Comments on: El Guincho, Spot the Sample – All Revealed, MP3

By: Nilina

Nilina — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 02:13:50 +0000

Well, I disagree Matthew. I think Paul Simon’s Graceland has had a much bigger impact on popular culture than any of David Byrne’s deviations and therefore has been more influential. One, it’s a sound that’s so uniformly associated with Simon, whereas when you talk to people about Byrne’s non-Talking Heads output, you get a variety of genres being tacked to him. But more obviously, it’s how public Simon’s foray into African music has been… the concerts, the apartheid, the subsequent Ladysmith Black Mambazo Lifesavers ads… He really ushered in a lot of exposure for foreign audiences to Africa and its music…

By: Matthew Spencer

Matthew Spencer — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:27:58 +0000

I know this post was mostly in jest, but I’d like to point out something. Vampire Weekend maybe the most well-known new band that appropriates African music, but they aren’t the only ones. The band that you covered in your last post, Dirty Projectors, do the same, and David Byrne is as much to blame for this trend as Paul Simon. Remember “I Zimbra”? Besides, Graceland is an awesome album. Only a dour acedemic could consider it colonialist.

By: Dave Allen

Dave Allen — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:47:32 +0000

@Chris Thanks for the props man but all the credit for this gem goes to Nilina Mason-Campbell, one of our contributors...

By: chris

chris — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 04:40:04 +0000

whoa, nice find. this is great.