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by - written on 19/09/00 (Very useful, 41 readings)
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After "Graceland", Paul Simon turned to Brazilian rhythms for inspiration, and they are strongly featured on "The Rhythm of the Saints". There is still an African feel to much of it, leftover from "Graceland", (Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Hugh Masekela feature on a couple of tracks) and it feels like a progression, in terms of muiscal style. My favourite song is "The obvious child" - it sounded truly innovative to me when it came out, in a similar way that Talking Heads' songs like "And she was" did, and I still love it. Another is "Born at the right time", with its beautiful tune and gentle ... Read the complete review
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