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  • "Under African Skies" by Paul Simon
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    Chorus:
    This is the story of how we begin to remember
    This is the powerful pulsing of love in the vein
    After the dream of falling and calling your name out
    These are the roots of rhythm and the roots of rhythm remain

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  • @gemmabryden4864
    @gemmabryden4864 5 місяців тому +7

    My late mum loved this and songs from Paul Simon and Ladysmith Mamboza it brings back memories of my late mum.

  • @williamclark6233
    @williamclark6233 7 місяців тому +20

    Joseph's face was black as night
    The pale yellow moon shone in his eyes
    His path was marked
    By the stars in the Southern Hemisphere
    And he walked his days
    Under African skies
    This is the story of how we begin to remember
    This is the powerful pulsing of love in the vein
    After the dream of falling and calling your name out
    These are the roots of rhythm
    And the roots of rhythm remain
    In early memory
    Mission music
    Was ringing 'round my nursery door
    I said take this child, Lord
    From Tucson Arizona
    Give her the wings to fly through harmony
    And she won't bother you no more
    This is the story of how we begin to remember
    This is the powerful pulsing of love in the vein
    After the dream of falling and calling your name out
    These are the roots of rhythm
    And the roots of rhythm remain
    Joseph's face was as black as the night
    And the pale yellow moon shone in his eyes
    His path was marked
    By the stars in the Southern Hemisphere
    And he walked the length of his days
    Under African skies

  • @sketchbook1
    @sketchbook1 5 місяців тому +24

    Graceland was and still is an eminently listenable album. I enjoy every song on it. It's one of the best albums ever created.

    • @ronanmcadam7251
      @ronanmcadam7251 3 місяці тому +2

      What do you mean by listenable? It's a masterpiece 😊

    • @sketchbook1
      @sketchbook1 3 місяці тому

      "eminantly listenable"..."one of the best albums ever created."@@ronanmcadam7251

  • @steveconn
    @steveconn 4 дні тому +2

    Played for my mama crossing the desert by train ❤

  • @Rowdeegolf
    @Rowdeegolf Рік тому +47

    My favorite cut on this album. Linda Ronstadt was superb. Her voice just lifted this song to another level.

    • @LukeOfEarl
      @LukeOfEarl 11 місяців тому +1

      Which song is she on?

    • @steveahn6650
      @steveahn6650 10 місяців тому +5

      This one.😂

  • @davidbowman4259
    @davidbowman4259 9 місяців тому +17

    Ah, hearing beautiful Linda again. Goose bumps. My all-time favorite female singer. Oh, and this album is an absolute classic.

  • @raymondhernandez3155
    @raymondhernandez3155 11 місяців тому +56

    Such a gem of a song. And Linda Ronstadt’s background harmonization at the end of the song is absolutely ANGELIC. 😇

    • @Neearm
      @Neearm 9 місяців тому +5

      That's her on the verses, too, isn't it?

    • @raymondhernandez3155
      @raymondhernandez3155 9 місяців тому +5

      @@Neearm …that’s her!😊❤️

    • @josephmuokwe5436
      @josephmuokwe5436 7 місяців тому

      ​@@raymondhernandez3155who's the lady backing him up in the background?

    • @raymondhernandez3155
      @raymondhernandez3155 7 місяців тому +4

      @@josephmuokwe5436 …that’s Linda Ronstadt with the female background vocals. She sounds like an angel.😊

    • @marthawedge-blake5479
      @marthawedge-blake5479 5 місяців тому +1

      Wow, never knew that was Linda. Bless her. And Paul, of course!!❤

  • @stephengamber8749
    @stephengamber8749 2 роки тому +26

    Love that Linda Ronstadt sings in ths

  • @jayebirdjb7143
    @jayebirdjb7143 Рік тому +91

    Not just this song, the entire album!👌

  • @clamourincessant6974
    @clamourincessant6974 2 роки тому +94

    Such a beautiful, lovely, and transcendent song.

    • @justinw1765
      @justinw1765 2 роки тому +2

      Agreed! Also Peace Like a River.

    • @justinw1765
      @justinw1765 2 роки тому +3

      And Graceland, Sounds of Silence, The Boxer, and so many more.

    • @c-dublife
      @c-dublife 2 роки тому +3

      the entire rhythm of the saints album.....

    • @margotgrosser571
      @margotgrosser571 2 роки тому +1

      Gänsehaut pur

    • @francinefrenskymuffycrossw8627
      @francinefrenskymuffycrossw8627 Рік тому

      @@justinw1765Heatwave aired on September 13, 1997.
      The Lympics aired on September 6, 1997.
      Pee Wee Scouts aired on December 18, 1999.
      The Big Flush aired on March 28, 1993.
      Cool Hand Angelica aired on October 3, 1993.

  • @paulschrum4727
    @paulschrum4727 2 роки тому +53

    Possibly the best Paul Simon song that nobody knows about. (Okay, very few know about.) Also brilliant work here by Linda Ronstadt.

    • @aaronmwangi8453
      @aaronmwangi8453 Рік тому +4

      Wow 😳 didn't know Linda Ronstadt was involved

    • @thewomble1509
      @thewomble1509 Рік тому +3

      @@aaronmwangi8453 Yep, it's a duet.

    • @jayluvonde9551
      @jayluvonde9551 Рік тому +1

      I Know what I Know....

    • @mrksts1
      @mrksts1 Рік тому +2

      I always thought she sounded like Ronstadt, never knew it was her for real.

    • @danielnikolic
      @danielnikolic 11 місяців тому +2

      There's a story behind it. L. Ronstadt was criticized a lot at that time because she broke boycott of South Africa by performing there. However, other musicians broke it too -- for example, Queen, a tiny detail somehow left out in that movie about Freddie Mercury. So P. Simon included her on an album which featured many black South African musicians.

  • @robynned2659
    @robynned2659 Рік тому +26

    this song somehow came into my mind the morning before the birth of my daughter on the 21st. I was terrified and this song calmed me down immediately, now I sing it to calm her down at night.

  • @jaydoubleu4575
    @jaydoubleu4575 Рік тому +9

    Linda & that bass!

  • @SallyRose-ue7fx
    @SallyRose-ue7fx 10 місяців тому +4

    wonderful duet with Linda Rondstat

  • @motoklx
    @motoklx Рік тому +14

    I don't care how bad you sing if you have Linda Ronstadt backing you: you sound great

  • @sharonpeppers3341
    @sharonpeppers3341 2 місяці тому +3

    #PaulSimon #LindaRonstadt. Their harmonies on this song were outstanding. Paul has always been one of the greatest songwriters on the planet 🌍 👍🙋🎺🪘🎸🎷🥁🎹🎻💜💛💙💖❤️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @vincentt.5040
    @vincentt.5040 2 роки тому +27

    Of course this album won multiple Grammys.

  • @donnasmith3520
    @donnasmith3520 2 роки тому +25

    You feel this song in your spirit.

  • @spillmankatie
    @spillmankatie 5 місяців тому +5

    This song is absolutely perfect. The whole album is, but this song 💜🔥❤

  • @mikedineen7857
    @mikedineen7857 Місяць тому +2

    Here to Linda’s wonderful voice!

  • @johnrickert5572
    @johnrickert5572 5 місяців тому +2

    Not just beautiful... gorgeous.

  • @brunes4439
    @brunes4439 2 роки тому +35

    Absolute BANGER, who ever is here in 2022, bless u.

    • @NellieMac35
      @NellieMac35 2 роки тому +3

      It really is. Gives me goosebumps. Whole album is 👌🏼.

    • @RubenG.C.
      @RubenG.C. Рік тому

      Bless you too

  • @randyventresca4152
    @randyventresca4152 6 місяців тому +5

    Paul is a master. Linda Ronstadt is the greatest, most diverse female vocalist of her generation. The line about Take this child Lord from Tuscon Arizona....is about Linda.

  • @Raven-zz6jx
    @Raven-zz6jx 2 роки тому +22

    This is the story of how we begin to remember....I love that. Whenever I hear your voice, I am warped back to the time I began to remember.

  • @christopherfu3251
    @christopherfu3251 6 місяців тому +3

    I can think more clearly. Thank you. 🙏

  • @ssshhclos405
    @ssshhclos405 2 роки тому +16

    This great tune is just not long enough

  • @GaiaCarney
    @GaiaCarney 2 місяці тому +5

    Paul Simon is America’s all-time, best singer songwriter 🥰 Dozens & dozens of songs like this, where you know every word!

  • @godfreyphotchkiss7410
    @godfreyphotchkiss7410 2 роки тому +10

    The supreme irony. A Paul Simon song in which Linda Ronstadt was the star.

  • @schrodingcheshirecat
    @schrodingcheshirecat Рік тому +5

    Had this back in the 80s. Became part of who I am. Love Linda Ronstadt and Ladysmith Black Mambazo as well. This song reminds me of a more recent song "Gambia" by Sona Jobarteh

  • @piromaniac9999
    @piromaniac9999 Рік тому +4

    This album is so good OOOH

  • @ericbeaulieu4843
    @ericbeaulieu4843 2 роки тому +5

    A magistral,beautiful aLBum foR tHe AGes..

  • @KBAFourthtime
    @KBAFourthtime 2 роки тому +39

    The Joseph in this story was a real person: the late Ladysmith Black Mambazo founder and leader Joseph Shabalala.
    And the second verse is a first-person narrative on Linda Ronstadt's "early memory," as *she* is the one whose origin was Tucson.

    • @victoriabrigham7075
      @victoriabrigham7075 2 роки тому +3

      Came here to say this about Linda Ronstadt. The mission is in Tucson as well.

    • @KBAFourthtime
      @KBAFourthtime 2 роки тому

      @@victoriabrigham7075 Yeah, you're right.

    • @sechabadiretse3596
      @sechabadiretse3596 9 місяців тому +1

      Awesome story from Joseph to linda

    • @KBAFourthtime
      @KBAFourthtime 20 днів тому

      @@sechabadiretse3596 And back to the same first story with corrections.

  • @sweetwaterfilm
    @sweetwaterfilm Рік тому +6

    This lifts me - beyond! so much thanks to you mr. simon !!!

  • @ashratempel5094
    @ashratempel5094 Рік тому +6

    Amazing masterpiece from the summer of my years.

  • @kershabeaver3312
    @kershabeaver3312 Рік тому +3

    I remember watching this special when it came on in 88. It was a big deal

  • @amandaforrest7697
    @amandaforrest7697 Рік тому +6

    This album is so awesome! One of my old favorites. This song wasn't a big hit from there, but I still love it!! That's Linda Ronstadt backing Paul up, by the way. Great lyrics too!

  • @Rapuk
    @Rapuk 2 роки тому +10

    Paul Simon is a cool dude

  • @bryanackeret5066
    @bryanackeret5066 2 роки тому +30

    Love that Bass
    Paul your a National treasure.
    I'd love to see Dave Matthews and Paul collaborate.

    • @jcl00
      @jcl00 2 роки тому +2

      Pass

    • @faegrrrl
      @faegrrrl Рік тому

      Agree. I can see why but Dave's actually South African. He doesn't have to manufacture his culture.

    • @bluerayseries
      @bluerayseries Рік тому

      @@jcl00 pass haha Dave Matthews is actually African. It would fit him perfectly

    • @c-dublife
      @c-dublife Рік тому

      gross

  • @markohalloran5937
    @markohalloran5937 2 роки тому +19

    Beautiful song. One of the best of all time ❤️

  • @annewilliams5527
    @annewilliams5527 7 місяців тому +2

    I absolutely love this track, it’s so simple but it manages to get all that’s required of it,in it.X

  • @joeritchie7286
    @joeritchie7286 Рік тому +3

    Moved me to tears

  • @bmilhoan
    @bmilhoan 2 роки тому +11

    Great song. One of the professors at a university I worked at used it to teach music form.

  • @jonnorousseau3096
    @jonnorousseau3096 8 місяців тому +1

    This song in particular, and the whole album had a beautifully crafted African influence, Ladysmith Black Mambazo on diamonds on the soles of her shoes and so on, this rendition with Linda Ronstadt is epic and as the original still reigns supreme but there are a few other renditions with slightly altered lyrics that are right up there, the live version with the late great Miriam Makeba in Harare Zimbabwe circa 1987 is definitely right up there, one of my favorite songs of all time

  • @retsdon
    @retsdon Рік тому +48

    I moved to South Africa two weeks after Nelson Mandela was released from prison, I won't pretend that this album had no influence in that decision.

    • @kneadinghands
      @kneadinghands Рік тому +6

      My friends are currently traveling there... SA... I am not able to physically travel with them... please wave since you are closer ❤

    • @LukeOfEarl
      @LukeOfEarl 11 місяців тому +1

      What is the political climate like right now in SA? Im seeing some really scary talk coming from the president directed at the farmers? Whats your opinion on it?

    • @brianmell3189
      @brianmell3189 8 місяців тому +6

      As a white boy growing up in the middle of Iowa this album and in particular this song had a tremendous healing and restoricle significance in my life from puberty into the now quickly advancing later stages in my journey. I have met and fallen in love with a woman from Uganda and we plan on marrying... legal part here but the true ceremony will take place there...under the African sky and our union will be blessed by the he stars of the Southern hemisphere.

    • @kennethbrady
      @kennethbrady 7 місяців тому

      Congrats!!! @@brianmell3189

    • @gemmabryden4864
      @gemmabryden4864 5 місяців тому +1

      My boyfriend lives in South Africa Johnnsaberg area looks lovely where he is.

  • @sd3named
    @sd3named Рік тому +7

    How beautiful... I keep coming back and listening again and again

  • @mr.bill.8236
    @mr.bill.8236 Рік тому +2

    I remember when this album first came out. Since then I have crippled at least a half dozen tapes and 3 CDs.

  • @rogerarrysheldon8394
    @rogerarrysheldon8394 Рік тому +2

    Diamonds on the souls of her shoes

  • @nkiruohia5984
    @nkiruohia5984 2 роки тому +7

    This song wells up sweet memories in me. I remember those I watched this song with who have gone to the great beyond.

  • @dynamopirate470
    @dynamopirate470 Рік тому +7

    I adore this song so much

  • @donalddodds8335
    @donalddodds8335 2 роки тому +12

    Paul Simon and Linda Ronstadt

  • @josianeries471
    @josianeries471 Рік тому +2

    Great song ❤❤❤❤ all songs of him!!!!!!

  • @sammckenzie8805
    @sammckenzie8805 2 роки тому +3

    After the dream of falling and Callin your name out 💚😁🇿🇦

  • @johnmiller6519
    @johnmiller6519 Рік тому +6

    Linda

  • @velaphiaphane6911
    @velaphiaphane6911 9 місяців тому +1

    Years ago my late mother owned a CD copy of this great album, I wanna own a vinyl record just to experience how the 80s felt like because I was born at the prime of the 90s.

    • @marthawedge-blake5479
      @marthawedge-blake5479 8 місяців тому +1

      I'm sure you can find a copy somewhere from us relics(70 years old!!). Ha!!

  • @mjtala
    @mjtala 4 місяці тому

    This came to mind when I was on safari in Kenya and Tanzania. It will stay with me this year when I go to Zambia.

  • @NonBinaryGit
    @NonBinaryGit Рік тому +2

    When I heard this as a child I thought the chorus was "Gah nnn-gah, nnn-gah, nnn-gah, whoa-o-oh" 😂

  • @sammckenzie8805
    @sammckenzie8805 2 роки тому +3

    Under African stars ✨✨✨

  • @jeremymuther8656
    @jeremymuther8656 9 місяців тому +1

    Def my favorite album of his 🙌🙌🙏🙏

  • @lumpy0100
    @lumpy0100 2 роки тому +3

    Thanks Paul Simon. Et Al.🙂

  • @sharonpeppers3341
    @sharonpeppers3341 10 місяців тому +1

    Spectacular.

  • @marianovak1717
    @marianovak1717 5 місяців тому

    So so heavenly beautiful ❤

  • @peterbrook329
    @peterbrook329 10 місяців тому

    This is, to me, one of the best albums ever!

  • @lorilavender2209
    @lorilavender2209 11 днів тому +1

    I still have my vinyl album…

  • @sammckenzie8805
    @sammckenzie8805 2 роки тому +4

    Baby you got something I need 💙💙💙💙💙💙

  • @user-pc3mj9bi5v
    @user-pc3mj9bi5v 4 місяці тому

    I love this song a lot

  • @sharonpeppers3341
    @sharonpeppers3341 2 місяці тому

    #Spectacular #PaulSimon 🙋👍🎺🎷🪗🎻🪘🎸🎹🥁💜💖💙🌹🌺🌷🌻🌼

  • @albanmahoudeau1779
    @albanmahoudeau1779 6 місяців тому

    How we begin to remember.

  • @ojiisan1770
    @ojiisan1770 2 роки тому +3

    この曲は一時期ホームページのテーマ曲になってた印象が強い。

  • @martind349
    @martind349 2 роки тому +2

    It's alright boys, it's alright! The chickens say it's going to be alright

  • @albanmahoudeau1779
    @albanmahoudeau1779 3 місяці тому +1

    STREET FIGHT= AGAIN.

  • @user-ip9yu7lp1q
    @user-ip9yu7lp1q Рік тому +6

    Josephs face was as black as night
    죠셉의 얼굴은 밤하늘처럼 검었어요.
    And the pale yellow moon shone in his eyes
    그리고 옅은 노란빛의 달이 그의 눈에서 빛나고 있죠.
    His path was marked
    그가 가야할 길이 남반구에서 빛나는
    By the stars in the southern hemisphere
    별들에 의해 표시되었어요.
    And he walked the length of his days
    그리고 그는 아프리카 하늘 아래에서
    Under african skies
    그의 나날을 걸었죠.
    This is the story of how we begin to remember
    우리가 어떻게 기억하기 시작했는지에 대한 이야기입니다.
    This is the powerful pulsing of love in the vein
    이건 정맥에서 일어나는 강력한 사랑의 맥박이죠.
    After the dream of falling and calling your name out
    떨어지는 꿈을 꾼 후 당신의 이름을 불러봅니다.
    These are the roots of rhythm
    이것들은 리듬의 근원이며
    And the roots of rhythm remain
    아직 리듬의 근원은 남아있습니다.
    In early memory
    아주 어릴 적 기억 속
    Mission music
    교회 음악이
    Was ringing round my nursery door
    내 보육원 문 주변에서 울리고 있었어요.
    I said take this child, lord
    나는 말했습니다. 신이시여,
    From tucson arizona
    애리조나 주 투손 출신인 아이를 데려가주세요.
    Give her the wings to fly through harmony
    그녀가 조화를 이루며 날아갈 수 있게 날개를 주세요.
    And she wont bother you no more
    그리고 그녀는 당신을 귀찮게 하지 않을 거에요.
    A humba humba humba ohhhh

  • @anthonydevitt3206
    @anthonydevitt3206 Рік тому +1

    Letsgojoanne 🥁🎸

  • @angelobarreto8675
    @angelobarreto8675 Рік тому +8

    Graceland... Um dos albums que tanto nos acompanhou, e sempre nos acompanhará, nestas nossas andanças de Aqui e de Além... Saudade...

  • @stecarter5988
    @stecarter5988 Рік тому +4

    If this doesn't put the hairs up on the back of your neck Im not sure you are really human - Linda Ronstadt xxx

  • @sammckenzie8805
    @sammckenzie8805 2 роки тому +3

    Samir seen with Sway again near Durban harbour 🥰🧡

  • @albanmahoudeau1779
    @albanmahoudeau1779 3 місяці тому

    [BLUE WING ]

  • @anthonydevitt3206
    @anthonydevitt3206 Місяць тому

    I feel

  • @albanmahoudeau1779
    @albanmahoudeau1779 6 місяців тому

    c'est important ce qui se dit ici.

  • @J2dad5389
    @J2dad5389 7 місяців тому

    String cheese incident 💯💯

  • @albanmahoudeau1779
    @albanmahoudeau1779 7 місяців тому +1

    AFRICAN MOON FOR EVER.SAVANAH MOON FOR EVER.

  • @francinefrenskymuffycrossw8627

    Starting with November 25, 2018-September 21, 2019.

  • @francinefrenskymuffycrossw8627

    DW’s Library Card. (Arthur) Full Time. September 6, 1999.

  • @gemal434
    @gemal434 10 місяців тому

    Africaን under skies cry

  • @francinefrenskymuffycrossw8627

    Starting with September 22, 2019-May 27, 2020.

  • @sharonpeppers3341
    @sharonpeppers3341 2 місяці тому

    #ASCAPAward #BillboardAward #GrammyAward #PaulSimon 😀❤️💛💜💖💙🎺🎷🪗🎻🪘🎸🎹🥁🌹

  • @albanmahoudeau1779
    @albanmahoudeau1779 3 місяці тому

    Pour tout ceux Qui Sont Parti i trop tôt. ASSASSINÉS OU OTHERWISE.

  • @sammckenzie8805
    @sammckenzie8805 2 роки тому +3

    Rumour true Samir was seen in Durban with Sway

  • @1miko111
    @1miko111 2 роки тому +7

    Would have been lovely for at least the second vocalist to be credited.

    • @rodneygoodall
      @rodneygoodall 2 роки тому +2

      It was inda Ronstadt

    • @KBAFourthtime
      @KBAFourthtime 2 роки тому +2

      And just so it's known, Linda is now retired, as she has Parkinson's (at least did at one point) and therefore can't sing anymore.

    • @deadandburied7626
      @deadandburied7626 11 місяців тому

      Linda was noted on the US single release of this song, but not at all anywhere on the album. Weird.

  • @DoahnKea_Tuber
    @DoahnKea_Tuber Рік тому +2

    Music Trivia:
    Harmony provided by Linda Ronstadt.

    • @c-dublife
      @c-dublife Рік тому +2

      that's not trivia..... nice try

  • @oreally8605
    @oreally8605 4 місяці тому

    You can imagine an African man dressed in a robe, with a walking stick as old as he is, walking by moonlight on his way to his hut 🛖 or to nowhere at all....

  • @francinefrenskymuffycrossw8627

    Acorn Nutts. (November 7, 2000) Full Time.

  • @francinefrenskymuffycrossw8627

    October 15, 2000.

  • @ericfleming874
    @ericfleming874 8 місяців тому

    I took my wife and child from Tucson Az and moved to Harmony NC. Ironic

  • @francinefrenskymuffycrossw8627

    Sonic The Hedgehog 2020 was released on February 14, 2020.

  • @francinefrenskymuffycrossw8627

    August 2014 Cel Animated.

  • @francinefrenskymuffycrossw8627

    The Incredibles 2 was released on June 15, 2018.

  • @francinefrenskymuffycrossw8627

    March 14, 2020. First episode to use digital ink and paint animation.

  • @francinefrenskymuffycrossw8627

    Starting with May 23, 2018-November 24, 2018.

  • @francinefrenskymuffycrossw8627

    2009-2010. Cel animation.

  • @francinefrenskymuffycrossw8627

    Starting with May 20, 2015-November 24, 2015.