Paul Simon - Surprise
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Free Music Review: Bliss
Hit: 5 Stars
I was never a Paul Simon fan. Not even familiar with his work besides Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes. But, money was burnin' my pockets! So, in the cd store i saw the cover of this cd and i picked up, I figured "oh i like Diamonds on the soles, so I guess this will be good."
Good will never be adequate. This cd is simply amazing. I particularly love track 8 and 6.
BUy it now! Buy it quick.
Free Music Review: Not your father's Paul Simon album.
Hit: 4 Stars
This is a very different sounding Paul Simon album. The influence of Brian Eno is obvious and at times over-the-top. My conclusion, now that I've had this album for a while, is that it's not one that I'm constantly listening to but, when I'm in the mood, this is really an interesting and fun album. Occasionally, Paul reaches heights I don't feel he's reached since Graceland. There are some great songs on here. If you're looking for "Still Crazy after all these years" or "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" - type songs, you're not going to find them here. If you're interested in hearing Paul push the envelope, however, this is the one. Paul hits the mark more often than he misses it on this one.Free Music Review: Even a kid can enjoy Simon's masterpiece
Hit: 5 Stars
Yes, you guessed right, I'm a kid. I'm also simply shocked of all the reviews from adults, and not kids my age. I've been into Paul's music for quite some time now, and I'd love to say that this step up from a older tone of pitch is very nice indeed, even if the main reason is Brian Eno or not. I'm not trying to rule out oldies beats, cause believe me, I hate regular rock. It's just that his older Simon-Garfunkel self was always thought of as pop rock or folk rock, and that was in the 60's days. So I'm saying that, we've hit 2006 already, almost '07, so why not put a little more rock and a bit more beat into Simon's rhythm? You really can't go wrong with his old self or new, so I'm not complaining.
I think this style should be in more of his future albums, not too much of it though. He's 65, you gotta give the man a bit of a break! A mix of old and new is the right direction to go in. There goes Rockin' Simon!
Free Music Review: Not doing what he does best
Hit: 3 Stars
"Suprise" is a good album, and while several people seemed to be disappointed with "You're the One" and our "suprisingly" happy with this one, I just the opposite. I have loved every one of Simon's albums until this one. I appreciate the fact that he has stepped out of his comfort zone, but the zone he moved into doesn't seem to fit his style.
Beyond the music, however, are his lyrics. Unmistakably Paul Simon from beginning to finish. The style of music he decided to use on this album doesn't mesh with his softly understated voice. For music like this there needs to be some volume to the vocals.
Had David Gray made this album, it probably would've been great, as is though, it's just alright.
Free Music Review: the holy man only breaks bread
Hit: 4 Stars
Which of these was more befuddling: the fact that Paul Simon and Brian Eno -- two musicians as legendary and as monstrously talented as you'll ever run across -- conjoined to rail against metrosexuality, or the fact that said union yielded summer's most surprisingly poignant (and to boot, most boldly mature) four minutes of music? "Outrageous" is quintessential late-career Simon (other words, the lyrics are almost too cutesy to tolerate, something that began twenty years ago with "You Can Call Me Al" (his last major radio hit, incidentally) and has only gotten more severe with each successive release), but Eno quite obviously kept the reins pulled very tight. The result was blissfully unnerving, the kind of song you need to listen to four or five times to fully grasp (and with headphones each time, lest a thousand or more of Eno's inlaid electronic blips and textural rudiments go hurtling straight past you), the kind of song that sets up its protagonist by mocking him for doing nine hundred situps a day and painting his hair "the color of mud" but then flips it around, allowing sarcasm to melt into empathy by asking, "Who's gonna love you when your looks are gone?" And for a writer who almost had us convinced that his best material was over three decades behind him ("ain't no fool / for love songs / that whisper / in my ears / still crazy / after all these years," anyone?), this was about as stupendous as comebacks get.