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Classic Albums - Paul Simon: Graceland

Classic Albums - Paul Simon: Graceland

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Rating: 1 stars
Summary: The Graceland Interviews
Review: Paul Simon is the musical genius of my generation. This is not a presentation of his music or Graceland. It is a series of interviews. Interesting but not entertaining. Why haven't they put The Concert in Central Park on DVD ?

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Paul Simon and others describe their experiences
Review: The disc is a 70-minute overview of the making of Graceland and the unique way Simon approached the task.

Contents include interview snippets from the major South African musicians, the recording engineer, longtime Simon associate Philip Glass, and of course Paul Simon himself. There is some very interesting footage from the original jam sessions with Simon and a variety of South African band members.

Also features pieces from the various music videos from Graceland (although not a single video is shown in its entirety), some concert footage, and Saturday Night Live appearances.

A highlight for me was Paul Simon's verse-by-verse explanation of the enigmatic song "You Can Call Me Al".

Video quality is mediocre but the sound is quite good, and that's what counts here, right?

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: excellent documentary
Review: this isnt the dvd of graceland. its a documentary and a very good one.


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