Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Laura listens to Paul Simon

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45 comments:

  1. hi guys i am listening to paul simon but you know that. I think you guys all have good music to liten to.

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  2. Hey Laura.
    Are you listening to a Paul Simon album that has "Diamonds on the soles of her shoes"? Because I have heard the band "Ladysmith Black Mambazo" in concert, and they are the people in the background for that song.
    Just an interesting thought.

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  3. Hi Laura! So what do you think of the album so far?

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  4. laura, who is paul simaon? is he like a modern singer?

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  5. Hi Laura I'm just answering your question. Earth Wind and Fire is a band that plays dance music. I'll tell you more in school.

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  6. Hi Laura,
    How would you describe Paul Simon?
    :)

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  7. WHO IS PAUL SIMON???
    WHAT MUSIC DOES HE PLAY???

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  8. could you describe what genre he plays?
    and do you know who inspired him to play the style he plays?

    :)
    :) :)
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  9. Is Paul Simon modern or not so modern?

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  10. Heeeeeeeeeeeeellllllllllllllooooooooooo??????

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  11. Sorry i have not been answering. Paul Simon is sort of modern but not really. Paul Simon playes afro-pop. I don't know what inspired him to play the music he does i will try to look that up. I like the album but i have not listend to in in a cople of days. That is really cool you saw them in consert SparowHawk. I am right hear. Helo to you too. Paul Simon is a afro-pop singer. See you tomarrow bye

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  12. hi guys it is me again here is stuff about Paul Simon
    Paul Simon was born October 13th 1941 now he is 67. he is from Newark NJ. the Genres he plays are Folk Rock, Folk Pop, Afro-pop and world. instruments they use are vocals, guitar, bass guitar, piano and percussion. simon went to Queens Collage. Simon earnd a degree in English litertur. Simon has been married three times. Paul simon is still alive and hopefully he will be writing more music. that is my stuff about Paul Simon so i will see you tomarrow bye

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  13. sorry i forgot to say some of that was from Wikipedia bye

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  14. my album is pop. just thout i wold tell you. they mostly use vocal in there songs

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  15. sorry i am saying so much. but now i think i like "Graceland" and "I know what i know"

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  16. Hi Laura, I like both of those pieces, too. I also love "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes" . . . the beginning of it is really cool, don't you think?

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  17. Hi Laura, it's fine if you do two songs instead of one for the assignment this week (you asked under my section of the blog)!

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  18. Hello.
    • Tell us about the instruments he uses in the album you have.
    • When did he make the album you are using for the stretch project?
    :)

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  19. What kind of percution instruments does Paul Simon play? Does he play in a Band or alone?

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  20. he plays with Ladysmith Blackmombasa. the group uses vocals, bass guitar, guitar, piano and percussion. i do like "Diamonds on the souls of her shoes". the beginning of the song is good. i don't know what percussion instruments they use.

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  21. "She's a rich girl, she don't try to hide it, diamonds on the soles of her shoes... He's a poor boy, empty as a pocket, empty as a pocket..."

    YAY!!!

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  22. Yay indeed. Sooo . . . tell us your thoughts on your favorite songs, Laura!!

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  23. In "I know what i know" there is alot of vocals from Ladysmith Blackmombasa. in the start of the song and the end. I like that but not when it is over done like when there is to many vocals. In "Graceland" the lyrics are really nice. Some times it makes me fall asleep i don't know why it just does.

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  24. i listend to the whole album while i was in my dads office. Good thing no one was there. When my dad whent out of the room i started dancing to one of the songs. I don't think i have ever listend to music at my dads work place befor. I had plenty of room to dance.

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  25. I LOVE "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes!" And I Know What I Know. And Call Me Al, and The Myth Of Fingerprints! I love Paul Simon. "Over the mountains and down in the valley lives a former talk-show host, far and wide his name is known... He said there's no doubt about it, It was the myth of fingerprints, I've seen them all and man there all the same..." Love the lyrics! I have been listening to these songs and singing along since I was a baby! I remember the time when I was five that my mother had to explain to me that the lyrics weren't "Elvis is a water-lily" but "Ever since the water-melon." I was rather crushed by this information at the time. When you are five I guess it makes perfect sense for a rock-star to be a type of flower...

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  26. Hi Laura, I'm glad I'm not the only one dancing around to my music when no one is looking! My classroom is a good, roomy place to dance, too! Paul Simon is pretty fun. Amelia, I like your story, too. ;)

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  27. hi hannah i am using nina's account.
    it is really fun to dance in my room some times i shut the door and turn the music up not to loud but so that people can hear me down stairs. see you next week.

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  28. laura, do you like paul simon? is he dead?

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  29. how old is he or is he dead?

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  30. does he sing with other people?

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  31. when did he start making music?

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  32. he is not dead. remember i told you on one of my first comments that mabbye he would wright more songs. he sings with Ladysmith Blackmombasa. i don't know when he started to make music. got to go bye

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  33. In that song you played in Music class what were some of the Percussion instruments in it they seemed pretty cool.

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  34. Hi Laura!
    I really liked you listening example you played today! (just wanted to tell you that)
    Does Paul Simon's voice sound weird to you? (no offense)

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  35. this is the lady smithbalck maboza band right?

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  36. when did this band start?

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  37. where does that name come from?

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  38. what do you do when you listen to him?

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  39. me and my dad were kind of yelling Paul Simon in the car last night, but we kept forgetting the words. Do you like him? I think his music is awesome, but I don't always understand it.
    Like are the lyrics actually "A man walks down the street, says 'What if I die here? Who will be my role-model, now that my role model is gone, gone...' He ducks back down the alley with some roley-poley little bat-faced girl." ?
    And if those ARE the real lyrics, what do they mean?
    Bat-faced girl???

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  40. in that song it is mostly vocals and some drums i think. some tomes his voice sounds weired but not when he is in tune. yes this is the Lady smithblack mombasa. since the early 1950s. i do not know how they got there name. i dance when i listen to them. i need to look up Bat-faced girl because i do not know what it means sorry.

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  41. That's okay. i will try and look them up myself.

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  42. hey laura!!!!
    how is paul simon doing?

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  43. Laura, I'm really glad you enjoyed Paul Simon!

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