Best Damn Concert I Ever Saw!

That grin and that easy swing - that’s it!

This was the first mixed race concert in South Africa.

The singers are from South Africa. Ladysmith Black Mbaze. The whole album has an African feel.

Check out "The Obvious Child" the official video performance. The Brazilian drummers are fantastic.

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Paul Simons solo career is every bit as good as any Simon & Garfunkle Listen to You Can Call me Al from this same Album

I've heard and loved this song and this recording of it so many times. I can't believe I didn't hear this through headphones in my whole life. It's so weird to hear the horns in stereo, and the decision to have the right-ear horns cut out before the left again and again in the little fanfare section. But take out one ear, and then take out the other, and you can hear how tightly syncopated the horns are. More than 30 years later, I'm still hearing new things in every layer of this beautiful record.

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I love what you said about Paul Simon going into other kinds of music. One of my favorites is a relatively recent Samba called The Afterlife. It’s a quirky, funny take on a rather serious subject. There are several versions on RU-vid, but I suggest the original 12 year old one. It’s just him and the band sitting around and playing.

When people ask me what the best album ever made was I always say, "Besides Graceland?" I mean it kind of objectively just is.

Bakithi Kumalo's fretless bass lines 🔥

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You d should check out The Boy in the Bubble. Good job.

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