Singles: You Can Call Me Al, Graceland, The Boy in the Bubble, Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes
What do you do if you're a once legendary singer/songwriter and your career looks like it's heading for years of tours singing the same 12 songs over and over? You get your ass on a plane to a country with an oppressive government and work with local musicians to make a goddamn hit album named after the home of a celebrity! At least, that's what Paul Simon did, and it certainly worked for him.
Graceland is a fun album that mixes pop-rock music with South African music. The result is surprisingly good, and solidified Simon's reputation as one of the great songwriters of his generation. The album is highlighted by the lead single, "You Can Call Me Al," but for me it is songs like "I Know What I Know," "Homeless," and "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes" that separate this album from its peers. Listening to it today, it does not sound like it was made in the heart of the '80s, which is obviously a huge plus.
Rating: 5 hip shakes - I have no idea what this album has to do with Elvis or Graceland, but I do know that I enjoy listening to it and I'd recommend anybody out there to give it a spin.
And now, here's the official music video for "You Can Call Me Al." God, I love music videos from the '80s.
Pat is crazy.
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