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| Headline | Paul Simon plays Peter Gabriel? |
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mog
Feb-28-2010, 18:40 GMT
Argentina
 | Wow !
I think I am now back as a fan !! (ok, I have no credibility now!).
Beautiful !!
Keep going Paul ! |
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mog
Feb-28-2010, 18:42 GMT
Argentina
| By the way, there is a video on Gabriel s web site where Paul gives a short interview, and we saw him in the studio. |
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Ute
Feb-28-2010, 20:09 GMT
Germany
 | Here´s the link:
http://www.petergabriel.com/video/detail/3PxonMMqg
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Paul Simons statement begins at 2:50 |
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Ute
Feb-28-2010, 20:15 GMT
Germany
| PG-Forums reaction about Paul Simons version of "Biko" is very enthusiasic too:
http://www.petergabriel.com/forums_list_thread.php
?parent_id=NEDhi-k7zq4Kz-tbD6I.
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nancy
Feb-28-2010, 22:02 GMT
USA - United Staates America
 | Thank you for posting this. It is quite lovely. Welcome back, MOG. |
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Ans
Feb-28-2010, 23:00 GMT
Netherlands
 | Welcome back Mog! |
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Helen
Feb-28-2010, 23:10 GMT
Australia
 | On the video, it´s just great to hear his peers acknowledge Paul as a ´truly great lyricist´ and that ´there was so many truly great emotional profound lyrics´ to choose from his catalogue of work.
PG´s website is great. I wonder if Paul employs someone to keep his website up to date. (I could do that) |
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Helen
Feb-28-2010, 23:18 GMT
Australia
| There´s a link on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g4H6Y9wugY |
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Scaaty
Mar-01-2010, 00:05 GMT
Ireland
 | you just beat me to it:) |
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Ans
Mar-01-2010, 04:27 GMT
Netherlands
| Paul changed the lyrics quite a bit, I wrote them down:
Biko
September ´77
Port Elizabeth weather is fine
It was business as usual
In police room 369
Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
Yihla Moja, Yihla Moja
The man is dead
When I go to sleep at night
All my dreams are red
The outside world is black and white
All the colours dead
Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
Yihla Moja, Yihla Moja
The man is dead
You can blow out a candle
But you can´t blow out a fire
Once the wind begins to catch
The flames go higher
Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
Oh Biko, Biko, Biko Biko
And the world is
watching now
watching now
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Ans
Mar-01-2010, 19:26 GMT
Netherlands
| Hmm, I would have expected more enthusiastic reactions on this cover. I know it´s not a new song but I think Paul did a great job on "Biko." |
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Helen
Mar-01-2010, 20:41 GMT
Australia
| Hi Ans,
I Love it. I downloaded both this and PG´s ´Boy in the bubble´ (which will take quite a bit of listening to begin to enjoy)
I´m still enjoying some of Paul´s older work so far, and haven´t touched YTO or Surprise yet, and am a bit unsure if I´m going to like his more recent albums as much as the Old. I´m a bit nostalgic.
I love that this song is about ´Steve Biko´ the anti-apartheid activist in South Africa and Paul had already had it in his repertoire. I remember going to see the movie Cry Freedom in 1987 which was about Biko.
I think his vocals are great here.
I played it over and over again yesterday. |
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miriam
Mar-01-2010, 23:52 GMT
Germany
| I still have trouble with PG´s Boy In The Bubble but maybe it´ll grow on me.. Loved Paul´s version of "Biko" immediately. So minimalistic, so intense... Now, please forgive me the dumb question but where can I download it? I understand it was released as a digital single, together with Boy In The Bubble? At the risk of sounding like my grandma but why can´t they just release an ordinary CD single, LOL! |
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Helen
Mar-02-2010, 00:14 GMT
Australia
| Yeah! I´ve just got into iTunes last few months when my 11yo was trying to bluff me about his iPod being broken, when he just wanted a new one.
I downloaded it from iTunes.
If you click the link below it takes you to iTunes preview web page for this single. Then it automatically brought up iTunes on my computer or click the ´view in iTunes´ button next to the song you want to download to bring up iTunes if you have it on your computer. (Otherwise you need to download itunes program from the apple website.)
Then you need to buy an iTunes voucher to be able to buy the single. Not sure if you can pay online.
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/the-boy-in-bubble
-biko-single/id357350112
Not sure where else you can download it. |
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Helen
Mar-02-2010, 00:16 GMT
Australia
| Sorry, the link is
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/the-boy-in-bubble
-biko-single/id357350112 |
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